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HISTORY, 

GAZETTEEB,   AND  DIKECTORY, 

OF    THE 

COUNTIES       OF 

LEICESTER  AND  RUTLAND; 

COMPRISING 

ffieneral  Surbegs  of  racfj  ffiountg, 

AND    SEPARATE 

HISTORICAL,  STATISTICAL,  AND  TOPOGRAPHICAL  DESCRIPTIONS 

OF   ALL    THEIR 

HUNDEEDS,    TOWNS,    PARISHES,    TOWNSHIPS,    CHAPELRIES, 
VILLAGES,   HAMLETS,   MANORS,   AND    UNIONS; 

SHEWING 

Their  Extent  and  Population  ;  Agricultural  and  Mineral  Productions  ;  Trade 
and  Commerce  ;  Markets  and  Fairs  ;  Charities  and  Public  Institutions  ; 
Churches  and  Chapels;  the  Nature,  Value,  Patrons,  and  Incumbents  of 
the  Benefices;  the  Lords  of  the  Manors,  and  Owners  of  the  Soil  and 
Tithes;  the  Addresses  of  the  Inhabitants;  Public  Conveyances; 

S^afs  af  fMrHitg  attfr  feirjr; 

MAGISTRATES   AND    PUBLIC    OFFICERS; 

AND    A   GREAT   VARIETY   OF 

AGRICULTURAL,  BIOGRAPHICAL,  BOTANICAL,  COMMERCIAL,  GEOLOGICAL, 

AND    STATISTICAL    INFORMATION; 

WITH    A    MAP    OF    THE    COUNTIES. 

SetoniJ  IBiJfttott. 

BY  WILLIAM    WHITE, 

(Member  of  the  British  Archaeological  Association,  fyc.J 
Author  of  similar  Works  for  Lincolnshire,  Hampshire,  Yorkshire,  Norfolk, 

Suffolk,  and  many  other,  Counties,     /-n/^i/—  ai       /~>x~s>-^,.- 

GfcREALOGICAL  SOGF 

PRICE      ONE      C3-TJI3STB-A:. 

*  OF  LATT  - 

SHEFFIELD  : 

WILLIAM   WHITE,    FULWOOD    PARSONAGE. 

LONDON:   SIMPKIN,  MARSHALL  &  Co. 

1863.  684*71. 

[Entered  at  Stationers'  Hall.] 

;   WITHDRAWN 
From  the  Family 
History  Library 


SHEFFIELD  : 

LEADER   AND    SONS,    PRINTERS, 

INDEPENDENT    OFFICE,    BANK    STREET. 


HAROLD  8  LEfc  U6W*W 

IW0NAM  YOUNG  UNIVERSE 

PROVO,  UTAH 


PREFACE 


In  presenting  to  the  public  a  new  and  enlarged  edition  of  the  "  History, 
Gazetteer,  and  Directory  of  the  Counties  of  Leicester  and  Rutland"  the  Author 
has  to  tender  his  grateful  acknowledgments  to  many  literary  and  official  Gentle- 
men of  both  counties,  as  well  as  to  most  of  the  resident  Clergy,  for  the  valuable 
and  interesting  communications  with  which  they  have  furnished  him,  in  answer 
to  his  multifarious  inquiries ;  and  also  to  the  numerous  Subscribers  who  have 
honoured  him  with  their  patronage.  Among  many  other  work3  which  have  been 
consulted  are — "  The  Description  of  Leicestershire"  published  by  William  Bur- 
ton, Esq.,  in  1622;  "  The  History  and  Antiquities  of  the  County  of  Leicester ," 
by  John  Nichols,  F.S.A. ;  "  Select  Views  of  Leicestershire,"  published  by  John 
Throsby,  in  1780  and  1790;  and  "A  Topographical  History  of  the  County  of 
Leicester,"  published  in  1831,  by  the  Rev.  J.  Curtis.  The  very  valuable  articles 
on  the  Botany  and  Geology  of  Leicestershire,  including  the  list  of  Flowering 
Plants  and  Ferns,  have  been  kindly  contributed  by  the  Rev.  W.  H.  Coleman, 
M.A.,  late  of  Ashby-de-la-Zouch,  who  has  during  many  years,  in  his  hours  of 
leisure,  traversed  all  parts  of  the  county,  carefully  examined  its  geological  fea- 
tures, and  collected  and  classified  its  botanical  productions.  The  lists  of 
Mosses  and  Lichens,  although  received  too  late  to  be  placed  in  their  proper 
place,  will  doubtless  be  found  interesting  to  the  botanist.  They  are  from  the 
pen  of  the  Rev.  A.  Bloxam,  M.A.,  of  Twy cross.  The  History  of  the  East  Hun- 
dred, by  Thomas  Blore,  and  other  works  relating  to  Rutlandshire,  have  also 
been  consulted;  but  most  of  the  statistical  information  in  the  following  pages 
has  been  drawn  from  personal  inquiry  in  every  parish,  and  from  the  voluminous 
Parliamentary  Reports  of  Public  Charities,  Church  Livings,  Population,  dfrc. 
It  is  therefore  hoped  that  the  volume  will  be  found  as  free  from  inaccuracies 
as  is  compatible  with  the  vast  body  of  information,  and  the  great  variety  of 
subjects  compressed  within  its  pages. 

The  delay  which  has  occurred  in  the  publication  of  this  work  has  been  occa- 
sioned by  the  long-pending  action  which  the  Author  felt  it  necessary,  both  for 
his  own  protection  and  that  of  the  public,  to  commence  in  the  Court  of  Chancery 
against  certain  persons  who,  in  January,  1861,  under  the  title  of  "  E.  S.  Drake 
and  Co.,"  published  a  worthless  Directory  of  Leicestershire  and  Rutland,  in 
which  a  great  part  of  the  information  was  copied  almost  verbatim  from  the 
former  edition  of  this  work,  published  in  1816;  whilst  the  general  arrangement 
of  the  directories,  index,  &c,  was  identical.  The  result  of  this  action  is  given 
on  the  next  page ;  and  the  Author  takes  this  opportunity  of  expressing  his  deter- 
mination to  apply  for  an  injunction  against  any  one  who  may  hereafter  infringe 
the  copyright  of  this  or  any  other  of  his  publications;  which,  having  been  com- 
piled with  great  labour  and  at  considerable  expense,  he  will  not  quietly  permit 
to  be  purloined  by  unprincipled  persons  for  their  own  emolument. 

As  the  Author  hopes  at  some  future  time  to  republish  this  work  in  a  more 
complete  form,  he  will  be  happy  to  receive,  from  time  to  time,  any  corrections, 
alterations,  or  suggestions  which  may  occur  to  those  who  peruse  it;  and  he  feels 
assured  that  the  public  will  look  with  a  lenient  eye  upon  any  errors  which  may 
be  discovered,  and  not  attribute  to  a  want  of  care  that  which,  in  so  extensive  an 
undertaking,  is  purely  unavoidable. 


WILLIAM  WHITE. 


Fulwood  Parsonage, 

Sheffield,  10th  Nov.,  1862. 


ACTION    FOR    INFRINGEMENT    OF    COPYRIGHT. 


From  the  "Sheffield  and  Rotherham  Independent"  Awj.  16, 1862. 


WHITE  v.  DRAKE. 

This  case  came  on  for  hearing  at  the  Warwick  Assizes,  on  Wednesday,  the  13th  iust., 
before  Lord  Chief  Justice  Erie  ;  Mr.  Macaulay,  Q.C.,  and  Mr.  Beasley  appearing  for 
the  plaintiff,  and  Mr.  Field,  Mr.  Wills,  and  Mr.  Stephens  for  the  defendant. 

The  plaintiff,  Mr.  William  White,  of  Sheffield,  is  the  well-known  publisher  of  county 
and  other  directories,  rendered  extremely  popular  by  the  superiority  of  their  topo- 
graphical and  historical  contents ;  and  he  has,  during  the  last  4.5  years,  brought  out 
Directories  of  Yorkshire,  Durham,  Northumberland,  Cumberland,  Westmoreland,  Staf- 
fordshire, Lincolnshire,  Norfolk,  Suffolk,  Essex,  Leicestershire,  Rutlandshire,  and 
many  other  counties.  The  defendant  had  been  engaged  collecting  information  and 
obtaining  orders  for  plaintiff  for  four  years,  but  had  left  Mr.  White's  employ  in  Decem- 
ber, 1860.  At  that  time,  Mr.  White  was  preparing  to  publish  a  second  edition  of  his 
Leicestershire  Directory  of  1846,  with  certain  emendations  and  alterations.  Defen- 
dant was  aware  of  the  intended  publication,  and  in  the  meantime  proceeded  into  Leices- 
tershire, and  issued  a  prospectus  of  a  similar  directory,  on  which  prospectus  the  words 
"  Drake  and  Co."  were  printed,  in  large  type,  "  formerly  with"  in  very  small  type, 
and  "William  Wthite"  in  letters  of  the  same  size  as  those  in  defendant's  name.  Defen- 
dant published  his  directory  in  January,  1861,  and  in  the  same  month  plaintiff  applied 
to  the  Court  of  Chancery  for  an  injunction  to  restrain  its  publicaton.  It  was  con- 
tended that  defendant's  directory  was  copied  from  the  plaintiff's,  which  had  been  duly 
registered  under  the  Copyright  Act.  Many  of  the  paragraphs  in  the  work  were  almost 
copied  verbatim.  Vice-Chancellor  Stuart,  having  considered  the  affidavits  on  both  sides, 
ordered  the  cause  to  be  tried  in  a  court  where  witnesses  could  be  examined.  From  the 
opening  of  the  pleadings,  it  appeared  that  John  Kershaw,  of  Leeds,  was  a  defendant  in 
the  cause,  as  printer  of  defendant's  directory.  The  first  count  of  the  declaration  state*1 
that  plaintiff  was  and  is  the  proprietor  of  the  "  Historical  Gazetteer  of  Leicestershire 
and  Rutland  ;"  and  the  breach  was  that  defendant,  without  consent  in  writing,  printed 
divers  copies  of  it;  the  second  count  reciting  that  defendant,  without  consent  of  plain 
tiff,  disposed  of  the  same.  Mr.  Macaulay  gave  an  outline  of  the  case,  and  mentioned 
that  the  plan  of  plaintiff's  work  was  to  give  compilations  of  the  ecclesiastical  history 
of  the  places  in  reference  to  which  directories  were  published,  together  with  topo- 
graphical descriptions,  lists  of  names,  streets,  &c  ,  and  special  particulars  of  the  local 
charities;  and  as  an  instance  of  the  way  in  which  Mr.  White's  work  had  been  copied 
by  defendant,  he  would  mention  that  the  whole  of  the  matter  as  to  the  local  charities 
published  in  1840,  had  been  pirated  by  Drake,  although  the  state  of  those  charities  had 
become  entirely  changed.  In  this  way,  also,  names  of  streets,  which  were  quite  erro- 
neous, had  been  imported  into  the  piracy.  (Mr.  Macaulay  compared  the  two  directories, 
and  called  attention  to  various  instances  in  which  either  the  arrangement  or  the 

text   of  plaintiff's  work  had   been    copied) Mr.  Field  said  Mr.  Macaulay   was 

relying  on  the  scheme  and  plan  of  his  work  being  copied,  but  he  should  show  that  the 
plan  and  scheme  of  a  directory  were  no  copyright,  for  the  whole  plan  and  arrangement 
of  a  gazetteer  was  very  old.  The  essence  of  a  directory,  he  submitted,  was  the  names 
and  addresses  of  persons  in  any  particular  city,  town,  or  village,  and  these  parts  of 
Drake's  directory  were  substantially  new. . .  .His  Lordship  remarked  that  all  errors  in 
defendant's  work  must  be  put  down  to  the  debit  side  of  Drake's  account. . .  .Mr.  Ma- 
caulay proceeded  to  point  out  numerous  instauces  of  undoubted  piracy.  He  then  called 
Mr.  William  White,  Jun.,  who  explained  the  manner  in  which  the  information  for  the 
directory  was  obtained.  Information  was  collected  from  various  standard  authorities 
and  parliamentary  documents.  This  information  was  placed  in  the  hands  of  agents,  who 
visited  every  part  of  the  county  to  test  its  accuracy  and  obtain  new  information.  The 
alphabetical  arrangement  of  the  hundreds  was  peculiar  to  White's  directory. — At  this 
stage  of  the  case  Mr.  Field  admitted  that  the  debit  side  of  defendant's  account,  as  the 
learned  Judge  called  it,  had  become  too  heavy  for  him,  and  agreed,  without  going  into 
further  evidence,  to  a  Verdict  for  the  Plaintiff;  and  undertook  1o  consent  to  an  Injunc- 
tion in  the  Court  of  Chancery. 


INDEX  OF  PLACES. 


Those  marked  thus  *  are  in  Rutlandshire,  and  the  others  are  in  Leicestershire, 


Ab-Kettleby,  325 
Alderman's  Haw,  463 
Allexton,  593 
♦Alstoe  Hundred,  780 
Alton  Grange,  432 
Anstey,  430 
Anstey  Pastures,  431 
Appleby  Magna,  641 
Appleby  Parva,  641 
Arnesby,  722 
Asfordby,  594 
Ashby-de-la-Zoucb,  432 
Asbby  Folville,  595 
Ashby  Magna,  723 
Asbby  Parva,  724 
*Ashwell,  780 
Aston  Flainville,  644 
Atterton,  720 
Ayleston,  725 
*Ayston,  806 
Baggrave,  610 
Bagwortb,  716 
Bardon  Park,  646 
Barkby,  596 
Barkby  Tborpe,  596 
Barkstone,  327 
Barlestone,  691 
*  Barley  tborpe,  835 
Barron's  Park,  651 
♦Barrow,  785 
♦Barrowden,  840 
Barrow-upon-Soar,  452 
Barsby,  595 

Barton-in-the-Beans,  696 
Barwell,  647 
Basset  House,  649 
Beaumanor,  465 
*Beaumont  Cbase,  841 
Beaumont  Leys,  467 
Beeby,  598 
Belgrave,  467 
*Belmisthorpe,  804 
BeltoD,  470 
*Belton,  822 
Belvoir  Castle,  328 
Benn  Hills,  695 
Bescaby,  341 
Billesdon,    527 
Bilstone,  701 
Birstall,  470 
*Bisbrooke,  841 
Bittesby,  735 
Bitteswell,  726 


Blaby,  727 

Blackfordby,  432,  445 
Blaston,  531 
Boothorpe  432,  445 
Botcbeston,  704 
Bottesford,  336 
Bowden  Magna,  531 
Bowden  Parva,  532 
Bradgate  House,  705 
Bradgate  Park,  475 
Bradley,  578 
Branstone,  340 
Brascote,  699 
Braunstone,  657 
Braunstone  Fritb,  657 
*Braunston,  823 
Breedon-on-tbe-Hill,  471 
Brentingby,  388 
Bringburst,  547 
*Brooke,  824 
Brookesby,  599 
Brougbton  Astley,  730 
Brougbton  Netber,  341 
Bruntingtborpe,  732 
Buckminster,  342 
Burbage,  or  Burbach,  645 
Burleigb,  411 
♦Barley,  781 
Burrougb-on-Hill,  549 
Burton  Lazars,  344 
Burton  Overy,  550 
Burton-on-tbe-Wolds,617 
Basbby,  588 
Cadeby,  649 
♦Caldecott,  842 
Carlton,  691 
Carlton  Curlieu,  551 

*Casterton,  (Great),  795 

*Casterton,  (Little),  796 

Castle  Donington,  483 

*Catmos,  Vale  of,  775 

Cattborpe,  732 

Cavendish  Bridge,  483 

Cbadwell,  623 

Cbarley,  477 

Cbarnwood  Forest,  477 

Cburcb  Langton,  552 

Claxton,  344 

Claybrooke  Magna,  733 

Claybrooke  Parva,  733 

*Clipsham,  825 

Cloud  Hill,  471 

Coalville,  523,  679 


Coleorton,  480 
Cold  Overton,  375 
Congerstone,  650 
Cosby,  737 
Cossington,  601 
Coston,  346 
Cotes,  617 
Cotes-de-Val,  747 
Coton,  683  and  690 
Cottesbacb,  739 
♦Cottesmore,  783 
Countestborpe,  729 
Cranoe,  556 
Croft,  651 
Cropston,  513 
Croxton  Kerrial,  346 
Croxton,  (South),  602 
Dadlington,  670 
Dalby,  (Great),  602 
Dalby,  (Little),  348 
Dalby-on-the-Wolds,  603 
Desford,  651 
Disewortb,  482 
Disbley,  511 
Donington,  (Castle),  483 
Donington,  678 
Donistborpe,  505 
Drayton,  547 
Drayton,  (Fenny),  653 
Dunton  Bassett,  739 
Earl-Shilton,  681 
Easthorpe,  336 
*East  Hundred,  795 
Easton,  (Great),  548 
Eastwell,  349 
Eaton,  350 
*Edith  Weston,  806 
Edmondthorpe,  351 
*Egleton,  826 
Elmstborpe,  654 
*Empingham,  797 
Enderby,  654 
♦Essendine,  799 
Evington,  557 
*Exton,  785 
Eye  Kettleby,  365 
Fleckney,  558 
Foston,  740 
Foxton,  559 

Framland  Hundred,  324 
Freeby,  365 
Frisby,  560 
Frisby-on-tbe-Wreak,  604 


INDEX    OF    PLACES. 


Frith  House,  494 
Frith  Hall,  656 
Frowlesworth,  740 
Gaddesby,  605 
Galby,  560 
Garendon,  487 
Garthorpe,  352 
Gartree  Hundred,  526 
Gilmorton,  742 
Gilroe,  488 
*Glaston,  843 
Glenfield,  656 
Glenfield  Frith,  656 
Glen  Magna,  560 
Glen  Parva,  726 
Glooston,  562 
Goadby  530 
Goadby  Marwood,  352 
Gopsail  Hall,  658 
Goscote  Hundred,  East, 

592,  and  West,  390 
Gracedieu  Manor,470,488 
*Greetham,  788 
Griffydam,  474 
Grimston,  606 
Groby,  704 
Guadaloupe,  370 
Gumley,  562 
*Gunthorpe,  826 
Guthlaxton  Hundred, 720 
Hallaton,  563 
Halstead,  633 
*Hambleton,  807 
Hamilton,  596 
Harby,  353 
Hardwick,  585 
*Hardwick,  797 
Harston,  354 
Hartshorn,  444 
Hathern,  489 
Heather,  661 
Hemington,  495 
Higham-on-the-Hill,  662 
Hinckley,  663 
Hoby,  607 

Hoby  Newfields,  599 
Holwell,  326 
Holyoakes,  587 
♦Horn,  789 
*Hornfield,  797 
Horninghold,  566 
Hose,  354 
Hothorpe,  587 
Hoton,  617 

Houghton-on-Hill,  566 
Hugglescote,  678 
Humberstone,  608 
Huncote,  699 
Hnngerton,  609 
Husband's  Bosworth,  567 


Hydes  Pastures,  670 

Ibstock,  676 

Illston-on-the-Hill,  552 

Ingarsby,  611 

*Ingthorpe, 

Isley  Walton,  492 

Kegworth,  491 

*Kelthorpe  Manor,  800 

*Ketton,  800 

Keyham,  622 

Keythorpe,  634 

KibworthBeauchamp,570 

Kibworth  Harcourt,  572 

Kilby,  743 

Kilworth,  (North),  744 

Kil worth,  (South),  745 

Kimcote,  746 

King's  Norton,  580 

Kirby  Bellars,  355 

Kirby  Fritb,  656 

Kirby  Muxloe,  657 

Kirby  Mallory,  679 

Knaptoft,  748 

Knighton,  750 

Knight  Thorpe,  411 

Knipton,  356 

Knoll  House,  649 

Knossington,  574 

*Langham,  826 

Langley,  493 

Langton,  (East),  552 

Langton,  (Thorpe),  556 

Langton,  (Tur),  556 

Langton,  (West),  552 

Laughton,  575 

Launde,  612 

Lea  Grange,  695 

Leesthorpe,  583 

Leicester,  History,  113  ; 
Directorv,221 ;  Streets, 
215  ;  Union,  114 

Leicester  Abbey,  156,493 

Leicester  Forest,  682 

Leicester  Grange,  682 

Leicester  Frith,  494 

"Leighfield  Forest,  827 

Leire,  751 

Lindridge  House,  652 

Lindley,  662 

Littlethorpe,  738,  697 

Lockington,  494 

Loddington,  613 

Lodge  Mills,  752 

Long  Lane,  523 

Loughboro',History,391 ; 
Directory,  412 

Lount,  473 

Lowesby,  613 

Lubenham,  576 

jtiubbesthorpe,  646 


*Luffenham,  (North), 843 
♦Luffenharn,  (South),  845 
Lutterworth,  752 
♦Lyddington,  846 

*  Lyndon,  808 

*  Man  ton,  809 
Mapplewell,  463 
Marefield  (South),  633 
Market  Bosworth,  683 
Market  Harborough,  534 
*Market  Overton,  790 
Markfield,  694 

*  Martinsley  Hun  dred ,  8  05 
*Martinsthorpe,  810 
Medbourne,  578 
Melton  Mowbray,  357 
Merevale,  695 

Merrill  Grange,  470 
Merry  Lees,  715 
Misterton,  762 
Moira,  444 
Moorbarn,  695 
Morebarnes,  752 
*Morcott,'.848 
Mountsorrel,  457 
Mowsley,  749 
Muston*  374 
Mythe,  (The),  696 
Nailstone,  696 
Naneby,  683 
Narborough,  697 
Nevill  Holt,  579 
Newbold  Folville,  595 
Newbold  Saucey,  474 
Newbold  Verdon,  699 
Newhall  Park,  717 
Newhouse  Grange,  695 
New  Parks,  682 
Newton  Burgoland,  509 
Newton,  (Cold),  614 
Newton  Harcourt,  591 
Newton  Nethercote,  509 
Newtown  Linford,  495 
Newtown  Unthank,  706 
Norman  ton,  336 
*Normanton  (Rutld.),810 
Normanton-le-Heath,697 
Normanten  Turville,  718 
Norton  (East),  615 
Norton-jux.-Twvcrs.  700 
Norton  (King's),  580 
Noseley,  581 
Oadby,  763 

*  Oakham,  828 

*  Oakham  Soke  Hund.  822 
Odstone,  709 
Orton-on-the-Hill,  701 
Orton  (Little),  701 
Osbaston,  650 
Osgathorpe,  496 


INDEX    OF    PLACES. 


Othorpe,  585 
Ouston,  582 
Packington,  497 
Papillon  Hall,  576 
Paske  Hall,  606 
Peatling  Magna,  765 
Peatling  Parva,  765 
Peckleton,  702 
Pegg's  Green,  525 
Pickwell,  582 
*Pickworth,  802 
*Pilton,  849 
Pinnals  or  Pinwell,  695 
Plungar,  375 
Potters  Marston,  648 
Poultney,  762 
*  Preston,  811 
Prestwold,  615 
Primethorpe,  730 
Quenby,  611 
Queniborough,  618 
Quorndon,  460 
Kagdale,  619 
Ratby,  703 
Ratcliff  College,  601 
Ratcliff  Culey,  711 
Ratcliff-on-Wreak,  619 
Ravenstone,  499 
Rearsby,  620 
Redmile,  376 
Redmoor,  687 
*Ridlington,  812 
Roecliffe  Hall,  495 
Rolleston,  530 
Rotberby,  621 
Rothley,  500 
Rothley  Temple,  501 
Rotten  Row,  525 
Rowden,  662 
Rutlandshire,  775 
*Ryhall,  802 
Saddington,  584 
Saltby,  377 
Sapcote,  706 
Saxby,  377 
Saxelby,  623 
Scalford,  378 
Scraptoft,  585 
Seagrave,  or  Segrave,  624 
Seal  Nether,  503 
Seal  Over,  504 
*Seaton,  849 
Sewstern,  343 
Shackerstone,  708 
Shangton,  585 
Sharnford,  709 
Shawell,  766 
Shearsby,  748 
Sheepshed,  506 
Sheepy  Magna,  710 


Sheepy  Parva,  712 
Shenton,  692 
Shoby,  or  Shouldby,  625 
Shorn  Hill,  661 
Sibson,  712 
Sileby,  625 
Six  Hills,  619 
Skeffington,  627 
Sketchley,  644 
Slawston,  585 
Smeeton  "Westerby,  572 
Smockington,  644 
Snarestone,  713 
Snibston,  498 
Somerby,  379 
Sparkenhoe  Hundred, 639 
Sproxton,  380 
St.  Bernard's  Abbey,  518 
St.  Mary  in  Arden,  532 
Stanford  Hall,  767 
Stanton-und.-Bardon  717 
Stapleford,  381 
Stapleton,  649 
Starmore,  769 
Stathem,  383 
Staunton  Harold,  473 
Stockerston,  386 
*StokeDry,   850 
Stoke  Golding,  670 
Stonesby,  384 
Stoneygate,  750 
Stoney  Stanton,  714 
Stonton  Wyville,  587 
Stoughton,  589 
*Stretton,  791 
Stretton  Magna,  561 
Stretton  Parva,  581 
Sutton  Cheney,  693 
Sutton-in-the-Elms,  730 
Swannington,  524 
Swepstone,  508 
Swinford,  767 
Swithland,  509 
Sysonby,  384 
Syston,  628 
*Teigh,  792 
Temple  Hall,  713 
Theddingworth,  587 
*Thistleton,  793 
Thornton,  715 
*Thorpe-by-Water,  850 
Thorpe  Acre,  511 
Thorpe  Arnold,  385 
Thorpe,  (Knight),  411 
Thorpe  Lubenham,  576 
Thorpe  Parva,  738 
Thorpe  Satchville,  636 
Thringtone,  525 
Thrussington,  631 
!  Thurcaston,  512  *, 


Thurlaston,  717 
Thurmaston,  597 
Thurnby,  581 
♦Tickencote,  804 
Tilton-on-the-Hill,  632 
*  Tin  well,  805 
*Tixover,  851 
*Tolth<5rpe,  797 
Tonge,  471 
Tooley  Park,  702 
Tugby,  633 
Turfy,  515 
Twycross,  719 
Twyford,  635 
Ullesthorpe,  735 
Ulverscroft,  514 
♦Uppingham,  813 
Upton,  713 
Walcote,  762 
Waltham-on-Wolds,  385 
Walton,  747 
Walton  Holt,  747 
Walton-on-Wolds,  636 
Wanlip,  514 
*Wardley,  839 
Wartnaby,  622 
Welby,  365 
Welham,  589 
Wellesborough,  713 
Westrill,  769 
Whatborough,  633 
Whatton,  Long,  515 
Whetstone,  769 
*Whissendine,  793 
Whittington  Grange,  703 
*WhitwelV794 
Whitwick,  516 
Wibtoft,  737 
Wigston  Magna,  770 
Wigston  Parva,  736 
Willoughby  Waterless  774 
Willoughes,  619 
Wilson  and  Tong,  471 
*Wing,  821 
Wistow,  590 
Withcote,  387 
Witherley,  719 
Woodhouse,  463 
Woodhouse  Eaves,  463 
Woodthorpe,  411 
Woodville,  432,  444 
Worthington,  474 
*WrangdikeHundred,839 
Wreakdale,  619 
Wycombe,  623 
Wyfordby,  387 
Wykin,  669 
Wymeswould,  637 
Wymondham,  388 
Zouch  Bridge,  489 
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GENERAL  INDEX  OF   SUBJECTS. 


Abbeys,  42, 156, 347, 487, 

518,  582,  612 
Agriculture,  57,  775 
Agricultural  Societies,  61, 
183,386,400,641,780, 
829 
Aikin,  Dr.  John,  572 
Alfred  the  Great,  31 
Allotment   System,    135, 

141,  784 
Ancient  Britons,  25 
Archdeaconries,  49,  777 
Archidiaconal  Board,  182 
Architectural  Asscn.  188 
Area,  18,  777 
Armston  Family,  737 
Ashby,  Rev.  E.  Q.  611 
Aspect,  51,  775 
Assizes,  &c.  24,  776 
Astrology,  482 
Aveland,  Lord,  810 
Bainbridge,  Dr.  Jno.  435 
Baker,  R.  W.  Esq.  784 
Bakewell,  Robt.  Esq.  57 
Barbauld,  Mrs,  572 
Battle  of  Bosworth,  687 
Beaumont,  Francis,  489 
Beaumont  Sir  G.H.  480 
Berners,  Lord,  634 
Berney,  Sir  Hanson,  719 
Beveridge,  Bishop,  455 
Bickersteth,  Bishop,  707 
Bishops  of  Leicester,  43, 

121 ;  of  Mercia,  43 
Bobbin-net  Machines,392 
BoroughEnglish  ,842,847 
Bosworth  Field,  687 
Botany,  62 
Bradshaw  John,  709 
Braye,  Baroness,  767 
Brown  Family,  832 
Buckingham,    Duke    of, 

600,  782 
Burdett,  Sir  Francis,  356 
Burnaby,  E.  Esq.  610 
Burton,  Wm.&  Robt.  662 
Byron,*Lord,  680 
Cambrian  Rocks,  78 
Campden,  Viscount,  786 
Canals,  &c.  54 
Canning  Rt.Hon.Geo.644 
Carboniferous  Rocks,  82 
Castles,  41, 147,  328, 387, 
437,483,658,664,681, 
705,  799,  830 
Cattle  and  Sheep,  58 
Cave,  Sir  Thomas,  768 


Cave,  Rev.  Wm.  D.D.  583 

Charities,  21 

Charles  I.  127,  132,  537, 

576,  590,  709 
Charn wood  Forest,  477 
Chessher,  Dr.  665,  702 
Chiselden  Family,  824 
Chisselden,  Dr.  550 
Church  Bldg.  Socy.  182 
Churches,  45,  777 
Civil  Wars,  127  to  133 
Clare,  John,  796 
Clarke,  Rev.  Mattw.  698 
Clergy     Charities,    472, 

497,  575,  788 
Coal  Measures,  86 
Cole,  Colonel  Win.  576 
Colleges,  42, 158, 601,809 
Collieries,  83,  107,  516, 
523,524,525,676,693, 
696,  716 
Colliery  Sections,  107 
Constables,  778 
Constabulary,  23,  778 
Copt  Oak,  479 
Coroners,  112,  778 
Courts,  24,  776 
Crabbe,  Rev.  Geo.347,374 
Cradock,  Jph.  Esq.  562 
Crewe,  Bishop,  699 
Cromwell,  131,  537 
Cromwell,  Thos.  612,830 
Curfew,  37 
Danes,  31,  121 
Danvers  Family,  510 
Davvs,  Bishop,  49,  397 
Deans  &Deaneries,49,777 
De  Clifford,  Baroness,  679 
De  Lisle,  A.  L.  Esq.  487 
Deputy-Lieutenants,  7 
Digby  Family,  850 
Diocese,  43 

Dixie,  Sir  A.  B.  C.  683 
Doddridge,  Dr.  P.  572 
Domesday  Book,  36 
Drayton,  Michael,  653 
Drayton's    Poly-Olbion, 

477,  776 
Druids,  26 
Dysart,  Earl  of,  342 
Earls  of  Leicester,  122 
Ecclesiastical  Comsrs.  48 
Ecclesiastical  History,  42 
Entrenchments,  27,  347, 
537,549,563,572,578, 
579,    632,    703,    733, 
745,  748,  796 


Employments,  20 
Extra-parochial  Places, 

46,  173 
Fairfax,  General,  131 
Farms,  21 

Farnham  Family,  461 
Ferns,  List  of,  65 
Ferrers,  Earl  of,  473 
Feudal  System,  38 
Floar  Family,  794,  832 
Flowering  Plants,  65 
Folville,  William,  595 
Fosseway,  29 
Fossils,  81,105,453,577, 

584 
Fowke,SirF.T.  Bart.  613 
Fox,  George,  653 
Fox  Hunting,  61 
Framework  Knitters,  135 
Freeman  Rev.  Thos.  732 
Freemasons,    183,    434, 

613,  660,  668 
Gainsborongh,Earlof,786 
Geology,  77  to  111 
Granby,  Marquis  of,  335 
Grand  Panneter,  571 
Granite,  457,   647,  694, 

699,  705,  714 
Grey,  Lady  Jane,  476,705 
Grey,  Lords,  476,  705 
Halford  Sir  H.  Bart.  590 
Hall,  Bishop,  435 
Hall,  Rev.  Robt.  177,  722 
Hanbury,  Rev.  Wm.  553 
Handel,  659 

Harboro', Countess  of,382 
Hardinge,  Hon.  A.  572 
Hardwick,  John, Esq.  662 
Hare  Pie  Scramble,  564 
Harrold,  James,  669 
Hartopp,  Sir  E.  C.  562 
Hartopp,  E.  B.  Esq.  349 
Hastings,  Marquis  of,  436 
Hazlerigg,  Sir  A.  G.  581 
Heathcote,  Mr  John,  392 
Henley,  John,  360 
Herrick  Family,  465 
Heygate,  Sir  F.W.  495 
High  Cross,  734 
Holdsworth,  Edward,  660 
Hopetoun,  Earl  of,  576 
Horse  Shoe  Custom,  830 
Hosiery  Manufacture, 133 
Howe,  Rev.  John,  326 
Howe,  Earl,  660 
Hudson,  Jeffery,  833 
Hundreds,  18,  22,  777 


GENERAL    INDEX    OF    SUBJECTS. 


Huntingdon,  Earl  of,  436 
Huniingtower,  Lord,  342 
Igneous  Rocks,  78 
Industry  Society,  780 
Infirmary,  195 
Ivanhoe,  438 ;  Baths,  440 
James  II.  45 
Jennens,  Charles,  658 
Jones,  William,  738 
Kent,  Earl  of,  645 
Kirkby,  John  de,  360 
Knights  Hospitaller,  &c. 

661,  766,  767 
Kyriel  Family,  347 
Lace  Manufacture,  392 
Lanesboroagb,  Earl,  510 
Langteu,  Walter  de,  553 
Latimer,  Bishop,  512 
Laud,  Archbishop,  677 
Lazar  Hospital,  344 
Leigh,  Col.  Edward,  766 
Leir,  King,  116 
Liberties,  22 
Lichens,  List  of,  9 
Lilley,  William,  482 
Limestone,  82,  452 
Losecoat  Battle,  789 
LordLieutenants, 112,778 
Lovelace,  Earl  of,  680 
Luddites,  134 
Lunatic  Asylum,  196 
Macaulay,  Lord,  501 
Magistrates,  7,  142,  778 
Mammatt  Edward,  435 
Manners  Family,  329 
Manufactures,  133 
Marlstone,  102 
Market  Towns,  22,  776 
Mary  Queen  of  Scots,438 
Maze  (Ancient),  821 
Melbourne,  Viscount,  360 
Melton,  William  de,  360 
Members  of  Parliament, 

112,  778 
Mercia,  Kings  of,  31 
Mineral  Springs,344, 377, 

390,440,493,562,584, 

579,665,678,706,710, 

740,  748,  753 


Militia,  112,  181 
Mint,  121 
Moira,  Earl  of,  437 
Monasteries,  42,  43, 156, 

518,  754 
Montagu,  Lady  M.  W.699 
Montfort,  Simon  de,  123 
Mosses,  List  of,  8 
Naseby,  Battle  of,  537 
Nevill  Family,  580 
Newspapers,188, 427,674 
Noel  family,  680,  786 
Nonconformists,  44 
Norman  Conquest,  35 
Nunneries42,405,489,493 
Oolite,  100 
Orange,  Prince  of,  45 
Palmer,  Sir  G.  J.  514 
Palmer,  Sir  J.  551 
Papillon  Family,  576 
Parliamentary  Divisions, 

22,  777 
Paul,  Rev.  William,  724 
Peck  Rev.  F.  352 
Peculiars,  51 
Permian  Rocks,  96 
Phillipps  Family,  488 
Plague,  395 

Police  Force,  23, 145,778 
Polling  Places,  22,  777 
Ponsonby,  Baron,  385 
Poor  Laws,  18 
Population,  17,  777 
Porphyritic  Rocks,  80 
Powys-Keck,  Hon.  H.589 
Priories,   42,    157,    175, 
334,355,362,463,472, 
477,489,514,580,612, 
664,  667,  806,  824 
Prisons,  24,  145,  831 
Pulteney,  Dr.  Richd.  397 
Public  Officers,  112,  778 
Queen  Anne's  Bounty,47 
Railways,  56,  776 
Reformatory,  24,  522 
Reformation,  43 
Rental,  23 

Richard  III.  125,  687 
Ryder  Bishop,  756 


Rifle  Volunteers,  112 
Rivers  &  Rivulets,52,776 
Roads  (Turnpike),  56 
Roman  Remains,  29, 117, 
435,537,550,578,707, 
733,  734,  790,  795,815, 
Romans,  27 
Rutland,  Duke  of,  329 
St.  Tibba,  803 
Sandstone,  98 
Sawyer,  Admiral,  604 
Saxons,  30,  120 
Schools,  21 
Seats,  List  of,  11 
Sessions,  Petty,  24,  778 
Sheep  and  Cattle,  57 
Shirley  family,  473 
Simpson,  Thomas,  684 
Skeffington,  Bishop,  627 
Slate  Rocks,  78 
Soil,  &c,  59,  775 
Spencer,  Bishop,  637 
Stamford,  Earl  of,  705 
Staveley,  Thomas,  553 
Stilton  Cheese,  60 
Stocking  Frame,  133 
Syenite,  82 
Taylor,  Dr.  J.  814 
Tesselated      Pavements, 

118,  573,  815 
Thoroton,  Rev.  Sir  J.338 
Tithes,  46 
Tumuli,   504,   604,  620, 

734, 742 
Turpin,  Dick,  653 
Twisleton  Josias  C.  650 
Unions,  18,  777 
Via  Devana,  29 
Voters,  22 
Watling  street,  29 
Wells,  Dr.  739 
Wentworth,  Barons,  680 
Whiston,  Wm.  701,  808 
Wickliffe,  John,  754 
Wightman,  Edward,  669 
Winchilsea,Earlof,  782 
Witchcraft,  126,  335,  635 
Wolsey,  Cardinal,  157 
Yeomanry,  112 


LEICESTER  INDEX  OF   SUBJECTS. 


Abbey,  156 
Abbey  Meadows,  142 
Agricultural  Society,  183 
Aldermen,  142 
Almshouses,  204  to  213 


Allotment  System,  135 
Amusement, Places  of,178 
Ancient  History,  115 
Archidiaconal  Board,  182 
Architectural  Society,  188 


Assembly  Rooms,  178 
Asylums,  192,  196 
Banks,  136,  281 
Baths,  179 
Bent's  Hospital,  210 


LEICESTER    INDEX    OF    SUBJECTS. 


Bishops  of  Leicester,  121 

Black  Friars,  174 

Blanket  Charity,  194 

Blind  Association,  197 

Blue  Boar  Inn,  125,  155 

Blue  Coat  School,  192 

Board  of  Health,  149 

Bobbin  Net,  136 

Borough,  114  and  137 

Brick  Tower,  156 

Bridges,  136 

British  Schools,  192 

Canals,  136 

Carriers,  320 

Castle,  147 

Castle  View,  173 

Cathedral,  121 

Cattle  Market,  155 

Cemetery,  152 

Chamber  of  Comce.  184 

Chapels,  174 

Charities,  194  to  214 

Charity  Trustees,  143 

Charles  I.  132 

Charters,  124 

Churches,  159  to  173 

Church  Building  Soc.  183 

Church  of  Eng.  Inst.  117 

Civil  Wars,  127 

Coaches,  132 

Colleges,  158 

Collegiate  School,  189 

Consanguinitarium,  213 
Corporation,  138,  143 
County  Constabulary,  143 
County  Court,  144 
County  Gaol,  146 
Courts  of  Law,  138  &  144 
Court  of  Probate,  141 
Deputies,  112 
Devonshire's     (Countess 

of)  Hospital,  212 
Directory,  215 
Dispensary,  196 
Domesday  Book,  121 
Dorcas  Society,  194 
Dramatic   Society,  185 
Earls  of  Leicester,  122 
Exchange,  133 
Excise  Office,  144 
Extra-par.  Liberties,  173 
Eye  Infirmary,  196 
Fairs,  155 
Fancy  Hosiery,  136 
Female  Asylum,  192 
Floral  Society,  182 
Fosse-Way,  116 
Framework  Knitters,  135 
Franchise,  140 
Fre*ak'a  Ground,  174 


Freemasons'  Hall,  183 
Freemen,  140 
Freemen's  Piece,  141 
Gaol,  145 
Gardens,  136 
Gas  Works,  152 
Grammar  School,  189 
Green  Coat  School,  191 
Grey  Friars,  158 
Guilds,  166 
Hastings,  Baron,  128 
Holy  Bones,  120 
HomceopathicDispen.196 
Hosiery  Manufacture,  133 
Hospitals,  194 
Improvement  Act,  153 
Infirmary,  195 
Jewry  Wall,  119 
Judges'  Lodgings,  178 
Ladies'  Charity,  194 
Lambert,  Daniel,  153 
Lee,  Rev.  William,  132 
Leir,  King,  116 
Licensed  Vict.  Soc.  182 
Libraries,  185,  188 
Literary  and  Philosophi- 
cal Society,  186 
Loan  Charities,  200 
Luddism,  134 
Lunatic  Asylum,  196 
Magazine,  148 
Magistrates,  142 
Market  place,  154 
Markets,  155 
Martyrs,  126 
Mechanics'  Institns.  187 
Members  of  Parlmt.  140 
Merchants'  Guild,  123 
Military,  Roman,  117 
Militia,  112  and  182 
Mint,  121 

MonasticInstitutions,156 
Montford,  Simon  de,  137 
Moore,  Thomas,  126 
Municipal  Govmt.  137 
Museum,  180 
Musical  Societies,  185 
National  Schools,  191 
Navigations,  136 
Newarke,  173 
New  Hall,  179 
New  Walk,  180 
News  Room,  186 
Newspapers,  188,  309 
1  Newton,  Alderman,  199 
Orphan  Asylum,  192 
Parishes,  114,  159 
Parliaments,  125 
Penitentiary,  197 
Police,  145 


Population,  114 
Post  Office,  318 
Priories,  157 
Provident  Institns.  193 
Public  Officers,  142,  143 
Races,  179 

Railways,  113  and  319 
Rateable  Value,  114 
Raw  Dykes,  120 
ReligiousInstitutions,178 
Richard  III.  125 
RifleVolunteers,112  &182 
Riots,  134 

Roman  Catholics,  174 
Romans,  116 
Rom.  Pavements,  117,118 
Savings'  Banks,  193 
Saxons,  120 
Schools,  189 
Siege  of  Leicester,  129 
Simons'  Hospital,  212 
Situation,  113 
Soar,  River,  136 
Southfields,  141,  172 
Spittle  House,  211 
St.  George's  Guild,  168 
St.  John's  Hospital,  210 
Stamp  Office,  143 
Street  Architecture,  155 
Streets,  Length  of,  112 
Streets,  List  of,  215 
Sunday  School  In  stitn  .191 
Sutton,  Benjamin,  204 
Tax  Office,  144 
Temperance  Society,  187 
Temperance  Hall,  181 
Theatre,  178 
Town  Estate,  139 
Town  Hall,  145 
Trade  Protection  Soc.  183 
Trade  Directory,  278 
Trinity  Hospital,  204 
Turret  Gateway,  148 
Union,  114 
Venison  Feast,  126 
Voters,  140 
Walls  and  Gates,  148 
Wards,  138 
Water  Works,  151 
White  Friars,  174 
White,  Sir  Thomas,  200 
Widow     and     Orphans' 

Friend  Society,  194 
Witchcraft,  126 
Wolsey  Cardinal,126, 157 
Workhouse,  114 
Wyggeston'sHospital,206 
Yeomanry,  112,  182 
Young  Men's  &  Women's 
ChristianAsscns.l87-'8 


MAGISTRATES  OF  THE  COUNTY  OF  LEICESTER. 

Marked  *  are  Deputy -Lieutenants. 


Abney  William  Wootton,  Esq.,  Measham,  Atberstone. 

Adnutt  Rev.  Robert  Tbomas,  M.A.,  Cadeby  Rectory,  Hinckley. 

*Arkwrigbt  Artbur  William,  Esq.,  Brougbton  Astley,  Lutterwortb. 

Asbby  George  Ashby,  Esq.,  Tbe  Woolleys,  Naseby,  Nortbamptonshire. 

Beaseley  Tbomas  Calvert,  Esq.,  Harston,  Melton  Mowbray. 

•Beaumont  Sir  George  Howland,  Bart.,  Coleorton  Hall,  Asbby-de-la-Zoucb. 

Belper  Right  Hon.  Lord,  Kingston  Hall,  Kegwortb. 

♦Berners  Rigbt  Hon.  Lord,  Keytborpe  Hall,  Tugby,  Leicester. 

♦Bingham  Henry  Corles,  Esq.,  Wartnaby,  Melton  Mowbray. 

Bracebridge  Cbarles  Holt,  Esq.,  Atberstone. 

Brooke  Sir  William  De  Capell,  Bart.,  The  Elms,  Market  Harborougb. 

Brookes  William,  Esq.,  Croft  Hall,  Hinckley. 

Burnaby  Edwyn,  Esq.,  Baggrave  Hall,  Leicester. 

Burnaby  Edwyn  Sherard,  Esq.,  Baggrave  Hall,  Leicester. 

Cheney  Edward  Henshaw,  Esq.,  Gaddesby  Hall,  Melton  Mowbray. 

Clifton  John  Talbot,  Esq.,  Catmos  House,  Oakham. 

Clowes  Samuel  William,  Esq.,  Woodbouse  Eaves,  Loughborough. 

Coleman  Henry  Freeman,  Esq.,  Evington  Hall,  Leicester. 

Colvile  Cbarles  Robert,  Esq.,  M.P.,  Lullington,  Derby. 

Cooper  Rev.  John  Mawby,  M.A.,  Peckleton  Rectory,  Hinckley. 

*Cope  Thomas,  Esq.,  Osbaston  Hall,  Market  Bosworth. 

Crosland  John  Smith,  Esq.,  Burbage  House,  Hinckley. 

*Curzon  Rigbt  Hon.  Viscount,  M.P.,  Gopsall  Hall,  Atherstone. 

Cust  Hon.  Charles  Henry,  Arthingworth,  Northamptonshire. 

Dawson  Edward  Finch,  Esq.,  Launde  Abbey,  Uppingham. 

♦Dixie  Sir  Alexander  Beaumont  Churchill,  Bart.,  Market  Bosworth  Park. 

♦Douglass  Henry  Sholto,  Esq.,  Claybrook  Hall,  Lutterwortb. 

Ecbalaz  Rev.  John  Manuel,  M.A.,  Appleby  Magna  Rectory,  Atherstone. 

Elmhirst  Rev.  Edward,  B.A.,  Shawell  Rectory,  Rugby. 

Fenton  Kirkby,  Esq.,  Caldecott  Hall,  Warwickshire. 

Finch  George,  Esq.,  Burley  Hall,  Oakham. 

♦Fowke  Sir  Frederick  Thomas,  Bart.,  Lowesby  Hall,  Leicester. 

♦Freer  Charles  Thomas,  Esq.,  The  Coplow,  Billesdon. 

Frewen  Charles  Hay,  Esq.,  Cold  Overton  Hall,  Oakham. 

Geldart  Thomas  Charles,  Esq.,  Trinity  Hall  Lodge,  Cambridge. 

Gillett  Rev.  Gabriel  Edwards,  M.A.,  Waltbam-on-the- Wolds,  Melton. 

Gisborne  Thomas  Matthew,  Esq.,  Walton-upon- Trent. 

♦Gough  Richard,  Esq.,  North  Kilworth,  Rugby. 

Greenway  Rev.  William  Whitmore,  LL.B.,  Newbold  Verdon,  Market  Bosworth. 

♦Gregory  Sir  Glynne  Earle  Welby,  Bart.,  M.P.,  Denton  Park,  Grantham. 

♦Halford  Sir  Henry,  Bart.,  Wistow  Hall,  Leicester. 

♦Halford  Henry  St.  John,  Esq.,  Newton  Harcourt  Manor  House,  Leicester. 

Hall  Thomas  Dickenson,  Esq.,  Whatton  Manor,  Bingham,  Notts. 

Harpur  Henry  Richard,  Esq.,  Coton,  Nuneaton,  Warwickshire. 

Hartopp  Edward  Boucbier,  Esq.,  M.P.,  Little  Dalby  Hall,  Melton. 

Hastings  Cbarles  Frederick  Abney,  Esq.,  Willesley  Park,  Ashby-de-la-Zouch. 

*Hazlerigg  Sir  Artbur  Grey,  Bart.,  Noseley  Hall,  Leicester. 

Heygate,  Sir  Frederick  William,  Bart.,  M.P.  Roecliffe,  Leicester. 

♦Heygate  William  Unwin,  Esq.,  M.P.,  Brunt  Pelbam  Hall. 

Holden  Edward  Anthony,  Esq.,  Ashton  Hall,  Shardlow. 

Hoskins  Rev.  Henry  James,  M.A.,  Blaby  Rectory,  Leicester. 

♦Howe  Right  Hon.  Earl,  G.C.H.,  D.C.L.,  Gopsall  Hall,  Atherstone. 

♦Keck  Hon.  Henry  Lyttleton  Powys,  Stoughton  Grange,  Leicester. 

♦King  John,  Esq.,  Stretton  Hall,  Leicester. 

Lanesborough  Rigbt  Hon.  Earl  of,  Swithland  Hall,  Loughborough. 


8 


LEICESTERSHIRE    MAGISTRATES. 


Lowther  Hon.  Henry  Cecil,  M.P.,  Barleythorpe  Hall,  Oakham. 

Marriott  Rev.  James  Powell,  M.A.,  Cottesbach  Rectory,  Lutterworth. 

♦Martin  John,  Esq.,  Whatton  House,  Loughborough. 

*Middleton  Edward  Chatterton,  Esq.,  Loughborough. 

Moore  George,  Esq.,  Appleby  Hall,  Atberstone. 

♦Moreton  Hon.  Capt.  Reyrolds,  R.N.,  Lindridge  House,  Desford,  Leicester. 

*Morrice  John  Walter,  Esq.,  Catthorpe,  Rugby. 

♦Mowbray  George  Thomas,  Esq.,  Grangewood  House,  Over  Seal. 

Mowbray  Thomas,  Esq.,  Nether  Seal,  Ashby-de-la-Zouch. 

Noel  Hon.  Henry  Lewis,  Exton  Park,  Oakham. 

Norman  Rev.  Frederick  John,  M.A.  Bottesford  Rectory,  Grantham. 

Norman  George,  Esq.,  Goadby  Marwood,  Melton  Mowbray. 

Norton  William  Fletcher  Norton,  Esq.,  Elton,  Biugham. 

♦Packe  Charles  William,  Esq.,  M.P.,  Branksome  Tower,  Poole,  Dorset. 

Paget  Edmund  Arthur,  Esq.,  Thorpe  Satchville  Hall,  Melton. 

Paget  Thomas  Tertius,  Esq.,  Humoerstone,  Leicester. 

♦Palmer  Frederick,  Esq.,  Withcote  Hall,  Oakham. 

Palmer  Geoffrey,  Esq.,  Carlton,  Rockingham. 

Palmer  Sir  George  Joseph,  Bart.,  Wanlip  Hall,  Leicester. 

Pares  Thomas,  Esq.,  Hopwell  Hall,  Derby. 

Pochin  William  Ann,  Esq.,  Edmondthorpe  Hall,  Melton. 

Roberts  Rev.  James  Corall,  Witherley  Rectory,  Atberstone. 

♦Robertson  Eben  William,  Esq.,  Nether  Seal,  Ashby-de-la-Zouch. 

St.  Paul  David  Richard,  Esq.,  Everdon  Hall,  Northamptonshire. 

Stokes  Thomas,  Esq.,  New  Parks,  Leicester. 

Story  John  Bainbrigge,  Esq.,  Lockington  Hall,  Loughborough. 

Sutton  James,  Esq.,  Shardlow. 

Tailby  William  Ward,  Esq.,  Skeffington  Hall,  Leicester. 

Townshend  Henry,  Esq.,  Stoney  Stanton  House,  Hinckley. 

Villiers  Hon.  Frederick  William  Child,  Sulby,  near  Welford. 

Woodcock  Henry  Cleaver,  Esq.,  Rears  by,  Leicester. 


CATALOGUE  OF  LEICESTERSHIRE  MOSSES. 


Nomenclature  from  the  Bryologia  Britannica  of  Wilson. 
C.F.  Charnioood  Forest.     T.  Ttuycross.     C.  Common. 


Sphagnum   cymbifolium, 
bogs.    C.F. 

acutifolium.     C.F. 

fimbriatum.     C.F. 

■         cuspidatum.     C.F. 

squarrosum.     C.F. 

Archidium  phascoides.  T. 

Phascum  muticum.     T. 

rectum.     T. 

cuspidatum.  T. 

bryoides.     T. 

patens.     T. 

nitidum.     T. 

subulatum.     T. 

crispum.     T. 

alternifolium.     T. 

Gymnostomum    tenue. 
Calke  park. 

squarrosum.     T. 

microstomum.     T. 

Weissia  controversa.     T. 

mucronata  ?     C.F. 


Weissia  cirrhata.     T. 
Dicranum  varium.     T. 

cerviculatum.     T. 

heteromallum.     T. 

scoparium.     C.F. 

majus.     C.F. 

Leucobrvum  glaucum. 

Charn.  Forest 
Ceratodon  purpureus.   C. 
Campylopus   torfaceus. 

T.— C.F. 
fiexuosus.     Near 

Groby 
Pottia  cavifolia.     T. 

minutula.     T. 

truncata.     T. 

Anacalypta   lanceolata. 

Cbarn.  Forest 
Didymodon  rubellus.C.F. 

flexifolius.C.F.— T. 

Trichostomum  rigidulum. 

Charn.  Forest 


Trichostomum  flexicaule. 

Breedon  hill 
Tortula  aloides.     C.F. 

unguiculata.     C. 

fallax.     C.F. 

tortuosa.     Breedon 

convoluta.     T. 

muralis.     C. 

subulata.     T. 

latifolia.     T. 

lsevipila.     T. 

rural  is.     C. 

Cinclidotus  fontinaloides. 
Floodgates,  Groby 
Encalypta  vulgaris. 
— —  streptocarpa. 
Hedwigia  ciliata.     C.F. 
Scbistidium    apocarpum. 

Rocks.     C.F. 
Grimmia  pulvinata.     C. 

patens.     C.F. 

ovata.]  [Swithland 


LEICESTERSHIRE    MOSSES. 


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Racomitrium   aciculare. 

fasciculare.     C.F. 

heterosticham.  C.F. 

lanuginosurn.    C.F. 

canescens.     C.F. 

Phychomitrium  polypbyl- 

lum.     C.F. 
Orthotrichum  cupulatum. 

anomalum.  Breedon 

affine.     C. 

Lyellii.      T. 

■ rivulare.    Groby 

Sprucei.     T. 

diapbanum.     C. 

leiocarpum.     T. 

■ pulcbelluni.     T. 

crispum.     T. 

Zygodon  viridissimus. 

Braunstone 
Tetraphis  pellucida.  C.F. 
Atricbum  undulatum.    C. 
Pogonatum  nanum.     T. 

aloides.     T. 

urnigerum.     C.F. 

Polytricbum   forinosum. 

commune.     C. 

juniperinum.     C.F. 

• piliferum.     C. 

Aulacomnion  palustre.  T. 

androgynum.     T. 

Leptobryum  pyriforme, 

on  sandstone 
Bryum  nutans.  \C.F. — T. 

carneum.     T. 

pallens  ?     T. 

cernuum.     T. 

inclinatum.     T. 

intermedium.     T. 

bimum.     Moira 

capillare.     C. 

ccespititium.     C. 

sanguineum.     T. 

atropurpureum.    T. 

argenteum.     C. 

roseum.     C.F. 

Mnium  cuspidatum.     T. 

rostratum.  Gopsall. 

serratum.     T. 

hornum.    C. 

nndulatum.     C. 

punctatum.     T. 


Funaria  hygrometrica.  C. 

Muhlenbergu.   C.F. 

Physcomitrium  pyriforme 
Bartramia  fontana.     T. 

pomiformis.     T. 

arcuata.      Bank    of 

Swannington  Rly. 
Splacbnum  ampullaceum, 

Charn.  Forest 
Schistostega  osmundacea. 

Benn's  Cliff.  C.F. 
Fissidens  exilis.     T. 

viridulus.     T. 

bryoides.     T. 

adiantoides.     C.F. 

taxifolius.     C. 

Leucodon  sciuroides.  C. 
Antitrichia  curtipendula. 
Anomodon  viticulous.CF. 
Isotheciummyurum.  C.F. 

myosuroides.     C.F. 

alopecurum.     T. 

Climaciura  dendroides.  T. 
i  Leskea  polycarpa.     T. 

sericea.     C. 

Hypnum  albicans.     T. 

lutescens.     T. 

plumosum.     T. 

populeum.     C.F. 

velatinum.     C. 

rute.bulum.     O. 

piliferum.     C. 

prcelongurn.     C. 

■ striatum.     C. 

ruscifolium.     T. 

confertum.     T. 

irurale.     T. 

irriguum.     Groby 

serpens.     C. 

riparium.     T. 

chrysopbyllum.C.F. 

palustre.     Groby 

cordifolium.     T. 

cuspidatum.     C. 

Schreberi.     C.F. 

purum.     C. 

tamariscinum.     C. 

splendens.     C. 

brevirostre.  T.  C.F. 

triquelrum.     C. 

loreum.     C.F.     T. 


Hypnum  squarrosum.   C. 

fluitans.     T. 

filicinum.     T. 

molluscum.     C.F. 

cupressiforme.     C. 

resupinatum.     T. 

pratense.  Old  Parks. 

undulatum.     C.F. 

denticulatum.     T. 

Omalia  tricbomaniodes.T. 
Neckera  complanata.     T. 

crispa.     Breedon. 

pumila.     T. 

Hookeria  lucens.  Ashby 
Crypboea  heteromalla.  T. 
Fontinalis     antipyretica. 

Groby  pool 

Hepatice. 

Nomenclature  from 

Hooker's  British  Flora. 

Biccia  crystallina.  Asbby 

fluitans.     T. 

Spoerocarpus  terrestris.  T. 
Anthoceros  punctatus.  T. 
Marchantia  polymorpha. 

conica.  River  Sence 

Iungermannia     asplenoi- 

des.     C. 

spbagni.     C.F, 

bicuspidata.     C.F. 

byssacea.     T. 

nemorosa.     C.F. 

undulata.     T. 

albicans.     C.F. 

complanata.     T. 

scalaris.     T. 

Trichomanis,    T. 

bidentata.     C. 

heteropbylla.     T* 

barbata.     C. 

reptans.     T. 

setacea.     T. 

platyphylla.     C.F. 

ciliaris.     C.F. 

serpyllifolia.     T. 

dilatata.     T. 

Tamarisci,     C.F. 

pinguis.     T. 

multifida.     T. 

epipbylla.     T. 

fureata.     T. 


CATALOGUE    OF    LEICESTERSHIRE     LICHENS. 

Nomenclature  from  a  Manual  of  British  Lichens,  by  Wm.  Mucld,  1861. 


Epbebe     pubescens. 
Rocks.     C.F. 
Collemalimosum.     T. 

crispum.     T. 

plicatile.     Breedon 

?  Epipbyllum.  Gpsl. 


j  Boeomyces  byssoides  C.F. 

Icmadopbila  aeruginosa. 
Cbarn.  Forest 

Usnea  barbata, — tbe  va- 
rieties, florida, 
hirta,  plicata.  C.Fo 


Synecboblastus  flaccidus. 

Cbarn.  Forest 
Leptogiumlacerum.  C.F. 
Polycbidium  muscicolum. 

Cbarn.  Forest 
Aleotoria  jubata.    C.F. 


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LEICESTERSHIRE    LICHENS. 


Cladonia        endivia3folia 

B.  alcicornis.  C.F. 
pyxidata.     T. 

the  varieties  epi- 
phylla,  fimbriata, 
comuta,  radiata,  & 
prolifera,  are  found 
on  rocks  in  Ch.For 

gracilis.        Bardon 

squamosa.     C.F. 

furcata.     C.F.— T. 

rangiferina.     C.F. 

uncialis.     C.F. 

coccifera.     C.F. 

E.  digitata.     C.F. 

C.  filiformis.  C.F. 
Evernia    furfuracea. 

prunastri.     C. 

Ramalina   calicaris,    the 

varieties  fraxinea, 
fastigiata,  farina- 
cea.     Common. 

pollinaria.     T. 

Cornicularia      aculeata. 

Cetraria  glauca.     C,F. 

sepincola.     Bardon 

Peltigera  canina.     C. 

B.  rufescens.     C. 

polydactyla.     T. 

horizontalis.Bardon 

Sticta  pulmonacea.  Ditto 

sylvatica.     C.F. 

scrobiculata.     C.F. 

herbacea.     Bardon 

Parmeliaperlata.  C.F.-T. 

viliacea.  B.  Scortea. 

Borreri.     C. 

•         saxatilis.     C. 

physodes.     C. 

aleurites.    Gopsall 

acetabalum.     T. 

olivacea.    C. 

caperata.     C. 

conspersa.     C.F. 

B.stenophylla.C.F. 

incurva.     C.F. 

Borrera  ciliaris.     C. 

1  b.ispida,B-tenella.C. 

ccesia.     C.  • 

astroidea.      B. 

dementi.    T. 

stellaris 

obscura.     T. 

pulverulenta.     C. 

Physcia  parietina.     C. 
variety  poly carpa.  C. 

Umbilicariapustulata.C.F 

Gyrophora  polyphylla.CF 

Ampbiloma     lanuginosa. 

Squamaria  saxicola.     T. 


Placodium  murorum.  T. 
E.  citrinum.    T. 

Callopismavitellinum.  C. 

luteo-album.     T. 

aurantiacum.   Gips. 

arenarium. 

ferrugineum.     T. 

Rinodino  exigua.     T. 

Lecanora  badia.     C.F. 

frustulosa  ?     C.F. 

atra.     T. 

subfusca,    with    its 

numerous  varieties 
on  trees  &  walls.  C. 

albella.Crenulata.T. 

galactina.     C.F. 

varia — numerous 

varieties.     C. 

polytropa.     C.F. 

sulphurea.  C.F.— T. 

glaucoma.  C.F. — T. 

coarctata.     C.F. 

pallescens  &  parella. 

tartarea.     C.F. 

Acarospora  cervina 

squamulosa.  C.F. 

smaragdula.    C.F. 
Aspicilia  epulotica. 

Gracedieu 

calcarea.     Breedon 

Urceolariascruposa.  C.F. 
Gyalecta  cupularis. 

Breedon  hill 
Diploicia  canescens.  C. 
Psora  ostreata.  T. 

Caradocensis.    T. 

Lecothecium    nigrum. 

Breedon  hill 
Biatorina  Pineti.     T. 

Griffith!!  T. 

pyracea  ?    T. 

synothea.     T. 

grossa.  T. 

Bacidia  rubella.    T. 
carneola.     T. 

luteola.     T. 

atrogrisea    T. 

Raphiospora   fiavo-vires- 

cens.  T. 
Bilimbia  sphceroides.C.F. 

anomala.     T. 

milliaria.      T. 

Pyrrhospora  quernea.C.T 
Lecidea  lucida.    C.  F. 

rupestris.     C-  F. 

flexuosa.     T. 

decolorans.     C.F. 

parasema.    T. 

calcivora.    Breedon 

lapicida*    F. 


Lecidea  contigua.  C.F. 
confluens.     C.F. 

Buellia  disciformis.     T. 

myriocarpa.     T. 

Diplotomma  albo-atrumT 

Rhizocarpon  geographi- 
cum.     C.F. 

Schismatomma  prem- 

neum.    Bradgate 

Abrothallus  Smithii-para- 
sitic  on  Parm : 
saxatilis.    C.F. 

Opegrapha  lyncea.  Don- 
in  gton  Park 

varia.    T. 

rimalis.     T. 

— —  Turneri.    T. 

atra  T. 

vulgata.     T. 

herpetica.     T. 

Stenographa  anguina.  T. 

Graphis  scripta.     T. 

inusta.     T. 

Aulacographa  elegans.  T. 

Stigmatidium  crassum.  T 

Arthonia  astroidea.     T. 

epipasta  T. 

punctiformis.     T. 

impolita.     T. 

gregaria.     T. 

lurida.     T. 

Acolium  tympanellum.  T 

stigonellum,  parasi- 
tic on  Pertusaria.T 

Calicium  curtum.     T. 

hyperellum.     T. 

Coniocybe  furfuracea.  T. 

Sphcerophoron  coralloides 
Charn.  Forest 

Endocarpon  fluviatileC.F. 

Pertusariasyncarpa.  C.F. 

communis.  T. 

pustulata.     C. 

fallax.     T. 

Thelotrema    lepadinum. 
Verrucaria  nigrescens. 

Breedon  hill 

B.  macrostoma 

viridula.      T. 

rupestris.     C.F. 

calciseda.    Breedon 

Epigcea.     T. 

Thelidium     immersum. 
gemmatum.     T. 

biforme.     T. 

Pyrenula  nitida.     T. 
Arthopyrenia  macularis 

fusiformis.     T. 

epidermidis.     T. 

Strigula      Babingtonii. 


SEATS 


NOBILITY,  GENTRY,  AND  CLERGY, 

IN    THE 

COUNTY  OF  LEICESTER. 


Abkettleby  Vicarage,  3  miles  N.W.  of  Melton  Mowbray,  Kev.  J.  F.  Johnson 
Anstey  Pastures,  3£  miles  N.W.  of  Leicester,  Rev.  Robert  Martin,  M.A. 
Appleby  Magna,  6    miles  S.W.   of  Asbby-de-la-Zouch,   Rev.  John   Manuel 

Echalaz,  M.A.  Rectory ;  and  Misses  Moore,  White  House 
Appleby  Parva  Hall,  7  miles  S.W.  of  Ashby-de-la-Zouch,  George  Moore,  Esq. 
Asfordby,  3  miles  W.  of  Melton  Mowbray,  Mrs  Eliza  Burnaby,  Hall;  and  Rev. 

John  Cartmell,  M.A.,  Rectory. 
Ashby-de-la-Zouch,  174  miles  N.W.  of  Leicester,   John  Davys,  Esq.,  Hill 
House;    Captain  Alexander  Hadden,  Old  Park  House;    Henry  E.  Smith, 
Esq.,  Shellbrook  House ;    and  Rev.  Marmaduke  Vavasour,  M.A.,  Vicarage. 
Ashby  Parva  Rectory,  3  miles  N.  by  W.  of  Lutterworth,  Rev.  J.  S.  Lievre,  M.A. 
Aylestone  Rectory,  2£  miles  S.  by  W.  of  Leicester,  Rev.  Geo.  Wm.  Straton,M.A. 
Baggrave  Hall,  8  miles  E.N.E.  of  Leicester,  E.  and  E.  S.  Burnaby,  Esqrs. 
Bardon  Hill  House,  5  miles  S.E.  byE.  of  Ashby  Z.,  Breedon  Everard,  Esq. 
Barkby,  5  miles  N.E.  of  Leicester,  Captain  Chapman,  Hall,  and  Rev.  Edward 

Hatch  Hoare,  M.A.,  Vicarage 
Barrow-on-Soar  Vicarage,  3  m.  S.E.  of  Loughboro',  Rev.  W.  L.  Newman,  M.A. 
Barwell,  2  miles,  N.  by  E.  of  Hinckley,  Rev.  Cris.  B.  Barrow,  M.A.  Rectory, 

and  S.  R.  Bonner,  Esq.,  Frith  House 
Beaumanor,  3  miles  W.  of  Mountsorrel,  Wm.  P.  Herrick,  Esq.,  and  Miss  Herrick 
Beeby,  6  miles  E.N.E.  of  Leicester,  Rev.  George  Calvert,  M.A.,  Rectory,  and 

John  Marriott,  Esq.,  Manor  House 
Belgrave  Vicarage,  1|  mile  N.E.  of  Leicester,  Rev.  Richard  Stevens,  B.D. 
Belton  Vicarage,  6£  miles  E.N.E.  of  Ashby-de-la-Zouch,  Rev.  R.  Dalby,  M.A. 
Belvoir  Castle,  12  miles  N.  by  E.  of  Melton  Mowbray,  Duke  of  Rutland 
Billesdon,  9  miles  S.E.  of  Leicester,  Charles  Thomas  Freer,  Esq.,  The  Coplow  ; 

and  Rev.  Joshua  Scholefield,  M.A.,  Vicarage 
Birstall,  3J  miles  N.  by  E.  of  Leicester,  William  Worswick,  Esq.,  Hall;    and 

Francis  Henry  Paget,  Esq.,  The  Lawn 
Bitteswell,  1  mile  N.W.  of  Lutterworth,  Robert  Fellows,  Esq.,  Hall;  and  Rev. 

George  Monnington,  M.A.,  Vicarage 
Blaby,  4j   miles  S.  by  W.  of  Leicester,  Rev.  Henry  James  Hoskins,  M.A. 

Rectory  ;  and  John  Cooper  Allen,  Esq.,  Hall 
Blaston  Hall,  7£  miles  N.E.  of  Market  Harborough,  William  Poyntz  Mason 

Owsley,  Esq. ;  and  Rev.  Gerard  Charles  Fenwicke,  B.A.  Rectory 

Bosworth,  (Husband's)  6  miles  W.  by  S.  of  Harborough,  Francis  Fortescue 

Turville,  Esq.,  Hall ;   Major-General  Charles  B.  Cumberland  ;  Capt.  James 

Lowndes,  Highcroft  House ;  and  Rev.  George  William  Phipps,  M.A.  Rectory 

Bosworth,  (Market)  7  miles  N.  by.  W.  of  Hinckley,  Sir  Alexander  Beaumont 

Churchhill  Dixie,  Bart.,  The  Park;  Rev.  Nathaniel  P.  Small,  M.A.,  Rectory 

Bottesford  Rectory,  7  miles  S.W.  of  Grantham,  Rev.  Frederick  John  Norman, 

B.A.,  and  Lady  Adeliza  Elizabeth  Gertrude  Norman 
Bowden,   (Magna,)   1  mile  N.E.  of  Harborough,  William  Hay,  Esq.,  Hall; 

Rowland  Hunt,  Esq.,  Bowden  House  ;  Thos.  P.  Seabrook,  Esq.,  Grange 
Bradgate  Hall,  6  miles  W.N.W.  of  Leicester,  Earl  of  Stamford  and  Warrington 
Branstone  Rectory,  8  miles  N.E.  of  Melton  Mowbray,  Rev.  G.  S.  Stanley,  B.A. 
Braunstone  Hall,  2  miles  S.W.  of  Leicester,  Mrs.  and  Miss  Winstanley 
Brookesby  Hall,  6  miles  W.S.W.  of  Melton  Mowbray,  Wells  Charlton,  Esq. 


12  SEATS    IN    LEICESTERSHIRE. 

Broughton  Astley,  5£  miles  N.  by  W.  of  Lutterworth,  Rev.  Henry  Freer  Rad- 
ford, Rectory ;  and  Arthur  William  Arkwright,  Esq.,  Lodge 

Broughton  (Nether)  Grange,  6  miles  N.W.  of  Melton  Mowbray,  Dd.  New,  Esq. 

Bruntingthorpe  Rectory,  6  miles  N.E.  of  Lutterworth,  Rev.  G.  J.  Freeman,  M.A. 

Buckminster  Park,  7  m.  E.  by  N.  of  Melton,  Earl  Dysart  and  Lord  Huntingtower 

Burbage,  2  miles  S.  of  Hinckley,  John  Smith  Crosland,  Esq.,  Burbage  House; 
Rev.  Willoughby  William  Townley  Balfour,  B.A.,  Rectory  ;  Thomas  Crafts, 
Esq.,  and  Samuel  C.  Pilgrim,  Esq.,  Manor  Honse 

Burleigh,  l£  mile  S.W.  of  Loughborough,  Charles  Sutton,  Esq. 

Burrough  Rectory,  6  miles  S.  of  Melton  Mowbray,  Rev.  Henry  Brandt,  B.A. 

Burton-on-the-Wolds  Hall,  3£  miles  E.  of  Loughborough,  Lord  Archibald  St. 
Maur  and  Lord  Algernon  St.  Maur 

Burton  Overy  Rectory,  7|  miles  S.E.  of  Leicester,  Rev.  Frederick  Thorpe,  M.A. 

Bushby,  4  miles  E.  of  Leicester,  Orlando  Hunt,  Esq. 

Cadeby  Rectory,  1  m.  E.S.E.  of  Market  Bosworth,  Rev.  Rt.  Ths.  Adnutt,M.A. 

Carlton  Curlieu,  9  miles  S.E.  of  Leicester,  Francis  Sutton,  Esq.,  Hall;  and 
Rev.  Charles  Maynard  Heselrige,  M.A.,  Rectory 

Castle  Donington  Park,  9  miles  S.E.  by  E.  of  Derby,  Marquis  of  Hastings 

Catthorpe  Hall,  4|  miles  S.  of  Lutterworth,  John  Walter  Morris,  Esq. 

Claybrooke  Hall,  4  miles  N.W.  of  Lutterworth,  Henry  Sholto  Douglass,  Esq. 

Coleorton  Hall,  2  miles  E.  of  Ashby-de-la-Zouch,  Sir  George  Howland  Beau- 
mont, Bart. ;  and  Rev.  Francis  Merewether,  M.A.,  Rectory 

Congerstone,  3  m.  N.W.  by  W.  of  Market  Bosworth,  Rev.  R.  E.  Hall,  M.A. 

Cossington  Rectory,  6|  miles  N.  by  E.  of  Leicester,  Rev.  Joseph  Mayor 

Coston  Rectory,  6*m.  E.  by  N.  of  Melton,  Hon.  and  Rev.  J.  Sandilands,  M.A. 

Cottesbach  Rectory,  l£  m.  S.  of  Lutterworth,  Rev.  Jas.  Powell  Marriott,  M.A. 

Cranoe  Rectory,  6  miles  N.N.E.  of  Harborough,  Rev.  John  Harwood  Hill,  B.A. 

Croft  Hall,  8  miles  S.W.  by  W.  of  Leicester,  William  Brookes,  Esq. 

Dalby,  (Little)  4  miles  S.  of  Melton  Mowbray,  Edw.  B.  Hartopp,  Esq.,  M.P. 

Dalby-on-Wolds  Hall,  6  m.  W.N.W.  of  M.  Mowbray,  Rev.  W.  G.  Sawyer,  M.A. 

Desford  Rectory,  5  m.  E.  by  N.  of  Market  Bosworth,  Rev.  J.  Owen  Picton,  M.A. 

Drayton  (Fenny)  Rectory,  6  m.  W.by  N.  of  Hinckley,  Rev.  J.  E.  Colyer,  B.A. 

Earl  Shilton,  4  miles  N.E.  by  N.  of  Hinckley,  Rev.  Ferdinand  Ernest  Tower, 
M.A.,  Parsonage,  and  John  Edward  King,  Esq. 

Easton  Magna,  5  miles  S.  by  W.  of  Uppingham,  William  Henry  Roberts,  Esq. 

Eastwell  Rectory,  8  miles  N.N.E.  of  Melton  Mowbray,  Rev.  Edward  Bullen 

Edmondthorpe  Manor  House,  8  miles  E.  by  S.  of  Melton,  William  Ann  Pochiu, 
Esq.;  and  Rev.  William  Bryan  Killock,  B.A.,  Rectory 

Enderby,4£  m.  S.W.  of  Leicester,  R.Mitchell,  Esq.,  Hall)  &Mrs.Newby,Ht7ZH. 

Evington,  3  miles  E.S.E.  of  Leicester,  Henry  Freeman  Coleman,  Esq.,  Hall; 
Misses  Burnaby,  Evington  House;  and  Rev.  W.  B.  Moore,  Vicarage 

Frith  Hall,  3  miles  W.  of  Leicester,  Thomas  Henry  Pax-es,  Esq. 

Frith  House,  2  miles  N.W.  by  W.  of  Leicester,  Miss  Eleanor  C.  Mackie 

Frowlesworth  Rectory,  5  miles  N.N.W.  of  Lutterworth,  Rev.  S.  L.  Noble,  B.A. 

Galby  Rectory,  8  miles  E.S.E.  of  Leicester,  Rev.  James  Drummond,  M.A. 

Garendon  Park,  2  miles  W.  of  Loughborough,  A.  L.  M.  PhillippsDe  Lisle,  Esq. 

Gilmorton  Rectory,  2  m.  N.N.E.  of  Lutterworth,  Rev.  John  Marsh  Lakin,M.A. 

Glenfield  Rectory,  3|  miles  W.N.W.  of  Leicester,  Rev.  Thos.  S.  Carlyon,  M.A. 

Glen  Magna,  6  miles  S.E.  of  Leicester,  James  William  Baillie,  Esq.,  Hall; 
Arthur  Haymes,  Esq.  ;  and  Rev.  Henry  Luke  Dodds,  M.A.,  Vicarage 

Glen  Parva,  4|  miles  S.  of  Leicester,  Captain  Joseph  Knight,  Manor  House 

Goadby  Marwood,  5  miles  N.  by  E.  of  Melton  Mowbray,  George  Norman,  Esq., 
Hall;  and  Rev.  S.  G.  Bellairs,  M.A.,  Rectory 

Gopsall  Hall,  4£  miles  N.W.  of  Market  Bosworth,  Earl  Howe,  G.C.H. ;  and 
Viscount  Curzon,  M.P. 

Gracedieu  Manor,  5  m.  E.  by  N.  of  Ashby-de-la-Zouch,  A.  L.M.P.  De  Lisle,  Esq. 

Grangewood  House,  4.J  miles  W.  by  S.  of  Ashby  Z.,  G.  T.  Mowbray,  Esq. 

Gumley,  4  miles  W.N.W.  of  Market  Harborough,  Sir  William  E.  C.  Hartopp, 
Bart.,  Hall;  Rev.  Andrew  Matthews,  M.A.,  Rectory 

Harby  Rectory,  8  m.  N.  of  Melton  Mowbray,  Rev.Manners  Octavius  Norman,  B.A. 


SEATS   IN   LEICESTERSHIRE.  13 

Hallaton,  8  miles  N.E.  of  Harborough,  Lady  Hinrich,  Manor  House  ;  Edward 
Studd,  Esq.,  Hall;  Rev.  John  Henry  Dent,  M.A.,  Rectory 

Harborough,  (Market)  14f  miles  S.E.  of  Leicester,  Sir  William  De  Capell 
Brooke,  Bart.,  The  Elms 

Harston,  6  miles  W.N.W.  of  Grantham,  Thomas  Calvert  Beaseley,  Esq.;  and 
Rev.  John  Earle  Welby,  M.A. 

Hathern  Rectory,  2 \  miles  N.W.  of  Loughborough,  Rev.  Edw.  Smythies,  M.A. 

Heather,  5  miles  S.S.E.  of  Ashby-de-la-Zouch,  Robert  K.  and  Jas.  B.  Goode, 
Esqrs.,  Hall;  and  Rev.  George  Paul  Belcher,  B.D.,  Manor  House 

Higham-on-the-Hill,  3  miles  W.N.W.  of  Hinckley,  Nicholas  E.  Hurst,  Esq., 
Grange ;  R.  Stelfox,  Esq.,  White  House ;  and  Rev.  John  Fisher,  M.A.,  Rectory 

Hoby  Rectory,  6  m.W.by  S.  of  Melton  Mowbray,  Rev.Geo.Gilbert  Beresford,M.A. 

Holt  Hall,  8  miles  N.E.  of  Market  Harborough,  Edwin  Bray,  Esq. 

Hothorpe  Hall,  4  miles  N.N.W.  of  Welford,  John  Cook,  Esq. 

Hougkton-on-the-Hill,  6  m.  E.  by  S.  of  Leicester,  Rev.  W.  T.  Freer,  M.A. 

Humberstone,  2£  miles  E.  by  N.  of  Leicester,  Thomas  Paget,  Esq. ;  Thomas 
Tertius  Paget,  Esq. ;  and  Rev.  Charles  Edward  Waller,  M.A.,  Vicarage 

Kegworth,  6  miles  N.W.  of  Loughborough,  Rev.  Joseph  Clark,  M.A.,  Rectory ; 
and  William  D.  Jourdain,  Esq.,  Alton  Lodge 

Keyham,  6  miles  E.  by  N.  of  Leicester,  Roger  Dutton  Miles,  Esq. 

Keythorpe  Hall,  12  miles  E.  by  S.  of  Leicester,  Lord  Berners 

Kibworth  Beauchamp,  6  m.  N.N.W.  of  Harborough,  Rev.  M.  F.  Osborn,  M.A. 

Kibworth  Harcourt,  8J  miles  S.S.E.  of  Leicester,  Col.  the  Hon.  Arthur  Edward 
Hardinge,  Hall;  Mrs.  Charlotte  Humfrey,  Harcourt  House;  and  John 
Phillips,  Esq.,  Manor  House 

Kil worth,  (North)  5  m.  E.  of  Lutterworth,  R.  Gough,  Esq.,  and  Misses  Cooper 

Kil worth,  (South)  5  miles  E.  by  S.  of  Lutterworth,  Rev.  A.  Pownall,  M.A. 

Kimcote  Rectory,  3  miles  N.E.  of  Lutterworth,  Rev.  Thomas  Cox 

Kirby  Bellars  Hall,  2  J  miles  W.  by  S.  of  Melton  Mowbray,  Geo.  Killick,  Esq. 

Kirby  Muxloe,*5  miles  W.  by  S.  of  Leicester,  Edward  Pares  Miles,  Esq.,  Kirby 
Field  ;  and  Colin  Alexander  Macaulay,  Esq. 

Kirkby  Mallory  Hall,  4  miles  S.  of  Market  Bosworth,  Baroness  de  Clifford ;  and 
Hon.  and  Rev.  Augustus  Byron,  M.A.,  Rectory 

Kuipton  Lodge,  10  miles  N.E.  by  N.  of  Melton  Mowbray,  Lord  Forester;  and 
Hon.  and  Rev.  A.  G.  Campbell,  M.A.,  Rectory 

Knossington  Rectory,  4  miles  W.  of  Oakham,  Rev.  James  Connor 

Langley  Priory,  3  miles  S.  by  W.  of  Castle  Donington,  Chas.  Shakespear,  Esq. 

Langton,  (Church)  4|  m.  N.  of  Harborough,  W.  S.  S.  Crawford,  Esq.,  West  Lang- 
ton  Hall;  A.  M.  Cochrane,  Esq.,  Grange ;  Rev.  T.  Hanbury,  M.A.,  Rectory 

Laughton  Rectory,  5  m.  W.  by  N.  of  Harborough,  Rev.  W.  C.  Humfrey,  M.A. 

Launde  Abbey,  5  miles  N.W.  of  Uppingham,  E.  F.  Dawson,  Esq. 

Leesthorpe  Hall,  4J  miles  S.S.E.  of  Melton  Mowbray,  Ayscough  Smith,  Esq. 

Leicester  Forest  Grange,  3A  miles  W.S.W.  of  Leicester,  Major  Chester 

Leire  Rectory,  4  miles  N.  by  W.  of  Lutterworth,  Rev.  H.  K.  Richardson,  M.A. 

Lindley  Hall,  4  miles  W.N.W.  of  Hinckley,  Vincent  A.  Eyres,  Esq. 

Lindridge  Hall,  5  m.  E.  by  N.  of  Mkt.  Bosworth,  Hon.  Reynolds  Moreton,  R.N. 

Lockington  Hall,  7  miles  N.W.  of  Loughborough,  J.  B.  Story,  Esq. 

Loddington  Hall,  5  miles  W.  of  Uppingham,  Jno.  Wm.  Cheney  Ewart,  Esq. 

Loughborough,  E.  C.  Middleton,  Esq.,  Laurel  Grove;  Rev.  H.  Fearon,  B.D., 
Rectory ;  and  Rev.  R.  J.  Bunch,  B.D.,  Emmanuel  Rectory 

Lowesby  Hall,  10  miles  E.  by  N.  of  Leicester,  Sir  Fredk.  Thos.  Fowke,  Bart. 

Markfield  Rectory,  7  miles  N.W.  of  Leicester,  Rev.  A.  S.  Butler. 

Measham  (Derbyshire),  3  m.  S.S.W.  of  Ashby-de-la-Zouch,  W.  W.  Abney,  Esq. 

Medbourne  Rectory,  6|  miles  N.E.  of  Harborough,  Rev.  Lawrence  P.  Baker 

Melton  Mowbray,  15  m.  N.E.  of  Leicester,  Earl  of  Wilton,  Lord  Grey  de  Wil- 
ton, and  Hon.  S.  Egerton,  Egerton  Lodge;  Viscount  Newport,  M.P.,  New- 
•port  Lodge;  Hon.  H.  A.  Coventry,  Coventry  Lodge ;  and  Wm.  G.  Craven, 
Esq.,  and  Lady  Mary  Craven,  Craven  Lodge 

Misterton,  1  mile  E.  by  S.  of  Lutterworth,  Lieutenant-Colonel  Arthur,  Hall; 
and  Rev.  George  Henry  Franks,  Rectory 


14  SEATS    IN    LEICESTEESHIRE. 

Merevale  Hall  (Wanoickshire),  1  mile  W.  of  Atherstone,  Wm.  S.  Dugdale,  Esq. 

Mowsley  Rectory,  6  miles  N.  of  Welford,  Rev.  Plumpton  Wilson,  LL.B. 

Muston  Rectory,  6  miles  W.  by  N.  of  Grantham,  Rev.  George  Gordon,  M.A. 

Nailstone  Rectory,  3  miles  N.  by  E.  of  Mkt.  Bosworth,  Rev.  Rd.  Watts,  B.A. 

Narborough,  5£  miles  S.W.  of  Leicester,  Wm.   Orton,  Esq..  Hall;  Rev.  E. 
B.  Shaw,  M.A.,  Rectory;  W.  and  T.  Hind,  Esqrs.;  and  Mrs.  M.  G.  Young 

Newbold  Verdon  Rectory,  3  miles  E.  of  Bosworth,  Rev.  W.  W.  Greenway,  LL.B. 

New  Parks,  1  mile  W.N.W.  of  Leicester,  Thomas  Stokes,  Esq. 

Newton  (Cold)  Manor  House,  9  m.  E.  by  N.  of  Leicester,  Wm.  Clifford,  Esq. 

Newton  Harcourt,  6  miles  S.S.E.  of  Leicester,  Major  Henry  St.  John  Halford 

Normanton-le-Heath,  3  m.  S.E.  by  E.  of  Ashby  Z.,Rev.  J.  H.  B.  Green,  M.A. 

Normanton  Turville,  9  miles  S.W.  of  Leicester,  Henry  Loy,  Esq. 

Norton  (East)  Manor  House,  14  m.  E.  by  S.  of  Leicester,  Jno.  H.  Heycock,  Esq. 

Norton-juxta-Twycross,  6  miles  N.  of  Atherstone,  Rev.  W.  T.  P.  M.  King,  M.A. 

Noseley  Hall,  1  mile  N.  by  E.  of  Harborough,  Sir  Arthur  G.  Hazlerigg,  Bart. 

Onebarrow  Lodge,  5^  m.  E.  of  Ashby-de-la-Zonch,  Marmaduke  Shield,  Esq. 

Orton-on-the-Hill  Hall,  6  m.  N.  of  Atherstone,  Rev.  Duncombe  Steele  Perkins, 
B.A.,  and  D.  S.  jun.,  Esq. ;  and  Rev.  Philip  Arden  Cooper,  M.A.  Vicarage 

Osbaston  Hall,  2  miles  N.E.  of  Market  Bosworth,  Thomas  Cope,  Esq. 

Overton  (Cold),  4  miles  W.  of  Oakham,  Mrs.  Eleanor  Fre wen- Turner,  Hall ; 
and  Rev.  William  Young  Nutt,  Rectory 

Ouston,  6  miles  W.S.W.  of  Oakham,  Rev.  Charles  Samuel  Palmer 

Packington  Vicarage,  2  m.  S.  by  E.  of  Ashby-de-la-Zouch,  Rev.  Chas.  Pratt,  jun. 

Papillon  Hall,  2£  miles  W.  of  Market  Harborough,  Mrs.  Mary  Breedon 

Paske  Hall,  6  miles  S.W.  of  Melton  Mowbray,  Edw.  Henshaw  Cheney,  Esq. 
Peatling  Parva  Hall,  5  m.  N.E.  of  Lutterworth,  John  Sanders  Clarke,  Esq. 
Peckleton,  6  miles  N.E.  of  Hinckley,  Rev.  John  Mawby  Cooper,  M.A.,  Rectory ; 

Thomas  Jee,  Esq.,  Hall ;  and  R.  Worthington,  Esq.,  Manor  House 
Pickwell  Rectory,  6  m.  S.S.E.  of  Melton  Mowbray,  Rev.  Robert  Lovett,  B.A. 
Pool  House,  5  miles  W.N.W.  of  Leicester,  Rev.  Alfred  Payne,  M.A. 
Quenby  Hall,  7  miles  E.N.E.  of  Leicester,  Rev.  Edward  Quenby  Ashby 
Queniborough,  7  miles  N.E.  of  Leicester,  Mrs.  Agnes  Williamson,  New  Hall; 

and  Rev.  Wm.  Johnson  Goodacre,  Vicarage 
Quorndon  House,  l£  m.  W.N.W.  of  Mount  Sorrel,  Edward  Basil  Farnham, 

Esq. ;  and  Edward  Warner,  Esq.,  Quorndon  Hall 
Ragdale  New  Hall,  6  miles  W.  of  Melton,  James  Richards,  Esq. 
Ratcliff-on-the- Wreke  Hall,  7  miles  N.N.E.  of  Leicester,  Jno.  Dove  Harris,  Esq. 
Ravenstone,  4  m.  S.E.  by  S.  of  Ashby  Z.,  R.  E.  and  R.  G.  Cresswell,  Esqrs.; 

Leonard  Fosbrooke,  Esq.,  Hall;  and  Rev.  J.  T.  Alderson,  B.A.,  Rectory 
Rearsby  House,  8  miles  N.N.E.  of  Leicester,  Henry  Cleaver  Woodcock,  Esq.; 

and  Rev.  Thomas  Hassall,  Rectory 
Redmile  Rectory,  9  miles  W.  of  Grantham,  Rev.  John  Healy,  B.A. 
Roecliffe  Hall,  4  miles  S.W.  of  Mountsorrel,  Sir  Frederick  William  Heygate, 

Bart.,  M.P.,  and  William  Unwin  Heygate,  Esq.,  M.P. 
Rolleston  Hall,  2  miles  E.S.E.  of  Leicester,  Thomas  Heap,  Esq. 
Rothley  Temple,  5  miles  N.  of  Leicester,  Major  Edward  Dyson 
Rothley  Vicarage,  5  miles  N.  of  Leicester,  Rev.  Henry  John  Shackleton,  M.A. 
Rupert's  Rest,  6  miles  S.E.  of  Leicester,  Thomas  Crick,  Esq. 
Saddington,  6|  miles  N.W.  of  Harborough,  Robert  Johnson,  Esq.,  Hall',  and 

Rev.  William  Paul  Wood,  M.A.,  Rectory 
Sapcote  Rectory,  4  miles  E.  of  Hinckley,  Rev.  John  Homan,  M.A. 
Saxelby  Rectory,  4  m.  W.N.W.  of  Melton  Mowbray,  Rev.  G.  Nesse  Clark,  B.A. 
Scraptoft,  4  miles  E.  of  Leicester,  Thomas   Corah,  Esq.,  Hall ;    and   Rev. 

William  Lancelot  Rolleston,  B.A.,  Vicarage 
Seal  (Nether)  Hall,  5J  m.  S.W.  of  Ashby-de-la-Zouch,  E.  W.  Robertson,  Esq. 
Seagrave  Rectory,  5  miles  S.E.  of  Loughborough,  Rev.  Jas.  Edw.Dalton,  B.D. 
Shangton  Rectory,  6  m.  N.  of  Market  Harborough,  Rev.  Hy.  Vere  Packe,  M.A. 
Sharnford  Rectory,  4  m.  E.  by  S.  of  Hinckley,  Rev.  Hy.  Lacon  Watson,  M.A. 
Shawell  Rectory,  3  miles  S.  of  Lutterworth,  Rev.  Edward  Elmhirst,  B.A. 
Sheepshed  Vicarage,  4  miles  W.  of  Loughboro',  Rev.  C.  L.  M.  Phillipps,  M.A. 


SEATS    IN    LEICESTERSHIRE.  15 

Sheepy  Magna,  3  miles  N.N.E.   of  Atherstone,  Rev.  Thomas   Fell,  M.A., 

Rectory  ;    Charles  Lowe,  Esq.,  Hall 
Shenton  Hall,  2£m.  S.W.  of  Market  Bosworth,  Major  Fredk.  Wollaston,  Hall 
Sibson  Rectory,  3£  miles  N.E.  of  Atherstone,  Rev.  John  Sheffield  Cox,  M.A. 
Sileby  Vicarage,  5  miles  S.E.  of  Loughborough,  Rev.  Edward  Norman  Pochin 
Skeffington  10  miles  E.  by  S.  of  Leicester,  William  Ward  Tailby,  Esq.,  Hall ; 

and  Rev.  John  Charles  Davenport,  B.A.,  Rectory 
Slawston,  6  miles,  N.E.  of  Market  Harborough,  Rev.  John  Morpott  Wm.  Piercy, 

M.A.,  Rectory;  and  Captain  Robert  Miller,  Othorpe  House 
Somerby,  6  miles  S.  of  Melton  Mowbray,  J.  D.  Barnard,  Esq.,  Grove  ;    Rev. 

Augts.  A.  Burnaby,  M.A.,  Hall ;  and  Hy.  W.  Forester,  Esq.  Somerby  House 
Stackley  Lodge,  6  miles  S.E.  by  E.  of  Leicester,  G.  Vere  Braithwaite,  Esq. 
Stanford  Hall,  6  miles   S.  of  Lutterworth,  Countess  Beauchamp,  Hon.  Maria 

Otway-Cave;  Rev.  Edgell  Wyatt  Edgell,  and  Hon.  Mrs.  Edgell 
Stanton  (Stoney)  House,  4£  miles  E.N.E.   of  Hinckley,  Henry  Townshend, 

Esq.  ;  and  Rev.  John  Sankey,  M.A.,  Rectory 
Stapleford  Hall,  4  miles  E.S.E.  of  Melton  Mowbray,  Countess  of  Harborough 
Stathern  Rectory,  9  miles  N.  of  Melton  Mowbray,  Rev.  George  Ray,  M.A. 
Staunton  Harold  Hall,  3  miles  N.N.E.  of  Ashby-de-la-Zouch,  Earl  Ferrers  ; 

Dowager  Countess  Ferrers,  and  Very  Rev.  Lord  Edward  Chichester 
Stockerston  Hall,  3  miles  S.W.  of  Uppingham,  Thomas  Walker,  Esq. 
Stonton  Wyville  Rectory,  6  miles  N.  of  Market  Harboro',  Rev.  T.  BurnabyM.A. 
Stoughton  Grange,  3£  miles  E.S.E.  of  Leicester,  Hon.  Hy.  L.  Powys-Keck 
Stretton  Magna  Hall,  5  miles  E.S.E.  of  Leicester,  Lieutenant-Col.  John  King 
Swepstone  Rectory,  4  m.  S.  by  E.  of  Ashby-de-la-Zouch,  Rev.  J.  Hallward,  M.A. 
Swithland  Hall,  5  miles  S.  of  Loughborough,  Earl  of  Lanesborough  ;  and  Rev. 

George  Napleton  Treweeke,  M.A.,  Rectory 
Theddingworth  Vicarage,  5  m.  W.  by  S.  of  Market  Harboro',Rev.  T.  James,M.A. 
Thornton  Vicarage,  9  miles  W.  by  N.  of  Leicester,  Rev.  Samuel  Adams,  M.A. 
Thorp  Lubenham  Hall,  2  miles  W.  of  Market  Harborough,  Earl  of  Hopetoun 
Thorpe  Satchville  Hall,  5  m.  S.  by  W.  of  Melton  Mowbray,  E.  A.  Paget,  Esq. 
Thurcaston  Rectory,  4£  m.  N.  by  W.  of  Leicester,  Rev.  Richd.  Waterfield,  B.D. 
Thurlaston  Rectory,  6  miles  N.E.  of  Hinckley,  Rev.  Geo.  Edw.  Bruxner,  M.A. 
Thurmaston,  3  miles  N.N.E.  of  Leicester,  Thomas  B.  Sheriffe,  Esq.,  Lodge  ; 

and  Rev.  Edward  Walker  Woodcock,  Vicarage 
Tilton-on-the-Hill  Vicarage,  9  m.  W.  by  S.  of  Oakham,  Rev.  Gerard  Nevile,M.A. 
Tugby  Vicarage,  7$  miles  W.  of  Uppingham,  Rev.  Geo.  E.  Winslow,  M.A. 
Twycross,  5£  miles  N.  by  E.  of  Atherstone,   Sir  Hanson  Berney,  Bart.,  Wm. 

Edward  Oakley,  Esq.,  Cliff  House  ;  and  William  Harcourt  Clare,  Esq. 
Ulverscroft  Cottage,  8  miles  N.W.  of  Leicester,  Thomas  Pares,  Esq. 
Waltham  Rectory,  5  miles  N.E.  of  Melton  Mowbray,  Rev.  G.  E.  Gillett,  M.A. 
Walton-on-the-Wolds,  4  m.  E.  of  Loughborough,  Right  Rev.  G.  T.  Spencer,  D.D. 
Wanlip,  4 1  miles  N.  by  E.  of  Leicester,  Sir  George  Joseph  Palmer,  Bart.,  and 

Avchdale  Rt.  Palmer,  Esq.,  Hall ;  and  Rev.  Athr.  Babington,  M.A.,  Rectory 
Wartnaby,  4  miles  N.W.  of  Melton  Mowbray,  Henry  Corles  Bingham,  Esq. 
Whatton  (Long)  House,  5  miles  N.W.  of  Loughborough,  John  Martin,  Esq.  ; 

and  Rev.  Robert  Mann,  Rectory 
Wheeler  Lodge,  1\  mile  N.  of  Welford,  George  Stratton,  Esq. 
Wigston  Magna  Hall,  4  miles  S.S.E.  of  Leicester,  Mansfield  Turner,  Esq. 
Willoughby  Waterless,  6  m.  N.N.E.  of  Lutterworth,  Rev.  W.  S.  Blucke,  M.A. 
Willesley  Hall  (Derbyshire),  2  miles  S.S.W.  of  Ashby-de-la-Zouch,  Chas.  Fdk. 

Abney-Hastings,  Esq.,  and  Lady  Edith  Abney-Hastings 
Wistow  Hall,  7  miles  S.S.E.  of  Leicester,  Sir  Henry  Halford,  Bart. 
Withcote  Hall,  5  miles  S.W.  of  Oakham,  Frederick  Palmer,  Esq. 
Witherly  Rectory,  lj  mile  E.  of  Atherstone,  Rev.  James  Corall  Roberts,  M.A. 
Woodhouse  Eaves,  3  mile3  W.  of  Mountsorrel,  Samuel  William  Clowes,  Esq. 
Wyfordby  Rectory,  3  miles  E.  of  Melton  Mowbray,  Rev.  Wm.  Hy.  Oakley,  B.A. 
Wymondham,  7  miles  E.  of  Melton  Mowbray,  Rev.  William  B.   Lott,   B.A., 

Rectory ;  and  Rev.  William  King  Robinson,  M.A.,  Rookery 
Wymeswold  Vicarage,  5  miles  E.N.E.  of  Longhbro',  Rev.  Robt.  Walker,  M.A. 


SEATS    IN    RUTLANDSHIRE, 


Ash  well  Rectory,  3  miles  N.  of  Oakham,  Rev.  Thomas  Yard 
Ayston  Hall,  1  mile  N.  by  W.  of  Uppingham,  General  William  Fludyer 
Barleythope  Hall,  1  mile  N.W.  of  Oakham,  Hon.  Hy.  Cecil  Lowther,  M.P. 
Barrowden  Rectory,  5  miles  E.  of  Uppingham,  Rev.  Charles  Atlay,  M.A. 
Belton  House,  3£  miles  W.  of  Uppingham,  J.  Eagleton,  Esq. ;  and  Rev.  Chas. 

Henry  Newmarch,  B.A.,  Vicarage 
Bisbrooke  Hall,  1|  mile  E.  Uppingham,  Hon.  W.  C.  Evans  Freke 
Braunston  Manor  House,  2£  miles  S.W.  of  Oakham,  Thomas  Haycock,  Esq. 
Burghley  House,  near  Stamford  (Northants.) ,  Marquis  of  Exeter  &  Lord  Burghley 
Burley  Hall,  2  miles  N.E.  of  Oakham,   George  Finch,  Esq.,  Lady  Louisa 

Elizabeth  Finch,  and  George  Finch,  jun.,  Esq. 
Casterton  (Great)  Rectory,  2\  miles  N.W.  of  Stamford,  Rev.  Jph.  Place,  M.A. 
Catmos  House,  Oakham,  John  Talbot  Clifton,  Esq. 
Clipsham  Hall,  9  miles  N.N.W.  of  Stamford,  E.  S.  E.  Hartopp,  Esq. ;  and 

C.  T.  Hoskins,  M.A.,  Rectory 
Cottesmore  Rectory,  4\  m.N  E.  of  Oakham,  Hon.  &Rev.Adw.GodfreyStuart,M.A. 
Edith-Weston  Hall,  6  miles  N.E.  of  Uppingham,  Richard  Lucas,  Esq. ;  and 

Rev.  C.  H.  Lucas,  B.A.,  Rectory 
Empingham  Vicarage,  6^  miles  E.  of  Oakham,  Rev.  T.  L.  Cooper,  M.A. 
Exton  Park,  5  miles  E.N.E.  of  Oakham,  Earl  of  Gainsborough,  Hon.  J.  G. 

Noel,  M.P.,  and  Hon.  H.  L.  Noel;  and  Hon.  &  Rev.  L.  Noel,  M.A.,  Vicarage 
Glaston  Rectory,  2  miles  E.  by  N.  of  Uppingham,  Rev.  Barnard  Smith.  M.A. 
Greetham  House,  6  miles  N.E.  of  Oakham,  John  J.  Marfleet,  Esq. ;  and  Rev. 

Thomas  Henry  Jones,  M.A.,  Vicarage 
Hambleton  Manor  House,  3  miles  E.S.E.  of  Oakham,  John  Jackson,  Esq. 
Ketton,  3£  miles  W.S.W.  of  Stamford,  Hon.  Mrs.  E.  Grace  Grantham,  Lodge; 

John  H.  Fazakerley,  Esq.,  Hall;  and  Samuel  Hunt,  Esq.,  Ketton  House 
Langham  Hall,  2  miles  N.W.  of  Oakham,  E.  G.  Baker,  Esq. 
Luffenham,  (North)  5 £  miles  N.E.  by  E.  of  Uppingham,  Henry  Heathcote,  Esq., 

Manor  House  ;  W.  Gilford,  Esq. ;  and  Rev.  John  Weller,  D.D.,  Rectory 
Luffenham  (South)  Hall,  7  miles  S.W.  by  W.  of  Stamford,  Misses  Wingfield 
Lyddington  House,  2  miles  S.S.E.  of  Uppingham,  Thomas  J.  Bryan,  Esq. 
Lyndon,  4j  miles  N.E.  of  Uppingham,  Rev.  Edward  Brown,  M.A.,  Hall;  and 

J.  D.  Brown,  Esq.,  Upper  Hall 
Market  Overton  Rectory,  6  m.  N.by  E.  of  Oakham,  Rev.  H.L.  Wingfield,  M.A. 
Morcott,  4  miles  E.  by  N.  of  Uppingham,  S.  R.  Fydell,  Esq.,  Hall;  and  Rev. 

Robert  Hustwick,  M.A.,  Rectory 
Normanton  Park,  5  i  miles  E.  by  S.  of  Oakham,  Lord  Aveland  and  Hon.  Gil- 
bert Heathcote,  M.P. ;  and  Ven.  Thomas  Kaye  Bonney,  M.A.,  Rectory 
Oakham  Vicarage,  6£  miles  N.  of  Uppingham,  Rev.  Heneage  Finch,  M.A. 
Preston  Hall,  2  miles  N.  of  Uppingham,  Rev.  William  Belgrave,  M.A. 
Ridlington  Rectory,  3  miles  N.  by  W.  of  Uppingham,  Rev.  Chas.  Rae  Hay,M.A. 
Ryhall,  S\  miles  N.  by  E.  of  Stamford,  Colonel  Richard  Cantley,  Hall ;    and 

Rev.  Charles  Potchett,  Vicarage  9 

Seaton  Rectory,  2  J  miles  E.S.E.  of  Uppingham,  Rev.  William  Purdon,  M.A. 
Stoke  Dry  Rectory,  2  m.  S.  by  W.of  Uppiugham,  Rev.Wm.  H.  Thompson,  M.A. 
Stretton  Rectory,  8£  miles  N.W.  by  N.  of  Stamford,  Rev.  Mark  Garfit,  M.A. 
Teigh  Rectory,  5  miles  N.  of  Oakham,  Rev.  A.  S.  Atcheson,  M.A. 
Thistleton  Rectory,  8  m.  N.E.  by  N.  of  Oakham,  Rev.  John  Hy.  Fludyer,  M.A. 
Tickencote  Hall,  0  miles  E.  of  Oakham,  J.  M.  Wingfield,  Esq. 
Tinwell  Rectory,  1  \  mile  W.  by  S.  of  Stamford,  Rev.  Charles  Arnold,  M.A. 
Tixover,  7*  miles  E.  of  Uppingham,  Henry  Stafford  O'Brien,  Esq.,  Grange; 

and  Charles  0.  Eaton,  Esq.,  Hall 
Tolthorpe  House,  2. J  miles  N.  of  Stamford,  Mrs.  E.  Harrisson 
Uppingham  Rectory,  6£  miles  S.  of  Oakham,  Rev.  William  Wales,  M.A. 
Whitwell  Rectory,  4£  miles  E.  of  Oakham,  Rev.  Chas.  Spencer  Ellicott,  LL.B. 
Wing  Rectory,  3£  miles  N.E.  by  N.  of  Uppingham,  Rev.  Charles  Boys,  M.A. 


GENERAL  HISTORY  AND  DESCRIPTION 


OF    THE 


COUNTY  Or  LEICESTEE. 


LEICESTERSHIRE,  which  is  ecclesiastically  situated  in  the 
Province  of  Canterbury,  and  in  the  Diocese  of  Peterborough,  is  an 
important  agricultural  and  manufacturing  county,  nearly  in  the  centre 
of  England.  Judicially  it  is  in  the  Midland  Circuit,  and  its  Assizes, 
and  Quarter  Sessions  are  held  at  Leicester.  It  is  bounded  on  the 
north  by  Derbyshire  and  Nottinghamshire  ;  on  the  east,  by  Lincoln- 
shire and  Rutlandshire ;  on  the  south,  by  Northamptonshire  and 
Warwickshire  ;  and  on  the  west,  by  the  latter,  and  by  Derbyshire 
and  a  small  part  of  Staffordshire.  The  Welland,  in  the  south-east, 
is  its  longest  river  boundary,  and  its  other  principal  natural  bound- 
aries are  short  portions  of  the  rivers  Soar,  Trent,  Avon,  Anker,  and 
Eye.  The  Roman  Watling  street  forms  its  south-western  boundary. 
It  is  a  fertile  and  picturesque  district,  averaging  about  forty  miles  in 
length  and  breadth,  but  is  more  than  150  miles  in  circumference,  and 
comprises  an  area-  of  about  580,000  acres,  and  a  population  of  nearly 
250,000  souls.  It  is  of  an  irregular  heart-shaped  figure,  lying  between 
52  degrees  24  minutes  and  52  degrees  59  minutes  north  latitude ; 
and  between  39  minutes  and  1  degree  37  minutes  west  longitude.  It 
is  crossed  from  north  to  south  by  the  Midland  Counties  Railway,  and 
intersected  in  various  directions  by  some  of  its  branches.  It  has 
several  canals  and  many  rivers  and  rivulets  ;  and  has  long  been  cele- 
brated as  the  chief  seat  of  the  worsted  hosiery  manufacture,  and  as 
the  cradle  and  nursery  of  some  of  the  great  modern  improvements  in 
agriculture,  especially  those  connected  with  the  breed  of  sheep  and 
cattle.  As  a  grazing  county,  it  is  one  of  the  finest  in  England  ;  and 
it  abounds  in  those  useful  materials,  timber,  lime,  and  building  stone  ; 
and  has  some  large  collieries  in  its  north-western  division. 

The  POPULATION  of  LEICESTERSHIRE  is  supposed  to  have 
been  only  about  34,000  souls  at  the  time  of  Domesday  Survey  soon 
after  the  Norman  Conquest ;  as  the  number  of  men  then  recorded 
as  being  attached  to  the  manors  in  the  county  was  only  6415,  in- 
cluding all  classes  from  the  chief  land  owners  down  to  the  serfs. 
The  population  of  the  county  had  increased  to  80,000  in  1700,  to 
95,000  in  1750  ;  to  130,082  in  1801  ;  to  150,559  in  1811  ;  to 
174,571  in  1821  ;  to  197,003  in  1831  ;  to  215,867  in  1841  ;  to 
230,308  in  1851;  and  to  237,409  souls  in  1861,  consisting  of 
115,425  males  and  121,984  females.  In  1851,  there  were  in  the 
county  48,953  homes,  besides  which  there  were  1629  empty  houses 
and  211  building,  when  the  census  was  taken  in  that  year.      When 

B 


18 


HISTORY    OF    LEICESTERSHIRE. 


the  census  was  taken  in  1841,  there  were  in  the  county  48,496 
houses,  of  which  3273  were  unoccupied,  and  449  were  in  course  of 
erection.  The  following  enumeration  of  the  Six  Hundreds  of  the 
County,  and  the  Borough  of  Leicester,  shews  their  territorial  extent;  the 
annual  value  of  their  lands  and  buildings  as  assessed  to  the  County 
Rates  in  1838  ;  their  population  in  1841  and  1851,  and  their 
number  of  houses  in  1851. 


Leicestershire. 

Number  of 
Acres. 

Annual 
Value,  £* 

Population  in 
1841.        1851. 

Houses 
in  1851. 

Framland  Hundred  . . 

89,263 

156,144 

18,724 

24,330 

5054 

Gartree  Hundred 

80,071 

131,577 

17,909 

17,546 

4057 

East  Goscote  Hundred 

82,250 

103,707 

19,904 

17.206 

3879 

West  Goscote  Hundred 

84,825 

172,677 

48,875 

50,328 

11,246 

Guthlaxton  Hundred  . 

64,943 

110,254 

24,502 

22,237 

5057 

Sparkenhoe  Hundred . 

108,852 

176,032 

37,705 

38,077 

8381 

Borough  of  Leicester.. 

3960 

110,000* 

48,167 

60,584 

13,119 

Total  +     . . 

514,164 

£960,391 

215,867 

230,308 

50,979 

Poor-Law  Unions,  &c. — Under  the  New  Poor-Law  Act  passed  in 
1834,  all  the  parishes  and  townships  of  Leicestershire  were  arranged 
into  large  Unions  for  the  maintenance  of  their  paupers  in  extensive 
new  workhouses.  Several  of  these  extend  into  the  adjoining  coun- 
ties, as  will  be  seen  in  the  statistical  accounts  of  each  Union  at 
subsequent  pages.  As  Judge  Blackstone  says,  the  Poor -Laws  are 
founded  on  the  very  principles  of  civil  society,  and  when  the  lands 
became  property,  they  carried  with  them  the  charge  of  providing  for 
the  destitute.  Under  the  feudal  system,  the  proprietors  of  land 
provided  for  the  poor  ;  and  after  Christianity  was  introduced,  the 
indigent  were  relieved  out  of  the  tithes  and  estates  of  the  churches 
and  monastic  institutions.  Many  of  the  latter  were  richly  endowed 
for  religious,  superstitious,  educational,  and  benevolent  purposes. 
When  Henry  VIII.  suppressed  the  monasteries  and  confiscated  their 
property,  the  poor  were  deprived  of  their  ancient  rights  and  left  in  a 
state  of  destitution,  which  compelled  Queen  Elizabeth  to  impose 
poor's  rates  on  all  occupiers  of  land,  houses,  and  other  property. 
Before  the  passing  of  the  Poor-Law  Amendment  Act  in  1834,  the 
long  continued  mal-administration  of  the  old  poor-law  had  become 
an  evil  of  the  greatest  magnitude,  which  was  eating  like  a  canker  into 
the  heart  of  the  nation — pauperising  the  labourers  of  whole  coun- 
ties— reducing  them  to  deep  degradation — taking  away  the  motive 
and  the  reward  of  industry,  and  oppressing  that  capital  which  was  to 
employ  and  remunerate   labour.     In  some  counties  the  regular  era- 

*  The  sura  set  down  for  the  Borough  of  Leicester  is  the  supposed  annual 
value ;  and  the  assessment  of  the  Hundreds  in  1838,  (except  Sparkenhoe  and 
Guthlaxton,)  does  not  correspond  with  the  old  boundaries,  according  to  which 
the  acres,  population,  and  houses  are  returned. 

+  The  area  of  the  county  is  upwards  of  806  square  statute  miles,  so  that,  in- 
cluding rivers,  roads,  &c,  it  comprises  about  530,000  acres.  Of  the  inhabitants 
in  1851,  no  fewer  than  1080  were  returned  as  being  above  80  years  of  age;  322 
above  85;  65  above  90;  and  13  above  95.  In  1841,  there  were  live  persons 
living  in  the  county  who  were  above  100  years  old. 


POOR-LAW    UNIONS. 


19 


ployment  of  labourers  had  nearly  ceased,  many  farmers  paying  their 
workmen  only  half  wages,  and  sending  them  to  the  overseers  for  what 
more  was  necessary  for  the  bare  subsistence  of  their  families.  This 
system  cut  the  very  sinews  of  industry,  took  away  its  reward,  and 
levelled  all  distinctions  of  skill  and  awkwardness,  and  virtue  and  vice. 
It  made  the  labourer  a  pauper,  left  him  without  any  encouragement 
for  good  conduct,  and  gave  him  a  positive  interest  in  marrying  early, 
however  imprudently,  as  his  allowance  from  the  parish  was  so  much 
per  head,  and  it  was  so  calculated  that  he  was  more  comfortable  with 
a  large  than  a  small  family.  In  like  manner,  women  having  illegiti- 
mate children  were  actually  gainers  by  their  shame,  in  consequence 
of  the  parish  allowance.  The  New  Poor  Law  amended  both  the  law 
and  the  practice  ;  it  benefited  both  the  employers  and  the  employed, 
and  raised  the  labourers  of  whole  counties  from  the  condition  of 
paupers  to  that  of  independent  workmen,  by  diverting  immense  sums 
of  money  from  the  degrading  channel  of  parish  pay  into  the  honour- 
able channel  of  wages  of  labour. 

The  following  enumeration  of  the  Poor  Law  Unions  into  which 
Leicestershire  and  Rutland  are  divided,  shews  the  number  of  parishes 
in  each,  their  territorial  extent;  their  population  and  number  of  houses 
in  1851;  the  number  of  paupers  in  the  workhouses,  when  the  census 
was  taken,  and  the  average  expenditure  of  each  union. 

Unions  and  Superintendent  Registrars'  Districts. 


Poor  Law 
UNIONS. 


In  Leicestershire. 
Ashby-de-la-Zouch  * 
Atherstone  (part  of) 
Barrow-on-Soar  .... 

Billesdon     

Bingham    (part  of) 

Blaby 

Grantham  (part  of) 

Hinckley  * 

Leicester     

Loughborough  *     . . 

Lutterworth  * 

Market  Bosworth  . . 
Market  Harborough  * 
Melton  Mowbray  . . 
Shardlow  (part  of) 


Totals 346 


No.    of 

Parishes 


28 
I  6 
30 
36 
\  2 
22 
I  7 
14 
8 
24 
37 
31 
41 
54 
i  6 


Acres. 


50,242 
7320 
45,513 
48,201 
4180 
34,207 
14,312 
28,070 
3960 
42,570 
59,031 
53,526 
64,094 
98,077 
14,195 


514,164 


Popula- 
tion  in 
1851. 


25,895 

1515 
19,873 

6,939 

720 

14,190 

3,274 
16,558 
59,246 
25,268 
16,194 
13,633 
15,835 
20,533 

7362 


230,308 


No.   of 
Houses 


5679 

355 

4544 

1585 

152 

3111 

754 

3503 

13,132 

5596 

3698 

3005 

3654 

4282 

1744 


49,793 


Paupers  \Gostofin 
in  Work-Id* outdoor 
houses.    Paupers. 


188 

76 

40 

65 

118 

298 

124 

74 

64 

84 

151 


1282 


£. 

2819 

2251 
865 

1758 

2055 
8522 
3393 
2557 
3092 
2511 
2183 


£32,006 


In  Rutlandshire. 

Oakham  +    

Uppingham  + 

Stamford  (part  of) . . 

30 

35 

§  9 

55,030 
52,698 
17,442 

11,513 

12,701 

3763 

2440 

2693 

716 

103 

88 

1,464 
1,509 

Totals  Rutlandshire 

74 

125,170 

27,977 

5,849 

191 

2973 

*  Of  the  28  parishes  in  Ashby-de-la-Zouch  Union  11   are  in  Derbyshire. 
Eleven  parishes  in  Loughborough  Union  are  in  Nottinghamshire,  as  also  is 

b2 


20 


HISTORY    OF    LEICESTERSHIRE. 


COUNTY  TOTALS.— It  is  seen  from  the  preceding  table  and 
notes  that  there  is  a  considerable  difference  between  the  Registration 
Counties  and  the  Comities  Proper.  According  to  the  census  of  1851 , 
LEICESTERSHIRE  contains  514,164  acres  of  land,  230,808  in- 
habitants, and  50,793  houses;  of  which  latter  1629  were  empty  and 
211  building  when  the  census  was  taken.  At  the  same  period 
RUTLANDSHIRE  had  95,805  acres  of  land,  22,983  inhabitants  and 
4755  houses ;  of  which  latter  153  were  empty  and  14  building  when 
the  census  was  taken  in  1851. 

In  1861,  the  population  and  number  of  houses  in  those  Unions 
whose  head  quarters  are  in  Leicestershire,  was  as  follows  : — 


Unions. 

Pop. 

Houses. 

Ashby-de-la-  Z  ouch. . 
Barrow-on-Soar    .. 

Billesdon    

Blaby 

28,470 
19,782 
7,272 
14,126 
16,373 
68,257 

593^ 
4461 
1581 
3128 
3601 
14,720 

Hinckley 

Leicester    

Unions. 


Pop.      Houses. 


Loughborough  .... 

Lutterworth    

Market  Bosworth  . . 
Market  Harbovough. 
Meltou  Mowbray   . . 


14,210 
15,520 
13,484 
15,967 
20,171 


5497 
3650 
2925 
3548 
4288 


EMPLOYMENTS,  &c— Of  the  males  in  Leicestershire,  in  1851, 
upwards  of  20  years  of  age,  3611  were  returned  as  farmers,  85  farm 
bailiffs,  11,167  agricultural  labourers,  1360  in-door  farm  servants, 
212  shepherds,  772  gardeners,  21  nurserymen,  129  gamekeepers, 
73  woolstaplers,  67  woollen  cloth  manufacturers,  639  worsted  manu- 
facturers, 48  silk  manufacturers,  14  ribbon  manufacturers,  112  lace 
manufacturers,  197  cotton  manufacturers,  229  earthenware  manu- 
facturers, 138  needle  manufacturers,  137  dyers,  106  carriers,  40 
tanners,  1147  coal-miners,  449  brickmakers,  796  blacksmiths,  431 
wheelwrights,  1386  carpenters,  894  bricklayers,  215  masons,  4768 
shoemakers,  2785  tailors,  217  hosiers,  148  saddlers,  86  coach- 
makers,  LOO  printers,  94  watchmakers,  168  engine  and  machine 
makers,  2667  domestic  servants,  347  boatmen,  234  landed  pro- 
prietors, 400  schoolmasters,  60  architects,  157  artists,  362  surgeons, 
31  physicians,  207  solicitors,  17  barristers,  436  clergymen,  121 
protcstant  ministers,  323  Chelsea  pensioners,  80  Greenwich  pensioners, 
13  navy  officers,  and  26  army  officers.  Of  the  females,  558  were 
schoolmistresses,  248  governesses,  11,645  domestic  servants,  and 
2447  milliners ;  8877  were  engaged  in  the  manufacture  of  hosiery, 
486  of  worsted,  1015  lace,  308^  cotton,  46  woollen  cloth,  71  silk, 
36   ribbon,    and   35    of  earthenware.     In  1851,  there  were  in  the 

one  of  those  in  Melton  Mowbray  Union.  Two  of  the  parishes  in  Hinckley 
Union  are  in  Warwickshire,  as  also  are  five  of  those  in  Lutterworth  Union. 
Eighteen  of  the  parishes  in  Market  Harsorough  Union  are  in  Northampton- 
shire. 

§  Atherstone  Union  is  mostly  in  Warwickshire.  Bingham  Union  is  mostly  in 
Nottinghamshire.  Grantham  Union  is  mostly  in  Lincolnshire  ;  and  Shardlow 
Union  is  mostly  in  Derbyshire. 

t  Two  parishes  in  Oakham  Union  and  seven  of  those  in  Uppingham  Union 
are  in  Leicestershire ;  arid  six  of  the  Uppingham  Union  parishes  are  in 
N  orthamptonshirc. 


HISTORY    OF   LEICESTERSHIRE.  21 

county  222  blind  persons,  120  deaf  and  dumb,  1217  in  11  workhouses, 
235  in  prison,  236  in  2  lunatic  asylums,  and  117  in  2  hospitals.  Of 
the  42, 140  families  returned  in  1831,  about  12,350  were  employed  in 
agrieidture,  and  the  rest  in  trade,  &c.  If  the  ratio  of  persons  em- 
ployed constitutes  a  ground  of  decision,  Leicestershire  is  essentially  a 
manufacturing  county,  there  being  but  five  counties  which,  in  this 
respect,  have  a  decided  precedence  ;  whilst  it  is  on  a  level  with  those 
of  Nottingham,  Derby,  and  Chester.  The  principal  manufactures 
are  those  connected  with  Wool,  one  of  the  staple  products  of  the 
county,  to  the  amount  of  about  2,500,000  lbs.  per  annum,  the 
greater  part  of  which  is  exported  raw  to  Yorkshire,  and  the  west  of 
England.  Wool-combing,  the  spinning  of  woollen  yarn,  and  the 
weaving  of  stockings  and  a  great  variety  of  other  articles  of  worsted 
hosiery,  employ  the  greater  portion  of  the  inhabitants  in  Leicester, 
Loughborough,  Hinckley,  and  the  numerous  manufacturing  villages  of 
Leicestershire ;  but  cotton  hosiery  and  fancy  articles,  in  an  endless 
variety,  of  mixed  fabric,  are  extensively  manufactured  here  ;  and  also 
some  little  lace  in  and  about  Loughborough  ;  and  silk  plush  and 
carpets  at  and  near  Market  Harborough.  At  Leicester  and  some 
other  places  are  several  iron  foundries  and  manufactories  of  agricultural 
and  other  machines. 

FARMS,  &c. — The  number  of  farmers  who  made  returns  to  the 
census  inquiries  in  1851  in  Leicestershire  was  3744.  Of  their  farms 
1741  were  less  than  50  acres  each;  857  about  100  acres  each;  945 
from  150  to  300  acres  each ;  150  from  350  to  600  acres  each  ;  five 
of  700  acres  each ;  one  of  800  acres  ;  one  of  1000  acres  ;  and  one  of 
1200  acres.  Six  farmers  in  the  county  employed  30  labourers  each; 
54  others  employed  from  15  to  25  labourers  each  ;  and  about  200 
others  employed  10  men  each. 

SCHOOLS,  CHARITIES,  &c,  are  as  numerous  in  Leicestershire 
as  in  any  other  county  of  similar  extent  and  population.  According 
to  the  educational  statistics  of  1833,  there  were  then  in  the  county 
557  day  schools,  attended  by  16,533  scholars  ;  116  infant  schools, 
attended  by  2734 ;  and  339  Sunday  schools  attended  by  31,200  children. 
These  schools  have  since  been  greatly  increased,  and  there  are  now 
in  the  county  many  endowed  Grammar  and  Charity  Schools,  besides 
a  great  number  of  National  and  other  Day  Schools  supported  by 
subscriptions  and  the  small  weekly  payments  of  the  scholars.  In 
Leicester,  Loughborough,  and  several  other  towns  and  in  some  of  the 
populous  villages  are  valuable  Public  Libraries  and  Literary  Insti- 
tutions, as  well  as  many  Provident  Institutions,  Friendly  Societies, 
Savings'  Banks,  &c,  for  the  benefit  of  the  humbler  classes  ;  and  a 
number  of  Charitable  Institutions,  supported  by  annual  subscriptions 
and  donations.  The  Parliamentary  Commissioners'  Reports  of 
the  public  Charities  and  Endowed  Schools  in  Leicestershire 
occupy  no  less  than  628  large  folio  pages,  the  substance  of  which 
will  be  found  incorporated  at  subsequent  pages,  in  the  accounts  of 
the  charities  of  each  town  and  parish.  The  late  Commission  for 
enquiring  into  the  Public   Charities   in   England  and  Wales  com- 


22  HISTORY    OF    LEICESTERSHIRE. 

menced  its  operations  in  1815,  but  did  not  finish  its  labours  till  1839, 
when  the  Leicestershire  Charity  Reports  were  published.  As  in 
other  parts  of  the  kingdom,  the  Commissioners  found  here  many 
abuses  among  the  charity  trusts,  and  some  of  them  have  since  been 
rectified  by  the  Court  of  Chancery,  and  Hew  schemes  established  for 
their  future  regulation.  At  the  head  of  the  numerous  Charitable 
Institutions  supported  by  subscriptions  and  donations  are  the  Leicester 
Infirmary,  and  the  Leicester  and  Loughborough  Dispensaries. 

PARLIAMENTARY  DIVISIONS— Since  the  passing  of  the 
Parliamentary  Reform  Act  of  1832,  Leicestershire  has  sent  four 
county  members  to  parliament,  viz.,  two  for  the  Northern  Division, 
and  two  for  the  Southern  Division.  The  Northern  Parliamentary 
Division  comprises  the  Hundreds  of  Framland,  and  East  and  West 
Goscote,  and  the  seven  detached  members  of  Gartree  Hundred  which 
lie  within  the  bounds  of  Framland  and  East  Goscote.  Its  Polling 
Places  are  Loughborough,  (the  chief  place  of  election),  Melton 
Mowbray,  Ashby-de-la-Zouch,  Bottesford,  Castle  Donington,  Syston, 
Tilton-on-the-Hill,  and  Waltham-on-the-Wolds.  The  Southern 
Parliamentary  Division  comprises  the  Hundreds  of  Sparkenhoe, 
Guthlaxton,  and  Gartree,  except  the  seven  detached  members  of  the 
latter.  Its  Polling  Places  are  Leicester  (the  chief  place  of  election  ) 
Hinckley,  Market  Harborough,  Market  Bosworth,  Hallaton,  Ibstock, 
Lutterworth,  and  Narborough.  The  number  of  County  voters  regis- 
tered for  the  Southern  Division,  in  1861  was  5911 ;  and  for  the  Northern 
Division  4854,  making  a  total  of  10,765.  Previously  to  1832  the 
county  only  returned  two  members.  The  only  Parliamentary  and 
Municipal  Borough  in  the  county  is  Leicester,  its  large,  handsome, 
and  populous  capital,  which  is  celebrated  for  its  hosiery  manufacture 
and  its  extensive  markets,  and  is  situated  in  its  centre.  It  has  enjoy- 
ed the  privilege  of  returning  two  members  to  parliament  ever  since  the 
reign  of  Edward  I.  The  other  principal  Market  Towns  in  the 
county  are  Loughborough,  Hinckley,  Ashby-de-la-Zouch,  Melton 
Mowbray,  Lutterworth,  Market  HarhoronyJi,  Mouutsorrel,  Castle  Don- 
intfton,  and  Market  Bosworth*  Most  of  these,  and  many  populous 
villages  in  the  county,  are  extensively  engaged  in  the  hosiery 
manufacture. 

Hundreds,  Liberties,  &c. — Alfred  the  Great  is  said  to  have 
divided  England  into  Counties,  Hundred*,  and  Tithinys,  to  prevent 
the  rapine  and  disorder  which  then  prevailed  in  the  realm,  by 
making  the  inhabitants  of  each  district  responsible  for  the  damage 
committed  by  lawless  mobs.  This  law  still  exists,  so  that  when 
damage  is  done  to  property  by  riotous  assemblies,  the  injured  party 
or  parties  claim  and  receive  compensation  by  a  rate,  levied  with  the 
county  rate,  on  the  inhabitants  of  the  Hundred  in  which  the  damaged 
property  is  situated.  Tithinys  were  so  called  because  ten  freeholders, 
with  their  families,  originally  composed  one.  A  number,  perhaps 
100,  of  these  Tithinys,  Towns,  or  Vills,  originally  composed  a  superior 
division,  called  a  Hundred  or  Wapentake,  in  each  of  which  a  court 
was  annually  held  for  the  trial  of  causes.     An  indefinite  number  of 


HISTORY     OF    LEICESTERSHIRE.  23 

these  Hundreds,  which  now  vary  both  in  size  and  population,  form  a 
county,  or  shire.  Soon  after  the  introduction  of  Christianity,  the 
Kingdom  was  divided  into  Parishes,  and  afterwards  into  Bishojjrics. 
At  the  time  of  the  Domesday  Survey,  this  county  was  called  Lede- 
cestrescire,  and  was  divided  into  four  Wapentakes t  or  Hundreds,  viz., 
Framland,  Guthlaxton,  Gartrce,  and  Goscote  ;  but  in  the  reign  of 
Edward  III.,  one  of  these  was  subdivided  into  Guthlaxton  and 
Sparkenhoe  ;  and  in  1346  Goscote  was  divided  into  two  Hundreds, 
called  East  and  West  Goscote.  Formerly,  each  Wapentake  had  a 
Governor,  who  determined  all  matters  that  could  not  be  decided  in 
the  wapentake,  or  hundred  courts.  Hoveden  says,  "When  a  person 
received  the  government  of  a  wapentake  ;  at  the  appointed  time  and 
usual  place,  the  Eahlor  sort  met  him  ;  and  when  he  had  got  off  his 
horse,  rode  up  to  him  ;  then  he  held  up  his  spear,  and  took  security 
of  all  present,  according  to  custom  ;  whoever  came,  touched  his 
spear  with  theirs,  and  by  this  touch  were  confirmed  in  one  common 
interest ;  and  thus  from  Papnu  (weapons)  and  Tac  (a  touch)  or 
Taccape  (to  confirm)  they  were  called  wapentakes." 

The  Annual  Rental  of  the  real  property  in  the  count}7,  including 
land  and  buildings,  as  assessed  to  the  Property  and  Income  Tax  in 
1851,  was  £1,364,270,  and  as  assessed  to  the  Relief  of  the  Poor, 
£970,375.  The  assessed  yearly  rental  of  the  county  to  the  Police 
and  County  Rates  in  1861  was  £849,504,  which  yields  to  a  rate  of 
one  penny  in  the  pound,  £3539. 12s.  Od.  The  sums  levied  for  County 
Rates  in  the  year  1801,  amounted  to  £4026 ;  and  in  1838,  to  £16,141. 
For  the  year  ending  29th  September,  1861,  the  amount  levied  for 
County  Rates  was  £8849,  and  for  the  Constabulary  Force  £9142. 
Besides  these  sums,  more  than  £9000  were  received  from  government 
and  other  sources,  for  the  expenses  of  prosecutions,  the  maintenance 
and  conveyance  of  prisoners,  the  services  of  constables,  &c.  The 
principal  fmyinents  during  the  same  year  were  £1088  for  Criminal 
Prosecutions  ;  £5888  for  Countv  Gaol ;  £483  for  Countv  Bridges  ; 
£171  for  Militia  ;  £572  for  Coroners  ;  £659  for  Lunatic  Asylum  ; 
£101  for  Castle  ;  £343  for  High  Constables  ;  £219  for  Judges' 
Lodgings  ;  £1063  to  the  Clerk  of  the  Peace  ;  £1695  to  the  Clerks 
to  Justices  ;  £2396  towards  liquidation  of  debt ;  £7500  for  purchase 
of  land  adjoining  Lunatic  Asylum  ;  £2571  for  the  erection  of  Station 
Houses  ;  and  about  £9000  for  the  Constabulary  Force.  The  County 
Debt  amounted  in  1861  to  £24,800,  borrowed  by  the  County 
Magistrates  of  the  Pelican  Life  Office,  the  Bank  of  England,  Pares' 
Bank,  the  County  Treasurer,  &c,  of  which  £12,000  were  owing  on 
account  of  the  County  Gaol ;  £9800  on  account  of  the  Lunatic 
Asylum  and  adjoining  land  ;  and  £3000  on  account  of  Police  Stations. 

The  COUNTY  CONSTABULARY  FORCE  now  consists  of  a 
Chief  Constable,  six  Superintendents,  three  Inspectors,  nine 
Sergeants,  and  seventy-nine  Constables.  The  Chief  Constable  has 
a  yearly  salary  of  £450  and  an  allowance  of  £80  for  horses.  The 
Superintendents  have  £110,  and  the  Inspectors  £75  each  per 
annum.      The   Sergeants  have  each   23s.   per  week;    thirty-four 


24 


PETTY   SESSIONAL   DIVISIONS. 


Constables  have  21s.,  thirty  have  19s.,  and  fifteen  have  17s.  each 
per  week.  Frederick  Goodyer,  Esq.,  is  the  Chief  Constable,  and 
has  his  head  quarters  at  the  County  Police  Office,  Leicester,  where 
Mr.  Henry  Bail  is  chief  clerk.  The  Superintendents  and  their 
Divisions  are  Thomas  Burdett,  (of  Aylestone)  for  Leicester ;  Thomas 
Ward,  (Inspector)  Ashby -de-la- Zouch ;  Thomas  Hague,  Lough- 
borough; John  Platts,  Melton  Mowbray ;  Thomas  Rowlett,  (Inspector) 
East  Norton ;  John  Iliffe,  Market  Harborough ;  John  Deakins, 
Lutterworth;  and  John  Moore,  (of  Hinckley)  for  Market  Bosworth. 
The  Borough  of  Leicester  has  65  policemen,  and  Mr.  Robeit 
Charters  is  the  high  constable.  The  following  table  shews  the 
area,  population,  number  of  police  constables,  the  rateable  value  of 
the  property,  and  the  amount  produced  by  a  rate  of  one  penny  in 
the  pound,  in  each  of  the  eight  Petty  Sessional  Divisions  of  the 
County. 


Area  in 

Popula- 

No. OF 

Rateable 

Amount  op 

Divisions. 

Statute 

tion  in 

Police 

Value  of 

Rate  at  One 

Acres. 

1851. 

Men. 

Property. 

Penny  in  £1. 

£. 

£.      S.      D. 

Leicester 

81,333 

28,025 

16 

143,411 

597  10  11 

Ashby-  de  -la-  Z  ouch 

42,782 

20,388 

10 

73,744 

307     5     4 

Loughborough    .... 

61,256 

37,170 

19 

126,156 

525  13    0 

Melton  Mowbray    . . 

122,729 

25,591 

14 

171,232 

713     9     4 

East  Norton    ...... 

34,256 

5,178 

5 

58,967 

245  13  11 

Market  Harborough.. 

40,768 

11,482 

7 

70,811 

295     0  11 

Lutterworth     

51,373 

15,155 

8 

83,469 

347  15    9 

Market  Bosworth    . . 

75,707 

26,735 

14 

121,714 

507    2  10 

Totals  .... 

510,204 

169,724 

*93 

819,504 

3539  12     0 

COURTS,  PRISONS,  &c— The  Assizes  for  Leicestershire  are 
held  three  times  a  year  at  the  Castle  atLeicester,  where  General  Quarter 
Sessions  are  held  four  times  a  year  for  the  whole  county,  except  the 
Borough  of  Leicester,  which  has  separate  Assizes  and  Quarter 
Sessions.  There  is  a  Borough  Gaol  and  Home  of  Correction,  at 
Leicester  ;  but  from  all  other  parts  of  the  county,  prisoners  after 
conviction  are  sent  to  the  County  Gaol  and  House  of  Correction, 
which  is  also  at  Leicester.  There  are  County  Police  Offices  and  Cells 
for  the  temporary  confinement  of  prisoners  in  the  eight  Petty 
Sessional  Divisions  of  the  County,  under  the  superintendence  of  the 
Leicestershire  Constabulary  Force.  In  connection  with  the  Monastery 
of  St.  Bernard,  in  Charnwood  Forest,  is  a  Reformatory  for  youthful 
Roman  Catholic  criminals.  It  generally  contains  upwards  of  800 
boys  of  from  ten  to  sixteen  years  of  age,  and  their  terms  of  imprison- 
ment vary  from  three  to  five  years.  They  are  each  taught  some 
useful  trade,  in  addition  to  the  usual  instruction  in  reading,  writing, 
&c.  There  was  also  a  Reformatory  at  Peckleton,  near  Hinckley,  for 
some  years,  but  it  has  recently  been  closed. 

*  The  chief  constable,  one  inspector,  and  three  police  constables  employed  at 
head  quarters,  are  not  included  in  this  number. 


HISTORY   OF    LEICESTERSHIRE. 


25 


Leicestershire  County  Courts  form  Circuit  No.  20,  of  which 
Robt.  Miller,  Esq.,  Serjt.-at-Law,  of  56,  Leinster  square,  Kensington 
Gardens,  London,  is  judge;  and  Thomas  Heath,  Esq.,  of  Warwick, 
treasurer.  Part  of  Rutland  is  in  the  same  circuit.  The  following  is 
a  list  of  the  places  at  which  courts  are  held,  with  their  respective 
registrars  and  high  bailiffs. 


Places. 


Registrars. 


Asiiby-de-la-Zouch 

Hinckley     

Leicester     

Loughborough 

Lutterworth    

Market  Bosworth  . . 
Market  Harborough 
Melton  Mowbray  . . 
Oakham,  Rutland  . . 
Uppingham     ,, 


Chas.  S.  Dewes,  Esq.  . . 
Stephen  Pilgrim,  Esq.  . . 
Thomas  Ingram,  Esq.  . . 
Beauvoir  Brock,  Esq.  . . 
ChvistopherH.  Gates,  Esq. 
Edw.  B.  Bramah,  Esq  . . 

W.  Wartnaby,  Esq 

Fdk.  J.  Oldham,  Esq.  . . 

Wm.  Shield,  Esq 

Wm.  Hy.  Hough,  Esq  . . 


High  Bailiffs. 


Mr.  Wm.  Bostock 

,,  John  Coltman 

,,  Henry  Wilford 

„  Saml.  L.  Jones 

„  Alex.  Mc  Kay 

,,  John  Coltman 

,,  J.  Saddington 

,,  John  Marshall 

,,  Saml.  Draper 

,,  Wm.  Stevenson 


Courts  are  held  twice  a  month  at  Leicester  ;  monthly  at  Ashby, 
Loughborough,  Lutterworth,  Harborough,  and  Melton  ;  and  every 
two  months  at  the  other  four  places.  Leicestershire  is  in  the 
Birmingham  District  Court  of  Bankruptcy,  but  there  is  a  sub-court 
at  Nottingham,  to  which  the  bankruptcy  business  of  this  county  is 
taken,  except  such  as  comes  within  the  jurisdiction  of  the  County 
Court  under  the  new  Bankruptcy  Act. 

ANCIENT  HISTORY. 

For  nearly  four  thousand  years  of  the  world's  existence,  the  his- 
tory of  Britain  is  almost  a  blank,  except  so  far  as  it  may  be  read  in 
its  geological  phenomena.  Prior  to  the  invasion  of  Julius  Caesar, 
55  years  before  the  birth  of  Christ,  very  little  is  known  of  its  inha- 
bitants, though  some  zealous  antiquarians,  deceived  by  fabulous 
legends,  have  assigned  dates  much  earlier  than  that  period  to  some 
of  its  oldest  cities.  In  the  romantic  lore  of  ancient  time,  Leicester, 
(  Caer-Lerion)  is  said  to  have  been  built  by  the  renowned  British 
King  Leir,  nearly  nine  hundred  years  before  the  Christian  era. 
Historians  generally  agree  that  the  Aborigines  of  Britain  were  a 
tribe  of  Gallic  Celts,  who  emigrated  from  the  Continent  about  a 
thousand  years  before  the  birth  of  Christ.  Before  the  Roman  Con- 
quest, the  ancient  Britons  in  the  southern  parts  of  the  island  had 
made  some  progress  towards  civilization,  but  the  northern  tribes 
were  as  wild  as  their  native  hills,  and  subsisted  chiefly  by  hunting 
and  the  spontaneous  fruits  of  the  earth  ;  wearing  for  their  clothing, 
when  the  inclemency  of  the  weather  compelled  them  to  such  incum- 
brances, the  skins  of  animals,  and  dwelling  in  habitations  formed  by 
the  "  pillars  of  the  forest  rooted  in  the  earth,  and  enclosed  by  in- 
terwoven branches."  The  most  powerful  nations  among  the  Ancient 
Britons  were  the  Brigantines,  who  occupied  Yorkshire,  and  all  the 
northern  counties  ;  and  the  Iceni,  who  occupied  Lincolnshire,  and 
all  the  Midland  and  Eastern  Counties  ;  but  these  nations  were  sub- 


2G  HISTORY   OF   LEICESTERSHIRE. 

divided  into  various  tribes,  bearing  different  names.  Of  the  Iceni 
tribes,  the  Coritani,  or  Coraui,  who  occupied  the  Counties  of  Leicester, 
Rutland,  Lincoln,  Nottingham,  Derby,  and  Northampton,  were  the 
most  numerous,  and  are  supposed  to  have  been  driven  to  this  part  of 
the  island  from  the  southern  counties  by  the  Celtic  Gauls,  about 
300  years  before  the  birth  of  Christ.  Their  religion,  which  formed 
part  of  their  free  monarchical  government,  was  Druidical,  but  its 
origin  is  not  certainly  known,  though  some  affirm  that  the  Druids 
accompanied  the  Celts  in  early  ages  from  the  east ;  and  others 
say  that  Druidism  was  introduced  by  the  Phoenicians  of  Cadiz,  who 
were  the  first  merchants  that  discovered  and  traded  to  this  island, 
and  for  a  considerable  time  monopolized  its  commerce,  by  carefully 
concealing  their  traffic  from  other  nations  ;  but  their  lucrative  trade 
in  tin  and  other  metals  with  which  Cornwall,  Devon,  and  other  parts 
of  Britain  abound,  was  ultimately  traced  to  its  source,  and  brought 
the  Romans  and  other  merchants  to  our  shores. 

The  civil  jurisdiction  and  religion  of  the  Druids  prevailed  in  all 
parts  of  Britain.  They  dispensed  justice,  not  under  any  written 
code  of  laws,  but  on  what  they  professed  to  be  equitable  principles  ; 
all  their  verdicts  being  determined  by  such  sense  as  the  assembled 
delegates  entertained  of  impartial  justice  ;  and  on  discordance  of 
opinion  in  the  congress,  appeal  was  made  to  the  Arch-Druid,  whose 
sentence  was  decisive.  Their  religious  ceremonies  were  few,  and 
nearly  in  unison  with  those  of  the  ancient  Hebrews.  They  wor- 
shipped on  high  places,  and  in  deep  groves  ;  and  were  not  addicted  to 
idolatry,  as  some  authors  assert,  but  adored  the  God  of  Nature,  and 
rendered  him  praise  on  the  yearly  succession  of  the  seasons,  which 
they  kept  as  solemn  festivals.  Though  they  dealt  largely  in  alle- 
gory and  symbolical  representations,  they  practised  but  little  priest- 
craft, and  held  not  the  ignorance  of  their  votaries  in  the  bonds  of 
superstition  ;  for  they  clearly  explained  the  mysteries  and  symbols 
used  in  their  ceremonies  to  the  initiated,  but  to  none  else.  To  re- 
move from  the  people  all  possibility  of  sophistry  and  innovation, 
their  maxims  of  justice  were  taught  orally  ;  the  sons  of  chief  person- 
ages were  disciples  in  their  ethic  schools,  where  the  rules  of  moral 
life  were  inculcated  as  the  foundation  of  human  wisdom.  They 
studied  medicine  and  the  virtues  of  plants,  of  which  the  mistletoe 
was  their  chief  specific  ;  and  they  held  nothing  so  sacred  as  the  mis- 
tletoe of  the  oak,  which,  being  very  scarce,  they  gathered  with  great 
pomp  and  ceremony  on  a  certain  day  appointed  for  their  greatest 
festival.  In  their  civil  government  capital  offenders  were  sentenced 
to  death,  and  publicly  sacrificed  on  the  altars  of  their  temples,  in 
the  most  awful  and  solemn  manner,  whilst  those  convicted  of  minor 
crimes  were  excluded  from  public  worship,  and  excommunicated 
from  all  civil  and  religious  benefits,  till  they  had  washed  away,  with 
the  tears  of  repentance,  the  stains  with  which  their  guilt  had  branded 
them.  Julius  Cassar,  in  his  "  Commentarii  de  Bello  Gallico"  says 
the  Druids  (as  the  Gauls  call  their  magicians  and  wisemen)  incul- 
cated the  immortality  and  transmigration  of  the  soul,  and  discoursed 


HISTORY    OF   LEICESTERSHIRE.  27 

"  with  3Touth  much  about  the  heavenly  bodies  and  their  motion,  the 
size  of  the  heaven  and  the  earth,  the  nature  of  things,  and  the 
influence  and  power  of  the  immortal  gods."  The  British  Druids 
exercised  their  utmost  authority  in  opposing  the  usurpation  of  the 
Koman  invaders,  who,  fired  with  equal  resentment  determined  to 
secure  themselves  by  exterminating  the  Druidic  Order  ;  consequently 
its  priests  were  sacrificed  to  this  inhuman  policy  ;  those  who  fled 
to  the  Isle  of  Anglesea  perished  in  the  flames,  by  the  orders  of 
Suetonius  Paulinus  ;  and  subsequently,  great  numbers  of  them  were 
massacred  in  the  unsuccessful  revolt  of  the  Britons  under  Queen 
Boadicea.  From  this  period  the  power  and  splendour  of  the  Druids 
rapidly  disappeared. 

ROMANS. — Julius  Omar,  having  overrun  Gaul,  invaded  Britain, 
near  Deal,  in  Kent,  55  years  before  the  birth  of  Christ,  and  after  a 
sanguinary  struggle,  renewed  in  the  following  year,  succeeded  in 
establishing  a  Roman  government  in  the  southern  parts  of  the  island, 
unsettled  in  its  nature,  and  transient  in  its  duration;  for,  being 
distracted  by  domestic  war,  the  conquerors  were  obliged  to  return 
home,  in  order  to  preserve  the  seat  of  empire  ;  consequently  the 
Britons  remained  unmolested  till  the  year  A.  D.  48,  when  the 
Emperor  Claudius  sent  over  an  army  under  the  command  of  Plautius, 
who  was  succeeded  by  Ostorius  Scapula,  who  established  a  chain  of 
posts  or  fortresses  from  the  Severn  to  the  Nen,  for  the  purpose  of 
keeping  in  check  the  yet  unsubdued  tribes  to  the  northward.  The 
Iceni,  regarding  this  operation  as  a  formidable  demonstration  against 
their  territory,  and  especially  against  that  part  of  it  occupied  by  the 
Coritani,  flew  to  arms,  and  after  occupying  in  force  a  position  ren- 
dered difficult  of  access  by  the  natural  steepness  of  the  ground,  and 
further  fortifying  the  post  by  a  solid  earthwork,  resolutely  awaited 
in  the  stronghold  thus  hastily  constructed,  the  approach  of  the 
Roman  general.  Although  Ostorius  was  only  able  to  summon  to 
his  assistance  some  of  the  Social  Cohorts  attached  to  the  Britannic 
legions,  with  a  small  body  of  horse ;  and  was  compelled  when 
advancing  to  the  attack,  to  dimount  his  Cavalry  by  the  formidable 
character  of  the  ascent ;  the  result  was,  that  after  a  protracted  and 
obstinate  struggle,  the  Iceni  were  driven  from  their  works  and  almost 
annihilated  within  the  precincts  of  the  encampment,  which  they  defend- 
ed to  the  last  with  the  obstinacy  of  despair.  This  sanguinary  engage- 
ment is  supposed  to  have  taken  place  at  Burrough  Hill,  near  Twyford, 
in  this  county,  where  there  are  still  extensive  remains  of  trenches 
and  embankments.  Caractacus,  the  celebrated  British  Prince,  who 
ruled  over  the  Belgsean  provinces,  having  revolted  against  the  Romans, 
was  overcome  by  Ostorius,  who  «ent  him  and  his  wife  and  daughter 
prisoners  to  Rome,  where  they  were  paraded  in  a  triumphal  pro- 
cession. But  the  Emperor  Claudius  was  so  moved  by  the  noble 
bearing  and  manly  speech  of  Caractacus,  that  he  ordered  his  irons 
to  be  struck  off,  and  pardoned  him  and  his  family.  The  Romans 
had  so  high  an  opinion  of  the  power  and  bravery  of  Caractatus 
that  they  considered  that  Ostorius  by  conquering  him  had  done 


28  HISTORY   OF   LEICESTERSHIRE. 

as  eminent  service  to  the  state  as  Scipio  Africanus  did,  when 
he  brought  Syphax,  King  of  Numidia,  prisoner  to  Rome;  or  as 
Paulus  iEmilius  did  when  he  led  Perseus,  King  of  Macedon,  in 
triumph.  Suetonius  Paulinus,  one  of  the  successors  of  Ostorius, 
after  exterminating  man}'  thousands  of  the  Druids  and  abolishing 
their  rites  and  ceremonies,  completed  the  conquest  of  Britain,  as 
far  north  as  the  Tyne.  The  country  was  then  divided  into  two  Pre- 
sidial  Provinces,  by  a  line  drawn  from  Clausentum  to  Gabrosentum, 
that  is  from  Southampton  to  Gateshead,  near  Newcastle.  All  the 
country  on  the  east  side  of  this  imaginary  line  they  called  Britannia 
Prima;  and  all  on  the  west  side  Britannia  Secunda ;  so  that  Leicester- 
shire was  comprised  within  the  former.  But  after  they  had  gained  a 
firmer  footing  in  the  north,  they  subdivided  all  the  country  north  of 
Wiltshire,  Berkshire,  and  Middlesex  into  three  other  provinces, 
called  Maxima  Cccsariensis,  Flavia  Ccesariensis,  and  Velentia.  Of 
these  the  first  and  third  were  Consular  Provinces ;  and  the  other 
was  Presidial,  like  Britannia  Prima  and  Secunda.  Before  the  reign 
of  the  Emperor  Constantine,  the  Roman  government  in  Britain  was 
vested  in  a  Proctor  who  possessed  the  whole  administrative,  judicial, 
and  military  power  :  a  Quccstor,  or  Procurator,  arranged  the  affairs 
of  the  revenue  ;  and  a  numerous  army  of  legionaries  and  auxiliaries 
secured  the  obedience  of  the  people,  and  protected  the  country  from 
invasion.  The  superintendence  of  the  army  was  committed  to  three 
Dukes ;  the  first  commanded  from  the  northern  frontier  to  the 
Humber  ;  the  second,  with  the  title  of  Count  of  the  Saxon  Shore, 
had  the  command  of  the  troops  on  the  coast  from  the  Humber  to 
Land's-End  ;  and  the  third  commanded  the  garrisons  in  the  interior. 
The  greatest  and  most  protracted  struggles  of  the  Romans  were  with 
the  Caledonians,  or  Picts  and  Scots,  who,  proudly  refusing  to  crouch 
to  the  imperial  eagle,  frequently  descended  in  rage  from  their  native 
mountains,  and  penetrated  into  the  Roman  territories,  even  after 
the  great-waU  had  been  extended  across  the  island  by  the  Emperor 
Severus,  fromSolway  Frith  to  the  mouth  of  the  Tyne,  in  A.  D.  208. 
In  consequence  of  these  irruptions  of  the  Caledonians,  the  northern 
parts  of  England  became  the  chief  seats  of  the  power  of  the  Romans  ; 
and  York,  where  Constantine  the  Great  was  born  in  272,  obtained 
the  name  of  Altera  Roma.  In  287  Carausius,  who  had  been  sent 
from  Rome,  with  a  fleet  to  guard  the  Belgic  coast,  passed  over  into 
Britain,  and  usurped  the  imperial  purple  at  York.  On  the  death  of 
Constantius,  in  807,  his  son,  Constantine  the  Great,  assumed  the 
imperial  purple  at  York  ;  but  a  few  years  afterwards  he  removed  the 
seat  of  empire  from  Rome  to  Byzantium,  which  was  subsequently 
called  from  him  Constantinople.  For  the  better  government  of  his 
vast  dominions,  he  now  divided  them  into  four  prefectures,  viz., 
Italy,  Gaul,  the  East,  and  Ilryria.  Britain  was  included  in  the 
prefecture  of  Gaul.  After  taking  with  him  to  his  wars  in  Gaul  the 
flower  of  the  British  youth,  this  country  was  again  left  open  to  the 
devastating  incursions  of  the  Picts  and  Scots.  Constantine  em- 
braced Christianity  in  312,  and  made  a  solemn  declaration  of  his 


HISTORY   OP   LEICESTERSHIRE.  29 

scntinents  in  the  celebrated  edict  of  Milan,  which  restored  peace 
to  the  Catholic  Church,  and  promulgated  the  principles  of  religious 
liberty.  Constantine  died  in  337,  and  though  the  Romans  con- 
tinued to  hold  their  sway  in  Britain  for  more  than  a  century  after 
this  event,  their  writings  afford  but  scanty  materials  for  illustrating 
the  history  of  this  island.  In  364,  the  Picts  and  Scots  renewed 
their  incursions,  and  the  southern  parts  of  the  country  were  at  the 
same  time  harassed  by  the  Saxons,  whose  predatory  descents  on  the 
coast  indicated  their  intention  to  seize,  as  a  prey,  a  dominion  which 
imperial  Rome  now  held  with  a  feeble  hand.  Dissensions  within, 
and  assaults  from  without,  were  now  fast  hastening  on  the  over- 
throw of  the  mighty  empire  of  Rome  ;  and  in  448,  the  Romans 
finally  relinquished  all  possession,  power,  and  authority  in  Britain, 
after  an  occupation  of  nearly  four  centuries. 

Leicestershire  was  included  within  the  Roman  province  of  Flavia 
Casariensis,  and  had  large  military  stations  at  Rata),  (Leicester,) 
in  the  centre ;  Vernometum,  near  Willoughby,  on  the  northern 
border ;  and  Manduessedum,  (Mancetter,)  on  the  south-western 
boundary.  These  and  several  smaller  stations,  were  connected  by 
regular  artificial  roads,  or  military  ways,  known  by  the  names  of 
Wailing- Street,  Fosse-ivay,  and  Via  Devana.  The  first  forms  the 
south-western  boundary  of  the  county,  faom  Dowbridge  or  Dove- 
bridge,  near  the  station  of  Tripontium,  (Lilburn,)  in  Northampton- 
shire, to  Mancetter ;  and  between  the  two  places  was  the  small 
station  of  Benonm  or  Venoncs,  near  High  Cross.  Near  the  latter 
place,  Watliug- Street  is  crossed  by  the  Fosse-way,  which  passes 
northward  almost  in  a  straight  line,  to  Leicester,  whence  it  continues 
in  a  northerly  direction  to  Vernometum,  near  Dalby-on-the- Wolds, 
where  there  is  a  large  tumulus,  and  passes  on  to  Margidunum,  a 
station  near  East  Britford,  in  Nottinghamshire.  Though  much  of 
the  Fosse-way  has  been  broken  up,  its  ridge  is  in  many  places  still 
extant,  and  its  whole  route  may  be  clearly  traced.  The  Via  Devana, 
which  extends  from  Camuiodunum  (Colchester)  to  Deva  Colonia 
(Chester),  entered  Leicestershire  near  Bringhurst,  whence  it  pro- 
ceeded to  Medbourne,  where  there  was  no  doubt  a  station,  and  where 
there  is  a  tumulus.  This  road  is  still  visible  on  the  hill  between 
Cranoe  and  Glooston,  whence  it  passed,  almost  in  a  straight  line, 
to  Leicester,  between  Great  and  Little  Stretton,  in  the  line  of  what 
is  now  called  Gartree  Road.  It  joined  the  Fosse-way  near  the  south 
side  of  Leicester,  and  again  left  it  on  the  north,  branching  off  north- 
west, in  its  route  to  Ashby-de-la-Zouch  and  Burton-upon-Trent. 
Another  ancient  road,  called  the  Salt-way,  entered  this  county  from 
Lincolnshire,  in  its  way  to  the  great  salt  mines  at  Droitwich.  It  is 
considered  to  have  been  formed  by  the  ancient  Britons.  After 
passing  Croxton,  on  the  north-eastern  border  of  the  county,  it  con- 
tinued to  Six  Hills,  where  it  crossed  the  Fosse-way,  and  passed  on 
to  Barrow-upon-Soar,  and  thence  through  Charnwood  Forest,  where 
traces  of  it  are  still  visible.  A  Roman  milestone,  portions  of  wall, 
and  numerous  coins,  urns,  household  utensils,  and  tesselated  pave- 


30  HISTORY    OF   LEICESTERSHIRE. 

rnents  of  Roman  work,  have  been  found  near  Leicester,  and  there 
are  many  traces  of  Roman  encampments  in  the  county.  South  of  the 
town  of  Leicester  are  two  remarkable  parallel  embankments,  called 
the  Raw  Dykes,  extending  about  three  furlongs  in  length,  and  about 
sixteen  yards  apart.  They  have  been  commonly  regarded  as  the 
limits  of  a  race-course,  and  as  of  British  origin  ;  but  neither  of 
these  points  is  ascertained.  It  appears,  however,  exceedingly  pro- 
bable that  they  formed  a  portion  of  the  boundary  of  the  British 
fortress  or  stronghold  of  Rath  Coranied,  from  which  the  name  of 
Ratce  was  subsequently  derived.  Remains  of  Roman  buildings  are 
still  to  be  seen  at  Leicester,  Rothley,  Wanlip,  Harborough,  Bur- 
rough  and  Catthorpe. 

SAXONS. — After  the  Romans  had  abandoned  Britain,  the  country 
sank  into  a  state  of  anarchy.  Under  the  Romans,  England  and 
Wales  contained  thirty  civitates,  governed  by  their  own  magistrates, 
and  it  is  supposed  that  the  Britons,  when  left  to  themselves,  esta- 
blished the  same  number  of  republics.  Civil  discord  terminated  in 
the  establishment  of  military  tyrannies,  and  to  aggravate  these 
maladies,  the  Picts  and  Scots,  again  renewed  their  marauding  irrup- 
tions, into  England.  To  crush  these  savage  foes,  the  British  chiefs 
united  their  forces  under  the  command  of  Vortigern,  King  of  the 
Belga3.  By  his  advice,  the  Saxons,  under  the  command  of  Hengist 
and  Horsa,  were  at  length  introduced  as  auxiliaries  against  the  Picts 
and  Scots,  whom  they  had  no  sooner  overthrown,  than,  in  their 
greedy  concupiscence  to  possess  the  fertile  country  for  which  they 
had  been  fighting,  they  turned  their  swords  upon  the  Britons,  who 
made  an  obstinate  resistance,  in  which  they  fought  many  great 
battles  under  Vortigern  and  the  renowned  King  Arthur,  who  in  520 
expelled  the  Saxons  from  York,  and  almost  from  the  kingdom  ;  but 
after  the  death  of  that  monarch,  they  again  prevailed,  and  by  slow 
progression  of  conquest,  at  length  obtained  possession  of  the  whole 
of  that  part  of  the  island,  which  from  them  obtained  the  name  of 
England.  They  were  confederated  tribes  consisting  of  the  Angles, 
(henco  the  term  Anglo-Saxons,)  the  Jutes,  and  the  genuine  Saxons, 
who  had  long  been  settled  on  the  shores  of  the  German  ocean,  and  ex- 
tended from  theEydcr  to  the  Rhine.  The  Britons  yielded  to  them  no 
part  of  the  country  until  it  had  been  dearly  purchased  with  blood,  and 
111  years  elapsed  from  the  invasion  of  the  Saxons,  before  they  estab- 
lished the  northern  part  of  the  Heptarchy ,  or  seven  kingdoms  of  Kent, 
East-Anglia,  Essex,  Sussex,  Wessex,  Mercia,  aud  Northumbria,  into 
which  England  was  divided.  Hengist  established  himself  as  King  of 
Kent  about  a.d.  457,  and  MUte  as  King  of  Sussex  in  491.  Cerdic, 
another  of  the  Saxon  chiefs,  became  the  first  King  of  Wessex  about 
495;  Up i  became  King  of  East-Anglia  in  575;  Erkewin,  King  of 
Essex  in  585 ;  Ethel/rid,  King  of  Northumbria,  in  547  ;  and  Crida, 
King  of  Mercia,  about  586.  Of  these  kingdoms  Mercia  was  the 
largest,  comprising  Lincolnshire,  Leicestershire,  Rutland,  Notting- 
hamshire, Derbyshire,  Cheshire,  Shropshire,  Staffordshire,  Bucking- 
hamshire, Oxfordshire,  Bedfordshire,  Huntingdonshire,  Northamp- 


HISTORY    OF    LEICESTERSHIRE.  31 

tonshire,  Warwickshire,  Worcestershire,  Herefordshire,  and  Glou- 
cestershire. The  inhabitants  of  Leicestershire,  being  locally  situated 
in  the  centre  of  this  new  kingdom,  were  called  JMiditer  ranee  or 
Middle  Angles.  The  ancient  tribes,  thus  united  under  one  head,  were 
the  Coritani,  the  Comavii,  the  Dobunl,  and  the  Cetttieuehlani.  Mercia 
was  divided  into  northern  and  southern  districts,  with  Lincoln  for  its 
capital,  and  existed  about  three  centuries,  during  which  period  there 
reigned  in  it  twenty  two  Kings,  of  whom  the  following  is  a  list,  showing 
the  years  in  which  they  died. 

KINGS  OF  MERCIA. 


Died. 

Kenred    709 

Ceolred    716 

Ethelbald    757 

Beomred    757 

Offa 796 

Keuwulf 820 

Kenelm 820 


Died. 

Coelwnlf 822 

Beornwulf   826 

Ludican    828 

Withlaf     840 

Beortulf    853 

Bertred 874 

Ceolulfe    886 


Died. 

Crida 595 

Wibba 615 

Ceovl 625 

Penda 655 

Peada 656 

Oswy 658 

Wulfere 675 

Etbelred     704 

The  Anglo-Saxon  kings  were  often  at  war  with  each  other,  but 
after  being  long  harassed  by  the  Danes  and  the  Caledonians,  they  at 
length  laid  aside  their  own  differences,  and  the  seven  kingdoms  of  the 
Heptarchy  became  united  into  one  great  state  under  Egbert  King  of 
Wessex,  in  a.d.  827,  when  he  was  crowned  King  of  all  England  at 
Winchester,  which  was  for  several  centuries  the  metropolitan  city. 
Egbert  died  in  838,  and  was  succeeded  by  his  son  Ethelwolf.  He 
died  in  857,  and  was  succeeded  first  by  Ethelbald,  who  had  rebelled 
against  him  in  his  life  time  ;  and  then  by  Ethelbert,  his  second  son, 
during  whose  short  reign  the  country  was  again  invaded  by  the 
Danes.  Ethelbert  died  in  866,  and  was  succeeded  by  his  third 
brother  Etheldred,  during  whose  reign  the  Danes  invaded  England 
in  much  greater  numbers  than  before,  and  joined  by  the  disaffected 
Mercians  and  Northumbrians,  assailed  the  West  Saxons.  Etheldred, 
or  Ethered,  assisted  by  his  younger  brother,  Alfred,  afterwards  sur- 
named  the  Great,  fought  many  bloody  battles  with  these  invaders 
and  rebels,  with  various  success.  Etheldred  was  mortally  wounded 
at  the  battle  of  Merton  in  871,  when  Alfred  succeeded  to  the  kingdom, 
then  reduced  to  .the  brink  of  ruin.  At  this  period,  Leicestershire 
was  frequently  the  spoil  of  the  marauding  Danes,  who  landing  on  the 
eastern  coast,  spread  devastation  and  rapine  in  every  direction, 
destroying  villages  and  monasteries  ;  and  sparing  neither  age  nor  sex. 

King  Alfred  fought  several  great  battles  with  the  Danes,  but  being 
at  length  overpowered  by  numbers  and  deserted  by  many  of  his 
subjects,  he  was  compelled  to  leave  the  Danes  in  possession  of  his 
country  for  some  time,  during  which  he  remained  in  humble  disguise 
at  the  cottage  of  a  swineherd  in  the  isle  of  Athelney,  amidst  the  fens 
of  Somersetshire.  The  Saxons  again  uniting  their  forces  against  the 
tyranny  and  savage  cruelty  of  the  Danes,  Alfred  resumed  his  domin- 
ion, and  defeated  the  pagan  marauders  at  Heddington  in  Wiltshire. 
This  renowned  monarch  soon  obtained  the  popular  title  of  Alfred  the 


32  HISTORY   OF   LEICESTERSHIRE. 

Great.  He  divided  the  country  into  shires,  hundreds,  parishes,  and 
tithings,  established  trial  by  jury,  and  composed  a  famous  body  of 
laws,  which  may  be  considered  as  the  foundation  on  which  the 
glorious  superstructure  of  English  liberty  was  finally  erected.  Alfred 
was  not  less  generous  than  brave,  and  strove  to  convert  the  Danes 
from  mortal  enemies  into  faithful  subjects,  by  settling  them  in  East 
Anglia  and  Northumbria,  on  condition  of  their  accepting  Christianity. 
By  the  treaty  between  Alfred  and  Guthrun  the  Dane,  about  880, 
Leicestershire  was  included  in  the  Danelagh  or  Danish  territory,  and 
Leicester  became  one  of  the  five  great  Danish  Burghs.  It  was  recovered 
by  the  Saxons  during  the  reign  of  Edward  the  Elder  and  in  the 
year  920  Leicester  was  reduced  to  obedience  by  the  warlike  yet  prudent 
Ethelneda,  the  daughter  of  King  Alfred  and  widow  of  Ethcldred,  Duke 
ofMercia.  The  great  Alfred  died  in  901,  after  reigning  28  years. 
He  was  succeeded  by  his  son  Edward  the  Elder,  whose  cousin  Ethel- 
wold  attempted  to  wrest  the  sceptre  from  his  hand,  with  the  assistance 
of  the  Danes.  Ethelwold  being  slain  in  battle,  peace  was  again 
restored  between  the  Saxons  and  Danes,  but  the  restless  spirit  of  the 
latter  could  not  long  brook  restraint ;  and  encouraged  by  fresh  arrivals 
of  their  countrymen,  they  again  broke  out  into  open  hostilities,  but 
were  subdued  in  910  by  Edward  the  Elder,  who  died  in  925.  He 
was  succeeded  by  Athelstan,  who  carried  his  arms  to  the  borders  of 
Scotland,  and  obtained  a  complete  victory  over  an  almost  innumer- 
able host  of  enemies,  who  sought  to  cast  off  his  yoke,  and  to  seize 
his  empire.  During  the  whole  of  his  reign,  Leicester  was  again  in 
possession  of  the  Danes,  but  was  recovered  from  them  by  his  brother 
Edmund,  who  succeeded  him  in  941  and  was  assassinated  in  916. 
He  was  succeeded  by  Edrcd,  who  died  in  955,  when  Edwy,  a  youth  of 
fourteen,  became  king,  but  died  in  959.  His  brother  Edgar  suc- 
ceeded, and  was  acknowledged  sole  sovereign  of  England.  He 
preserved  peace  by  being  always  prepared  for  war.  His  fleet  consisted 
of  about  600  vessels,  which  constantly  scoured  the  seas  on  all  sides 
of  the  island.  He  kept  the  Scottish,  Welsh,  and  other  inferior  princes 
in  subjection.  He  required  of  Ledwull,  a  refractory  Welsh  prince, 
to  bring  the  heads  of  300  wolves  yearly  to  Winchester,  and  deposit 
them  at  the  Bishop's  palace,  and  this  was  continued  till  the  entire 
race  of  these  ferocious  animals  was  destroyed  in  this  country. 
Edgar  travelled  throughout  his  dominions  to  see  that  the  laws  were 
properly  executed,  and  to  redress  abuses.  Edgar  died  in  975,  and 
was  succeeded  by  Edward  the  Martyr,  who  was  assassinated  four 
years  afterwards.  Ethelred  then  ascended  the  throne,  and  obtained 
the  surname  of  the  Unready,  from  his  incapacity  in  governing  the  king- 
dom, or  providing  for  its  safety.  In  981,  the  Danes  again  landed 
and  pillaged  the  country,  and  during  the  succeeding  twenty  years, 
they  became  very  numerous  in  England,  and  lived  indiscriminately 
among  the  Saxons.  King  Ethelred  being  unable  to  master  them  in 
the  field  or  by  law,  resorted  to  treachery,  and  attempted  to  destroy 
their  power  by  secretly  ordering  them  to  be  massacred  on  the  13th  of 
November  1002.     Great  was  the  slaughter  committed  on  that  fatal 


SAXONS   AND   DANES.  83 

clay,  in  the  southern  parts  of  England ;  but  in  the  north  the  Danes 
were  too  numerously  intermingled  with  the  Saxons  to  be  sentenced 
to  assassination,  and  the  detestable  act  so  inflamed  them  with  indig- 
nation, that  in  a  little  time,  the  Saxons  became  the  sport  of  an 
infuriated  enemy.  In  the  same  year  the  tax  called  Danegeld  or  Dane- 
Money  was  imposed  upon  the  people  by  Ethelred,  and  paid  by  that 
feeble  sovereign  to  the  Danes  in  order  to  render  them  peaceable. 

Sweyne,  King  of  Denmark,  to  revenge  the  cruel  massacre  of  his 
countrymen,  undertook  the  conquest  of  England.  Landing  with  a 
powerful  army  in  1010,  he  fixed  his  camp  on  the  banks  of  the  Ouse, 
near  York,  where  Ethelred  marched  with  all  his  forces  to  give  him  battle. 
The  engagement  was  bloody  and  well  contested,  but  victory  at  length 
declared  for  the  Danes  ;  and  Ethelred,  with  a  few  of  his  followers, 
seizing  a  boat  fled  into  Normandy,  leaving  his  crown  and  his  kingdom 
to  the  conqueror.  Sweyne  died  in  1014  at  Gainsboro',  where  his  son 
Canute  was  proclaimed  king,  but  being  obliged  to  return  to  Denmark, 
the  English  in  his  absence,  recalled  the  banished  King  Ethelred,  who 
after  a  feeble  struggle  to  regain  his  crown,  gave  place  in  less  than  a 
year  to  his  son  Edmund  Ironside,  who  fought  three  bloody  battles 
with  Canute.  Their  success  was  various,  and  at  length  the  Danish 
and  Saxon  nobility,  equally  harassed  by  these  convulsions,  obliged 
their  kings  to  come  to  a  compromise,  and  to  divide  the  kingdom 
between  them.  Canute  reserved  for  himself  the  northern  parts  of  the 
kingdom  ;  and  the  southern  parts  were  left  to  Edmund  Ironside ; 
but  the  latter  being  murdered  about  a  month  after  this  treaty,  Canute 
was  left  in  peaceable  possession  of  the  whole  kingdom.  In  1016, 
he  summoned  a  general  meeting  of  his  nobles  at  Winchester,  and 
again  in  1020.  At  these  parliaments  many  wise  and  equitable  laws 
were  passed  for  promoting  the  peace,  prosperity,  and  morality  of  his 
subjects.  In  1016,  Canute  granted  his  Charta  da  Foresta,  the  first 
law  relating  to  forests.  His  piety  and  power  were  so  much  praised  by 
his  courtiers  that  some  of  them  affected  to  insinuate  that  all  things 
would  be  obedient  to  his  command.  Canute,  sensible  of  their  adula- 
tion, reproved  them  in  the  following  manner  : — Being  at  Southamp- 
ton, he  ordered  his  chair  to  be  brought  to  the  sea  shore  while  the 
tide  was  coming  in,  and  commanded  the  sea  to  retire.  "Thou  art 
under  my  dominion"  cried  he,  "the  land  upon  which  I  sit  is  mine  ; 
I  charge  thee,  therefore,  to  approach  no  farther,  nor  dare  to  wet  the 
feet  of  thy  sovereign."  He  feigned  to  sit  some  time  in  expectation 
of  submission,  till  the  waves  began  to  surround  him  ;  then  turning  to 
his  sycophants,  he  observed  that  "the  title  of  Lord  and  Master 
belonged  only  to  Him  whom  both  earth  and  sea  were  made  to  obey." 
His  royal  crown,  which  he  never  wore  after  giving  this  reproof,  was 
presented  to  the  priory  of  Winchester  Cathedral,  and  suspended  over 
the  crucifix  of  the  high  altar,  as  a  token  of  his  humility.  He  died 
at  Shaftesbury  in  1036,  and  was  succeeded  by  his  second  son  Harold, 
who  died  in  1039,  when  his  brother  Hardicanute ascended  the  throne. 
The  violent  and  unjust  government  of  the  latter  was  of  short  duration, 
for  he  died  in  1041  in  consequence  of  excesses  at  the  marriage  feast 

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of  a  Danish  lord.  Harold  and  Hardicanute  leaving  no  issue,  Edward 
the  Confessor,  son  of  Ethclred,  the  Saxon,  ascended  the  throne,  and 
in  him  the  dominion  of  the  Danes  in  Britain  was  for  ever 
extinguished.  The  Anglo-Saxons,  who  had  long  groaned  under  the 
Danish  yoke,  set  no  bounds  to  their  joy,  on  finding  the  line  of  ancient 
kings  restored.  Though  Edward  the  Confessor  had  been  bred  in  the 
Norman  Court,  and  showed  a  predilection  for  the  laws  and  customs 
of  that  country,  he  established  here  such  wise  and  equitable  laws  as 
were  cherished  in  his  own  and  subsequent  reigns.  He  married 
Editha,  daughter  of  Earl  Godwin,  but  from  mistaken  piety  or  fixed 
aversion,  he  abstained  from  her  bed.  Thus  having  no  legitimate 
issue,  when  he  died  in  1066  in  the  56th  year  of  his  age  and  the  25th 
of  his  reign,  the  throne  was  left  in  dispute. 

The  Religion  of  the  Saxons,  which  prevailed  till  the  close  of 
the  6th  century,  was  founded  in  traditional  tales  received  from  their 
fathers,  not  reduced  to  any  system.  Woden,  whom  they  deemed  the 
ancestor  of  their  princes,  was  regarded  as  the  god  of  war,  and  was 
the  chief  object  of  their  religious  worship.  They  believed  that  if 
they  obtained  the  favour  of  this  divinity  by  their  valour,  (for  they  made 
little  account  of  other  virtues,)  they  should  be  admitted  after 
death  into  his  hall ;  and  reposing  on  couches,  should  satiate 
themselves  with  strong  drink  from  the  skulls  of  their  enemies 
whom  they  had  killed  in  battle.  Little  more  is  known  of  their 
theological  tenets.  We  only  learn  that  they  were  Polytheists  ;  that 
they  worshipped  the  Sun  and  Moon  ;  that  they  adored  the  God  of 
Thunder  under  the  name  of  Thor ;  that  they  had  images  in  their 
temples  ;  practised  sacrifices ;  and  believed  firmly  in  spells  and 
incantations.  Their  mythology  is  interwoven  with  our  language. 
From  the  objects  of  their  worship  the  names  of  our  days  have  been 
derived.  The  first  and  second  clays  in  the  week  they  dedicated  to 
the  Sun  and  Moon,  hence  Sunday  and  Monday ;  the  third  and  fourth 
were  dedicated  to  Tuisco  and  Woden,  hence  Tuesday  and  Wednesday  ; 
the  fifth,  sixth,  and  seventh  in  like  manner,  to  Thor,Frea,  and  Seator, 
hence  Thursday,  Friday,  and  Saturday.  Bede  says  the  intention  of 
converting  the  Anglo-Saxons  to  the  Christian  religion  originated  with 
Pope  Gregory  the  First,  surnamed  the  Great.  It  happened  that  this 
prelate,  when  in  a  private  station,  before  he  was  elevated  to  the 
Pontifical  chair,  had  observed  in  the  Market  place  of  Home  some 
British  youths  exposed  for  sale,  whom  their  mercenary  parents  had 
sold  to  Roman  merchants.  Struck  with  their  fair  complexions  and 
blooming  countenances,  Gregory  asked  to  what  country  they  belonged, 
and  being  told  that  they  were  Angles,  he  replied  that  they  ought 
more  properly  to  be  denominated  Angels.  Inquiring  further  con- 
cerning the  name  of  their  province,  he  was  informed  that  it  was 
Deira,  a  district  of  Northumbria.  Deira,  replied  he,  that  is  good! 
They  are  called  to  the  mercy  of  God  from  his  anger,  De-ira.  But 
uluit  is  the  name  of  the  king  of  that  province?  Ella  or  Alia,  was  the 
reply.  Alleluia,  cried  he,  we  must  endeavour  that  the  praise  of  God 
he  sung  in  their  country.     On  his  elevation  to  the  Popedom,  in  590, 


HISTORY   OF   LEICESTERSHIRE.  35 

Gregory  despatched  Augustine,  a  Roman  monk,  with  forty  associates, 
to  preach  the  Gospel  in  Britain.  The  marriage  of  Ethelbert,  the 
King  of  Kent,  with  Bertha,  a  Christian  Princess  of  France,  secured 
the  missionaries  a  favourable  reception.  This  auxiliary  founder  of 
the  Christian  religion  in  Britain,  as  she  may  properly  be  called,  had 
been  very  assiduous  in  her  devotional  exercises,  and  had  supported 
the  credit  of  her  faith  by  an  irreproachable  life.  Her  popularity  in 
the  court,  and  her  influence  over  the  king,  had  so  well  paved  the 
way  for  the  Christian  doctrine,  that  Ethelbert  himself  became  a  con- 
vert ;  Augustine  was  created  Archbishop  of  Canterbury,  and  Christianity 
obtained  a  footing  which  it  has  never  since  lost  in  this  island.  Lucius, 
King  of  the  Belgce,  is  said  to  have  been  converted  to  Christianity  in 
A.D.  177,  and  to  have  built  a  Cathedral  at  Winchester,  but  it  was 
destroyed  by  the  Romans  during  the  Dioclesian  persecution  about 
the  year  297  ;  after  which  pagan  darkness  again  reigned  in  Britain 
till  the  seventh  century.  The  Normans,  though  their  conquest  of 
England  was  marked  with  great  cruelty  and  injustice,  were  then  among 
the  most  polished  and  learned  people  in  Europe,  and  being  zealous 
professors  of  Christianity,  after  they  had  firmly  seated  themselves  in 
possession  of  the  country,  they  began  to  build  churches,  as  well  as 
castles  and  mansions,  in  a  more  noble  style  of  architecture  than  had 
previously  been  seen  in  England. 

NORMAN  CONQUEST. 

Harold  II.,  son  of  Earl  Godwin,  ascended  the  throne  on  the 
death  of  Edward  the  Confessor,  in  1066,  but  was  opposed  by  his 
brother,  Tostig,  the  exiled  Earl  of  Northumberland,  who  at  length 
induced  Harfager,  King  of  Norway,  to  assist  and  accompany  him  in 
his  invasion  of  England.  They  entered  the  Humber  with  a  numerous 
army  in  1066,  and  having  sailed  up  the  Ouse,  within  ten  miles  of 
York,  they  moored  their  vessels,  and  a  desperate  conflict  ensued,  in 
which  Tostig  and  the  Norwegian  King  were  both  slain,  and  Harold 
was  victorious.  But  Harold's  triumph  was  of  short  duration,  for  a 
messenger  having  arrived  from  the  South  on  the  following  day, 
announced  to  him,  as  he  sat  in  state  at  a  magnificent  entertainment 
in  York,  that  Duke  William  of  Normandy,  (whom  Edward  with  his 
dying  breath  is  said  to  have  nominated  as  his  successor  to  the  crown,) 
had  landed  at  Pevensey,  in  Sussex,  on  the  29th  of  September,  1066. 
On  receiving  this  unexpected  intelligence,  Harold  marched  at  the 
head  of  his  army,  through  London  to  Sussex,  in  order  to  expel  the 
invaders.  The  two  armies  met  at  Hastings,  where,  on  the  14th  of 
October,  a  sanguinary  battle  was  fought,  in  which  Harold  lost  both 
his  life  and  his  kingdom,  together  with  60,000  men.  Thus  ended 
the  Saxon  monarchy  in  England,  which  had  continued  for  more  than 
600  years, 

William  the  Co«2w<??w'J[was~nephew  to  Edward  the  Confessor,  and 
had  no  sooner  established  himself  on  the  throne  of  England,  than  he 
set  up  various  claims  to  his  new  possession.  He  dispossessed  the 
English  of  their  estates  and  offices  of  trust  and  confidence,  and  gave 

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36  HISTORY    OF   LEICESTERSHIRE. 

them  to  the  numerous  train  of  military  adventurers  who  had  come 
over  with  him  from  Normandy  under  the  promise  of  reward.  The 
roll  of  Battle  Abbey,  given  by  Holinshed,  contains  the  names  of  629 
Normans,  who  all  became  claimants  upon  the  fair  territory  of  Britain, 
whilst  the  ancient  nobility  were  stript  of  their  titles  and  property, 
and  the  humbler  classes  of  the  inhabitants  were  reduced  to  the 
condition  of  miserable  slaves.  After  so  mighty  an  agitation  as  that 
produced  by  the  conquest,  some  years  necessarily  elapsed  before  the 
country  could  be  restored  to  a  state  of  harmony  ;  and  the  inhabitants 
of  the  ancient  kingdom  of  Northumbria  still  cherishing  their  wonted 
spirit  of  liberty  and  independence,  were  among  the  last  to  bow  their 
necks  to  the  Norman  yoke.  A  violent  struggle  took  place  in  the  north 
of  England  in  an  attempt  to  expel  the  Conqueror,  and  York  was 
constituted  the  rallying  point  of  the  patriot  army  ;  but  he  gained 
unmolested  possession  of  all  the  southern  counties  immediately  after 
the  Battle  of  Hastings.  In  the  south-western  part  of  Hampshire, 
between  Southampton  Water  and  the  river  Avon  he  laid  waste  86 
parishes  to  form  the  New  Forest.  For  the  purpose  of  gratifying 
his  love  for  the  chase  he  destroyed  there  36  churches,  and  a  great 
number  of  villages,  hamlets,  and  scattered  dwellings,  and  laid  waste 
upwards  of  60,000  acres  of  land  ;  driving  out  the  inhabitants,  and 
stocking  it  with  deer,  boars,  and  other  beasts  of  chase.  The 
Conqueror's  son  and  successor  William  Rufus,  was  accidentally 
killed  in  this  extensive  forest  in  1100.  Richard,  another  of  his  sons, 
was  gored  to  death  there  by  a  deer  ;  and  Henry  his  grandson  (son  of 
Robert  Curtois,)  while  eagerly  following  the  chase,  "  was  stricken  by 
a  bough  into  the  jaws,  and  so  entangled  in  it,  that  he,  like  Absalom, 
was  hanged  there  till  he  died."  Thus  divine  vengeance  is  said  to 
have  been  taken  in  the  Conqueror's  family,  for  his  cruelty  to  the 
inhabitants  of  that  part  of  England.  Though  the  ruthless  Norman 
Conqueror  found  but  little  opposition  in  the  south,  a  period  of  three 
years  elapsed  before  he  could  subdue  his  rebellious  subjects  in  the 
North  of  England,  where  the  Northumbrians,  aided  by  the  Scots  and 
Danes,  fought  many  battles  with  the  Normans,  routed  them  on 
several  occasions,  and  put  thousands  of  them  to  the  sword.  At 
length  the  Conqueror  hastened  to  the  North,  at  the  head  of  a 
powerful  army,  swearing  "  by  the  splendour  of  God"  (his  usual  oath,) 
that  he  would  not  leave  a  soul  of  his  enemies  alive.  After  re-taking 
York  he  laid  the  whole  country  waste  from  the  Humber  to  the  Tyne, 
and  destroyed  more  than  100,000  of  the  inhabitants  by  sword  and 
famine. 

Domesday  Book. — After  the  Norman  Invasion,  Leicestershire 
experienced  a  complete  revolution  in  its  civil  and  manorial  privileges, 
as  the  Conqueror  divided  it,  like  the  rest  of  the  kingdom  amongst 
his  relations  and  followers.  No  sooner  was  William  seated  on  the 
throne  of  England,  than  he  showed  that  his  policy  was  to  root  out 
the  ancient  nobility,  and  to  degrade  the  native  inhabitants  of  the 
humbler  classes  to  the  rank  of  miserable  slaves,  though  in  this  work 
lie  was  obstinately  opposed  in  the  northern  parts  of  the  kingdom. 


DOMESDAY   BOOK.  37 

Conscious  of  the  detestation  in  which  he  was  held,  he  built  and 
garrisoned  strong  castles  to  overawe  the  insulted  and  oppressed 
inhabitants ;  and  as  he  entertained  a  perpetual  jealousy  of  the 
English,  he  obliged  them,  in  the  wantonness  of  his  power,  and  the 
restless  apprehensions  of  his  wicked  mind,  to  extinguish  their  fires 
and  candles  every  night  at  the  hour  of  eight  o'clock,  on  the  toll  of  a 
bell,  which  obtained  the  name  of  the  "  Curfew.''1  Having  by  these  san- 
guinary atrocities,  silenced  the  disaffected,  and  constrained  the  country 
to  a  state  of  sullen  repose,  he  caused  a  survey  to  be  taken  of  all  the  lands 
in  the  kingdom,  on  the  model  of  the  Boole  of  Winchester,  compiled 
by  order  of  Alfred  the  Great.  This  survey  was  finished  in  1086,  after 
a  labour  of  six  years,  and  was  registered  in  a  national  record,  called 
DOMESDAY  BOOK,  in  which  the  extent  of  each  district,  the  state 
it  was  in,  whether  meadow,  pasture,  wood,  or  arable ;  the  name  of 
the  proprietor,  the  tenure  by  which  it  was  held,  and  the  value  at 
which  it  was  estimated,  were  all  duly  entered.  This  "Book  of 
Judicial  Verdict,"  written  in  Roman,  with  a  mixture  of  Saxon,  is  still 
preserved  in  the  Chapter-house  at  Westminster,  amongst  the  national 
archives  ;  and  in  the  40th  year  of  the  reign  of  George  III.,  (1800)  a 
large  number  of  copies  of  it  were  printed  for  the  use  of  parliament 
and  the  public  libraries  of  the  kingdom.  Portions  of  it  have  also 
been  recently  reproduced  in  facsimile  by  the  aid  of  photography. 
Through  all  time  it  will  be  held  in  estimation,  not  merely  for  its 
antiquity,  but  for  its  intrinsic  value.  It  afforded  the  Conqueror  an 
exact  knowledge  of  his  own.  land  and  revenue,  while  the  rights  of  his 
subjects,  in  disputed  cases  were  settled  by  it ;  and  to  this  day  it 
serves  to  show  what  manor  is,  and  what  is  not  ancient  demesne. 
That  nothing  might  be  wanting  to  render  it  complete,  and  its 
authority  perpetual,  commissioners  were  sent  into  every  county  to 
superintend  the  survey,  and  their  returns  were  made  under  the  sanction 
of  juries  of  all  orders  of  freemen  in  each  district,  empannelled  for  the 
purpose.  The  inquisitions  taken  in  each  county  were  sent  to 
Winchester,  where  the  substance  of  them  was  formed  into  the  register 
now  called  Domesday  Book,  from  the  Saxon  Bom  Bok,  signifying  the 
book  of  laws,  though  some  have  supposed  it  was  so  called  by  the 
dispossessed  Saxons,  who  were  doomed  by  it  to  serfdom,  or  slavish 
dependency.  When  first  written  it  was  called  Liber  de  V/intonia, 
that  is  Book  or  Boll  of  Winchester,  which  was  also  the  title  of  the 
register  of  a  similar  survey,  said  to  have  been  made  by  order  of 
Alfred  the  Great,  about  A.D.  900,  when  he  divided  the  kingdom  into 
counties,  hundreds,  and  tithings.  Alfred's  Register  is  said  to  have 
been  extant  in  Winchester  at  the  Norman  Conquest,  but  being  of 
little  use  after  the  Norman  Survey,  it  was  neglected,  and  lost ;  which 
has  caused  some  antiquaries  to  doubt  even  its  existence.  As  we 
occasionally  give  in  the  parish  histories  in  this  volume  a  translated 
copy  from  Domesday  Book,  of  all  that  is  important  relative  to  the 
manors  and  estates  of  Leicestershire  ;  it  is  necessary  to  explain  the 
land  measures,  and  obsolete  feudal  terms,  used  at  the  time  to  which 
it  refers. 


88  HISTORY   OF   LEICESTERSHIRE. 

Measurement,  &c,  in  Domesday  Book. — A  Perch,  20  feet. 
An  Acre,  40  perches  in  length,  and  four  in  breadth.  An  Oxgang  or 
Borate,  as  much  as  a  pair  of  oxen  can  keep  in  husbandry,  usually 
15  acres.  A  Virgate,  or  Yard  Land,  about  40  acres.  A  Carucate, 
Carve,  or  Plough  Land,  generally  100  acres,  or  eight  oxgangs.  A 
Hide,  an  uncertain  quantity,  generally  about  120  acres.  A  Knight's 
Fee,  five  hides.  Berewichs,  are  manors  within  manors.  Merchet,  or 
Maiden's  Rent,  was  a  payment  to  the  lord  of  the  manor,  in 
commutation  of  his  right  with  the  virgin  bride  on  the  marriage  of  a 
vassal's  daughter.  Heriot,  a  tribute  to  the  lord  for  his  better 
maintenance  in  war.  Theam,  was  a  manorial  jurisdiction;  and 
Iufangtheof,  the  power  of  passing  judgment  on  any  theft.  Socmen, 
were  inferior  landowners,  who  held  lands  in  theSoc,  Soke,  or  Liberty 
of  a  great  baron,  by  copyhold  or  socage  tenure.  Bordars,  were 
small  occupiers,  living  in  a  bord  or  cottage  ;  and  supplying  eggs,  &c, 
for  their  lord's  board  or  table.  Villeins  or  Villains,  were  husband- 
men, servants,  &c,  little  better  than  the  Saxon  serfs ; — attached  to 
the  soil,  though  on  taking  the  oath  of  fealt}'  they  had  the  right  of 
protection  from  cruelty,  but  were  not  allowed  to  acquire  property  of 
any  sort. 

Feudal  System. — In  carrying  out  the  machinery  of  the  feudal 
system,  all  lands  in  England  were  described  as  being  held  of  the 
lung ;  and  all  the  great  vassals  of  the  Crown,  whether  lay  or  clerical, 
were  compelled  to  have  a  certain  quota  of  knights,  or  horsemen, 
completely  armed,  and  to  maintain  them  in  the  field  during  the  space 
of  40  days.  By  this  regulation  the  King,  at  any  time,  could  raise 
an  army  of  60,000  horsemen.  The  chief  tenants,  or  lords,  generally 
divided  their  estates  into  two  portions,  one  of  which  (viz.  the  demesne) 
they  let  or  cultivated  themselves,  and  the  other  was  bestowed  on 
military  tenants,  with  the  obligatian  of  serving  on  horseback.  Fealty 
and  homage  were  required  from  all  the  free  tenants.  The  military 
tenants  of  the  crown  were  obliged  to  attend  the  court  at  the  three 
great  festivals,  and  hence  were  called  the  king's  barons,  and  their 
lands  baronies.  By  degrees,  two  classes  arose,  viz.  the  lesser  and 
the  greater  barons,  and  as  the  latter  only  attended  the  king,  they 
alone  retained  the  title  of  barons.  The  king's  great  barons,  who 
held  a  large  extent  of  territory  of  the  crown,  granted  out  smaller 
manors  to  inferior  persons,  to  be  held  under  them ;  and  this 
seigniory  was  termed  an  honour.  The  barons  were  bound  to  keep 
their  honour  courts  "every  year  at  least,  or  oftener  if  need  be;  at 
which  court  all  the  freeholders  of  the  manors  that  stood  united  to  the 
honours  were  required  to  make  their  appearance  as  suitors,  and  not 
to  sit,  but  to  stand  bare-headed."  All  the  fees  granted  by  the 
Conqueror  were  in  perpetuity  to  the  feoffees  and  their  legitimate 
descendants.  But  in  case  of  the  failure  of  heirs,  of  felony,  or  treason, 
the  fee  was  escheated,  or  forfeited  to  the  crown.  Fees  of  inheritance 
were  always  enjoyed  by  the  nearest  heir  ;  but  what  the  tenant 
acquired  by  purchase,  or  from  favour,  was  at  his  own  disposal. 
When  the  heir  of  a  fee  was  a  minor,  he  became  the  ward  of  the  lord ; 


FEUDAL    SYSTEM.  39 

when  the  fee  descended  to  a  daughter,  the  lord  claimed  the  right  to 
dispose  of  her  in  marriage,  also  the  homage  and  service  of  her 
husband.  These  grievances  continued  until  the  12th  of  Charles  II., 
when  "all  tenures  of  honour,  manors,  lands,  &c,  were  turned  into 
free  and  common  socage  "  The  Normans  preserved  most  of  the 
Anglo-Saxon  laws  and  customs  ;  but  despising  the  fiery  ordeals  of 
the  English,  they  preferred  their  own  trial  by  battle,  as  more  worthy 
of  freemen  and  warriors.  They  separated  the  spiritual  from  the 
secular  courts,  which  produced  much  rivalry  between  the  two 
jurisdictions.  The  old  distinctions  of  classes,  viz.  Ealdormen,  Thanes, 
Cearls,  and  Theowas,  were  preserved  under  the  names  of  Count,  or 
Earl,  Baron,  Knight,  Esquire,  Free-Tenant,  Villein,  or  Villain,  and 
Neif. 

Under  the  government  of  this  military  aristocracy,  the  miseries 
inflicted  upon  the  natives  were  severely  oppressive,  and  the  authority 
of  the  monarch  was  insufficient  to  repress  the  irregularities  of  his 
haughty  and  warlike  barons.  The  lord  who  had  strength  sufficient 
to  wrest  land  from  another,  was  suffered  to  retain  his  acquisition  till 
superior  violence  forced  it  from  him.  Young  knights  and  esquires 
exercised  themselves  in  rapine  and  robbery;  even  the  bishops, 
during  the  reign  of  King  Stephen,  joined  in  the  general  practice  of 
depredation  ;  and  in  King  John's  reign,  the  castles  of  the  barons  are 
said  to  have  been  little  better  than  the  caves  of  robbers  and  the  dens 
of  thieves.  While  society  was  in  this  state  of  military  chaos,  knight- 
errantry  arose  in  England,  and  became  a  popular  and  lucrative 
profession.  These  knights  travelled  about  the  country  for  the 
purpose  of  redressing  such  wrongs  as  the  laws  were  too  feeble  to 
remedy,  but  their  principal  objects  were  the  acqusition  of  honour 
and  wealth.  As  the  manners  of  the  people  became  more  refined  and 
domesticated,  the  utility  of  chivalry  diminished,  and  after  the  reign 
of  Edward  III.,  it  disappeared  with  the  evils  which  it  had  contributed 
to  remove.  The  Norman  Lords,  or  Barons,  who  enjoyed  the  landed 
property  of  England,  after  the  Conquest,  held  their  possessions  as 
they  had  obtained  them,  by  the  sword,  but  some  of  them  were 
subsequently  dispossessed  on  account  of  disaffection,  and  their 
estates  were  conferred  by  William  and  his  successors  on  subjects 
more  devoted  to  the  interests  of  the  crown. 

The  order  generally  observed  in  writing  Domesday  Book  was  to 
set  down  at  the  head  of  every  County  the  King's  name,  and  then  a 
list  of  the  Bishops,  Religious  Houses,  Churches,  and  great  men, 
according  to  their  rank,  that  held  of  the  King  in  capite,  or  serjeantry, 
in  that  county.  After  this  list  of  tenants,  the  manors  and  possessions 
which  belonged  to  the  King  and  to  each  owner  throughout  the  whole 
county,  whether  they  lie  in  the  same  or  different  Hundreds,  are 
collected  together,  and  minutely  noted,  with  their  under-tenants. 
The  following  is  the  list  of  the  chief  tenants  enumerated  in  Domesday 
Book,  as  holding  the  manors,  in  "  Ledecestrescire"  at  the  time  of  the 
Norman  Survey  ;  with  some  additional  notes  and  explanations. 


40 


DOMESDAY  BOOK. 


The  figures  after  the  names  denote  the  number  of  Lordships  or 
Manors  granted  wholly  or  partially  to  each. 

Rex  Willelmus  (William  I.)    ..10 

The  King  likewise  held  39  houses 

in   the    town   of    Leicester,    and 

received  annually  £42.  10s.  for  all 

rents  from  that  city  and  county, 

besides  £20  a  year  from  the  Mint- 
master  of  Leicester. 
Thomas,  Archbishop  of  York  . .   5 
Remigius,  Bishop  of  Lincoln  . .   1 

He  also  had  two  churches,  a  mill 

and  half  a  mill,  10  carucates  of 

land;    and    17    burgages,   which 

paid  him  a   rent   of  32   pence,  in 

the  town  of  Leicester ;  a  rent  of 

5  shillings  and  4  pence  on  land 

without  the  walls  of  Leicester ;  and 

lands    in   various    parts    of    the 

county.     He  was  of  the  blood  of 

the  D'Eyncourts  who  were  allied 

to  the  Conqueror. 
Geoffrey,  Bishop  of  Coutance  1 

He  had  a  distinguished  command 

at   the  Battle   of  Hastings,   and 

was  rewarded  with  280  Lordships, 

and  constituted  chief  justiciary  of 

Ireland. 
Abbey  of    Peterborough 1 

One  of  the  most  ancient  mitred 

abbeys,  being  founded  in  655  by 

Peada,  King  of  Mercia.     It  held 

the  manor  of  Easton,   and  lands 

in  one  of  the  Langtons. 
Abbey  of  Coventry  4 

Founded    by    Leofric,    Earl     of 

Leicester. 
Abbey  of  Croyland 3 

Founded   in  171G  by  Ethelbald, 

King  of  Mercia. 
Godvinus  Presbyter,  et  alii 

Elmosinarii  Regis 

It  is  not  known  what  the  nature 

of  this  tenure  was,  but  probably 

the  lands  were  pensions  from  the 

crown.      They  were  held  by  five 

sub-tenants,  three  of  whom  were 

priests. 

Earl  of  Mellent 4 

Earl  Aubrey 16 

He    appears    to    have    been    an 

Englishman,   as    he   is  stated  to 

have  held  lands  in  Wiltshire,  in 

the  time  of  Edward  the  Confessor. 
Countess  Godiva 3 

She  was  widow  of  Leofric,  Earl 

of  Leicester,  a  most  beautiful  and 

devout  lady,  and  sister  to  Thorold, 

Sheriff  of  Lincolnshire, 


Countess  Alveva 1 

Hugo  de  Grentemaisnell  ....  67 
He  accompanied  the  Conqueror 
into  England  and  was  appointed 
hereditary  Lord  High  Steward  of 
England.  Towards  the  end  of  his 
life,  he  embraced  the  monastic 
habit,  at  St.  Ebrulf  in  Normandy. 

Henry  de  Ferieres 35 

He  was  one  of  the  Commissioners 
employed  in  the  Domesday  Sur- 
vey. He  was  the  founder  of 
Tutbury  Priory,  father  of  Robert, 
1st  Earl  of  Derby  ;  ancestor  of 
the  Lords  Ferrers,  of  Chartley, 
Groby,  and  Oakham ;  and  con- 
sequently of  the  present  Earls 
Stamford,  Ferrers,  and  Leicester. 

Robert  de  Todenei 17 

He  was  standard  bearer  to  the 
Conqueror,  and  the  founder  of 
Belvoir  Castle,  where  his  posterity 
have  ever  since  been  seated,  the 
present  Duke  of  Rutland,  being 
his  immediate  descendant. 

Robert  de  Veci 9 

Robert  de  Buci 30 

Roger  de  Busli 5 

Robert  Despenser 17 

He  was  steward  to  the  Conqueror, 
and  progenitor  of  the  Dukes  of 
Marlborough. 
Robert  Hostiarius    (the  Usher)  2 

Ralph  de  Mortimer 2 

He  was  nearly  allied  to  the 
Conqueror,  and  one  of  the  chief 
commanders  of  his  victorious 
army. 

Ralph  Fitz   Hubert 1 

Wido   de    Renbudcurt 3 

WlDO  de  Credun 3 

His  inheritance  passed  by  a  female 
to  the  family  of  Vaux  and  after- 
wards by  another  female  to  the 
Lords  Ros,  ancestors  of  the  present 
Duke  of  Rutland. 

William  Peverell 5 

He  was  a  natural  son  of  the 
Conqueror. 

William  Buenvaleth 1 

William  Loveth 3 

Geoffrey  Alselin 5 

Geoffrey  de   Wiece 27 

Geoffrey   de    Cambrai 1 

GUNFRID   HE    ClOCHES 1 

Humphrey  the    Chamberlain  . .  2 


DOMESDAY   BOOK. 


41 


Gilbert  de  Gaunt 1 

He  was  son  of  Baldwin,  Earl  of 
Flanders,  and  nephew  to  the 
Conqueror. 

Girbertus    2 

durandus  malet   3 

He  was  probably  nearly  allied  to 
the  great  haron  Robert  Malet. 

Drogo  de  Beurere 2 

Maino  the  Briton 3 

Oger  the    Briton 1 

These  are  two  exceptions  to  the 
general  supposition  that  the 
baronies  were  all  given  by  tho 
Conqueror  to  his  followers.  Maino 
and  Oger  were  undoubtedly  barons, 
and  tenants  of  the  king  in  capite. 

NlGELL    DE     ALBINI 2 

He  was  a  younger  brother  of 
William  de  Albini  Pincerna,  ances- 
tor of  the  Earls  of  Aruadel.  He 
founded  a  priory  at  Axholme  and 
in  his  latter  days  assumed  the 
habit  of  a  monk. 

Countess     Judith 42 

She  was  daughter  of  Lambert  de 
Lens,  by  Maud,  Countess  of 
Albemarle, sister  to  the  Conqueror's 
wife,  and  married  Waltheof  the 
great  Earl  of  Northumberland, 
Huntingdon,  and  Northampton, 
who  was  beheaded  at  Winchester, 
for  rebellion  against  the  king  who 
had  raised  him  to  such  elevated 
rank.  She  founded  the  priory  of 
Helenstow  in  Berkshire. 

Adeliza,  wipe  of  Hugo 

DE   GrENTMAISNELL 


}.... 


The  King's  Servants 8 

They  were  employed  in  managing 
the  king's  mauors,  lands,  forests, 
dairies,  fisheries,  &c,  and  tending 
his  deer,  beeves,  cows,  horses, 
sheep,  hogs,  &c.  Some  were  em- 
ployed in  hunting,  hawking,  &c, 
Some  were  bowyers,  carpenters, 
and  other  mechanics  and  artificers. 
Many  were  small  officers  in  the 
court,  especially  such  as  had  lands 
given  them.  None  but  Saxons  could 
be  well  employed  in  these  services, 
as  the  Normans  were  incapable 
of  performing  many  of  them  ; 
and  were  likewise  but  imperfectly 
acquainted  with  the  country. 

Earl  Hugo  de   Abrincis 24 

He  was  nephew  to  the  Conqueror 
and  was  surnamed  Lupus.  He  was 
a  person  of  great  note  amongst  the 
Norman  nobility,  and  a  very  expert 
soldier,  for  which  reason  he  was 
placed  near  the  unconquered  Welsh 
to  restrain  their  incursions.  His 
earldom  of  Chester  was  given  him 
to  hold  as  free  by  the  sword  as 
the  king  held  England  by  the 
crown. 

The  Homines  of  the  Earl    ) 
of  Mellent  j  * 

These  were  probably  men  who  held 
the  lands  by  doing  homage,  to  the 
Earl,  but  the  term  "homines" 
appears  to  be  very  indistinctly 
understood.  It  may  have  meant 
a  jury  of  tenants  assembled  at  the 
Earl's  court. 


12 


Thus  the  chief  parts  of  the  county  were  allotted,  and  parcelled  out 
to  different  Norman  chiefs,  who  again  regranted  various  allotments 
to  their  followers  and  dependants,  to  be  held  of  them  by  Knight's 
service.  In  order  to  secure  their  newly  acquired  possessions  the 
Norman  chiefs  and  barons  soon  built  on  their  respective  estates  strong 
and  magnificent  Castles,  which  might  at  once  secure  themselves,  and 
keep  the  conquered  English  in  awe.  The  principal  castles  erected 
here  in  the  early  part  of  the  Norman  era,  were  those  of  Leicester, 
Mountsorrel,  Whiticick,  and  Shilton,  founded  by  the  Earls  of  Leicester ; 
Grobymid  Hinckley,  founded  by  Hugo  de  Grentemaisnell ;  Donington, 
by  Eustace,  Baron  of  Halton  ;  Melton,  by  Roger,  Lord  Mowbray ; 
Belvoir,  by  Robert  de  Todenei ;  Ravenstone,  by  Gosifrid  Hanselin  ; 
Sauvey,  by  Lord  Basset,  of  Welden ;  Thorpe,  by  Ernald  de  Bois ;  and 
Ashby -de-la- Zouch,  founded  probably  by  Robert  Beaumeis.  Most 
of  these  castles,  during  the  unquiet  reigns  of  Henry  II.,  King  John, 
and  Henry  III.,  being  held  by  the  rebellious  barons,  and  rendered 
receptacles  of  thieves  and  freebooters,  were,  by  command  of  the  latter 
King,  utterly  demolished  ;  and  though  some  of  them  were  afterwards. 


42  HISTORY   OF   LEICESTERSHIRE. 

rebuilt,  there  is  not  one  of  them  remaining  entire,  and  even  the  ruins 
of  most  of  them  are  entirety  defaced.  After  settling  themselves  in 
their  possessions,  and  fortifying  their  residences,  the  Norman  chiefs 
directed  their  attention  to  the  religious  habits  and  prejudices  of  the 
times  ;  and  to  secure  the  favour  and  influence  of  the  monks,  gave  part 
of  their  estates  towards  the  foundation  and  endowment  of  Monasteries. 
In  this  county  they  founded  Abbeys  at  Leicester,  Garendon,  Croxton, 
Owston,  &c,  Nunneries,  at  Gracedieu  and  Langley ;  and  Priories  at 
Belvoir,  Bradley,  Breedon,  Charley,  Hinckley,  Kirby  Bellars,  Laund, 
Ulverscroft,  and  several  at  Leicester,  besides  three  large  Colleges. 
Free  Chapels,  Chantries,  Hospitals,  Preceptories,  &c. ,  were  also  founded 
in  various  parts  of  the  county.  During  the  Barons'1  Wars,  the  Wars 
of  the  Houses  of  York  and  Lancaster,  and  the  Civil  Wars  of  the  17th 
century,  this  county  was  often  the  scene  of  bloodshed  and  devastation, 
as  will  be  seen  in  the  histories  of  Leicester,  Market  Bosworth,  Market 
Harborough,  and  other  towns,  at  subsequent  pages.  Since  the 
latter  period,  Leicestershire  has  continued  to  increase  in  wealth  and 
population;  enriched  by  the  improved  cultivation  of  its  soil,  and  the 
great  extension  of  its  hosiery  manufacture. 

ECCLESIASTICAL  HISTORY.— The  inhabitants  of  Leicester- 
shire, forming  part  of  the  kingdom  of  Mercia,  continued  in  the 
practice  of  Paganism,  till  the  reign  of  Penda,  long  after  its  abolition 
in  all  the  neighbouring  states  of  the  Saxon  heptarchy.  At  length 
Peada,  the  son  of  this  monarch,  being  sent  by  his  father  into 
Northumberland,  to  solicit  in  marriage  Alchflida,  the  daughter  of 
King  Os icy,  was  converted  to  Christianity  b}r  the  persuasive  discourses 
of  the  venerable  Bede.  The  object  of  his  journey  being  accom- 
plished, he  returned  to  his  father's  dominions,  accompanied  by  a 
number  of  celebrated  divines,  who  immediately  began  to  spread  the 
doctrines  and  precepts  of  the  Gospel  with  great  success  amongst 
the  Mercians.  The  aged  Penda,  who  seems  to  have  viewed  these 
events  with  the  utmost  indifference,  soon  afterwards  entered  into  a 
war  with  Oswy,  the  Northumbrian  king,  and  being  defeated,  and 
slain  in  battle,  his  dominions  were  seized  by  the  conqueror;  who,  in 
conjunction  with  Peada,  remained  in  possession  of  Mercia,  for  the 
space  of  three  years,  during  which  Christianity  was  declared  the 
established  religion,  a  cathedral  was  founded  at  Lichfield,  and 
Dwina  was  appointed  the  first  Bishop  of  Mercia.  At  the  end  of  this 
period,  however,  the  Mercians,  weary  of  subjection  to  a  foreign  yoke, 
revolted,  and  having  proved  successful  in  regaining  their  indepen- 
dence, conferred  the  crown  on  Wulfere,  one  of  the  sons  of  Penda, 
who  still  embraced  the  Pagan  idolatry.  During  the  earlier  part  of 
the  reign  of  this  prince,  the  cause  of  Christianity  was  greatly  injured 
by  the  vigour  and  enmity  with  which  he  persecuted  its  professors.  So 
strong  indeed  was  the  aversion  he  had  conceived  against  the  religion  of 
Jesus,  that  he  ordered  his  two  sons  to  be  put  to  death  because  they 
refused  to  become  apostates.  Cellach,  who  had  succeeded  Dwina, 
as  Bishop  of  Mercia,  was  compelled  to  fly  to  Scotland  for  safety. 
Wulfere,  however,   in  the  end  became  a  convert  to  Christianity 


ECCLESIASTICAL   HISTORY.  43 

himself.  The  circumstances  which  led  to  this  change  in  his  religious 
sentiments,  are  very  imperfectly  stated  by  historians.  His  first  act 
was  to  appoint  Trumhere,  an  English  clergyman,  who  had  been 
educated  in  Scotland,  to  the  vacant  See.  To  this  prelate  Jarumannus 
succeeded.  The  famous  St.  Chad  or  St.  Ceadda,  was  next  conse- 
crated. His  successor  Widfrid  being  deposed  about  the  year  674, 
by  Theodoras,  Archbishop  of  Canterbury,  the  bishopric  of  Mercia 
was  divided  by  the  decree  of  a  synod  in  679  into  the  five  several 
dioceses  of  Lichfield,  Leicester,  Worcester,  Hereford,  and  Sidnacester; 
the  latter  of  which  in  now  an  humble  village  called  Stowe,  in  Lincoln- 
shire, Cuthiviniis  was  appointed  to  the  Bishopric  of  Leicester,  but 
for  some  unknown  reason  soon  quitted  it ;  whereupon  it  was  reunited 
to  the  diocese  of  Lichfield,  and  so  continued  under  Seaxwulfh,  until 
691,  when  St,  Wilfrid  being  banished  from  York,  had  the  See  of 
Leicester  conferred  upon  him,  by  Ethelred  king  of  Mercia.  He 
enjoyed  it  till  703,  when  he  was  ejected  by  a  decree  of  the  synod  of 
Nestrefield,  and  it  again  reverted  to  Lichfield ;  with  which  it  con- 
tinued to  be  united  under  Hedda  and  Aldwine  till  737,  when  it  was 
finally  separated  ;  and  Totta,  or  Torthelm, who  may  properly  be  called 
the  jirst  regular  bishop  of  Leicester,  was  placed  in  it.  Totta  died  in 
764,  and  was  succeeded  by  Eadbert,  who  died  in  768,  and  was  suc- 
ceeded by  Unwona.  The  next  bishop  was  Werenbert,  who  was  king 
Ofia's  counsellor  and  familiar  friend,  and  one  of  the  bishops  whom 
that  monarch,  in  a  letter  to  pope  Adrian,  desired  might  be  made  a 
suffragan  to  the  archbishop  of  Lichfield.  He  sometimes  subscribed 
himself  "  Bishop  of  the  Middle  Angles."  Rethunus  his  successor 
was  sometimes  styled  "  Bishop  of  the  Mercians."  About  820  he 
entered  the  monastic  order  and  became  abbot  of  the  monastery  at 
Abingdon.  He  died  in  851  and  was  followed  by  Aldredus  who  was 
deposed  in  873.  Ceolred  his  successor  was  the  last  bishop  of 
Leicester,  for  the  pagan  Danes  in  874  totally  defeated  at  Repton  in 
Derbyshire,  Bertred  king  of  Mercia,  who  thereupon  fled  to  Rome 
and  left  his  kingdom  in  confusion.  On  this  occasion  Ceolred  is 
supposed  to  have  removed  his  See  to  Dorchester  in  Oxfordshire, 
where  he  would  be  more  protected  from  the  fury  of  the  Danes.  His 
successor  Halardus  was  styled  "  Bishop  of  Dorchester."  In  970 
the  See  of  Dorchester  was  united  to  that  of  Sidnacester,  and  in  1070 
it  was  finally  removed  to  Lincoln,  of  which  diocese  Leicestershire 
was  constituted  an  Archdeaconry  ;  and  so  remained  until  it  was 
transferred  by  an  order  in  council,  dated  August  21st,  1837,  to  the 
diocese  of  Peterborough. 

Reformation,  Monasteries,  &c. — Henry  VIII.  succeeded  to  the 
throne  in  1509,  when  only  sixteen  years  of  age,  nearly  40  years  after 
the  art  of  printing  had  been  introduced.  In  the  early  part  of  his 
reign,  he  wrote  a  book  in  defence  of  the  seven  sacraments,  and  the 
Pope  was  so  ravished  with  its  eloquence,  that  he  conferred  on  him 
the  title  of  Defender  of  the  Faith,  little  imagining  that  Henry  would 
so  soon  become  the  greatest  enemy  the  Romish  church  had  to 
contend  with.     In  1517,  Martin  Luther  began  in  Germany  that 


44  HISTORY   OF   LEICESTERSHIRE. 

Reformation  of  the  Church  which  Wickliffe,  who  was  rector  of 
Lutterworth  from  1375  till  his  death  in  1384,  had  laboured  so 
assiduously  to  effect  in  England,  nearly  a  century  and  a  half  before, 
but  which  was  not  established  till  March  30th,  1534,  when  Henry 
VIII.  sanctioned  the  Protestants ;  a  name  which  originated  in  the 
Diet  of  Spires,  in  1529,  when  the  haughty  Cardinal  Wohey, 
Archbishop  of  York,  Chancellor  of  England,  Pope's  Legate,  &c,  fell 
from  the  lofty  summit  of  his  ambition.  The  Bible  and  Prayer  Book 
were  now  translated  into  English,  and  ordered  to  be  read  in  that 
tongue  in  all  churches,  &c.  The  Reformation  of  the  Church,  and 
the  Suppression  of  the  Monasteries,  were  effected  by  this  lascivious 
monarch,  more  perhaps  for  the  gratification  of  his  own  lustful  avarice, 
than  for  the  benefit  of  his  subjects,  to  whom  the  change  proved  so 
great  a  worldly  as  well  as  a  spiritual  blessing.  In  a  few  years,  the 
King  suppressed  about  700  abbeys,  priories  and  nunneries,  90  colleges, 
2400  chantries,  free  chapels,  &c. ;  and  more  than  110  hospitals.  The 
total  yearly  revenues  of  these  institutions  amounted  at  their 
dissolution  to  no  less  than  about  one-twentieth  part  of  the  whole 
rental  of  the  nation,  so  that,  if  the  monastic  system  had  gone  on  to 
the  present  time,  it  might  have  swallowed  up  more  than  half  of  the 
landed  estates  in  the  kingdom.  The  monks,  nuns,  &c,  were  turned 
out  of  their  monasteries ;  and  their  estates  and  possessions  were 
seized  by  the  King,  who,  after  retaining  sufficient  to  satiate  his  own 
greedy  concupiscence,  divided  the  the  rest  among  those  favourite 
courtiers  who  assisted  in  gratifying  his  wicked  propensities.  As  the 
poor  for  some  years  suffered  much  from  the  dissolution  of  the 
monastic  institutions,  and  as  many  of  them  and  the  gentry  were 
still  adherents  to  the  Romish  Church,  there  was  much  popular  dis- 
content, and  a  rebellion  broke  out  in  the  north  of  England,  called 
The  Pilgrimage  of  Grace,  but  it  was  put  down  in  1537,  when  many 
of  the  ringleaders,  (including  several  abbots,)  were  executed  at 
Tyburn.  From  1553  to  1558,  when  the  cruel  and  bigoted  Queen 
Mary  sat  upon  the  throne,  the  Roman  Catholic  religion  and  papal 
supremacy  again  prevailed,  and  the  protestants  were  persecuted  with 
fire  and  sword.  During  this  period  several  persons  in  Leicestershire 
were  burnt  at  the  stake  for  adhering  to  the  doctrines  of  the  reformed 
religion.  In  November,  1558,  when  Queen  Elizabeth  ascended  the 
throne,  the  Protestant  religion  was  permanently  re-established,  and 
the  Roman  Catholics  became  the  objects  of  persecution,  and  made 
several  fruitless  attempts  to  restore  Popery. 

After  the  restoration  of  Charles  II.  an  Act  of  Uniformity  was 
passed  in  August  1662,  requiring  of  all  clergymen  episcopal 
ordination,  canonical  obedience,  and  a  general  assent  to  everything 
in  the  Book  of  Common  Prayer.  For  not  conforming  to  this  act, 
more  than  2000  clergymen  were  deprived  of  their  benefices ;  and 
thus  originated  non-conformity,  or  Protestant  dissent ;  for  prior  to  this 
time,  the  Puritans  had  remained  members  of  the  establishment, 
though  labouring  to  promote  a  further  reformation.  The  ejected 
ministers  and  the  Catholic  priests  suffered  much  under  the  operation 


ECCLESIASTICAL   HISTORY. 


45 


of  several  other  laws,  amongst  which  were  the  Conventicle,  the  Oxford, 
the  Corporation,  and  the  Test  Acts,  all  of  which  are  now  abolished,  the 
two  last  about  35  years  ago,  when  the  Catholic  Emancipation  Act 
was  passed;  and  the  two  former  in  1689,  when  the  Toleration  Act 
was  passed.  In  the  county  of  Leicester,  about  forty  ministers,  of 
whom  the  following  is  a  list,  were  either  ejected  or  silenced. 

Blaby.     Thomas  Bosso 
Bowden  Magna.     Thomas  Langden 
Branstone  &  Hose.   Jno.  Shuttle- 
wood,  B.A.  {Of  Christ's  College, 
Cambridge.) 
Colcorton.     Samuel  Oldershaw      I 
(Afterwards  turned  physician.)    \ 
Congerstone.     George  Wright        \ 
(Afterwards     turned    farmer      v 
at  King's  Norton.)  j 

Cotteshaeh.     Joseph  Lee 
Drayton  Fenny.      Nath.  Stevens, ) 
M.A.     (Of Oxford   University.)) 
Donington  Castle.      Thomas  Smith 
Edmundthorpe.     John  Wright 
Foxton.     John  Wilson 
Gumley.     Nicholas  Kestin,  M.A. 
Hallaton.        Mauritius    Bohemo  ) 
(A  native  of  Germany.)  j 

Harhorough.     Thomas  Lowry 
Hinckley.     Thomas  Leadbeater    ) 
(Of  Cambridge  University.)      \ 
Houghton-on-the-Hill.      St.     John 

Burroughs 
Humberstone.     Richard  Adams 
Hunger  ton.     Samuel  Muston 
Ibstock.     William  Sheffield,  M.A. ) 
(Of  Trinity  College,  Cambridge.  ) 
Kib  worth.     John  Yaxley     {Of  St  A 
John's  College,  Cambridge)     j 

In  1688,  James  II.,  a  bigoted  Roman  Catholic,  having  made  several 
attempts  for  the  re-establishment  of  popery,  and  attempted  to  dispense 
with  acts  of  parliament,  was  expelled  from  the  throne,  after  tolerating 
and  committing  many  acts  of  cruelty.  William  Prince  of  Orange, 
who  had  married  king  James'  eldest  daughter,  the  Princess  Mary,  and 
was  a  decided  champion  of  the  protestant  faith,  was  invited  by  many 
of  the  principal  nobility  and  gentry  to  assume  the  reins  of  government. 
He  accordingly  landed  with  a  considerable  army  at  Brixham  in 
Devonshire,  Nov.  4th,  1688,  and  in  the  following  January  was  elected 
to  the  throne,  jointly  with  his  wife  the  Princess  Mary,  and  they  were 
proclaimed  the  lawful  sovereigns  of  the  realm,  with  every  demonstration 
of  joy  and  satisfaction.  Since  this  "  Glorious  Revolution"  the  protes- 
tant "faith  has  continued  undisturbedly  the  established  religion  of 
the  kingdom.  Many  of  the  Churches  of  Leicestershire  are  large  and 
handsome  structures,  some  are  of  great  antiquity,  and  a  large  portion 
of  them  have  square  towers,  crowned  by  lofty  and  handsome  spires. 
During  the  last  twenty  years,  many  new  churches  have  been  erected 


Kiugcott.     Benjamin  Southwood 
Langton.     Obadiah   Musson,  and  f 

Walter  Hornby,  his  assistant.       f 
Leicester.     William  Simms 
Leier.     James  Farmer 
Loughborough.     Oliver  Brumsldll 
Lubbenham.     —  Weston 
Lutterworth.      John  St.  Nicholas  \ 
(He      married     a      daughter    of\ 
the   Earl    of  Kent,   and  died  at  [ 
the  advanced  age  of  95.)         J 
Narborough.  Matthew  Clark,  M.A. ) 

(Trinity  College,  Cambridge.)    j 
Packington.     William  Smith 
Rearsby.     William  Grace 
Shankton.     Richard  Drayton 
Sibston.     Samuel  Doughty 
Swepstone.     Henry  Watts,  M.A.    \ 

(Sidney  College,  Cambridge,)     L 

and  —  Hudson,  his  assistant,     j 
Theddingworth.     John  Green 
Thurmaston.     Matthew  Patchet 
Wanlip.     John  Smith 
Witherly.     John  Chester 
Whatton,  Long.  Saml.  Shaw,  M.A.  \ 
(Of    St.     John's    College,     Cam- 
bridge.     He    was  afterwards     r 

Blaster    of  Ashby    School.)      J 
Woodhouse.    —  Cheshire 


46  HISTORY   OF   LEICESTERSHIRE. 

in  the  county;  several  have  been  entirely  rebuilt ;  and  a  large  number 
have  been  completely  restored,  or  partly  rebuilt  with  a  considerable 
amount  of  taste.  Soon  after  the  introduction  of  Christianity,  the 
kingdom  was  divided  into  Parishes,  and  afterwards  into  Bishoprics. 
Extra-Parochial  Places  are  usually  found  to  have  been  the  sites  of 
religious  houses,  or  of  ancient  castles,  the  owners  of  which  did  not 
permit  any  interference  with  their  authority  within  their  own  limits. 
In  the  language  of  the  ancient  law  of  England,  such  places  were  not 
"  Geldable  nor  Shireground,"  and  until  about  the  time  of  the 
Revolution,  in  1688,  they  were  neither  taxable,  nor  within  the  ordinary 
pale  of  civil  jurisdiction.  Their  inhabitants  are  still  virtually  exempt 
from  any  civil  duties  and  offices,  but  some  of  the  extra-parochial 
places  in  Leicestershire  have  latterly  been  attached  to  the  neighbour- 
ing parishes  or  unions,  for  the  support  of  the  poor.  The  number  of  Pa- 
rishes, Townships,  Hamlets,  and  Extra-parochial  places  in  the  county 
is  about  500.  The  number  of  Parishes  is  about  206,  of  which  about  115 
are  Rectories,  and  the  rest  Vicara{/es,bvLtm&nyofthe  new  ecclesiastical 
districts  are  now  considered  as  parishes.  Dissenters  are  numerous  in 
all  parts  of  the  county,  especially  the  Independents,  Baptists,  and  Wes- 
Jeyans,  who  have  many  large  and  handsome  chapels.  Though  the 
Rom  cm  Catholics  have  but  few  chapels  in  the  county,  they  have  founded 
monastic  institutions  at  Mount  St.  Bernard,  Gracedieu  and  Lough- 
borough, and  a  college  among  the  Ratcliffe  hills,  near  Cossington. 

The  Tithes  of  most  of  the  parishes  in  the  county  have  been  com- 
muted for  allotments  of  land,  made  at  the  enclosure  of  the  commons 
and  wastes.  Though  tithes  are  said  to  operate  very  unfavourably 
upon  agriculture,  they  must  be  admitted  to  be  a  property  equally 
sacred  with  the  land  itself,  and  no  admirer  of  justice  can  expect  their 
abolition  without  equivalent  either  in  money  or  land ;  and  such  a 
commutation  is  generally  found  to  be  beneficial  both  to  the  farmers 
and  the  clergy,  as  the  latter  avoid  the  expense  and  uncertainty  of 
collections  in  kind  or  in  moduses,  and  the  former  may  effect  any 
further  improvements  without  the  fear  of  any  additional  tax  upon 
their  industry  and  capital.  The  most  ancient  laws  on  record  touch- 
ing the  legality  of  tithes,  are  those  of  Ina,  king  of  Wessex,  which  are 
supposed  to  have  been  enacted  about  the  year  690,  the  fourth  section 
of  which  is  to  the  following  purport : — ' '  The  first  fruits  of  seeds,  or 
the  church  dues  arising  from  the  product  of  corn,  &c,  are  to  be  paid 
at  the  feast  of.  St.  Martin;  and  let  him  that  fails  in  the  payment  forfeit 
40s.,  and  besides  pay  the  dues  twelve  times  over."  In  the  62nd  section, 
"  church  dues  are  to  be  paid  where  the  person  owing  them  dwells,  in 
the  midst  of  winter."  The  oblations  and  gifts  of  the  people,  which 
originated  from  feelings  of  piety  and  benevolence,  were  transformed 
by  usage  into  a  right,  which  appears  to  have  been  first  recognised  and 
firmly  established  by  the  Saxon  laws  just  quoted,  and  are  now  advanced 
to  the  firmer  title  of  an  ordinance.  Hence  modern  lawyers  say  that 
tithes  are  due  by  prescriptive  right,  as  having  existed  from  the  first 
establishment  of  churches,  and  by  law  from  the  period  when  the 
country  was  first  divided  into  parishes. 


ECCLESIASTICAL   HISTOBY. 


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Queen  Anne's  Bounty. — Fikst  Fruits  and  Tenths. — From  an 
early  period,  perhaps  ever  since  the  institution  of  parishes  in  this 
island,  every  bishop  and  clergyman  has  been  required  to  pay  the 
amount  of  his  first  year's  incumbency  into  a  fund,  called  from  thence 
the  "  First  Fruits  ;"  and  every  succeeding  year,  as  long  as  he  enjoys 
the  living,  he  has  been  required  to  pay  one  tenth  part  of  his  income 
into  a  fund,  hence  called  "  The  Tenths.'"  These  First  Fruits  and 
Tenths  were  annually  collected  at  their  full  value,  and  applied  to  the 
use  of  the  Pope,  during  the  time  that  this  kingdom  acknowledged 
the  papal  supremacy.  As  early  as  the  time  of  Pope  Nicholas  IV., 
(in  1290,)  a  valuation  was  for  this  purpose  made  of  all  the 
Ecclesiastical  Livings  in  England ;  and  the  book  containing  that 
record  is  preserved  in  the  Remembrancer's  office,  under  the  desig- 
nation of  the  "Valor  of  Pope  Nicholas  IV."  At  the  time  of  the 
Reformation,  Henry  VIII.  passed  a  law,  with  the  sanction  of 
Parliament,  declaring  that  the  First  Fruits  and  Tenths  should  be 
applied  to  the  use  of  the  State,  and  that  any  Bishop  or  Clergyman 
neglecting  to  pay  those  imposts  into  the  public  treasury  should  be 
declared  an  intruder  into  his  living,  and  should  forfeit  double  the 
amount ;  and,  that  the  full  amount  might  be  ascertained,  ho 
caused  an  accurate  and  full  valuation  to  be  made  of  all  the 
Ecclesiastical  Livings  in  England  and  Wales.  With  the  exception 
of  a  short  period  in  the  reign  of  Philip  and  Mary,  the  First  Fruits 
and  Tenths  continued  to  be  paid  punctually  into  the  public  exchequer 
in  the  reign  of  Queen  Anne,  when  the  Queen,  moved,  it  is  said,  by 
Bishop  Burnet  and  others,  and  deploring  the  wretched  condition 
in  which  many  of  the  poor  clergy  were  placed,  owing  to  the  insufficiency 
of  their  livings,  came  to  the  determination  that  the  First  Fruits  and 
Tenths  of  the  livings  of  all  the  clergy  from  the  Bishops  downwards 
should  be  paid  into  a  fund,  called  "Queen  Anne's  Bounty,"  and  that 
the  amount  of  those  payments  should  be  appropriated  to  the 
augmentation  of  the  livings  of  the  poor  clergy,  for  their  better 
maintenance.  No  fresh  valuation  was,  however,  made  of  the  livings 
in  the  time  of  Queen  Anne,  the  payments  continuing  to  be  made 
upon  the  valuation  of  Henry  VIII. ,  and  consequently  the  payments 
have  since  continued  to  be  made  upon  that  valuation  made  in  1535, 
and  registered  in  what  is  called  the  King's  Books,  or  Liber  Regis,  to 
which  we  shall  frequently  refer  in  the  accounts  of  church  livings  at 
subsequent  pages,  by  the  contraction  K.B.,  and  to  the  augmentations 
from  Queen  Anne's  Bounty,  by  the  abbreviation,  Q.A.B. — That  the 
payment  of  First  Fruits  and  Tenths  might  not  operate  oppressively, 
the  first  year's  income  was  to  be  paid  by  four  annual  instalments, 
and  all  livings  of  small  value  were  entirely  exempt,  and  hence  called 
"  discharged  livings." 

For  the  faithful  administration  of  "  Queen  Anne's  Bounty  Fund," 
the  Archbishops  and  Bishops  were  all  made  Governors,  along  with 
a  number  of  other  persons,  and  the  administration  has  been  in  their 
hands  from  that  time.  Since  the  establishment  of  this  fund,  an 
enormous  increase  has  taken  place  in  the  value  of  church  livings, 


48  HISTORY   OF   LEICESTERSHIRE. 

except  those  of  the  lowest  class,  though  the  First  Fruits  and  Tenths 
continue  to  be  paid  on  the  valuation  of  1535,  which  yields  only  an 
average  annual  income  of  of  about  £15,000,  instead  of  more  than 
£350,000,  which  would  be  derived  from  First  Fruits  and  Tenths,  if 
collected  on  the  present  valuation  of  the  revenues  of  the  Established 
Church  in  England  and  Wales,  now  amounting  to  an  aggregate  net 
income  of  £3,055,654,  per  annum,  as  appears  from  the  Report  of 
the  Ecclesiastical  Commissioners,  appointed  by  king  William  IV.  This 
Report  of  the  annual  value  of  church  livings  was  made  on  an 
average  of  three  years,  ending  December  31st,  1831,  and  presented 
to  parliament  in  1835.  The  Ecclesiastical  Commissioners  of  England, 
appointed  and  incorporated  by  an  act  of  parliament,  passed  in  the 
6th  and  7th  of  William  IV.,  to  carry  into  effect  the  Reports  of  the 
Commissoners  appointed  by  Letters  Patent,  in  1832,  to  consider  the 
state  of  the  Established  Churches  of  England  and  Wales,  obtained, 
in  1836,  the  sanction  of  his  Majesty  in  Council  to  certain  schemes 
and  decrees,  of  which  the  following  is  the  substance: — "That  all 
parishes  which  are  locally  situated  in  one  diocese,  and  are  under  the 
jurisdiction  of  another,  be  made  subject  to  that  See  within  which  they 
are  locally  situated ;  that  certain  new  dioceses  should  be  created ;  that 
such  apportionment  or  exchange  of  ecclesiastical  patronage  should 
be  made  among  the  archbishops  and  bishops,  as  should  be  consistent 
with  the  relative  magnitude  and  importance  of  their  Sees,  so  as  to 
leave  an  average  y early  income  of  £15,000  to  the  Archbishop  of 
Canterbury;  £10,000  to  the  Archbishop  of  York ;  £10,000  to  the 
Bishop  of  London  ;  £8000  to  the  Bishop  of  Durham  ;  £7000  to  the 
Bishop  of  Winchester  ;  £5000  each  to  the  Bishops  of  Ely,  Worcester, 
and  Bath- and- Wells  ;  and  that  out  of  funds  arising  from  the  above- 
named  dioceses,  and  those  of  St.  Asaph  and  Bangor,  over  and  above 
the  said  incomes,  the  Commissioners  should  grant  such  stipends  to 
other  bishops  as  should  make  their  average  annual  incomes  not  less 
than  £4000  nor  more  than  £5000.  But  these  reductions  of  the  incomes 
of  the  richer  Bishoprics  were  not  to  take  place  till  the  death  or  transla- 
tion of  the  prelates  then  holding  them ;  therefore  the  present  Bishop  of 
Winchester,  being  installed  in  1827,  has  still  met  yearly  income  of  about 
£10,500,  though  his  successor  will  only  have  £7000  whilst  the  Bishop  of 
Exeter  being  installed  in  1831  is  still  obliged  to  be  content  with  the 
small  stipend  of  £2700  per  annum,  Both  the  Archiepiscopal  Sees, 
and  22  of  the  24  Bishoprics  of  England  and  Wales  have  changed  their 
prelates  since  the  appointment  of  the  Ecclesiastical  Commission.  The 
two  new  dioceses  of  Ripon  and  Manchester  were  formed  inl836  and 
1847,  out  of  the  extensive  dioceses  of  York  and  Chester.  Large 
portions  of  some  other  large  dioceses  have  been  added  to  smaller 
ones,  and  further  changes  are  still  in  contemplation.  Other  Church 
Reforms,  now  in  progress  under  the  control  of  the  Ecclesiastical 
Commissioners,  are  the  abolition  of  prebends  and  sinecure  benefices  ; 
the  reduction  of  the  incomes  of  rich  rectories,  &c. ;  the  augmentation 
oij)°°}'  livings ;  and  the  institution  and  endowment  of  new  ecclesiastical 
parishes,  or  church  districts,  in  large  and  populous  parishes.     Many 


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new  ecclesiastical  districts  have  been  formed  in  Leicestershire  since 
1836,  under  the  authority  of  various  Acts  of  Parliament,  by  the 
Ecclesiastical  Commissioners,  the  Commissioners  for  building  new 
churches,  and  the  Bishop.  The  incomes  of  these  and  all  other  poor  be- 
nefices, are  ultimately  to  be  augmented  to  £150  per  annum,  out  of  the 
funds  of  the  Ecclesiastical  Commissioners,  Queen  Anne's  Bounty,  &c. 
The  present  Bishop  of  Peterborough  is  the  Right  Rev.  George 
Davys,  D.D.,  who  resides  at  the  Palace,  Peterborough.  He  is  a 
native  of  Leicestershire,  being  born  at  Loughborough  in  1780.  He 
was  10th  wrangler  in  1803,  and  was  formerly  fellow  of  Christ's 
College,  Cambridge,  preceptor  to  her  Majesty,  and  Dean  of  Chester. 
He  was  inducted  to  the  bishopric  in  1839,  and  has  an  annual  income 
of  £4500.  Until  1837,  the  Archdeaconry  of  Leicester,  which 
comprises  the  whole  of  Leicestershire,  was  in  the  diocese  of  Lincoln, 
but  it  was  transferred  in  that  year  by  the  Ecclesiastical  Commissioners 
to  the  diocese  of  Peterborough.  The  following  is  an  enumeration  of 
the  Rural  Deaneries  in  the  county,  with  the  names  of  the  Deans,  &c. 


ARCHDEACONRY  OF  LEICESTER. 


Archdeacon, — Ven.  Thos.  Kaye  Bonney 
near  Oakham. 


M.A.,  of  Normanton, 


Deanery  of  Ackley. 
Rev.  M.  Vavasour,  M.A.,of  Ashby,  Rev, 
Rt.  Dalby,  M.A  ,  of  Belton,  and  Rev. 
Hy.  Fearon,  B.D.  of  Loughborough 


Ash  by-de-la  Zouch 

Trinity  Church 

Blackfordby 

Woodville 
Barrow-on-Zoar 

Mountsorrel  N. 

Quorndon 

Woodhouse 
Belton 
Breedon 
Charnwood  Forest 

Oaks 

Copt  Oak 

WoodhouseEaves 
Cole  Orton 
Diseworth 
Donington  Castle 
Hath  era 
Kegworth 

Isley  Walton 
Lockington 
Loughborough 

Emmanuel  Ch. 
Osgathorpe 


Packington 
Snibston 

Rothley 
Keyham 
Gaddesby 
Wartuaby 
Chadwell 
Wykeham 
Grimstone 
Montsorrel  S. 

Seale 
St.  Matthew 


Swepston 

Snarston 
Thorpe  Acre 

Dishley 
Thurcaston 

An  sty 
Wanlip 

Whatton,  Long 
Whitwick 

St.  George 
Worthington 


Deanery  of  Christianity. 
Leicester. — No  Rural  Deans. 
All  Saints  .  Saint  George 

Saint  Andrew  Saint  John 


Saint  Margaret 

Knighton 
Saint  Martin 
Saint  Mary 


Saint  Nicholas 
Christ  Church 
Trinity  Church 


Deanery  of  Framland. 
Rev.  G.  S.  Gillett,  M.A.,  of  Waltham, 
Rev.  P.  Wilson,  LL.B.,  Knaptoft, 
Rev.  John  Noble,  Nether  Broughton, 
Rev.  F.J.  Norman,  B.A.,  Bottesford. 


Abkettleby 

Melton  Mowbray 

Barkstone 

Burton  Lazara 

Bottesford 

Freeby 

Normanton 

Sysonby 

Branstone 

Welby 

Broughton,  Nether 

Muston 

Buckminster 

Overton,  Cold 

Sewstern 

Plungar 

Burrough-on  Hill 

Redmile 

Clawson,  Long 

Saxby 

Coston 

Scalford 

Croxton  Eerrial 

Somerby 

Dalby,  Little 

Sproxton 

Eastwell 

Saltby 

Eaton 

Stapleford 

Edmonthorpe 

Stathern 

Garthorpe 

Stonesby 

Goadby  Marwood 

Thorpe  Arnold 

Harby 

Brentingby 

Hareston 

Waltham-on  Wolds 

Hose 

Wyfordby 

Kirby  Bellars 

Wymondham 

Knipton 

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RURAL   DEANERIES. 


Deanery  of  Gartree. 

Rev.  W.  C.  Humfrey,  of  Laughton, 
Rev.  Thos.  James,  M.A.,  of  Thed 
dingworth,  and  Rev.  Jas.Drummoncl 
M.A.,  of  Galby. 

Smeaton  Westerby 
Kilby 


Biilesdon 

Rolleston 

Goadby 
Blaston  St.  Giles 
Bosworth,      Hus- 
band's 
Bowden,  Great 
Bringburst 

Great  Easton 
Burton  Overy 
Carlton  Curlieu 

Illston 
Cranoe 
Evington 
Fleckney 
Foxton 
Galby 
Glenn,  Great 

Great  Stretton 
Glooston 
Gumley 
Hallaton 

Blaston  St.  Michl 
Horningbold 
Hougkton-on-Hill 
Kibworth      Beau- 
cbamp 


Knossington 
Langton,  Cburch 

Thorpe  Langton 

Tur  Langton 
Laughton 
Lubbenham 
Market  Harboro' 
Medbourn 

Holt 
Norton  by  Galby 

Little  Stretton 
Owston 
Pickwell 
Saddington 
Scraptoft 
Shangton 
Slawston 
Stonton  Wyvill 
Stokerston 
Theddingworth 
Thurnby 

Stoughton 
Welhara 
Wistow 

Newton  Harcourt 


Newton  Linford 
Oadby 

Peatling,  Great 
Peatling,  Little 
Ratby 
Sapcote 
Sharnford 
Shawell 


Stanton  Stoney 
Swinford 
Swithland 
Thurlaston 
Wigston,  Great 
Willoughby  Water- 
less 


Deanery  of  Goscote. 

Rev.  John  Owen,  of  Thrussington,  and 
Rev.  G.  Knight,  M.A.  of  Hungerton. 


Deanery    of    Guthlaxton. 

Rev.  E.  B.  Shaw,  M.A.,  of  Narborough 
Rev.  H.   K.    Richardson,  M.A.,    of 
Leire,  and  Rev.  J.  M.  Lakin,  M.A 
of  Gilmorton. 


Arnesby 
Ashby,  Great 
Ashby,  Little 
Aston  Flamville 

Burbage 
Aylestone 
Bitteswell 
Blaby 

Countesthorpe 
Bruntingthorpe 
Broughton  Astley 
Catthorpe 
Claybrooke 

Wibtoft 

Wigston 
Cosby 
Cottesbach 
Croft 
Desford 
Duntou  Bassett 


Elmstborpe 
Earl  Shilton 

Enderby 
Whetstone 

Foston 

Frowlesworth 

Gilmorton 

Glenfield 
Braunstone 
Kirby  Muxloe 

Kilworth,  North 

Kilwortb,  South 

Kimcote 

Knaptoft 
Shearsby 
Mowsley 

Leire 

Lutterworth 

Misterton 

Narborough 


Allexton 

Asfordby 

Ashby  Folville 

Barkby 

Beeby 

Belgrave 

Birstali 
Brookesby 
Cossington 
Croxton,  South 
Dalby,  Great 
Dalby-on-Wolds 
Frisby- on- Wreak 
Hoby 

Rotherby 
Hamberston 
Loddington 
Lowesby 
Prestwold 

Hoton 


Queniborough 

Ragdale 

Ratcliffe-on  Wreak 

Rearsby 

Saxelby 

Segrave 

Sileby 

Skeffington 

Syston 

Thrussington 

Thurmaston 

Tilton 

Tugby 

East  Norton 
Twyford 

Hungerton 

Thorpe  Satchville 
Walton-le-Wolds 
Wymeswold 


Deanery  of  SparkenJwe. 

Rev.  J.  M.  Echalaz,  M.A.,  of  Appleby, 
and    Rev.    J.     Fisher,     M.A.,     of 
Hisham-on-the-HilL 


Appleby 
Barwell 

Stapletou 

Mars  ton 
Bosworth, Market 

Sutton 

Barieston 

Carlton 

Shenton 
Cadeby 
Congerston 
Drayton,  Fenny 
Heather 
Higham-on-Hill 
Hinckley 

Stoke  Golding 

Dadlington 

Trinity  Chaijel 
Ibstock 

Hugglescoto 

Donington 


Coalville 
Kirkby  Mallory 
Marktield 
Nailstone 
|  Newbold  Verdon 
Norm  an  ton    , 
Norton-by-Twy- 

cross 
Orton-on-Hill 

Twy  cross 
Peckleton 
Shakerstone 
Sheepy,  Great  and 
Little 

Ratcliffe  Culey 
Sibstone 
Thornton 

Bag  worth 

Stanton 
Witherley 


HISTORY    OP   LEICESTERSHIRE,  51 

The  Court  of  the  Commissary  of  the  Bishop  of  Lincoln,  for  the 
Archdeaconry  of  Leicester,  was  formerly  held  in  St.  Martin's 
Church,  Leicester.  Christopher  Hodgson,  Esq.,  is  the  present 
Commissary,  but  he  never  holds  a  court. 

The  Court  of  the  Archdeacon  of  Leicester  is  held  in  St. 
Martin's  Church,  Leicester,  twice  a  year  for  visitations.  G.  H.  and 
T.  Nevinson,  Esqrs.,  are  the  Registrars,  and  have  their  office  in 
Wickliffe  street.  The  Surrogates  are  the  Revs.  Thos.  Wm.  Johnes, 
M.A.,  D.  J.  Vaughan,  M.Ai,  J.  N.  Bennie,  LL.B.,  R.  J.  Bunch, 
B.D.,  J.  Davies,  John  Fisher,  M.A.,  Marmaduke  Vavasour,  M.A., 
John  Healy,  Wm.  Skirrow,  B.A.,  R.  F.  Croughton,  G.  W.  Straton, 
B.A.,  Joshua  Scholefield,  M.A.,  W.  M.  Colles,  B.A.,  W.  H.  Oakley, 
B.A.,  J.  H.  Hill,  B.A.,  N.  P.  Small,  M.A.,  F.  P.  Johnson,  M.A., 
and  George  Acklom. 

The  Court  of  the  Prebendary  of  the  Prebendal  Church  of  St.  Margaret, 
in  Leicester,  has  a  peculiar  jurisdiction  over  St.  Margaret's  parish, 
and  the  Chapelry  of  Knighton.  The  Commissary  Court  of  Evingtoii 
has  jurisdiction  over  that  parish.  The  Commissary  Court  of  the 
Peculiar  of  Piothley,  has  jurisdiction  over  the  parish  of  Rothley,  the 
chapelries  of  Wykeham  and  Chadwell,  Gaddesby,  Keyham,  Grimston 
and  Wartnaby,  and  over  parts  of  a  few  other  parishes.  The 
Commissary  Court  of  the  Peculiar  of  Groby  has  jurisdiction  over 
Groby,  Glenfielcl,  Anstey,  Ratby,  Newton -Linford,  Bradgate  and 
Holgate  Ward,  Swithland,  Cropstone,  and  part  of  Stanton-under- 
Bardon.  The  Commissary  Court  of  the  Peculiar  of  Old  Dally  has 
jurisdiction  over  that  parish.  These  peculiar  and  exempt  jurisdictions, 
although  not  actually,  are  virtually  abolished,  and  the  Bishop  and 
Archdeacon  hold  visitations  in  them  as  in  other  parts  of  the  county. 
ASPECT,  &c. — Being  an  inland  county,  and  watered  by  many  rivers 
and  rivulets,  the  climate  of  Leicestershire  is  generally  mild  and  genial, 
without  being  so  moist  as  in  those  counties  which  lie  nearer  the 
Atlantic ;  there  being  few  high  hills  to  intercept  the  clouds.  The 
surface  consists  almost  entirely  of  gently  rising  hills.  The  north- 
eastern portion  is  occupied  by  the  southern  extremity  of  the  Kesteven 
Cliffe  Row.  The  south-eastern  portion  is  occupied  by  the  hills 
which  separate  the  basin  of  the  Soar  from  that  of  the  Welland.  The 
north-western  portion  constitutes  the  district  which,  though  now 
bare  of  wood,  retains  its  ancient  designation  of  Charnwood  Forest. 
This  district  is  occupied  by  a  group  of  hills  of  inconsiderable  eleva- 
tion but  of  a  rugged  character,  with  distinct  and  sharp  prominences. 
Bardon  Hill,  between  Leicester  and  Ashby,  is  the  highest  elevation, 
being  853  feet  above  the  level  of  the  sea.  Its  summit  commands 
one  of  the  most  extensive  prospects  in  England.  The  other  more 
conspicuous  elevations  are  Breedon  and  Cloud  Hills,  and  Castle 
Donington,  towards  the  North-west ;  Beacon  and  other  hills,  in 
Charnwood  Forest ;  Belvoir  Castle,  Blackberry  Hill,  and  Stathern 
Hill,  to  the  north-east ;  Burrough  Hill,  Whadborough  Hill,  Billesdon 
Coplow,  and  Quenby  Hall,  to  the  east ;  Saddington  and  Gumley,  to 
the  south ;  and  Croft  Hill,  Hinckley,  Higham,  and  Orton-on-the-Hill, 

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52  HISTORY   OF   LEICESTERSHIRE. 

towards  the  west.  The  views  from  some  of  these  sites  are  very  ex- 
tensive, and  excepting  a  dificiency  of  water,  very  beautiful,  stretching 
over  a  space  of  highly  cultivated  land.  The  vale  of  Belvoir,  to  the 
north-east,  extending  upwards  of  15  miles  ;  the  valley  of  the  Wreke, 
from  Melton  to  its  junction  with  the  Soar,  below  Syston ;  and  the 
entire  length  of  the  Soar,  with  many  of  its  tributary  streams,  exhibit 
scenes  of  fertility  equal  for  their  extent  to  most  in  the  kingdom. 

RIVERS. — Being  situated  in  the  centre  of  England,  at  a  consider- 
able elevation  above  the  level  of  the  sea,  Leicestershire  cannot  boast 
of  any  large  rivers,  although  it  is  well  watered  by  smaller  streams  and 
rivulets,  which  contribute  largely  towards  swelling  those  of  other 
counties.  The  following  is  a  brief  notice  of  them,  in  alphabetical 
order.  The  Anker  forms  the  boundary  of  the  county,  from  the  point 
where  it  crosses  Watling  street,  at  Witherley,  to  Pinwell  Grange, 
where  it  again  enters  Warwickshire,  and  falls  into  the  Tame,  at 
Tamworth,  and  afterwards  into  the  Trent,  at  Alrewas,  in  Staffordshire. 
The  Avon  rises  near  Welford,  and  divides  this  county  from  North- 
amptonshire, until  it  crosses  Watling  street  at  Dovebridge,  near 
Catthorpe,  into  Warwickshire,  and  from  thence  it  flows  into  the 
Severn,  which  falls  into  the  Irish  Sea,  near  Bristol.  The  Deven 
river,  which  rises  from  two  sources,  one  at  Eastwell,  and  the  other 
at  Croxton  Park,  and  which  unite  at  Knipton,  leaves  the  county  near 
Blackberry  Hill,  and  passing  through  part  of  Lincolnshire,  enters 
again  at  Muston,  and  finally  divides  the  county,  for  about  a  mile, 
from  Nottinghamshire,  which  it  enters,  and  joins  the  Trent  at  Newark. 
The  Eye,  which  is  properly  the  extreme  branch  of  the  Wreke,  and 
which  it  joins  near  Melton,  has  its  most  distant  source  near  Pickwell, 
and  after  crossing  the  Oakham  road,  divides  the  county  from  Rutland- 
shire, to  near  Leicesterford  Bridge.  Before  it  joins  the  Wreke,  it 
receives  on  its  north  side  two  streams,  one  of  which,  rising  near 
Stonesby,  falls  into  it  near  Wyverby ;  the  other  rising  near  Croxton 
Park,  joins  it  near  Stapleford;  and  also  one  on  its  south  side,  which 
rises  near  Little  Dalby,  and  falls  into  it  at  Brentingby.  The  Southern 
Eye  (for  there  are  two  rivers  of  this  name  in  the  county,)  rises  near 
Tilton,  and  divides  the  county  from  Rutlandshire,  from  Finchley 
Bridge,  during  its  whole  course  to  its  junction  with  the  Welland  at 
Easton.  The  Mease  has  one  of  its  sources  in  the  parish  of  Ashby- 
de-la-Zouch,  and  the  other  in  Smisby,  Derbyshire,  and  for  some 
distance  forms  the  southern  boundary  of  that  isolated  portion  of 
Derbyshire  in  which  Measham  is  situated,  and  crossing  this  part  of 
Derbyshire  near  Stretton-in-the-Field,  it  forms  the  northern  boundary 
of  this  part  of  Derbyshire  till  it  leaves  the  county  near  Nether  Seal. 
One  of  its  tributary  streams  on  the  west  rises  at  Blackfordby,  and 
falls  into  it  at  Donisthorpe ;  another  rises  on  Ashby  Wolds,  and  joins 
it  near  Stretton ;  on  the  east,  a  small  rivulet,  rising  at  Normanton- 
on-the-Heath,  joins  it  near  Measham  Field,  where  it  flows  into  Stafford- 
shire, and  finally  into  the  Trent,  near  Whichnor  Bridge.  The  Sence 
rises  from  two  branches,  one  of  which  commences  near  Snibston  and 
Ravcnstone,  and  the  other  at  Bardon  ;  these  unite  at  Kelham  Bridge, 


RIVERS   OP   LEICESTERSHIRE.  53 

and  fall  into  the  Anker,  at  Ratcliff  Culey.  Its  tributaries  on  the  east 
side  are  one  which  rises  near  Anebein  Wood  and  falls  into  it  near 
Ratcliff'  Culey ;  a  second,  which  rising  near  Barleston,  falls  into  it 
near  Congerstone ;  and  a  third  rises  near  Ibstock,  and  enters  it  at 
Shackerstone.  The  Smite  takes  its  rise  at  Nether  Broughton  and 
Long  Clawson,  and  another  of  its  branches  near  Howes,  when  they 
both  soon  leave  the  county  and  enter  Nottinghamshire,  and  join  the 
Deven,  near  Shelton.  The  Soar  is  the  largest  river  in  the  county, 
taking  its  rise  within  it,  and  falling  into  the  Trent  as  it  leaves  the 
county.  With  the  aid  of  artificial  cuts,  it  is  navigable  from  Leicester 
to  Loughborough  and  the  Trent.  It  has  one  of  its  sources  near 
Sharnford,  another  near  Leire  and  Gilmorton,  and  a  third  near 
Ullesthorpe.  One  of  its  tributary  branches  on  the  west  side  rises 
near  Hinckley  and  Earl  Shilton,  and  falls  into  the  Soar  near  Nar- 
borough;  another  at  Bocheston  and  Stanton-under-Bardon,  which 
unites  with  it  at  Rothley ;  four  branches  also  take  their  rise  in 
Charnwood  Forest,  the  first  of  which,  rising  near  Copt  Oak,  falls 
into  the  Soar  at  Quorndon ;  the  second  rises  near  Beacon  Hill,  and 
passing  through  Loughborough,  joins  the  Soar  below  that  town;  the 
third  rising  near  Charley,  and  the  fourth  which  rises  near  Whitwick, 
unite  near  Sheepshed,  and  fall  into  the  Soar  near  Dishley ;  another 
rises  at  Swannington,  and  falls  into  it  at  Hathern.  Of  those  on  its 
eastern  side,  one  rising  near  Peatling  Parva  and  Bruntingthorpe,  and 
another  near  Carlton  Curlieu  and  Stretton  Parva,  unite  and  fall  into 
it  near  Blaby ;  another  small  stream  rises  at  Stoughton  and  Thurnby, 
and  joins  it  near  the  Abbey  at  Leicester ;  and  another,  rising  at 
Keyham,  runs  into  it  at  Belgrave.  From  Loughborough  to  its  junc- 
tion with  the  Trent  at  Sawley,  it  forms  the  boundary  of  the  county, 
dividing  it  from  Nottinghamshire.  The  Swift  rises  at  Kimcote,  and 
crossing  the  Watling  street  at  Bensford  Bridge,  leaves  the  county, 
and  passes  into  Warwickshire,  where  it  joins  the  Dove,  and  finally 
flows  into  the  Avon,  and  thence  into  the  Severn.  The  river  Trent, 
which  stands  first  in  order  with  respect  to  its  volume  of  water,  first 
touches  Leicestershire  at  the  Park  of  Castle  Donington,  and  forms 
the  extreme  northern  boundary  of  the  county  for  a  distance  of  six  or 
eight  miles,  until  it  meets  the  Soar  near  Hemington ;  it  receives  a 
tributary  stream,  which,  rising  from  two  heads,  viz.,  Worthington 
and  Coleorton,  and  uniting  below  Worthington,  joins  the  Trent  a 
little  above  Donington  Park.  It  is  one  of  the  finest  navigable  rivers 
in  the  kingdom.  It  rises  in  Staffordshire,  and  falls  into  the  Humber 
below  Gainsborough,  after  a  circuitous  course  of  about  200  miles. 
The  Welland  rises  near  Husband's  Bosworth,  and  divides  the  county 
from  Northamptonshire  during  its  whole  course,  till  it  enters  Rutland- 
shire, near  Rockingham.  One  of  its  tributary  streams,  on  the  north 
side,  rises  at  Mowsley,  and  falls  into  it  near  Weston  and  Welham; 
a  second,  rising  near  Skeffington,  joins  it  nearly  at  the  same  spot ; 
and  a  third,  rising  near  Keythorpe,  falls  into  it  near  Medbourne.  The 
Southern  Eye  falls  into  it  near  Rockingham,  whence  it  passes  east- 
ward  between   Rutland  and   Northamptonshire,   in  its  route  to 


54  HISTORY   OF   LEICESTERSHIRE. 

Lincolnshire  and  the  German  Ocean.  The  Wreke  or  Wreak,  receives 
the  Eye  from  Melton,  near  Rotherby,  and  is  properly  a  continuation 
of  that  small  river.  Its  other  tributary  streams  are  one  which  rises 
at  Saxelby  and  joins  it  near  Rotherby,  and  two  others  on  its  south 
side,  one  rising  near  Great  Dalby,  and  falling  into  it  near  Kirby  Bellars  ; 
and  the  other  rising  near  Burrough,  and  falling  into  it  at  Lewin 
Bridge,  near  Syston,  where  another  stream  falls  into  it  from  Quenby. 
It  thus  appears  that  Springs  arise  in  all  parts  of  the  county,  forming 
brooks,  rivulets,  and  rivers,  whose  waters  find  their  way  to  the  sea  by 
the  Humber  to  the  north-east,  the  great  Wash  to  the  east,  and  by 
the  Severn  towards  the  south-west.  It  may  hence  be  inferred  that 
Leicestershire  must  be  on  the  highest  elevated  land,  not  actually 
hilly  or  mountainous,  in  the  kingdom.  Here  are  no  natural  rivers 
which  flow  into  the  Dee  or  Mersey  to  the  north-west,  into  the  Thames 
to  the  south-east,  or  to  the  English  Channel  in  the  south ;  in  all  these 
directions  a  water  conveyance  and  communication  is  maintained  by 
artificial  canals.  Chalybeate  and  other  Mineral  Springs  are  to  be 
found  in  various  parts  of  the  county  ;  and  some  of  them  have  been, 
and  others  are  still  in  repute  for  medicinal  purposes,  especially  the 
copious  spring  which  rises  in  the  Moira  Colliery,  and  supplies  the 
Moira  Baths  and  also  the  Invanhoe  Baths  at  Ashby-de-la-Zouch. 

CANALS. — The  Ashby-de-la-Zouch  Canal,  formed  under  the 
powers  of  an  Act  of  Parliament  passed  in  1794,  commences  at  a 
reservoir  on  Ashby  Wolds,  near  Moira  Colliery,  about  three  miles 
W.  of  Ashby.  Passing  southward  through  a  detached  part  of  Derby- 
shire, it  enters  Snarestone  Tunnel,  whence  it  proceeds  to  Shackerstone, 
where  it  crosses  the  river  Sence,  and  pursues  its  southward  but  devious 
course  to  the  neighbourhoods  of  Market  Bosworth  and  Hinckley, 
beyond  which  it  enters  Warwickshire,  in  its  route  to  Coventry,  where 
it  terminates  in  the  Coventry  Canal.  It  is  thirty  miles  in  length, 
and  level  throughout.  The  level  is  continued  on  the  Coventry  and 
Oxford  Canals,  to  Hill  Morton,  an  entire  length  of  70  miles,  the 
longest  Canal  level  in  England.  The  Company  intended  to  have 
extended  the  canal  northwards  toTickenhall  andCloud  Hill  Lime  Works, 
&c,  but  this  part  of  their  plan  was  abandoned,  and  Tramways  were 
adopted  for  all  the  branches  into  the  coal  and  lime  districts,  where 
lockage  was  required.  The  Tramway  to  Tickenhall  Lime  Works  com- 
mences at  Ashby-de-la-Zouch,  half  a  mile  beyond  which  it  enters  a 
tunnel  457  yaids  long,  at  the  end  of  which  the  Cloud  Hill  branch 
commences.  From  the  latter,  a  branch  extends  to  Lount  Colliery: 
and  another  tramway  extends  northward  from  the  Potteries  of  Wood- 
ville  and  Gresley  Green,  and  to  Swadlincote  Collieries  in  Derb}rshire. 
The  Ashby  Canal  became  the  property  of  the  Midland  Railway  Com- 
pany, on  payment  of  £110,000,  under  the  powers  of  an  Act  of 
Parliamont  obtained  in  184G. 

The  Leicester  and  Melton  Mowbray,  or  Wreak  and  Eye 
Navigation,  formed  under  acts  passed  in  1791  and  1800,  branches 
from  the  Soar  Navigation,  near  Syston,  and  ascends  up  the  Wreak 
and  Eye  to  Melton  Mowbray,  a  distance  of  eleven  miles.   At  Melton 


CANALS   OP   LEICESTERSHIRE.  55 

it  joins  the  Oakham  Canal,  which  in  a  winding  course  of  15  miles, 
reaches  Oakham. 

The  Loughborough,  or  Soar  Navigation,  formed  under  acts  passed 
in  1766  and  1776,  is  a  short  but  important  link  of  internal  com- 
munication. The  length  of  the  river  Soar  made  navigable  by  these 
acts  is  about  seven  miles,  extending  southward  from  its  confluence 
with  the  Trent ;  and  the  canal  from  the  river  to  Loughborough,  is 
about  1£  mile  in  length.  It  unites  with  the  Leicester  Navigation, 
whence,  by  the  Union  and  Grand  Union  Canals,  it  obtains  a  com- 
munication with  the  Grand  Junction  to  London,  &c.  It  is  a  great 
convenience  to  the  public,  and  has  been  highly  profitable  to  the  pro- 
prietors. The  greater  part  of  the  Soar  made  navigable  forms  the 
boundary  between  the  counties  of  Leicester  and  Nottingham.  The 
junction  with  the  Trent  opens  a  direct  communication  with  Gainsbro', 
Hull,  &c.  ;  and  through  the  Grand  Trunk,  with  Liverpool,  &c.  The 
original  cost  of  the  navigation  was  only  £7000,  in  seventy  £100 
shares,  some  of  which  have  been  sold  for  as  much  as  £4800  each. 

The  Leicester  Navigation,  formed  under  acts  passed  in  1791 
and  1797,  commences  at  the  basin  of  the  Loughborough  Canal,  at 
an  elevation  of  125  feet  above  the  level  of  the  sea.  It  proceeds  in 
an  artificial  canal  southward  to  Barrow,  and  falls  into  the  Soar 
between  that  village  and  Quorndon.  With  the  exception  of  a  short 
cut,  the  river  here  becomes  navigable,  and  continues  so  to  its  junc- 
tion with  the  Wreak,  near  Cossington,  where  the  navigation  ascends 
the  wreak  for  about  a  mile,  and  from  that  point  a  cut  has  been  made, 
for  the  purpose  of  avoiding  the  shallows  and  windings  of  the  Soar. 
It  terminates  in  the  latter  at  Leicester,  where  it  communicates  with 
the  Leicestershire  and  Northamptonshire  Union  Canal.  As  it  opens  a 
water  communication  with  the  coasts  and  populous  parts  of  the  king- 
dom, it  is  of  great  utility  to  the  inhabitants  of  Leicester  and  the 
neighbourhood.  The  Charnwood  Forest  Canal,  which  was  never 
used,  and  is  now  dry,  was  connected  with  the  Soar  Navigation  by  a 
tramway  to  Loughborough,  2^  miles  in  length  ;  and  its  western  end 
communicated  with  tramways  from  the  collieries  near  Swannington, 
and  the  lime  works  at  Cloud  Hill  and  Barrow  Hill. 

The  Leicestershire  and  Northamptonshire  Union  Canal  was 
formed  under  acts  passed  in  1793  and  1805,  and  commences  near 
the  West  Bridge,  in  Leicester,  at  175  feet  above  the  level  of  the  sea. 
It  proceeds  southward  in  the  bed  of  the  Soar  to  Aylestone,  where 
the  cut  commences,  and  runs  for  about  three  miles  parallel  with  the 
river,  to  a  short  distance  above  Enderby,  whence  it  turns  eastward, 
along  one  of  the  branches  of  the  Soar  to  Wistow  Hall  and  Newton 
Harcourt,  in  its  route  to  Saddington  Tunnel,  which  is  880  yards 
long.  From  this  tunnel  it  proceeds  in  a  sinuous  course  to  Foxton 
and  Gumley,  where,  after  a  course  of  17  miles,  it  falls  into  the 
Grand  Union  Canal,  which  was  constructed  under  an  act  passed 
in  1810,  and  extends  in  a  winding  course  from  Market  Harborough 
to  Long  Buckby,  in  Northamptonshire,  where  is  unites  with  the 
Grand  Junction.  The  Vale  of  Belvoir,  at  the  north-east  extremity 
of  the  county,  is  traversed  by  the  Nottingham  and  Grantham  Canal. 


56  HISTORY   OF  LEICESTERSHIRE. 

TURNPIKE  ROADS.— The  length  of  Turnpike  Roads  in  Leices- 
tershire has  been  estimated  at  nearly  300  miles,  and  the  Cross  Hoods 
at  1430  miles,  forming  a  total  1730  miles  of  communication.  The 
turnpikes  are  supplied  with  granite  from  Montsorrel ;  sienite,  from 
the  neighbourhood  of  Markfield  and  Groby  ;  and  basalt,  from  Stoney 
Stanton  ;  and,  indeed,  with  stone  throughout  the  whole  of  Charnwood 
Forest.  The  limestone  of  Breedon  and  that  of  Barrow- upon -Soar,  is 
extensively  used  in  their  neighbourhoods,  and  also  at  considerable 
distances  from  them.  Coarse  gravel  is  met  with  in  various  places, 
and  used  in  the  lines  of  roads  where  it  occurs.  The  system  called 
Macadamizing  turnpike  roads,  was  practised  in  this  county  on  the 
great  road  between  Market  Harborough  and  Loughborough,  nearly 
70  years  ago ;  and  Mr.  Mc  Adam  has  therefore  no  claim  to  the  inven- 
tion. Abounding  in  the  materials  necessary  for  keeping  them  in 
repair,  the  turnpikes  and  most  of  the  cross  roads  in  the  county  are 
generally  in  good  order. 

RAILWAYS. 

The  Leicester  and  Swannington  Railway  was  constructed  under 
the  powers  of  an  act  passed  in  May,  1830,  and  was  opened  in  1832. 
It  commences  at  the  wharves  near  West  Bridge,  Leicester,  and  within 
the  distance  of  two  miles  to  the  north-west,  it  enters  a  tunnel,  more 
than  a  mile  in  length.  From  the  tunnel  it  takes  a  westerly  course, 
by  Glenfield,  Ratby,  Newton-Unthank,  and  Desford,  and  then  takes 
a  north-west  direction,  between  Thornton  and  Bagworth,  to  Long 
Lane,  near  the  Whitwick,  Snibson,  and  other  Collieries,  to  which 
it  has  branches  for  the  coal  waggons.  It  has  also  branches  to  Bag- 
worth  and  Ibstock  Collieries.  Under  the  powers  of  an  Act  of 
Parliament  obtained  in  1846,  it  became  the  property  of  the  Midland 
Railway  Company,  the  original  shareholders  being  guaranteed  eight 
per  cent,  upon  their  shares.  That  portion  of  it  lying  between 
Desford  and  Coalville,  now  forms  part'of  the  railway  from  Leicester 
to  Burton -on -Trent,  and  is  a  double  line,  but  the  remainder  which 
is  principally  used  for  coal  traffic  is  a  single  line. 

The  Midland  Railway,  which  traverses  the  centre  of  the  county 
from  north  to  south,  has  a  handsome  and  commodious  station  on 
the  east  side  of  Leicester,  and  many  smaller  stations  in  the  county. 
It  was  opened  on  the  30th  May,  1839,  and  joins  the  London  and 
North  Western  at  Rugby.  It  crosses  the  Trent  by  a  beautiful  bridge 
of  three  iron  arches,  100  feet  in  span,  on  the  north  side  of  Leicester- 
shire, whence  it  has  a  branch  line  to  Nottingham.  The  Syston  and 
Peterborough  Railway,  which  branches  from  the  Midland  at  Syston, 
and  passes  through  Melton,  Oakham,  and  Stamford,  was  opened  in 
1849,  and  opens  a  direct  communication  to  the  eastern  counties. 
The  Leicester,  Ashby,  and  Burton  Railway,  which  branches  from 
the  main  line  at  Knighton,  runs  along  a  portion  of  the  old  Leicester 
and  Swannington  Railway,  between  Desford  and  Coalville,  and  after 
passing  through  Ashby-de-la-Zouch  joins  the  South  Staffordshire 
Railway  at  Burton-on-Trent.  It  was  opened  in  1849.  Tho 
Leicester  and  Hitchin  Railway  was  opened  in  1807,  and  after 


HISTORY   OF   LEICESTERSHIRE.  57 

branching  from  the  main  line  at  Knighton,  passes  through  Market 
Harborough,  Kettering,  Wellingborough,  and  Bedford,  and  joins  the 
Great  Northern  Railway  at  Hitchin.  The  Rugby  and  Stamford 
Railway,  which  skirts  the  southern  border  of  the  county,  passes 
through  Market  Harborough  and  Rockingham,  and  joins  the  Syston 
and  Peterborough  Railway  at  Luffenham,  in  Rutland.  The  Leicester, 
Hinckley  and  Nuneaton  Railway  is  now  in  progress,  and  is  already 
open  between  Hinckley  and  Nuneaton,  but  will  probably  not  be  com- 
pleted till  1863. 

AGRICULTURE. 

Leicestershire  lays  claim  to  a  full  share  of  celebrity  for  being 
the  cradle  and  nursery  of  some  of  the  great  modern  improvements  in 
Agriculture,  which  have  so  highly  distinguished  the  last  ninety 
years.  These  improvements — more  especially  those  connected  with 
the  breed  of  animals — were,  in  a  great  degree,  projected  and  exe- 
cuted by  the  late  Robert  Bakewell,  Esq.,  of  Dishley,  whose  talents 
burst  the  fetters  of  rustic  ignorance  and  long- established  usage; 
who  exalted  the  ordinary  drudgery  of  cultivation  into  the  dignity  of 
a  science  of  the  highest  national  benefit  and  importance ;  and  dis- 
covered and  demonstrated  the  principles  by  which  the  form,  size, 
strength,  and  beauty  of  our  more  useful  animals  may  be  brought  to 
the  highest  perfection.  He  seems  to  have  solved  that  difficult  and 
valuable  problem — by  what  means  the  maximum  of  wholesome  and 
nutritious  animal  food  can  be  obtained  for  the  use  of  man  in  the 
shortest  space  of  time,  and  on  the  minimum  of  vegetable  substance. 
He  was  born  in  1726,  and  having  imbibed  a  partiality,  when  a 
youth,  for  the  pursuits  of  his  father,  he  was  entrusted  by  that  re- 
spectable yeoman  with  the  sole  management  of  his  farm.  In  order 
to  observe  and  learn  the  practices  of  experienced  and  noted  farmers, 
young  Bakewell  made  tours  into  Norfolk,  Ireland,  Holland,  Flanders, 
&c.  Nothing  either  of  great  or  inferior  consequence  in  rural  economy 
escaped  his  indefatigable  research.  After  the  death  of  his  father,  he 
employed  the  full  energies  of  his  mind  and  knowledge  on  his  own 
farm,  at  Dishley,  which  consisted  of  440  acres,  of  which  110  acres 
were  arable  and  the  rest  grass.  On  this  he  usually  kept  60  horses, 
400  large  sheep,  and  150  beasts  of  all  sorts,  besides  growing  about 
15  acres  of  wheat  and  25  acres  of  spring  corn.  His  turnips  seldom 
exceeded  30  acres.  Considering  the  fatness  of  his  cattle,  he  kept  a 
larger  stock  on  a  given  number  of  acres  than  any  other  farmer  in 
England.  His  general  treatment  of  live  stock,  and  management  of 
servants,  all  constituted  parts  of  that  system  which  at  once  did 
honour  to  his  head  and  heart.  Though  his  views  embraced  every 
object  in  agriculture  and  breeding,  he  was  most  successful  in  breed- 
ing and  rearing  sheep,  and  the  peculiar  sort  that  originated  from  his 
management  acquired  the  name  of  the  Dishley,  or  New  Leicester 
Sheep.  The  original  breed  was  the  Lincolnshire  ;  but  this  was 
greatly  improved  and  altered.  After  examining  the  cattle  of  different 
countries,  he  choose  the  Lancashire,  or  long-horned  breed,  as  most 


53  HISTORY   OF   LEICESTERSHIRE. 

adapted  to  his  system  ;  and  man}7  bulls  and  heifers,  bred  at  Dishley, 
were  much  admired  for  their  size,  beauty,  and  aptitude  to  fatten. 
His  breed  of  horses  originated  in  that  of  Flanders,  but  in  these  he 
was  not  so  successful  as  in  other  stock.  The  reputation  of  Dishley 
still  stands  high  in  its  breed  of  horned  cattle,  sheep,  and  pigs, — the 
descendants  of  Bakewell's  parent  stock,  and  whose  progeny  may  be 
found  in  the  remotest  parts  of  the  three  kingdoms.  But  the  agricul- 
tural glory  of  Leicestershire  is  not  to  be  ascribed  solely  to  the  genius 
and  talents  of  one  individual,  even  though  he  should  have  laid  the 
first  stone  of  the  fabric.  The  late  Thomas  Paget,  Esq.,  of  Ibstock, 
moved  in  the  same  path,  in  nearly  equal  steps  with  Bakewell :  and 
at  the  final  disposal  of  his  stock,  on  declining  this  honourable  pur- 
suit, astonished  the  world  by  the  extraordinary  high  prices  which  the 
Hite  of  his  long-horned  cattle  and  new  Leicestershire  sheep  produced 
by  public  auction,  some  of  the  theaves  selling  at  50  guineas  each. 
The  famous  bull,  "  Shakspere,"  sold  for  400  guineas !  with  a  reserved 
use  to  the  seller.  After  Mr.  Bakewell's  decease,  the  Dishley  Farm 
was  occupied  by  his  nephew,  who,  during  his  life,  upheld  its  reputa- 
tion, which  still  continues,  in  the  hands  of  the  present  tenant.  But, 
the  talents  and  genius  of  Bakewell  were  no  individual  inheritance. 
His  spirit  rested  on  no  descendant,  but  diffused  itself  among  his 
most  zealous,  attached,  and  successful  disciples. 

The  present  improved  breed  of  cattle  is  firm  bound ;  firm  in  the 
neck,  throat,  and  bosom ;  the  back  is  straight,  wide,  and  loaded  with 
flesh;  the  rump  thick,  wide,  and  flesh}7  on  the  points,  insomuch 
that,  in  some  individuals,  hillocks  of  fat  are  found  thereon,  and 
about  the  root  of  the  tail.  The  color  is  red,  the  legs  short,  the 
horns  thin,  wide,  and  spreading,  and  the  weight  when  fat  from  nine 
to  ten  score  the  quarter,  but  often  much  more.  Besides  this  breed 
many  others  are  met  with,  as  this  county  is  much  used  for  grazing, 
and  fattening  for  the  butcher,  cattle  from  Wales,  Ireland,  Scotland, 
and  the  northern  counties.  The  new  Leicester  sheep  are  quiet  in 
temper  and  disposition,  and  capable  of  being  fattened  in  a  short 
time,  on  a  small  proportion  of  food,  and  to  a  great  weight  in  propor- 
tion to  their  apparent  size.  Their  offals  are  small,  and  their  profit- 
able points  large ;  their  backs  are  broad  and  straight,  their  breasts 
are  full,  bellies  tucked  up,  heads  small,  necks  short,  legs  thin,  pelts 
light,  and  wool  fine.  The  average  fleece  is  about  7  lbs.  The  old 
Leicester  sheep  seems  to  be  derived  from  the  original  stock  of  the 
county,  and  is  large,  heavy,  and  slow  to  fatten ;  with  coarse  wool. 
The  forest  breed  is  comparatively  inferior,  and  is  found  chiefly  about 
Charnwood.  Dyer,  in  his  poem  of  "  The  Fleece,"  published  about 
1758,  thus  notices  the  celebrity  of  Leicestershire  for  the  production 
of  long  wool : — 

"  Need  we  the  level  greens  of  Lincoln  note, 
Or  rich  Leicestria's  marly  plain,  for  length 
Of  whitest  lock  and  magnitude  of  fleece, — 
Peculiar  envy  of  the  neighbouring  realms  ! " 

>    Though  much  wheat,  barley,  and  other  grain  is  still  grown  in  the 


AGRICULTURE.  69 

county,  the  system  of  cultivation  in  Leicestershire  has  for  a  long 
period  been  progressively  verging  from  tillage  to  pasturage,  so  that, 
out  of  above  500,000  acres  of  surface,  fully  one-half  is  in  permanent 
grass.  Various  causes  have  contributed  to  this  change :  the  destruction 
of  open  fields,  by  the  rapid  increase  of  enclosures  within  the  last 
seventy  years,  has,  by  the  subdivision  of  land  into  smaller  portions, 
facilitated  this  tendency.     The  celebrity  of  the  Dishley  breeds  of 
stock,  and  the  profit  resulting  from  their  prudent  management,  has 
also  disposed  many  of  the  more  intelligent  farmers  to  this  change  of 
culture.    A  grazing  farm  is  conducted  with  less  incumbrance,  requires 
less  daily  attention,  and  much  fewer  labourers  and  implements,  than 
one  in  tillage.     Landlords,  too,  have  in  many  instances,  given  en* 
couragement  to  this  mode  of  procedure,  by  a  restricted  limitation  in 
the  use  of  the  plough  ;  and  by  the  consolidation  of  small  farms  into 
larger,   fewer  tenants  are  requisite,  and  perhaps  higher  rents  are 
obtained.      There  is  no  surface  soil  in  the  county  that  can  properly 
be  denominated  clay  or  sand.     It  has  no  chalk,  and  its  peat  bogs 
have  long  since  been  drained,  and  are  now  become  meadow  soil,  a 
compost  of  peat  and  sediment.     The  soil,  therefore,  may  be  divided 
into  three  classes  :  1st.,  clay  loam ;  2nd.,  sandy,  or  gravelly  loam  ; 
and  3rd.,  the  meadow  soil  before  described.    The  general  appearance 
of  the  county  has  an  undulating  surface,  the  ground  rather  heaving 
into  swells  than  into  hills  ;  and  as  the  hills  and  valleys  are  connected 
by  gentle  declivities,  almost  the  entire  surface  is  useful,  and  adapted 
even  to  tillage.     The  natural  meadows  along  the  banks  of  the  rivers 
are  considerable,  and  most  of  them  are  of  excellent  quality,  and  produce 
from  one  and  a  half  to  two  tons  of  hay  per  acre.      The  land  is 
perhaps  as  generally  brought  into  a  state  of  cultivation  as  in  any 
county  in  the  kingdom.     The  large  quantity  of  manure  brought  upon 
the  fields,  and  the  extensive  cultivation  of  turnips  and  green  crops 
for  the  cattle,  keep  the  arable  land  in  good  condition.     Most  of  the 
improved  modern  implements,  such  as  scarifiers,  spiked  rollers,  drills, 
steam  threshing  machines,  &c,  have  been  introduced,  and  are  used 
on  the  larger  farms,  which  are  chiefly  in  the  hands  of  the  proprietors, 
and  in  no  part  of  the  country  has  the  ground  been  more  generally 
underdrained,  when  required,  or  irrigation  more  successfully  or  ex- 
tensively carried  on.     The  course  of  crops  of  the  grazier,  breeder, 
or  principal  farmer,  is  very  commonly  as  follows  : — On  good  friable 
loams,  1st,  a  green  crop  to  clean  the  land,  turnips,  rape,  or  cabbage  ; 
2nd,  barley,  with  clover  and  grass  seeds  ;  3rd  and  4th,  clover  mown 
and  pastured  ;  and  5th,  oats  or  wheat.      On  good  heavy  loams, 
1st,   beans  drilled  ;    2nd,  wheat ;    3rd,  green  crops  ;  4th,   barley 
and  seeds  ;  and  5th  and  6th,  grass.     The  average  produce  of  wheat 
is  28  bushels,  and  of  barley  4^-  quarters  per  acre.     Some  of  the  large 
open  fields  still  remain,  and  the  rest,  with  nearly  all  the  commons  and 
moor  lands,  have  been  enclosed,  many  of  them  during  the  present 
century,  and  others  as  early  as  the  17th   century.     The  tithes  were 
generally  commuted  for  allotments  of  land,  at  the  numerous  en- 
closures during  the  last  ninety  years;  and  most  of  the  other  tithes 


CO  HISTORY   OF   LEICESTERSHIRE. 

have  since  been  commuted  for  fixed  rents.  As  some  small  satisfac- 
tion to  the  poor  for  the  loss  of  commonright,  small  allotments  were 
awarded  to  them  at  the  enclosures,  in  most  of  the  parishes,  as  will 
be  seen  at  subsequent  pages.  Leicester  and  Leifjhjield  Forests  were 
disafforested  and  enclosed  many  years  ago  ;  but  that  of  Chamwood, 
which  comprised  about  18,000  acres,  was  not  enclosed  till  after  1808, 
when  an  Act  of  Parliament  wras  obtained  for  that  purpose.  There 
are  now  in  the  latter  many  fertile  farms,  and  some  of  the  rocky  hills 
have  been  planted.  The  county  contains  many  large  dairy  farms, 
especially  in  the  vicinity  of  Hinckley,  Bosworth,  and  Melton  Mow- 
bray, and  since  the  commencement  of  last  century  Cheese  has  become 
an  article  of  some  importance  to  the  Leicestershire  farmer  ;  and  two 
large  cheese  fairs  are  annually  held  at  Leicester  for  the  sale  of  this 
commodity.  Although  Leicestershire  has  acquired  no  national  fame 
like  Cheshire  and  Gloucestershire,  for  the  excellence  of  its  cheese, 
it  stands,  nevertheless,  both  as  respects  its  superior  quality  and 
highest  price,  the  first  in  the  kingdom,  perhaps  in  the  world ;  for  it 
is  in  this  county  that  Stilton  Cheese  was  first  made,  and  continues 
to  be  a  standard  article  of  production.  This  far-famed  delicacy  is  to 
be  found  at  the  tables  of  the  highest  ranks,  and  when  of  the  best 
quality,  and  in  the  highest  state  of  perfection,  independent  of  its 
exquisite  relish,  it  probably  contains  the  greatest  concentration  of 
nutriment  of  any  artificial  preparation  of  food.  The  secret  of  its 
make  was  for  some  time  confined  to  the  family  of  the  original  in- 
ventors, who  were  under  an  engagement  to  sell  all  they  could  make 
to  the  famous  Cooper  Thornhill,  who  formerly  kept  the  "Bell" Inn, 
on  the  great  north  road,  at  Stilton,  in  Huntingdonshire  ;  and  being 
thus  to  be  obtained  of  him  only,  it  received  the  appellation  of  Stilton 
Cheese,  when  it  ought  to  have  been  named  Withcote  Cheese,  being 
first  made  in  that  small  village,  on  the  eastern  side  of  the  county, 
bordering  upon  Rutlandshire,  and  about  30  miles  from  Stilton.  This 
delicious  cheese  is  now  made  chiefly  on  the  farms  near  Melton  Mow- 
bray, and  is  sometimes  called  the  English  Parmesan.  It  is  usually 
formed  in  vats,  and  the  cheeses  seldom  weigh  more  than  twelve  or 
less  than  six  pounds  each.  The  process  of  making  it  is  now  very 
generally  known,  and  as  it  may  be  manufactured  equally  well  in  other 
dairies  as  in  those  of  Leicestershire  and  Rutland,  the  receipt  will  not 
be  unacceptable  to  those  who  may  wish  to  make  an  experiment.  ' '  To 
the  morning's  new  milk,  add  the  skimmed  cream  of  the  preceding 
evening's  milking,  with  a  proper  quantity  of  rennet.  When  the  curd 
is  come,  it  is.  not  to  be  broken  in  the  usual  way  of  making  other 
cheese,  but  it  should  be  taken  out  carefully  and  placed  in  a  sieve  to 
drain  gradually.  As  the  whey  drains  off,  the  curd  is  to  be  gently 
pressed  till  it  becomes  firm  and  dry,  and  then  placed  in  a  wooden 
hoop  or  vat,  kept  dry,  and  turned  frequently.  After  being  taken  from 
the  vat,  it  is  still  kept  in  the  cloth  till  quite  dry  and  firm,  and  after- 
wards repeatedly  brushed."  The  precise  time  of  keeping  is  not  de- 
fined, as  some  farmers  say  they  are  quite  ripe  in  twelve  months,  and 
ethers  contend  that  they  ought  not  to  be  used  under  eighteen  months 


HISTORY   OP   LEICESTERSHIRE.  61 

or  two  years.  They  require  much  care  to  keep  them  good  and  sweet 
till  fit  for  use  ;  but  they  are  easily  made,  and  if  success  should  not 
attend  a  first  attempt,  a  second  or  a  third  may  produce  cheese  equal 
to  that  of  the  most  experienced  makers.  There  are  several  Agricul- 
tural Societies  and  Fanners'  Clubs  in  Leicestershire,  which  have 
done  much  for  the  advancement  and  protection  of  the  agricultural 
interest  in  general ;  for  the  encouragement  of  enterprise  and  emula- 
tion among  the  owners  and  occupiers  of  land ;  and  for  the  excitement 
of  industry,  skill,  and  good  conduct  among  servants  and  labourers  in 
husbandry.  They  are  patronized  by  the  Duke  of  Eutland,  and  most 
of  the  nobility  and  gentry  of  the  county  ;  and  liberally  supported  by 
a  large  number  of  subscribers,  who  give  annually  valuable  premiums 
for  excellence.  The  Leicestershire  and  Waltham  Agricultural  Society 
was  formed  in  1862,  by  an  amalgamation  of  two  societies  which  had 
separately  existed  for  nearly  thirty  years.  The  Sparkenhoe  Farmers' 
Club  and  the  Ashby-de-la-Zouch  Agricultural  Society  were  united  in 
1854;  and  the  Loughborough  Agricultural  Association  was  established 
more  than  twenty  years  ago.  There  are  also  several  Floral  and 
Horticultural  Societies  in  the  county. 

FOX  HUNTING  : — For  more  than  a  century  and  a  half,  Leices- 
tershire has  been  distinguished  for  its  devotion  to  field-sports,  which, 
however  interesting  to  sportsmen,  are  in  general  too  unimportant  to 
obtain  a  permanent  register  in  the  annals  of  the  county.  For  about 
a  hundred  years,  Quorndon  has  been  distinguished  for  its  Fox  Hunt- 
ing establishment.  The  first  Nimrod  was  Hugo  Meynell,  Esq., 
under  whose  auspices  it  acquired  an  attractive  celebrity,  which  has 
progressively  increased  to  the  present  day.  For  many  years  the 
gentlemen  of  the  Hunt  have  taken  up  their  residence  for  the  season, 
in  Melton  Mowbray  and  its  vicinity,  being  a  central  situation  between 
the  kennels  of  Belvoir,  Quorndon,  Billesdon,  and  Cottesmore.  Hence 
the  surrounding  district  obtained  the  popular  name  of  the  Melton 
Hunt.  The  subscription  packs  are  supported  by  many  noblemen 
and  gentlemen  from  all  parts  of  the  kingdom,  and  during  the  season, 
Melton,  the  hunting  metropolis,  presents  a  gay  scene  of  aristocratic 
bustle  and  festivity.  The  immense  sums  expended  on  this  recreation 
in  the  county  would  almost  stagger  belief.  The  celebrity  which 
Leicestershire  has  acquired  for  this  alluring,  yet  expensive  diversion, 
probably  arose  from  a  concurrence  of  favourable  local  circumstances, 
not  the  least  of  which  was  its  fine  undulating  surface,  containing  no 
inaccessible  elevations ;  no  dangerous  declivities  or  precipices  ;  no 
broad,  deep,  rapid,  impassable  rivers ;  and  few  woods.  Before 
inclosures  became  so  general,  this  sport  must  have  often  afforded  as 
high  gratification  to  the  by-stander  as  to  the  hunters  themselves. 
There  must  have  been  many  situations  within  the  compass  of  the 
hunt,  where  a  spectator  might  have  stood,  seen,  and  enjoyed  almost 
a  day's  sport,  or  at  least  with  a  few  short  removals,  might  have 
generally  kept  it  within  the  range  of  his  vision.  This  is  now  im- 
practicable, and  the  labour  and  perils  of  the  chase  are  in  consequence 
increased  by  the   additional   number   of  fence-leaps,   which   have 


62  HISTORY   OF   LEICESTERSHIRE. 

resulted  from  inclosures;  these,  however,  form  no  very  dangerous 
impediments,  being  generally  of  quickset.  It  is  singular  that,  peril- 
ous as  hunting  may  seem  to  the  uninitiated,  few  serious  accidents 
occur,  and  fatal  ones  are  very  rare.  The  Quorn,  or  Melton  hounds, 
range  over  a  part  of  Nottinghamshire,  south  of  the  Trent,  and  the 
greater  part  of  Leicestershire,  with  the  exception  of  a  part  of  Fram- 
land  Hundred  to  the  north-east,  reserved  for  the  Duke  of  Rutland's 
pack;  and  the  western  portion  of  the  county  which  is  principally 
hunted  by  the  Atherstone  hounds,  whose  kennels  are  at  Witherley. 
However  hunting  may  appear  to  the  moralist,  in  all  the  repulsive 
features  of  a  savage  and  dangerous  sport,  and  of  boisterous,  intem- 
perate, and  sterile  jollity,  nevertheless,  to  its  votaries  it  undoubtedly 
affords  an  excellent  bodily  exercise ;  full  of  high  excitement,  and 
eminently  calculated  to  invigorate  the  constitution,  and  to  foster 
courage,  fortitude,  and  presence  of  mind.  Its  patronage,  moreover, 
must  have  a  tendency  to  improve  the  breed  of  horses.  The  Melton 
hunting  season  is  terminated  by  the  Croxton  Park  Races.  There  are 
in  the  county  many  large  and  elegant  Seats  of  Nobility  and  Gentry, 
the  principal  of  which  are,  Belvoir  Castle,  the  splendid  residence  of 
the  Duke  of  Rutland;  Gopsal  Hall,  the  seat  of  Earl  Howe;  Castle 
Donington  Park,  the  seat  of  the  Marquis  of  Hastings;  Staple  ford 
Park,  the  seat  of  the  Countess  of  Harborough;  and  Buckminster 
Park,  the  seat  of  the  Earl  of  Dysart.  A  complete  list  of  the  Seats 
of  Noblemen,  Baronets,  Gentry,  and  Clergy,  is  inserted  at  the  begin- 
ning of  this  volume,  and  descriptions  of  their  respective  mansions 
and  parks  will  be  found  with  the  parishes  in  which  they  are  respec- 
tively situated,  at  subsequent  pages,  where  it  will  be  seen  that  many 
places  in  the  county  have  given  titles  to  the  peerage,  most  of  which 
are  now  obsolete. 

BOTANY. 

Leicestershire  can  hardly  be  said  to  boast  of  a  rich  Flora.  Its 
surface  is  too  level,  and  too  much  occupied  by  a  few  great  geological 
formations  for  it  to  have  ever  been  very  productive  of  much  variety 
in  its  wild  plants  ;  and,  in  modern  times  the  enclosure  of  the  waste 
lands  and  open  fields,  and  the  drainage  of  marshes  and  bogs,  have 
doubtless  eradicated  some,  and  reduced  the  numbers  of  others. 
Thus  we  have  to  regret  the  loss  of  Osmunda  rcgalis,  Schamus  nigricans, 
Lathyrus  palustris,  and  others,  which  were  observed  by  Pulteney  a 
century  since ;  whilst  some  other,  as  Erica  cinerea,  Pinguicula  vul- 
garis, &c,  are  fast  verging  on  extinction.  The  high  average  rental  of 
the  land  will  not  allow  the  proprietor  to  leave  roadsides  and  corners 
unenclosed ;  or  the  farmer  to  afford  more  space  than  he  can  help  for 
what  he  stigmatizes  as  weeds,  though  he  has  sometimes  unwittingly 
enriched  the  flora  by  introducing  foreign  plants  with  his  flax  and 
clover  seed.  In  the  succeeding  list  it  has  been  thought  best  to  retain 
even  those  plants  which  are  pretty  certainly  known  to  be  extinct,  since 
there  is  no  impossibility  of  their  again  springing  up  in  their  old 
localities,  or  still  lurking  undiscovered  in  some  unexplored  corners. 


BOTANY   OF   LEICESTERSHIRE.  "63 

A  distinctive  mark  is  placed  against  such  species,  and  those  plants 
only  have  been  rejected  which  seem  to  have  been  introduced  into 
previous  lists  by  mistake,  or  which  rest  upon  unsatisfactory  autho- 
rity, and  appear  altogether  improbable.  All  the  catalogues  of  the 
flowering  plants  and  ferns  hitherto  published,  either  for  the  whole 
county  or  particular  parts,  have  been  consulted.  Of  these  the  princi- 
pal are  the  "  Flora  of  Leicestershire"  by  Miss  Kirby ;  "  The  Botany  of 
Charnwood  Forest ,"  by  the  Rev.  A.  Bloxam  and  Churchill  Babington, 
in  Potter's  Charnwood  Forest ;  the  "  Catalogue  of  the  Rarer  Plants  of 
Belvoir,"  communicated  by  the  Poet  Crabbe  to  Nichols'  History  of 
Leicestershire  ;  the  List  of  Hands,  Paget,  and  Parkinson,  in  Curtis's 
History  of  Leicestershire ;  the  Communications  of  Dr.  Pulteney  to 
Nichols'  and  to  the  Philosophical  Transactions;  the  "Botanist's 
Guide  "  of  Turner  and  Dillwyn;  Watson's  "Neiv  Botanists'  Guide" \ 
and  Dr.  Pulteney's  MS.  " Flora  of  Loughborough"  lately  presented 
to  the  Leicester  Museum,  by  the  widow  of  Dr.  Kennedy,  of  Wood- 
house.  The  contributions  of  correspondents,  too  numerous  to  be 
here  mentioned,  have  largely  increased  the  materials  derived  from 
these  sources ;  nor  have  we  spared  our  own  labours  in  the  field,  for 
though  much  confined  by  our  duties  to  our  own  immediate 
neighbourhood,  we  have  contrived  to  visit  and  examine  almost 
every  part  of  the  county,  and  can  speak  with  some  confidence 
of  its  Botany.  In  investigating  the  flora  of  Leicestershire, 
the  county  has  for  greater  accuracy  of  research  been  divided  into 
twelve  portions,  averaging  73  square  statute  miles  each.  The 
productions  of  these  districts  have  been  separately  catalogued,  and 
thus  much  light  has  been  thrown  on  the  distribution  of  species 
within  its  limits.  For  example,  it  has  been  discovered  that  it  is 
almost  hopeless  to  look  for  a  heath  or  a  foxglove  on  the  east  of  the 
Soar,  where  ferns  also  are  rarities  ;  and  that  Campanula  glomerata, 
and  the  grasses  Arena  j^ratensis,  Bromus  erectus,  and  Brachypodiinn 
pinnatum  are  nearly  confined  to  the  north-east  of  the  county.  In 
the  succeeding  catalogue  a  number  is  attached  to  each  species, 
showing  in  how  many  of  the  twelve  districts  it  has  been  recorded. 
Thus  plants  of  general  distribution  are  numbered  12 ;  whilst  those 
with  low  numbers  are  rare  or  local.  Yet  a  species  numbered  1  or  2 
may  be  rather  common  in  some  parts  of  the  districts  where  it  occurs  ; 
anci  another,  found  in  every  district,  may  be  rare  in  every  one  of 
them ;  so  that  the  affixed  numbers  must  not  be  taken  as  conveying 
an  accurate  floral  census,  but  merely  an  estimate  of  distribution. 
The  basis  of  the  division  into  districts  has  been  taken  from  the 
physical  geography  and  river  drainage  of  the  county.  In  its  south- 
east corner  the  upper  basin  of  the  Welland  forms  the  Market  Har- 
borough  district ;  that  of  its  tributary  the  Eye  brook,  the  Medbourn 
district.  The  Lutterworth  district  is  the  basin  of  the  Avon.  In  the 
north-east  the  basin  of  the  Deven  and  Smite  forms  the  Belvoir  dis- 
trict. The  rest  of  the  county  is  contained  in  the  basin  of  the  Soar, 
and  other  tributaries  of  the  Trent  above  their  confluence.  Of  these 
the  basin  of  the  Mease  forms  the  Ashby-de-la-Zouch  district ;  that 


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BOTANY   OF   LEICESTERSHIRE. 


of  the  Sence  the  Market  Bosworth  district.  The  Melton  Mowbray 
district  is  the  upper  portion  of  the  basin  of  the  Eye  or  Wreke,  down 
to  Asfordby ;  while  the  lower  portion  of  the  same  basin  down  to 
the  junction  of  the  Wreke  and  Soar  forms  the  Syston  district.  The 
upper  portion  of  the  Soar  basin,  down  to  the  confluence  of  the 
Billesdon  brook,  near  Whetstone,  is  the  Hinckley  district ;  the  next 
portion  down  to  the  confluence  of  the  Wreke,  the  Leicester  district; 
the  next  to  the  confluence  of  the  Gracedieu  brook,  is  the  Lough- 
borough district,  which  includes  Charnwood  Forest ;  and  the  remain- 
der of  the  county  in  the  angle  between  the  Trent  and  the  Soar  forms 
the  Castle  Donington  district.  The  following  table  exhibits  the  names 
and  areas  in  square  statute  miles  of  the  twelve  districts  ;  the  number 
of  species  at  present  ascertained  to  grow  in  each ;  and  a  corrected 
estimate  of  what  their  floras  would  have  been,  if  the  area  of  each  had 
been  73  miles  instead  of  what  it  is.  These  last  are  compared*  in 
column  5  with  a  mean  flora  of  100  species,  and  the  excess  or  deficit 
is  placed  in  the  last  column. 


Name  of  District. 

Area  in 
sq.  m. 

Ascertain- 
ed Flora. 

Corrected 
Flora. 

Compara- 
tive Flora. 

Excess  or 
Deficit. 

1  Leicester 

102 
77 
73 
64 

117 
44 
50 
86 
73 
40 
55 
49 

555 
362 
375 
416 
731 
626 
624 
604 
508 
383 
386 
440 

549 
411 
439 
520 
537 
944 
882 
651 
564 
481 
520 
629 

96 

72 

77 

91 

94 

165 

155 

114 

99 

84 

91 

110 

—  4 

—  18 

3  Melton  Mowbray . . 

4  Vale  of  Belvoir    . . 

5  Loughborough     . . 

6  C.  Donington  .... 

7  Ashby-de-la-Zouch 

8  Mkt.  Bosworth    . . 

9  Hinckley 

10  Lutterworth 

11  Mkt.  Harborough 

12  Medbourn    

—  13 

—  9 

—  6  • 
+  65 
+  55 
+  14 

—  1 

—  16 

—  9 
+  10 

Total 

881 

6010 

Average 

73 

500       |       570 

100 

The  column  headed  "  Comparative  Flora"  may  thus  be  under- 
stood to  mean,  that  if  in  Leicester  district  a  walk  would  produce  96 
species,  one  of  the  same  length  in  Syston  district  would  furnish  but 
72 ;  and  so  on.  Owing  partly  to  real  richness  of  flora,  and  partly 
to  close  examination  by  ourselves,  the  districts  6  and  7  are  far 
above  the  average,  and  are  approached  only  by  the  districts  8  and  12, 
which  have  been  examined  by  the  Kev.  A.  Bloxam  and  the  Rev.  T. 
Norris  respectively.  On  the  contrary,  districts  2,  3,  and  10  are 
much  below  the  average,  partly  from  inherent  poverty  and  partly 
from  imperfect  examination.  In  the  following  list  the  mark  *  at- 
tached to  the  name  of  a  species,  signifies  that  it  has  certainly  been 
introduced  by  human  agency  ;  |  denotes  that  artificial  or  accidental 
introduction  is  probable ;  and  0  or  0  ?  expresses  our  opinion  that 
the  plant  is  extinct,  or  never  really  grew  in  the  recorded  localities. 

W.  H.  C. 


A    CATALOGUE 

OF   THE 


FLOWERING  PLANTS  AND  FERNS, 

KNOWN    OR   REPORTED    TO    INHABIT    THE 

COUNTY    OF    LEICESTER. 


CLASS    L— DICOTYLEDONES,  or  ENDOGENiE. 


ORDER    I.— RANUNCULACE^. 

The  Crowfoot  Tribe. 

Clematis  Vitalba.     Virgin's  Bower.    2. 

Thalictrum  ilavum.     Meadow  Rue.    6. 

Anemone  nemorosa.  WoodAnemone.  9. 

Ranunculoi'des.  Yellow  Ane- 
mone.    2.   0? 

Myosurus  minimus.     Mousetail.     3. 

Ranunculus  aquatilis.  Water  Crowfoot. 
12. 

circinatus.      Spreading 

Water  Crowfoot.     9. 

fluitans.  StreamingW.C.4. 

■  ccenosus.     Bog  W.  C.    1. 

hederaceus.      Ivy-leaved 

Water  Crowfoot.     9. 

Ficaria.     Pile  Wort.      11. 

Flammula.     Small  Spear 

Wort.     12. 

Lingua.     Great  Spear 

Wort.     4. 

auricomus.  Goldilocks.  9. 

acris.  Tall  Buttercup.  12. 

repens.     Creeping  B.    12. 

bulbosus.  Bulbous  B.  12. 

birsutus.     Hairy  B.     6. 

sceleratus.     Celery-leaved 

Crowfoot.     12. 

parviflorus.  Small-flowered 

Crowfoot.     4. 

arvcnsis.  Devil'sClaws.12. 

Caltba  palustris.   Marsh  Marigold.  12. 

Helleborus  foctidus.*     Stinking  Helle- 
bore.    1. 

Aouilegia  vulgaris.     Columbine.     1. 

Delphinium  Consolida.f    Larkspur.  2. 

Aconitum  Napellus.*    Monkshood.    2. 

IL—BERBE  RACEME. 

The  Barberry  Tribe. 
Berberis  vulgaris.     Barberry.     8. 


III.— NYMPILEACE^. 

The  Water  Lily  Tribe. 
Nympbpoa  alba.     White  Water  Lily.  6. 
Nuphar  lutea.    Yellow  Water  Lily.  12. 

IV.— PAPAVERACEiE . 

The  Popjyy  Tribe. 

Papaver  Argemone.      Loug  Bristly- 
headed  Poppy.     9. 

dubium.    Long  Smooth-headed 

Poppy.     11. 

Rhceas.  Round  Smooth-headed 

Poppy.     12. 

somniferum.t  OpiumPoppy.  4. 

Chelidonium  majus.     Celandine.     10. 

V.— FUMARIACE.E. 

The  Fumitory  Tribe. 
Corydalis  lutea.*  Yellow  Fumitory.  2. 

claviculata.     Climbing  F.  2. 

Fumaria  capreolata.     Ramping  F.     2. 

officinalis.     Common  F.  12. 

micrantha.     Small-flowered 

Fumitory.     1. 

VI.— CRUCIFERiE. 

The  Cress,  Cabbage,  and  MustardTribe. 
Cheiranthus  Cheiri.*  Wallflower.  5. 
Nasturtium  officinale.  Water-cress.  12. 
amphibium.  Creeping 
Yellow  Cress.  9. 
sylvestre.  Golden  Y.C.  3. 
terrestre.  AuuualY.C.  10. 
Barbarea  vulgaris.  HerbSt.Barbara.  12. 

precox.*     Winter  Cress.  1. 

Turritis  glabra.  Tower  Mustard.  1. 
Arabis  hirsuta.  Hairy  Wall  Cress.  1. 
Cardamine  sylvatica.     Wood  Cress.  4. 

hirsuta.     Hairy  W.  C.     7. 

pratensis.      Our  Lady's 

Smock.     11. 

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Cardamine  amara.    Bitter  Lady's  S.  4. 

Hesperis  matronalis.*  Dame'sViolet.  3. 

Sisymbrium  officinale.     Hedge  Mus- 
tard.    11. 

Sopkia.Flix,orFluxweed.7. 

Thalianum.  Thai's  Cress.  7. 

Alliaria  officinalis.     Jack  -  by  -  the  - 
hedge.     12. 

Erysimum  Cheiranthoides.-t-     Treacle- 
Mustard.     1. 

Rrassica  campestris.  Wild  Turnip.  11. 

napus.    Rape,  or  Cole  Seed.  5. 

Sinapis  nigra.     Black  Mustard.     2. 

— ■  arvensis.     Kidlock.     12. 

alba.     White  Mustard.     3. 

Alyssum  calycinum.*     Madwort.     2. 
Draba  verna.     Whitlow  Grass.     12. 
Cochlearia  officinalis.  Scurvy  Grass.  1. 
ArmoraciaRusticana.*  HorseRadish.  8. 
Camelina  sativa.*      Gold   of   Plea- 
sure.    3. 

Thlaspi  arvense.     Penny  Cress.     3. 
Teesdalia  nudicaulis.     Rock  Candy 

Tuft.     2. 
Lepidium  campestre,     MithridateMus- 

tard.     7. 
Smithii.      Smooth-pouched 

Mithridate  Mustard.     1. 

latifolium.*      Broad-leaved 

Mithridate  Mustard.     1.  0. 
Capsella  Bursa-pastoris.     Shepherd's 

Purse.     12. 
SenebieraCoronopus.  Swine'sCress.  12. 
Raphanus  Raphanistrum.   Radish.   10. 

ORDER  VII.— RESEDACEiE. 

The  Mignonette  Tribe. 
Reseda  lutea.     Wild  Mignonette.     2. 
Luteola.     Dyers'  Rocket.     6. 

VIII.— CIST  ACEJE. 

The  Rock-Rose  Tribe. 

Helianthemum  vulgare.  Rock-Rose.  3. 

IX.— VIOL  ACE  JE. 

The  Violet  Tribe. 
VioJa  palustris.     Marsh  Violet.     1. 

odorata.     Sweet  Violet.     12. 

hirta.     Hairy  Violet.     7. 

sylvatica.     Dog  Violet.     12. 

canina.     Heath  Dog  Violet.     2. 

tricolor.  Pansy.   Heartsease.  11. 

X.— DROSERACE^. 
The  Sundew  Tribe. 
Drosera  rotundifolia.     Round-leaved 
Sundew.     1. 

longifolia.  Long-lcavedS.  1.0? 

Parnassia  palustris.     Grass  of  Parnas- 


XI.— POL  YGAL  ACE.E . 
The  Milk-wort  Tribe. 
Polygala  vulgaris.     Milkwort.     12. 

XII.— ELATINACEZE. 

The  Water  Pejpper  Tribe. 

Elatine  hexandra.     Water  Pepper.     1. 

XIII.— C  ARYOPHYLL  ACEiE . 

The  Pink  Tribe. 
Dianthus  delto'ides.     Maiden  Pink.    2. 
Saponaria  officinalis.*     Soap  Wort.    3. 
Silene  Anglica.     English  Catchfly.    1. 

nutans.  *NottrnghamCatchfly.l. 

inflata.     Bladder  Campion.    6. 

noctiilora.      Nb/ht-flowering 

Catchily.     2. 
Lychnis  Flos-cuculi.  RaggedRobin.12. 

vespertina.  WhilcCampion.12. 

diurna.     Red  Campion.     12. 

Githago.     Corn  Cockle.     12. 

Sagina  procumbens.  ProcumbentPearl- 

wort.     12. 

apetala.    Upright  Pearlwort.  8. 

Spergula  nodosa.    Knotted  Spurrey.  3. 

arvensis.     Field  Spurrey.     9. 

Stellaria  media.     Chickweed.     12. 

Holostea.    Stitchwert.     11. 

glauca.     MarshStitchwort.  3. 

grarninea.LesserStilchwort.12 

uliginosa.  BogStitchwort.  10. 

Malachium  aquaticum.     Water  Chick- 
weed.     11. 
Arenaria  serpyllifolia.      Thyme-leaved 

Sandwort.     11. 
Mcehringia  trinervis.     Plantain-leaved 

Sandwort.     12. 
Alsine  rubra.     Red  Sandwort.     7. 
Mcenchia  erecla.     Least  Stitchwort.  4. 
Cerastium  glomeratum.     Broad-leaved 

Mouse-ear  Chickweed.    10. 
triviale.     Narrow  -  leaved 

Mouse-ear  Chickweed.    12. 

■  semidecandrum.SmallM.C.8. 

arvense.     Corn  M.C.     1. 

XIV.— MALVACE^. 

The  Mallow  Tribe. 

Malva  moschata.     Musk  Mallow.     10. 

sylvcstris.  Common  Mallow.  12. 

rotundifolia.  Round-leavedM.ll. 


XV.— TILIACEiE. 

The  Linden,  or  Lime  Tree  Tribe. 
Tilia  Eurojta;a.+  CoramonLimeTree.  7. 

parviiblia.*     Small-leaved  L.    4. 

grandifolia.*   Broad-leaved  L.  2. 


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ORDER  XVI.— HYPERICACE.E. 

The  St.  John's  Wort  Tribe. 
Hypericum  calycinum.*      Large-flow- 
ered St.  John's  Wort.     1. 
AndrosffimuHi.      Tutsan. 

Man's-blood.     2. 
quadrat) gulum.     St.  Peter's 

Wort.     12. 
• dubium.     Imperforate  St. 

John's  Wort.     7. 
perforatum.      Common  St. 

John's  Wort.     11. 
humifusum.      Trailing   St. 

John's  Wort.     8. 

hirsutum.  HairySt.J.W.10. 

pulchrom.      Handsome  St. 

John's  Wort.     7. 
elodes.     Bog  St.  J.  W.     1. 

XVIL— ACERACErE. 

The  Maple  Tribe. 
Acer  campestre.     Common  Maple.  12. 

Pseudo-platanus.      Mock  Plane, 

or  Sycamore.     12. 

XVIIL— GERANIACE.E. 

The  Cranesbill  Tribe. 
Geranium  phraura.*  DarkCranesbill.  1. 

.  sylvaticum.     Wood  C.  2.  0? 

.  pratense.      Meadow  C.     12. 

pusillum.      Small- flowered 

Cranesbill.     10. 
dissectum.   Cut-leavedC.  12. 

molle.     Soft-leaved  Cranes- 

bill, Dove's-foot.     12. 

lucidum.     Shining  C.     5. 

Robertianum.    Herb  Robert. 

12. 

■ striatum.*     Pencilled  C.    1. 

Erodium  Cicutarium.      Storksbill.     5. 

moschatum.f     Musk  Storks- 
bill.     3. 

SIX.— LINAGES. 

The  Flax  Tribe. 
Linumusitatissimum.*  CommonFIax. 4 

catharticum.  MillMountain.12. 

Radiola  Millegrana.     Flax  Seed.     1. 

XX.— OXALID  ACEiE . 

The  Wood  Sorrel  Tribe. 

Oxalis  Acetosella.     Wood  Sorrel.     10. 

XXL— CELASTRA.CE.E . 

The  Bladder  Nut  Tribe. 
Euonymus  Europoeus.  SpindleTree.  4. 

XXIL— RHAMN  ACE/E . 

The  Buckthorn  Tribe. 

Rhamnus  catharticus.   Buckthorn.  12. 


Rhamnus  Fraugula.    Alder  -  leaved 
Buckthorn.     5. 

XXIIL— LEGUMINOSiE. 

The  Pea  Tribe. 
Ulex   EuropaBus.       Spring  Gorsc,   or 

Furze.     12. 

nanus.     Autumnal  Gorsc.     4. 

Sarothamnus  scoparius.     Broom.     9. 
Genista  tinctoria.  Dyer'sGreenweed.10. 

Anglica.     Petty  Whin.     5. 

Ononis  arvensis.     Rest  Harrow.     9. 
spinosa.   Thorny  Rest  Harrow. 

12. 

Anthyllis  vulneraria.  Our  Lady's-fin- 
ger  Vetch.     5. 

Medicago  sativa.*     Lucerne.     4. 

lupulina.     Nonsuch.     12. 

maculata.  Spotted  Medic.  4. 

Melilotus  officinalis.     Melilot,     11. 

Trifolium  pratense.  Purple  Clover.  12. 

medium.     Zigzag  Clover.  9. 

arvense.     Haresfoot  C.     G. 

striatum.     Knotted  C.     7. 

subterraneum.     Sand  C.     2. 

glomeratum.    Round-headed 

Clover.     1. 

scabrum.     Harsh  Clover.  1. 

repens.     Butch  Clover.     12. 

fragiferum.  Strawberry  C.  10. 

procumbens.  HopTrefoil.  11. 

patens.*     Golden  H.  T.     1. 

minus.     Smaller  H.  T.     12. 

filiforme.     Least  H.  T.     5. 

Lotus  comiculatus.BirdsfootTrefoil.  12. 

tenuis.     Slender  B.  T.     6. 

major.     Great  B.  T.     10. 

Astragalus  Hypoglottis.  Purple  Moun- 
tain Milkwort.     1.0. 

Glycyphyllos.  Wild  Liquo- 
rice.    5. 

Vicia  hirsuta.     Hairy  Tare.     10. 

tetrasperma.     Smooth  Tare.     8. 

sylvatica.     Wood  Vetch.     1. 

Cracca.     Bush  Vetch.     12. 

sepium.     Hedge  Vetch.     11. 

sativa.     Vetch,  Tare,  or  Dill.  12. 

angustifolia.    Narrow- leavedV.  6. 

Lathyrus  Nissolia.      Crimson  Vetch - 

Hug.    4. 
pratensis.    Yellow  Meadow 

Vetching.     12. 
sylvestris.      Narrow  -  leaved 

Everlasting  Pea.     3. 
Lathyrus  palustris.     Bog  E.  P.     1.  0? 
Orobus  tuberosus.     Bitter  Vetch.     8. 
Ornithopus  perpusillus.       Birdsfoot 

Tare.     5. 
Onobrychis  sativa.*  Cockshead.  Saint- 

foin.     3. 

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BOTANY    OF    LEICESTERSHIRE. 


ORDER  XXIV.— ROSACE/E. 

The  JRose  Tribe. 

Primus  spinosa.  Blackthorn.  Sloe.  12. 

insititia.-f     Bullace.     12. 

doinestica.*     Plum.     4. 

Padus.t     Bird  Cherry.     3. 

Avium.     Wild  Cherry.     8. 

■ Cerasus.t     Morell  Cherry.     3. 

Spirrca  Ulmaria.     Meadow  Sweet.    12. 

•  Eilipendula.     Dropwort.     G. 

Sanguisorba  officinalis.  Gt.Burnet.  12. 

Poterium  Sanguisorba.  Salad  Burnet.  8. 

Agrimonia  Eupatoria.    Agrimony.   11. 

odorata.ScentedAgrimony.l. 

Alchemilla  vulgaris.  Our  Lady's  Man- 
tle.    9. 

arvensis.  Parsley  Piert.  11. 

Potentilla  anserina.     Silver  Weed.  12. 

argentea.  HoaryCinquefoil.3. 

reptans.     Creeping  C.     12. 

Tormentilla.   Tormentil.  12. 

Fragariastium.BarrenStraw- 

berry.     10. 

Comarum  palustre.  MarshCinquefoil.  3. 

Fragaria  Vesca.     Strawberry  9. 

Rubus  Idoeus.     Raspberry.     8. 

suberectus.  UpriglitBramble.  2. 

plicatus.     Plaited  Bramble.     4. 

nitidus.     Smooth  Bramble.     7. 

affinis.     Allied  Bramble.     5. 

rhamnifolius.  Buckthorn-leaved 

Bramble.     6. 

Grabowskii.    Grabowski's  B.  1. 

thyrsoideus.     Thyrse  -  bearing 

Bramble.     8. 
discolor.  Common  Bramble.  12. 

leucostachys.  WoollyBramble.7. 

carpinifolius.  Hornbeam-leaved 

Bramble.     7. 
villicaulis.      Woolly  -  stemmed 

Bramble.     3. 

mucronatus.     Cuspidate  B.    2. 

calvatus.     Shaven  B.     4. 

macrophyllus.  Long-leavcdB.  7. 

Sprengelii.     Sprengel's  B.     2. 

fuscus.     Dusky  B.     3. 

Babingtonii.  Babington's  B.  3. 

Hystrix.     Porcupine  B.     G. 

Radula.     Currycomb  B.     G. 

Bloxamianus.     Bloxam's  B.    5. 

rudis.    .Jagged  B.     7. 

pallidus.     Pale  B. 

Koehleri.     Koehler's  B.     10. 

fusco-ater.    Dusky-black  B.     7. 

Guntheri.     Gunther's  B.     4. 

hirtus.     Hairy  B.     3. 

glandulosus.     Glandular  B.    2. 

scaber.     Rough  B.     2. 

corylifolius.  Hazle-leavedB.  12. 

ncmorosus.     Hedge  B.     12. 


Rubus  cresius.     Dew  Berry.     12. 

Geum  urbanum.     Avens.     12. 

rivale.     Wood  Avens.     7. 

Rosa  spinosissima.     Burnet  Rose.     5. 

Sabini.     Sabine's  R.     1. 

villosa.     Apple  R.     3. 

tomentosa.  Woolly-leaved  R.  10. 

inodora.     Scentless  Briar.     6. 

micrantha.   Small-flowered  Sweet 

Briar.     8. 

rubiginosa.  Sweet  Briar.    Eglan- 
tine.    7. 

canina.     Dog  Rose.     12. 

arvensis.    Trailing  Dog  Rose.  12. 

Crataegus  Oxyacantha.    Hawthorn.  12. 

Pyrus  communis.     Pear.     5. 

Malus.     Apple.     Crab.     12. 

Aucuparia.      Mountain   Ash. 

Rowan.     8. 

>  pinnatifida.*  Cut-leavedService.l 

Torminalis.     Wild  Service.     2. 

XXV.— L  YTHRACILE . 

The  Loose-strife  Tribe. 

Lythrum  Salicaria.      Purple   Loose- 
strife.    6. 

hyssopifolium.    Small  Loose- 
strife.    1. 

Peplis  Portula.     Water  Parslain.     5. 

XXVI.— ON  AGRACE/E . 

The  Willow  Herb  Tribe. 

Epilobium  angustifolium.      Rose  Bay 
Willow  Herb.     3. 

.  hirsutum.      Codlings  and 

Cream.     12. 

parviflorum.      Small  -  flow- 
ered Willow  Herb.     12. 

montanum.      Mountain 

Willow  Herb.     12. 

palustre.     Bog  W.  II.     9. 

obscurum.      Blunt  -  angled 

Willow  Herb.     11. 

tetragonum.     Sharp-angled 

Willow  Herb  (?) 


roseum.      Rose-flowered 

Willow  Herb.     5. 

Circaaa  Lutetiana.    Enchanter's  Night- 
shade.    11. 

alpina.     Alpine  E.  N.     1.  0? 


XXVIL— HALORAGE.E. 

The  Water  MiUefoil  Tribe. 
Myriophyllum  vertiyillatum.    Whorled 

Water  Milfoil.     1. 
spicatum.  SpikedWatcr 

Milfoil.     8. 
■  altcrniflorum.      Small 

Water  Milfoil.     2. 
Hippuris  vulgaris.     Mare's-tail.     8. 


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XXVIII.  —  CUCURBIT  ACEM . 

The  Gourd  Tribe. 
Bryonia  dioica.     White  Bryony.     5. 

XXIX.— PORTULACE7E . 
The  Purslain  Tribe, 
Montia  fontana.     Blinks.     4. 

XXX.— PARONYCHIACE.^ . 

The  Knawel  Tribe. 
Scleranthus  annuus.     Knawel.     5. 

XXXI.— CRASSUL  ACEM . 
The  House-leek  Tribe. 
Seduin  alburn.*    White  Stone-crop.    2. 
acre.     Stone  Crop.     Wail-pep- 
per.    12. 

reflexum.     Prickrnadam.     12. 

Sempervivum  tectorum.*      House  - 

leek.     11. 
Cotyledon  Umbilicus.     Navelworfc.     1. 

XXXIL— GROSSULARIACEiE. 

The  Currant  and  Gooseberry  Tribe. 
Ribes  Grossularia.     Gooseberry.     9. 

alpinum.*     Alpine  Currant.  4? 

nigrum.     Black  Currant.     3. 

rubrum.     Red  Currant.'    5. 

XXXIIL— S  AXIFR  AG  ACE^ . 

The  Saxifrage  Tribe. 

SaxifragaTridaclylites.   Three-fingered 
Saxifrage.     12. 

granulata.      Meadow   Saxi- 
frage.    9. 

Chrysosplenium  oppositifolium.     Gol- 
den Saxifrage.     7. 

alterniiblium.     Alter- 
nate-leaved G.  S.     1. 

XXXIV.  —  UMBELLIFER.E. 

The  Parsley  and  Carrot  Tribe. 
Hydrocotyle  vulgaris.    White  Rot.     G. 
Sanicula  Europaoa.     Sanicle.     11. 
Apium  graveolens.  Smallage.  Celery.  4. 
Petroselinum  sativum.*     Parsley.     4. 
segetum.     Corn  Parsley. 

1.  0? 
Helosciadium  nodiflorum.  Water  Pars- 

nep.     12. 
repens.    Creeping  Water 

Parsley.     7. 
inundatum.     Floating 

Water  Parsley.     5. 
Sison  Amomum.     Hone  Wort.     11. 
A^gopodium  Podagrarin.     Gout  Weed. 

Bishops'  Wort.     10. 
Bunium  ilexuosum.     Pignut.     12. 
Pimpinella  magna.      Great   Burnet 

Saxifrage.     11. 


Pimpinella  Saxifraga.     Burnet  Saxi- 
frage.    10. 

Sium  latifolium.     Broad-leaved  Water 
Parsnep.     4.  0? 

angustifolium.      Narrow-leaved 

W.  P.     10. 

Bupleurum  rotundifolium.+  Hare's  ear. 
Thorough-wax.     2. 

ffiuanthe  fistulosa.  Water  Dropwort.  9. 

Lachenalii.      Lachenal's 

Water  Dropwort.     1. 

silaifolia.     Hog's-Parsley- 

leaved  Water  Dropwort.    2. 

Phc41andrium.      Fine-leaved 

Water  Dropwort.     4. 

fluviutilis.     River  W.  D.     8. 

iEthusa  Cynapium.  Fools' Parsley.  12. 

Silaus  pratensis.  Pepper  Saxifrage.  12. 

Augelica  sylvestris.      Wild   Ange- 
lica.    12. 

Pastinaca  sativa.     Parsnep.     10. 

Heracleum  Spondylium.     Hog  Weed. 
Cow  Parsnep.     12. 

Daucus  Carota.     Carrot.     12. 

Torilis  Anthriscus.  Hedge  Parsley.  12. 

infesta.     Corn  H.  P.     5. 

nodosa.     Knotted  H.  P.     9. 

Scandix  Pecten-Veneris.     Shepherd's 
Needle.  ^   12. 

Anthriscus  sylvestris.      Wild  Chervil. 
Kecks.     12. 

vulgaris.  Beaked  Parsley.  5. 

Ckajrophyllum  temulum.    Rough  Cher- 
vil.    Kecks.     12. 

Myrrhis  odorata.*     Sweet  Cicely.     2. 

Conium  maculatum.     Hemlock.     12. 

SmyrniumOlus-atrum.*  Alexanders.  2. 

XXXV.— ARALIACE  JE . 

The  Ivy  Tribe. 
Adoxa  Moschatellina.     Moschatel.     5. 
Hedera  Helix.     Ivy.     12. 

XXXVL— CORN  ACEM . 

The  Dogicood  Tribe. 
Cornus  sanguinea.     Dogwood.     12. 

XXXVIL— LORANTHACE^E. 

The  Mistletoe  Tribe. 
Viscum  album.     Mistletoe.     5. 

XXXVIII.— CAPRIFOLI  ACE;E . 

The  Honeysuckle  and  Elder  Tribe. 
Sambucus  Ebulus.     Dane  Wort.     5. 

nigra.     Elder.     12. 

ViburnumLantana.  WayfaringTree.  0. 

Opulus.     Guelder  Rose.    11. 

Lonicera  Periclymcnum.  Honeysuckle. 

12. 
Xylosteum.*    Fly  H.    2. 


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ORDER    XXXIX.— RUBI  ACE.®. 

The  Madder  Tribe. 

Sherardia  arvensis.    Petty  Madder.  11. 

Asperula  Cynanchica.    Quinsy  Wort.  1. 

odorata.    Woodruff.     7. 

Galium  cruciatuni.     Crosswort.     12. 

■ tricorne.  Triple-flowered  Bed- 
straw.     3. 

Aparine.  GooseGrass.  Cleavers. 

12. 

Mollugo.  Great  Hedge  Bed- 
straw.     9. 

vcrura.  OurLady'sBedstraw.12. 

saxatile.     Heath  Bedstraw.    8. 

uliginosum.    Bog  Bedstraw.  4. 

■ paiustre.   Marsh  Bedstraw.  12. 


XL.— VALERIANACEiE. 

The  Valerian  Tribe. 

Valeriana  officinalis.     Valerian.     10. 

dioica.     Marsh  V.     9. 

Valerianella  oiitoria.  Lamb'sLettuee.  8. 
dentata.     Field  L.  L.     7. 

XLL— DIPSACACEiE. 

The  Teasel  Tribe. 
Dipsacns  sylvestris.    Wild  Teasel.    12. 

pilosa.     Hairy  Teasel.     4. 

Knautia  arvensis.    Field  Scabious.  10. 
Scabiosa  succisa.     Devil's  Bit.     11. 
Columbaria.  SmaliScabious.4. 

XLII.— COMPOSITE. 

The  Thistle,  Daisy,  and  Chamomile 
Tribe. 

Enpatorium  Cannabinum.  Hemp  Agri- 
mony.    G. 

Petasitcs  vulgaris.     Butter  Bur.     12. 

Tussilago  Farfara.     Coltsfoot.     12. 

Erigeron  acris.     Fleabane.     3. 

Bcllis  perennis.    Daisy.     12. 

Solidago  Virgaurea.     Golden  Rod.     2. 

Inula  Helenium.*     Elecampane.     2. 

Conyza.Plouglnnan'sSpikcnard.2 

Pulicaria  vulgaris.     Fleabane.     3. 

dysenteries.  Small  Elecam- 
pane.    12. 

Bidens  tripartita.     Bur  Marigold.    10. 

cernua.     Drooping  B.  M.     G. 

Antliemis  arvensis.  CornCbamoniile.4. 

Cotula.  May  Weed.  Stink- 
ing Chamomile.     10. 

nobilis.  True  Chamomile.  2. 

Achillea  Ptarmioa.     Snccaewort.     11. 

Millefolium.  Milfoil.  Yar- 
row.    12. 

Chrysanthemum  Leucanthemum.  Ox 
Eye.     12. 

segetum.  Corn  Mari- 
gold.    11. 


Matricaria  Farthenium.   Feverfew.  10. 

inodora.      Scentless  Fever- 
few.    12. 

Chamomilla.    Wild  Chamo- 
mile.    11. 

Artemisia  Absinthium.  Wormwood.  5. 

vulgaris.     Mugwort.     9. 

Tanacetum  vulgare.     Tansy.     10. 

Filago  Germanics.     Cudweed.     8. 

minima.     Least  Cudweed.     4. 

Gnaphalium  uliginosum.     Marsh  Cud- 
weed.    11. 

sylvaticum.     Wood  Cud- 
weed.    3. 

Antennaria  dioica. MountainCudweed.l. 

Senecio  vulgaris.     Groundsel.     12. 

■  sylvaticus.  Wood  Groundsel.  6. 

erucifolius.     Narrow  -  leaved 

Ragwort.     12. 

Jacoboea.     Ragwort.     11. 

aquations.  Water  Ragwort.  12. 

Carlina  vulgaris.     Carline  Thistle.  4. 
Arctium  majus.     Burdock.     12. 

minus.     Lesser  Burdock.     9. 

Sorratula  tincioria.  Saw  Wort.  9. 
Centaurea  nigra.  Knapweed.  12. 
Cyanus.     Blue  Bottle.     4. 

-  Scabiosa.  Great  Centaury.  8. 

Onopordum  Acanthium.*      Cotton 
Thistle.     1. 

Cardans  nutans.     Musk  Thistle.     12. 

crispus.     Curled  Thistle.   12. 

tenuiflorus.    Slender-flowered 

Thistle.     3. 

lanceolatos.     Spear  T.     12. 

criophorus.     Woolly-headed 

Thistle.     10. 

arvensis.  CreepingThistle.  12. 

palustris.    Marsh  Thistle.   12. 

pratensis.     GentleTliistle.    2. 

acauiis.     Dwarf  Thistle.     5. 

•heterophyllus.MelancholyT.2. 

Silybum  Marianum.*    Milk  Thistle.  1. 

Lapsana  communis.     Nipplewort.    12. 

Arnoseris  pusilla.  Dwarf  Nipplewort.  2. 

Cichorium  Intybus.     Succory,  or  Chi- 
cory.    4. 

Hynochccris  radicata.     Cat's-ear.     12. 

Thrincift  hirta.     Hairy  Hawkbit.    12. 

Apargia  hispida.    Rough  Hawkbit.  12. 

■ autumnalis.   Autumnal  Hawk- 
bit.    12. 

Tragopogon  minor.      Lesser  Goat's- 
beard.     12. 

pratensis.   McadowGoat's- 

beard.     2.  0. 

porrifolins.*     Salsafy.    1. 

Picris  Hieracio'idcs.     Hawkweed  Ox- 
tongue.    G. 

Helminthia  Echioi'des.     Ox-tongue.  7. 


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71 


Lactnca  Saligna.  Least  Lettuce.  2.  0  ? 

virosa.     Wild  Lettuce.     5. 

muralis.     Wall  Lettuce.     4. 

Leontodon  Taraxacum.  Dandelion.  12. 

palustre.     Marsh  D.     4. 

Sonchus  oleraceus.     Sow  Thistle.    12. 

asper.     Prickly  S.  T.     12. 

arvensis.     Field  S.  T.     12. 

palustris.     Marsh  S.  T.  1.0? 

Crepis  setosa.*    BrisfcIyHawk'sbeard.2. 

virens.     Common  H.     12. 

biennis.     Biennial  H.     2. 

paludosa.     Marsh  H.     1. 

Hieracium  Pilosella.     Mouse  ear.     12. 

murorum.WallHawkweed.l. 

vulgatum.     Wood  H.     6. 

borcale.     Northern  H.     7. 

i tridentatum.  Three-toothed 

Hawkweed.     1. 
umbellatum.  Narrow  leaved 

Hawkweed.     5. 

XLIIL— CAMPANULACE^. 

The  Bell-flower  Tribe. 

Iasiono  montana.    Sheep's  Scabious.  4. 

Campanula  glomerata.    Clustered  Bell- 
flower.     2. 

latifolia.      Throatwort. 

Giant  Bellflower.     6. 

Trachelium.     Throatwort. 

Nettle-leaved  Bellflower.  1. 

Rapunculoi'des.-i-    Creeping 

Bells.     1. 

rotundifolia.  HarvestBells. 

Hare  BeUs.     11. 

patula.     Spreading  B.     1. 

Specularia  hybrida.     Venus's  Looking 
Glass,     a. 

XLIV.— ERICACEAE. 

The  Heath  Tribe. 
Calluna  vulgaris.  Ling.  6. 
Erica  Tetralix.  Cross  leaved  Heath.  4. 

cinerea.     Heath.     3. 

Vaccinium  Myrtillas.    Bilberry.  Whor- 
tleberry.    4. 

XLV.— AQUIFOLIACEiE. 

The  Holly  Tribe. 
Ilex  Aguifolium.     Holly.     9. 

XLVL— OLEACE^. 

The  Olive  Tribe. 
Ligustrum  vulgare.     Privet.     12. 
Fraxinus  excelsior.     Ash.     12. 

XL  VII.—  APOCYNACE^l. 

The  Dogsbane  Tribe. 
Vinca  minor.     Small  Periwinkle.     2. 
major.*    Great  Periwinkle.    1. 


XLVIII.-GENTIANACE^. 

The  Gentian  Tribe. 
Chlora  perfoliata.     Yellow  Wort.     2. 
E17thra3aCeutaurium.RedCentaury.lO. 
GentianaAmarella.AutumnalGentian.5. 

campestris.     Heath  G.     1. 

Pneumonanthe.     Calathian 

Violet.     1. 
Menyanthes  tritbliata.     Buckbean,  or 
Bogbean.     6. 

XLLX.— POLEMONIACEiE . 

The  Greek  Valerian  Tribe. 
Polemonium  cceruleum.     Jacob's  Lad- 
der.    2. 

L .— CON  VOLVUL  ACEiE . 
The  Bindiveed  Tribe. 
Couvolvulus  arvensis.      Field  Bind- 
weed.    12. 

sepium.  HedgeBindweed. 

12. 
Cuscuta  Europoea.    Dodder.     2. 

Epithyinum.  SmallDodder.  1. 

Epilinum.*     Flax  Dodder.  1. 

Trifolii.*     Clover  Dodder.  1. 


LL— BORAGINACE^E . 
The  Borage  Tribe. 
Cynoglossum  ofhciuale.      Hound's- 

Tongue.     5. 
Borago  officinalis,  t     Borage.     3. 
Anchusa  officinalis.*     Alkanet.     2. 
Lycopsis  arvensis.     Bugloss.     5. 
Symphytum  officinale.     Comfrey.     11. 
tuberosum.*      Tuberous 

Comfrey.     1. 
Echium  vulgare.     Viper's  Bugloss.    5. 
Pulmonaria  officinalis.     Lungwort.    2. 
Lithospermum  officinale.     Gromwell, 

or  Graymill.     G. 

arvense.     Field  G.    10. 


My osotis  palustris.  Forget-rne-noi.  12. 

repens.     Creeping  F.     1. 

crespitosa.     Pond  F.     12. 

sylvatica.  Wood  Forget-me- 
not.     3. 

arvensis.     Field  F.     12. 

collina.    Wall  F.     2. 

versicolor.     Yellow  and  Blue 

Forget-me-not.     6. 

LIL— SOLANACE^. 

The  Nightshade  Tribe. 
Solanum  nigrum.  GardenNightshade.2. 
Dulcamara.   Bitter-sweet.  12. 


Atropa  Belladonna.  +      Deadly  Ni  ht- 

shade.     2. 
Hyoscyamus  niger.     Henbane.     7. 
Datura  Stramonium.*  Thorn  Apple.  5. 


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ORDER  LIIL— OROBANCHACEiE. 

The  Broom-rape  Tribe. 
Orobanche  major.     Broom-rape.     2. 

Hederao.     Ivy  B.     1. 

Lathrrca  squamaria.     Tooth-wort.     1. 

LIV.— SCROPHUL  ARIACEyE . 

The  Fig  Wort  Tribe. 
Verbascum  Thapsus.  WhiteMullein.  8. 
nigrum. 


Digitalis  purpurea. 

Antirrhinum  majus. 

Linaria  Cymbalaria. 

dragon. 


Black  Mullein.  2. 
Foxglove.     5. 

Snapdragon.  3. 
:  Ivy-leaved  Snap- 
5. 
—  minor.     Small  Snapdragon.  1. 

Elatine.     Sharp-leaved  Fluel- 

lin.     5. 

spuria.     Round-leaved  F.     1. 

vulgaris.     Toad  Flax.     7. 

Scrophularia  nodosa.     Knotted  Fig- 
wort.     11. 

aquaiica.     Water  F.     12. 

Limosella  aquatica.     Mudvvort.     2. 

Melampyrum  pratensc.     Cow-wheat.  4. 

Pedicularis  palustris.     Marsh  Louse- 
wort.     4. 

sylvatica.     Heath  Louse- 
wort.     Red  Rattle.     10. 

Rhinanthus  Crista-galli.  Yellow  R.  12. 

major.     Great  Y.  R.     1. 

Euphrasia  officinalis.    Eye-bright.  12. 

Odontites.     Red  E.     12. 

Veronica  scutellata.  Bog  Speedwell.  7. 

Auagallis.     Water  S.     12. 

■ ■ —  Beccabunga.    Brooklime.  12. 

Ckamrcdrys.      Germander 

Speedwell.     12. 

montana.  Wood  Speedwell.  4. 

, officinalis.     Heath  S.     9. 

-  Bwrpyllifblia.      St.  Paul's  Be- 

tony.     12. 

arvensis.  Wall  Speedwell.  12. 

■ agrestis.  FieldSpcedwell.  12. 

. —  polita.     Grey  Speedwell.     7. 

. Bnxbauraii.   Bnxbaum's  S.  5. 

i hederifolia.  Ivy-leaved  S.  11. 


LV.— LABIATE. 

The  Bead  Nettle  Tribe. 
Mentha  sylvestris.     Horse  Mint.     5. 

viridis.*     Spear  Mint.     2. 

piperita.     Pepper  Mint.     5. 

aquatica.  CoinmonWildM.  12. 

sativa.     Whorled  Mint.     5. 

rubra.     Red  Mint.     3. 

gentilis.     Bushy  Red  Mint.  2. 

acutifolia.  Narrow-leavedM.  2, 

pratensis.     Slender  Mint.     1. 

arvensis.     Field  Mint.     11. 

Tulegium.    Penny  Royal.    3, 


Lycopus  Europrcus.     Gipsy-wort.    11. 

Salvia  Verbenaca.     Wild  Clary.     4. 

Origanum  vulgare.     Marjoram.     3. 

Thymus  Serpyllum.  Wild  Thyme.  12. 

Calamintha  Nepeta.  LesserCalamint.  2. 

officinalis.     Calamint.     5. 

Aciuos.     Basil-thyme.    2. 

Clinopodium.     Wild  Ba- 
sil.    10. 

Melissa  officinalis.*     Balm.     2. 

Scutellaria  galericulata.  Skull-cap.  11. 

minor.   LesserSkull-cap.  1. 

Prunella  vulgaris.     Slough-heal.   Self- 
heal.     12. 

Nepeta  Cataria.     Cat  Mint.     6. 

Glechoma.     Ground  Ivy.     12. 

Melittis  Melissophyllum.       Bastard 
Balm.     1. 

Lamium  amplexicaule.      Henbit  Dead 
Nettle.     8. 

incisum.    Cut-leaved  D.  N.  5. 

purpureum.     Red  D.  N.    12. 

album.     White  D.  N.     12. 

Galeobdolon.  Weasel- snout.9. 

Leonurus  Cardiaca.+     Motherwort.  2. 

GaleopsisLadanum.RedHemp-nettle.4. 

Tetrahit.     Hemp-nettle.    12. 

■ •  versicolor.      Large-flowered 

Hemp-nettle.     1. 

Stachys  Betonica.     Betony.     12. 

sylvatica.      Hedge  Wound- 
worth.     12. 

palustris.     Marsh  W.     9. 

ambigua.     Doubtful  W.     3. 

arvensis.     Field  W.     5. 

Ballota  nigra.     Black  Horehound.    12. 

Marrubium  vulgare.     Horehound.     4. 

Teucrium  Scorodonia.    Wood  Sage.  5. 

Aiuga  reptans.     Bugle.     10. 

LVL— VERBENACEZE. 

The  Vervain  Tribe. 
Verbena  officinalis.     Vervain.     5. 

LVIL— LENTIBULARIACEiE. 

The  Butterwort  Tribe. 
Pinguecula  vulgaris.     Butterwort.     3. 
Utricularia  vulgaris.     Bladderwort.  4. 

LVIIL— PRIMULACEyE. 

The  Primrose  Tribe. 

Primula  vulgaris.     Primrose.     11. 

veris.     Cowslip.     11. 

Hottonia  palustris.     Water  Violet.     4. 

Lysimachia  vulgaris.     Yellow  Loose- 
strife.    5. 

Nummularia.    Herb  Two- 
pence.    9. 

■ —  nemorum.     Wood  Loose- 
strife.   7. 


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Anagallis  arvensis.     Pimpernel.     12. 

ccerulea.     Blue  P.     1. 

tenella.     Bog  P.     3. 

Sainolus  Valerandi.     Brook  Weed.    4. 

ORDER  LXX.— PLUMB  AGINE^. 

The  Thrift  Tribe. 
Arnieria  maritima.     Thrift.     1.0? 

LX.—  PLANTAGINACEiE. 
The  Plantain  Tribe. 
Plantago  Coronopus.     Buck's  -  horn 
Plantain.     4. 

lanceolata.     Ribwort.     12. 

major.     Plantain.     12. 

media.     Hoary  P.     12. 

Littorella  lacustris.     Shore  Weed.     2. 

LXL— CHENOPODIACE^3. 

The  Gooscfoot  Tribe. 
Chenopodium  polyspermum.  AUSeed.5. 
olidum.+  StinkingGoose- 

foot.     1.  0? 

■ urhicum.    Upright  G.  1. 

album.     White  G.     12. 

ficifolium.     Fig  leaved 

Goosefoot.     3. 

murale.     Wall  G.     2. 

rubrum.     Red  G.     10. 

1 Bonus  Henricus.    Good 

King  Harry.     11. 
Atriplex  angustifolia.     Narrow  -  leaved 

Orache.     12. 

erecta.     Upright  Orache.     7. 

delto'idea.     Triangular  O. 

hastata.    Broad-leaved  0.  11. 

LXIL— POLYGONACE^S. 

The  Dock  Tribe. 

Rumex  maritimus.  Salt  marsh  Dock.  4. 

palustris.     Marsh  Dock.   3.  0  ? 

conglomerate.     Sharp  D.    12. 

sanguineus.     Bloody  -  veined 

Dock.     4. 

viridis.     Green-leaved  D.     12. 

pulcher.     Fiddle  D.     2. 

■ obtusifolius.     Broad  -  leaved 

Dock.     12. 

pratensis.     Meadow  Dock.     5. 

crispus.     Curled  Dack.     12. 

Ilydrolapathum.     Great  Water 

Dock.     5. 

Acetosa.     Sorrel.     12. 

i Acetosella.   Sheep's-sorrel.   11. 

Polygonum  Bistorta.     Bistort.   Snake- 
weed.    3. 

■ amphibium.       Floating 

Persicary.     12. 

lapathifolium.      Rough- 
stalked  Persicary.     12. 


Polygonum  laxum.  Loose-spiked  Per- 
sicary.    2. 

Persicaria.  CommonP.  12. 

Hydropiper.  Biting  P.  11. 

minus.     Small  P.     1. 

'  aviculare.    Knotgrass.  12. 

Convolvulus.  Black  Bind- 
weed.    12. 

LXIIL— THYMEL^  ACE^ . 

The  Spurge-laurel  Tribe. 
Daphne  Laureola.    Spurge  Laurel.    C. 

LXIV.— ARISTOLOCHIACEiE. 

The  Birth-wort  Tribe. 
Avistolochia  Clematitis.*   Birthwort.  1. 
Asarum Europium.*  Asarabacca.  1.0? 

LXV.— EMPETRACE^E. 

The  Cr ow -berry  Tribe. 
Empetrum  nigrum.     Crow-berry.     1. 

LXVL— EUPHORBIACEiE. 

The  Spurge  Tribe. 
Buxus  sempervirens.*     Box.     9. 
Euphorbiallelioscopia.  SunSpurge.  10. 

Amygdaloi'des.    Wood  S.   2. 

Lathyris.*  Caper  Spurge.  1. 

Peplus.    Petty  Spurge.    12. 

exigua.    Dwarf  Spurge.  12. 

Mercurialisperennis.  Dog'sMercury.  9. 

LXVIL— CERATOPHYLL  AC;E . 

The  Horn  Wort  Tribe. 
Ceratophyllum  demersum.  Hornwort.  6. 

submersum.  Unarmed. 

Hornwort.     1.  0.  ? 

LXVIIL— CALLITRICHACEiE. 

The  Water  Star  Wort  Tribe. 
Callitriche  verna.   Water  Starwort.  12. 
platycarpa.     Broad  •  fruited 

Water  Starwort.     9. 
pedunculata.     Stalk-fruited 

Water  Starwort.     1. 
—  autumnalis.      Autumnal. 

Water  Starwort.     1. 

LXIX.— URTIC  ACE.& . 

The  Nettle  Tribe. 
Parietaria  officinalis.     Pellitory-of-the- 

Wall.     12. 
Urtica  urens.  Small  StingingNettle.  12. 

dioica.     Great  S.  N.     12. 

Humulus  Lupulus.     Hop.     12. 
Ulmus  campestris.     Elm.     12. 

suberosa.     Cork  barked  E.     4. 

glabra.     Smooth  Elm.     3. 

montana.    Wych  Elm.     11, 


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BOTANY    OF    LEICESTERSHIRE. 


ORDER  LXX.— AMENTACE.E. 

The  Willow  Tribe. 
Saiix  pentandra.     Bay-leaved  W.     4. 

tVagilis.     Crack  Willow.     11. 

Ilusselliana.     Bedford  W.     1. 

alba.     White  Willow.     12. 

vikllina.*     Golden  Osier.     4. 

triandra.     Triandrous  W.     9. 

Helix.     Rose  Willow.     2. 

viminalis.     Common  Osier.     11. 

Smitbiana.     Silky  Osier.     7. 

acuminata.     Pointed  Osier.     2. 

aquatica.     Water  Sallow.     12. 

aurita.     Round- eared  S.     5. 

Caprwa.     Common  Sallow.     11. 

fnsca.     Heath  Willow.     3. 

procumbens.     Prostrate  Heath. 

Willow.     1.  0? 
Populus  alba.     White  Poplar.     3. 


Populus  cancscens.     Crey  Poplar.     5. 

tremula.     Aspen.     12. 

—  nigra.     Black  Poplar.     3. 


Betula  alba.     Birch.     9. 

glutinosa.     Hairy  Birch. 

Alnus  glutinosa.     Alder.     10. 
Fagus  sylvatica.+     Beech.     11. 
Castanea  vulgaris.*     Chesnut. 
Quercua  Robnr.     Oak.     12. 
■ sessiliflora.    Durmast  Oak.  3. 


Corylus  Avellana.     Hazel  Nut.     12. 
Carpinus  Betulus.*     Hornbeam.     G. 

LXXL— CONIFERS. 

The  Fir  Tribe. 
Taxug  baccata.*     Yew.     3. 
Juniperus  communis.*     Juniper.     1. 
Pinus  sylvestris.*     Scotch  Fir.     1. 


CLASS   H.— MONOCOTYLEDONES,  on  ENDOGENjE. 

Cephalanthera  ensifolia.  Narrow-leaved 
Heileborine.     1.  0? 


LXXIL— TRILLI  ACE  JE . 

The  Herb  Paris  Tribe. 
Paris  quadrifolia.     Herb  Paris. 

LXXIIL— DIOSCORACE^. 

The  Yam  Tribe. 
Tamus  communis.     Black  Bryony. 

LXXIV.— HYDROCHARID  ACE/E . 

The  Frog-bit  Tribe. 
Hydrochavis  Morsus-ranra.     Frog-bit. 
Anacharis  Alsinastrum.     Canal  Weed. 

LXXV.— ORCHID  ACE  JE . 
The  Orchis  Tribe. 
Orchis  Morio.     Fool's  Orchis.     10. 

mascuia.     Early  Purple  O.     9. 

■ ustulata.     Brown-winged  0.  2. 

■ maculata.     Spotted  Orchis.  12. 

latifolia.     Marsh  Orchis.     8. 

pyramidalis.     Pyramidal  0.    2. 

Cymnadcnia  Conopsea.  Fragrant  0.  G. 
Habenaria  viridis.     Frog  Orchis.     5. 
. bifolia.  LesserButterflvO.  1. 

cblorantha.     Great  B.  0.  7. 

Ophrys  apifera.     Bee  Orchis.     4. 
Spiranthes  antumnalia.      Our  Lady's 

Tresses.     1. 

Listera  ovata.     Tway blade.     10. 

Ncottia  Nidus-avis.     Bird's  Nest.     3. 

Epipactia  latifolia.    Broad-leaved  Hei- 
leborine.    11. 

1  media.     Intermediate  II.  1. 

palustris.     Marsh  II.     1. 

Cephalanthera  grandillora.  LargeWbite 

Heileborine.     1.0? 


LXXVL— IRIDACE^E . 

The  Flag,  or  Floiver-de-Luce  Tribe. 
Iris  Pseudacorus.     Yellow  Flag.     10. 

fcotidisshna.     Foetid  Iris.     Roast 

Beef.     2. 
pumila.     Dwarf  Iris.*     1. 

LXXVIL— AMARYLLIDACEZE . 

The  Daffodil  Tribe. 
Narcissus  Pseudo-narcissus. +      Daf- 

lodil.     3. 
Oalanthus  nivalis.*     Snowdrop.     2. 

LXXVIIL— ASPARAGACEyE. 

The  Asparagus  Tribe. 
Convallaria  Maialis.      Lily  of  the 

Valley.     3. 
multiilora.      Solomon's 

Seal.     2. 
Ruscus  aculeatus.  Butcher's  Broom.  1. 

LXXIX.— LILI  ACEiE . 

The  Lily  Tribe. 
Tnlipa  sylvestris.*     Wild  Tulip.     1. 
Fritiilaria  Meleagris.-i-      Fritiilary. 

Suake's-hcad.     1. 
Lilium  Martagon.*    Martagon  Lily.  2. 
Ornithogalum  umbellatum.*     Star  of 

Bethlehem.     1. 


nutans.*   Drooping  Star 

ofBetblehem.     1. 
Allium  vineale.     Crow  Garlic.     3. 
ursinum.BearGarlic.Ramsons.3 


FLOWERING  PLANTS  AND  FERNS. 


Hyacinthus  non-scriptus.     Blue  Bell. 

Hare  Bell.     10. 
Muscari  racemosum.*  StarchHyacinth.l 

ORDER  LXXX.— COLCHICACEiE. 

The  Meadow  Saffron  Tribe. 
Colcbicurn  autumnale.     Meadow  Saf- 
fron.    3. 
Tofieldia  palustris.      Scottish  Aspho- 
del.    1.  0? 

LXXXI.— JUNCACEiE. 
The  Rush  Tribe. 
Juncus  effusus.     Soft  Rush.     12. 

conglomerate.  HardRush.  11. 

. glaucus.     Grey  Rush.     12. 

diffusus.     Hoppe's  Rush.     11. 

obtusiflorus.      Blunt-flowered 

Jointed  Rush.     4. 
acutillorus.      Sharp-flowered 

Jointed  Rush.     11. 
lamprocarpus.      Bright- fruited 

Jointed  Rusk.     12. 
supiuus.      Prostrate  Jointed 

Rush.     5. 
squarrosus.      Moss  Rush. 

Goose  Corn.     4. 

■ ccenosu3.     Salt-marsh  Rush.  1. 

■ compressus.   Compressed  R.  2. 

■  bufonins.     Toad  Rush.     12. 


Luzula  sylvatica.  Great  Wood- Rush.  6. 

pilosa.     Hairy  Wood  Rush.  7. 

campestris.      Meadow  Wood 

Rush.     Sweep.     11. 
multifiora.      Dense-flowered 

Wood  Rush.     6. 

LXXXIL— ALISMACEiE. 

The  Water  Plantain  Tribe. 
Alisma  Plantago.    Water  Plantain.  12. 
Ranunculoi'des.     Lesser  Water 

Plantain.     2.       . 
Sagittaria  sagittifolia.  Arrow-head.  12. 
Butomus  umbellatus.      Flowering 

Rush.     10. 
Triglochiu  palustre.     Arrow  Grass.  6. 

LXXXIII.— T  YPH  ACE  JE . 

The  Bullrush  Tribe. 

Typha  latifolia.  Cat's-tail.BullRush.12. 

angustifolia.      Narrow-leaved 

Cat's-tail.     7. 
Sparganium  ramosum.    Bur  Reed.  12. 

simplex.   Smaller  B.  R.  8. 

natans.   Floating  B.  R.  1. 

LXXXIV.— ARACE  JE . 

The  Arum  Tribe. 
Acorus  Calamus.     Sweet  Rush.     7. 
Arum  maculatum.  Lords  &  Ladies.  10. 


LXXXV.— LEMNACE^. 

The  Duck-weed  Tribe. 
Lcmna  trisnlca.      Ivy  -  leaved  Duck 
Weed.     11. 

.minor.     Lesser  Duckweed.  12. 

polyrrhiza.     Greater  D.     7. 

gibba.     Thick-leaved  D.     5. 


LXXXVI.  -  POTAMOGETONACEiE . 

The  Pond-weed  Tribe. 

Potamogeton  natans.     Floating  Pond 
Weed.     12. 

oblongus.     Swamp  P.  3. 

rufescens.  Reddish  P.  4. 

heterophyllus.     Various- 
leaved  Pond  Weed.     2. 

lucens.     Shining  P.     10. 

perfoliatus.      Thorough- 
Wax  Pond  Weed.     10. 

crispus.     Curled  P.     12. 

zosteroGfolius.      Grass 

Wrack  Pond  Weed.     6. 

gramineus.  Grassy  P.  4. 

compressus. 


Flat-stalked 
Pond  Weed. 
—  pusillus.     Small  P.     5. 
—  flabellatus.  Fan-likeP.  6. 
pectinatus.  Fennel  leaved 


Pond  Weed. 

densus.     Crowded  P.    G. 

Zannichellia  palustris.    Horned  P.  10. 

LXXXVIL— C  YPERACEiE . 

The  Sedge  Tribe. 
Schccnus  nigricans.      Black  Bog 

Rush.     1.  0? 
Rhynchospora  alba..  White  P.  R.  1.  0  ? 
Eleocharis  palustris.       Marsh    Spike 

Rush.     12. 

multicaulis.    Bog  S.  R.    2. 

acicularis.     Needle  S.R.  2. 

Scirpus  sylvaticus.  WoodClubRush.  9. 
1  lacustris.     Bull  Rush.     Chair 

Rush.     12. 
csespitosus.      Scaly  -  stalked 

Spike  Rush.     1.  0? 
pauciflorus.      Few  -  flowered 

Spike  Rush.     1. 

fluitans.     Floating  S.  R.     3. 

setaceus.     Bristle  S.  R.     5. 

Eriophorum  angustifolium.      Cotton 

Grass.     3. 
latifolium .     Broad  -  leave  1 

Cotton  Grass.     1.  0? 
vaginatum.      Hare's  Tail 

Cotton  Grass.     1.  0? 
Carex  dioica.     Dioecious  Sedge.     3. 

pulicaris.     Flea  Sedge.     6. 

disticha.     Soft  Brown  Sedge.  4. 

vulpina.     Great  Prickly  S.    12. 


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Carex  muricata.     Prickly  Sedge.     11. 

divulsa.      Grey  Sedge.     6. 

paniculata.  GreatCompoundS.  4. 

remota.     Remote-spiked  S.     8. 

— stellulata.    Lesser  Prickly  S.  4. 

curta.     White  Sedge.     1. 

ovalis.     Oval-spiked  Sedge.   10. 

acuta.     Sharp-spiked  Sedge.    G. 

vulgaris.     Tufted  Sedge.     6. 

pallescens.     Pale-spiked  S.     5. 

panicea.     Pink-leaved  S.     8. 

strigosa.     Striated  Sedge.     3. 

pendula.     Great  Drooping  S.  4. 

precox.     Early  Sedge.     8. 

pilulifera.     Pill-bearing  S.     5. 

glauca.     Glaucous  S.     12. 

flava.     Yellow  Sedge.     5. 

Q3deri.     Gilder's  Sedge.     5. 

fulva.     Tawny  Sedge.     2. 

binervis.     Heath  Sedge.     4. 

laevigata.     Smooth  Sedge.     1. 

sylvatica.     Wood  Sedge.     8. 

filiforrnis.     Narrow-leaved  S.  1. 

hirta.     Hairy  Sedge.     12. 

Pseudo-cyperus.   False  cyperus. 

Sedge.     6. 

ampullacea.    Flask-fruited  S.  5. 

vesicaria.    Bladder  fruited  S.  6. 

paludosa.     Small  River  S.     7. 

riparia.    Great  River  Sedge.  10. 


LXXXVIIL— GRAMINACEiE. 

The  Grass  Tribe. 

Phalaris  Canaricnsis.  Canary  Grass.  2. 

arundinacea.    Reed  C.  G.  12. 

Anthoxanthum  odoratum.      Sweet- 
scented  Vernal  Grass.  12. 

Phleum  pratense.  Cat's-tail,orTimothy 
Grass.     12. 

Alopecurus  pratensis.  Fox-tailGrass.12. 

geniculatus.     Knee-jointed 

Fox-tail  Grass.     12. 

. fulvus.     Tawny-anthcred 

Fox-tail  Grass.     1. 

agrestis.     Field  F.  G.     11. 

Milium  offusum.     Millet-grass.     8. 

Agrostis  canina.  Brown  Bent  Grass.  7. 

vulgaris.  FineBentGrass.il. 

alba.     WhiteB.G.  Quitch.  12. 

Arundo  Calamagrostis.     Small  Wood 
Reed.     4. 

Epigeios.'  Great  Wood  Reed.  6. 

Phragmites  communis.  Common  R.  11. 

Aira  crcspitosa.     Hassock  Grass.     12. 

flexuosa.     Wavy  Hair  Grass.     5. 

caryophyllea.      Silvery  H.  G.     7. 

pra3cox.     Early  Hair  Grass.  6. 

Trisetum  ilavcscens.    Yellow  OatG.  12. 
Avena  fatua.     Wild  Oat.     Haver.     8. 

■  strigosa.*  Bristle-pointedOat.  1. 


Avena  pratensis.  Meadow  Oat  Grass.  4. 

pubescens.  Downy  Oat  Grass.  9. 

Arrhenatherum  avenaceum.     Tall  Oat 

Grass.     12. 
Holcus  lanatus.  Woolly  Soft  Grass.  12. 

mollis.  Creeping  SoftGrass.  10. 

Triodia  decumbens.     Prostrate  Heath 

Grass.     10. 
Koehleria  cristata.    Crested  Hair  G.  7. 
Melica  uniilora.    Wood  Melic  Grass.  4. 
Molinia  coerulea.     Purple  M.  G.     6. 
Catabrosa  aquatica.  WaterWhorlG.  10. 
Poa  annua.  Annual  Meadow  Grass.  12. 

nemoralis.     Wood  Meadow  G.    4. 

trivialis.     Rough  Meadow  G.    12. 

pratensis.     Smooth  MeadowG.  12. 

compressa.     Flat  stalked  M.  G.  8. 

Glyceria  aquatica.    Great  Water  Sweet 

Grass.     12. 

fluitans.     Manna  Grass.     12. 

plicata.     Plaited  M.  G.     12. 

Sclcrochloa  distans.      Spreading  Hard 

Grass.     4. 

rigida.     Small  Hard  G.    8. 

Briza  media.     Quaking  Grass.     12. 
Cynosurus  cristatus.    Dog's-tail  G.  12. 

echinatus.+  Prickly  D.G.  2. 

Dactylis  glomerata.  Cock's  foot  G.  12. 
Festuca  bromoi'des.  BarrenFescueG.  6. 

Myurus.   May-fly  Fescue  G.  5. 

■  ovina.     Sheep's  Fescue  G.  10. 

rubra.  Hard  Fescue  Grass.  12. 

gigantea.     Purple  -  spotted 

Fescue  Grass.     12. 

arundinacea.     Reed  F.  G.     G. 

pratensis.     Meadow  F.  G.  12. 

loliacea.     Spiked  FescueG.  10. 

Bromus  erectus.    Upright  Brome  G.  3. 
■  asper.     Rough  Brome  G.     11. 

sterilis.    Barren  Brome  G.  12, 

Serrafalcus  secalinus.  +     Smooth  Rye 

•  Brome  Grass.     1. 

cornmutatus.  DownyBrome 

Grass.     10. 
mollis.     Soft  Brome  G.  12. 

racemosus.MeadowB.G.10. 

Brachypodium  sylvaticum.      False 

Brome  Grass.     11. 
pinnatum.   Heath  False 

Brome  Grass.     4. 
Triticum  caninum.    Dog's  Wheat  G.  9. 

—  repens.    CouchG.  Quitch.  12. 

Lolium  perenne.     Rye  Grass.     12. 

Italicum.*     Italian  Rye  G.     G. 

Linicola.*    Flax  Rye  Grass.    1. 

temulentum.t    Annual  Darnel. 

2.  0? 
Hordcum  pratense.  MeadowBarley.12. 

murinum.    Wall  Barley.  12, 

Nardus  slricta.    Mat  Grass.    7. 


FLOWERING   PLANTS   AND    FERNS, 


77 


CLASS  III.— ACOTYLEDONES,  or  ACKOGENiE. 


LXXXIX.— EQUISETACEiE . 

The  Horsetail  Tribe. 

Equisctum  arvensc.     Common  Horse- 
tail.    12. 

telmateia.     Great  H.     6. 

sylvaticum.     Wood  H.     3. 

limosum.     Smooth  II.    10. 

-palustre.     Marsh  H.     9. 

hyemale.     Dutch  Rushes. 

Shave  Grass.     2. 

XC.— FILICACEiE. 

The  Fern  Tribe. 

Polypodium  vulgare.     Polypody.     10. 
Lastrsea  Thelypteris.    Marsh  Fern.  1. 

Oreopteris.     Heath  Fern.     4. 

Filix-raas.     Male  Fern.     12. 

spinulosa.     Prickly  Fern.     4. 

dilatata.    Broad-leaved  F.    8. 

Polystichum  aculeatum.      Evergreen 

Fern.     10. 
angnlare.     Fine-leaved 

Evergreen  Fern.     3. 
Cystopteris  fragilis.     Bladder  Fern.  1. 


Athyrium  Filixfcemina.   Female  F.  8. 
Asplenium  Adiantum-nigrum.     Black 

Maiden  Hair.     6. 
Trichomanes.     Common 

Maiden  Hair.     6. 

viride.  GreenMaidenllair.l. 

Ruta  Muraria.  Wall  Rue.  8. 

Scolopendriumvulgare.HaTt'sTongue.9 
Blechnum  boreale.     Hard  Fern.     7. 
Pteris  aquilina.     Brake.     10. 
Osmunda  regalis.    Flowering  Fern.  2. 
Botrychium  Lunaria.     Moonwort.     4. 
Ophioglossum  vulgatum.      Adder's 

Tongue.     9. 

XCL— MARSILE  ACEiE . 

The  Pill-wort  Tribe. 
Pilularia  globulifera.     Pill  Wort.     1. 

XCII.-LYCOPODIACE^. 

The  Club-moss  Tribe. 

Lycopodium  clavatum.    Club  Moss.  1. 

Selago.MarshClubMoss.l. 

inundatum.  MarshC.M.  1. 


GEOLOGY  OF  LEICESTERSHIRE. 

An  idea  is  very  commonly  entertained,  that  variety  of  surface  and 
scenery  are  essential  accompaniments  of  geological  development ; 
and  that  a  district  destitute  of  these  must  of  necessity  be  unin- 
structive  to  the  student.  It  will,  however,  be  seen  from  the  following 
sketch,  that  Leicestershire*,  though  it  has  little  to  boast  of  in  romantic 
beauty,  is  by  no  means  deficient  in  geological  interest :  and  that 
any  one  desirous  of  acquiring  a  practical  knowledge  of  the  earth's 
internal  structure,  may  find  within  its  limits  an  ample  field  of  study. 
It  is  true  that  some  of  the  more  'ancient,  as  well  as  some  of  the 
more  modern  formations,  are  entirely  absent  from  this  county ;  but 
there  are  enough  present  to  furnish  the  student  with  examples  of 
rocks  of  every  description.  He  may,  if  his  residence  be  anywhere 
near  the  centre  of  the  county,  find  within  his  reach  both  igneous  and 
sedimentary  formations  ; — tertiary,  secondary,  and  primary  strata  ; 
— Rocks  Azoic,  Palaeozoic,  Mesozo'ic,  and  Kainozoic.  The  following 
tabular  series  of  geological  formations  shows  the  nature  and  order  of 
the  strata  of  Leicestershire,  and  what  formations  are  absent  from 
the  county,  the  latter  being  distinguished  by  italics. 

*  Geology  can  hardly  be  restrained  within  artificial  and  political  boundaries: 
and  we  have  found  it  necessary  to  extend  our  survey  to  some  portions  of  several 
adjoining  counties,  including  the  whole  of  Derbyshire,  south  of  the  Trent. 


78 


GEOLOGY   OF  LEICESTERSHIRE. 


1. 

Recent 

2. 

Post-pleiocene 

3. 

Newer  Pleioecne 

\ 

4. 
5. 

Older  Pleiocene 
Miocene 

iTertiary  or  Kuinozo'ic. 

6. 

Upper  Eocene 

1 

7. 

Middle  Eocene 

8. 

Lower  Eocene 

1 

9.* 

Macstricht  Beds 

> 

■ 

10. 

Upper  Chalk 

11. 

Lower  Chalk 

' 

Cretaceous 

12. 

Upper  Grecnsand 

Formation. 

13. 

Gault  Clay 

14. 

Lower  Grecnsand  i 

15. 

Wealden 

■> 

16. 
17. 

Purbeck 
Portland 

Secondary 

18. 
19. 

Kimmeridgc  Clay 
Coral  Bag 

Jurassic,  or 
,.         Oolitic 

or 
Mcsozoic. 

20. 

Oxford  Clay 

Formation. 

21. 

Great  Oolite 

22. 

Inferior  Oolite 

23. 

Lias 

j 

24. 

Keuper 

i 

Trias,  or  New 

25.* 

Muschelkalk 

Red  Fcrrnatn. 

26. 

Bunter 

J 

27. 

Permian 

- 

28. 
29. 

Coal  Measures 
Carboniferous  Limestone 

Carboniferous 

30. 
31. 

Upper  Devonian 
Lower  Devonian 

] 

Devonian. 

►  Primary,  or 

32. 
33. 

Upper  Silurian 
Lower  Silurian 

1 

j 

Silurian. 

Pakeozoic. 

34. 
35. 

Upper  Cambrian 
Lower  Cambrian 

Cambrian. 

36. 

Porphyry 

' 

37. 
38. 

Greenstone 
Syenite 

-Igneous  Rocks. 

39. 

Granite 

i 

Wo  shall  discuss  the  formations  that  occur  in  Leicestershire  in  an 
order  the  reverse  of  that  in  the  preceding  table  ;  and,  beginning  with 
the  primary  and  associated  Igneous  Rocks,  we  shall  proceed  up- 
wards to  the  most  recent. deposits. 

I. — Cambrian  and  Igneous  Rocks. 
The  centre  of  the  county  of  Leicester  is  occupied  by  a  group  of 
slaty  deposits,  with  associated  masses  of  rock,  showing  unmistakc- 
ably  in  their  structure  the  action  of  intense  heat.  This  district,  as 
might  be  expected  from  its  volcanic  nature,  has  for  the  most  part  a 
poor  and  hungry  soil,  and  was,  therefore,  long  left  in  a  state  of 
nature ;  and  though,  in  consequence  of  an  Act  of  Parliament  passed 
in  the  year  1808,  it  has  been  enclosed  and  partially  cultivated,  it 
still  retains  its  ancient  name  of  Charnwood   Forest.      The   Slate 


*  This  Table  is  adapted  from  Sir  Charles  Lyell. 
with  an  asterisk  are  absent  from  the  British  Isles. 


The  formations  marked 


GEOLOGY    OF   LEICESTERSHIRE.  79 

Rocks  of  Charnwood  are  among  the  oldest  in  the  British  Isles — 
perhaps  the  oldest  of  them  all.  It  is  all  but  certain  that  they  ex- 
ceed in  antiquity  the  Longmynd,  the  oldest  of  the  English  forma- 
tions ;  and  the  slates  of  Llanberis,  the  most  ancient  of  the  Welsh. 
In  fact,  if  there  are  any  British  rocks  older  than  those  of  Charn- 
wood, they  are  probably  the  Gneissic  series  about  Cape  Wrath, 
in  the  extreme  north  of  Scotland.  The  proof  of  this  extreme  an- 
tiquity is  this  : — All  the  rocks  above  mentioned  as  comparable  with 
ours,  contain  fossils,  though  the  oldest  have  hitherto  yielded  only 
low  vegetable  forms  and  one  or  two  zoophytes.  The  rocks  of  Charn- 
wood, however,  are  apparently  destitute  of  all  traces  of  organized 
beings,  the  only  approach  to  such  being  some  obscure  markings  on 
slate  near  Swithland.  These  Mr.  Plant  takes  for  a  coral  of  the 
genus  Favosites ;  but  Professor  Ramsay,  with  greater  probability, 
considers  them  as  the  cast  of  the  marks  left  upon  mud  by  a  sea- 
weed lying  in  the  wash  of  the  tide.  The  Charnwood  Rocks  arc  of 
three  principal  kinds  :  slates,  porphyries,  and  green  stones,  the  first 
greatly  predominating.  These  vary  in  colour  from  the  dull  blue, 
popularly  known  as  slate  colour,  to  a  dirty  whitish  brown.  Some- 
times they  present  a  greenish  grey  tint ;  but  no  really  green  slate 
or  chlorite  schist  occurs  among  them.  In  texture  they  vary  from  a 
coarse  grauwacke,  to  fine  roofing  slate  ;  and  in  composition  they  arc 
in  general  a  clay  slate,  which,  in  one  quarter,  passes  into  a  fine 
grained  quartzose  slate,  and  in  places  is  a  mere  grit  or  grauwacke, 
with  a  slaty  cleavage.  Traces  of  the  original  bedding  of  the  slate 
rocks  may  generally  be  discovered  on  careful  examination.  It  is  in- 
dicated by  the  stripe,  or  coloured  lines,  which  the  face  of  the  rock 
will  often  exhibit.  It  is,  however,  almost  impossible  to  split  these 
rocks  in  the  plane  of  their  original  bedding,  for  the  great  heat  and 
pressure,  combined  with  other  unknown  forces,  which  have  acted  on 
the  original  clay  deposit,  in  converting  it  into  slate,  have  sealed  up 
the  original  bedding  planes,  and  impressed  upon  the  rock  a  cleavage 
or  tendency  to  split  in  certain  directions,  at  tolerably  regular  angles 
with  the  meridian  and  horizon,  but  altogether  independent  of  the 
original  plane  of  stratification,  and  making  all  sorts  of  angles  with 
it.  The  original  stratification,  or  bedding  plane,  of  the  slates,  is 
found  to  dip  in  various  directions  ;  but,  on  the  whole,  the  beds  on 
the  western  side  of  the  forest  clip  to  the  west,  and  those  on  the 
eastern  side  to  the  east.  A  tolerably  straight  line  may  be  drawn 
across  the  forest,  dividing  the  mass  of  the  beds  dipping  east  from 
those  with  a  general  western  dip.  This  line,  therefore,  is  the  An- 
ticlinal axis  of  the  forest.  Its  general  direction  is  from  N.N.W.  to 
S.S.E.,  skirting  the  Blackbrook  valley  on  its  eastern  side,  and 
passing  by  Bawdon  Lodge  down  Lingclale  to  Ilolgate  Lodge,  at  the 
N.E.  extremity  of  Bradgate  Park.  Along  this  line,  the  whole  mass 
of  the  slate  rocks  has  been  upheaved  by  igneous  action  from  below, 
and  the  beds  tilted  from  it  on  both  sides  towards  the  E.N.E.  and 
W.S.W.  In  all  probability,  a  fracture  of  the  strata  took  place  along 
the  anticlinal  line,  and  a  fault,  with  an  upthrow  on  the  AY.,  was  the 


80  GEOLOGY   OP   LEICESTERSHIRE. 

result.  If  so,  the  rocks  on  the  E.  side  of  the  anticlinal  are  of  a 
more  recent  date  than  those  on  the  W.,  and  having  never  lain  at  so 
great  a  depth,  have,  on  the  whole,  suffered  less  from  the  metamor- 
phic  action  of  the  earth's  internal  heat.  It  follows  that  the  lowest 
beds  anywhere  exposed  are  probably  those  which  flank  the  Black- 
brook  and  Lingdale  valleys  on  their  western  sides.  From  the 
high  road  at  Blackbrook  turnpike  gate,  as  far  as  the  Reservoir  and 
Upper  Blackbrook  farm,  the  slates  on  the  west  of  the  anticlinal  are 
quartzose.  This  is  also  the  character  of  a  small  outlying  patch  of 
forest  rock,  situated  between  the  letters  "  Ch"  and  "  arn'  in  the  words 
"Charnwood  Forest  Canal,"  on  the  ordnance  map  :  at  least  of  its 
western  end,  for  the  eastern  is  porphyritic.  Mr.  Jukes*  calls  the 
rock  in  this  quarter  quartz,  and  considers  it  similar  to  the  quartz 
rock  of  Hartshill,  near  Atherstone,  but  this  is  an  error.  Farther  to 
the  S.E.  this  quartzose  slate  passes  into  the  ordinary  clay  slate  with 
coarse  cleavage,  which  is  characteristic  of  the  whole  mass  on  the 
western  side  of  the  anticlinal,  with  the  exception  of  the  extreme 
north-western  portions.  These,  having  been  subjected  to  a  more 
intense  heat,  have  not  merely  been  baked  into  slate,  but  more  or  less 
fused  and  converted  into  porphyry. 

The  Porphyritic  district  commences  at  Gracedieu  and  extends  nearly 
two-and-a-half  miles  to  the  S.E.,  with  an  average  breadth  of  three- 
quarters-of-a-mile.  It  comprehends  the  Whitwick  and  Thringston 
Rocks,  High  Cadman,  High  Sharpley,  Ratchet  and  Great  Gun  Hills, 
Kite  Hill  (the  Monastery),  Pelder  Tor,  High  Towers,  Timberwood 
Hill,  Green  Hills,  &c.  These,  in  their  rugged  craggy  outlines,  present 
a  miniature  representation  of  a  mountain  chain,  especially  when 
viewed  from  the  west  through  a  veil  of  mist.  The  general  character 
of  the  rock  in  this  quarter  is  such  as  to  convey  irresistibly  the  im- 
pression that  it  is  nothing  else  than  the  clay  slate  itself  heated  to  the 
melting  point,  and  then  crystallized  by  cooling.  It  rarely  appears  to 
have  been  in  a  thoroughly  fluid  condition,  so  as  to  flow  like  lava;  the 
traces  of  the  original  bedding  are  sometimes  evident,  though  the  rock 
has  been  transformed  from  a  clay  slate  to  a  true  crystalline  porphyry, 
yet  blocks  of  unmclted  slate  are  found  imbedded  in  melted  matter  ; 
and  again  layers  of  porphyry  alternate  in  some  places  with  unmelted 
but  porcellanized  slate.  It  would  seem  therefore  that  a  series  of  beds 
of  clay  more  or  less  pure,  resembling  the  binds  and  pot  clays  of  the 
coal  measures,  were  first  consolidated  into  slates  and  then  subjected 
in  situ  to  intense  heat  under  pressure.  The  purer  clays  were  in 
consequence  simply  baked  and  porcellanized ;  the  loams  were  rendered 
viscous  by  the  heat,  their  bedding  for  the  most  part  destroyed,  and, 
where  fissures  allowed  of  their  flowing  to  a  small  extent,  they  en- 
veloped in  their  substance  fragments  of  the  less  fusible  rocks.  Under 
these  circumstances  the  boundary  between  the  porphyries  and  the 
unaltered  slates  must  of  course  be  obscure  and  uncertain.  But  both 
at  Whitwick  and  between  Pelder  Tor  and  Green  Hill,  there  are 
evident  beds  of  slate  highly  baked,  yet  not  porphyritized,  over-lying 
the  porphyries  and  dipping  from  them  to  the  west.    These  must  form 


CAMBRIAN  AND  IGNEOUS  ROCKS.  81 

the  uppermost  beds  on  the  western  side  of  the  forest ;  for  at  a  short 
distance  to  the  west  the  Cambrian  Formation  is  bounded  by  a  great 
fault  running  from  N.N.W.  to  S.S.E.,  from  Tickenhall  to  Copt  Oak, 
and  bringing  in  much  more  recent  strata  to  the  westward. 

We  now  pass  to  the  eastern  side  of  the  anticlinal  axis.  The  lowest 
beds  of  this  division  also,  are  those  adjoining  the  anticlinal ;  the 
oldest  of  them  are  probably  not  younger  than  the  uppermost  beds  of 
the  western  division.  On  the  N.,  at  Moorley  Hill,  the  slate  passes 
into  a  grit  or  grauwacke,  which  becomes  finer  southwards.  The 
upper  and  more  eastern  beds  are  also  finer.  At  Whittle  Hill  the 
grain  is  such  as  to  furnish  good  hones  for  sharpening  knives.  About 
Beacon  Hill  the  slate  is  slightly  chloritic  ;  and  further  to  the  S.E.  at 
Swithland,  the  cleavage  is  fine  enough  for  it  to  be  split  for  roofing 
slate.  It  is  not,  however,  so  fine  nor  so  hard  as  the  Welsh  slate, 
which  in  consequence  has  of  late  years  almost  superseded  its  use, 
and  caused  a  closing  of  the  quarries.  At  Groby,  where  the  grain  is 
not  quite  so  fine,  the  slate  is  sawn  into  slabs  for  chimney  pieces, 
tombstones,  cisterns,  dairy-troughs,  and  paving  ilags,  for  all  of  which 
purposes  it  is  well  adapted.  Irregularly  dispersed  among  the  slate 
rocks  of  Charnwood,  or  scattered  along  its  southern  borders,  are 
various  masses  of  greenstone,  syenite,  or  syenitic  greenstone  ;  for  no 
single  one  of  these  names  will  suffice  to  describe  rocks,  which  pass 
gradually  into  one  another  at  different  points  of  the  same  mass.  The 
slate  rocks  which  surround  them  do  not  usually  exhibit  any  evident 
tokens  of  dislocation  and  alteration  by  the  presence  of  these  igneous 
rocks.  Hence,  it  is  not  improbable  that  most  of  them  were  in 
existence  previous  to  the  deposit  about  their  bases  of  the  sediment 
which  has  since  been  converted  into  slate.  The  exterior  portion  of 
some  of  these  passes  into  porphyry,  but  this  does  not  of  necessity 
show  that  the  contact  of  the  melted  matter  porphyritized  the  adjacent 
slates.  It  may  have  been  that  the  outer  parts  of  the  melted  mass 
cooled  more  rapidly  than  the  inner,  and  in  consequence  the  crystalliza- 
tion was  less  perfect.  For  it  is  pretty  certain  that  the  slates,  por- 
phyries, greenstones,  and  syenites,  do  not  materially  differ  in  chemical 
composition,  but  are  merely  modifications  of  the  same  basis,  variously 
affected  by  heat  and  subsequent  more  or  less  gradual  cooling.  All 
of  them  are  ultimately  decomposed  into  clay  when  exposed  to  the 
action  of  the  weather.  In  the  interior  of  the  forest  we  find  rocks  of 
this  description  at  Birch  Wood,  Hammercliffe,  &c,  forming  a  line 
with  the  porphyritic  district  of  Whitwick  and  Thringston.  Another 
line  stretches  at  intervals  from  New  Cliff'  and  Long  Cliff,  by  Bens- 
cliff,  towards  Bradgate  Park.  These  lines  are  roughly  parallel  to  the 
anticlinal,  but  there  are  also  scattered  masses  of  similar  rock  at  Baw- 
don  Castle,  Great  Buck  Hill,  &c.  To  these  must  be  added  the  great 
mass  of  Bardon  Hill  on  the  W.  of  the  forest,  which  exhibits  great 
variety  in  its  composition.  The  central  part  at  the  summit  of  the 
hill  is  a  decided  greenstone,  while  the  quarries  at  its  north-west  foot 
exhibit  close-grained  passing  into  scoriaceous  porphyries,  at  length  at 
the  very  base  of  the  hill  overlaid  by  slates.    Some  porphyritic  dykes 


82  CAMBRIAN    AND    IGNEOUS    ROCKS. 

of  later  age  traversing  the  mass  have  been  thoroughly  decomposed 
into  an  unctuous  red  clay,  in  which  portions  of  the  original  rock  are 
scattered  in  a  state  of  extreme  decay.  The  central  part  of  the 
HammerclifF  Knoll  is  somewhat  syenitic.  Rock  of  a  similar  character 
to  that  of  Bardon  shows  itself  through  the  red  marl  in  two  isolated 
patches  on  the  west  of  the  hill.  One  of  these  is  immediately  above 
the  "o"  of  the  words  "Robin  Butts  F."  on  the  ordnance  map ;  the 
other  lies  immediately  west  of  the  hovel,  marked  at  -i  m.  west  of  the 
railway  on  the  N.  side  of  the  brook  which  crosses  it  between  the  letters 
"c  &  h"  in  the  words  "Leicester  and  Burton  Branch  Railway." 

The  main  masses  of  syenite  or  syenitic  greenstone  extend  at  intervals 
along  the  southern  edge  of  the  forest.  They  are  found  at  Staunton 
Fields,  Cliff  Hill  (with  a  small  isolated  patch  near  it  on  the  S.E.), 
Markficld  Knoll,  Groby,  and  Bradgate.  At  these  places  the  rock 
takes  the  form  of  dome-shaped  hills,  of  which  Markfield  Knoll,  rising 
to  the  height  of  750  feet  is  the  most  conspicuous,  while  others  only 
just  appear  above  the  surrounding  red  marl,  beneath  which  some  of 
them  (especially  those  about  Groby)  are  doubtless  connected.  It  is 
probable  that  similar  rocks  extend  beneath  the  red  marls,  a  long  way 
to  the  S.,  for  rock  of  this  character  was  reached  in  a  boring  118  feet 
deep  at  Baron  Park,  a  little  north  of  the  railway,  6|  m.  from  Leicester 
towards  Burton.  It  occurs  also  in  isolated  knolls  rising  above  the 
red  marl  at  Enderby,  Croft,  Potter's  Marston,  Stony  Stanton  and 
Sapcote.  At  all  these  places  the  rock  is  of  very  similar  character 
being  a  well  crystallized  syenitic  greenstone  of  a  greenish  grey  or 
occasionally  pinkish  hue.  It  is  locally  known  as  granite,  from  which 
it  differs  by  the  absence  of  mica.  A  little  to  the  E.  of  Charnwood 
occur  rocks  of  a  similar  character,  but  occasionally  containing  a 
sufficiency  of  mica  to  allow  of  our  calling  them  granites.  These  are 
found  at  Brazil  Wood  and  Kinchley  Hill,  and  rise  into  considerable 
hills  at  Buddon  Wood  and  Mountsorrel.  At  the  last-named  place  the 
granite  is  extensively  quarried,  and  furnishes  good  blocks  for  pave- 
ments. It  is  largely  exported  to  the  eastward  into  the  Liassic  and 
Oolitic  districts  to  be  broken  up  for  the  roads,  no  good  material  for 
that  purpose  existing  in  those  parts.* 

II. — Carboniferous  Rocks. 

1.  The  Carboniferous  or  Mountain  Limestone. 

Could  the  newer  deposits,  which  flank  Charnwood  on  its  eastern 
and  western  sides,  be  stripped  off,  it  is  probable  that  Silurian  rocks 
would  be  found  resting  on  the  Cambrian  strata,  at  no  great  distance 

*  The  reader  will  do  well  to  provide  himself  with  quarter  sheets  63  N.E  and 
63  N.W.  of  the  Ordnance  Map,  geologically  coloured.  For  a  more  minute 
geological  account  of  the  Cambrian  and  Igneous  Rocks  he  should  consult  Jukes's 
paper  in  Potter's  Charnwood  Forest.  An  elaborate  account  of  their  minera- 
logieal  constitution  may  be  found  in  a  paper  by  W.  Phillips  and  S.  L.  Kent,  in 
the  Annals  of  Philosophy  for  January,  1824.  And  the  rocks  of  Croft,  Enderby, 
&o.,  are  described  by  the  Rev.  Jus.  Yates,  in  the  Geological  Transactions,  2nd 
series  vol.  2,  p.  261. 


GEOLOGY    0¥    LEICESTERSHIRE.  88 

from  the  Forest;  and  these  would  probably  dip  and  increase  in 
thickness  both  ways  from  the  anticlinal  axis.  These  strata,  how- 
ever, never  appear  at  the  surface  in  Leicestershire^  towards  the  W. 
they  first  become  visible  on  the  eastern  borders  of  the  S.  Stafford- 
shire Coalfield;  while  towards  the  E.  they  nowhere  reach  the  sur- 
face in  this  country,  though  there  is  reason  to  believe  that  they  have 
been  reached  in  a  deep  bore-hole  at  Harwich.  These  Silurian  rocks 
are  probably  (in  Leicestershire)  nearly  conformable  to  the  Cambrians 
on  which  they  rest;  and  both  had  probably  been  upheaved  and  de- 
nuded to  a  considerable  extent  during  the  period  occupied  by  the 
deposit  of  the  Devonian  or  Old  Red  Sandstone  formation.  At  this 
epoch  the  Cambrian  and  Silurian  rocks  of  the  Midland  Counties 
probably  stood  above  the  surface  of  the  sea,  so  that  no  deposits  of 
Devonian  age  took  place  upon  them.  Towards  the  conclusion  of  the 
Devonian  period,  a  subsidence  of  this  land  apparently  took  place, 
leaving  a  coast  line  passing  from  the  northern  edge  of  Chamwood 
to  the  N.  of  the  S.  Staffordshire  Coalfield,  and  then  S.W.  to  Devon- 
shire and  Cornwall.  In  the  sea  to  the  N.  of  this  line,  gradually 
grew  up  the  enormous  coral  reefs  constituting  the  great  mass  of  the 
Carboniferous  or  Mountain  Limestone  of  Derbyshire  and  the  north 
of  England.  In  the  county  just  mentioned  the  limestones  and  ac- 
companying beds  attain  a  thickness  of  5000  feet ;  but  they  rapidly 
diminish  in  thickness  to  the  southwards,  and  thin  out  against  the 
coast  line  above  indicated.  How  far  they  extend  in  Staffordshire  is 
uncertain;  but  they  certainly  fail  some  way  to  the  N.  of  Dudley, 
since  Silurian  rocks  are  reached  below  Coal  Measures  in  many  parts 
of  the  S.  Staffordshire  Coalfield.  In  Somersetshire,  as  with  us,  the 
Carboniferous  Limestone  is  thin,  and  seems  on  the  point  of  disap- 
pearing against  a  line  of  ancient  coast  to  the  southward.  At  Grace- 
dieu,  near  the  N.W.  corner  of  Charnwood,  the  limestone  is  seen 
resting  on  the  Cambrian  slates  and  porphyries.  It  is  here  thin  and 
of  an  impure  character,  being  originally  somewhat  earthy,  and  having 
been  partially  altered  since  its  first  deposit  from  a  carbonate  of  lime 
to  a  dolomite  or  magnesian  limestone,  containing  about  equal  parts 
of  lime  and  magnesia.  The  fossils  are  few;  but  what  have  been 
found  leave  no  doubt  of  the  carboniferous  age  of  the  deposit.  At 
Gracedieu  much  of  its  present  exposure  is  artificial,  the  New  Red  for- 
mation having  been  stripped  off  from  a  large  area  in  the  course  of 
ages  of  quarrying.  Northward  the  red  marls  conceal  the  limestone 
till  we  come  to  Osgathorpe,  where  it  is  visible  by  the  brook,  both  N. 
and  S.  of  the  street  of  the  village.  About  half-amile  N.W.  of  Osga- 
thorpe the  limestone  again  appears  as  a  low  eminence  called  Bar- 
row Hill,  and  three  quarters  of  a  mile  still  farther  to  the  N.W.  is  a 
much  larger  exposure  of  the  same  rock,  forming  the  abrupt  hill, 
crested  with  wood,  called  Breedon  Cloud.  Here  also  the  limestone 
is  a  dolomite,  and  much  disturbed,  the  beds  dipping  to  the  W.  at  an 
angle  of  about  60°.  It  is  here  very  evident  that  the  formation  is 
bounded  on  the  N.E.  by  a  fault,  throwing  down  the  limestone  on  that 
side;  for  the  ragged  ends  of  the  broken  strata  are  seen  sticking  up 

f2 


84  GEOLOGY   OF   LEICESTERSHIRE. 

into  the  air,  and  a  few  hundred  yards  in  the  rear  of  the  face  of  the 
hill,  a  valley  is  found  scooped  out  the  red  marls  in  the  line  of  frac- 
ture to  a  depth  o£  two-thirds  of  the  height  of  the  hill.  This  fault 
probably  coincides  with,  and  is,  at  all  events,  roughly  parallel  to  the 
anticlinal  axis  of  Charnwood,  which  also,  as  we  have  seen,  has  pro- 
bably a  downthrow  to  the  N.E.  One  mile  still  farther  to  the  north 
is  another  considerable  exposure  of  the  Carboniferous  Limestone, 
rising,  like  the  last,  as  an  island  out  of  the  surrounding  sea  of  red 
marl,  and  forming  the  conspicuous  hill  on  which  Breedon  Church  is 
erected.  Here,  also,  the  strata  stand  at  high  angles,  and  are  evi- 
dently cut  off  abruptly  on  the  N.E.  by  the  same  fault  which  limits 
Breedon  Cloud  on  the  same  side,  and  of  which  we  find  traces  again 
at  Wilson,  and  perhaps  at  King's  Newton,  where  it  forms  the  north- 
eastern boundary  of  the  Millstone  Grit.  Along  this  line  of  fracture 
all  the  five  exposures  of  the  Carboniferous  Limestone  which  have 
been  mentioned  appear  to  be  arranged.  In  all  of  them  the  rock  is 
dolomitic,  and  the  fossils  chiefly  in  the  state  of  casts.  From  the 
character  of  those  of  Breedon  and  Breedon  Cloud,  it  is  inferred  that 
the  beds  there  found  belong  to  the  middle  of  the  formation.  On  the 
west  of  Breedon  the  Carboniferous  Limestone  is  concealed  by  over- 
lying Ked  Marls  and  Sandstones,  as  also  in  some  places  by  the  Mill- 
stone Grit;  but  in  the  little  valley  called  Dimminsdale,  at  the  N.  end 
of  Staunton  Harold  Park,  it  again  appears  at  the  surface.  Here  we 
have  the  upper  beds  of  the  formation,  as  is  proved  by  the  Limestone 
Shales  and  Millstone  Grit  resting  upon  the  limestone.  It  is  here 
less  dolomitic  than  at  Breedon. 

In  Calke  Park  the  limestone,  as  might  have  been  expected  from 
its  name  [Ad  Calcem,  at  the  lime]  again  shows  itself;  and,  finally, 
at  Tickenhall  a  purer  blue  limestone,  abounding  with  fossils,  is  ex- 
tensively worked.  These  three  patches  again  lie  in  one  line  abutting 
on  a  great  fault,  which  cuts  them  off  on  the  south-west.  The  stratifi- 
cation is  here  apparently  corrugated  at  right  angles  to  the  fault,  the 
interval  from  ridge  to  ridge  being  about  a  mile.  The  same  con- 
formation has  probably  helped  to  produce  the  five  isolated  patches 
previously  described.  A  small  quantity  of  lead  ore  is  extracted  from 
the  limestone  in  Dimminsdale,  but  it  hardly  pays  for  the  working. 
It  is  probable  that  the  Carboniferous  Limestone,  thrown  down  to 
the  N.E.  by  the  Breedon  Fault,  is  continued  beneath  the  New  Red 
formation  all  along  the  northern  edge  of  Charnwood.  It  seems  to 
have  been  lately  reached  in  two  borings  near  Sheepshed,  at  a  depth 
of  150  to  170  yards.  Covered  by  the  Shales  and  Millstone  Grit,  it 
is  probably  continued  under  the  northern  end  of  the  Ashby-de-la- 
Zouch  Coalfield  for  a  considerable  distance  to  the  W. ;  but  in  that 
direction  it  most  probably  thins  out  everywhere  towards  the  S. :  so 
that  the  Coal  Measures  south  of  a  line  drawn  W.S.W.  from  Gracedieu 
rest  in  all  probability  on  Cambrian  or  Silurian  rocks,  without  the  in- 
tervention of  the  Carboniferous  Limestone.  For  the  following  list 
of  fossils  from  the  limestone  we  arc  indebted  to  Mr.  Hull : — 


CARBONIFEROUS    ROCKS. 


Orthoceras  giganteus.   B. 
Bellerophon  opertus.  B. 


Spirifer  duplicicosta.     B. 

subconica.     B. 

papilionacea.     B. 

linguifera.     T. 

glabra.     T. 

rotundata.     T. 

expansa.     T. 

rhomboidea.     T. 

semicircularis.     T. 

bisulcata.     T. 

striata.     B. 


A  — Cephalopoda.* 

Bellerophon  tenuifasciatus.     T. 

B. — Brachiopoda. 

Cyrtina  septosa.     B. 
Producta  scabricula.     T. 

depressa.     T. 

Martini.     T. 

resupiuata.     T. 

gigantea.     T. 

antiquata.     T. 

bemisphoorica.      T. 

Terebratula  acuminata.     T. 
Athyris ?     T. 


Trochus ?     B. 

Euomphalus  Dionysii.     B. 

tabulatus.     B. 

catillus.     T. 


C. — Gasteropoda. 


Euomphalus  carinatus.     T. 
Acroculia  spirata.     B. 
Macrocheilus ?     B. 


D.- 
T. 


-ZoOPHYTA. 

Betepora 


T. 


Zaphreutis  cylindrica.     B. 


Cyathophyllum  basaltiforme. 
Syringopora  geniculata.     T.,  B 
Calamopora  tumida.     T. 

Of  the  E chin o derm ata,  an  Archasocidaris  has  been  found  at  Tick- 
enhall ;  and  several  species  of  Encrinite  both  at  Tickenhall  and 
Breedon.     At  Breedon  Cloud  they  are  found  in  profusion. 

2. — The  Limestone  Shales  or  Yoredale  Rocks. 

The  Limestone  Shales  are  a  series  of  alternating  beds  of  clay, 
sandstone,  and  mudstone,  much  resembling  the  Coal  Measures,  but 
of  marine  origin,  and  occasionally  containing  beds  of  impure  lime- 
stone. Beds  of  this  age  may  be  seen  resting  on  the  limestones  on 
the  E.  side  of  the  Tickenhall  Quarries.  At  Dimminsdale,  they 
attain  a  thickness  of  50  feet,  and  are  capped  by  the  Millstone  Grit. 
At  Breedon  Hill,  Breedon  Cloud,  &c,  not  only  the  shales  but  the 
upper  beds  of  the  limestone  itself  have  been  stripped  off.  But  on 
the  west  side  of  the  Gracedieu  Quarries,  the  shales  may  be  ob- 
served setting  in  over  the  limestones ;  and  the  well  at  the  West 
Lodge  was  sunk  through  10  or  12  yards  of  them.  These  are  all  the 
known  localities  for  this  formation  in  Leicestershire.  Like  the 
Carboniferous  Limestone  itself,  the  Shales  are  here  approaching 
their  southern  limit ;  having  thinned  away  from  2000  feet,  their 
thickness  in  Derbyshire  and  Staffordshire,  to  50  feet  or  less,  where 
last  seen  in  this  county. 


*  Those  marked  T  are  from  the  upper  limestones  at  Tickenhall ;  and  B 
from  the  middle  beds  at  Breedon. 


8G  GEOLOGY   OP   LEICESTERSHIRE. 

3.— The  Millstone  Grit. 

The  Millstone  Grit,  a  coarse  sandstone,  forming  the  base  of 
the  Coal  Measures,  may  be  seen  resting  on  the  limestone  shales  in 
Staunton  Harold  Park.  Thence  it  extends  northwards,  and  occupies 
the  surface  over  about  six  square  miles,  chiefly  in  the  parishes  of 
Tickenhall,  Melbourne,  and  Stanton-by-the-Brigg  in  Derbyshire. 
In  the  direction  of  Breedon  it  is  covered  up  by  the  New  Bed,  but 
appears  as  an  inlier  in  the  hamlet  of  Wilson,  north  of  Breedon  ;  and 
again  at  the  base  of  the  hill  overlooking  the  valley  of  the  Trent  at 
Castle  Donington.  It  is  also  visible  in  the  floor  of  the  road  going 
up  from  Thringston  Mill  to  the  village,  at  no  great  distance  from  the 
point  where  the  Shales  are  seen  for  the  last  time  near  Gracedieu. 
In  the  Melbourne  District  the  Millstone  Grit  is  at  least  200  feet  in 
thickness.  At  the  base  it  is  a  conglomerate,  of  which  the  pebbles 
are  small,  seldom  exceeding  the  size  of  a  walnut,  the  majority  of 
them  being  white  quartz.  It  becomes  finer  upwards,  and  is  then 
quarried  for  building  stone,  troughs,  gate-posts,  rick-props,  &c. : 
and  at  the  top  it  becomes  a  close  fine-grained  sandstone,  of  which 
scythe-stones  are  made  on  Melbourne  Common.  At  Stanton-by-the- 
Brigg  a  bed  occurs  of  a  peculiar  texture,  resembling  pounded  granite 
re-aggregated ;  and  this  perhaps  is  its  real  origin.  This  and  the 
uniform  coarse  rock  which  occurs  at  Repton  Rocks,  are  probably 
not  the  Millstone  Grit  proper-,  but  a  bed  a  little  higher  in  the  series, 
and  known  as  the  Bough  Bock  in  Lancashire.  Like  the  Carboniferous 
Limestone  and  Shales,  the  Millstone  Grit  has  become  much  attenuated 
from  its  great  development  on  the  Derbyshire  moors.  It  there 
sometimes  attains  200  yards  in  thickness,  whilst  here  it  shows  only 
as  many  feet.  Nevertheless  it  continues  some  way  to  the  south,  if 
it  be  true  that  the  quartz  rock  at  Hartshill,  near  Atherstone,  is 
altered  millstone  grit. 

4. — The  Coal  Measures. 

Resting  on  the  Millstone  Grit,  or  perhaps  in  some  places  directly 
on  Silurian  or  Cambrian  rocks,  the  series  of  beds  known  as  the  Coal 
Measures  will  probably  occur  over  a  great  portion  of  the  count}'  at  a 
distance  of  a  few  miles  from  the  borders  of  Charnwood.  They  are, 
however,  in  most  places  buried  to  so  great  a  depth  beneath  more 
recent  formations,  that  their  existence  is  only  a  matter  of  inference. 
We  must  therefore  confine  ourselves  to  those  districts  where  the 
Coal  Measures  are  at  the  surface,  or  arc  certainly  known  to  underlie 
the  newer  deposits. 

It  has  been  already  stated  at  page  81,  that  the  Cambrian  Rocks 
of  Charnwood  are  cut  off  on  the  west  by  a  great  fault  ranging  from 
N.N.W.  to  S.S.E.,  from  Tickenhall  to  Copt  Oak.  Very  little  Coal 
Measure  occurs  to  the  E.  of  this  line  ;  some  of  the  lowest  beds,  des- 
titute of  workable  coal,  occur  N.  of  Thringston  in  the  furrows 
between  the  ridges,  into  which  it  has  been  mentioned  above  that  the 
strata  are  there  thrown.  Westward  however  of  this  line  the  strata 
are  thrown  down  to  an  extent  exceeding  in  some  places  700  yards ; 


CARBONIFEROUS    ROCKS.  87 

and  the  Coal  Measures  continue  at  the  surface  or  at  a  moderate 
depth  beneath  it,  for  at  least  nine  miles  to  the  W.  and  S.W.  The 
district  thus  occupied  by  them  is  named  from  its  central  town,  "  The 
Coal-field  of  Ashby-de-la-Zouch."  We  shall  for  the  future  refer  to 
the  great  fault  just  mentioned,  by  the  name  of  the  Thrinr/ston  Fault. 
It  forms  the  north-eastern  boundary  of  the  Coal-field  to  its  northern 
angle  at  Tickenhall.  On  the  N.W.  the  Coal-field  is  bounded  by  the 
rise  of  the  Millstone  Grit  from  beneath  it,  in  an  irregular  line  from 
Tickenhall  by  the  N.  of  Hartshorne  to  Bretby.  On  the  S.W.  side 
the  limits  are  unknown ;  but  it  certainly  extends  under  newer  forma- 
tions, as  far  as  a  line  drawn  from  Linton  to  Stretton-en-le-Field. 
Indeed  it  is  probable  that  the  Coal  Measures  nowhere  lie  at  an  in- 
accessible depth  (that  is  at  a  distance  of  more  than  700  or  800  yards 
from  the  surface)  at  any  point  between  the  Ashby  and  the  Cannock 
Chase  and  S.  Staffordshire  Coal-fields.  South  eastwards  also, 
though  interrupted  by  a  projecting  spur  of  the  Cambrian  Rocks  at 
Bardon  Hill,  it  is  continued  beneath  the  New  Red  as  far  at  least  as 
Bagworth  and  Nailston,  and  probably  much  farther  to  the  S.  and  E. 
In  fact,  it  is  probable  that  coal  will  hereafter  be  got  from  nearly  the 
whole  of  the  area  included  between  the  Leicester  and  Burton  Rail- 
way on  the  N.E.,  the  Leicester  and  Nuneaton  Railway  on  the  S.E., 
the  Trent  Valley  Railway  on  the  S.W.,  and  the  known  Coal-field  on 
the  N.W.  On  the  S.E.  the  Coal-field  is  doubtless  interrupted  by 
the  range  of  greenstone  hills  above  described  as  running  through 
Enderby,  Croft,  Potter's  Marston,  and  Stony  Stanton,  to  Sapcote. 
But  on  the  E.  of  that  line,  and  of  Charnwood,  we  know  no  reason 
why  the  Coal  Measures  should  not  again  set  in,  underlying  the  Red 
Marl  and  Lias,  and  not  become  absolutely  inaccessible  for  some 
distance  to  the  eastward.-  The  ascertained  area  of  the  Leicester- 
shire or  Ashby-de-la-Zouch  Coal-field  is  nearly  100  square  miles, 
but  that  will  be  more  than  doubled  if  our  anticipations  of  its 
southern  extension  should  be  verified.  Unfortunately,  however,  a 
large  portion  of  this  area  is  occupied  by  the  lower  unproductive 
strata  of  the  formation  ;  and  the  profitable  extent  of  the  Coal-field  is 
restricted  to  two  bands  of  small  width  running  parallel  to  the  axis  of 
Charnwood,  and  the  great  Thringston  boundary  fault.  To  these 
must  be  added  another  somewhat  similar  band  running  in  the  same 
direction  to  the  South  of  the  other  two.  Thus,  exclusive  of  the 
western  extension,  four  divisions  of  the  Ashby  Coal-field  are  con- 
stituted, each  of  which  will  require  a  separate  examination. 

A. — The  South  Eastern  Division,  or  Ibstock  and  Bagworth  Coalfield. 

Concerning  the  form  and  dimensions  of  this  branch  of  the  Ashby 
coalfield,  we  possess  very  little  information.  There  are  as  yet  only 
two  collieries  situated  within  it,  and  as  it  is  everywhere  covered  up 

*  It  has  been  reported  that  the  Coal  Measures  were  actually  reached  in  a 
boring  at  New  Found  Pool,  north  of  Leicester;  but  of  this,  and  another  trial 
boring  through  the  Lias  at  Billesdon,  we  have  never  been  able  to  procure  the 
particulars. 


88  GEOLOGY    OF    LEICESTERSHIRE. 

by  the  New  Red  formation,  our  knowledge  is  derived  solely  from  the 
works  at  these  collieries.  The  N.E.  and  S.E.  boundaries  are  entirely 
unknown,  but  it  may  be  conjectured  that  the  coal  measures  in  the 
former  direction  either  abut  against  the  Cambrian  rocks  of  Cham- 
wood,  or  are  cut  off  and  turned  up  against  them  at  a  fault.  On  the 
S.E.  they  probably  continue  at  an  increasing  depth  for  some  miles, 
and,  after  some  interruptions  from  faults  and  rolls,  eventually  thin 
out  against  the  greenstones  between  Enderby  and  Sapcote.  The  pro- 
jecting spur  of  Cambrian  rocks  running  westward  from  Bardon  Hill, 
and  a  great  fault  supposed  to  run  westward  through  Hugglescote, 
probably  separate  the  basin  of  Ibstock  from  that  of  Coalville.  West- 
wards, the  stratification  rises  1  in  12,  and  the  coal  seams  basset 
under  the  New  Red  sand-stone.  But  after  so  doing  W.  of  Ibstock, 
the  lower  seams  are  again  brought  in  by  a  roll  in  the  stratification, 
and  form  a  small  separate  trough  at  Heather,  where  the  coal 
measures  are  exposed  in  the  valley  of  the  Sence,  and  the  coal  seams 
rise  and  basset  in  all  directions  beneath  the  New  Red,  except  towards 
the  south.  At  Ibstock  the  coal  measures  are  reached  through  130 
or  150  feet  of  the  New  Red,  and  their  surface  is  about  320  feet  above 
the  sea.  At  Bagworth  the  New  Red  is  320  feet  in  thickness,  and  the 
surface  of  the  coal  measures  200  feet  above  the  sea.  Thus  it  ap- 
pears that  the  surface  of  the  coal  measures  on  which  the  new  red 
was  deposited,  was  by  no  means  horizontal.  We  have  given  in  an 
appendix  the  section  of  the  Bagworth  Colliery  Shaft.  The  only  coal 
seams  worked  either  at  this  colliery  or  at  Ibstock  are  the  Upper  Main 
Coal  of  5ft.  (No.  82)  and  the  Lower  Main  (No.  114)  of  8ft.  in  thick- 
ness. Several  other  seams,  some  of  them  of  considerable  thickness, 
occur,  but  their  quality  is  so  bad  that  they  are  not  worth  raising. 
In  fact,  the  best  seam,  the  Lcnvcr  Main,  is  inferior  to  the  best  quali- 
ties at  Snibston  and  Moira  collieries,  and  cannot  compete  with  them 
in  the  market."  When,  however,  these  rivals  are  exhausted — an 
event  not  very  remote — this  seam  will  rise  in  importance,  and  works 
will  doubtless  be  opened  in  this  branch  of  the  field,  in  places  far  to 
the  S.  and  E.  of  the  present  limits. 

No  probable  comparison  can  be  constituted  between  the  stratifica- 
tion of  the  Ibstock  and  Bagworth  basin,  and  that  of  the  rest  of  the 
coalfield,  the  beds  are  either  altogether  of  a  later  date,  or,  if  coeval, 
were  never  continuous  with  those  of  Snibston  and  of  Moira.  In  the 
former  case,  the  Moira  and  Snibston  series  may  be  still  buried  at  an 
unknown  depth  below  that  of  Ibstock.  In  the  latter,  the  projecting 
spur  of  Bardon  Hill,  &c,  may,  with  much  probability,  be  pointed 
out  as  the  separation  which  broke  the  continuity  of  the  swamps  on 
which  the  peat  beds,  now  condensed  into  coal,  were  originally  formed. 
But  though  the  sequence  of  beds  at  Bagworth  is  altogether  unlike 
that  of  Snibston,  it  exhibits  a  remarkable  similarity  to  the  stratifica- 

*  We  have  lately  been  informed  that  the  works  at  Ibstock  having  been 
carried  on  in  a  new  direction,  the  quality  has  been  found  to  improve  greatly, 
nearly  equalliEg  that  of  its  rivals. 


THE    COAL    MEASURES.  89 

tion  of  the  Warwickshire  coalfield.  Near  the  top  of  the  Bagworth 
Shaft  are  crowded  a  number  of  seams — Nos.  17-19,  22,  and  25-27 
— whose  collective  thickness  is  23  feet.  This  is  about  the  average 
thickness  of  the  Thick  Coal  of  Bedworth,  in  Warwickshire,  which  is 
known  to  be  formed  by  the  union  of  several  seams.  The  Upper 
Main  Coal  of  Bagworth  seems  to  correspond  to  the  Seven  Foot  Coal 
of  the  Warwickshire  Coalfield  ;  and  the  Lower  Main  Coal  of  the  one, 
to  the  Bench  Coal  of  the  other.  There  seems,  therefore,  much  pro- 
bability that  the  Ibstock  and  Bagworth  series  of  beds  is  identical 
with  that  of  Warwickshire,  and  this  greatly  adds  to  the  probability 
of  the  theory  above  mentioned  :  that  the  coalfield  is  continued  be- 
neath the  New  Red  over  most  of  the  intervening  country.  The  Ib- 
stock and  Bagworth  basin,  so  far  as  it  is  at  present  worked,  is 
remarkably  free  from  faults  ;  the  few  that  have  been  met  with  in 
the  Ibstock  Colliery  are  of  the  slightest  possible  character.  The 
working  of  this  branch  of  the  coalfield  is  comparatively  modern, 
the  Ibstock  Pit  having  been  sunk  in  the  year  1825,  by  a  farmer 
named  Thirlby,  who  owned  a  small  property  there.  He  had  the 
luck  to  reach  coal,  and  for  a  time  worked  the  seam,  No.  72,  of  the 
Bagworth  Section  ;  but  it  was  not  till  the  colliery  passed  into  the 
hands  of  a  company  that  the  pit  was  sunk  to  its  present  depth. 
The  Bagworth  Colliery  was  opened  somewhat  later,  and  for  some 
years  the  Upper  Main  Coal  only  was  worked  there. 

B. — The  North  Eastern  Division,  or  Coleorton  Coalfield. 

From  the  great  North  Eastern  boundary  fault,  already  described 
as  the  Thringston  Fault,  another  which  we  call  the  Coleorton  Fault, 
branches  off  somewhere  about  the  middle  of  the  South  Western  edge 
of  Calke  Park.  Hence  it  passes  through  the  hamlet  of  Heath  End, 
and  along  a  green  lane  called  Callins  Lane  to  Lount  Wood,  near  the 
top  of  which  it  crosses  the  high  road  from  Ashby  to  Castle  Doning- 
ton  ;  and  thence  proceeds  by  Coleorton  Hall  Farm  and  Farm  Town 
to  a  spot  marked  by  the  second  "  e"  in  the  words  "  Leicester  and 
Burton  Railway"  on  the  Ordnance  Map ;  where  the  fissure,  which 
it  forms,  occupies  110  yards  of  the  length  of  the  railway,  and  is 
filled  with  eastern  drift.  The  continuation  to  the  S.  from  this  point 
has  not  yet  been  traced ;  but  it  probably  passes  S.  of  Ravenston  to 
Kelham  Brigg,  where  if  the  Ihujglescote  Fault,  above  alluded  to, 
really  exists,  it  probably  falls  into  it.  The  space  thus  included 
between  the  Thringston,  Coleorton,  and  Hugglescote  Faults  is  the 
profitable  portion  of  the  coalfield  on  the  E.  side  of  Ashby,  and  forms 
what  we  call  the  Coleorton  and  Snibston  (or  Coalville)  Coalfield. 
It  is  thus,  as  will  be  seen,  of  a  triangular  form,  having  two  sides  of 
about  10  miles  in  length,  with  a  base  of  nearly  5  m.  The  whole  of 
this  area  of  about  25  square  miles  is  let  down  between  the  faults  on 
its  E.  and  W.  The  amount  of  this  downthrow  increases  from  N.  to 
S.,  and  on  the  E.  side,  in  the  neighbourhood  of  Whitwick  Colliery, 
it  cannot  be  less  than  2000  feet.  The  amount  of  downthrow  along 
the  S.  side  is  probably  as  great,  but  diminishing  westward ;  that  of 


90  GEOLOGY    OF    LEICESTERSHIRE. 

the  west  side  is  probably  least,  but  is  not  yet  ascertained.  Against 
the  Thringston  Fault  on  the  E.  the  strata  are  turned  up  at  high 
angles,  and  where  the  downthrow  is  greatest  they  are  vertical  in  the 
neighbourhood  of  the  fault,  but  soon  recover  a  more  horizontal 
position  as  we  recede  from  it  to  the  W.  The  synclinal  axis  or 
bottom  of  the  though  is  not  far  from  the  Thringston  Fault,  and 
parallel  to  it.  From  the  synclinal  the  beds  rise  gradually  to  the 
W.  at  about  1  in  12,  and  the  uppermost  seams  of  coal  crop  out  in 
succession  either  at  daylight  or  beneath  the  unconformable  overlying 
New  Red.  The  lower  ones  are  cut  off  against  the  Coleorton  Fault ; 
and  some  of  the  very  lowest  are  not  thrown  out  by  it,  but  extend 
some  distance  to  the  W.  One  such,  perhaps  the  Boaster,  was  worked 
some  years  ago  at  Alton  Grange,  and  another  shows  itself  in  the 
railway  cutting  near  Breach  Hill  Farm.  It  is  probable  that  the 
strata  are  either  broken  off  abruptly,  or  are  turned  up  at  right 
angles  against  the  Hugglescote  Fault.  Thence  they  rise  gradually 
at  about  1  in  44  towards  the  N.W.,  and  the  coalseams  crop  out  in 
succession  in  that  direction.  A  small  fault  crosses  from  the  Thring- 
ston to  the  Coleorton  Fault  at  Swannington  Incline  ;  but  no  other  is 
known  till  we  arrive  nearly  at  the  apex  of  the  triangle,  where  several 
small  ones  range  across  in  a  similar  manner. 

It  will  be  seen  from  the  section  of  Swannington  Pit,  given  in  the 
Appendix,  that  there  are  numerous  seams  of  coal  of  workable  thick- 
ness in  this  branch  of  the  Ashby  Coalfield.  Of  these  the  first  in  a 
descending  order  is  No.  27,  The  Stone  Smut  Rider,  a  coal  of  but 
poor  quality,  which  nevertheless  was  worked  in  old  times  at  its 
outcrop  near  Swannington.  The  next  is  No.  87,  The  Stone  Smut, 
a  thicker  seam  of  still  worse  quality.  Then  follows  No.  44,  The 
Swannington  Coal,  formerly  called  the  Nether  Coal,  while  erroneously 
supposed  to  be  the  lowest  seam.  This  is  of  good  quality  ;  but  has 
been  entirely  worked  out  at  Swannington,  though  still  scarcely 
touched  at  the  Whitwick  and  Snibston  Collieries.  The  Soft,  or 
Three  Quarter  Coal,  No.  59,  and  The  Slate  Coal  Rider,  No.  70,  are 
thin  seams  ;  but  The  Slate  Coal,  No.  75,  is  5  feet  thick,  though  not 
very  good.  The  Yard,  No.  93 ;  and  Hie  Rattlejack,  No.  107,  are 
but  thin ;  and  The  Stinking  Coal,  No.  125,  is  too  sulphureous  to 
work.  The  best  coal  in  this  portion  of  the  field  is  furnished  by  No. 
133,  The  Coleorton  Main  Coal,  which  is  the  only  one  now  worked 
at  Coleorton,  Swannington,  Whitwick,  and  Snibston  collieries. 
Below  this  are  The  Smoile  Coal,  No.  184, — The  Yard,  or  Upper 
Lount,  No.  141, — The  Lount  Middle,  No.  147, — The  Lount,  Nether, 
No.  152, — and  The  Roaster,  No.  159, — all  workable  coals,  though 
not  of  first-rate  quality.  The  Stone  Smut  and  Stone  Smut  Rider 
crop  out,  the  former  at  the  N.  and  the  latter  at  the  S.  end  of  the 
tunnel  near  St.  George's  Church,  Thringston ;  and  the  outcrop  of 
the  Swannington  ma}'  be  seen  in  the  cutting  at  the  point  where  the 
line  to  the  California  Pit  leaves  the  main  railway.  The  Soft  Coal 
may  be  seen  in  the  cutting  north  of  the  Newbold  Tunnel ;  the  Slate 
crops  out  in  Worthington  Rough ;  and  the  Main  and  Stinking  Coals 


THE    COAL    MEASURES.  91 

reach  the  surface  together  at  Smoile  Wood,  on  the  E.  side  of  the 
high  road  from  Asliby  to  Castle  Donington.  These  two  seams  are  here 
united  into  one,  though  throughout  the  Swamiington  and  Coalville 
district  they  are  parted  by  about  60  feet  of  stone  and  bind.  The 
Smoile  Coal  crops  out  near  the  Lount  Potteries,  and  the  Lount 
Coals  in  succession  between  Smoile  Wood  and  Staunton  Harold, 
thence  running  in  a  curve  through  Lount  Wood,  till  they  are  cut  off 
against  the  Coleorton  Fault.  The  outcrop  of  the  Roaster  is  not 
certainly  known ;  it  is  perhaps  cut  off  against  a  crossfault  a  little 
S.  E.  of  Staunton  Hall.  We  had  till  lately  supposed  that  the  strati- 
fication was  continued  in  a  regular  manner  from  the  Roaster  down 
to  the  Heath  End  or  Staunton  Harold  Coal ;  but  recent  trial  borings, 
both  at  Snibston  Colliery  and  at  Lount,  have  thrown  doubt  upon 
this  theory.  From  our  present  information  it  seems  probable  that 
the  series  of  beds  from  about  50  yards  below  the  Roaster  down- 
wards, is  unconformable  to  those  above ;  and  that  the  Heath  End 
seam  forms  a  small  trough  rising  both  N.W.  and  S.E.,  bassetting 
somewhere  S.  of  Staunton  Hall,  under  unconformable  overlying  coal 
measures.  It  consists  of  two  parts,  of  which  the  upper  is  an 
ordinary  coal  of  about  4  feet  thick,  separated  from  the  lower  by  a 
fireclay  in  places  indurated  into  stone,  and  varying  from  0  to  4  feet 
in  thickness.  The  lower  bed  has  about  H  feet  of  bad  coal  at  the 
top  of  7  feet  of  cannel  of  good  quality.  As  far  as  our  present 
knowledge  extends,  this  coal  would  seem  to  be  limited  to  the  small 
area  included  between  the  Thringston  and  Coleorton  Faults,  and  the 
limits  above  defined.  The  Coleorton  coalfield  has  been  worked  from 
time  immemorial,  and  its  best  seams  exhausted  wherever  they  lay 
near  the  surface.  The  collieries  long  ago  gave  its  distinctive  name 
to  the  village  originally  called  Overton,  or  Orton,  but  now  Coleorton. 
In  the  reign  of  Henry  VIII.,  the  Main  Coal  is  recorded  to  have  been 
on  fire  for  some  years  at  its  outcrop  in  Smoile  Wood ;  probably  by 
spontaneous  ignition  of  the  pyritous  Stinking  Coal  above  it.  Since 
the  steam  engine  has  been  applied  to  mining,  the  works  have  been 
carried  to  far  greater  depths,  and  the  valuable  parts  concealed 
under  the  New  Red  sandstone  in  the  south  of  the  basin  were  first 
attacked  in  earnest  by  George  Stephenson,  who  established  the 
Snibston  Colliery,  and  created  the  village  of  Coalville  about  the  year 
1881.  The  collieries  in  the  neighbourhood  of  Swannington  are  now 
in  a  dangerous  state  from  the  accumulation  of  water  in  the  old 
workings,  which  will  require  a  vigorous  effort  to  pump  it  off. 

C. — The  Unproductive  Lower  Coal  Measures. 

A  considerable,  but  unknown  depth  of  Coal  Measures,  destitute 
of  valuable  seams,  underlies  the  productive  strata  and  rests  upon 
the  Millstone  Grit.  It  is  probable  that  these  barren  measures  in- 
crease in  thickness  towards  the  N.  and  W.  They  are  brought  up 
to  the  surface  on  the  western  side  of  the  Coleorton  Fault,  and 
occupy  the  whole  of  the  country  to  the  westward,  till  we  reach  a 
somewhat   parallel    line    of    dislocation   running   from    Woodvillo 


92  GEOLOGY   OF   LEICESTERSHIRE. 

Church  to  Willesley  Hall.  The  town  of  Ashby  is  itself  situated 
upon  them,  and  just  outside  it,  on  the  E.,  a  fault  runs,  like  most  of 
the  great  dislocations,  from  N.N.W.  to  S.S.E.  From  this  line  the 
stratification  dips  eastward  to  Coleorton,  and  westward  to  Moira ; 
hence  it  coincides  with  the  Anticlinal  Axis  of  the  coalfield.  We 
possess  evidence  to  show  that  the  strata  under  discussion  are  at  least 
1000  feet  in  thickness  ;  and  that  scarcely  any  seam  of  coal  contained 
in  them  exceeds  2£  feet.  A  coal  not  quite  so  thick  was  worked 
many  years  ago  at  Pistern  Hill,  north  of  Snrisby,  another  (or  possibly 
the  same)  at  Smisby  itself.  A  similar  seam  is  seen  in  a  brickyard 
between  Smisby  and  Ashby ;  and  coals  of  about  the  same  thickness 
are  found  in  the  Railway  Cutting  near  Breach  Hill  Farm, — in  a  well 
at  Ashby  Union  Workhouse,  and  elsewhere.  There  seems  to  be  a 
gradual  dip  of  the  stratification  of  these  lower  Coal  Measures  towards 
the  S.,  and  in  consequence  some  higher  beds  set  in  in  that  direction. 
We  have  already  mentioned  (at  page  90)  that  a  seam  of  some 
thickness  was  worked  about  the  year  1830  at  Alton  Grange  ;  but 
having  never  been  able  to  obtain  any  reliable  particulars,  we  are 
unable  to  identify  it  with  any  seam  in  the  regular  series. 

D. — The  Western  Division;  or  Moira  and  Swadlincote  Coalfield. 

It  has  been  already  mentioned  that  barren  coal  measures  extend 
from  the  Coleorton  Fault  to  a  great  line  of  dislocation  running  from 
Woodville  to  Willesley.  This  we  call  the  Boothorpe  Fault,  from  a 
hamlet  where  its  effects  are  visible  on  the  surface.  A  few  of  the 
lowest  workable  seams  extend  in  places  for  a  short  distance  to  the 
eastward  of  this  line  ;  but,  on  the  whole,  it  cuts  off  the  profitable 
Moira  Basin  on  the  W.  from  the  barren  lower  coal  measures  of  Ashby 
on  its  E.  The  Boothorpe  Fault  does  not  appear  to  be  one  sharp 
fracture,  but  a  succession  of  steps,  with  high  tilting  of  the  stratifica- 
tion spread  over  a  width  of  200  or  300  yards.  The  result  is  a 
dislocation  of  the  beds  to  the  amount  of  about  1100  feet  in  the 
neighbourhood  of  Boothorpe  and  Woodville.  About  a  mile  to  the 
W.  of  this,  and  on  the  whole  parallel  to  it,  runs  another  fault,  known 
as  the  Great  Moira,  or  Mammatt's  Fault.  This  is  a  clear  line  of 
nearly  vertical  fracture,  throwing  down  the  strata  to  the  E.,  or  up  to 
the  W.,  to  an  extent  varying  up  to  120  yards  in  the  neighbourhood 
of  Moira.  From  this  line  for  about  a  mile  to  the  W.  the  beds  rise 
slightly  to  the  W,  ;  till  the  known  and  worked  portion  of  the  field 
appears  to  be  bounded  by  another  great  fault  running  like  the  others 
from  N.N.W.  to  S.S.E.  At  Donisthorpe,  where  this  fault  was  proved 
some  60  years  ago,  it  received  the  name  of  the  Thorntree  Fault ; 
but  so  little  is  known  of  it  to  the  northward  that  the  Government 
Surveyors  have  not  ventured  to  lay  it  down  on  the  Ordnance  Map. 
It  probably  runs  from  Oakthorpe,  by  the  W.  end  of  Donisthorpe 
Church,  along  the  edge  of  the  Red  Formation,  a  little  W.  of  Barrat 
Pool,  to  Castle  Gresley  Station,  and  thence  nearly  along  the  highroad 
to  Stanton  and  Stapenhill.  We  must  for  the  present  consider  this 
fault  as  the  western  boundary  of  the  Moira  Coalfield,     It  is  thus 


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included  between  the  two  parallel  lines  of  the  Thorntree  and 
Boothorpe  Faults.  From  N.W.  to  S.E.,  between  these  limits  the 
strata  lie  in  the  form  of  an  inverted  arch.  Of  this  the  lowest  or 
deepest  part  is  in  the  neighbourhood  of  the  Reservoir  on  Ashby 
Wolds ;  and  hence  the  stratification  rises  towards  both  N.W.  and 
S.E.  In  the  former  direction  the  coal  seams  crop  out  in  succession, 
till  the  lowest  of  them  appear  at  the  surface  or  basset  under  the 
New  Red,  about  a  mile  from  the  Trent  at  Burton.  Southwards  also 
they  rise  till  most  of  the  workable  beds  have  cropped  out  near  Oak- 
thorpe  and  Measham.  Here  some  faults  with  a  southern  downthrow 
occur,  and  the  lower  beds  continue  nearly  level  under  Measham 
Field  as  far  as  the  River  Mease  at  Swepston,  where  the  Coal  Measures 
are  covered  up  by  the  New  Red,  and  their  farther  extension  to  the 
S.E.  has  yet  to  be  traced.  It  will  be  seen  from  this  that  the  Moira 
Coalfield  resembles  in  shape  a  spoon,  of  which  the  south-eastern  pro- 
longation to  Swepston  forms  the  handle.  The  western  side  of  the 
bowl  is  at  present  unexplored,  but  it  will,  probably,  be  found  that  the 
resemblance  is  completed  by  the  rising  of  the  strata  to  the  W.  The 
bowl  of  our  spoon  is,  however,  in  much  the  condition  of  pottery 
over  which  a  cart  wheel  has  passed.  It  is  cracked  in  all  directions, 
not  only  by  the  faults  already  described,  but  by  numerous  cross  ones. 
Of  these  by  far  the  most  important  is  the  Stone  Wall  Fault ;  which 
is,  apparently,  the  north-eastern  prolongation  of  the  great  fracture 
which  at  Seckington,  Amington,  &c,  cuts  off  the  Warwickshire  Coal- 
field on  the  N.W.  The  Stone  Wall  Fault  leaves  Mammatt's  Fault 
at  Hough's  Barn,  E.  of  Moira  Village,  and  passing  under  the  canal 
bridge,  near  the  Cockspur  Inn,  at  Bramborough,  it  runs  S.W.,  nearly 
along  the  course  of  the  Willesley  Brook,  between  Oakthorpe  and 
Donisthorpe.  Here  it  causes  a  downthrow  to  the  N.  of  from  100  to 
120  yards.  From  Saltersford,  south-westwards  to  Amington,  its 
continuation  is  lost  under  the  Red  Marl. 

The  section  given  in  the  Appendix  will  furnish  an  idea  of  the 
succession  of  beds  in  this  branch  of  the  Coalfield.  The  numbers 
refer  to  the  corresponding  strata  in  the  section  of  the  Hastings  and 
Grey  Pit  at  Moira,  given  in  Mammatt's  Facts.  The  beds  above  No. 
123  of  that  section  appear  to  be  unconformable  to  those  below.  They 
contain,  on  Gresley  Common,  the  valuable  Sagger  and  other  pot 
clays ;  also  a  fair  seam  of  coal  called  the  Ehi  coal  (from  its  thick- 
ness), the  equivalent  of  which  at  Moira  is  uncertain.  There  is  rea- 
son to  believe  that  about  30  yards  above  the  Em  coal  there  was  once 
a  seam  of  8  feet  in  thickness,  which  has  been  denuded  everywhere 
except  in  some  few  small  and  isolated  spots.  As  no  such  seam 
occurs  at  Moira,  it  seems  probable  that  it  has  there  split  up  and 
formed  several  of  the  thin  beds,  which  are  found  near  the  top  of  the 
Hastings  and  Grey  Shaft.  From  No.  123  Mammatt  (38  Gresley 
Common — a  coal  of  2  ft.  6  in.  at  Moira,  and  3  ft.  2  in.  at  Gresley,) 
downwards,  there  is  little  difficulty  in  identifying  the  stratification  at 
all  the  pits  in  the  Moira  Basin.  The  first  workable  seam  lies  about 
90  yards  below  No.  123  M. :  it  is  No.  222  M.,  and  is  known  as  the 


94  GEOLOGY   OF   LEICESTERSHIRE. 

Dicky  Gobbler.  It  is  of  good  quality,  and  about  3  feet  in  thickness ; 
but  has  been  very  little  worked,  except  near  its  outcrops.  From  40 
to  45  yards  below  this  lies  the  Jack  Demi  is,  Block  or  Watson  Coal, 
8ft.  Gin.  to  4ft.  in  thickness,  and  of  rather  soft  quality:  it  is  No.  271 
M.  About  70  yards  lower  is  the  Little  or  Five  Feet  Coal,  No.  335 
M.,  varying  from  4  to  5  feet  in  thickness:  it  is  of  tolerably  good 
quality,  and  has  been  raised  to  some  extent  on  Gresley  Common. 
Some  16  yards  lower  is  the  Cannel  Coal,  of  about  2\  feet,  No.  354 
M. ;  and  then,  after  an  interval  of  40  or  50  yards,  come  the  Rider, 
Over,  and  Nether  Coals,  in  various  states  of  aggregation  at  different 
pits,  and  together  forming  the  Moira  Main  Coal.  Their  combined 
thickness  is  from  14  to  17  feet,  of  which  the  Rider  forms  about  3ft., 
and  the  Over  and  Nether  6  or  7  feet  each.  The  Over  and  Nether 
coals  are  in  contact  over  nearly  the  whole  of  the  Moira  field;  but 
just  as  we  approach  their  northern  outcrop  we  find  them  separate, 
and  rapidly  increase  their  distance  to  60  feet.  The  Over  Coal  alone 
is  worked  in  the  southern  portion  of  the  basin,  and  furnishes  the  best 
coal  in  the  Ashby  Coalfield.  About  the  latitude  of  Gresley  Common 
the  Over  coal  degenerates,  and  the  Nether  improves  in  quality,  and 
both  are  worked.  Farther  still  to  the  N.  the  Nether  coal  is  the  best, 
and  the  Over  coal  is  neglected.  These  facts  will  be  found  to  have 
an  important  bearing  on  the  comparison  of  the  Moira  and  Coleorton 
Basins.  Ten  or  twelve  yards  below  the  Main  Coal  at  Moira  occurs 
the  Toad  Coal,  No.  408  M.,  3ft.  6in.  to  4ft.  thick;  and  from  13  to 
16  yards  below  the  Main  in  the  N.  of  the  field,  is  the  Little  Wood- 
field,  about  4ft.  in  thickness:  these  are  no  doubt  identical.  Fifteen 
yards  lower  is  a  hard,  splinty  coal,  formerly  got  near  Measham  under 
the  name  of  the  Slate  Coed,  No.  440  M. ;  at  Moira  it  is  from  3|-  to 
4ft.  thick.  Towards  the  N.  this  coal  seems  to  degenerate,  and  to 
be  replaced  by  black  batt,  i.e.,  carbonaceous  shale.  Fifty  or  sixty 
yards  below  the  Main  coal  is  the  Woodjield,  No.  475  M.,  a  valuable 
seam  of  about  6  feet  thick,  having  about  a  foot  of  cannel  at  the  top. 
This  is  worked  about  Newhall,  but  is  untouched  to  the  southward. 
Ten  yards  lower  is  the  Stockings  Coed,  known  also  as  the  Hafferee, 
when  (as  at  Woodville)  it  passes  to  the  E.  of  the  Boothorpe  fault: 
this  is  about  8  feet  thick,  but  poor  in  quality.  Twenty  yards  deeper 
is  the  Eureka,  which,  on  the  E.  of  the  Boothorpe  fault,  is  called  the 
Dot  Clay  Coal,  and  confounded  by  the  miners  with  the  Eln  Coal  of 
Gresley  Common.  This  is  from  3£  to  4£  feet  thick,  and  one  of  the 
best  household  coals  in  the  field,  though  too  soft  to  bear  distant 
carriage :  it  is  worked  about  Newhall  and  Bretby.  At  an  unknown 
depth  (about  100  yards)  below  this  is  the  Anglesey  Coed,  of  3ft.  9in., 
worked  near  Brislincote  Hall.  Below  this  a  boring  has  been  made 
for  about  125  yards,  in  which  distance  no  workable  seam  occurs. 

A  suggestion  was  thrown  out  by  Mammatt,  and  adopted  by  Jukes, 
that  the  main  coals  of  the  Moira  and  the  Coleorton  Basins  were 
identical.  This  conjecture  we  are  now  able  to  prove  almost  beyond 
doubt,  was  correct.  In  the  following  table  we  have  arranged,  in 
parallel  columns,  the  corresponding  coals  of  the  two  branches  of  the  field 


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95 


from  the  highest  workable  bed  of  the  Coleorton  Basin  down  to  the 
Koaster,  below  which,  as  we  have  mentioned,  the  stratification  ap- 
pears to  be  irregular : — 


MoiRA. 

Coleorton. 

Name  of  Seam. 

Thickness. 

Name  of  Seam. 

Thickness. 

Dicky  Gobbler  .... 
Interval  

ft.   in.         ft.    in. 
3     0   to     4     6 

39  0   ..    56    0 

2  2..      3     0 
55     0   ..    85     0 

3  4..      5     0 
32     0   „    49     6 

18..  3  6 
42     0   ..    72     0 

0  10  ..  15 
44     0   ..  104     0 

4  0..      5     2 
11     6   ..    21     0 

0    9   ..      2     6 
22     0   ..    39     0 

2  3..      3     0 
105     0   ..  140    0 

7     6..      8     9 

0     0   ..    60    0 

6    0..      9     0 

30     0   ..    34    0 

3  0..      4     0 
27     0   ..    63     0 

3  8..      4     0 
61     6   ..    75     0 

5  6..      6    0 
21     6   ..    75     6 

6  0..      9     0 

40  0   ..    75     0 

4  0..      5     0 

Stone  Smut  Rider.  . 
Interval  

ft.    in.         ft  in. 

3     6   to     3     9 

31     6    ..    42     6 

No.  250  M 

Stone  Smut   

Interval  

3    4..      6    0 
9     0    ..    21     9 

Jack  Dennis 

Swannington 

3     7..      4     6 
36     6    ..    45    0 

No.  286  M 

Soft  or  3-Quarter  . . 

11..      3    0 
34    6    ..    39    6 

No.  314-316  M.    . . 

Slate  Coal  Rider  . . 

10..      2     5 
12     6   ..    41     0 

Five-foot    . . 

Slate  Coal 

4     6..      6     1 
18     0   ..    76     0 

No.  346  M 

Yard  Coal 

2     4..      4     0 
28     0   ..    50    6 

Cannel    , . 

Rattlejack 

2     8..      4     6 

35     6    ..  112     0 

Rider  and  Over. . . . 

Interval 

Nether    

Stinking     

Interval  

Coleorton  Main .... 
Interval  

4  3..      6     Q 
0     0..    75     0 

5  0..      7     6 

18     0   ..    25     0 

Toad 

Smoile    

3     5..      4     0 

Interval 

28     0   ..    30    0 

Slate   

Lount  Upper     .... 
Interval 

2  11    ..      3     0 

31     0   ..    38    0 

Woodfield 

Lount  Middle    

4     0..      4     7 
33     0    ..    60     0 

Stockings   

Lount  Nether    .... 

3     6..      4     0 
9     0.     24     0 

Roaster 

2  10   ..      3     3 

E. — Western  extension  of  the  Moira  Coalfield. 

It  has  been  already  stated  that  the  known  parts  of  the  Moira 
Basin  are  bounded  on  the  W.  by  the  great  Thorntree  fault.  It  is 
probable  that  there  is  here  a  great  downthrow  to  the  W.,  after  which 
the  stratification  again  rises  to  the  westward.  Some  borings  at 
Donisthorpe,  made  on  the  W.  of  the  fault,  passed  through  beds  of 
coal  apparently  above  all  those  of  the  Moira  field,  so  that  the  Main 
coal  could  hardly  be  less  than  400  yards  deep :  these  beds  rise  to  the 
south  1  in  12.  About  half-a  mile  west  of  Saltersford,  on  the  road 
from  Measham  to  Burton,  a  coal  seam  of  11  feet,  supposed  to  be  the 
Moira  Main,  was  reached  at  124  yards.  There  is  a  tradition  that 
coal  was  reached  in. a  well  at  Acresford;  and  this  was  certainly  the 
case  in  a  well  at  Linton,  where  a  seam  of  7  inches  was  found  below 
14^  yards  of  Permian  and  two  or  three  of  Coal  Measure.  More  re- 
cently coal  has  been  met  with  in  a  trial  boring  in  the  same  neigh- 


96  GEOLOGY   OF   LEICESTERSHIRE. 

bourhood.  Hence  there  is  every  reason  to  believe  that  a  profitable 
field  remains  to  be  worked  for  some  distance  to  the  W.  of  the  present 
boundary  of  the  coalfield. 

The  mining  operations  about  Measham  extend  back  into  remote 
antiquity,  as  is  shown  by  the  circumstance  that  stone  hammer-heads 
and  other  rude  tools  have  been  found  in  shallow  workings  there. 
There  were  also  "delphs"  i.e.  diggings,  on  the  Wolds  several  cen- 
turies ago,  but  these  were  all  shallow,  and  on  the  outcrops  of  the 
upper  seams.  AtNewhall,  Swadlincote,  &c,  there  were  also  ancient 
workings  at  the  outcrops  of  the  lower  beds.  About  the  end  of  the 
last  century  the  Main  coal  about  Measham  and  Oakthorpe  was  nearly 
exhausted  to  a  depth  of  about  60  yards.  In  1799,  Messrs.  Wilkes 
and  Mammatt  took  the  bold  step  of  crossing  the  great  Stone  Wall 
Fault.  They  succeeded  in  reaching  the  Main  coal  at  150  yards,-  and 
worked  it  to  a  considerable  distance  N.  and  N.E.  In  180-4,  the 
Double  Pits  at  Moira  were  commenced ;  and  a  few  years  later  the 
Furnace  Pit.  The  Bath  Pitf  followed  in  1813  ;  the  Hastings  and 
Grey,  and  the  Rawdon,  about  1830  ;  and  lastly  the  Canal  Head  Pit, 
about  1850.  Meanwhile  various  other  Collieries  had  been  opened  in 
the  northern  part  of  the  field,  and  the  main  coal  is  being  everywhere 
rapidly  worked  out.  Still  many  seams  are  nearly  untouched  ;  and 
Mr.  Hull  is  probably  under  the  mark  when  he  calculates  that  there 
are  in  the  whole  of  the  Leicestershire  Coalfield  150,000,000  tons  yet 
available ;  which  at  the  rate  of  consumption  now  prevailing  would 
last  for  200  years. J 

III. — The  Permian  Formation. 

The  coal  measures  of  the  Leicestershire  Coalfield  had  been  already 
much  broken  and  denuded  when  the  Permian,  the  formation  next  in 
order,  was  deposited  upon  them.  As  the  former  is  a  fresh-water,  or 
at  least  an  estuary  formation,  and  the  latter  a  marine,  a  subsidence 
of  the  land  must  have  taken  place  in  the  interval.  The  Permian  for- 
mation has,  however,  been  itself  so  extensively  denuded  at  a  later  period, 
that  it  is  impossible  to  say  to  what  extent  this  subsidence  may  have 

*  The  section  of  the  Brook  Pit,  Donisthorpe  Old  Colliery  is  given  in  Mam- 
matt's  Geological  Facts  ;  as  are  also  those  of  the  Eawdon  and  the  Hastiugs  and 
Grey  Pits.     That  of  the  Furnace  Pit  may  be  found  in  Bakewell's  Geology,  1838. 

+  So  called  from  the  salt  water  baths  established  there.  It  i3  not  certainly 
known  in  what  strata  this  water  takes  its  rise;  originally  it  flowed  at  the  surface 
in  the  "Salt  Spring  Close"  at  Donisthorpe;  but  the  works  of  the  Double  Pits 
having  been  carried  nearly  under  it,  the  spring  was  drained,  aud  the  water  is 
now  pumped  up  from  a  depth  of  230  yards  at  the  Bath  Pit.  A  portion  of  it  is 
conveyed  to  Ashby-de-la-Zouch  for  the  supply  of  the  Baths  there.  It  is  Salter 
than  sea  water,  and  contains  more  bromine,  and  is  in  high  repute  as  a  remedy 
for  rheumatic  affections. 

I  The  reader  should  compare  the  above  account  of  the  Ashby  Coalfield  with 
Quarter  Sheets  63  N.W.  and  71  S.W.  of  the  OrdDance  Map.  He  will  find  much 
valuable  information  in  Mr.  Hull's  paper  upon  it,  comprised  in  the  "  Memoirs 
of  the  Geological  Survey  of  Great  Britain"  ;  as  also  in  a  shorter  article  in  "  The 
Coalfields  of  Great  Britain",  by  the  same  author.  Numerous  sections  and  en- 
gravings of  fossils  are  contained  in  Mammatt's  M  Geological  Facts." 


THE   PERMIAN   FORMATION.  97 

taken  place.  There  is,  however,  great  probability  that  it  extended  over 
the  whole  of  the  coalfield ;  though  whether  Charnwood  (in  those  days 
doubtless  far  more  lofty  than  at  present)  was  wholly  submerged 
beneath  the  waters  of  the  Permian  ocean,  may  reasonably  be  doubted. 
That  the  Permian  formation  once  extended  over  most  of  the  coal- 
field is  inferred  from  the  occurrence  of  patches  of  it  left  in  various 
localities.  Beds  of  this  age  occur  at  Packington,  S.  of  Ashby,  and 
probably  at  the  base  of  the  New  Red  on  the  immediate  W.  of  that 
town.  They  again  occur  at  Measham  Field,  where  they  occupy  a 
considerable  area ;  also  under  the  town  of  Measham  itself ;  and  again 
at  Oakthorpe,  W.  of  it.  Farther  to  the  W.,  near  Saltersford,  and 
about  £  m.  N.  of  Stretton,  100  yards  of  Permian  Strata  were  traversed 
in  a  boring  for  coal.  Beds  of  this  age  skirt  the  western  edge  of  the 
Moira  Coalfield,  and  are  brought  up  at  the  intersection  of  two  faults 
at  Linton,  a  mile  W.  of  that  boundary.  At  Round  Wolds,  N.  of 
Woodville,  a  small  patch  of  them  may  be  seen ;  and  they  are  more 
extensively  developed  N.  of  Hartshorne,  about  Glover's  Mill,  and 
thence  down  the  valley  towards  Repton.  But  the  most  important 
mass  of  them  is  that  forming  Knowl  Hill,  N.  of  Tickenhall,  and  ex- 
tending as  far  as  the  Trent  at  Ingleby.  The  Permian  rests  in  different 
places  on  very  various  members  of  the  coal  formation,  thus  showing 
that  extensive  denudation  had  taken  place  previous  to  its  deposit.  At 
Moira  itself,  some  beds  which  may  belong  to  the  base  of  the  Per- 
mian- rest  on  strata  nearly  1000  feet  above  the  Main  coal ;  while 
at  Measham  Field  and  Saltersford,  they  rest  upon  the  Main  coal,  or 
on  beds  only  a  few  yards  above  it.  At  Packington,  and  probably  at 
Knowl  Hill,  the  Permian  rests  upon  strata  far  below  the  Main  coal. 
Hence  there  is  evidence  that  at  least  1000  feet  of  coal  measures  had 
been  stripped  off  from  portions  of  the  Ashby  Coalfield  before  the 
deposit  of  the  Permian.  It  is  stated  above,  that  the  Permian  attains 
a  thickness  of  100  yards  near  Saltersford.  There  can  be  little  doubt 
that  this  thickness  of  the  deposit  was  not  confined  to  that  spot,  but 
that  while  so  much  of  it  has  been  there  preserved  by  the  accident  of 
its  being  let  down  in  the  angle  between  the  Thorntree  and  the  Stone 
"Wall  Faults,  it  originally  covered  and  was  afterwards  denuded  from  a 
large  portion  of  the  neighbouring  country.  If  the  present  surface  of 
the  Coalfield  were  covered  at  Moira  with  a  thickness  of  100  yards  of 
Permian,  that  formation  would  not  entirely  thin  out  till  it  reached 
the  borders  of  Charnwood.  The  fragments  left  at  Ashby,  Packing- 
ton,  &c,  are  strong  evidence  that  this  was  really  the  original  extent 
of  the  Permian  Formation.  The  Permian  Beds  in  this  county  con- 
sist of  a  series  of  brown  sandstones,  with  partings  of  marl ;  the  Mag- 
nesian  Limestone,  characteristic  of  the  formation  from  Nottingham 
northwards,  being  here  wanting.  Occasionally  the  sandstones  became 
a  breccia,  composed  of  fragments  of  Silurian  and  Carboniferous  Rocks. 

*  They  are  more  probably  of  the  latest  part  of  the  coal  measure  period  ;  un- 
conformable to  the  lower  beds.  They  are  chiefly  coarse  grits,  characterized  by 
the  presence  of  silicified  stems  of  Sternbergia. 

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98  GEOLOGY   OF   LEICESTERSHIRE. 

This  at  times  is  cemented  into  a  hard  rock  by  the  lime  derived  from 
a  portion  of  the  pebbles  ;  at  others  it  is  a  loose  gravel,  locally  known 
as  Poxon  Gravel.-  There  are  also  pebbles  of  basalt  and  other  Trap- 
pean  rocks,  all  of  which  appear  to  have  travelled  from  the  W.,  for  no 
fragments  referable  to  the  Charnwood  rocks  are  to  be  found  among 
them.  Prof.  Ramsay  judges  from  their  angularity  that  their  trans- 
port is  due  to  ice.  The  Permian  Rocks  probably  increase  in  thick- 
ness towards  the  S.  and  W.,  inasmuch  as  they  are  largely  developed 
on  the  eastern  borders  of  the  S.  Staffordshire  Coalfield ;  and  the 
Warwickshire  Coalfield  is  cut  off  against  them  on  the  N.  A  boring 
of  200  yards  in  depth  at  Linley  Hall,  near  Higham,  appears  to  have 
been  partly  through  this  formation,  which  was  not  there  penetrated. 
It  may  very  probably  increase  from  100  yards  (its  greatest  known 
thickness  on  the  borders  of  the  Ashby-dc-la-Zouch- Coalfield,)  to  300 
yards  or  more,  as  we  recede  to  the  W.  and  S.  If  this  should  prove 
to  be  the  case,  the  Permian  Formation  will  oppose  a  formidable 
obstacle  to  the  search  for  coal  in  those  directions. 

IV. — The  Trias,  or  New  Red  Formation. 

The  Permian  Period  was  succeeded  in  this  country  by  a  time  of 
great  disturbance,  and  almost  entire  destruction  of  the  existing  races 
of  plants  and  animals ;  hence  it  is  reputed  the  last  of  the  Paleozoic 
Formations.  Extensive  dislocations  and  denudations  having  taken 
place,  the  remains  of  the  older  strata  seem  to  have  been  planed  down 
to  a  tolerably  uniform  level  throughout  the  central  districts  of  Eng- 
land. Apparently  about  this  time  happened  the  latest  outburst  of 
the  volcanic  activity  of  Charnwood.  A  flood  of  melted  matter, 
issuing  probably  from  the  fissure  created  by  the  great  Thringston 
Fault,  proceeded  from  somewhere  near  the  northern  foot  of  Bardon 
Hill,  and  spread  itself  over  the  Coal  Measures,  at  that  time  probably 
forming  the  bottom  of  a  deep  sea.  On  cooling,  this  became  a  com- 
pact greenstone,  not  unlike  that  forming  the  core  of  Bardon  Hill 
itself.  One  of  the  shafts  at  Whitwick  Colliery  passed  through  20 
yards  of  this  rock;  and  at  Snibston  Colliery  21  ft.  9.  in.  of  it  were 
traversed  at  the  pit  nearest  the  Coalville  Railway  Station :  thus  it 
evidently  thins  rapidly  to  the  westward,  and,  as  might  be  expected, 
was  not  found  in  pits  farther  to  the  W. 

1. — The  Bunter,  or  Lower  New  Red  Sandstone. 

The  ultimate  result  of  the  great  disturbances  above-mentioned 
was  that  Charnwood,  with  the  country  for  seven  or  eight  miles  to  the 
N.  and  W.,  and  for  an  unknown  distance  to  the  S.  and  E.,  formed 
an  island,  or  at  least  a  shoal  in  the  surrounding  sea.  The  Peak  of 
Derbyshire  seems  to  have  been  similarly  circumstanced,  and  in  the 
sea  between  the  two  lands,  and  for  a  long  way  to  the  W.,  extensive 
accumulations  of  sand  and  shingle  banks  took  place,  forming,  when 

*  This  breccia,  though  nearly  as  old  as  tho  Coal  Measures,  was  actually  called 
by  Mammatt  "  gravel  diluvial." 


THE    NEW   BED    SANDSTONE.  gQ 

consolidated,   the  Bunter  Sandstone.     There  is  in   Leicestershire 
little  or  none  of  the  Mottled  Sand  of  this  epoch,  which  is  found  in 
force  W.  of  Nottingham;  but  extensive  banks  of  shingle,  now  form- 
ing the  Conglomerate  or  Pebble  Beds,  the  middle  member  of  the 
punter  series,  were  deposited  round  the  edge  of  what  we  may  call 
Charnwood  Island.     A  fine  section  of  this  deposit  may  be  seen  just 
outsme  the  boundary  of  the  county  at  a  spot  marked  «  Gravel  Pit" 
on  tne  Ordnance  Map,  at  Waverton,  or  Warton,  near  Polesworth,  in 
Warwickshire.     Here  alternate  beds,  each  about  four  feet  in  thick- 
ness, of  shingle  pebbles  and  drab-coloured  sand,  rise  in  a  quarry  face 
to  the  height  of  40  feet.     From  this  point  the  Pebble  Beds  are  pro- 
bably continued  to  the  north  under  the  Bed  Marl,  and  reappear  at 
Nether  and  Over   Seale,  Castle   Gresley,   Stanton,   &c,   along  the 
western  edge  of  the  Moira  Coalfield.     Along  its  northern  edge,  by 
Bretby,  Repton,  Hartshorne,   Formark,  &c,  they  occur  in  force, 
and  are  probably  continued  under  the  Red  Marls  north-eastwards  to 
Nottingham.     The  New  Red  Conglomerates,  or  Pebble  Beds,  are 
very  nTegular   as  might  be  expected  in  shingle  banks;  at  times  they 
attain  200  feet  m  thickness.     The  lower  beds  are  often  reddish,  and 
with  but  few  pebbles;  the  upper  are  usually  a  mass  of  pebbles  im- 
bedded m  a  drab-coloured  sand.     At  times  the  pebbles  are  cemented 
by  lime  into  a  rock  so  hard  that  they  will  rather  break  than  part 
from  the  matrix    At  others,  and  especially  near  the  surface,  these  beds 
aie  with  difficulty  distinguished  from  recent  gravels:  in  such  cases 
the  absence  of  chalkflints  is  a  useful  criterion,  though  not  always 
conclusive.     Tne  majority  of  the  pebbles  are  a  liver-coloured  quartz, 
much  resembling  the  altered  Caradoc  Sandstone  of  the  Lickey -Fills 
near  Bromsgrove,  and  still  more  the  altered  Millstone  Grit  of  Harts' 
hih   near  Atherstone      Pebbles  of  white  quartz,  trappean  rocks,  and 
Coal  Measure  Sandstones  are  interspersed;  but  Limestone  Pebbles 
are  rare   bo  en  m  this  and  the  Permian  breccia  above  described-  they 
seem  to  have  been  dissolved  by  the  infiltration  of  water,  and  their 
material  dispersed  as  cement  through  the' mass. 

2.-~ The  Keuper,  or  Upper  New  Red  Sandstone,  and  Gypseous  Marls. 
Some  time  after  the  conclusion  of  the  Bunter  period,  (the  Upper 
Variegated  Sandstone  of  Cheshire,  as  well  as  the  Muschelkalk  of 
Germany,  having  been  deposited  in  the  interval,)  the  whole  of  our 
island  seems  through  a  long  period  of  time  to  have  slowly  subsided, 
till  little  but   its  highest  mountains  remained  above  the  waters. 
During  this  process  a  deposit  of  fine  mud  and  sand  was  everywhere 
going  on :  the  sand  was  dropped  chiefly  on  the  beaches  of  the  lands 
still  above  water  and  a  fine  red  mud  in  the  deeper  waters.     Hence 
the  base  ox  the  xveuper  series  exhibits  everywhere  a  preponderance 
of  white  sandstones,  tolerably  well  adapted  for  building  purposes. 
These  are  known  as  the  White,  or  Passage  Beds;  and  also  as  the 
Water  Stones   becmse  well-sinkers  make  sure  of  water  when  they 
reach  tnem  through  the  waterless  marls  above  them.     These  sand- 
stones give  evidence  of  their  littoral  origin  in  their  ripple-marks, 

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100  GEOLOGY   OP   LEICESTERSHIRE. 

sun-cracks,  and  rain-marks.  The  ripple-rnarked  sandstones  some- 
times (as  at  Burton  Bridge  and  at  Weston-on-Trent,)  exhibit  tracks 
of  Labyrinthodon.  The  White  Beds  occupy  from  50  to  100  feet  at 
the  base  of  the  formation ;  after  which,  the  red  marl,  which  had 
hitherto  occurred  only  as  thin  partings  between  the  beds  of  stone, 
becomes  predominant,  and  forms  thick  beds.  These  are  separated 
at  intervals  by  thin  tables  of  gypsum  and  of  a  hard  flaggy  stone, 
characterised  by  a  small  crustacean  (Estheria  minuta),  and  casts  of 
cubical  crystals  of  salt.  These  flags  sometimes  become  of  importance 
by  protecting  the  marl  below  them  from  denudation.  Thus,  at 
Orton-on-the-Hill,  a  bed  of  this  nature  not  more  than  a  yard  in 
thickness,  has  produced  a  considerable  eminence,  continued  from 
that  village  by  Norton  and  Twycross  to  Gopsall  Park.  Barely,  as 
in  the  railway  cutting  at  Branston,  near  Leicester,  and  about  the 
Dane  Hills,  a  bed  of  soft  sandstone  is  found,  remarkable  for  its  false 
bedding.  Besides  the  thin  tables  of  acicular  or  fibrous  gypsum 
above  mentioned,  amorphous  gypsum,  or  alabaster,  is  found  in 
large  nodules  in  the  upper  part  of  the  formation.  The  principal 
supply  of  this,  probably  lies  everywhere  in  one  and  the  same  floor ; 
perhaps  about  150  or  200  feet  from  the  top  of  the  formation.  It 
may  be  seen  in  the  railway  cuttings  at  Syston,  and  at  Red  Hill ; 
but  the  best  blocks  for  statuary  purposes  are  got  at  Chellaston,  and 
at  Fauld,  near  Tutbury.  The  Keuper  series  in  this  county  must, 
where  complete,  be  nearly  1000  feet  in  thickness;  though,  by  denu- 
dation and  the  original  inequality  of  the  sea-bottom  on  which  it  was 
deposited,  it  is  locally  much  thinner.  It  runs  up  into  the  valleys  of 
Charnwood ;  and  there  is  reason  to  believe  that  the  Cambrian  rocks 
of  that  district  were  once  completely  covered  up  by  the  Bed  Marls, 
if  not  by  later  formations  also.  In  Leicestershire,  the  Keuper  is  un- 
conformable to  everything  below  it ;  and  rests  indifferently  on  the 
Cambrians  of  Charnwood — the  Carboniferous  Limestones  of  Grace- 
dieu,  Breedon,  &c. — the  Coal  Measures  of  Coalville,  Ibstock,  &c. — 
the  Permians  of  Measham — and  the  Pebble  Beds  of  Seale,  &c.  It 
is  remarkably  barren  of  fossils,  though  a  few  interesting  ones  have 
been  found  by  Mr.  Plant  in  the  red  and  green  marls  of  the  higher 
part  of  the  formation,  near  Leicester. 

V. — The  Jurassic  or  Oolitic  Formation. 

1.     The  Lias. 

The  upper  beds  of  the  Red  Marl  appear  to  have  been  deposited  in 
water  of  some  depth  ;  but  those  of  the  Lias,  which  next  succeed  them, 
were  still  more  certainly  a  deep  water  formation.  The  Trias,  as  has 
been  observed,  is  remarkably  deficient  in  organic  remains ;  the  Lias 
on  the  contrary  abounds  with  them  ;  and  it  is  probably  owing  in  part 
to  this  circumstance  that  the  colour  and  chemical  condition  of  the 
two  series  is  so  strikingly  different.  In  Leicestershire,  the  Lias  rests 
everywhere  upon  the  Red  Marls,  to  which  it  is  nearly,  though  pro- 
bably not  quite  conformable.  Its  total  thickness  is  about  300  yards, 
and  it  is  divided  into  the  Upper  and  Lower  Lias  by  a  calcareous  sand- 


THE   OOLITIC   FORMATION.  101 

stone,  called  the  Marlstone.  These  three  divisions  occupy  nearly  one- 
half  of  the  county  on  its  eastern  side,  as  the  bulk  of  the  western  half 
is  occupied  by  the  Red  Marls.  We  shall  begin  our  account  of  the 
Lias  by  describing  the  line  of  demarcation  between  these  two  wide- 
spread formations. 

Descending  from  the  neighbourhood  of  Newark,  in  a  tolerably 
straight  line  fromN.  to  S.,  the  boundary  runs  through  Hawborough, 
about  l£  m.  W.  of  the  extreme  northern  limits  of  Leicestershire.  It 
is  thence  continued  by  Orston,  Elton,  Granby  and  Barnston,  to  Lan- 
gar,  preserving  an  average  distance  of  1^  m.  from  the  boundary  of  the 
county.  West  of  Langar,  the  Lias  boundary  stretches  westward  by 
Cropwell  Bishop,  south  of  Cotgrave  to  Clipston ;  and  leaving  a  small 
outlier  at  Hoe  Hill,  near  Plumtree,  it  turns  S.  to  Kegworth,  where  it 
sends  out  a  promontory  to  Rancliffe  Wood ;  and  then  skirting  round 
a  mile  or  so  E.  of  Bunny,  it  passes  to  the  S.  of  it  along  the  ridge  of 
Bunny  Old  Wood,  running  out  three  or  four  miles  to  the  W.  and 
leaving  outliers  at  Gotham  Hill,  and  N.  of  West  Leake.  From 
Hotchley  and  Sharpley  Hills,  N.  of  East  Leake,  the  boundary  fetches 
a  compass  by  Cortlingstock  to  E.  Leake  itself,  and  thence  to  Rempston, 
sending  out  a  promontory  to  Normanton  Hills.  Returning  E.  from 
this  point  the  line  enters  Leicestershire,  near  Hoton  ;  having  been 
hitherto  three  or  four  miles  to  the  north  of  the  county  boundary  ever 
since  leaving  Langar.  The  western  prolongation  of  the  Lias  between 
Bunny  and  Hoton  is  due  to  a  large  fault,  with  a  downthrow  to  the 
N.,  which  beginning  at  Castle  Donington  may  be  traced  at  intervals 
by  Hoton,  Wartnaby,  and  Ab  Kettleby,  to  Buckminster,  on  the 
eastern  edge  of  the  county,  a  distance  of  30  miles.  And  it  is  not 
improbable  that  another  fault,  branching  from  this  near  Scalford, 
north  of  Melton  Mowbray,  and  running  by  Upper  and  Nether  Brough- 
ton,  to  Bunny,  and  thence  towards  Long  Eaton,  forms  the  northern 
limit  of  the  downthrow.  From  Hoton  the  line  of  junction  of  the 
Lias  and  Red  Marls  passes  by  the  north  of  Prestwould  to  Burton,  and 
Preston-on-the-Wolds,  whence  it  runs  W.  nearly  to  the  Soar  and 
along  that  river  to  Barrow-on-Soar.  Hence  it  passes  S.E.  to  Sileby, 
and  E.  to  Ratcliffe-on-the-Wreke,  running  up  the  valley  of  that  river 
to  Hoby,  where  it  crosses  the  stream  and  passes  S.W.  to  Brooksby, 
Queniborough,  Barkby,  Humberston,  and  Knighton,  near  Leicester, 
whence  by  Union  Mills  and  Countesthorpe  Station,  it  passes  to  Dun- 
ton  Bassett  and  Ashby  Parva,  and  thence  S.W.  into  Warwickshire. 
In  this  latter  part  of  its  course  from  Barrow  southwards,  the  precise 
line  of  demarcation  is  rendered  very  obscure  by  deep  beds  of  drift 
overlying  the  junction  of  the  top  formations.  The  three  divisions  of 
the  Lias  will  now  require  separate  notice. 

A. — The  Lias  Limestone  and  Lower  Lias  Clays. 

Near  the  base  of  the  Lias  there  generally  lie  several  thin  beds  of 
a  bluish  limestone,  well  known  for  its  valuable  property  of  setting 
under  water.  The  principal  quarries  of  this  stone  in  this  county  are 
at  Barrow-on-Soar,  after  which  place  the  lime  is  generally  named. 


102  GEOLOGY   OF   LEICESTERSHIRE. 

Here  it  occurs  in  seven  beds,  averaging  eight  inches  in  thickness,  and 
inter  stratified  with  dark  coloured  shaly  clays,  containing  bones  of 
saurians  and  fish,  with  numerous  shells,  the  whole  mass  being 
strongly  impregnated  with  iron  pyrites  and  phosphate  of  lime. 
Above  the  limestones  lies  an  enormous  thickness  of  clay  similar  to 
that  just  described.  It  is  divided  at  distant  intervals  by  thin  beds 
of  mudstone  (as  near  Saddington  tunnel)  or  rarely  limestone  (as  in 
the  brook  at  Bottesford,)  and  in  one  instance  (below  Beivoir  Castle) 
of  soft  impure  sandstone  abounding  with  ammonites.  These  clays 
probably  attain,  where  perfect,  a  thickness  of  500  to  600  feet. 
Ammonites  and  belemnites  are  frequent  in  them  ;  but  the  most 
characteristic  fossil  is  a  thick  shelled  oyster  called  Gnjphaia  incur va. 

B. — The  Marlstone. 

The  clays  of  the  Lower  Lias  are  surmounted  by  a  band  of  calcareous 
sandstone  called  the  Marlstone.  This,  in  the  neighbourhood  of 
Beivoir  Castle,  where  it  caps  the  hills  to  the  W.,  is  about  20  feet 
in  thickness.  It  is  here  highly  impregnated  with  iron,  and  often, 
almost  wholly  composed  of  shells,  among  which  Rhynconella  (Tere- 
hratula)  Tetrahedra  is  predominant.  The  soil,  where  the  Marlstone 
is  at  the  surface,  is  here  called  M  red  land,  "  though  really  of  a  snuff 
brown.  Farther  to  the  S.,  as  at  Wymondham,  and  at  Burrough-on- 
the-Hill,  there  is  little  iron,  but  the  fossils  are  still  frequent.  But 
from  Billesdon,  southwards  to  the  extreme  edge  of  the  county  at 
Medbourne,  both  iron  and  fossils  are  in  small  quantity ;  and  in  con- 
sequence the  Marlstone  degenerates  to  a  soft  friable  rock,  no  longer 
producing  a  feature  in  the  landscape  by  resistance  to  denudation,  as 
it  had  done  in  the  N.  of  the  county.  The  Marlstone  occupies  a  strip 
of  country  of  small  breadth,  running  somewhat  parallel  to  the  outer 
boundary  of  the  Lias,  and  from  8  to  10  miles  to  the  E.  of  it.  It 
makes  a  light  soil  well  adapted  to  the  cultivation  of  barley  and 
turnips,  and  is  usually  under  plough,  while  both  Upper  and  Lower 
Lias  are  in  pasture.  The  course  of  this  formation  is  in  places  broken 
by  faults,  or  obscured  by  drift,  so  that  it  is  not  always  easy  to  trace. 
Beginning  at  Great  Gonerby,  north-west  of  Grantham,  we  may  trace 
its  outer  edge  by  Barrowby,  liarlaxton  and  Benton  to  Woolsthorpe, 
where  it  enters  Leicestershire  at  Beivoir  Farm  and  skirts  by  Harston 
and  the  S.  side  of  Knipton  to  Branston.  Hence  it  returns  N.E. 
round  the  Beservoir,  and  crowns  the  whole  of  the  high  ground  W. 
of  Beivoir  Castle.  The  castle  itself  stands  on  Lias  ;  but  Blackberry 
Hill,  immediately  W.  of  it,  is  an  outlier  of  Marlstone.  From  this,  the 
boundary  follows  the  brow  of  the  hills  overhanging  the  vale  of  Beivoir 
by  Stathern  Mill  to  about  l£m.  E.  of  Long  Claxton,  where  it  circles 
round  to  Wykeham,  between  Cauldwell  and  Scalford,  and  there 
appears  to  be  cut  off  by  a  fault.  At  Holwell  the  Marlstone  re-appears, 
having  been  thrown  down  to  the  W.  by  this  or  some  other  fault,  and 
forms  an  outlier,  the  northern  boundary  of  which  crests  the  ridge  N. 
of  Ab-Kettleby  and  Wartnaby  as  far  W.  as  Green  Hill,  about  a  mile 
from  old  Dalby-on-the-Wolds,    On  its  southern  side  this  outlier 


THE    OOLITIC    FORMATION.  103 

is  cut  off  by  the  Hoton  Fault  above  described.  A  small  patch  of 
Marlstone  is  seen  as  an  inlier  on  the  W.  of  Sproxton  ;  this  also  seems  to 
be  cut  off  on  the  S.  by  the  Hoton  Fault,  which  throws  back  the 
Marlstone  some  way  to  the  E. ;  but  the  country  is  here  so  covered 
with  drift  that,  with  the  exception  of  a  doubtful  patch  just  S. 
of  Sewstern,  nothing  is  seen  of  it  till  we  approach  Wymondham, 
where  it  appears  to  sot  in  suddenly  at  a  fault  running  in  the  line  of 
the  Wreke  Valley  with  a  downthrow  to  the  S.  From  Wymondham 
the  outer  edge  of  the  Marlstone  runs  W.  of  Edmondthorpe  and  Teigh; 
between  which  places  it  may  be  well  seen  and  studied  in  the  cutting 
of  the  Oakham  Canal.  Hence  it  circles  round  N.  of  Ashwell  to 
Whissendine,  and  to  Pickwell  and  Burrough-on-the-Hill,  with  an 
irregular  boundary.  At  Burrough  it  caps  bold  hills,  one  of  which  is 
crested  by  a  British  camp.  Passing  W.  of  Somerby  it  is  barely 
traceable  through  Owston,  but  reappears  W.  of  Owston  Lodge  Farm, 
running  out  westward  on  the  N.  of  Tilton-on-the-Hill  to  Billesdon 
Coplow.  Returning  S.E.  through  Billesdon  village,  it  passes  in  an 
obscure  form  through  Skemngton  and  Tugby,  Goadby,  Glooston  and 
Cranhoe,  to  Slawston  and  Medbourne;  S.E.  of  which,  near  Drayton, 
it  crosses  the  Welland  into  Northamptonshire,  and  returns  W.  up 
the  southern  side  of  the  valley  of  that  river  beyond  the  meridian  of 
Market  Harborough.  An  outlier  occurs  on  the  Leicestershire  side, 
S.E.  of  Stanton  Wyville ;  and  another  extends  from  a  little  N.  of 
Gumley  to  the  Grand  Junction  Canal  about  a  mile  S.  of  Laughton. 
The  Marlstone  appears  as  an  inlier  in  the  valley  at  Lodington,  and 
again  near  East  Norton  and  Allexton,  and  possibly  in  other  places  ; 
as  outside  the  boundaries  of  the  county  it  does  at  Branston  and 
Brook,  south  of  Oakham.  This  last  town  itself  stands  upon  Marl- 
stone, continuous  by  Barleythorpe  and  Langham  to  Ashwell.  The 
inner  or  eastern  boundary  of  the  Marlstone  is  very  obscure,  being  in 
most  places  concealed  by  drift.  For  the  most  part  it  follows  the 
outer  edge  at  a  distance  varying  from  \  to  1  mile  ;  after  which,  it  is 
everywhere  covered  up  to  the  E.  by  the  clays  of  the  Upper  Lias. 

C. — The  Upper  Lias  Clays. 

On  the  S.  the  Upper  Lias  occupies  the  whole  of  the  county  E.  of 
the  line  just  described  as  that  of  the  Marlstone.  It  is  here  about  100 
yards  in  thickness,  and  similar  in  character  to  the  Lower  Lias. 
Northwards  it  appears  to  diminish  in  thickness,  and  at  Sproxton  can 
hardly  attain  100  feet.  Still  farther  to  the  N.,  it  skirts  the  flanks 
of  the  hills  between  Croxton  and  Branston,  and  thence  S.  of  Knip- 
ton,  Harston,  Denton,  andHarlaxton  to  Grantham.  Here  its  thick- 
ness seems  not  to  exceed  50  or  60  feet.  Lying,  however,  very  flat 
in  a  line  from  E.  to  W.,  it  covers  a  considerable  extent  of  country 
N.  of  the  Hoton  Fault,  and  extends  (except  where  covered  by  out- 
liers of  the  Inferior  Oolite,  or  denuded,  down  to  the  Marlstone)  from 
the  line  joining  Sproxton,  Saltby,  and  Croxton  Kyrial  to  the  outcrop 
of  the  Marlstone  at  Caldwell,  Goadby  Marwood,  and  Eastwell. 

The  Lias  Districts  of  the  east  of  Leicestershire  form,  for  the  most 


104  GEOLOGY   OF   LEICESTERSHIRE. 

part,  an  extremely  dull  and  uninteresting  country.  Except  where 
the  Marlstone  diversifies  the  scenery,  and  creates  bold  hills  with 
light  arable  soil,  we  find  everywhere  a  lumpish  outline,  and  inter- 
minable ox-pastures  on  an  ill-drained  retentive  soil.*  The  country 
is  nearly  destitute  of  natural  wood,  and  the  roads,  from  the  scarcity 
of  material  and  the  dampness  of  the  subsoil,  excessively  bad ;  the 
water,  except  that  from  the  Marlstone,  impregnated  with  pyrites. 
Yet,  probably  from  the  abundance  of  animal  matter,  and  especially 
phosphate  of  lime,  in  the  Lias  clays,  these  ugly  rushy  pastures  fatten 
large  herds  of  oxen,  and  are  the  laboratory  of  the  so-called  Stilton 
cheese,  of  which  Melton  Mowbray  and  Leicester  are  the  emporia. 
They  form  also  one  of  the  most  favourite  hunting  countries  in  Eng- 
land. 

2. — The  Inferior  Oolite. 

Upon  the  Upper  Lias  the  Inferior  Oolite  rests  nearly  comformably. 
In  the  S.E.  of  the  county  it  comes  within  a  mile  or  two  of  the  borders 
at  Wardley,  west  of  Uppingham,  and  thence  to  Stoke  Dry.  Again, 
about  one  mile  north  of  Market  Overton,  and  near  Thistleton,  it 
comes  almost  to  the  edge  of  Leicestershire,  but  does  not,  we  believe, 
fairly  enter  the  county.  Between  this  and  the  northern  edge  of 
Buckminster  Park,  the  whole  of  the  intervening  country  appears  to 
be  upheaved  between  the  Hoton  Fault  on  the  N.  and  another  parallel 
to  it  through  the  N.  end  of  Wymondham :  this  latter  we  may  call 
the  Wymondham  Fault.  The  effect  of  this  upheaval  is  to  throw 
back  the  boundary  of  the  Oolite  to  the  E.  of  the  British  Road,  which, 
leaving  the  Ermine  street  at  Greetham  Mill  in  Rutlandshire,  runs 
N.W.,  and  for  10  miles  forms  the  boundary  between  the  counties  of 
Leicester  and  Lincoln.  The  Oolite  in  this  part  comes  as  far  as  North 
Witham  and  Stainsby.  Woolsthorpe,  the  birth-place  of  Newton, 
stands  a  little  within  the  boundary.  About  a  mile  S.  of  Skillington 
we  come  upon  the  Hoton  Fault,  which,  being  a  downthrow  to  the 
N.,  carries  the  outer  edge  of  the  Oolite  as  far  east  as  Sproxton, 
whence  the  boundary  runs  by  Saltby  to  Croxton  Kyrial,  and  thence 
follows  the  crest  of  the  hills  overlooking  the  Vale  of  Belvoir,  winding 
round  with  them  to  the  E.  in  the  direction  of  Grantham.  About  a 
quarter  of  a  mile  E.  of  Croxton,  on  the  road  to  Melton,  a  downthrow 
fault  brings  in  a  small  outlier  of  the  Oolite  :  and  still  further  to  the 
S.  and  E.,  about  Waltham-on-the- Wolds  and  Stonesby,  is  a  much  more 
considerable  one.  The  base  of  the  Oolite  in  this  quarter  is  a  brown 
sand  much  resembling  the  marlstone,  and  in  places  containing  a 
large  amount  of  iron.  Upon  this  rests  a  white  limestone,  exhibiting 
the  characteristic  roe-like  structure  which  has  originated  the  term 

*  "  A  few  years  ago,"  says  the  late  Thomas  Gisborne,  of  Yoxall,  "  we  should 
have  looked  for  the  least  improved  district  of  agricultural  England  from  the  top 
of  Robin-a-tip-toes"  (a  hill  of  Upper  Lias,  with  Marlstone  at  its  western  base, 
near  Tilton-on-the-Hill.)  "No  prospect  could,  in  an  agricultural  point  of  view, 
be  more  melancholy.  Large  spongy  pasture  fields,  so  encumbered  with  vast 
ant-hillocks  that  nothing  but  an  accomplished  hunter  could  gallop  among  them 
with  safety,  bounded  by  rambling  fences,  &c," — Quart.  Rev.,  No,  168, 


THE   INFEEIOR   OOLITE.  105 

Oolite.  Like  the  Marlstone,  it  forms  a  light  friable  soil  well  suited 
for  barley  and  turnips,  and  its  Flora  will  be  found  very  interesting 
to  those  whose  experience  has  been  confined  to  the  Lias  Clays  and 
Red  Marls  which  form  the  bulk  of  Leicestershire. 

We  have  here  a  great  break  in  the  ascending  series  of  geological 
deposits  ;  and  the  formations  which  overlie  the  Inferior  Oolite  must  be 
sought  to  the  E.  and  S.E.  of  the  borders  of  the  county.  The  Great 
Oolite  approaches  within  two  miles  of  the  extreme  South  Eastern  point 
of  Leicestershire.  It  there  rests  unconformably  on  the  Upper  Lias  ; 
and  it  is  not  impossible  that  an  outlier  of  it  may  eventually  be  found 
within  this  county ;  but  the  parts  of  Leicestershire  included  in 
sheets  64  and  70  of  the  Ordnance  Map  have  not  yet  been  subjected 
to  the  searching  investigation  of  the  Government  Geological  Sur- 
veyors. When  we  consider  that  the  Lias  is  a  deep  sea  formation, 
and  observe  the  hills  of  600  or  700  feet  in  elevation  which  it  forms 
about  Rillesdon,  we  can  hardly  doubt  that  it  once  extended  to  the 
edge  of  Charnwood,  if  it  did  not  actually  cover  it.  Circling  round 
both  N.  and  S.  of  Charnwood,  it  was  perhaps  once  continuous  with 
the  fragments  of  the  same  formation  on  Needwood  Forest,  west  of 
Burton-on-Trent.  How  far  towards  the  borders  of  this  county  the 
more  recent  formations  extended,  it  is  impossible  to  say;  it  is 
certain  that  up  to  the  chalk,  they  all  once  spread  far  to  the  N.W.  of 
their  present  limits.  But  if  any  of  them  ever  entered  Leicestershire 
they  were  probably  denuded  during  the  Tertiary  period.  No  strata 
of  that  age  were  deposited  within  the  borders  of  the  county  except 
some  of  the  Newer  Pleiocene,  the  very  uppermost. 

VI. — Newer  Pleiocene  Tertiaries. 

In  the  valley  of  the  Soar  and  Wreke  are  extensive  deposits  of  a 
loamy  character,  apparently  consisting  of  Red  Marl  and  Lias  Clay, 
in  variable  proportions,  with  an  admixture  of  smaller  quantities  of 
other  materials.  These  loams  are  frequently  worked  for  bricks ; 
they  attain  in  places  nearly  100  feet  in  thickness.  It  is  not  always 
easy  to  distinguish  them  from  undisturbed  Red  Marl ;  but  they  have 
generally  less  coherence,  and  little  trace  of  stratification.  Good 
sections  of  these  beds  may  be  seen  at  Broughton  Astley  Station, 
where  a  Liassic  character  predominates ;  near  Brooksby  and  Ro- 
therby,  in  the  valley  of  the  Wreke ;  and  in  Loughborough  Park 
Lane  ;  in  these  the  Red  Marl  element  prevails.  In  the  latter  place, 
grinders  and  tusks  of  Elephas  primigmius  have  been  found ;  some  of 
which  are  preserved  in  the  Museum  at  Leicester.  These  we  believe 
to  be  the  oldest  beds  of  the  Newer  Pleiocene  Period  in  the  country. 

Scattered  over  the  county  may  be  found  deposits  of  drift 
gravel  containing  Lias  Limestone  pebbles  and  fossils  (such  as  Belem- 
nites  and  GrypJboea  incurva), — flints  and  silicified  Echinodcrms  from 
the  chalk, — and  the  like.  The  characteristic  parts  of  this  gravel 
must  have  come  to  us  from  the  E.,  and  we  therefore  include  all 
deposits  of  this  nature  under  the  name  of  Eastern  Drift.  A  large 
quantity  of  this  gravel  may  be  seen  at  Charnock  Hill,  near  Pise* 


106  NEWER    PLEIOOENE    TERTIARIES. 

worth,  and  near  Formark  Park  Farm,  west  of  Tickenhall.  The 
great  fissure  which  is  formed  by  the  Coleorton  Fault  is  seen  in  the 
railway  cutting  to  be  filled  with  matters  of  this  nature,  and  the  dis- 
solved chalk,  oolite,  and  lias  pebbles  have  cemented  some  parts  of 
the  gravel  into  a  conglomerate.  Vast  accumulations  of  this  gravel 
cap  the  hill  at  Cold  Overton,  obscure  the  course  of  the  Marlstone 
at  Owston,  and  cover  a  large  area  at  Misterton,  near  Lutterworth, 
and  elsewhere.  As  we  find  this  drift  often  capping  the  highest 
ground  in  the  neighbourhood,  as  on  Hill  Top,  Ashby-de-la-Zouch, 
(470  feet  above  the  sea),  and  on  Smisby  Common  (600  feet),  on  the 
W.  of  the  county  ;  as  well  as  at  Cold  Overton,  Laughton,  Gumley,* 
on  the  E.,  it  would  seem  to  have  been  once  generally  distributed, 
and  since  removed  by  denudation,  and  the  excavation  of  the  existing 
valleys. 

At  a  later  period  drift  appears  to  have  been  brought  by  ice  from 
the  N.  During  a  portion  of  this  time,  Charnwood,  already  stripped  of 
its  covering  of  Red  Marl,  seems  again  to  have  formed  a  shoal  or 
island  in  the  glacial  sea,  obstructing  the  southern  passage  of  the  ice. 
Along  the  northern  shore  of  this  island  the  ice  grounded  and  thawed, 
depositing  immense  quantities  of  detritus,  chiefly  blocks  of  Mill- 
stone Grit  and  Carboniferous  Limestone,  with  numerous  fragments 
of  coal.  These  accumulations  in  the  neighbourhood  of  Sheepshed 
sometimes  attain  a  thickness  of  50  feet,  and  the  coal  contained  in 
them  has  created  a  popular  delusion  that  seams  of  that  mineral  exist 
below.  In  the  period  immediately  preceding  or  following  that  in 
which  the  grounded  ice  was  depositing  a  moraine  at  the  northern 
base  of  Charnwood,  the  whole  of  the  Forest  country  was  submerged, 
and  the  ice  drift  from  the  N.  passed  over  both  it  and  the  Wold  Hills 
in  the  N.E.  of  the  county.  The  ice  grounding  on  the  ridges  of  the 
hills,  tore  up  and  carried  away  to  the  southwards  immense  quantities 
of  their  materials.  The  eastern  parts  of  the  county  S.  of  the  ridge 
of  the  Wold  Hills  are  widely  covered  with  drifted  clay,  imbedding 
numerous  blocks  of  Oolitic  Limestone.  Further  to  the  W.  the  same 
effect  has  been  produced  in  the  case  of  the  Charnwood  rocks ;  the 
detritus  of  these  has  been  carried  away  S.  and  S.W.  towards  Hinck- 
ley and  Atherstone,  and  large  blocks  of  porphyry  and  slate  are  found 
scattered  for  20  miles  in  that  direction.  This  "  Forest  Drift"  is 
certainly  of  later  age  than  the  "  Eastern  Drift"  above  described ;  for 
when  the  two  are  found  together  the  Forest  Drift  is  always  upper- 
most. 

Since  the  epoch  of  the  Forest  Drift  little  geological  change  has 
taken  place  in  this  count}7.  During  the  final  rise  of  our  island  above 
the  waters  at  the  conclusion  of  the  Glacial  Period,  a  good  deal  of 
superficial  denudation  took  place.  The  existing  valleys  were  at  that 
time  for  the  most  part  scooped  out  through  all  the  drifts  above  de- 
scribed, and  some  of  the  older  formations  below  them.    Much  of  the 


*  Memoirs  of  the  Geological  Survey.— Description  of  Quarter  Sheet  63  S.E. 
By  Mr.  H.  H.  Howell. 


GEOLOGY   OF    LEIOESTEKSHIRE. 


107 


matter  then  removed,  was  brought  down  to  the  valley  of  the  Trent, 
then  still  an  arm  of  the  sea.  And  the  drift  pebbles  (there  mingled 
with  large  quantities  of  quartz  gravel  derived  from  the  conglomerates,) 
have  there  formed  extensive  beds,  in  some  places  30  feet  in  thickness. 

VII. — Eecent  Deposits. 

The  local  deposits  of  peat  and  alluvium,  which  have  been  made 
since  the  last  emergence  of  the  land,  are  no  where  very  remark- 
able for  magnitude  in  Leicestershire,  though  they  are  well-worthy  of 
the  attention  of  local  students  of  geology.-  For  they  cannot  fail  to 
learn  from  these  comparatively  minute  matters,  something  that  will 
bettor  enable  them  to  understand  the  gigantic  results  of  bygone 


changes. 

W.  H. 

c. 

Ft. 
1 
4 
8 
0 
1 
6 
8 
1 
4 
3 
3 
1 
1 
6 
1 

12 
0 
G 
2 
G 
1 
8 

20 
2 
1 
2 
0 
0 
0 
3 

12 
3 

19 
2 
0 
2 

Marls  and  Ske 

No.  1.- 
rries . . 

•     A] 
—Section 

Ft 

...   141 
...       3 

..     21 

PPF 
i  of 
In. 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

6 

0 

6 

0 

0 

0 

4 

0 

0 

1 

0 

0 

9 

7 

G 

4 

0 

6 

6 

0 

6 

G 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

NDI 

Bag 

40 
50 
GO 
70 

X. 

worth  Colliery. 

Coal. ....... 

In. 
G 

Stone 

Marl 

Fire  Clay 

Bind 

6 
0 

Stone 

2 
..     36 

Black  Batt 

5 

Marl 

Coal 

G 

Stone 

...     20 

..     14 

3 

...     71 

0 

Marl 

Stone 

Marl 

Bind 

Fire  Clay .... 
Coal 

Fire  Clay . . . . 

0 
3 
1 

10     Scone 

4 

0 

Bind 

9 

Cl'anch 

0 

Coal 

Fire  Clay 

Bind  and  Ircnsionn. . 

1 
...      4 
..     12 

Bind  and  Ironstone     . . . 
White  Stone 

6 
0 

Blue  Bind 

4 

Grey  Stone . . . 
Blue  Bind 

...     10 
..     21 

6 

Blue  Bind;  ir 
White  Stone . . 

jnstone. . . 

8 

4 

q 

Batt 

..        0 
1 

Bind 

q 

Coal 

Coal 

Clunch  and  Ii 
Bind  and  Irorj 
Stony  Bind    . 
Stone 

onstone . . 
stone .... 

10 

20     Blue  Bind... 
Shale 

...     43 
...       0 

..       7 
..       4 
..     25 

2 

6 
4 

3 

Soft  Bind 

Rocky  Binds  ; 
White  Stone  . 
Coal  and  Can 
Clunch  

ironstone 

3 

5 

4 

Batt 

Coal 

..       0 
4 

nel 

8 

5i 

G 

..       5 

..     13 

..       6 

1 

Bind 

30     Clunch 

Batt    

Clunch  

1 

9 

Stony  Bind  . 
Dark  Bind... 

q 

...       6 

0 

Stony  Bind. . . 
Bind 

Dark  Shale    . 
Coal 

9 

8J 
2* 

Shale 

jtone. . 

...       1 

Clunch  

Coal  ....... 

*  We  have  lately  heen  informed  that  human  remains  have  heen  found  near 
Bottesford,  in  company  with  hones  of  extinct  animals.  This  is  a  circumstance 
which  deserves  to  be  carefully  enquired  into. 


108 


GEOLOGICAL   APPENDIX. 


Ft.     In 


80 


90 


10 


20 


30 


Chinch 

Blue  Bind 

Stone  Bind  

Stone 

Bind  .    

Stone 

Bind 

Coal 

Fire  Clay 

Coal.    Upper  Main .... 

Fire  Clay 

Bind  ;  ironstone  balls . . 

Stone  Bind    

Fire  Clay;    ironstone.. 

Stone  Bind 

Bind 

Fire  Clay 

Coal 

Fire  Clay 

Bind 

Stone 


7 

6 

9 

0 

1G 

6 

3 

6 

1 

6 

1 

0 

5 

0 

0 

10 

0 

N 

5 

0 

0 

0 

3 

0 

10 

0 

2 

0 

4 

6 

21 

9 

0 

6 

2 

0 

9 

5 

5 

0 

5 

0 

Stone  Bind 

Bind 

Batt    

Coal , 

Fire  Clny 

Stone 

100  Shale 

Fire  Clay 

Coal , 

Fire  Clay , 

Coal 

Clunch   

Stone  Bind    

Stone 

Stone  Bind , 

Stone , 

110  Bind  

Shale , 

Coal , 

Fire  Clay 

Coal.    Lower  Main , 


Ft.  In. 
24  0 
12  0 
6 
6 
0 
6 
0 
3 
3 
6 
1 
0 


1 

4 

3 
15 

4 

0 

3 

8 

3 

1 
16    8 

9    0 


3 
1 
19 
1 
3 


0 
8 
6 
0 
7 

9    0 
8     3 


No.  2. — Section  of  Calcutta  Pit,  Sivannington. 


1  0 

1  0 

8  3 

0  1J 

3  7* 

0  2£ 


Soil     ..        1      3 

Soft  Yellow  Clay 5     0 

Blue  Clay 2     6 

Blue  Bind  ;  pebbles  and 

ironstone 8     9 

Blk.  Shale  &BrassilCoAL       1     0 

Strong  Black  Shale 1     0 

Black  Rammel 1     0 

Blue  Bind 1     4 

White  Stone 0     6 

Blue  Bind.. 7  10 

Coal 

Soft  Blue  Bind 

Light  Fire  Clay 

Ironstone     

Blue  Bind 

Ironstone 

Blue  Bind ;  ironstn.  balls 

Dark  blue  Bind   

Coal 

Rotten  Black  Batt  

Fire  Clay 

Ironstone  Ball 

Blue  Bind 

Dark  Soft  Bind 0     6 

Blue  Bind  ;  ironstn.  beds     10     6 

Black  Batt 0     6 

Coal.  Stone.  Smut  Rider       3     9 

Dark  tough  Bind 0     6 

Strong  Stony  Bind 4  11 

Ironstone 0     7 

StrongBindjironetn.beds     10  10 

Strong  Dark  Bind 5     4 

Black  Shale 0     8 

Strong  Blue  Bind 5     4 

Ironstone 0    4 

Bind 3    3 


Coal.     Stone  Smut. .  . . 

Black  Clunch  or  Stone . . 

Soft  Black   Bind 

40     Black  Shale   

Fire  Clay  or  Clunch .... 

Strong  Bind 

Bind 

Coal.     Swannington   . . 

Strong  Chinch  ........ 

Grey  Stone   

Strong  Bind 

Black  Batt 

Bronze  Bed 

50     Coal  

Black  Batt 

Clunch  or  Fire  Clay. . . . 

Strong  Bind 

Hard   White   Slone 

Strong  Stony  Bind.... 

Tough  Sloam   

Grey  Stone   

Black  Shale 

Coal.  Soft  or  Three  Qr. 
60     Sloam    

Fire  Clay 

Strong  Clunch 

Soft  Bind 

Strong  Bind 

Black  Shale 

Strong  Bind  ;  ironstone 

White  Stone 

Strong  Bind 

Black  Shale 

70     Coal.     Slate  Coal  Rider 

Light  Fire  Clay    

Strong   Clunch 

Strong  Bind ;   ironstone 


6    0 


1    6 

1  0 

2  0 
2  9 
9  10 
1  11 
4  6 
7  6 
7     0 

10  11 
0     8 
0     1| 
0     4 
0     5| 


4     0 


0 

2 

0 

2 

3 

0 

4 

1 

2 

6 
17 

1 

1 

0 
13     0 

2    G 


SECTIONS   OF   COLLIERIES. 


109 


Black  Shale  

Coal  ") 

Brown  Stone  [  SJateCoal 

Coal  J  

Fire  Clay 

Sti*ong  Clunch 

80    Blue  Bind 

Ironstone 

Blue  Bind;  shells 

Blue  Bind 

Black  Shale 

Ironstone 

Black  Shale 

Sloam    

Dark  Bind 

Ironstone 

90     Strong  Blue  Bind 

Ironstone 

Light  blue  Bind 

Coal     )    

Sloam    J-   Yard 

Coal     J    

Fire  Clay 

Dk.Clunch;ironstone  balls 

Strong  Stony  Bind   .... 

Gi-ey  Cank   

100  Grey  Rock     

Strong  Blue  Bind    .... 

Grey  Rock 

Blue  Bind 

No.  3. — Section  of  the  Church 

Pit  Bank    

Soil    

Yellow  Clay 

Dark  blue  Bind    

Coal 

Grey  Clunch 

Fire  Clay 

Coal 

GreyPotClayl  TheSagger 
10     Grey  Clunch  J-      and 

Grey  Clunch  J  BottleClays 

Black  Batt     

Coal 

Black  Batt     

Grey  Clunch 

Black  Batt     

Coal 

Grey  Clunch 

Grey  and  black  Pot  Clay 
20     Coal 

Light  Grey  Pot  Clay   . . 

Black  Pot  Clay 

Coal  (The  Elu  Coal)  . . 

Black  Batt 

White  Clunch    

Coal 

Grey  Clunch 


Ft.  In 
0  4 
4    0 


14  0 
0  5 
7  10 

10     0 


0  2* 

9  0 

0  8 

4  0 

2  10 

0  9 

0  9 


Grey  Rock 

Blue  Bind 

Black  Batt., 

Coal.    Rattlejack 

Sloam    

Coal.  Shale  and  brassil 
110  Strong  Bind 

Hard  Grey  Rock 

Stony  Bind    

White  Stone 

Strong  Stony  Bind .... 

Blue  Bind 

Dk.  blue  Bind;  ironstone 

Dark  blue  Bind 

Dark  blue  Bind  and  Cank 

Dark  blue  Bind    

120  Rattlejack  (Coal  0  1$).. 

Reddish  Bind 

Tender  Bind 

Rattlejack 

Black  Stone 

Coal,  Stinking 

Sloam     

Fire  Clay 

Clunch  

Strong  Bind 

130  Stony  Bind 

Grey  Rock 

Tender  Bind 

Coal.    Main 


Ft.  In. 

4  3 

5  2i 
0  8 
2  0 


0     6 
7     0 


2     6 

4     8 


0  6 

0  2 

4  3 
0  2 
0  10 

6  0 

7  7 

8  7 
34  0 

5  0 
7  6 


30 


Pit,  Gresley 

3  8 
0    9 

4  0 
11    0 

0  10 
6  11 
4  0 
0    4 

0 

7| 

0 

0 

2 

0 

7 


Common,  in  the  Moira  Coal  Field, 


0     5* 


1 
0 
8 
2 
1 
0 

3  11 
1  0 
1  1 
1  6 
1     6 


40 


50 


Coal 

Black  and  grey  Pot  Clay 

Coal 

Black  Clunch    

Black  Batt  and  Bind    . . 

Coal 

Black  Bind    

Black  Ironstone    

Dark  Blue  Bind    

Brown  Ironstone 

Dark  Blue  Bind    

Coal  (123  M.) 

Light  grey  Pot  Clay    . . 

Dark  grey  Bind    

Black_BattJ(126)|:::. 

Grey  Clunch  and  Bind 
Light  grey  Clunch   .... 

Brown  Cank 

Grey  stone  Bind 

Light  brown  Cank    .... 

Grey  stone  Bind 

Light  blue  Bind   

Tender  Bind 

Grey  Clunchy  Bind. . . . 

Coal  (142,  143)    

Grey  stony  Clunch  .... 


3  0 
1  7 
0  10 

3  6 

4  1 
0  10 
3  2 
0  4 
3  0 
0  4 
6  8 
3    2 


3  0 
2    6 

0  6 

1  6 
0  9 
6    9 

2  11 
2  8 
2  10 
0  6 
2    6 


110 


GEOLOGICAL   APPENDIX. 


Ft.  In 

Dark  blue  bind 3  8 

Strong  blue  Bind 5  0 

Black  Batt 0  8 

Coal  (149)     . . ._ 1  8 

Grey  clnncby  Bind  ....  7  3 

Strong  Bind  .  < 2  9 

60     Stony  Bind    1  3 

Dark  blue  Bind 3  6 

Grey  Rock 5  4 

Dark  blue  stony  Bind  . .  7  5 

Light  blue  Bind    4  6 

Dark  blue  Bind 4  10 

Blue  Bind 8  9 

Black  Batt  (166)   1  6 

Dark  blueBind&Ironstoue  5  0 

Black  Batt  (171) 2  3 

70     Dark  blue  Sloam 0  5 

Coal  (172)     0  9 

Dark  grey  Chinch 1  9 

Grey  clunchy  Bind  ....  2  0 

Dark  blue  Bind 11  2 

Black  Batt  (177,  178)  . .  12  2 

Dark  blue  Bind     19  0 

Black  Batt  (195)   2  3 

Dark  blue  Bind 1  9 

Brown  Ironstone 0  3 

80     Light  blue  Bind 3  6j 

Drab  Ironstone 0  2  £ 

Light  blue  Bind    7  6" 

Brown  Ironstone 0  2 

Light  blue  Bind    1  9 

Light  brown  Ironstone  0  2 

Blue  Bind 4  6| 

Light  brown  Ironstone  0  3 

Blue  Bind 4  0 

Dark  blue  Bind    2  0 

90    Black  Batt 1  1 

Coal  (DickyGobbler,222)  3  8 

Dark  blue  Sloam 0  6 

Grey  clunchy  Bind  ....  8  4 

Blue  Bind 2  0 

Dark  blue  shaly  Bind  . .  6  5 

Brown  Ironstone 0  2 

Dark  blue  Bind     3  6 

Black  Batt 2  2 

Brown  Ironstone 0  4 

100  Light  blue  Bind    7  3 

Light  brown  Ironstone  0  3 

Blue  Bind 5  10 

Light  brown  Ironstone  0  1  \ 

Black  Batt 3  lj 

Black  Ironstone    0  1\ 

Dark  blue  Bind     1  114 

Coal  (250) 2  2 

Black  Sloam 0  6 

Light  grey  Sloam 0  6 

110  Clunchy  blue  Bind 6  6 

Blue  Bind 6  10 

Dark  blue  Bind    6  6 


Ft  In. 

Brown  Ironstone 0  lj 

Black  Bind    4  0 

Dark  brown  Ironstone. .  0  2 

Dark  blue  Bind     1  Hi 

Black  Bind    0  7 

Stone,  with  Shells    11  0 

Black  Batt 7  6 

120  Grey  Sloam 0  9 

Grey  stony  Bind 3  3 

Dark  blue  Bind     4  0 

Light  grey  Stone 5  6 

Dark  blue  Bind     1  6 

Light  grey  Stone 0  6 

Dark  blue  Bind     3  0 

Brown  Ironstone 0  2 

Dark  blue  Bind     3  4 

Black  Batt 3  0 

130  Black  Bind    3  3 

Brown  Ironstone 0  2 

Blue  Bind 6  8 

Brown  Ironstone 0  3 

Blue  Bind 0  6 

Brown  Ironstone 0  2 

Black  Batt 2  6 

Coal  (Jack  Dennis,  271)  4  3 

Dark  grey  Sloam 1  0 

Dark  grey  Clunch     ....  4  0 

140  Light  grey  Stone 12  7i 

Dark  grey  Bind     10  0 

Dark  blue  Bind    2  0 

Black  Batt 3  10 

Dark  grey  Clunch     ....  3  2 

Clunchy  blue  Bind 9  0 

Blue  Bind 3  2 

Coal  (286) 2  8 

Soft  black  Sloam 0  6 

Dark  blue  clunchy  Bind  9  2 

150  Blue  Bind , .  3  0 

Grey  Stone    1  6 

Blue  stony  Bind   1  0 

Grey  Stone    2  6 

Blue  Bind.... 3  0 

Brown  Ironstone  .....  0  l£ 

Blue  Bind 3  10 

Black  Batt 3  0 

Black  Sloam 1  0 

Black  Batt 1  0 

160  Dark  blue  Bind    1  8 

Brown  Ironstone 0  2 

Blue  Bind 4  8 

Brown  Ironstone 0  3 

Blue  Bind 3  0 

Brown  Ironstone 0  2 

Black  Batt)  onQ  f 2  10 

Coal  . . . .  }  °03  \  \. . . .  1  5 

Dark  grey  Sloam 0  10 

Dark  grey  Clunch     1  0 

170  Light  grey  clunchy  Stone  3  0 

Stony  blue  Bind 2  0 


SECTIONS    OF    COLLIERIES. 


Ill 


Ft.  In. 

Brown  Cank 0  9 

Stony  blue  Bind 5  3 

Black  &  grey  stony  Bind  1  9i 

Strong  blue  Bind 4  6 

Yellow  Ironstone 0  2 

Blue  Bind 2  2 

Yellow  Ironstone 0  2 

Blue  Biud 1  6 

180  Brown  Ironstoiie 0  If 

Blue  Biud 8  4§ 

Dark  blue  Bind     1  8£ 

Black  Batt 4  0 

Coal 0  5 

Black  Batt 1  1 

Black  Clunch    6  6 

Blue  Bind;    Ironstone..  0  6 

Black  Batt 0  6 

Coal 0  5 

Black  Batt 2  0 

190  Blue  and  grey  Clnnch . .  2  6 

Black  Batt 1  0 

Light  grey  Stone 4  3 

Strong  blue  Bind 17  0 

Brown  Ironstone 0  3 

Blue  Bind 1  9 

Black  Batt 2  6 

Dark  blue  Bind    0  6 

Brown  Ironstone 0  4 

Blue  Bind  and  Ironstone  6  8 

200  Black  Batt 0  2 

Brown  Ironstone 0  2 

Dark  blue  Bind 0  5 

Blue  Bind 6  0 

Light  Brown  Ironstone  0  3 

Blue  Bind 2  0 

Blue  Bind  &  Black  Batt  2  0 

Dark  blue  Bind     3  8  J 

Strong  blue  Bind 4  8 

Light  blue  stony  Bind . .  4  0 

210  Grey  stony  Bind 2  6 

Blue  Bind 0  9 

Light  brown  Cank    ....  0  9 

Light  grey  Stone 27  1 

Blue  Bind 4  1 

Coal  (Five-foot  335)   . .  5  0 

Li^bt  grey  Sloam 2  0 

Black  Batt 3  7 

Light  blue  Bind    6  0 

Brown  Ironstone 0  1 

220  Light  blue  Bind    4  6 

Brown  Ironstone 0  2 

Dark  blue  Bind 3  0 


Ft.  In. 

Dark  Sloam 0  8 

Strong  blue  Bind 2  1 1 

Blue  Bind  and  Ironstone  25  5 

Ironstone 0  1 1 

Strong  Bind 0  7 

Coal  (Cannel  354)    2  7 

Crunch  1  H 

230  Coal 0  6 

Tender  Clunch 0  10  * 

Stony  Clunch  ;  Ironstone  3  4 

Grey  Stone    4  10 

Bind 5  1 

Grey  Stone    1  9 

Bind  and  Ironstone  ....  2  3 

Grey  Stone    7  6 

Strong  Bind  &  Ironstone  2  3 

Grey  Stone   0  10 

240  Cank 4  0 

Grey  Stone   1  2 

Brown  Stone 0  2 

Grey  Stone   4  0 

Strong  Biud Ill 

Bind 0  5 

Ironstone 0  3 

Bind   2  9 

Ironstone  0  2 

Bind  aud  Ironstone  ....  4  6 

250  Ironstone   0  2 

Bind 2  4 

Ironstone   0  2| 

Bind 1  3 

Ironstone 0  Ik 

Bind 4  5~ 

Ironstone 0  3| 

Bind  ;  Ironstone  Balls . .  2  3 

Ironstone   0  G 

Bind 2  4 

2G0  Ironstone   0  6 

Bind 0  8 

Ironstone   0  2 

Bind ;  Ironstone 2  9 

Ironstone   0  9 

Bind;  Ironstone  Sheds  43  7| 

Bind;  Ironstone  Balls. .  7  8 

Coal  (Rider  392) 3  1 

Black  Batt 1  1 

Coal 0  6| 

270  Tow    1  11| 

Coal  (Over)  . .  )         f  . .  4  4 

Clod 1396]  ..  0  10J 

Coal  (Nether). J         [..  6  10 


PUBLIC  OFFICERS  OF  THE  COUNTY. 


LORD  LIEUTENANT  and  Gustos  Rotulorum,  His  Grace  the  Duke  of 
Rutland,  Belvoir  Castle. 

HIGH  SHERIFF,  1862-'3,  J.  B.  Winstanley,  Esq.,  Braunstonc  Hall. 

CLERK  of  THE  PEACE,  and  Clerk  to  Lieutenancy,  Wm.  Freer,  Esq., 

Leicester. 
Deputy  Clerk  of  the  Peace,  Wm.  N.  Reeve,  Esq.,  Leicester. 

County  Treasurer,  C.  W.  Packe,  Esq.,  M.P.,  Branksome  Tower,  Poole, 

Dorset. 

Under  Treasurer,  W.  N.  Reeve,  Esq.,  Leicester. 

County  Coroners,  John  Gregory,  Esq.,  Leicester;  and  Edward  Henry  Maior 
Clarke,  Esq.,  Melton  Mowbray. 

County  Surveyor,  Messing  John  Daiu,  Esq.,  Leicester. 

Chief  Constable,  Frederick  Goodyer,  Esq.,  Leicester. 

Governor  of  County  Gaol,  Mr.  Wm.  Musson. 

Chaplain  of  Ditto,  Rev.  J.  W.  Fletcher,  M.A. 

ARCHDEACON  of  LEICESTER,  Ven.  T.  K.  Bonney,  M.A.,  Normanton. 

MEMBERS  of  PARLIAMENT,  Rt.  Hon.  Lord  John  Manners,  and  Edward 
B.  Hartopp,  Esq.,  for  the  Northern  Division;  Rt.  Hon.  Viscount  Curzon, 
and  C.  W.  Packe,  Esq.,  for  the  Southern  Division;  and  William  Unwin 
Heygate,  and  Peter  Alfred  Taylor,  Esqrs.,  for  the  Borough  of  Leicester. 

HIGH  CONSTABLES,  Messrs.  W.  Welton  and  W.  Sturgess  for  Leicester 
Division ;  W.  P.  Dewes,  for  Ashhy  Division;  T.  Hague,  for  Loughborough 
Division;  J.  Iliffe,  for  Market  Harborough  Division;  T.  Cave,  for  Lutter- 
worth Division;  W.  Campion,  for  Melton  Division ;  E.  Hollier,  for  Market 
Bosworth  Division ;  and  J.  Gamble,  for  East  Norton  Division. 

LEICESTERSHIRE  MILITIA:— Duke  of  Rutland,  Colonel;  John  King, 
Esq.,  Lieut. - C olonel ;  Hon.  H.  L.  Powys-Keck  and  R.  R.  Noel,  Esq., 
Majors;  Capt.  J.  P.  Costobadie,  Adjutant;  and  Lieut.  Alfred  Whitby, 
Quarter  Master.  The  regiment  musters  for  training  at  Leicester,  where 
its  head-quarters  are  at  the  Magazine,  in  the  Newarke. 

LEICESTERSHIRE  YEOMANRY  CAVALRY :— Earl  Howe,  Colonel;  Visct. 
Curzon,  and  Hon.  Chas.  Powys,  Lieut. -Colonels ;  J.  B.  Story,  Esq.,  and 
Arthur  Haymes,  Esq.,  Majors  ;  Capt.  Fredk.  Jackson,  Adjutant;  William 
Derington,  Esq.,  Surgeon  ;  Wm.  Burley,  Esq.,  Veterinary  Surgeon  ;  and 
Rev.  F.  R.  Phillipps,  Chaplain.  The  regiment  meets  for  drill  at  Leicester 
in  May. 

LEICESTERSHIRE  RIFLE  VOLUNTEERS:— M.  Turner,  Esq.,  Lieut- 
Colonel;  Henry  St.  John  Halford,  Esq.,  Major;  Capt.  R.  M.  Nicolls, 
Adjutant;  F.  Fullager,  Esq.,  Surgeon:  and  Lieut.  W.  Bowmar,  Quarter 
Master.  1st  Corps,  Leicester,  Capt.  S.  Hams ;  2nd,  Belvoir,  Capt.  G. 
Storer ;  3rd,  Melton,  Capt.  E.  II.  M.  Clarke ;  4th,  Leicester,  Capt.  Geo. 
Bankart ;    5th,  Leicester,  Capt.   R.   Brewin;    Qth,   Loughborough,  Capt. 

;  1th,  Lutterworth,  Capt.  H.  Campbell ;  8th,  Ashby,  Capt.  Alex. 

Hadden ;  Qth,  Leicester,  Capt.  G.  C.  Bellairs ;  and  10th,  Hinckley,  Capt. 
W.  Brookes. 


.i 


HISTORY 

OF  THE 

BOROUGH    OF    LEICESTER. 


LEICESTER,  the  capital  of  the  county  to  which  it  gives  name, 
and  one  of  the  chief  seats  of  the  hosiery  manufacture,  is  an  ancient 
borough  and  well-built  market  town,  which  has  been  greatly  im- 
proved by  the  formation  of  new  streets,  and  the  erection  of  elegant 
public  edifices  and  handsome  houses,  during  the  present  century, — 
in  which  it  has  increased  its  population  from  16,900  to  nearly 
70,000  souls.  It  is  pleasantly  seated  nearly  in  the  centre  of  the 
county,  on  gently  rising  ground,  on  the  east  side  of  the  river  Soar, 
in  52  degrees  88  min.  north  latitude,  and  in  1  degree  8  min.  west 
longitude.  Its  distance  by  turnpike  is  97  miles  N.N.W.  of  London, 
22  miles  S.  of  Nottingham,  15  miles  N.N.W.  of  Market  Harborough, 
and  22  miles  S.S.E.  of  Derby;  and  by  railway  it  is  distant  from 
Birmingham  48  miles ;  London,  97^  via  Hitchin,  and  102f  via 
Rugby;  Leeds,  103^;  Sheffield,  74£ ;  York,  117i ;  Rugby,  20; 
Derby,  29^  ;  and  Nottingham,  27£.  By  the  Midland  Railway,  and 
its  various  branches,  Leicester  is  connected  with  all  the  great  lines 
of  railway  now  traversing  the  kingdom  ;  and,  by  means  of  the  River 
Soar  and  the  Union  Canal,  it  has  a  water  communication  with  the 
Trent  and  most  parts  of  England.  In  addition  to  these  facilities, 
the  town  is  approached  on  all  sides  by  excellent  turnpike  roads,  and 
in  its  neighbourhood  are  many  pleasant  and  some  populous  villages. 
Before  the  introduction  of  railway  travelling,  upwards  of  fifty  coaches 
passed  through  the  town  daily  to  London  and  all  parts  of  the  king- 
dom. Its  weekly  markets,  on  Saturday,  for  corn,  provisions,  &c, 
and  on  Wednesday,  for  cattle  and  sheep,  are  well  supplied ;  as  also 
are  its  numerous  fairs.  Leicester  is  of  great  antiquity,  and  was  the 
See  of  a  Bishop  from  about  680  to  874.  It  was  long  distinguished 
for  the  number  of  its  churches  and  monastic  institutions ;  for  the 
splendour  of  its  formidable  baronial  Castle,  and  the  strength  of  its 
towers,  walls,  and  other  military  works,  of  which  there  are  still  some 
interesting  remains.  The  town  extends  over  an  area  of  about  a 
thousand  acres,  and  contains  more  than  400  streets,  the  total  length 
of  which  is  about  40  miles.  The  streets  are  generally  wide,  and 
the  houses  of  the  labouring  classes  are  not  crowded  so  closely 
together  as  in  most  other  large  manufacturing  towns.  Beneath  the 
soil  is  a  bed  of  stiff  clay,  of  which  excellent  bricks  are  made,  and 
below  it  are  beds  of  indurated  marls  of  the  red  sandstone  formation. 


114 


HISTORY    OF    LEICESTER. 


The  Borough  of  Leicester,  though  extended  by  the  Parlia- 
mentary and  Municipal  Reform  Acts  of  1832  and  1835,  to  the 
adjoining  liberties  and  extra-parochial  places,  comprises  only  an 
area  of  about  4000  acres,  and  is  about  three  miles  in  length  and 
two  in  breadth.  It  is  bounded  by  the  five  hundreds  of  Sparkenhoe, 
East  and  West  Goscote,  Guthlaxton,  and  Gartree,  and  extends  little 
more  than  a  mile  from  the  town  in  any  direction.  The  rateable 
annual  value  of  the  land  and  buildings,  in  the  borough,  is  about 
£110,000.  Its  population  is  said  to  have  amounted  only  to  1570 
souls,  in  1086;  to  2750,  in  1564;  and  to  14,576,  in  1792.  Its 
number  of  inhabitants,  at  the  seven  decennial  periods  of  the  parlia- 
mentary census,  was  as  follows : — 17,005,  in  1801 ;  23,453,  in 
1811;  31,035,  in  1821;  40,639,  in  1831;  50,806,  in  1841; 
60,584,  in  1851 ;  and  68,052,  in  1861 ;  as  will  be  seen  in  the 
following  enumeration  of  its  six  parishes  and  several  extra-parochial 
liberties,  shewing  their  population,  houses,  &c,  as  returned  to  the 
census  in  the  said  years,  the  number  of  houses  in  1861,  and  the 
annual  value  as  assessed  to  the  poor-rate  : — 


borough  of 
Leicester,       18oi 


•KA.11  Saints',  parish. 
*Castle  View,  liberty 
The  Newarke,  liberty. 
St.  Leonard's,  with  \ 
Abbey  gate    and    J- 
Woodgate,  parish  j 
+St.Margaret's(part  \ 
of)  parish, tinclud-  I 
ing  Bishop's  Fee.  j 
St.  Martin's,  parish 
+St.  Mary'?,  parish, 
with  *Southfields 

liberty 

St.Nicholas',  parish-  • 

Black  Friars,  extrap 

White,    or  Augustine 

Friars,  ex  par. 


Totals? 17.005 


2.838 

52 
210 

390 


5.810 

3.1G7 

3.454 

947 

128 


1811 


3.362 
167 
28] 

423 


10.158 
3.251 
4.079 
1.589 

110 
23.453 


DLATIO 
1821 

N  IN   'I 
1831 

ue  Ye 
1841 

ARS 
1851 

1801 

3.410 
149 
219 

3.281 
127 
191 

4.608 
120 
8-12 

5.131 

124 

1.178 

5.940 

139 

1.341 

490 

444 

400 

458 

441 

15.026 

23.951 

30.784 

36.699 

41.198 

3.200 

3.034 

2.889 

2.S63 

2.778 

5.406 
762 

5.168 
1.608 

5.840 
2.566 

8.141 

2.801 

}  13  191 

1.540 
597 

1.494 
1.152 

1.501 
992 

1.851 
1.095 

1.662 
1.179 

207 

180 

198 

213 

190 
68.052 

31.036 

40.639 

50.S00 

60  584 

Houses 
1861. 

Annual 
Value 

1378 

31 

2D2 

£10,009 

252 

1,988 

104 

1.072 

9301 

80,236 

585 

18,238 

2810 

36,868 

390 
267 

2,714 

2,051 

31 

560 

15,189 

£153,988 

Leicester  Union  comprises  all  the  parishes  and  liberties  of  the 
Borough  of  Leicester,  and  is  one  of  the  best  managed  in  England.  The 
Workhouse,  which  stands  in  an  airy  and  elevated  situation,  on  the 
south-east  side  of  the  town,  near  the  Railway  Station,  is  a  spacious  and 
lofty  brick  building,  with  stone  dressings,  in  the  Tudor  style  of  archi- 
tecture.    It  has  room  for  about  1000  paupers,  and  is  divided  into 


*  Castle  View  and  SonUifields  Liberties  are  in  Guthlaxton  Hundred,  but  they  were  added  to 
the  Borough  of  Leicester  by  the  Bef'orm  Acts  of  1832  and  1835. 

+  In  the  census  of  1861,  the  return  for  All  Saints'  parish  included  93  persons  in  the  Borough 
House  of  Correction ;  that  for  St.  Margaret's  parish  included  708  in  the  Union  Worhhouee ; 
and  that  for  St.  Mary's  parish  included  237  in  the  County  Gaol  and  House  of  Correction ;  100 
in  the  Leicester  Infirmary;  and  420  in  the  Conn'y  Luna'ic  Asylum. 

%  Knighton  Chapelry  is  annexed  to  St.  Margaret's  Viarage,  tut  it  is  in  Guthlaxton 
Hundred. 

§  Of  the  15,189  houses  in  1861,  14.6S0  were  inhabited,  420  uninhabited.  ami  80  building,  when 
the  census  was  taken  in  that  yeai\  In  the  year  1851,  the  number  of  houses  in  the  Borough 
wa3  13,131,  of  which  278  were  uninhabited  and  38  building  when  the  census  was  taken.  In 
1821,  the  number  of  houses  in  the  borough  was  only  6,627,  but  in  1831  they  hail  increased  to 
8348,  and  in  1811  to  12,137. 


LEICESTER    UNION.  115 

wards  for  the  separation  of  the  sexes,  and  the  aged  and  the  young.  It 
was  built  in  1850,  at  a  cost  of  £20,600,  on  the  site  of  the  old  work- 
house, which  was  built  in  1838,  at  a  cost  of  £11,500.  It  comprises 
long  ranges  of  buildings,  enclosing  an  inner  court  about  70  yards  long, 
by  60  wide,  but  its  outward  boundary  walls  enclose  an  area  of  about 

3  acres.  With  Ihe  purchase  of  additional  land  in  1851,  at  a  cost 
of  £2750,  the  total  cost  of  the  workhouse  and  ground  has  been 
£34,850.  Of  this  sum  about  £10,000  is  still  owing,  but  will  be 
paid  off  in  five  or  six  years.  The  population  of  the  Union  is  so 
rapidly  increasing,  that  it  is  obvious  that  a  considerable  increase  of 
workhouse  accommodation  will  shortly  be  necessary,  and  it  is  pro- 
posed to  obtain  this  by  erecting  schools,  with  washhouse,  laundry, 
tailors',  and  shoemakers'  shops,  &c,  in  Upper  Conduit-street,  so  as 
to  isolate  the  pauper  children  as  much  as  possible  from  the  adults. 
The  average  annual  expenditure  on  the  poor  of  the  several  parishes, 
during  the  three  years  preceding  the  formation  of  the  Union,  was 
only  £12,274,  but  these  were  years  of  manufacturing  prosperity. 
The  sums  levied  in  poor  rates  in  the  borough  amounted,  in  1819,  to 
about  £24,000;  in  1823,  to  £11,500  ;  in  1829,  to  £20,000  ;  in 
1842,  to  £23,000  ;  in  1848,  to  £37,614 ;  in  1849,  to  £39,170  ; 
in  1860,  to  nearly  £25,000;  and  in  1861,  to  nearly  £27,000.  The 
Board  of  Guardians  comprises  38  members,  of  whom  17  are  elected 
yearly  for  St.  Margaret's  Parish,  1  for  St.  Leonard's,  3  for  All  Saints, 

4  for  St.  Martin's,  7  for  St.  Mary's,  2  for  St.  Nicholas's,  and  one 
each  for  the  Newarke,  Castle  View,  Black  Friars,  and  Augustine 
Friars.  Mr.  Benj.  G.  Chamberlain  is  the  Union  Clerk  and  Superin- 
tendent Registrar,  and  has  his  office  at  1,  Wellington -street ;  H.  J. 
Davis,  Esq.,  is  the  auditor;  Mr.  Wm.  and  Mrs.  Dickisson  are 
master  and  matron  of  the  Workhouse,  and  Wm.  Richmond,  porter; 
The  Relieving  Officers  are  Mr.  W.  D.  Smith,  for  the  East  District; 
and  Mr.  W.  Cartwright  for  the  West  District.  Messrs.  Thomas 
Cape,  and  J.  R.  Rowe,  are  Registrars  of  Marriages  for  the  Union. 
The  Registrars  of  Births  and  Deaths  are  Mr.  Robert  Warburton,  of 
Humberstone  gate,  for  the  EastDistrict,  which  comprises  St.  Margaret's 
Parish;  and  Mr.  Wm.  Mitchell,  of  Loseby-lane,  for  the  West  District , 
which  comprises  the  remaining  parishes,  &c.  St.  Margaret's  Parish 
comprises  nearly  two-thirds  of  the  borough,  and  its  poor-rates  are 
levied  by  a  Select  Vestry,  established  in  1832,  by  a  local  Act.  Mr. 
Daniel  Dove  is  Vestry  Clerk,  and  the  vestry  office  is  at  87,  Humber- 
stone gate.  The  Collectors  of  Poor  Rates  are  Messrs.  Cleaver, 
Eales,  and  Pole,  for  St.  Margaret's ;  R.  Jackson,  for  All  Saints ; 
J.  Brown,  for  St.  Leonard's ;  T.  Pickering,  for  St.  Martin's ;  W. 
Southey,  for  St.  Mary's;  S.  Langton,  for  St.  Nicholas' ;  J.  Beazeley, 
for  The  Newarke ;    and  G.  White,  for  Castle  View. 

ANCIENT  HISTORY. — Leicester,  commonly  pronounced  Lester, 
was  formerly  variously  written  Legreoceaster,  Legrecester,  Legeceister, 
all,  probably,  a  corruption  of  Leircester,  signifying  a  castle  or  city  on 
the  river  Leir,  now  called  Soar.  The  ancient  history  of  Leicester  is 
involved  in  all  the  confusion  of  those  distant  ages  which,  from  the 

h2 


116  HISTORY   OF   LEICESTER. 

numerous  romantic  legends  interwoven  with  their  records,  have  been 
truly  termed  fabulous.  In  these  legendary  tales,  its  origin  is  carried 
back  to  a  period  at  least  a  century  before  the  foundation  of  Rome, 
when  it  is  said  to  have  been  founded  by  Leir  or  Lear,  an  ancient 
British  King,  and  the  tenth  in  succession  from  Brute  or  Brutus,  a 
supposed  great-grandson  of  JEneas  of  Troy.  The  story  of  King 
Leir  has  been  familiarized  to  every  one  by  the  tragedy  of  the  immor- 
tal Shakspere.  He  is  said  by  ancient  chroniclers  to  have  lived,  at 
least  eight  centuries,  before  the  Christian  era,  and  after  reigning 
sixty  years,  to  have  been  buried  in  the  temple  of  Janus,  which  he 
had  built  near  the  river,  and  in  which  his  beloved  and  only  faithful 
daughter,  Cordeila,  is  said  to  have  been  interred  by  his  side.  There 
is  a  tradition  that  Shakspere  himself  performed,  during  the  16th 
century,  with  a  company  of  strolling  players  in  the  Town  Hall  of 
Leicester  ;  and  perhaps  to  this  circumstance  may  be  attributed  the 
first  conceptions  of  those  imperishable  fruits  of  his  genius — Lear  and 
Richard  the  Third.  The  wild  scenery  described  in  Lear  bears  a 
striking  resemblance  to  that  of  Charnwood  Forest ;  and  the  impos- 
ing spectacle  of  Richard's  progress  through  the  town,  at  the  head  of 
his  army,  and  the  brutal  indignities  perpetrated  afterwards  upon  his 
inanimate  remains,  must  have  been  often  vividly  described  in 
Shakspere's  time  by  aged  persons,  whose  fathers  had  been  eye 
witnesses  of  those  stirring  events.  Tradition  and  poetry  have  each 
contributed  to  render  the  spot  on  which  Leicester  stands,  rich  in 
interest  and  fertile  with  romantic  associations ;  but  no  gleam  of 
authentic  history  sheds  its  light  upon  the  town  till  after  the  invasion 
of  the  Romans.  As  these  conquerors  marched  gradually  from  the 
south-east  towards  the  central  and  northern  parts  of  the  island,  they 
could  not  obtain  possession  of  this  county,  till  the  intermediate 
places  between  it  and  the  sea  had  been  subjugated,  and  competent 
garrisons  established.  Having  accomplished  this  and  overpowered 
the  Coritam,  (that  numerous  tribe  of  the  ancient  Britons  which 
occupied  Leicestershire  and  the  adjacent  counties),  they  took  posses- 
sion of  all  the  towns  of  that  people,  among  which  Leicester  is  said  to 
have  been  the  principal,  and  to  have  been  called  Rath  Cor  anted,  the 
fortress  or  town  of  the  Coranians.  In  accordance  with  their  custom 
of  Latinizing  the  Celtic  or  British  names  of  places,  the  Romans,  after 
their  conquest  of  this  stronghold,  called  it  Rata,  and  made  it  a 
stipendiary  town,  contributing  a  regular  tax  to  the  commander  of 
the  district.  Camden  considers  Leicester  the  site  of  the  Roman 
station  Rata3  or  Ragae,  (as  it  is  sometimes  called,)  because  it  is  near 
that  part  of  the  Roman  Fosse-way  which  answers  to  the  distances  of 
the  Itinerary  of  Antoninus.  Baxter  is  of  opinion  that,  upon  a  Roman 
colony  being  settled  at  Lincoln,  Leicester  became,  until  it  was  con- 
quered, the  chief  city  of  the  Coritani ;  and  for  that  reason  is  called 
Ratcc-Corion  in  Rcvennas,  and  Coritanorum  in  the  Vatican.  To  the 
great  bulk  of  the  Britons,  however,  who  still  continued  to  use  their 
native  language,  the  rising  town  was  better  known  by  the  name  of 
Caer  Lerion,  or  the  city  of  the  Lsegrians.     The  14th  Roman  Legion 


ROMAN   MILIARY.  117 

is  supposed  to  have  been  stationed  here,  and  to  have  constructed  the 
walls  of  the  town.  To  illustrate  the  Roman  history  of  this  station, 
it  will  be  necessary  to  notice  some  of  the  remains  that  have  been 
found  here,  among  which  are  many  tesselated  pavements,  coins, 
urns,  and  other  domestic  and  military  relics,  some  of  which  are  still 
preserved.  One  of  them  is  ^Miliary  or  Roman  Mile-stone,  which  was 
found  near  Thurmaston,  two  miles  N.  of  the  town,  on  the  side  of  the 
Roman  Fosse-way,  in  1771,  and  was  removed  by  the  Corporation  in 
1783  into  Belgrave  gate,  where  it  was  fixed  upon  a  square  pedestal, 
exposed  to  every  species  of  injury  that  ignorance  and  wantonness 
chose  to  exercise  upon  it,  till  its  removal  in  1844  to  the  Town  Museum, 
where  it  is  still  preserved.  The  stone  of  which  it  is  composed  is 
apparently  a  rough  millstone  grit,  and  its  shape  is  nearly  that  of 
a  cylinder,  three  feet  six  inches  in  height,  and  about  five  feet  seven 
inches  in  circumference.  After  many  and  protracted  discussions 
among  antiquaries  as  to  the  exact  inscription  which  it  bears — for  the 
characters  are  rudely  engraved,  considerably  worn,  and  in  one  or 
two  places  seem  to  have  been  altogether  erased — the  legend  appears 
all  but  proved  by  the  learned  and  elaborate  treatises  of  Mr.  Ashby 
and  Mr.  Lockinge  to  have  existed  in  the  following  abbreviated  form  :— 

IMP.  .  CAES- 

DIV.      TRAIAN.      PARTH.      F.     DIV. 
TRAIAN.  HADRIAN  A.P.M.T.R. 
POT,  IV.  COS.  III.  A.  RATIS. 
II 

"  To  the  Emperor  and  Caasar  the  august  Trajan  Hadrian,  son  of 
t  he  divine  Trajan,  surnamed  Parthicus,  grandson  of  the  divine  Nerva 
Pontifex  Maximus  ;  four  times  invested  with  Tribunitial  power, 
thrice  consul.  From  Rataa.  Two  miles."  In  1781,  Mr.  Bray,  the 
treasurer  of  the  Society  of  Antiquaries,  read  it  thus: — "  Hadrian 
Trajanus  Augustus,  Emperor  and  Caesar,  the  son  of  the  most  illus- 
trious Parthicus.  In  the  fourth  year  of  his  reign,  and  his  third 
consulate.  From  Rata),  two  miles."  The  characters  appear  at  the 
present  time  to  be — 

IMP.    CAES. 

DV.     TRAMN.    PARTH.     FD. 

AMN.  HADRIANI. 
POT.  IV.  COS.  III.  A  RATIS. 
II. 

and  have  been  translated  thus  : — "  During  the  Emperorship  of  the 
divine,  august,  most  great  and  noble  Caasar  Hadrian,  son  of  the 
divine,  august,  most  great  and  noble  Trajan,  conqueror  of  Parthia, 
in  the  fourth  year  of  his  tribunitial  power,  thrice  consul.  To  Ratse, 
two  miles."  If  the  Roman  miliary  stones  were  ever  general  in 
Britain,  it  is  singular  that  so  few  have  been  preserved.  Horsley 
only  notices  three,  and  says  the  one  at  Leicester  is  the  most  curious 
that  has  hitherto  been  found,  as  it  defines  the  station  of  Rata?, 
and  contains  the  name  of  Hadrian,  the  earliest  Roman  Emperor 
recorded  on  any  British  inscriptions.    Hadrian  died  in  the  year  138, 


118  HISTORY   OF   LEICESTER. 

consequently  this  antique  relic  must  have  been  set  up,  on  the  Fosse- 
way,  more  than  1700  years  ago,  and  proves  the  existence  of  a  great 
road,  decorated  with  milestones,  at  that  early  age.  Another  miliary 
stone  was  disinterred  a  few  j^ears  ago,  from  the  Fosse-way,  in  the 
neighbourhood  of  Six  Hills,  and  is  preserved  in  the  museum.  It  has 
only  the  initial  letters  IMP.,  and,  to  all  appearance,  has  never  been 
inscribed  with  any  others. 

In  a  meadow,  a  little  to  the  west  of  the  Fosse-way,  and  not  far 
from  the  ancient  boundary  wall  of  St.  Mary  de  Pratis,  is  a  sloping 
hollow,  which  has  evidently  been  excavated  by  the  hand  of  man.  In 
the  midst  of  this  was  visible,  about  twenty  years  ago,  an  upright 
stone,  about  seven  feet  high,  since  wantonly  demolished  to  the  level 
of  the  soil,  but  of  which  the  timeworn  base  still  remains  embedded 
in  the  earth  to  the  depth  of  nearly  a  yard.  This  monolith  was  called 
St.  John's  stone,  and  was  formerly  visited  annually,  about  Midsum- 
mer, by  numerous  parties  from  the  town,  in  pursuance  of  a  custom 
of  unknown  antiquity.  It  was  probably  set  up  by  the  Druids,  and 
sanctified  by  solemn  rites  on  the  day  of  their  great  festival,  which 
occurred  at  the  summer  solstice,  which  answers  nearly  to  the  feast 
of  St.  John  the  Baptist.  In  different  parts  of  the  town,  and  at 
various  periods,  have  been  found  many  Eoman  Coins,  among  which 
are  several  of  Nero,  Titus,  Trajan,  Dioclesian,  Constantine  the  Great, 
Constantine  junior,  Constantius,  Hadrian,  Theodosius,  Honorius, 
Valens,  &c.  Besides  these,  numerous  fragments  of  pillars,  broken 
pottery,  urns,  jugs,  &c,  and  at  least  14  pieces  of  Roman  Pavements, 
have  been  found  here,  and  some  of  them  are  now  preserved  in  the 
Town  Museum.  They  are  amongst  the  most  elaborate  and  beautiful 
which  have  hitherto  been  found  in  Britain,  although  in  but  few  in- 
stances have  they  been  found  underpropped  by  that  curious  arrange- 
ment of  supporting  pillars,  for  the  double  purpose  of  dryness  and 
warmth,  which  is  often  seen  in  other  localities.  In  the  cellar  of  a 
house  in  Highcross  street,  part  of  a  Mosaic  pavement  was  discovered 
in  1765,  and  is  now  in  the  Museum.  It  is  of  an  octangular  form, 
about  three  feet  in  diameter,  and  consists  of  variegated  tesselae, 
laid  in  cement,  on  a  bed  of  oyster  shells.  The  figures  represent  a 
stag,  with  a  naked  figure  of  Diana  resting  against  it,  and  before  both 
is  a  figure  with  wings  and  a  bow  and  arrow,  probably  intended  for 
Cupid.  Gilpin  calls  it  a  curious,  but  miserable  piece  of  workman- 
ship. In  1754,  three  other  pieces  of  tesselated  pavements  were 
found  in  that  part  of  the  town  called  the  Black  Friars.  These  con- 
sisted of  as  many  square  compartments,  ornamented  with  the  guil- 
locho  border,  engrailed  fret,  &c.  In  1861,  a  small  piece  of  pavement, 
composed  of  red  and  white  tesseke,  was  discovered  in  Redcross 
street.  Under  the  parlour  of  a  house  in  Jewry-wall  street,  now  oc- 
cupied by  Mr.  Willey,  is  another  Roman  pavement,  which  was  dis- 
covered in  sinking  the  cellar  in  1830  five  feet  below  the  surface  of 
the  street.  Where  it  is  still  unmutilated,  it  exhibits  a  regular  pat- 
tern, divided  into  compartments  with  double  borders,  arranged  in 
squares,  circles,  octagonal  forms,  with  diamonds,  cinque  foil,  &c,  in 


ROMAN    REMAINS.  119 

an  uniform  design.  Probably  no  town  in  England  contains  a  speci- 
men of  Roman  art  of  the  kind  more  graceful  in  its  design,  or  more 
exquisite  in  its  execution  than  this.  The  tessehe  are  very  small,  and 
consist  of  white,  black,  red,  yellow,  and  two  shades  of  slate  or  grey 
stones,  or  probably  some  artificial  composition,  embedded  in  a  strong 
lime  cement,  upon  a  bed  of  red  clay  or  sand.  The  design  seems 
laid  out  with  almost  mathematical  correctness,  and  the  colours  are 
contrasted  with  great  effect.  Whether  it  was  the  floor  of  a  Roman 
mansion  or  bath,  or  at  what  period  it  was  covered  up,  and  whence 
such  a  mass  of  covering  was  obtained,  are  facts  long  lost;  indeed,  as 
more  than  fourteen  centuries  have  elapsed  since  the  Romans  with- 
drew from  Britain,  the  preservation  of  some  of  their  works  of  art  to 
the  present  time  excites  more  astonishment  than  that  their  history 
and  purpose  should  be  now  unknown.  The  fictile  antiquities  of 
Leicester  possess  little  in  their  number  or  in  their  peculiar  character 
to  distinguish  them  from  the  specimens  of  Roman  pottery  discovered 
elsewhere.  The  usual  forms  of  ollce,  amphora,  and  prayfericulce  are 
represented,  and  the  beautiful  red  ware  of  Samos  appears  to  have 
been  here  far  from  uncommon.  One  fragment  of  a  Samian  patera, 
discovered  during  the  excavations  for  the  town  drainage,  and  now  in 
the  Town  Museum,  appears  to  have  served  as  a  love  token,  for  it  is 
perforated,  as  if  for  the  purpose  of  being  suspended  from  the  person, 
and  engraved  in  a  bold  masculine  hand  with  the  names — VERECVNDA 
LVDIA,  LVC1VS  GLADIATOR,  thus  affording  the  only  known  instance 
of  characters  traced  by  the  hand  of  one  whose  stated  occupation  it 
was  to  contend  for  life  or  death  in  the  public  arena. 

The  Jewry  Wall,  near  the  west  end  of  St.  Nicholas'  Church,  is 
evidently  the  remains  of  a  Roman  structure,  and  is  the  most  striking 
memorial  left  in  Britain  of  the  grand  and  massive  architecture  adopted 
by  the  great  military  civilisers  of  the  world.  It  is  74  feet  in  length, 
and  19  feet  high.  Its  greatest  thickness  is  about  eight  feet  seven 
inches,  and  it  is  built  in  alternate  courses  of  rag-stone  and  brick, 
with  several  dilapidated  arches.  The  bricks  or  tiles  are  of  the  sort 
called  "  Lydian,"  and  are  generally  about  18  inches  long,  10  or  12 
broad,  and  1|-  thick.  Each  course  generally  consists  of  three  rows, 
and  the  mortar  between  each  row  is  nearly  as  thick  as  the  bricks 
themselves.  The  courses  of  stone  are  irregular,  consisting  some- 
times of  four  or  five  rows  of  rough  forest  stone,  in  some  places 
thrown  carelessly  into  the  mortar.  The  arches  are  turned  entirely 
of  tiles,  bound  together  by  masses  of  mortar.  On  the  western  side, 
now  blocked  up  from  public  inspection,  are  two  arches,. about  9  feet 
wide  and  14  high;  and  on  the  other  side,  facing  the  Church,  are 
four  arches  of  larger  dimensions,  with  the  remains  of  a  niche  between 
the  two  centre  ones.  This  singular  wall  has  attracted  the  attention 
and  baffled  the  inquiries  of  many  antiquarians ;  some  considering  it 
a  remnant  of  a  temple  of  the  Roman  Janus;  whilst  others  have  de- 
scribed it  as  the  Janua,  or  great  gateway  to  the  Roman  town. 
Burton  and  Stukely  supported  the  first  named  theory ;  but  Throsby 
considered  the  latter  as  the  more  probable  conjecture,  and  thought 


120  HISTORY   OF   LEICESTER. 

the  road  from  the  great  gateway  lay  in  a  straight  line  up  to  the  Fosse- 
way,  near  Danett's  Hill,  passing  over  the  old  Bow  Bridge,  which  was 
a  little  below  the  present  one.  Dr.  Priestley,  however,  conjectured 
it  to  be  the  remains  of  the  solidly  constructed  Baths  of  the  town. 
Mr.  Hollings  is  of  opinion  that  the  extensive  and  continuous  founda- 
tions of  Roman  work,  of  the  strongest  and  most  solid  construction, 
as  well  as  the  drains  and  flue  tiles,  portions  of  tesselated  pavements, 
and  shafts  of  broken  columns  everywhere  met  with  in  its  neighbour- 
hood, prove  it  to  have  been  part  of  a  vast  mass  of  insulated  build- 
ings, once  not  only  occupying  the  whole  area  of  the  churchyard  of 
St.  Nicholas,  but  extending  in  every  direction  to  a  considerable  dis- 
tance, and  seeming  to  indicate  that  the  Jewry  Wall  is  but  a  remnant 
of  one  of  those  imposing  erections  which  were  intended  to  be  applied 
to  no  one  single  purpose,  but  in  which  the  Public  Baths  were  con- 
nected with  the  Court-house  or  Basilica,  and  occasionally  with  a 
Curia  and  Arsenal.  At  the  east  end  of  St.  Nicholas'  Church,  within 
a  short  distance  of  this  wall,  is  the  site  of  two  small  Chapels,  where 
great  quantities  of  the  bones  of  oxen,  of  large  size,  have  been  dug  up, 
from  which  circumstance  the  spot  has  obtained  the  name  of  Holy 
Bones,  and  is  supposed  to  have  been  a  place  of  Pagan  sacrifice. 
The  common  sewer  of  the  Roman  town,  or  more  probably  the  tunnel 
which  conveyed  the  refuse  water  from  the  Baths  to  the  Soar,  was 
discovered  half  way  between  the  Jewry  Wall  and  the  river  in  1793. 

The  Raw-dykes  consist  of  two  parallel  banks  of  earth,  which  ex- 
tend about  67  yards  in  length,  at  the  distance  of  15  yards  from  each 
other,  in  a  north-easterly  direction,  behind  the  Aylestone  toll-gate, 
about  two  miles  from  the  centre  of  Leicester.  In  1760,  they  were 
about  630  yards  in  length ;  but  in  that  and  subsequent  years,  all 
those  parts  lying  nearest  the  town  were  almost  levelled  with  the  soil. 
The  ridges  were  formerly  about  four  yards  in  height,  and  eight  feet 
broad  at  the  top.  Stukely  suggested  that  the  Raw- dykes  were  the 
bounds  of  a  British  cursus,  and  others  have  conjectured  that  they 
formed  a  Roman  race-course.  Mr.  Hollings  thinks  these  singular 
double  embankments,  which  once  extended  from  the  vicinity  of  the 
Southgates  to  a  distance  of  about  half-a  mile,  forming  a  kind  of  rude 
arc  of  which  the  river  Soar  might  be.  considered  as  the  chord,  are  to 
be  regarded  as  the  boundary  of  the  British  stronghold  or  location  to 
which  the  Roman  RataB  was  indebted  for  its  name :  the  word  Bath 
in  the  Celtic  tongue  signifying  an  "  enclosed  space  or  fortress;"  and 
Bath  Coranied  "  the  fortress  or  town  of  the  Coranians,"  was  un- 
doubtedly the  name  of  a  British  station  which  existed  here  before 
the  Roman  occupancy  :  so  that  the  designation  of  the  Rath,  or  Raw- 
dykes,  seems  to  point  out  the  real  character  of  these  venerable 
mounds. 

Of  Leicester,  during  the  Saxon  Heptarchy,  the  history  is  vague 
and  uncertain,  though,  from  the  concurring  testimony  of  all  writers, 
it  was  a  place  of  considerable  note  from  the  departure  of  the  Romans 
in  the  fifth,  to  the  invasion  of  the  Normans  in  the  eleventh  century. 
Being  nearly  in  the  centre  of  the  large  Kingdom  of  Mercia,  it  fre- 


SAXONS    AND    DANES.  121 

quently  participated  in  the  barbarous  wars  that  were  constantly  oc- 
curring during  the  incursions  of  the  Picts,  Scots,  Danes,  &c.  From 
the  Saxon  annals,  it  appears  that  Ethelfrid,  King  of  Northumbria, 
being  an  avowed  enemy  to  Christianity,  marched  an  army  to  Leices- 
ter, where  he  slew  many  of  the  inhabitants.  After  the  treaty  between 
Alfred  the  Great  and  Guthrun  the  Dane,  about  880,  Leicester  be- 
came one  of  the  five  great  Danish  Burghs,  and  so  remained  till  920, 
when  it  was  reduced  to  subjection  by  Ethehiseda,  the  daughter  of 
King  Alfred,  and  widow  of  Ethelred,  duke  of  Mercia.  In  the  reign 
of  Athelstan,  the  Danes  recaptured  the  town,  and  held  it  till  942, 
when  they  were  driven  out  by  his  successor  Edmund.  From  this 
time  to  the  accession  of  Sweyne,  King  of  Denmark,  to  the  throne  of 
England  in  1013,  Leicester  remained  in  possession  of  the  Saxons. 
From  the  latter  year  it  was  held  by  the  Danes,  till  the  accession  of 
Edward  the  Confessor  in  1041,  when  it  became  once  more  subject  to 
Saxon  rule.  In  1016,  Leicester  was  plundered  by  the  army  of  Ed- 
mund Ironside,  who,  after  many  battles  with  the  Danes,  at  length 
agreed  to  divide  the  kingdom  between  himself  and  Canute. 

About  680,  the  See  of  Mercia,  which  had  comprised  the  whole  of 
that  kingdom  (of  which  Lichfield  was  the  capital),  was  divided  into 
live  separate  bishoprics,  of  one  of  which  Leicester  was  made  the 
episcopal  seat.  The  twelve  successive  Bishops  of  Leicester  are 
said  to  have  been  Cuthwinus,  Seaxwulfh,  St.  Wilfrid,  Hedda,  Aid- 
wine,  Totta,  Eadbert,  Unwona,  Werenbert,  Rethunus,  Aldredus, 
and  Ceolred.  The  last,  after  the  irruption  of  the  Danes  in  874, 
transferred  his  See  to  Dorchester,  and  it  was  united  to  Sidnacester 
in  970,  and  finally  removed  to  Lincoln  in  1070  (see  page  43.)  The 
Cathedral  and  Bishop's  Palace  are  supposed  to  have  stood  on  or  near 
the  site  now  occupied  by  St.  Margaret's  Church.  The  great  im- 
portance of  Leicester  in  the  Saxon  and  the  early  part  of  the  Norman 
era,  is  evident  from  its  having  a  MINT,  at  which  a  regular  succes- 
sion of  coinage  was  produced,  from  the  reign  of  Athelstan  to  that  of 
Henry  II.  This  mint  stood  near  the  North  Bridge,  and  its  gover- 
nors, or  monetarii,  were  entitled  to  many  privileges  and  exemptions. 
The  Leicester  coins  of  Athelstan  and  Edmund  I.  have  only  a  rose, 
with  a  legend  of  the  King's  name,  that  of  the  monej^er,  and  Leices- 
ter. From  Etheldred  II.,  they  bear  the  impress  of  the  royal  head 
and  sceptre,  with  the  same  style  of  legend,  as  is  shown  by  the 
engravings  of  this  series  in  Nichols'  valuable  work. 

The  following  is  a  translation  of  that  part  of  Domesday  Book 
relating  to  Leicester,  in  the  reigns  of  Edward  the  Confessor  and 
William  the  Conqueror: — "The  city  of  Leicester,  in  the  time  of 
King  Edward,  paid  yearly  to  the  king  thirty  pounds  by  tale  (every 
one  of  the  value  of  tenpence),  and  fifteen  sextaries  of  honey.  When 
the  king  marched  with  his  army  through  the  land,  twelve  burgesses 
of  that  borough  attended  him.  If  the  King  went  over  sea  against 
the  enemy,  they  sent  four  horses  from  that  borough,  as  far  as  Lon- 
don, to  carry  arms,  or  such  other  things  as  circumstances  required. 
At  this  time,  King  William  has,  for  all  rents  from  that  city  and 


122  HISTORY   OF   LEICESTER. 

county,  forty-two  pounds  and  ten  shillings  in  weight.  Instead  of 
one  hawk,  he  has  ten  pounds  by  tale ;  and  instead  of  a  baggage,  or 
sumpter-horse,  twenty  shillings.  Of  the  mint-masters  he  has  yearly 
twenty  pounds,  every  ore  of  the  value  of  twenty-pence.  Of  this 
twenty  pounds,  Hugh  cle  Grentemaisnell  has  the  third  penny.  The 
King  has  in  Leicester  thirty-nine  houses.  The  Archbishop  of  York, 
two  houses,  with  sac  and  soc ;  and  they  belong  to  Carlton.  Earl 
Hugh  has  ten  houses,  which  belong  to  Barrow,  six  belonging  to 
Kegworth,  and  one  belonging  to  Loughborough.  The  Abbey  of 
Coventry  has  ten  houses.  The  Abbey  of  Croyland  has  three  houses. 
From  all  which  the  King  has  his  geld.  Hugh  de  Grentemaisnell  has 
a  hundred  and  twelve  houses,  four  churches,  and  four  houses  de- 
cayed ;  besides  these,  he  has,  in  common  with  the  King,  twenty-four 
houses  in  the  same  borough.  The  Countess  Judith  has  twenty-eight 
houses  ;  and  from  the  moiety  of  a  mill  she  has  five  shillings  and 
fourpence.  Without  the  borough,  she  has  six  plough-lands  be- 
longing to  the  borough ;  and  she  has  there  one  plough,  and  her 
homagers  three  ploughs.  There  are  eight  acres  of  meadow,  and  a 
wood  six  furlongs  long,  and  three  broad.  The  whole  is  worth  forty 
shillings.  The  Bishop  of  Lincoln  holds  ten  plough-lands,  a  mill 
and  half  a  mill,  two  churches,  and  seventeen  burgages." 

As  an  Earldom,  Leicester  dates  from  as  early  a  period  as  most 
towns  in  England.  Its  last  seven  Saxon  Earls  were  Leofric, 
Algarus,  Leofric  II.,  Algarus  II.,  Leofstan,  Leofric  III.,  Algarus  III., 
and  Eadwin.  The  latter  was  also  Earl  of  March,  and  fled  the  king- 
dom, after  fighting  bravely  with  his  brother  the  Earl  of  Northum- 
berland, against  the  Norman  invaders.  As  soon  as  William,  Duke 
of  Normandy,  had  gained  the  battle  of  Hastings,  he  set  forth  to  take 
possession  of  the  cities,  boroughs,  and  principal  towns  of  the  king- 
dom, and  to  garrison  them  with  his  Norman  followers.  Oxford  fell, 
Warwick  next,  and  then  Leicester.  A  vigorous  stand  was  made 
here  against  the  invaders ;  the  inhabitants  fought  stoutly,  and  a 
great  part  of  the  town  was  destroyed  in  the  struggle  for  home  and 
homestead.  Having  seated  himself  on  the  throne  of  England  by  the 
sword,  the  Conqueror,  in  order  to  ensure  the  entire  submission  of 
the  inhabitants,  built  here  (as  he  did  at  all  other  important  stations), 
a  Castle,  or  rather  enlarged  and  more  securely  fortified  the  old  one, 
which  had  long  been  the  residence  of  the  Saxon  Earls  of  Leicester. 
The  custody,  or  wardenship  of  the  castle,  was  given  to  Huyh-de- Gren- 
temaisnell, who  held  the  office  and  title  of  Vicecomes,  or  Viscount 
Leicester,  Baron  Hinckley,  and  High  Steward  of  England,  which 
had  been  attached,  from  early  times,  to  the  Earldom  of  Leicester. 
The  town  became  a  part  of  the  royal  demesne,  and  from  its  close 
proximity  to  the  castle,  it  was  involved  in  the  issue  of  the  contests 
that  frequently  arose  from  the  caprice  or  ambition  of  the  occupiers 
of  that  fortress.  Soon  after  the  death  of  William  the  Conqueror, 
Hugh  de  Grentemaisnell,  who  had  indeed  revolted  during  the  Con- 
queror's lifetime,  took  part  with  Kobert,  the  Conqueror's  eldest  son, 
and  thus  brought  upon  himself,  his  castle,  and  the  town,  the  ven- 


EARLS    OF   LEICESTER.  123 

gcance  of  William  Rufus,  who  was  in  possession  of  the  kingdom, 
and  by  whom  the  castle  was  nearly  demolished,  together  with  the 
church  adjoining,  and  a  considerable  part  of  the  town.     Ivo  de 
Grentemaisnell,  (third  son  of  Hugh,)  after  the   death  of  William 
Rufus,  joined  other  powerful  Barons,  in  their  invitation  to  Robert, 
Duke  of  Normandy,  to  make  a  second  attempt  to  seize  the  crown  of 
England,  which  had  passed  to  his  younger  brother,  Henry  I.,  in 
1101.     By  this  act  of  rebellion,  Ivo  lost  most  of  his  estates  and  the 
castle  of  Leicester.     Robert-de-Bellomonte,  Earl  of  Mellent,  in  Nor- 
mandy, having  espoused  the  cause  of  Henry  I.,  was  created  Earl  of 
Leicester,  in  1103,  and  immediately  set  about  repairing  the  castle, 
where  he  chiefly  resided,  till  his  death  in  1118.     He  re-established 
the  Merchants'  Guild  which  had  been  in  operation  before  the  Con- 
quest, and  is  supposed  to  have  derived  its  origin  from  a  custom 
prevalent  among  the  Scandinavians  when  they  were  heathens.     He 
also  permitted  the  burgesses  to  choose  twenty-four  of  their  own 
number  to  decide  all  pleas  they  had  amongst  themselves,  on  con- 
dition that  they  paid  him  three  pennies  yearly  for  each  house  in  the 
High  street  that  had  a  gable.     This  payment  became  an  annual 
tax,  under  the  name  of  gable-pennies  or  gavel-pennies ;    and  the 
twenty-four  jurors   afterwards  constituted  a  court,   known  as  the 
Portmanmote,  or  Townsman-meeting,  which  existed  as  a  permanent 
and  important  institution  during  several  succeeding  centuries.     Like 
his  father,  Robert  de  Bossu,  the  next  Earl,  was  very  liberal  to  the 
town,  but  by  his  arrogant  behaviour  to  the  King,  he  often  involved 
it  in  broils  of  war ;  it  being  the  practice,  in  those  times,  for  the 
sovereign  to  revenge  the  offences  of  the  discontented  barons,  on  the 
places  and  people  under  their  protection.     Of  this  a  remarkable  in- 
stance took  place  in  the  reign  of  Henry  II.,  when  Robert  Blanch- 
mains,  the  third  Earl  of  Leicester,  leaguing  with  the  King's  son  in 
his  unnatural  rebellion,  Leicester,  the  chief  resort  of  the  disaffected, 
stood  a  long  siege ;  but  the  King's  forces  gaining  possession  of  it, 
fired  it  in  several  places,  and  overthrew  by  the  force  of  engines, 
what  the  flames  did  not  consume.     The  castle  held  out  some  time 
longer  than  the  town,  but  the  garrison  was  at  length  compelled  to 
yield,  and  the  fortress  was  laid  in  ruins.     This  almost  complete  de- 
struction of  Leicester  has  often  been  visible  in  the  frequent  disco- 
veries of  foundations  of  buildings  and  walls,  many  of  them  lying 
within  the  lines  of  the  present  streets.     The  Earl  and  his  adherents 
were  defeated  near  Bury  St.  Edmund's,  in  1173,  by  the  King's 
forces,  under  Richard  Lucy,  chief  justice  of  England,  and  the  Earl 
was  taken  prisoner.     He,  however,  regained  the  King's  favour  in 
1177,  and  was  restored  to  his  estates ;  but  both  he  and  his  son, 
Robert  Fitz-Parnell,  engaging  in  the  crusades,  the  town  was  but  ill 
rebuilt,  and  the  castle  remained  many  years  in  a  state  of  dilapida- 
tion.  Fitz-Parnell  dying  without  issue  in  1204,  the  earldom  became 
extinct ;  but  the  Honor  of  Leicester  passed  to  Simon  de  Montfort, 
who  was  created  Earl  of  Leicester,  in  1206.    To  Simon  de  Montfort, 
his  son  and  successor,  we  are  chiefly  indebted  for  our  civil  liberty ; 


124  EARLS   OP    LEICESTER. 

for  our  parliaments,  and  all  the  blessings  which  have  arisen  from 
them — freedom  of  mind,  of  body,  and  of  speech ;  security  of 
property,  and,  above  all,  security  against  tyranny  in  the  Govern- 
ment, and  against  revolutionary  theories  and  practices  on  the  part 
of  the  governed.  He  was  one  of  the  rebellious  barons,  and  being 
slain  at  the  battle  of  Evesham,  in  1264,  and  being  attainted,  the 
Earldom  and  Honor  were  forfeited  to  the  Crown,  and  conferred  by 
Henry  III.  on  his  second  son,  Edmund  Plantayenet,  Earl  of  Chester, 
who  was  soon  afterwards  created  Earl  of  Lancaster.  He  died  in 
1296,  and  was  succeeded  by  his  eldest  son,  Thomas,  Earl  of  Lan- 
caster, &c.,who  was,  in  his  own  right  and  that  of  his  wife,  possessed 
of  six  earldoms.  He  was  of  a  factious  and  turbulent  disposition, 
and  was  the  chief  instigator  of  the  measures  which  led  to  the  capture 
of  Gaveston,  the  King's  favourite,  whom  he  caused  to  be  beheaded 
in  1312.  He  was  taken  by  the  King's  forces,  near  Borough  bridge, 
in  1321,  and  after  being  treated  with  similar  indignities  to  those  he 
had  inflicted  on  Gaveston,  he  was  beheaded  at  his  own  castle  of 
Pontefract.  In  1327,  his  honors  and  estates  were  conferred  on  his 
brother  Henry,  who  made  Leicester  his  chief  residence,  and  was 
buried  there  in  1345.  His  son  Henry  succeeded  to  the  earldom, 
and  was  created  Duke  of  Lancaster,  in  1351.  The  latter  was  called, 
by  way  of  distinction,  "the  good  Duke,"  and  died  in  1360,  leaving 
only  two  daughters  ;  of  whom  Blanche,  the  survivor,  married  John 
Plantayenet,  Earl  of  Richmond,  (fourth  son  of  Edward  III.,)  popu- 
larly called  John  of  Gaunt,  who  was  created  Duke  of  Lancaster,  in 
1362.  Henry,  the  son  of  this  renowned  Duke,  ascended  the  throne 
of  England  in  1399,  and  since  then  the  Honor  of  Leicester  has  been 
held  by  the  Crown,  as  part  of  the  Duchy  of  Lancaster ;  and  the  title 
of  Earl  of  Leicester  has,  at  various  times,  been  conferred  on  families 
having  no  property  here,  being  held  by  Sir  JRobert  Dudley,  from 
1563  to  1588;  by  the  Sydney  family ,  from  1618  to  1743;  and  by 
Viscount  Coke,  of  Holkham,  Norfolk,  from  1744  to  1759.  In  1784, 
George  Townshend,  son  and  heir  of  Viscount  Townshend,  was 
created  "Earl  of  the  County  of  Leicester,"  which  is  now  held,  as  a 
secondary  title,  by  the  Marquis  Townshend,  of  Staffordshire  ;  but  his 
eldest  son  is  styled  Viscount  Raynham.  In  1837,  that  wealthy 
commoner  and  eminent  agriculturist,  Thomas  William  Coke,  Esq.,  of 
Holkham,  Norfolk,  was  created  Earl  of  Leicester  and  Viscount  Coke, 
of  Holkham, — titles  which  had  been  extinct  since  the  death  of  his 
uncle  in  1759.  He  died  in  1842,  in  his  89th  year,  and  was  suc- 
ceeded by  his  eldest  son,  Thos.  Win.  Coke,  the  present  Earl. 

Several  monastic  institutions  and  colleges  were  founded  in  Leices- 
ter, in  the  12th,  13th,  and  14th  centuries,  as  will  be  seen  at  subse- 
quent pages.  The  Abbey  was  founded  by  Robert  Bossu,  the  second 
Norman  Earl  of  Leicester,  in  1143,  and  he,  and  several  of  the  suc- 
ceeding Earls  and  Countesses,  were  buried  within  its  walls.  An 
Assembly  of  Barons  was  held  at  Leicester,  in  1201,  at  the  com- 
mencement of  that  great  movement  which  was  associated  with  the 
pbtainment  of  Magna  Charta,     A  few  years  afterwards,  the  borough 


HISTORY    OF    LEICESTER.  125 

received  from  King  John,  (an  occasional  visitor  at  the  castle,)  a 
confirmation  of  its  right  to  hold  a  separate  jurisdiction  from  the 
county.  In  1224,  a  second  assembly  of  the  Barons  was  held  here; 
and  in  1228,  the  right  to  hold  a  fair  was  granted.  In  1294,  a 
burgess  was  sent  to  represent  the  borough  in  Parliament,  for  the 
first  time.  The  overthrow  of  the  celebrated  Simon  de  Montfort, 
Earl  of  Leicester,  and  his  compatriots,  in  1265,  was  followed,  as 
has  just  been  seen,  by  his  attainder  and  the  forfeiture  of  his  pos- 
sessions. After  the  transfer  of  the  Honor  of  Leicester  to  the  Earls 
of  Lancaster,  the  town  continued  to  rise  in  importance  and  pros- 
perity. Another  grant  of  a  fair  was  made  in  1305,  and  a  gaol  was 
built  in  1309.  Under  Henry  Earl  of  Lancaster,  and  the  two  suc- 
ceeding Dukes  of  Lancaster,  the  castle  was  restored  with  much 
splendour.  Richard  II.  and  his  Queen  passed  through  Leicester, 
and  rested  at  the  Abbey,  in  1385  and  1388.  Constantine,  Duchess 
of  Lancaster,  and  Mary  de  Bohun,  mother  of  Henry  V.,  were  in- 
terred in  the  Collegiate  Church  of  the  Newarke,  in  1394;  and  an 
adjourned  Parliament  was  held  here  in  1399,  when  Henry,  Duke 
of  Lancaster,  succeeded  to  the  crown  as  Henry  IV.  In  the  fifteenth 
century,  the  borough  continued  to  flourish,  and  a  Parliament  was 
held  here  in  1414,  at  which  a  statute  against  heretics  and  Lollards 
was  enacted.  A  second  sitting  was  also  held  in  the  same  year,  in 
which  the  law  for  the  suppression  of  Alien  Priories  was  passed. 
Twelve  years  afterwards,  the  famous  "Parliament  of  Bats,"  so 
called  because  the  members,  being  forbidden  to  wear  swords  or 
weapons,  came  armed  with  staves  and  bludgeons,  assembled  in 
Leicester.  A  fifth  meeting  of  the  legislative  body  took  place  here, 
in  1450,  owing  to  the  insalubrity  of  the  air  of  Westminster  at  that 
period.  Justices  of  the  peace  were  first  appointed  for  Leicester,  in 
1464,  by  Edward  IV.,  who  was  met  here,  in  1471,  by  3000  armed 
men,  with  whom  he  went  against  the  Earl  of  Warwick,  the  last  of 
the  refractory  Barons,  then  in  Coventry,  with  7000  soldiers.  For 
the  services  rendered  by  the  burgesses  on  this  occasion,  Edward 
IV.  granted  them  £20  yearly  for  twenty  years;  and  in  1473,  he 
granted  them  another  fair,  to  be  held  in  May.  Though  the  town 
prospered,  the  castle  appears  to  have  been  neglected  after  it  fell 
into  the  hands  of  royalty,  and  was  so  far  decayed  in  the  time  of 
Richard  III.,  that  he  chose  rather  to  sleep  at  an  inn,  on  the  even- 
ing before  his  death,  at  the  Battle  of  Bosworth  Field,  than  to 
occupy  the  royal  apartments  in  the  castle.  On  the  21st  of  August, 
1485,  that  treacherous  and  ill-fated  monarch  arrived  here  after  sun- 
set, at  the  head  of  his  army,  mounted  on  a  large  white  courser,  and 
arrayed  and  accoutred  with  much  pomp  and  splendour.  He  slept 
that  night  at  the  Blue  Boar,  then  the  principal  inn  in  the  town,  and 
departed  next  morning,  with  a  stern  countenance,  in  which  marks 
of  indignation  and  revenge  were  strongly  pourtrayed.  His  body 
was  brought  from  the  field  of  battle,  and  interred  in  the  Grey  Friars' 
Church,  after  being  exposed  for  two  days  at  the  Town  Hall,  then 
situated  at  one  end  of  Blue  Boar-lane.     His  successor,  Henry  VIL, 


126  HISTORY    OF    LEICESTER. 

terminated  the  wars  of  the  rival  houses  of  York  and  Lancaster,  by 
marrying  the  heiress  of  the  former.  These  contentions,  popularly 
called  the  Wars  of  the  Roses  had  for  a  long  period  deluged  the 
country  in  blood,  but  were  ultimately  productive  of  beneficial  con- 
sequences, by  depressing  the  power  of  the  barons,  and  establishing 
a  regular  Government  on  the  ruins  of  feudal  anarchy. 

In  1530,  as  will  be  seen  at  a  subsequent  page,  Cardinal  Wolscy, 
after  he  had  lost  the  King's  favour,  rested  and  died  at  Leicester 
Abbe}7-;  and  about  nine  years  afterwards,  that  and  most  other 
monastic  institutions  here  and  in  other  parts  of  the  kingdom,  were 
suppressed  by  Henry  VIII.,  and  the  remainder  were  dissolved  in  the 
reign  of  his  son,  Edward  VI.  The  former  granted  two  additional 
fairs,  to  be  held  in  June  and  at  Christmas;  and  in  his  reign,  one  of 
the  representatives  of  the  borough  in  Parliament  was  elected  by  the 
mayor  and  his  brethren,  and  the  other  by  the  commonalty  of  the  town~ 
When  Queen  Mary  ascended  the  throne,  she  attempted  to  suppress 
the  Eeformed  religion,  and  re-establish  the  Roman  Catholic  faith ; 
and  we  find  that,  in  June,  1556,  Thomas  Moore  was  burnt  at  the 
stake,  in  Leicester,  because  he  denied  that  the  bread  and  wine  used 
in  the  sacrament  were  really  the  body  and  blood  of  Christ.  John 
Jackson  and  a  merchant's  servant  are  said  to  have  been  burnt  here 
for  the  same  offence,  about  the  same  time.  A  tempest,  in  1563, 
unroofed  411  bays  or  projecting  gables  and  windows  of  houses,  in 
the  town.  In  1573,  Queen  Elizabeth  sold  all  the  materials  of  St. 
Peter's  Church  for  £35,  to  the  Corporation,  in  consideration  of 
their  building  a  new  grammar  school,  and  bringing  a  conduit  of 
water  to  the  town.  About  fourteen  years  afterwards,  the  Town  Hall, 
near  St.  Martin's  Church,  was  built,  and  a  festival  was  held  in  com- 
memoration of  the  defeat  of  the  Spanish  Armada.  This  annual 
repast  was  continued  till  the  Municipal  Reform  of  1835,  under  the 
name  of  the  Venison  Feast.  The  Corporation  obtained  a  charter 
from  Queen  Elizabeth,  in  1587,  and  a  confirmatory  grant  in  1599. 
In  May,  1606,  several  serious  riots  occurred  in  opposition  to  the 
enclosure  of  lands,  and  the  Earl  of  Huntingdon,  as  Lord  Lieutenant, 
ordered  a  Gibbet  to  be  set  up  in  the  market  place,  and  this  being 
destroyed  by  the  mob,  the  Earl  ordered  the  Mayor  and  Mr.  Heyrickc 
to  keep  their  houses,  for  a  month,  as  prisoners,  for  not  having  pre- 
vented its  removal ;  and  he  commanded  that  another  gibbet  should 
be  erected,  and  a  guard  appointed  to  protect  it  from  the  people. 
Among  many  similar  evidences  of  the  moral  and  mental  degradation 
of  the  people  of  England,  so  late  as  the  16th  and  17th  centuries, 
are  the  burning  of  Mother  Cook,  in  1596;  and  of  nine  poor  women, 
on  the  18th  of  July,  1616,  at  Leicester,  under  the  superstitious  de- 
lusion that  they  were  witches.  The  King,  however,  came  to  Leices- 
ter on  the  16th  of  August,  in  the  latter  year,  and,  having  personally 
examined  the  boy,  who  counterfeited  to  have  been  bewitched,  de- 
tected the  imposture,  and  the  judges  were  discountenanced  and 
fell  into  disgrace.  This,  no  doubt,  led  to  the  liberation  of  five  other 
women,  on  the  15th  of  the  succeeding  October,  who  had  been  im- 


HISTORY    OF    LEICESTER,  127 

prisoned  on  a  similar  charge,  a  sixth  having  died  in  gaol.  The 
Queen  of  James  L,  and  Prince  Henry,  visited  the  town  in  1603, 
and  slept  at  Sir  William  Skipworth's.  The  King  and  Prince  were 
here  in  1612,  and  the  former  was  here  again  in  1613,  when  he  slept 
at  the  Earl  of  Huntingdon's  house,  in  High-street.  In  1617, 
Leicester  was  made  a  staple  town  for  buying  and  selling  wool. 

Civil  Wars. — In  1610,  the  accumulated  evils  of  thirty  years'  mis- 
government  under  diaries  I.  and  his  father,  had  brought  the  king- 
dom to  the  verge  of  a  great  revolution.  The  Long  Parliament 
assembled  on  Nov-.  3rd ;  and  its  two  first  acts  were  to  vote  down  the 
"Council  Court  of  York,"  and  to  impeach  Strafford  and  Laud,  the 
King's  advisers.  The  government,  which  in  the  hands  of  Charles 
had  assumed  the  character  of  absolute  monarchy,  soon  became 
democratical,  to  a  degree  incompatible  with  the  spirit  of  the  constitu- 
tion. Lieutenants  and  Deputy-Lieutenants  of  Counties,  who  had 
exercised  powers  for  the  national  defence,  not  authorised  by  statute, 
were  declared  delinquents ;  Sheriffs,  who  had  been  employed  to  assess 
ship  money,  and  the  Jurors  and  Officers  of  the  Customs,  who  had  been 
employed  in  levying  tonnage  and  poundage  for  the  King  without  the 
authority  of  Parliament,  were  brought  under  the  same  vague  charge. 
The  Judges  who  had  given  their  votes  against  Hampden,  in  the  trial 
of  ship  money,  were  accused,  and  in  a  few  weeks  such  a  revolution 
was  produced  by  the  House  of  Commons,  seconded  by  many  of  the 
Peers,  that  the  kingly  power  was  in  danger  of  being  reduced  to  in- 
significance. The  differences  between  the  King  and  the  Parliament 
continued  to  increase  during  1641,  till  an  open  rupture  became  un- 
avoidable. The  misguided  and  unfortunate  Charles  I.  visited 
Leicester,  and  stayed  here  from  the  22nd  to  the  25th  of  July,  1642, 
when  preparations  were  in  active  progress  for  the  turbulent  and  de- 
structive wars  between  him  and  Parliament,  which  disturbed  the  king- 
dom nearly  seven  years,  and  ended  with  his  own  decapitation,  and 
the  subversion  of  monarchy  and  episcopacy.  He  attended  divine 
service  at  St.  Martin's  church,  where  a  throne  was  placed  for  his 
accommodation.  In  the  early  part  of  this  year,  the  King  left  London 
while  Parliament  was  sitting,  and  went  to  York,  where  he  determined 
to  support  his  authority  by  arms,  and  issued  a  commission  of  array 
to  the  respective  counties,  and  appointed  Lord-Lieutenants  and  per- 
sons of  distinction  in  each,  to  array,  train,  and  muster  the  people. 
This  was  followed  by  a  proclamation,  requiring  all  men  who  could 
bear  arms  to  meet  him  at  Nottingham,  on  the  25th  of  August,  when 
he  would  set  up  the  Royal  Standard.  In  reply  to  the  speech  delivered 
by  his  Majesty  at  Leicester,  during  his  visit  in  July,  the  town  ex- 
pressed its  sorrow  for  his  long  estrangement  from  his  Parliament, 
but  offered  no  show  of  favour  to  either  party  ;  and  the  Grand  Jury 
would  give  up  the  County  Magazine,  only  under  the  promise  that  the 
arms  and  other  stores  should  be  distributed  throughout  the  county, 
to  the  several  Hundreds.  The  Royal  Standard  was  first  unfurled  in 
these  calamitous  times  at  Nottingham,  on  the  evening  of  the  25th 
of  August,  in  the  presence  of  the  King,  who  is  said  to  have  spent  the 


128  HISTORY   OF   LEICESTER. 

morning  of  that  day  at  Leicester  Abbey,  then  the  residence  of  the 
Countess  of  Devon.  Next  day,  Prince  Rupert,  (the  King's  nephew,) 
and  Colonel  Hastings,  at  the  head  of  the  advanced  guard  of  the 
Royal  Army,  surprised  the  Earl  of  Stamford's  house,  at  Bradgate 
Park,  where  they  carried  off  a  great  quantity  of  arms  and  ammunition, 
after  destroying  much  of  the  furniture,  and  threatening  the  household. 
The  whole  body  of  the  King's  horse  was  shortly  after  pushed  forward 
towards  Leicester,  and  on  the  5th  of  September  arrived  at  Quenibo- 
rough,  which  was  for  some  time  the  head  quarters  of  this  division  of 
the  army.  From  this  village,  Prince  Rupert  sent  a-letter  to  the  Mayor 
of  Leicester,  dated  Sept.  6th,  demanding  that  he  should  forthwith 
send  him,  for  the  service  of  the  royal  cause,  £2000,  or  in  default 
thereof,  his  troops  would  on  the  morrow  appear  before  the  town,  in 
such  a  posture  as  would  make  him  know  it  was  "more  safe  to  obey 
than  to  resist  his  Majesty's  command."  The  authorities  sent  in  all 
haste  to  Nottingham,  to  crave  an  exemption  from  this  demand ;  and 
on  the  8th,  they  received  a  letter  of  exemption  from  the  King ;  but 
before  its  arrival,  Prince  Rupert  had  succeeded  in  extorting  £500 
from  the  Corporation. 

Soon  after  establishing  his  head  quarters  at  Leicester,  Rupert  was 
summoned  with  the  whole  of  his  cavalry  to  join  the  King,  then  march- 
ing towards  Shrewsbury.  The  Earl  of  Essex,  commander-in-chief  of 
the  army  of  the  Parliament,  at  the  same  time  left  Northampton  on 
his  way  to  "Worcester  ;  thus  many  great  battles  were  fought  in  the 
west  and  north  of  England  before  Leicester  became  the  scene  of  any 
of  the  desperate  conflicts  of  this  unhappy  period.  Before  the  close 
of  1642,  a  committee  of  21  members,  including  the  Mayor  of  Leices- 
ter, was  appointed  to  levy  men,  horses,  arms,  and  ammunition,  for 
the  use  of  the  Parliament,  in  the  Associated  Counties  of  Leicester, 
Derby,  Nottingham,  Buckingham,  and  Bedford.  In  April,  1643,  a 
commission  was  issued  for  sequestrating  the  estates  of  notorious  de- 
linquents, as  the  royalists  were  called  by  their  opponents.  At  the 
beginning  of  the  year,  Belvoir  Castle  had  been  seized  and  fortified 
for  the  King,  and  Newark-upon-Trent  was  soon  afterwards  secured  by 
the  royalists,  to  prevent  communication  between  the  parliamentarian 
troops  under  Fairfax,  in  Yorkshire,  and  those  under  the  Earl  of  Man- 
chester, at  Lincoln.  Col.  Hastings  having  received  from  the  King  at 
Oxford,  a  commission  of  Colonel-General  of  Leicestershire,  marched 
to  Ashby-de-la-Zouch,  and  maintained  his  position  there  with  such 
determined  zeal  and  valour,  that  in  October,  the  same  year,  he  was 
created  Baron  Hastings  of  Loughborough,  by  royal  patent.  To  guard 
against  his  plundering  excursions,  which  were  sometimes  carried  to 
the  very  walls  of  Leicester,  garrisons  were  established  by  Lord  Grey 
(son  of  the  Earl  Stamford),  in  Leicester  Abbey  and  at  Bagworth ; 
and  the  people  in  the  surrounding  villages  were  furnished  with  arms 
and  ammunition,  to  defend  themselves  in  their  churches  upon  any 
sudden  emergency.  Strong  outposts  were  also  stationed  at  Thurnby 
and  Kirby  Bellars,  as  some  protection  against  the  parties  of  horse 
constantly  issuing  from  Belvoir  and  Newark.     Early  in  1644,  a  large 


CIVIL    WAR.  120 

combined  force,  detached  from  the  parliamentarian  garrisons  in  Derby- 
shire and  Leicestershire,  assembled  at  Melton  Mowbray,  and  marched 
for  the  siege  of  Newark,  which,  however,  was  not  taken  till  the  follow- 
ing year.  Whilst  the  garrisons  of  Leicestershire  were  thus  weakened 
by  the  withdrawal  of  so  many  troops,  Col.  Hastings  made  many 
predatory  excursions  from  his  stronghold  at  Ashby  ;  but  one  of  his 
parties  of  cavalry  was  surprised  at  Hinckley,  and  driven  out  of  the 
town  with  considerable  loss.  In  November,  Lord  Beaumont's  house 
at  Coleorton  was  strongly  fortified,  and  not  only  caused  Col.  Has- 
tings' cavalry  to  keep  closer  quarters,  but  on  one  occasion,  its  troops 
pursued  them  and  beat  them  into  the  tower  at  Ashby.  In  Feb., 
1645,  Leicestershire  was  the  scene  of  two  more  serious  conflicts  than 
had  yet  taken  place  in  the  county.  Sir  Marmaduke  Langley  having 
been  sent  with  2500  cavalry  to  throw  supplies  into  Newark,  found 
his  way  obstructed  between  Leicester  and  Harborough  by  800  dra- 
goons, who  were  routed  with  considerable  loss,  after  a  determined 
resistance.  On  their  further  advance,  the  royalists  were  met  near 
Melton  Mowbray,  by  Col.  Rossiter,  at  the  head  of  3000  horse  and 
dragoons.  The  royalists  having  had  time  to  cover  their  flanks  with 
their  baggage  waggons,  sustained  the  repeated  charges  of  the  enemy, 
till  the  latter  drew  oft'  and  suffered  them  to  continue  their  march  to 
Belvoir,  after  a  loss  of  300  killed  and  wounded  on  both  sides. 

In  the  anticipation  of  a  Siege,  great  exertions  were  now  made  to 
strengthen  the  fortifications  and  garrison  at  Leicester  ;  arms  and  am- 
munition were  sent,  by  Parliament,  from  London  ;  the  line  of  defence 
which,  in  the  compass  of  three  miles,  surrounded  the  town,  was  care- 
fully examined  and  improved ;  the  tradesmen  were  ordered  to  close 
their  shops  ;  and  the  Mayor  made  out  a  list  of  900  townsmen  capable 
of  bearing  arms.  In  addition  to  these,  the  garrison  only  comprised 
about  1100  regular  troops  and  150  recruits  from  the  country.  Colonel 
Grey  was  the  governor,  and  was  assisted  in  the  command  of  the 
garrison  by  Col.  Sir  Robert  Pye,  Col.  Vermuyden,  and  Lieut. -Col. 
Whitbrooke.  The  royalists  were  now  drawing  their  forces  in  the 
midland  counties  towards  Leicester.  On  the  28th  of  May,  the  King 
left  Ashby,  and  marched  through  Coleorton  to  Gracedieu  Abbey,  the 
seat  of  Sir  Thos.  Beaumont,  and  thence  to  Cotes,  where  he  halted  at 
Sir  Harry  Skipwith's.  A  considerable  portion  of  his  army  had  reached 
Loughborough,  on  the  27th,  and  an  advanced  guard  of  2000  pushed 
forward  almost  to  the  walls  of  Leicester,  and  were  joined  the  next 
morning  by  Sir  M.  Langley,  at  the  head  of  the  main  body  of  the  royal 
cavalry.  Their  advanced  picquets  were  repeatedly  driven  back  by 
the  Leicester  cavalry,  under  Major  Innes,  Capt.  Babington,  and  Lieut. 
Davis,  and  pursued  as  far  as  Belgrave  bridge.  During  these  skir- 
mishes, several  prisoners  were  made  on  both  sides,  and  the  besiegers 
were  prevented  from  preparing  their  batteries.  On  the  following  day 
(May  29th,)  the  main  body  of  the  royal  infantry  approached  Leices- 
ter in  three  divisions,  and  in  the  afternoon,  the  King  and  Prince 
Rupert  arrived  at  Aylestone.  In  the  meantime  the  besieging  army, 
being  stationed  on  all  sides  of  the  town,  began  to  bring  down  their 


130  HISTOKY    OF   LEICESTER. 

cannon  towards  the  weakest  parts  of  the  fortifications,  which  are  said 
to  have  been  pointed  out  by  some  townsmen  who  had  escaped  to  the 
enemy's  camp. 

Part  of  the  royal  troops  endeavoured  to  make  a  lodgement  in 
some  of  the  houses  near  St.  Sunday's  bridge,  but  a  body  of  volun- 
teers sallied  over  the  bridge,  and,  after  dislodging  them,  set  the 
houses  on  fire.  During  the  night,  the  royalists  laboured  vigorously 
at  their  battery  opposite  the  South  Bridge,  notwithstanding  a  heavy 
fire  of  musketry  and  cannon  directed  at  them  from  the  town. 
Before  daybreak  the  battery  was  completed,  and  mounted  with 
heavy  guns.  In  the  morning  (May  30),  Prince  Rupert,  after  dis- 
charging two  heavy  pieces  of  ordnance  against  the  walls,  despatched 
a  trumpeter  into  the  town,  offering  pardon  to  the  Mayor  and  Bur- 
gesses, on  condition  of  an  immediate  surrender;  but  this  was 
refused,  after  some  consideration,  though  it  was  not  probable  that 
so  small  a  garrison  could  long  withstand  the  besiegers,  whose  forces 
amounted  to  more  than  10,000.  About  three  o'clock,  Rupert  gave 
orders  for  commencing  a  furious  cannonade  and  fire  of  musketry 
against  the  town.  The  stone  wall  of  the  Newark©,  in  the  space  of 
three  hours,  was  so  shattered  that  it  offered  a  breach  of  considerable 
breadth  to  the  assailants.  Whilst  part  of  the  garrison  was  busily 
employed  in  returning  the  enemy's  fire,  others,  assisted  by  the 
women  of  the  town,  were  actively  engaged  in  throwing  up  a  breast- 
work of  woolsacks,  &c,  within  four  or  five  yards  of  the  wall.  For 
six  hours  after  the  breach  had  been  considered  practicable,  the  firing 
was  continued  on  both  sides,  and  during  the  whole  time  the  royalists 
were  preparing  for  a  general  assault.  At  midnight,  the  storm  was 
announced  by  a  discharge  of  the  whole  of  the  besiegers'  artillery  at 
the  same  moment ;  and  a  simultaneous  assault  was  made  on  all  sides 
of  the  town ;  but  the  principal  points  of  attack  were  the  breach  in 
the  Newarke,  the  horn-ivork  before  Belgrave-gate,  and  the  defences 
at  Gallowtree-gate  and  near  St.  Margaret's  Church.  The  breach  at 
the  Newarke  was  bravely  defended  through  five  determined  attacks, 
in  one  of  which  Colonel  St.  George  ventured  so  close  upon  a  loaded 
gun  that  he  fell  literally  at  the  cannon's  mouth.  The  attacks  on 
other  parts  of  the  fortifications  were  more  successful,  although  the 
first  efforts  of  the  royalists,  in  an  attempted  escalade,  were  repulsed 
with  great  loss.  On  the  second  attack  on  the  hornwork  before 
Belgrave-gate,  such  a  quantity  of  hand  grenades  was  poured  in,  that 
the  defenders  were  obliged  to  abandon  it.  On  possessing  themselves 
of  this  post,  the  royalists  let  down  the  draw-bridge,  and  gave  ad- 
mission to  the  Earl  of  Northampton's  horse.  Nearly  at  the  same 
time,  Gallowtree-gate  and  several  other  entrances  were  carried,  and, 
by  half-past  one  o'clock,  the  defenders  were  driven  from  every  part 
of  the  fortifications  except  the  Newarke  ;  but  the  garrison  and  towns- 
people having  retired  to  the  Market  place  (Highcross  street),  con- 
tinued the  struggle  nearly  an  hour  longer.  Here  the  royalists  had 
to  win  their  ground  step  by  step,  and  were  much  annoyed  by  the 
fire  from  the  windows,  and  the  stones  and  tiles  thrown  from  the  tops 


SIEGE    OF   LEICESTER.  131 

of  the  houses,  in  which  the  women  are  said  to  have  taken  an  active 
part.  The  Newarke  was  still  defended  by  about  600  men,  who, 
finding  further  opposition  useless,  consented  to  surrender  themselves 
prisoners  of  war,  on  the  condition  of  personal  safety  and  exemption 
from  being  plundered.  At  their  first  entrance  into  the  town  the 
royalists  refused  quarter  to  all  they  came  in  contact  with,  and  in 
one  house  every  person,  without  respect  to  sex  or  age,  was  slain, 
because  several  dragoons  had  been  shot  from  its  windows ;  but  in 
this  they  only  followed  the  example  of  the  parliamentarians  at  Wex- 
ford and  some  other  places.  "  The  conquerors,"  says  Clarendon, 
1 '  pursued  their  advantage  with  the  usual  license  of  rapine  and 
plunder,  and  miserably  sacked  the  whole  town,  without  any  distinc- 
tion of  persons  or  places.  Churches  and  hospitals,  as  well  as  the 
houses,  were  made  a  prey  to  the  greedy  soldiers,  to  the  exceeding 
regret  of  the  King."  It  is  said  that  no  less  than  140  waggon  loads 
of  goods,  constituting  the  most  valuable  spoils  of  Leicester,  were 
sent  off  to  Newark.  Many  of  the  town  records  were  destroyed,  and 
for  a  time  the  charters  were  lost,  as  well  as  the  seal  and  mace  of  the 
corporation.  The  number  slain  on  both  sides  during  the  siege  was 
upwards  of  700,  and  among  them  were  many  officers.  Mr.  Palmer 
and  Mr.  Bxown,  two  Independent  ministers,  both  fell  in  the  defence 
of  the  town.  After  appointing  Lord  Hastings  governor  of  Leicester, 
with  a  garrison  of  1200,  the  King,  with  the  rest  of  his  army,  pro- 
ceeded on  his  original  design  of  relieving  Oxford.  After  his  depar- 
ture, his  soldiers  set  fire  to  the  Abbey,  which  had  been  his  residence 
for  two  days  after  the  siege ;  and  the  garrison  set  about  repairing 
the  fortifications  with  all  haste. 

The  news  of  the  fall  of  Leicester  caused  great  excitement  in  London, 
where  the  Corporation  petitioned  Parliament  forthwith  to  march  a 
sufficient  force  for  its  recovery.  With  this  view,  Sir  Thomas  Fair- 
fax's army  left  the  siege  of  Oxford.  The  battle  of  Naseby,  where 
the  royalists  were  routed  with  great  loss,  followed,  and  the  wreck  of 
the  royal  army  entered  Leicester,  closely  pursued  by  the  parliamenta- 
rians. The  King  passed  through  the  town  on  the  same  day,  continu- 
ing his  flight  to  Ashby-de-la-Zouch ;  and  General  Sir  Thos.  Fairfax, 
advancing  by  Great  Glen  and  Oadby,  appeared  before  Leicester  on  the 
16th  of  June,  the  town  having,  on  the  preceding  night,  been  invested 
on  all  sides  by  his  cavalry,  under  the  command  of  Cromwell.  As  the 
wall  of  the  Newarke  had  been  but  imperfectly  repaired,  a  second  breach 
was  soon  effected,  while  Fairfax  began  to  collect  ladders,  carts,  and 
hand-grenades,  in  full  view  of  the  garrison,  as  an  intimation  of  his 
intention  to  attempt  the  place  by  storm.  Leicester,  however,  was 
fortunately  spared  the  horrors  of  a  second  assault.  Lord  Hastings, 
after  making  some  show  of  defence,  sent  out  a  trumpeter,  desiring 
permission  to  treat  for  the  surrender  of  the  town.  After  a  night  spent 
in  negotiation,  it  was  agreed  that  the  garrison  should  be  allowed  to 
withdraw  on  the  following  morning  (June  18th,)  with  only  staves  in 
their  hands,  to  Lichfield.  The  military  spoils  acquired  by  Parliament 
on  the  evacuation  of  the  town  by  the  royalists,  comprised  2000  stand 

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132  HISTORY    OF    LEICESTER. 

of  arms,  500  horses,  14  pieces  of  cannon,  30  colours,  and  an  abun- 
dance of  ammunition  and  other  stores,  Fairfax,  after  this  success, 
pursued  his  march  rapidly  to  the  west,  but  blockaded  the  garrison  at 
Ashby  by  a  division  under  Col.  Needham,  who  was  provisionally 
appointed  governor  of  Leicester  for  the  Parliament.  Ashby  surren- 
dered in  the  following  March,  but  its  garrison  was  allowed  to  march 
out  with  loaded  muskets,  to  Bridgenorth.  Belvoir  Castle,  which  had 
stood  a  long  siege,  capitulated  in  the  preceding  month,  and  the 
cause  of  King  Charles  was  now  considered  hopeless  in  this  and  many 
other  counties.  The  battle  of  Marston  Moor,  in  Yorkshire,  fought 
July  2nd,  1645,  sealed  the  fate  of  the  royal  cause ;  and  in  the 
following  year,  the  King  surrendered  to  the  Scots,  who,  after  keeping 
him  a  prisoner  in  the  north  about  four  months,  basely  transferred  him 
to  the  hands  of  his  enemies.  He  passed  through  Leicester,  as  a 
captive,  in  1G47,  on  his  way  to  London,  where  he  was  beheaded 
January  30th,  1G49.  Lord  Grey  of  Groby  was  one  of  the  judges 
who  sat  at  his  trial,  and  a  petition  was  sent  to  the  House  of  Commons, 
from  the  committee,  gentry,  and  other  inhabitants  of  Leicestershire, 
"  darkly,  but  by  no  means  feebly,"  advocating  the  decapitation  of 
the  fallen  monarch,  against  whom  many  false  accusations  were 
brought,  to  justify  the  regicidal  act  which  his  inveterate  enemies  then 
in  power  were  bent  upon.  Among  those  who  signed  his  death 
warrant,  were  Lord  Grey,  Peter  Temple,  and  Colonel  Hacker ;  but 
Sir  Arthur  Haselrig,  though  nominated  as  one  of  the  judges,  took 
no  part  in  the  trial. 

CromweU  having  compassed  the  King's  death,  began  to  give  the 
reins  to  his  ambition,  his  early  principles  of  liberty  were  all  lost 
in  the  unbounded  stretch  of  power  that  lay  before  him,  and  in  1653, 
he  was  elected  Protector  for  life.  During  the  Commonwealth,  the 
asperities  of  party  feeling,  both  in  politics  and  religion,  were  the 
sources  of  much  discord  and  discontent;  and  the  Puritans,  some- 
times in  ridicule  of  the  ordinance  of  baptism,  led  asses  before  the 
altars  of  the  churches.  On  the  death  of  Cromwell,  in  December, 
1659,  his  son  Richard  was  proclaimed  his  successor,  but  wanting 
resolution  to  defend  the  title,  and  being  fonder  of  retirement  than 
public  life,  he  soon  signed  his  abdication,  and  in  the  following  year 
Charles  II.  was  restored  to  the  throne  of  his  ancestors,  and  soon 
raised  monarchy  and  episcopacy  to  the  greatest  splendour. 

In  1682,  the  borough  charter  was  surrendered  to  the  King,  but 
was  restored  by  James  II.,  in  1688.  The  custom  of  putting  cul- 
prits to  death  by  burning,  was  continued  here  so  late  as  1684,  when 
a  woman  was  burnt  for  murdering  her  husband  at  Ibstock.  The 
eighteenth  century  was  a  happy  era  in  the  history  of  Leicester,  for 
in  it  the  town  made  considerable  progress  in  its  staple  manufacture, 
(introduced  in  1680,)  and  in  the  foundation  of  schools  and  charitable 
institutions,  as  will  be  seen  at  subsequent  pages,  though  its  peace 
from  1750  to  1816  was  sometimes  disturbed  by  violent  contested 
elections,  machine-destroying  mobs,  and  pirovision  riots.  In  1709,  the 
Conduit,  which  supplied  the  inhabitants  freely  with  water,  was  re- 


HISTORY   OF    LEICESTER.  133 

built.  The  old  Exchange  was  built  in  1747.  The  first  coach  from 
Leicester  to  London  commenced  running  in  1774,  and  the  first 
mail  in  1785.  The  former  was  drawn  by  six  horses,  and  the  pas- 
sengers slept  two  nights  on  the  road,  at  Northampton  and  Dun- 
stable. In  the  early  part  of  the  19th  century,  Leicester,  like  all 
other  manufacturing  towns,  suffered  severely  from  the  exhausting 
and  paralysing  effects  of  the  Wars  of  the  French  Revolution,  and 
other  political  evils,  which  brought  about  great  depressions  of  trade, 
low  wages,  dear  provisions,  and  increased  taxation. 

The  HOSIERY  MANUFACTURE  is  the  staple  trade  to  which 
Leicester  owes  its  prosperity,  and  the  increase  of  its  population, 
during  the  present  century,  from  16,900  to  nearly  70,000  souls. 
Of  this  branch  of  British  industry  Leicester  may  now  be  considered 
the  principal  seat,  especially  of  worsted  hose  and  fancy  articles,  there 
being  more  stocking  frames  in  Leicestershire  than  in  any  other 
county.  The  Stocking  Frame  was  invented  in  1589,  by  the  Rev. 
Wm.  Lee,  of  Calverton,  Nottinghamshire,  who,  being  a  poor  curate 
with  a  large  family,  and  observing  that  his  wife  was  obliged  to  spend 
much  of  her  time  in  knitting,  is  said  to  have  been  prompted  to  at- 
tempt the  invention  of  a  machine,  which  would  enable  her  to  devote 
more  attention  to  other  parts  of  her  household  affairs.  He  took  his 
machine  to  London,  to  solicit  the  patronage  of  Queen  Elizabeth ; 
but  the  science  of  political  economy  was  then  so  little  understood, 
that  the  invention,  notwithstanding  its  acknowledged  ingenuity  and 
utility,  was  discountenanced,  on  the  humane  principle  that  its  adop- 
tion would  tend  to  throw  out  of  employment  great  numbers  of  those 
artisans  whose  subsistence  depended  on  the  knitting  of  stockings. 
Mr.  Lee  subsequently,  at  the  invitation  of  Henry  IV.,  King  of 
France,  settled  at  Rouen,  and  had  made  preparations  for  establish- 
ing a  manufactory  there,  when  the  King  was  murdered,  and  all  his 
hopes  of  success  were  overturned.  He  afterwards  died  of  grief  at 
Paris,  and  his  few  surviving  workmen  returned  to  England,  and, 
under  the  direction  of  one  Aston,  a  miller  at  Thoroton,  in  Notting- 
hamshire, who  had  improved  Mr.  Lee's  machine,  commenced  the 
manufacture.  Charles  II.  granted  the  stocking  makers  of  London 
a  charter,  (which  Cromwell  had  refused,)  giving  them  some  ex- 
clusive privileges,  and  a  jurisdiction  ten  miles  round ;  but  the  com- 
pany was  dissolved  some  years  afterwards,  through  the  unfavourable 
issue  of  an  action  at  law  against  a  stocking  maker  at  Nottingham. 
In  1680,  a  person  named  Alsop,  from  Northamptonshire,  came  to 
Leicester,  and  commenced  stocking-making  in  a  house  at  or  near 
the  North-gate.  By  his  means,  the  knowledge  of  the  manufacture 
was  extended  to  his  apprentices  (Samuel  Walker  and  Samuel 
Wright,)  and  was  gradually  diffused  through  the  town  and  neigh- 
bourhood, from  the  profit  attached  to  it ;  though  the  frames  met 
with  much  opposition  from  the  knitters,  and  for  some  years  were 
obliged  to  be  worked  secretly,  in  cellars  and  other  obscure  places. 
In  1773,  the  workmen  of  the  neighbouring  villages  assembled  for 
the  purpose  of  breaking  a  frame  which  had  been  much  improved  by 


134  HISTORY   OF   LEICESTER. 

some  ingenious  mechanic;  and  in  1787,  another  mob  collected  for 
the  purpose  of  destroying  a  spinning  machine.  The  family  of 
Pougher  was  the  first  that  made  much  progress  in  the  manufacture, 
The  original  salesmen  went  out  to  obtain  orders  with  horses,  carry- 
ing panniers  containing  the  hose.  In  1712,  Alderman  Cowper 
stated  that  20,000  tods  of  wool  were  then  worked  up  yearly,  em- 
ploying in  town  and  country,  about  1000  hands  to  sort,  comb,  and 
dye;  6000  to  spin,  double,  and  throw;  and  6000  to  weave,  seam, 
and  dress  up.  Deering,  in  his  history  of  Nottingham,  published  in 
1751,  says  no  town  came  into  competition  with  Leicester,  at  that 
period,  for  the  quantity  of  goods  produced,  though  the  best  goods 
were  made  at  Nottingham.  In  1792,  there  were  upwards  of  seventy 
hosiers  in  Leicester,  who  employed  about  8000  frames  in  the  town 
and  surrounding  villages — a  stimulus  having  been  given  to  the 
manufacture  by  the  spinning  machine,  invented  by  Mr.  Joseph 
Brookhouse,  about  1785,  before  which  time  all  worsted  was  spun 
by  hand,  in  a  similar  way  with  flax,  on  the  domestic  wheel.  In 
February,  1811,  such  was  the  depressed  state  of  the  hosiery  trade, 
that  large  numbers  of  half-famished  workmen  were  reduced  to 
pauperism ;  and  in  the  following  month,  several  meetings  were 
held,  at  which  many  of  the  framework  knitters  resolved  to  organise 
themselves  with  those  of  Nottingham  and  other  places,  for  the  pur- 
pose of  advancing  wages,  and  destroying  such  improved  machinery 
as  they  supposed  injurious  to  manual  labour.  They  now  held  secret 
midnight  meetings,  in  various  parts  of  the  county,  attended  by  dele- 
gates from  other  districts,  and  attributed  most  of  their  distress  to 
the  introduction  of  wide  machines,  in  some  of  which  several  stockings 
were  woven  at  one  time  ;  and  in  many  others,  shapeless  pieces  were 
extensively  made  for  the  low-priced  stockings  called  cut-ups.  Bands 
of  them  often  prowled  about  in  the  night,  to  destroy  the  obnoxious 
frames  and  machines  ;  and  they  were  so  disguised  and  organised  in 
bonds  of  secrecy,  that  very  few  of  them  were  brought  to  justice, 
compared  with  their  great  numbers  and  the  vast  amount  of  property 
which  they  destroyed.  The  system  on  which  they  acted  was  called 
Luddism,  and  they  themselves  were  called  Luddites,  an  appellation 
which  well  suited  their  character,  as  it  is  said  to  have  been  derived 
from  one  Ludlam,  an  ignorant  youth  of  Leicestershire,  who,  when 
ordered  by  his  father,  a  framework  knitter,  to  "square  his  needles," 
took  his  hammer  and  beat  them  into  a  heap.  Their  destructive 
operations  were  repeated  at  intervals  from  1811  to  1817,  in  which 
period  more  than  a  thousand  stocking  frames  and  a  great  number 
of  lace  machines  were  destroyed  in  Nottinghamshire ;  and  the  damage 
in  Leicestershire  and  Derbyshire  was  perhaps  of  about  the  same 
amount.  In  1813,  no  fewer  than  18  Luddites,  some  of  whom  were 
guilty  of  murder  and  arson,  were  hung  at  York.  In  March,  1812, 
an  Act  of  Parliament  was  passed,  making  it  death  to  break  a  stock- 
ing frame,  and,  in  the  same  month,  seven  Luddites  were  transported 
from  Nottingham.  The  leaders  of  these  deluded  men,  in  the  differ- 
ent districts,  bore  the  popular  name  of  Ned  Lud,     Many  of  them 


HOSIERY    MANUFACTURE.  185 

were  tried  at  Leicester,  in  181G  and  1817,  and  afterwards  executed 
(six  at  one  time)  on  the  drop  in  front  of  the  County  House  of  Cor- 
rection.    Since  then,  the  miserably  remunerated  framework  knitters 
have  occasionally  resorted  to  more  sensible  and  legitimate  measures 
in  their  endeavours  to  better  their  condition,  and,  in  1819,  those  in 
Leicester  and  the  neighbourhood  formed  themselves  into  a  Society  or 
Union,  in  which  those  who  were  employed  contributed  to  the  sup- 
port of  the  unemployed,  in  order  to  prevent  the  ruinous  decline  in 
wages,  which  had  fallen  nearly  one-half  since  1815.     In  this  work 
they  were  assisted  by  the  contributions  of  the  benevolent,  to  the 
amount  of  more  than  £3000,  as  well  as  by  loans  of  money,  and  the 
advice  and  assistance  of  many  of  the  principal  manufacturers  and 
other  inhabitants.     About  the  close  of  1823,  trade  was  so  much 
improved  that  in  a  few  months  there  was  not  a  man  out  of  employ, 
and  the  "Framework  Knitters''  Society"  was  dissolved,  after  having 
distributed,  during  a  period  of  four  years,  no  less  than  £16,182 
among  the  unemployed.     In  1843,  a  Petition,  signed  by  upwards 
of  25,000  framework  knitters  of   Leicestershire,  Nottinghamshire, 
and  Derbyshire,  was  presented  to  the  House  of  Commons,  praying 
for  an  inquiry  into  their  distressed  condition,  arising  from  the  low 
rate  of  wages  ;  the  enormous  exactions  for  frame-rent,  &c;  the  pre- 
valence of  the  "truck  system;"  and  the  manufacture  of  spurious 
articles,  called  "cut-ups,"  &c.     In  Feb.,  1844,  her  Majesty  issued 
a  Commission,  appointing  R.  M.  Muggeridge,  Esq.,  to  inquire  into 
their  grievances.     In  the  course  of  this  commissioner's  laborious 
inquiry,  he  examined  a  great  number  of  workmen  and  masters,  and 
elicited  a  considerable  body  of  information,  which  has  been  pub- 
lished in  his  copious  report,  from  which  it  appeared  that  the  average 
clear  weekly  earnings  of  the  frame-work  knitters,  in  27  parishes,  in 
this  and  adjoining  counties,  varied  from  4s.  to  8s. : — Hinckley  being 
only  5s.  3d.;  Bosworth,  4s.  6d.;   Ibstock,  4s.;  and  Sheepshed,  5s. 
6d.     In  Leicester,  those  employed  upon  what  are  termed  season 
fabrics,  were  much  better  remunerated,  one  class  earning  from  9s. 
to  12s.,  and  others  from  12s.  to  upwards  of  20s.  per  week,  but, 
during  a  great  part  of  the  year,  they  were  generally  only  half  em- 
ployed.    The  heaviest  grievance  complained  of  in  this  inquiry  was 
the  frame  rents,  which  varied  from  Is.  to  3s.  per  week.     It  was 
also  stated  that  some  of  the  middle  masters  and  small  manufacturers, 
either  directly  or  indirectly,  compelled  the  journeymen  to  take  most 
of  their  wages  in  stuff,  notwithstanding  the  Acts  of  Parliament, 
passed  in   1832  and  previous  years,   to  enforce   the   payment  of 
wages  in  money.    This  truck  system  was  chiefly  confined  to  the  manu- 
facturing villages,  and  was  highly  injurious  to  the  money-paying 
masters  and  the  shopkeepers,   as  well  as  the  workmen  at  large. 
It  still  exists  to  some  extent.     The  condition   of  the  frame -work 
knitters,    and    other   workmen  and   labourers  in  many   parishes, 
is  somewhat  alleviated  by  the  introduction  of  the  Allotment  Sys- 
tem, under  the  patronage  of  land-owners  and  other  principal  in- 
habitants.    The  benefits  of  this  system  were  greatly  extended  in 


136  HISTORY   OE   LEICESTER. 

the  borough  in  1845,  by  the  conversion  of  a  large  portion  of 
the  Freemen's  Piece  into  upwards  of  1400  garden  allotments,  in- 
stead of  keeping  the  whole  in  pasturage.  A  very  large  number  of 
the  inhabitants  of  Leicester  and  the  surrounding  villages  are  employed 
in  the  manufacture  of  Worsted,  Lambs'-wool,  Merino,  Angola,  and 
other  stockings,  shirts,  drawers,  socks,  cap>s,  gloves,  and  mitts ;  and  in  the 
production  of  Fancy  Hosiery, — a  branch  of  trade  that  has  sprung 
up  almost  entirely  within  the  last  fifty  years,  and  includes  in  its  list 
of  articles  nearly  1500  different  specimens  for  use  and  ornament ; — 
the  principal  of  which  are  cravats,  shawls,  gauntlets,  sleeves,  polkas, 
scarves,  dresses  for  children,  muffs  and  boots  for  infants,  braces,  mitts, 
boas,  dc,  dc.  This  important  branch  now  gives  employment  to 
more  than  9000  persons ;  many  of  the  articles  being  knitted  by 
women  and  children  in  the  villages,  but  the  greater  part  are  made  by 
machinery  in  the  town.  The  sewing  and  seaming  of  the  articles 
made  by  machinery  furnishes  employment  to  a  great  number  of 
females  in  the  town. 

The  last  returns  to  Government  relating  to  the  numbers  and  occu- 
pations of  the  people,  state  that  58,923  persons  are  engaged  in  the 
manufacture  of  hosiery,  and  of  these  it  is  alleged  that  33,000  are 
exclusively  employed  in  the  worsted  branches.  Besides  a  large 
number  of  stocking  frames,  hosiery  machines,  warp  looms,  &c,  there 
are  in  the  town  many  mills  and  factories  for  spinning  and  doubling 
worsted  yarn,  lambs1  wool,  sewing  cotton,  dc;  many  dying  and  trimming 
establishments,  several  iron  foundries  and  coach  manufactories,  and 
many  master  frame  smiths,  corn  millers,  maltsters,  brewers,  dc.  The 
bobbin  net,  or  twist  lace  manufacture,  of  which  Nottingham  is  the 
chief  seat,  never  made  any  great  progress  in  Leicester.  One  of  the 
principal  sources  of  the  rapid  increase  of  the  population  of  Leicester 
during  the  last  few  years  is  the  introduction  of  the  manufacture  of 
elastic-web  fabrics,  which  gives  employment  to  a  very  large  number  of 
hands,  and  bids  fair  to  establish  its  permanent  head-quarters  in  the 
town.  Cloth  and  leather  boots  and  shoes  are  also  now  extensively 
made  here.  The  sewing  machine  is  employed  in  making  the  tops, 
and  the  soles  are  riveted  with  metal  rivets  on  iron  lasts. 

There  are  in  the  town  five  BANKS,  viz.,  Messrs.  T.  &  T.  T.  Paget's ; 
a  branch  of  the  Bank  of  England,  opened  in  1844  ;  a  branch  of  the 
National  Provincial  Bank  of  England,  opened  in  183G ;  the  Leices- 
tershire Joint-Stock  Banking  Company,  established  in  1829  ;  and 
Fares'  Leicestershire  Banking  Company,  which  was  a  private  bank  from 
1800  till  1830,  when  it  was  converted  into  a  joint-stock  bank.  The 
general  trade  of  the  town  is  greatly  facilitated  by  the  extensive  lines 
of  inland  communication,  with  which  it  is  connected  by  means  of  the 
"River  Soar,  the  Leicestershire  and  Northamptonshire  Union  Canal, 
and  the  Mid/and  Railway.  The  extension  of  the  navigation  of  the 
hirer  Soar,  in  the  18th  century,  by  deepening  the  channel  in  some 
places,  and  making  side  cuts,  or  artificial  canals  in  others,  is  already 
noticed  at  page  53.  The  Soar  is  crossed  here  by  four  bridges,  and 
runs  along  the  east  side  and  north  end  of  the  town,  in  the  low  grounds 


HISTORY   OF   LEICESTER.  137 

to  the  south-west,  it  opens  out  into  two  channels,  encompassing  an 
island,  partly  traversed  by  the  Union  Canal.  The  two  branches  of  the 
river  unite  a  little  below  West  Bridge  Railway  Station,  near  which  are 
commodious  wharves ;  as  well  as  on  the  canal  which  diverges  from 
the  river  at  Frog  Island,  and  extends  along  the  north  side  of  the  town, 
nearly  in  a  straight  line,  crossed  by  a  good  bridge  in  Northgate  street. 
The  West  Bridge  is  a  broad  cast-iron  structure  of  one  arch,  which  was 
erected  in  1841-2,  at  a  cost  of  £4000,  in  place  of  the  old  bridge,  a 
highly  picturesque  structure,  which  formerly  had  on  its  south-eastern 
side,  a  chapel  dedicated  to  "Our  Blessed  Lady."  Bow  Bridge  was 
partially  taken  down  in  1859  and  entirely  removed  in  18G2,  when  a 
new  bridge  was  erected  on  its  site  at  a  cost  of  about  £700.  It  is  of 
one  arch  of  42  feet  span,  consisting  of  five  cast-iron  girders  resting  on 
stone  piers.  The  parapets  are  four  feet  high,  and  are  panelled  and 
ornamented  with  the  Lancaster  rose,  the  Leicester  cinquefoil,  the 
Royal  Arms,  and  the  arms  of  Richard  III.  The  bed  of  the  river  has 
been  lowered  two  feet,  and  Watts'  causeway  has  been  widened,  so  as 
to  be  the  same  width  as  the  new  bridge,  viz.,  30  feet.  On  the  end 
of  a  building  close  to  the  bridge  is  the  following  inscription : — "Near 
this  spot  lie  the  remains  of  Richard  III.,  the  last  of  the  Plantagenetsy 
1485."  The  waters  of  the  Soar,  and  the  dykes  and  dams  which  it 
gives  out,  are  of  essential  use  to  the  mills,  factories,  and  dye-houses  in 
the  lower  parts  of  the  town. 

MUNICIPAL  GOVERNMENT. 

Though  Leicester  was  a  borough  enjoying  prescriptive  rights  from 
a  veryearly  period,  its  first  royal  charter  was  granted  by  King  John, 
who,  in  1190,  confirmed  its  rights  to  hold  a  separate  jurisdiction  from 
the  county,  and  either  laid  or  strengthened  the  basis  of  its  corporate 
character.  At  the  same  time,  Robert  Fitz-Parnell,  Earl  of  Leicester, 
invested  the  burgesses  with  the  right  of  buying  and  selling  lands,  &c. 
Simon  de  Montfort,  the  next  Earl  of  Leicester,  extended  and  ratified 
the  rights  of  the  burgesses,  by  a  charter  dated  the  23rd  of  Henry  III. 
His  son,  Simon  de  Montfort,  after  succeeding  to  the  earldom,  granted 
to  the  burgesses  another  charter,  which  particularly  specifies,  "that 
no  Jew  or  Jewes,  in  my  time,  or  in  the  time  of  any  of  my  heirs,  to  the 
end  of  the  world,  shall  inhabit  or  remain  in  the  town  of  Leicester." 
Henry  VII.,  having  won  his  crown  by  the  defeat  of  Richard  III.,  near 
this  borough,  seems  to  have  paid  particular  attention  to  it.  In  1487, 
he  granted  the  burgesses  a  charter,  to  appoint  48  "most  wise  and 
sad  commoners,"  to  manage  the  town  affairs,  and  elect  its  represen- 
tatives. His  charter  of  1504  confirmed  all  their  former  privileges, 
and  empowered  the  justices,  or  part  of  them,  to  "take  cognizance  of 
treasons,  murders,  felonies,  rapes,  and  other  transgressions."  A 
charter  of  the  41st  of  Elizabeth,  specifies  that  the  borough  of  Leices- 
ter is  very  ancient  and  populous,  and  from  remote  times  has  been  a 
borough  incorporate,  "and  the  inhabitants  thereof  and  their  pre- 
decessors have  hitherto  had  and  held  divers  liberties,  franchises, 
privileges,   and  immunities,  as  well  on  account  of  different  pre- 


138  HISTORY   OF   LEICESTER. 

scriptions  and  customs,"  as  from  royal  grants.  It  granted  to  the 
Corporation,  for  the  first  time,  a  common  seal,  and  ordained  that 
the  governing  body  should  consist  of  a  mayor,  two  bailiffs,  24 
aldermen,  and  48  common  councilmen,  the  latter  to  act  as  assistants 
to  the  mayor  and  aldermen ;  and  the  title  of  the  Corporation  to  be, 
''the  mayor,  bailiffs,  aud  burgesses  of  the  borough  of  Leicester ."  It 
also  extended  the  jurisdiction  of  the  Corporation  over  those  parts  of 
the  parishes  of  St.  Margaret,  St.  Mary,  and  St.  Leonard,  not  within 
the  prescriptive  borough,  but  preserved  the  concurrent  jurisdiction  of 
the  county  magistrates  in  those  parts  of  the  said  parishes.  The 
officers  of  the  Corporation  were  appointed  to  consist  of  a  recorder, 
town  clerk,  two  bailiffs,  steward  of  the  borough  court,  chamberlain, 
mace  bearer,  four  sergeants  at  mace,  chief  constable,  &c.  The  mayor, 
recorder,  and  the  four  aldermen  who  had  last  served  the  office  of 
mayor,  were  appointed  to  act  as  justices  of  the  peace,  and  to  hold  a 
Court  of  Quarter  Sessions,  with  jurisdiction  over  all  cases  not 
touching  life  and  limb  ;  the  recorder  presiding.  A  Borough  Court 
of  Eecord  was  established  by  the  same  charter,  in  which  real,  per- 
sonal, and  mixed  actions  could  be  brought  to  any  amount ;  and  it 
was  directed  to  be  held  weekly,  or  oftener,  if  necessary,  before  the 
mayor,  recorder,  bailiffs,  and  steward,  or  any  of  them.  It  also 
granted  a  view  of  frankpledge,  to  be  held  twice  a  year,  and  a  "market 
for  wool  yarn,  worsted,  &c.  It  empowered  the  Corporation  to  buy 
and  sell  lands,  houses,  &c. ;  to  constitute  freemen,  and  to  refuse  the 
building  of  malt  kilns  within  the  distance  of  30  yards  from  any  other 
buildings  ;  and  directed  that  all  fines  and  amercements  should  be  ap- 
plied to  the  use  of  the  poor.  The  borough  charters  were  surrendered 
to  Charles  II.  and  James  II.,  who  assumed  the  right  of  removing 
the  members  of  the  corporate  body  at  will ;  but  the  latter  having 
become  very  unpopular  by  these  arbitrary  measures,  at  length 
restored  the  charters,  and  confirmed  the  ancient  rights  of  the  Cor- 
poration. The  Borough  was  extended  by  the  Parliamentary  and 
Municipal  Beform  Acts  of  1832  and  1835,  to  the  Castle  View,  and 
other  liberties  in  which  the  Corporation  and  county  magistrates 
exercised  concurrent  jurisdiction.  The  latter  Act  reduced  all  the 
Municipal  Corporations  in  England  and  Wales  to  one  common 
standard  of  popular  election  by  the  ratepayers  at  large,  as  well  as 
freemen,  and  created  many  new  ones  in  the  populous  towns,  most 
of  which  had  been  made  parliamentary  boroughs  by  the  act  of  1832. 
Before  this  great  change,  the  maj^or,  aldermen,  and  councilmen  of 
Leicester  were  self-elected.  In  the  Municipal  Act,  Leicester  is 
placed  in  section  1  of  schedule  A,  amongst  boroughs  having  a  com- 
mission of  the  peace,  and  a  court  of  quarter  sessions,  &c.  Under  this 
act  it  is  divided  into  seven  wards ;  and  the  corporate  body  consists  of 
u  mayor,  14  aldermen,  and  42  councillors,  under  the  style  of  the 
"  Mayor,  Aldermen,  and  Burgesses,"  but  commonly  designated  the 
Town  Council.  The  mayor  and  ex-mayor  are  justices  of  the  peace, 
and  have  concurrent  jurisdiction  with  17  borough  magistrates,  ap- 
pointed by  the  Lord  Chancellor.     The  first  corporate  body  elected 


MUNICIPAL    GOVERNMENT.  139 

under  this  act,  in  November,  1835,  having  among  its  members  a 
large  majority  opposed  to  the  old  Corporation,  dismissed  most  of 
their  officers,  who,  under  the  provisions  of  the  act,  claimed  compen- 
sation for  the  loss  of  their  offices.  By  the  same  act,  the  charities 
formerly  under  the  management  of  the  old  Corporation  (producing 
about  £1500  per  annum)  were  placed  under  the  management  of  30 
trustees. 

Leicester  formerly  had  a  cucking  stool,  scolding  cart,  cage,  whip- 
ping post,  gibbet,  pillory,  stocks,  and  branks  for  the  punishment  of 
offenders ;  but  these  have  long  given  place  to  less  summary,  though 
perhaps  less  effectual  modes,  of  correcting  the  vices  of  the  mischievous 
or  foolish.  The  cucking  stool  is  still  preserved  in  the  Town  Museum, 
and  the  branks  or  gossip's  bridle  is  in  the  possession  of  a  private 
gentleman,  but  it  is  hoped  will  ere  long  become  the  property  of  the 
town.  The  Butt  Close,  of  which  Butt  Close  lane  forms  the  southern 
boundary,  is  now  covered  with  buildings,  but  was  formerly  set  apart 
for  the  inhabitants  to  practise  archery,  and  was  held  by  the  Corpora- 
tion under  the  Duchy  of  Lancaster,  by  the  service  of  presenting  a 
broad  arrow  annually  to  the  auditor  of  the  Duchy  at  the  Castle.  A 
somewhat  similar  tenure  still  exists  in  Leicester,  by  which  the  owner 
of  the  Crown  and  Thistle  public-house  in  Loseby  lane  has  to  present 
annually  to  the  Corporation,  at  Midsummer,  a  damask  rose,  as  the 
rent  of  the  ground,  which  was  formerly  a  garden,  and  parcel  of  the 
Duchy  of  Lancaster. 

The  Corporation  Property  or  Town  Estate,  now  consists  of 
about  420  acres  in  Southfields  Liberty  ;  46  acres  in  Freake's  Ground; 
28  acres  at  Frowlesworth,  near  Hinckley  ;  and  several  houses  and 
other  buildings  in  the  borough.  Since  1836,  more  than  £57,400  has 
been  received  by  the  Corporation  for  land  sold  under  the  Gaol  Act, 
and  with  the  sanction  of  the  Lords  of  the  Treasury.  Of  this  sum 
£30,504.  16s.  2d.  have  been  applied  in  payment  of  the  debts  owing 
by  the  old  Corporation,  and  the  remainder  has  been  spent  in  improve- 
ments in  various  parts  of  the  town.  Notwithstanding  the  sale  of 
so  much  land  during  the  last  quarter  of  a  century,  the  income  of  the 
estate  has  rather  increased  than  diminished,  as  it  now  yields  about 
£3200  per  annum,  exclusive  of  tithes,  charity  rents,  &c,  whilst  in 
1835  it  only  produced  £2906.  15s.  Id.  The  debt  of  the  borough  at 
the  end  of  1861  was  £95,800  ;  of  which  £16,000  were  owing  out  of 
a  sum  of  £17,000  invested  in  the  purchase  of  Waterworks  shares, 
and  now  paying  five  per  cent,  per  annum  ;  and  £1500  out  of  a  sum 
of  £3300  paid  for  the  Town  Museum  buildings.  Of  the  financially 
unproductive  debt  of  the  borough,  £27,748  were  still  owing  for  the 
sewerage  of  the  town  ;  £8000  for  the  formation  of  the  cemetery,  &c; 
£10,802.  8s.  for  the  extension  of  the  Borough  Gaol;  £4800  for  the 
purchase  of  property  in  Eastgates,  to  be  pulled  down  for  the  improve- 
ment of  the  street;  and  £7250  owing  to  Sir  Thomas  White's  Loan 
fund  by  the  late  Mr.  Burbidge,  when  Town  Clerk,  and  ordered  to 
to  be  paid  by  the  Corporation,  as  compensation  for  the  loss  of  his 
office.    The  Receipts  of  the  Borough  Treasurer  for  the  year  ending 


140  HISTORY    OP   LEICESTER. 

September  1st,  1861,  amounted  to  £43,353,  derived  chiefly  as 
follows  :— £3369  in  rents  and  tithes  from  the  Town  Estate ;  £1548 
from  Market  Tolls  and  Stallage ;  £8626  from  the  Watch  and  Borough 
rates  and  fines,  &c.,  including  about  £2000  paid  by  Government  for 
the  prosecution,  maintenance,  and  removal  of  convicts,  police 
expenses,  &c,  and  £42.  2s.  6d.  for  grants  of  freedom  ;  £289  from 
fees  and  rents  of  Com  Exchange;  £516  from  tolls  of  Cattle  Market  ; 
£1780  from  improvement  rate ;  £910  from  the  cemetery  burial  fees, 
&c. ;  £308  from  museum  rate;  £11,309  from  sale  of  land;  and 
£11,020  from  district  rates,  levied  by  the  Local  Board  of  Health.  The 
chief  items  of  Expenditure  during  the  same  year  were  £1930  for  the 
Gaol  and  House  of  Correction;  of  which £693 were  for  salaries,  £520 
for  provisions,  £87  for  clothing,  £168  for  fuel,  and  £137  for  gas, 
&c.  ;  £4153  for  the  borough  police,  £230  for  coroner's  inquests, 
£643  for  pauper  lunatics  :  £1080  for  salaries  to  recorder,  town  clerk, 
accountant,  &c.  ;  £186  for  fire  brigade  ;  £724  for  enlargement  of 
gaol;  £10,585  for  cemetery,  including  an  investment  of  £7000,  and 
the  payment  of  £2000  in  reduction  of  debt ;  £275  for  museum ;  £324 
for  forming  new  streets,  &c. ;  £11,501  for  lighting,  cleansing,  and 
improving  highways  ;  £1251  for  sewage  works ;  and  £1182  for  con- 
struction of  sewers,  &c.  The  borough  rates  average  about  2s.  7d.  in 
the  pound,  per  annum. 

Voters,  &c. — The  number  of  Municipal  voters  in  the  seven  wards 
into  which  the  borough  is  divided,  is  upwards  of  4400.  The  number 
of  Parliamentary  voters  registered  in  1861  was  4820,  of  whom  1766 
were  freemen,  including  474  non-resident.  The  remainder  consisted 
of  3040  entitled  as  occupiers  of  houses  of  the  yearly  value  of  ten 
2iounds  or  upwards  ;  and  14  enjoying  the  Parliamentary  franchise  in 
virtue  of  paying  scot  and  lot,  according  to  the  old  chartered  rights, 
which  were  not  abrogated  by  the  Reform  Act  of  1832.  A  large 
number  of  the  freemen  have  also  the  £10  qualification,  and  are  con- 
sequently registered  in  both  lists,  so  that  the  actual  number  of 
voters  is  not  quite  4500.  The  borough  has  returned  members  to 
the  national  councils  since  the  reign  of  Edward  I.  The  freedom 
of  election  excited  so  much  popular  disturbance  even  so  far  back 
as  the  reign  of  Henry  VII.,  who  ordained  that  "  the  Mayor  and 
his  brethren  should  choose  48  of  the  most  discreet  inhabitants 
of  the  town,"  who,  with  them,  should  make  election  of  all 
officers  for  the .  borough,  as  well  as  Members  of  Parliament.  Thus 
it  continued  till  the  reign  of  Charles  II.,  when  Sir  John 
Pretyman  solicited  their  votes,  and  was  returned  by  the  burgesses 
at  large.  Though  the  Corporation  endeavoured  to  overrule  this 
election,  the  House  of  Commons  admitted  its  validity.  In  1790, 
the  borough  was  contested  by  two  Tory  and  two  Whig  candidates, 
and  a  serious  riot  ensued,  which  would  have  caused  a  great  destruc- 
tion of  property  "  had  it  not  been  for  the  timely  interference  of  the 
military."  In  1829,  the  Corporation  borrowed  £10,000,  to  payoff 
a  debt  which  they  had  incurred  in  the  election  of  1826.  The 
present  Parliamentary  Representatives   of  the   Borough   are 


HISTORY   OF   LEICESTER.  141 

Wm.  Unwin  Heygatc,  Esq.,  and  Peter  Alfred  Taylor,  Esq.  Leicester 
is  one  of  the  polling  places,  and  the  principal  place  of  election  for  the 
Southern  Division  of  the  County.  Prior  to  the  passing  of  the 
Reform  Act  of  1832,  the  parliamentary  franchise  was  enjoyed  by  all 
freemen  by  birth,  servitude,  and  gift,  in  conjunction  with  the  inhabi- 
tants of  the  old  borough  paying  scot  and  lot.  There  are  in  the 
town  several  societies  supported  by  both  Conservatives  and  Liberals, 
for  the  purpose  of  promoting  the  registration  of  parliamentary  and 
municipal  voters. 

Freemen's  Piece. — The  South  Fields,  in  St.  Mary's  parish,  were 
formerly  one  extensive  open  common,  belonging  to  the  Corporation, 
in  which  every  resident  freeman,  or  freeman's  widow,  had  the  right 
of  pasturage  from  Autumn  until  Spring.  In  1804,  the  Corporation 
obtained  an  Act  of  Parliament  for  the  enclosure  of  the  open  fields  in 
St.  Mary's  parish,  and  for  assigning  to  the  sole  use  of  the  freemen 
and  freemen's  widows,  so  much  of  the  said  fields  as  should  be  a  full 
compensation  for  their  commonright.  This  was  done  in  1811,  when 
the  Commissioners,  awarded  them  three  allotments,  comprising  124a. 
2r.  2p.,  commonly  called  the  Freemen'1  s  Piece,  on  which  every  resi- 
dent freeman  and  freeman's  widow  had  the  right  of  turning  one  head 
of  cattle  during  the  whole  year,  subject  to  the  yearly  payment  of 
about  15s.  for  the  expenses  of  the  trust,  repairing  fences,  &c,  and 
the  payment  of  the  neatherd's  salary.  The  number  of  freemen  has 
greatly  increased  since  the  enclosure  of  1804,  and  at  least  three-fourths 
of  them,  being  too  poor  to  keep  a  cow  or  horse,  derived  no  benefit 
from  this  land  till  1845,  when  an  Act  of  Parliament  was  obtained, 
empowering  the  deputies  to  divide  six  closes,  comprising  95a.  Ir. 
25p.,  into  Garden  Allotments  of  not  more  than  500  square  yards 
each,  and  to  let  the  same  at  rents  not  exceeding  2s.  Id.,  nor  less 
than  Is.  per  100  square  yards,  to  such  resident  freemen  or  freemen's 
widows  as  have  no  cattle  on  the  Holm  Close  and  Large  Meadow. 
For  the  management  of  these  lands,  the  freemen  and  freemen's  widows 
elect  twelve  deputies  yearly ;  three  for  St.  Margaret's,  one  for  St. 
Leonard's,  and  two  for  each  of  the  other  four  parishes.  They  have 
divided  into  1400  garden  allotments,  varying  from  250  to  500  yards 
each,  82a.  Ir.  24p.  of  pasture  land,  adjoining  the  Lutterworth-road ; 
and  28  acres  on  the  north  side  of  the  town,  which  they  acquired  by 
purchase.  These  allotments  are  let  at  a  nominal  rent  of  Is.  6d. 
per  100  yards,  and  the  proceeds  devoted  to  the  payment  of  rates  and 
taxes,  repairs  of  roads  and  fences,  &c.  After  the  expiration  of  ten 
years  from  the  passing  of  the  Act  of  1845,  all  rents  and  other 
moneys  belonging  to  the  trust,  were  to  be  appropriated  to  the  building 
and  endowment  of  cottages  for  the  residence  of  the  most  aged  resident 
freemen  or  freemen's  widows,  who  are  to  have  equal  weekly  stipends 
of  not  more  than  4s.  In  accordance  with  this  proviso,  six  cottages 
were  erected  in  1856,  on  the  allotment  ground,  near  the  Knighton  - 
road,  at  a  cost  of  about  £700.  The  number  of  cottages  is  to  be 
increased  from  time  to  time,  as  the  funds  will  admit,  and  the  deputies 
are  empowered  to  buy  and  sell  lands  for  the  improvement  of  the 


142 


HISTORY    OF    LEICESTER. 


trust  estate.     The  deputies  meet  monthly  at  the  Town  Hall.     Mr. 
George  Daniell  is  their  Clerk. 

Abbey  Meadows. — From  time  immemorial  the  parishioners  of 
St.  Margaret's  have  had  the  right  of  pasture  over  the  Abbey  Meadows 
from  the  12th  August  to  the  2nd  December.  The  tenants  of  the 
Earl  of  Dysart,  the  owner  of  the  land,  have  the  right  of  the  hay  on 
the  meadows;  but  it  must  be  mown  before  the  12th  August,  or  the 
parishioners  can  put  in  their  cattle.  A  piece  of  land  on  the  Bolgrave- 
road,  consisting  of  about  seventeen  acres,  was  formerly  common 
pasture  for  St.  Margaret's  Parish,  but,  about  twenty  five  years  ago, 
it  was  agreed  at  a  meeting  of  the  parishioners,  that  it  should  be  let 
as  gardens,  and  the  rent  equally  divided  between  the  Church  and 
Dissenting  schools  of  the  parish. 

LEICESTER  TOWN  COUNCIL  (1861-2.) 
{The  figures  denote  the  year  each  Alderman  and  Councillor  retires  from  Office.) 

MAYOR,  Samuel  Viccars,  Esq. 
(The  past  Mayors  since  1836  are — Thomas  Paget  (twice),  Robert  Brewin, 
Thomas  Stokes  (twice),  Joseph  Whetstone,  John  Biggs  (thrice),  William 
Biggs  (thrice),  Richard  Harris,  John  Mellor,  Edward  Weston,  Joseph  Field- 
ing, Thomas  Nunneley,  J.  D.  Harris  (twice),  George  Toller,  John  Manniug, 
Samuel  How,  Richard  Harris,  jun.,  Joseph  Underwood  (twice),  Joseph  Win. 
Noble,  J.  F.  Hollings,  and  Edward  S.  Ellis,  Esqs.) 

ALDERMEN. 

William  Rowlett    . .  1862  William  Biggs 


John  Dove  Harris  . .  1862 

John  Biggs 1862 

Richard  Harris 1862 

John  Ellis  ; 1862 

John  Manning   ....  1862 

St.  Martin's  Ward. 

John  Crow 1862 

Joseph  Swain 1862 

Thomas  Angrave    . .  1863 

John  Sarson    1863 

Thomas  Moxon 1861 

William  Partridge  .  .1864 

NorthSt.Marnaret'sWard. 

Henry  Norman 1862 

Daniel  Oram 1862 

Edward  Gittins 1863 

John  Thompson 1863 

Samuel  S.  Wheeler    1861 
William  Richards  ..1864 

Mid. St. Margaret's  Ward. 

John  Brown    1862 

George  Royce     .... 1862 


.1865 

Edw.  Shipley  Ellis  1862  John  Collier   1865 

—  j  George  Toller     1865 

Edward  Weston     . .  1865    Samuel  Viccars  , . . .  1865 
Joseph  Whetstone    1865  !  Robert  Ellis    1865 

COUNCILLORS. 
Thomas  Holland   . .  1863 
Thomas  M.  Evans    1863 
William  Waterfield  1864 
Thomas  F.  Johnson  1864 


East  St.Margaret's  Ward. 

John  Stafford    1862 

William  Johnson  . .  1862 
Charles  Richard 

Crossley 1863 

John  Nutt 1863 

William  Wintcrton  1864 
Horatio  Edward 

Emberlin    1864 

East  St.  Mary's  Ward. 
Thos.  Wm.  Hodges  1862 
Alfred  Cooper  ....  1862 
Richard  Angrave  . .  1863 


Wm.  Rowlett,  jun...  1863 
George  Baines  ....  1864 
George  Stevenson  . .  1864 

West  St.  Mary's  Ward. 
Charles  Harding     . .  1862 
John  F.  Stenson     ..1862 
William  Worswick. .  1863 

Thomas  Hull 1863 

Joseph  Underwood  1864 
Joshua  Shenton ....  1864 

All  Saints  Ward. 

Francis  Lane 1862 

Isaac  Horton 1862 

Wm.  Charlesworth.  .1863 
Richard  P.  Froane . .  1863 
Henry  Pickering  . .  1864 
William  Haddon 1864 


BOROUGH  MAGISTRATES. 

(The  figures  show  the  years  in  which  they  were  appointed.) 


The  Recorder — ■ 

The  Mayor — 

The  Ex-Mayor   — 

John  Biggs,  Esq.  ..1836 
Thomas  Stokes,  Esq.  1836 
Thomas  Paget,  Esq.  1836 
Josh.Whetstone,Esq,1839 


James  Hudson,  Esq.  1839  Alfred  Cooper,  Esq.  1857 
Geo.Shaw,Esq.M.D.1841  Joseph  Cripps,  Esq.  1857 
William  Biggs,  Esq.  1850   Richard  Harris,  Esq.  1857 


EdwardWcskm,Esq.l850 
John  D.Harris,  Esq.  1857 
Samuel  Stephens 
Bankart,  Esq 1857 


C.  B.Robinson, Esq.  1857 
Alfred  Burgess,  Esq.  1857 
J.  Underwood,  Esq.  1858 
Jas.F.Hollings,Esq.  1860 


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OFFICERS  OF  THE  CORPORATION. 

Town  Clerk,  and  Clerk  to  Borough  Magistrates,  Samuel  Stone,  Esq., 

of  Welford  place. 

Recorder,  George  Hayes,  Esq.,  Serjeant-at-Law. 

Borough  Treasurer,  Thomas  Tertius  Paget,  Esq.,  Humberstone. 

Clerk  of  the  Peace,  Richard  Toller,  Esq.,  Wickliffe  street. 

Coroner,  John  Gregory,  Esq.,  18,  New  street. 

Bailiff,  William  Kirk  Eames,  Esq.,  Stoneygate. 

Surveyor,  E.  L.  Stephens,  Esq.,  24,  Silver  street. 

Clerk  of  the  Corn  Exchange,  Mr.  William  Gray,  45,  Conduit  street. 

Medical  Officer  of  Health,  John  Moore,  Esq.,   8,   Market  street. 

Governor  of  Borough  Gaol,  Mr.  Edward  Marshall. 

High  Constable  and  Billet  Master,  Mr.  Robert  Charters,  Toicn  Hall. 

Clerk  and  Superintendent  of  Markets,  Mr.  James  Smith. 

Inspector  of  Weights  and  Measures,  William  Baines,  Cbeapside. 

Corn  Inspector,  John  Joseph  Pochin.      Assay er  of  Flesh  and  Fish,  Fras.  Hull. 

Inspector  of  Nuisances,  Sergeant  Wright,  St.  Peter's  lane. 

Toion  Hall  Keeper,  and  Crier  of  Courts,  James  Hodson,  53,  Friar  lane. 

Town  Crier,  William  Smith,  Humberstone  Gate. 

Messengers,  Thomas  Rose  and  Abel  Sturgess. 

Superintendent  of  Fire  Brigade,  Henry  Scott,  18,  Millstone  lane. 

BOROUGH  CHARITY  TRUSTEES. 

General  List. — Thomas  Paget,  Thomas  Stokes,  John  Biggs, 
Richd.  W.  Wood,  Jph.  Whetstone,  W.  E.  Hutchinson,  Wm.  Jack- 
son, Thos.  Nunneley,  James  Hudson,  Alfred  Ellis,  Richd.  Harris. 
Richd.  Augrave,  Wm.  Bowmar,  James  Fras.  Hollings,  Wm.  Hunt, 
Samuel  Yiccars,  and  Robert  Crawford,  Esqrs.  They  have  the 
management  of  Sir  Thomas  White's,  Elkington's,  the  Wood  and 
Coal,  the  Earl  of  Devonshire's,  the  Countess  of  Devon's,  Ossiter's, 
Bennett's,  Ward's,  Pultney's,  Botham's,  Acham's,  Ives',  and  other 
charities.  Saml.  Stone,  Esq.,  is  their  solicitor;  and  Thos.  T.  Paget, 
Esq.,  is  their  treasurer. 

Church  List. — Rev.  T.  Jones,  Rev.  D.  J.  Vaughan,  Rev.  Wm. 
Barber,  and  Richd.  Mitchell,  Jas.  Hudson,  Thos.  Wm.  Dabbs,  Wm. 
Dalton,  Samuel  S.  Bankart,  Joseph  Underwood,  Thomas  Nevinson, 
Alfred  Ellis,  T.  W.  Benfield,  John  Higginson,  John  Allen,  and  Wm. 
S.  Frisby,  Esqrs.  They  have  the  management  of  the  Free  Grammar 
School,  St.  John's  and  Bent's  Hospitals,  and  Newton's,  Read's, 
Ha}me's,  Tamworth's,  and  some  other  charities.  Edward  Dalton, 
Esq.,   is  their  solicitor;  and  Richard  Warner  Wood,  Esq.,  is  their 

The  COUNTY  MAGISTRATES  usually  in  attendance  at  the 
Petti)  Sessions  for  the  Leicester  Division  held  at  the  County  Public 
Office  in  Horsefair  street,  every  Saturday,  are  Col.  King,  the  Rev. 
H.  G.  Hoskins,  and  T.  Stokes,  T.  T.  Paget,  John  Ellis,  and  Hy. 
St.  John  Halford,  Esqrs.  Samuel  Greatorex,  Esq.,  is  their  clerk. 
The  head  quarters  of  the  County  Constabulary  are  in  Market  Place 
South,  adjoining  the  Assembly  Rooms  and  Judges'  Lodgings. 
Frederick  Goodyer,  Esq.,  is  chief  constable,  Henry  Bail,  clerk,  Wm. 
Clarke,  detective,  and  Edward  Bishop,  drill  instructor. 

The  STAMP  OFFICE  is  at  26,  Friar  lane,  and  Mansfield  Turner 


144  HISTORY   OF   LEICESTER, 

Esq.,  is  distributor  for  Leicestershire.  The  sub-distributors  are  R. 
Lawrence,  of  Market  H arbor  ough ;  John  Towne,  of  Melton  Mowbray ; 
Ann  Hollicr,  of  Lutterworth;  James  Farmer,  of  Castle  Donington; 
and  Sarah  Jane  Hollier,  of  Hinckley. 

The  DISTRICT  REGISTRY  of  'the  COURT  of  PROBATE  is  at 
4,  WicklifFe  street,  and  Geo.  Hy.  and  T.  Nevinson,  Esqrs.,  are  the 
registrars. 

The  BOROUGH  FIRE  ENGINES  are  kept  in  Bowling  Green 
street  and  Wellington  street.  Mr.  Henry  Scott,  of  18,  Millstone 
lane,  is  superintendent  of  the  fire  brigade. 

The  INLAND  REVENUE  OFFICE  is  at  11,  Horscfair  street, 
and  George  Augustus  Mason,  Esq.,  is  the  collector.  Mr.  Richard 
Forth  is  chief  clerk;  Mr.  Wm.  Porter,  supervisor;  Messrs.  Jno.  Jph. 
Pochin,  Herbert  Parsons,  Walter  Titley,  John  Chas.  Lane,  Thos. 
Short  Warren,  and  Thomas  Wilkinson,  division  officers ;  and  Charles 
Jas.  Evans,  Thos.  Munday,  and  Wm.  Turner,  assistant  clerks. 

The  TAX  OFFICE  is  at  11,  Horsefair  street,  and  Chas.  Taplin, 
Esq.,  is  the  surveyor. 

The  COUNTY  COURT  is  held  at  the  Castle,  on  the  Tuesday 
and  Wednesday  of  the  third  week  in  every  month.  Leicester  County 
Court  District  comprises  all  the  borough,  and  the  parishes,  townships, 
and  hamlets  of  Anstey,  Anstey  Pastures,  Aylestone,  Baggrave,  Barkby, 
Barkby  Thorpe,  Bassett  House,  Beaumont  Leys,  Beeby,  Belgrave, 
Birstall,  Billesdon,  Blaby,  Bocheston,  Bradgatc  Park,  Braunstone, 
Burton  Overy,  Bushby,  Carlton  Curlieu,  Copt  Oak,  Cosby,  Cossing- 
ton,  Countesthorpe,  Croft,  Cropstone,  Croxton  South,  Enderby, 
Evington,  Foston,  Frisby,  Galby,  Gilroe,  Glenfield,  Glenfield  Frith, 
Glenn  Magna  and  Parva,  Groby,  Halstead,  Hamilton,  Houghton-on- 
the-Hill,  Humberstone,  Huncotc,  Hungarton,  Illston-on-the-Hill, 
Ingarsby,  Keyham,  Kilby,  Kirby  Frith,  Kirby  Muxloe,  Knighton, 
Knoll  House,  Launde,  Leicester  Abbey,  Leicester  Forest  and  Frith, 
Littlethorpe,  Lowesby,  Lubbcsthorpe,  Mareficld,  Markneld,  Nar- 
borough,  New  Parks,  Newton  Cold  and  Harcourt,  Newtown  Linford 
and  Unthank,  Normanton  Turville,  Norton  King's,  Nosely,  Oadby, 
Potter's  Marston,  Quenby,  Queniborough,  Ratby,  Ratclinc-on-the- 
Wreake,  Rcarsby,  Rollcston,  Rothley  and  Temple,  Rowley  Fields, 
Scraptoft,  Shaw  Lane,  Stoughton,  Stretton  Magna  and  Parva,  Swith- 
land,  Syston,  Thrussiiigton,  Thurcaston,  Thurlaston,  Thurmaston 
North  and  South,  Thurnby,  Tilton,  Ulverscroft,  Wanlip,  Whetstone, 
Wigston  Magna,  and  Wistow.  Mr.  Serjeant  Robert  Miller,  of 
London,  is  the  judge;  and  Thomas  Heath,  Esq.,  of  Warwick,  trea- 
surer. The  County  Court  Office  is  at  34,  Pocklington's  walk,  and 
Thos.  Ingram,  Esq.,  is  registrar;  Mr.  Wm.  Chamberlain,  clerk;  Mr. 
Henry  Wilford,  high-bailiff;  and  John  Judd,  Thomas  Ward,  and 
Frank  Radford,  sub-bailijfs.  Under  the  new  Bankruptcy  Act,  all 
bankruptcies  under  £300  are  brought  into  the  County  Court ;  but 
all  above  that  sum  are  carried  to  Nottingham,  which  is  a  sub-court 
in  the  Birmingham  District  Court  of  Bankruptcy,  which  includes 
this  county.     A  Court  oj  Pleas  was  formerly  held  here  every  three 


HISTORY   OF   LEICESTER.  145 

weeks,  before  the  steward  of  the  Honor  of  Leicester,  for  the  recovery 
of  debts  and  damages  under  40s.,  arising  in  the  borough  or  in  any 
of  the  parishes  of  the  county,  within  the  Honor  of  Leicester,  parcel 
of  the  Duchy  of  Lancaster,  or  within  the  Honor  of  Tutbury,  parcel 
of  the  same  Duchy ;  but  this  court,  as  well  as  the  Court  of  Requests, 
was  superseded  in  1847  by  the  County  Court. 

The  TOWN  HALL,  near  St.  Martin's  Church,  occupies  the  site 
of  the  Hall  which  belonged  to  the  Guild  of  Corpus  Christi,  and  is  a 
gloomy  and  inconvenient  Elizabethan  structure,  which  was  built 
about  1586,  and  was  enlarged  by  the  addition  of  the  Town  Library, 
in  1632,  and  the  Mayor's  Parlour,  in  1636.  The  great  hall,  or 
court  room,  in  which  the  borough  assizes,  quarter  and  petty  sessions, 
and  town  meetings  are  held,  is  decorated  with  portraits  of  Sir  Thos. 
White,  and  Henry,  Earl  of  Huntingdon,  and  other  paintings.  In  the 
16th  century,  plays  were  occasionally  performed  in  this  room,  the 
upper  part  of  the  hall  being  used  as  the  stage.  The  hooks  and 
pulleys  to  which  the  curtain  was  attached,  may  still  be  seen  affixed 
to  one  of  the  beams  of  the  roof.  The  Mayor's  Parlour  is  remark- 
able for  the  quaint  character  of  its  ornaments ;  and  on  the  side 
facing  the  yard  is  a  long  range  of  lights,  containing  painted  glass, 
illustrative  of  the  seasons  and  religious  subjects.  A  large  mass  of 
valuable  materials,  illustrative  of  the  early  history  of  Leicester,  is 
preserved  in  the  Muniment  Rooms  of  the  Borough,  at  the  Town  Hall 
and  Borough  Gaol,  and  consists  of  Charters  by  various  Kings  from 
the  year  1129;  Charters  of  the  Norman  Earls  of  Leicester,  and  of 
the  Earls  and  Dukes  of  Lancaster ;  Rolls  of  the  Merchant  Guild 
from  1196,  the  "  Vellum  Book,"  containing  transcripts  of  the 
early  charters  of  the  town,  and  many  other  ancient  records.  Thirty- 
eight  volumes  of  the  Chamberlains'  accounts,  from  1587  to  1773, 
are  kept  at  the  office  of  the  Borough  accountant  in  Silver  street,  and 
the  Hall  Papers  or  records  of  the  meetings  of  the  Corporation  from 
1478  to  1710,  are  bound  in  volumes  and  deposited  in  the  Town 
Museum. 

Petty  Sessiojis  for  the  borough  are  held  in  the  Town  Hall,  on  the 
Monday  and  Friday  mornings  of  each  week,  and  Quarter  Sessio7is 
four  times  a  year.  The  Borough  Assizes  were  formerly  held  in  the 
Town  Hall,  and  are  still  occasionally  held  there,  but  more  frequently 
at  the  Castle.  The  Borough  Police  Force  consists  of  a  superin- 
tendent or  high  constable,  two  inspectors,  ten  sergeants,  and  fifty- 
three  police  constables,  who  act  also  as  night  watchmen.  Mr.  Robt. 
Charters  is  the  high  constable,  and  resides  at  the  Town  Hall.  The 
force  was  first  established  in  February,  1836,  and  then  consisted  of 
fifty  men.  The  annual  cost,  amounting  to  £4150,  is  defrayed  by  a 
borough  rate. 

The  BOROUGH  GAOL,  in  Highcross  street,  was  formerly  the 
County  Gaol  and  Bridewell,  being  purchased  for  its  present  use 
about  1829,  at  a  cost  of  £5000,  by  the  borough  magistrates,  who 
immediately  built  adjoining  it  a  new  House  of  Correction,  at  a 
further  cost  of  £8000.     A  new  wing,  containing  106  cells,  was  built, 

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146  HISTORY    OF   LEICESTER. 

and  an  additional  piece  of  land  purchased  for  an  airing  ground,  &c, 
in  1860,  at  a  cost  of  nearly  £12,000.  The  borough  debtors  are 
confined  in  the  county  gaol,  by  arrangement  with  the  magistrates,  but 
it  is  intended  to  provide  accommodation  for  them  here,  when  this 
prison  is  re-arranged.  This  gaol  was  built  for  the  county,  on  the  site 
of  an  ancient  prison,  at  the  cost  of  £6000,  in  1791 ;  and  the  archi- 
tect, George  Moneypenny,  was  doomed  to  be  one  of  its  first  prisoners 
for  debt.  On  the  front  are  sculptured  in  bold  relief  the  Cap  of 
Liberty  and  the  Roman  fasces  and  pileus,  enriched  with  heavy 
chains.  The  old  borough  gaol  was  rebuilt  in  1792,  when  the  work- 
men discovered  the  remains  of  the  Chapel  of  St.  John,  supposed  to 
have  been  destroyed  in  the  wars  between  Henry  VII.  and  his  son. 
The  Rev.  T.  Jones,  M.A.,  is  the  chaplain;  Mr.  Edward  Marshall, 
governor;  Mrs.  Marshall,  matron;  Charles  Bowmar,  Esq.,  surgeon; 
and  Thomas  Waller,  schoolmaster ;  Eliz.  Ann  Waller,  schoolmistress ; 
and  Robert  Russell,  George  Dakin,  Timothy  Bishop,  John  Harlow, 
Samuel  Weston,  and  Thomas  Peberdy,  warders. 

The  COUNTY  GAOL,  comprising  the  Debtors'  and  Felons' 
Prisons,  and  a  large  House  of  Correction,  is  an  extensive  establish- 
ment, on  an  elevated  site,  on  the  south  side  of  the  town,  near 
Infirmary  square,  and  the  junction  of  the  Aylestone  and  Welford  roads. 
It  was  commenced  in  1825  and  opened  in  1828,  for  the  reception  of 
170  prisoners  on  the  old  system  of  discipline ;  but  in  1844,-'5, 
and  '6,  it  was  extensively  altered  and  enlarged  at  a  cost  of  nearly 
£30,000,  and  is  now  conducted  like  the  model  prison  at  Pentonville, 
on  the  separate  system.  Its  boundary  walls  enclose  an  area  of 
about  three  acres,  and  externally  it  bears  some  resemblance  to  a 
baronial  castle,  having  at  the  entrance  gate,  flanking  towers  and  a  port- 
cullis, and  turrets  at  short  intervals  round  the  walls.  The  Governor's 
House,  in  a  corresponding  style  of  architecture,  stands  on  the  east 
side  of  the  entrance  gate.  The  chapel  is  an  octagonal  building  in 
the  centre  of  the  prison,  so  fitted  up  that  the  prisoners  cannot  see 
each  other,  though  the  warders  being  on  elevated  seats  can  see  them 
all.  The  debtors  are,  however,  allowed  to  associate.  From  the 
chapel  radiate  several  wings  separating  the  different  courts,  and 
affording  every  facility  for  the  inspection  and  classification  of  the 
prisoners.  They  contain  accommodation  for  290  prisoners.  The 
principal  wing  is  300  feet  long,  and  contains  177  cells  connected  by 
light  iron  galleries  and  staircases.  It  is  well  lighted,  warmed,  and 
ventilated,  and  contains  the  cooking  house,  bakehouse,  baths,  store- 
rooms, workshops,  and  other  offices  in  the  basement.  Behind  it 
are  32  small  airing  yards  for  the  separate  exercise  of  the  prisoners. 
The  average  daily  number  of  prisoners  confined  here  in  1861  was 
184,  and  the  total  number  753,  of  whom  126  were  debtors,  and 
151  government  convicts.  The  Officers  of  the  Gaol  are  nearly 
30  in  number,  including  13  warders,  a  cook,  an  engineer,  two  trade 
instructors,  a  schoolmaster,  a  clerk,  &c,  &c.  Their  united  salaries 
amount  to  £2,305,  and  the  total  yearly  expenditure  of  the  gaol  is 
nearly  £6000.     Mr.  Wm.  Musson  is  the  governor;  the  Rev.  John 


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Waltham  Fletcher,  M.A.,  chaplain;  T.  W.  Benfield,  Esq.,  surgeon; 
Miss  Sarah  Ann  Teesdale,  matron;  David  Bloxam,  schoolmaster; 
Wm.  Reesby,  clerk;  Hy.  Thompson  and  Edwin  Barnacle,  store- 
keepers and  trade  instructors ;  and  John  Goadsby  and  George  Broad- 
hurst,  chief  "warders.  The  old  House  of  Correction  which  stood  on 
the  opposite  side  of  Infirmary  square,  was  sold  for  upwards  of 
£4000  in  1852,  and  has  been  taken  down. 

The  CASTLE. — The  building  now  known  by  this  name,  and  used 
for  holding  the  County  Assizes,  Quarter  Sessions,  and  other  law  pro- 
ceedings, is  only  the  great  hall  of  the  once  extensive  and  formidable 
baronial  mansion  and  fortress  of  Leicester,  which,  as  has  already 
been  seen,  was  founded  or  rebuilt  by  its  Saxon  lords,  nearly  de- 
stroyed at  the  Conquest,  and  rebuilt  by  Hugh  de  Grentemaisnell, 
one  of  the  followers  of  William  the  Conquerer.     It  was  burnt  down 
by  William  Rufus,  and  afterwards  rebuilt  about  the  year  1107,  by 
Robert  de  Bellomont.     It  was  again  demolished  by  Henry  H.  in 
1176,  but  was  restored,  about  1210,  by  Simon  de  Montfort,  Earl  of 
Leicester.     It  afterwards  became  a  favourite  residence  of  the  Earls 
and  Dukes  of  Lancaster,  especially  of  Henry,  "the  good  Duke," 
who  dated  his  will  hence,  and  his  successor,  the  renowned  John  of 
Gaunt.     Since  the  accession  of  Henry  Bolingbroke  to  the  throne  of 
England  in  1398,  the  castle  of  Leicester  has  remained  in  possession 
of  the  crown,  as  part  and  parcel  of  the  Duchy  of  Lancaster.     It 
was  often  the  scene  of  festivity  and  strife  during  the  Barons'  Wars 
and  the  Wars  of  the  Roses,   but  was  so  dilapidated  at  the  close  of 
the  latter,  that  Richard  III.  chose  rather  to  lodge  at  an  inn,  on  the 
night  before  the  battle  of  Bosworth  Field.     In  the  civil  wars  of  the 
17th  century,  it  was  much  injured,  and  its  outworks  nearly  destroyed, 
being  occupied  alternately  by  the  King  and  Parliament.     The  great 
hall,  which  has  long  served  as  the  County  Court-House,  has  been 
altered  and  repaired  in  modern  times,  and  therefore  conveys  but  a 
slight  idea  of  its  pristine  magnificence  in  the  feudal  ages.     Within 
the  memory  of  persons  now  living,  the  interior  was  open  from  end 
to  end,  forming  one  apartment,  78  feet  by  51 ;  the  court  held  at 
each  end  being  divided  merely  by  a  curtain.     It  was  here,  probably, 
that  meetings  of  Parliament  were  held  in  the  latter  part  of  the  14th 
and  the  beginning  of  the  15th  centuries.     The  walls  afford  indubit- 
able proof  of  their  antiquity  by  their  great  thickness  ;  and  the  lofty 
and  open  roofs  of  the  apartments  bespeak  great  age.     It  is  a  large 
oblong  building,  with  a  very  mean  exterior  of  brick,  standing  be- 
tween St.  Mary's  Church  and  the  river,  near  the  Castle  Mill;  and  a 
little  south  of  it  is  Castle  Mount,  upon  which  stood  for  ages  the 
great  tower  or  keep,  rearing  its  head  in  proud  strength  above  the 
neighbouring  edifices,  and  commanding  a  prospect  of  the  town  and 
the  surrounding  country.     Though  this  artificial  mount  has  been 
somewhat  lowered  during  the  last  sixty  years,  it  is  still  of  great  extent 
and  elevation.     It  is  of  Roman,  if  not  of  British  origin,   but  was 
probably   enlarged  by  the  Normans.     According  to  tradition,  the 
eastern  channel  of  the  river   Soar,  at  the  foot  of  the  mount,  was 

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148  HISTORY   OF   LEICESTER. 

excavated  when  the  earthwork  was  thrown  up,  previous  to  which 
the  entrance  to  the  town,  from  the  Fosse-way,  passed  in  a  straight 
line  from  the  old  Bow  bridge  to  that  interesting  Roman  remain, 
called  the  Jewry  Wall.  The  ballium,  or  area  surrounding  the  castle, 
was  enclosed  with  strong  walls,  a  great  part  of  which  arS  still  stand- 
ing ;  one  portion,  on  the  north,  bounding  the  gardens  of  the  castle 
House,  and  another,  on  the  south  (now  much  decayed),  running 
from  the  Turret  Gateway  down  to  the  river.  The  cellar,  near  the 
Castle,  is  supposed  to  have  been  a  buttery,  but  it  is  now  partly 
filled  with  dirt ;  and  the  doorway,  which  led  to  the  passages  under 
the  Castle,  has  been  blocked  up.  Near  the  north  door  of  St.  Mary's 
Church  is  a  passage,  leading  under  an  old  building,  which  forms  a 
gateway  to  the  Castle  yard.  By  a  charter  granted  during  the  reign 
of  King  James  I.,  the  mayor  exercises  jurisdiction  within  the  Castle 
and  precincts,  but  he  is  required  on  the  Monday  next  after  Martinmas 
to  appear  at  the  Castle,  and  before  the  steward  of  the  Honor  of 
Leicester  take  an  oath  not  to  infringe  wilfully  on  the  privileges  of 
the  castle  and  duchy.  This  ceremony  was  formerly  conducted  with 
much  pageantry,  and  the  mayor,  knocking  at  the  door  of  the  castle, 
was  received  by  the  constable  or  warden  ;  but  of  late  years,  although 
the  ceremony  is  always  performed,  it  has  seldom  attracted  any 
attention.  On  the  re-election  of  Joseph  Underwood,  Esq.,  to  the 
mayoralty  in  1857,  the  ancient  ceremony  of  swearing  him  in  took 
place  in  presence  of  Lord  Berners,  the  present  constable  of  the 
castle,  and  a  large  assemblage  of  ladies  and  gentlemen,  when  W.  N. 
Reeve,  Esq.,  the  deputy  constable,  gave  an  interesting  account  of 
its  origin,  and  of  the  original  possessors  of  the  castle.  The  Assizes 
for  Leicestershire  are  held  here  three  times  a  year,  in  March,  July, 
and  December ;  and  Quarter  Sessions,  for  the  county,  are  held 
here  in  January,  April,  June,  and  October.  The  County  Court  for 
the  Leicester  District  is  also  held  here  every  month  (see  p.  144). 
The  Borough  Assizes  were  formerly  always  held  in  the  Town  Hall, 
but  are  now  generally  held  in  the  castle. 

The  TURRET  GATEWAY  connected  the  Castle  ballium  with  the 
Newarke,  and  is  now  in  a  very  dilapidated  condition.  It  was  for- 
merly embattled,  and  decorated  on  both  sides  with  carvings  of  the 
Lancaster  arms.  It  was  built  in  the  latter  part  of  the  14th  century, 
in  the  perpendicular  style,  and  had  a  portcullis  on  the  south  side. 
The  NEWARKE,  or  New-work,  is  the  name  given  to  that  space  of 
ground,  on  the  south  side  of  the  Castle,  which  was  enclosed  with 
embattled  walls,  and  added  to  the  fortress  by  Henry,  Earl  of  Lan- 
caster, and  his  son  Henry,  the  first  Duke  of  Lancaster,  between  the 
years  1327  and  1360.  It  is  bounded  on  the  north  by  the  Castle 
Mount,  on  the  south  by  part  of  the  town  wall,  on  the  west  b}7  the 
river,  and  on  the  east  by  Oxford  street,  whence  it  is  approached 
through  a  strong,  heavy,  and  lofty  castellated  tower  gateway,  now 
called  the  MAGAZINE,  from  its  being  used  as  a  depot  for  the  arms, 
&c.,  of  the  train-bands,  in  1682,  and  now  for  the  stores  of  the 
county  militia.     This  tower  is  kept  in  repair  at  the  expense  of  the 


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county.  Some  of  its  windows,  on  the  west  side,  appear  to  be  of  a 
later  date  than  the  building  itself.  It  was  formerly  connected  with 
walls  on  each  side,  to  unite  it  with  the  other  boundaries  of  the  New- 
arke,  within  which  is  Trinity  Hospital,  near  the  site  of  the  College 
and  Church  of  "  Our  Lady  in  the  Newarke,"  as  noticed  at  subsequent 
pages.  In  Mill  lane,  on  the  south  side  of  the  Newarke,  some  por- 
tions of  the  original  Town  Wall  still  remain,  though  it  was  against 
this  part  of  the  fortifications  that  the  principal  fire  was  directed  in 
the  siege  of  the  town  in  1645.  Although  a  great  part  of  the  town 
wall  has  been  removed  during  the  present  century,  to  make  room  for 
new  streets,  &c,  sufficient  still  remains,  on  the  western  side,  near 
the  river,  to  give  some  idea  of  what  the  whole  once  was.  The 
patchings  which  it  has  undergone  in  various  parts,  bespeak  the  bat- 
tering to  which  it  was  subjected  in  the  last  civil  wars,  especially  at 
the  lower  end,  where  the  royalists  effected  their  first  entrance  into 
the  town.  On  the  inner  side  of  the  wall,  in  the  garden  of  Thomas 
William  Dabbs,  Esq.,  the  embrasures  and  a  sally-port  may  be  plainly 
discerned,  though  they  are  partly  filled  up  with  bricks  and  stones. 
In  a  yard  near  the  upper  end  of  the  Newarke  wall,  is  a  portion  of 
what  was  once  called  Prince  Rupert's  Tower,  now  used  as  a  ware- 
house. The  Town  Wall  was  of  great  strength  in  the  Saxon  era,  and 
encompassed  the  old  borough  on  all  sides  but  the  river,  where  the 
town  was  defended  by  the  walls  and  towers  of  the  Castle  and  the 
Newarke.  The  fortifications  of  Leicester  were  often  destroyed  and 
repaired  in  the  Saxon  and  Norman  eras,  and  were  again  strengthened 
and  dilapidated  in  the  civil  wars  of  the  17th  century,  since  which  all 
of  them  but  the  portions  already  noticed  have  been  swept  away  for 
the  improvement  and  extension  of  the  town. 

BOARD  OF  HEALTH.— On  Aug.  1st,  1849,  the  Corporation  be- 
came a  Local  Board  of  Health,  under  the  powers  of  the  Public  Health 
Acts  of  1848-9,  and  in  the  latter  year  instructed  Thomas  Wicksteed, 
Esq.,  engineer  of  the  East  London  Waterworks,  to  report  as  to  the 
best  mode  of  draining  the  town,  and  providing  a  supply  of  water  for 
the  use  of  the  inhabitants.  After  making  a  personal  survey  of  the 
borough  and  surrounding  district,  he  presented  to  the  Board  an  able 
and  elaborate  report,  in  which  he  recommended  the  diversion  of  all 
sewage,  dyewater,  &c,  from  the  river  and  canal,  and  its  removal  to 
a  point  on  the  river  below  the  town,  where  the  processes  of  collecting, 
disinfecting,  and  converting  it  into  manure  could  be  carried  on 
without  injury  or  annoyance  to  the  town  or  adjacent  villages.  He 
estimated  the  cost  of  the  proposed  works  at  £55,000,  the  current 
annual  expenses  for  the  first  fifteen  years  at  £3,200 ;  and  the  revenue 
from  the  sale  of  sewage  manure  at  not  less  than  £10,000  per  annum. 
The  cost  of  providing  water  works,  so  as  to  give  an  ample  supply  o 
the  pure  beverage  of  nature  to  the  inhabitants,  he  stated  at  £43,000, 
and  the  annual  expenses  at  £2320  ;  and  he  very  justly  observed  that 
the  introduction  of  an  abundant  supply  of  water  into  every  house 
was  as  essential  as  the  construction  of  a  drain  from  it,  as  without 
the  former,  the  latter  could  not  be  kept  sufficiently  cleansed.    After 


150  HISTORY   OF   LEICESTER. 

a  careful  examination  of  the  various  sources  whence  it  was  suggested 
that  a  sufficient  quantity  of  water  could  be  obtained  for  the  present 
and  prospective  wants  of  the  borough,  and  an  analysis  of  specimens 
of  water  from  each  of  them,  by  two  eminent  professors  of  chemistry, 
he  came  to  the  conclusion  that  the  best  scheme  would  be  to  take  the 
water  from  the  river  near  St.  Mary's  Mills,  and  after  passing  it 
through  a  filter  bed,  to  force  it  by  steam  power  to  a  reservoir  placed 
at  the  highest  part  of  the  race-course,  whence  it  would  naturally 
gravitate  to  all  parts  of  the  town.  A  private  company,  however, 
which  had  obtained  an  Act  of  Parliament  in  1847  to  enable  it 
to  supply  water  to  the  inhabitants,  has  since  completed  its  works, 
and  has  its  reservoir  at  Thornton,  which  was  one  of  the  places 
examined  by  Mr.  Wicksteed,  but  was  not  recommended  by  him,  on 
the  ground  that  it  did  not  afford  a  sufficient  quantity  of  water, 
although  that  which  was  obtained  there  was  pronounced  to  be 
amongst  the  best  of  the  samples  analysed.  The  sum  of  £17,000  has 
been  invested  in  the  purchase  of  shares  in  this  company,  by  the 
Local  Board  of  Health,  which  in  1851  applied  for  and  obtained  an 
Act  of  Parliament,  to  empower  it  to  construct  the  sewers  and  sewage 
works,  and  to  borrow  the  requisite  sum  of  money  on  security  of  the 
general  district  rates.  The  works  were  commenced  in  1852,  and 
completed  in  1854,  at  a  cost  of  £68,000,  of  which  £27,748  is  still 
owing.  Nearly  all  the  streets  are  sewered  to  an  average  depth  of 
eleven  feet,  the  sewers  varying  from  12  to  36  inches  in  diameter. 
The  whole  of  them  fall  into  a  main  intercepting  sewer,  varying  from 
30  to  56  inches  in  diameter,  which  traverses  the  lower  districts  of  the 
town,  and  conveys  the  whole  of  the  sewage  into  an  artificial  outfall 
formed  by  the  engine  well  of  the  Sewage  Works,  which  are  situated  on 
the  bank  of  the  river,  a  little  beyond  the  Abbey,  about  a  mile  from 
the  town.  There  is  also  a  flood  sewer  for  carrying  off  storm  waters, 
the  outfall  of  which  is  into  the  tail-water  of  the  Belgrave  mill,  about 
half  a  mile  farther  down  the  river.  At  the  Sewage  Works,  the  whole 
of  the  sewage  from  the  town,  amounting,  together  with  spring  water 
which  is  admitted  into  the  main  sewers  at  various  points,  to  about 
three  millions  of  gallons  per  day,  is  raised  by  two  powerful  engines 
into  reservoirs  placed  at  a  sufficient  elevation  to  allow  the  purified 
water  to  flow  off  at  all  times.  The  engines  are  so  constructed,  that 
on  each  stroke  a  pump  is  worked,  which  mixes  with  the  sewage  water 
a  certain  proportion  of  the  cream  of  lime,  which  has  the  effect  of 
causing  a  rapid  and  perfect  precipitation  of  all  the  solid  matter 
which  is  held  in  suspension  in  the  sewage,  and  together  with  a 
retarded  flow  through  the  reservoir,  produces  a  perfect  deodorization 
of  the  effluent  water,  which  passes  off  in  as  pure  a  state  as  that  of 
ordinary  river  water.  The  solid  matter  which  is  precipitated  to  the 
bottom  of  the  reservoir  is  worked  back  by  an  Archimedian  screw 
and  thence  raised  by  a  string  of  buckets  into  troughs  on  the  top  of 
the  building,  from  whence  it  is  conveyed  by  gravitation  into  reservoirs 
prepared  to  receive  it,  where  it  remains  until  the  supernatant  water 
drains  off,  and  the  solid  matter  is  disposed  of  as  manure.    Nearly  all 


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the  streets  have  a  double  system  of  sewers,  deep  and  shallow,  the 
old  sewers  being  left  intact  throughout  the  town,  receiving,  as  previous 
to  the  construction  of  the  new  sewers,  all  the  surface  water  from  the 
streets,  the  object  being  to  prevent  the  heavy  debris  from  the  streets 
finding  its  way  into  the  deep  sewers ;  but  junctions  are  made  between 
the  old  and  the  new  sewers  at. various  points,  and  in  all  cases  near 
the  old  outfalls,  which  prevents  the  foul  water  from  the  old  sewers 
finding  its  way  into  the  river,  and  none  passes  by  these  latter 
junctions  until  they  are  surcharged  by  heavy  rainfall,  when  the 
drainage  is  so  dilated  as  to  be  perfectly  innoxious.  Another  advantage 
of  the  double  system  of  sewerage  is  the  increased  capacity  for  carrying 
off  rainfall  and  effectually  preventing  flooding.  The  sanitary  condition 
of  the  borough  has  gradually  improved  and  the  rate  of  mortality 
decreased,  owing  to  the  wise  and  judicious  measures  which  have  been 
so  well  carried  out  by  the  Board  of  Health,  which  now  expends 
about  £11,000  per  annum  in  paving,  improving,  lighting,  cleansing, 
and  watering  the  streets  and  other  public  thoroughfares ;  scavenging, 
courts  and  alleys ;  emptying  privies,  cesspools,  and  dust-holes ;  pro- 
viding and  maintaining  a  number  of  public  drinking  fountains 
and  urinals,  paying  interest  on  mortgages,  &c,  &c.  The  sanguine 
expectations  of  Mr.  Wicksteed  do  not  appear  to  have  been  realised, 
as  the  sum  received  during  the  year  ending  31st  August,  1861,  for 
sewage  manure  was  only  £8.  3s.,  instead  of  £10,000 ;  whilst  the 
working  expenses  amounted  to  £1251,  thus  leaving  a  large  deficit  to 
be  paid  out  of  the  district  rates. 

The  WATER  WORKS  were  constructed  in  1853-'4,  at  a  cost  of 
about  £90,000,  by  a  company  of  shareholders  called  "  The  Leicester 
Water  Works  Company"  under  the  powers  of  an  Act  of  Parliament 
obtained  in  1847.  Its  capital  is  £80,000,  raised  in  shares  of  £25 
each,  and  £10,000  on  loan  by  debentures.  The  Local  Board  of 
Health  owns  680  of  the  shares,  and  is  also  entitled  to  one-half  of 
the  surplus  profits,  after  five  per  cent,  has  been  paid  to  the  share- 
holders. The  chief  supply  of  water  is  derived  from  the  brooks, 
streams,  and  springs  in  and  near  the  parish  of  Thornton,  about  eight 
miles  west  of  the  town,  where  it  is  collected  in  a  Reservoir,  which 
will  hold  365,000,000  gallons.  From  this  reservoir  it  is  sent  in 
pipes,  24  inches  in  diameter,  to  the  Service  Reservoir  at  New  Parks, 
whence  it  is  conveyed  to  every  part  of  the  town,  through  about  25 
miles  of  pipes,  which  are  well  supplied  in  convenient  situations  with 
fire-plugs.  The  Company  had  to  pay  about  £3700  as  compensation 
to  mill  owners ;  and  also  spent  £2953  in  parliamentary  expenses, 
£1771  in  engineering  and  surveying,  £13,483  in  the  purchase  of 
land,  &c,  £20,509  in  general  works,  £13,704  in  forming  the  storage 
reservoir,  and  about  £30,000  in  laying  down  pipes.  Although  it 
has  been  proved  by  analysis  that  the  water  from  the  wells,  which 
previously  afforded  the  chief  supply  to  the  inhabitants,  is  charged 
with  sulphate  of  lime  to  an  extent  which  renders  it  unsuitable  for 
domestic  use,  and  that  the  Thornton  water  is  of  most  excellent 
quality,  there  are  still  a  large  number  of  houses  in  the  borough  un- 


152  HISTORY   OF   LEICESTER. 

supplied  from  the  Water  Works.  This  number  is,  however,  rapidly 
diminishing,  as  may  be  seen  from  the  steadily  increasing  revenue  of 
the  Company,  which  in  1854  amounted  to  £1576;  in  1855  to 
£2751;  in  1856  to  £3185;  in  1857  to  £3569;  in  1858  to  £4289; 
in  1859  to  £4982;  in  1860  to  £5507;  and  in  1861  to  more  than 
£6000.  The  office  of  the  Company  is  in  Belvoir  street.  Mr.  J.  H. 
Williams  is  the  secretary;  Mr.  John  Bevins,  engineer;  and  Mr.  John 
Robinson,  collector.  In  1573,  Queen  Elizabeth  granted  to  the  Cor- 
poration the  materials  of  the  decayed  church  of  St.  Peter,  partly  in 
consideration  of  their  bringing  a  conduit  of  water  to  the  town.  This 
they  did  by  carrying  water  in  pipes  from  a  spring  near  Conduit  street 
to  the  Market  place,  where  they  erected  a  fountain  called  the  Con- 
duit, which  they  rebuilt  in  1709.  The  Conduit  has  long  since  been 
removed ;  but  the  Local  Board  of  Health  has  erected  a  number  of 
Public  Drinking  Fountains  in  various  parts  of  the  borough,  which 
are  gratuitously  supplied  with  water  by  the  Water  Works  Company. 

The  GAS  WORKS,  from  which  the  town  is  now  well  lighted,  were 
completed  in  October,  1821,  by  the  "  Leicester  Gas  Light  and  Coke 
Company,"  which  was  incorporated  by  an  Act  of  the  1st  and  2nd 
George  IV.,  the  powers  of  which  have  been  enlarged  by  an  Act  of 
the  1st  and  2nd  of  Victoria.  The  Company's  capital  is  about 
£35,000,  in  £10  shares,  and  the  works  are  leased  to  Mr.  Henry 
Martin  Robinson.  There  are  now  eight  gas-holders,  which  will  con- 
tain 1,200,000  cubic  feet  of  gas,  sold  to  the  consumers  at  the  rate 
of  4s.  2d.  per  1000  cubic  feet,  subject  to  a  discount  of  five  per  cent. 
The  works  are  situated  in  Gas  street,  and  the  office  is  at  21,  Friar 
lane.  William  Billson,  Jun.,  Esq.,  of  Welford  place,  is  clerk  to  the 
Gas  Company. 

The  CEMETERY,  provided  by  the  Corporation  as  a  general  burial 
ground  for  the  Borough,  under  the  powers  of  an  Act  of  Parliament 
obtained  in  1848,  occupies  about  fifteen  acres  of  land,  delightfully 
situated  at  the  summit  of  a  hill  on  the  road  between  Leicester  and 
Knighton,  on  the  south  side  of  the  town.  It  is  admirably  adapted 
to  the  purpose  of  a  Cemetery,  having  a  gentle  slope,  and  command- 
ing picturesque  views  of  the  town  and  adjacent  country.  About 
one -half  the  ground  is  consecrated  for  the  use  of  members  of  the 
Established  Church,  and  the  whole  is  laid  out  and  planted  with  great 
taste,  and  forms  an  admirable  public  promenade.  At  the  highest 
part  of  the  ground  is  a  handsome  range  of  buildings  in  the  decorated 
style  of  architecture,  consisting  of  two  Chapels  of  similar  design, 
connected  by  a  long  range  of  cloisters.  The  first  stone  of  the  build- 
ing was  laid  June  19th,  1849,  and  the  Cemetery  was  formally  opened 
September  4th,  1850.  There  are  two  entrance  gates  and  lodges  of 
chaste  design,  one  on  Knighton  hill  and  the  other  in  Occupation 
road.  The  number  of  interments  from  the  opening  to  January  31st, 
1862,  including  still-born  children,  was  17,489,  of  which  10,712 
were  in  the  unconsecrated  part.  Though  the  land  was  public  pro- 
perty, as  part  of  the  town  estate,  this  beautiful  Cemetery  has  cost 
nearly  £12,800,  of  which  about  £8000  is  still  owing.    In  the  con- 


BOROUGH   CEMETERY.  153 

secrated  part,  the  service  is  performed  in  rotation  by  the  incumbents 
of  the  churches  in  the  town,  for  periods  which  are  long  or  short  in 
proportion  to  the  population  of  their  respective  parishes,  and  any  of 
the  dissenting  ministers  may  officiate  at  funerals  in  the  unconse- 
crated  part  of  the  Cemetery.  Mr.  John  Lambert  Bown  is  the  regis- 
trar,  and  resides  at  the  principal  lodge.  Mr.  Bown  is  the  lineal 
representative  of  the  celebrated  Daniel  Lambert,  who  was  born  at 
Leicester  in  1770,  and  died  at  Stamford  in  1809,  and  was  buried  in 
St.  Martin's  churchyard  in  that  town.  A  tombstone,  placed  over  his 
remains  by  his  friends  in  Leicester,  states  that  a  few  days  before  his 
death  he  measured  3  ft.  1  in.  round  the  leg,  and  9  ft.  4  in.  round 
the  body,  and  was  of  the  enormous  weight  of  52  stones  11  lbs.  (141b. 
to  the  stone.)  For  some  years  Lambert  was  keeper  of  the  Bridewell 
at  Leicester,  and  on  leaving  that  office,  the  magistrates,  without  soli- 
citation, settled  upon  him  an  annuity  of  £50  for  life.  The  chair  in 
which  he  sat  as  keeper  of  the  Bridewell  was  for  many  years  kept  in 
the  Town  Library ;  but  Mr.  Bown  has  been  allowed  to  remove  it  to 
his  house  at  the  Cemetery,  where  he  also  preserves  the  great  man's 
riding  whip  and  other  relics.  Mr.  Thomas  Forster,  the  gardener  of 
the  Cemetery,  occupies  the  other  lodge. 

In  1860,  another  Act  of  Parliament  was  obtained  to  enable  the 
Corporation  to  sell  about  16£  acres  of  land  adjoining  the  old  Ceme- 
tery, which  were  unsuited  for  the  purposes  of  interment,  and  were 
too  near  the  Leicestershire  and  Rutland  Lunatic  Asylum  to  render 
an  extension  of  the  Cemetery  in  that  direction  either  prudent  or 
desirable,  to  the  Visitors  of  the  Asylum,  for  the  sum  of  £10,000,  to 
be  expended  in  establishing  a  New  Cemetery  in  another  part  of  the 
borough,  as  well  for  the  convenience  of  the  inhabitants  as  to  relieve 
the  existing  Cemetery,  which  was  then  stated  to  be  so  crowded  with 
graves  and  vaults  as  to  be  altogether  insufficient  for  the  increased 
and  increasing  population  of  the  town.  The  Act  likewise  empowered 
the  Council  to  borrow  any  amount  of  money  that  might  be  deemed 
requisite,  not  exceeding  £25,000,  to  be  repaid  out  of  the  borough 
rates.  The  Corporation  intended  to  form  the  new  Cemetery  on  the 
north  side  of  the  town,  between  the  river  Soar  and  the  Leicester 
canal,  near  Leicester  Abbey.  It  was  to  comprise  nearly  40  acres  of 
land  called  the  Abbey  Meadows,  the  property  of  the  Earl  of  Dysart, 
and  to  be  approached  by  new  bridges  over  the  river  and  canal;  but 
in  consequence  of  the  high  price  demanded  by  the  owner,  the  scheme 
has  been  abandoned,  and  the  present  Cemetery,  it  is  calculated,  can 
be  sufficiently  enlarged  to  serve  the  borough  for  more  than  forty 
years  longer. 

The  BOROUGH  IMPROVEMENT  ACT,  granted  June,  1846, 
empowered  the  Corporation  to  borrow  the  sum  of  £25,000  for  the 
purposes  of  improving  the  Market  place,  forming  a  Cattle  Market, 
erecting  a  Post  Office,  providing  places  of  recreation  for  the  inhabi- 
tants, widening  and  improving  streets,  and  for  such  other  improve- 
ments as  may  be  required  for  the  better  accommodation  of  the 
increasing  population  of  the  town,  and  its  busy  markets  and  fairs. 


154  HISTORY   OP   LEICESTER. 

It  was  originally  intended  to  obtain  powers  for  the  erection  of  a  new 
Town  Hall,  which  is  so  much  needed;  but  this  part  of  the  scheme 
was  abandoned  on  account  of  the  determined  opposition  of  some 
members  of  the  Council  and  a  number  of  the  burgesses.  Under  the 
powers  of  this  Act,  new  and  handsome  bridges  have  been  erected  in 
place  of  the  old  West  Bridge  and  Bow  Bridge ;  the  Market  place  has 
been  enlarged,  and  a  spacious  Market  House  built;  an  excellent 
Cattle  Market  has  been  provided ;  the  use  of  a  public  Swimming  Bath 
has  been  contracted  for  at  a  trifling  expense;  Victoria  parade,  a 
better  opening  to  the  Market  place,  has  been  formed;  parts  of  St. 
Nicholas  street,  High  street,  Bond  street,  Braunstone  gate,  Highcross 
street,  and  other  public  highways  have  been  widened  and  improved; 
and  it  is  in  contemplation  to  improve  several  other  public  thorough- 
fares. A  Post  Office  has  not  yet  been  erected,  but  the  postmaster 
receives  £80  per  annum  out  of  the  improvement  rates  towards  the 
rent  of  the  building  now  used  as  the  post  office.  The  sum  of 
£19,700  is  still  owing  by  the  Corporation  on  account  of  these  im- 
provements, but  it  is  being  paid  off  gradually,  by  annual  instalments 
out  of  the  rates.  The  Corporation  may,  however,  re-borrow  any  sum 
they  may  require  for  necessary  improvements,  on  security  of  the 
improvement  rate,  provided  there  shall  not  be  owing  more  than 
£25,000  in  the  whole,  at  one  time. 

The  MARKET  PLACE  occupies  a  very  central  part  of  the  town, 
and  is  the  chief  place  of  business  and  of  public  resort.  It  is  an 
irregularly  formed  area  of  about  four  acres,  surrounded  by  first-class 
shops,  and  having  at  its  north-eastern  angle  a  statue  of  the  late  John 
Henry,  Duke  of  Rutland,  erected  by  public  subscription  in  1852,  at 
a  cost  of  £1200,  to  celebrate  the  completion  of  the  fiftieth  year  of 
his  high  office  as  Lord  Lieutenant  of  the  county.  The  Market 
House  and  Corn  Exchange  form  one  building  of  two  stories,  of  no 
pretensions  to  architectural  effect.  It  stands  nearly  in  the  centre  of 
the  Market  place,  on  the  site  of  an  old  brick  building  erected  in  1747, 
which  was  called  the  Exchange,  and  was  a  great  ornament  to  the 
town.  The  upper  room  is  used  as  the  Corn  Exchange,  and  for  public 
meetings,  exhibitions,  &c.  It  is  approached  by  an  external  double 
flight  of  steps,  bearing  some  resemblance  to  the  Rialto  at  Venice. 
The  lower  room  is  for  the  sale  of  butter,  poultry,  &c.  The  building 
was  erected  in  1850  at  a  cost  of  about  £3000.  It  is  of  brick,  faced 
with  cement,  and  is  surmounted  by  a  cupola,  containing  a  clock  of 
ingenious  mechanism. 

The  CATTLE  MARKET  occupies  about  an  acre  and  a-half  be- 
tween Bishop  street  and  Horsefair  street,  and  was  formed  by  the 
Corporation,  under  the  powers  of  the  Improvement  Act,  at  a  cost 
of  £7081,  in  1848-'9.  Part  of  its  site  was  previously  the  sheep 
market,  and  was  first  used  for  that  purpose  nearly  forty  years  ago. 
There  is  a  small  market  for  pigs  in  West  Bond  street.  The  Hide, 
Skin,  and  Fat  Market  is  in  Queen  street.  The  New  Hay  Market, 
at  29,  Granby  street,  is  the  property  of  Mr.  J.  M.  Cook.  It  was 
opened  in  1860,  and  is  a  great  convenience  to  farmers  bringing 
loads  of  hay,  straw,  or  other  agricultural  produce  for  sale. 


HISTORY   OF   LEICESTER.  155 

Weekly  MARKETS  are  held  on  Wednesday  and  Saturday.  The 
former  is  well  supplied  with  cattle,  and  the  latter  is  an  extensive 
mart  for  corn,  provisions,  and  general  merchandise,  being  nume- 
rously attended  by  farmers,  dealers,  gardeners,  and  others  from 
the  villages,  &c,  within  the  circuit  of  15  or  20  miles  ;  between 
which  and  the  town  a  regular  intercourse  is  maintained  by  railways, 
coaches,  omnibuses,  &c,  and  about  200  local  carriers,  some  passing 
daily,  and  others  twice  or  thrice  a-week.  The  Wednesday  market, 
for  the  sale  of  vegetables,  &c,  has  been  held  from  time  immemorial 
along  a  portion  of  Highcross  street,  near  its  junction  with  High 
street  and  St.  Nicholas  street,  where  a  cross  in  the  pavement  still 
marks  the  site  of  the  ancient  High  Cross,  one  of  the  pillars  of  which 
is  preserved  in  front  of  the  Crescent,  in  King  street.  This  is  the 
market  place  alluded  to  at  page  130,  in  the  account  of  the  siege  of 
Leicester ;  and  it  is  highly  probable  that  it  was  the  market  place  of 
the  ancient  Roman  encampment,  as  the  Praetorium  was  undoubtedly 
near  St.  Nicholas'  Church.  According  to  the  Corn  Inspector's  Re- 
turns, the  quantities  of  various  sorts  of  grain  sold  here  in  the  year 
1861,  were: — wheat,  25,136  qrs. ;  barley,  13,248  qrs.j  oats,  5355 
qrs.;  beans,  2275  qrs.;  and  peas,  267  qrs.  Mr.  John  Joseph  Pochin 
is  the  corn  inspector,  and  has  his  office  in  the  Exchange.  Twelve 
annual  Fairs  were  formerly  held  here,  but  five  of  them  are  now 
obsolete.  The  seven  fairs  now  held  in  the  town  for  the  sale  of 
horses,  cattle,  sheep,  &c,  are  on  March  2nd,  Saturday  before  Good 
Friday,  Saturday  in  Easter  week,  May  12th  and  13th,  July  5th, 
October  10th  and  11th,  and  December  8th.  The  May  and  October 
fairs  are  also  for  the  sale  of  cheese;  and  in  June  a  wool  fair  is  held, 
under  the  patronage  of  the  Leicestershire  Agricultural  Society,  at 
which  about  30,000  fleeces  are  usually  pitched. 

The  Old  Street  Architecture  of  Leicester  is  rapidly  vanishing 
before  the  hand  of  modern  improvement ;  the  greater  part  of  the 
half-timbered  lath  and  plaster  houses,  remarkable  for  their  gro- 
tesque gables  and  picturesque  appearance,  having  given  place  to 
plainer,  but  more  comfortable  and  convenient  dwellings,  some  of 
which  have  handsome  fronts,  especially  in  the  principal  streets, 
where  there  are  many  elegant  and  well-stocked  retail  shops.  There 
are  a  few  ancient  and  half-timbered  houses  still  standing  in  High- 
cross  street,  St.  Nicholas  street,  and  Lower  Redcross  street.  The 
Old  Blue  Boar,  sometimes  called  King  Richard's  House,  which 
was  the  capital  hostlery  of  Leicester  in  the  fifteenth  century,  was 
taken  down  in  1836,  when  several  houses  were  built  upon  its  site. 
Its  strong  and  regular  framework  of  timber,  its  curious  projecting 
window  in  front,  and  its  carved  work  in  various  parts,  were  fine 
specimens  of  the  domestic  architecture  of  the  period.  It  was  in 
this  inn  that  Richard  III.  slept  on  the  night  before  the  battle  of 
Bosworth  Field.  The  large  wooden  bedstead  on  which  he  slept,  re- 
mained in  the  house  many  years,  and  is  now  preserved  by  W.  P. 
Herrick,  Esq.,  of  Beaumanor.  It  is  said  that  a  Mr.  Clark,  who 
kept  the  inn  in  the  reign  of  Elizabeth,  found  several  secret  recesses 


156  HISTORY   OF   LEICESTER. 

in  this  bedstead  filled  with  gold,  partly  coined  by  Richard  III.,  and 
partly  in  earlier  reigns.  From  this  discovery,  Mr.  Clark  became 
suddenly  rich ;  but  after  his  death,  the  inn  was  still  kept  by  his 
widow,  who  was  murdered  and  robbed  by  her  maid  servant  and 
seven  men,  who  were  all  hanged  at  the  same  time  in  1613.  The 
Brick  Tower,  in  High  street,  forms  a  fragment  of  what  was  an- 
ciently called  Lord's  Place,  and  was  a  town  mansion,  which  was 
sold  in  the  11th  of  Elizabeth,  by  John  and  Ralph  Eaton,  to  Henry, 
Earl  of  Huntingdon.  During  the  Earl's  occupancy  of  this  house, 
he  entertained  in  it  many  persons  of  the  highest  rank  and  distinc- 
tion. It  afterwards  passed  to  various  owners,  and  was  partly  de- 
molished about  1702.  The  Tower  is  all  that  is  left  of  this  once 
extensive  mansion,  and  its  decayed  walls  are  now  cased  in  brick. 
It  is  five  stories  high,  and  is  ascended  by  an  old  oak  staircase, 
placed  in  a  square  turret  of  sandstone.  Nearly  in  front  of  St. 
Nicholas'  Church,  stands  an  ancient  house  of  timber  and  plaster, 
with  overhanging  upper  story,  in  which  tradition  says  John  Bunyan 
preached;  and  that,  at  a  subsequent  date,  John  Wesley  lodged  in 
the  same  house,  and  probably  preached  there,  too. 

MONASTIC  INSTITUTIONS. 

LEICESTER  ABBEY,  which  was  the  glory  of  the  town  and 
neighbourhood  in  the  ages  of  monachism,  and  of  which  there  are 
still  some  interesting  remains,  stood  a  little  north  of  the  town,  on 
the  opposite  side  of  the  river  Soar,  beyond  the  limits  of  the  bo- 
rough. Its  site  and  precincts  form  an  extra-parochial  liberty  in 
West  Goscote  Hundred,  containing  about  25  acres,  three  houses, 
and  22  souls.  It  was  founded  by  Robert  de  Bossu,  second  Earl  of 
Leicester,  in  1143,  for  Augustine  Canons,  and  he  endowed  it  with 
all  the  lands  with  which  his  father  had  endowed  the  college  of  St. 
Mary-de-@astro,  which  latter  he  afterwards  re-founded.  Being  ad- 
vanced in  age,  the  founder  became  one  of  the  regular  canons  in  his 
own  abbey,  where  he  was  buried  in  1167.  The  abbey  soon  acquired 
sanctity  and  celebrity,  and  thence  obtained  numerous  liberties  and 
immunities.  It  was  dedicated  to  St.  Mary,  and  its  church,  which 
was  solemnly  consecrated  in  1279,  was  commonly  called  St.  Mary- 
de-PratiSf  (in  the  meadows,)  to  distinguish  it  from  the  churches  of 
St.  Mary-de-Castro  and  St.  Mary  in  the  Newarke.  Petronilla,  the 
wife  of  the  third  Earl  of  Leicester,  built  the  nave  of  the  Abbey 
Church,  and  was  buried  in  the  choir,  where  a  plait  of  her  hair  was 
long  used  to  draw  up  the  great  lamp.  The  Abbots  sat  in  Parlia- 
ment until  the  middle  of  the  14th  century,  when  an  exemption 
from  this  duty  was  obtained,  owing  to  the  expense  it  caused  the 
community.  Throsby  says,  this  abbey  "supported  almost  the 
whole  poor  of  Leicester  and  its  neighbourhood,"  and  was,  "on  all 
pressing  occasions,  subsidiary  to  the  King,  and  hospitable  to  tra- 
vellers, who  were  fed,  and  often  lodged  here  on  their  journeys." 
Like  most  other  extensive  monasteries,  it  was  frequently  honoured 
by  visits  from  the  Kings  of  England.     Richard  II,  and  his  Queen, 


MONASTIC   INSTITUTIONS.  157 

with  a  numerous  retinue,  were  sumptuously  entertained  and  lodged 
here ;  and  it  was  here  that  Cardinal  Wolsey  breathed  his  last,  on 
November  29th,  1530,  when  on  his  journey  from  York  to  London, 
just  after  he  had  been  stripped  of  his  dignitaries  by  his  royal  master, 
who  had  before  loaded  him  with  riches,  honour,  and  power,  un- 
equalled by  the  first  of  princes.  He  was  so  weak  and  depressed 
when  he  came  to  the  abbey  gate,  that  he  could  only  thank  the  abbot 
and  monks  for  their  civility,  and  tell  them  that  he  came  to  lay  his 
bones  among  them.  He  immediately  took  to  his  bed,  and  died 
three  days  afterwards,  surrounded  by  the  monks,  to  whom  he  said 
in  his  last  moments — "If  I  had  served  my  God  as  faithfully  as  I 
served  the  King,  he  would  not  thus  have  forsaken  me  in  my  old 
age."  Though  the  abbey  was  extensive,  and  richly  endowed,  it  is 
said  never  to  have  had  more  than  20  monks.  Besides  the  appro- 
priation of  36  parishes  in  and  about  Leicester,  it  had  lands,  privi- 
leges, &c,  in  many  manors  in  this  and  other  counties,  as  well  as 
"great  bequests  of  deer,  fuel,  pasturage,  cattle,  fish-pools,  and 
corn."  Stoughton  Grange  was  the  abbey  farm.  At  the  dissolution, 
the  clear  yearly  income  of  the  abbey  was  valued  at  £951.  14s.  5d. 
It  was  dissolved  in  1534.  The  plate  and  jewels  were  reserved  for 
the  King ;  and  the  furniture  and  goods  were  sold,  and  the  proceeds 
paid  into  the  Augmentation  Office.  The  abbot's  lodgings  and  the 
offices  were  left  standing,  but  the  church,  cloisters,  and  monks' 
apartments  were  stripped  of  the  lead,  and  every  saleable  article, 
and  then  left  to  fall  into  decay ;  while  the  lands  were  disposed  of 
among  courtiers  and  others,  by  gift,  sale,  and  exchange.  The  site 
of  the  abbey  was  purchased  by  the  Marquis  of  Northampton,  and 
was  sold  in  1562  to  Henry  Hastings,  Earl  of  Huntingdon,  who,  in 
1568,  sold  it  to  Sir  Edward  Hastings.  In  1622,  Wm.  Cavendish, 
Earl  of  Devonshire,  held  it  by  purchase  from  James  First.  In 
1733,  it  was  sold  to  Lord  William  Manners,  but  it  is  now  the  pro- 
perty of  the  Earl  of  Dysart.  Part  of  the  abbey  was  converted  into 
a  large  mansion  after  the  Eeformation,  and  that  portion  of  this 
house  which  is  now  habitable,  is  occupied  by  Mr.  Warner,  nursery- 
man and  florist.  A  walk  round  the  gardens,  on  the  southern  side; 
an  inspection  of  the  gateway  through  which  Cardinal  Wolsey  en- 
tered, in  the  eastern  wall ;  and  the  ruined  turrets  there  and  else- 
where, afford  much  pleasure  to  the  lovers  of  the  picturesque.  Every 
object  around  marks  the  decay  which  time  has  wrought  in  what  was 
once  grand  and  solemn ;  the  thick  branches  of  old  trees,  the  dense 
masses  of  ivy,  and  the  crumbling  character  of  the  ruins,  with  the 
sluggish  water  beneath,  that  formerly  rolled  briskly  from  the  abbey 
mill,  remind  us  of  how  brief  and  passing  are  the  proudest  works  of 
man.  Among  the  numerous  coins,  and  other  antiquities  found  here, 
is  the  lead  seal  of  a  bull  of  Pope  Innocent  IV.,  which  is  in  excellent 
preservation,  and  still  gives  a  sharp  impression. 

St.  Catherine's  Priory  was  a  house  of  Augustine  Friars,  or 
Eremites,  which  stood  a  little  above  the  West  Bridge,  on  the  west 
side  of  the  Soar,  in  the  extra-parochial  suburb  still  called  the  White 


158  HISTORY   OF   LEICESTER. 

or  Augustine  Friars.  It  was  founded  about  the  close  of  the  thir- 
teenth century,  and  was  valued,  at  the  dissolution,  at  only  £1.  2s. 
per  annum.  The  site  was  granted  to  John  Bellowe  and  John 
Broxholme,  and  is  now  occupied  by  modern  buildings.  The  Black 
Friars,  on  the  east  side  of  the  Soar,  in  the  extra-parochial  liberty 
still  bearing  their  name,  was  founded  about  1250,  by  Simon  de 
Montfort,  sixth  Earl  of  Leicester.  At  the  dissolution,  it  was  valued 
at  £2.  Is.  8d.  per  annum,  and  granted  to  the  Marquis  of  Dorset  and 
Thomas  Duport.  The  Grey  Friars'  Priory  was  founded  by  the 
same  Earl  as  the  Black  Friars,  and  stood  on  the  south  side  of  St. 
Martin's  churchyard.  It  was  in  their  church,  (St.  Trinity)  where 
Richard  III.  was  buried,  and  where  Henry  VII.  erected  an  alabaster 
monument  to  his  memory ;  but  there  are  now  no  traces  of  either  the 
church  or  priory,  which  are  supposed  to  have  been  demolished  in 
1545.  The  site  is  crossed  by  New  street,  and  an  unsuccessful 
attempt  was  made  about  forty  years  ago  to  prove  it  extra-parochial. 
The  priory  was  valued,  at  the  dissolution,  at  £1.  4s.  per  annum,  and 
granted  to  John  Bellowe  and  John  Broxholme. 

The  College  of  St.  Mary  de  Castro  stood  near  the  Castle  and 
St.  Mary's  Church,  and  was  founded  by  Robert,  second  Earl  of 
Leicester,  about  1144,  for  a  dean  and  seven  prebendaries,  in  lieu  of 
the  college  which  was  founded  by  his  father,  and  which  he  had  re- 
moved to  the  Abbey.  In  1252,  this  college  had  a  grant  of  300 
acres  in  the  Forest,  near  Leicester.  At  the  dissolution,  its  clear 
yearly  income  was  £23.  12s.  lid.,  and  its  possessions  were  granted 
in  fee-farm  to  the  Corporation.  Nothing  remains  of  this  college  but 
its  church,  which  has  undergone  many  reparations,  and  is  now  the 
mother  church  of  St.  Mary's  parish,  as  afterwards  noticed.  The 
Chapel  of  "Our  Blessed  Lady"  on  the  West  Bridge,  was  a  de- 
pendency of  the  Collegiate  Church  of  St.  Mary  de  Castro,  and  was , 
taken  down  with  the  bridge  in  1841,  after  having  been  for  some  time 
used  as  a  dwelling.  It  was  doubtless  erected  at  a  very  early  period, 
for  the  unfortunate  William,  Lord  Hastings,  by  his  will,  dated  27th 
June,  1481 ,  left  £100  "to  make  new  and  edify  it."  By  an  indenture  of 
feoffment,  dated  20th  September,  1598,  and  now  preserved  amongst 
the  town  archives,  the  Mayor  and  Burgesses  sold  to  Robert  Eyricke, 
of  Mountsorrel,  glover,  subject  to  a  reserved  rent,  inter  alia,  "  One 
house,  sometime  called  a  Chappel  House,  situate  and  being  on  the 
south  part  or  side  of  the  West  Bridge ;  and  was  late  parcel  of  the 
possessions  of  the  late  College  of  the  Blessed  Mary,  near  the  Castle 
of  Leicester." 

Newarke  College,  which  had  a  handsome  church,  stood  on  the 
west  side  of  the  Newarke,  near  Trinity  Hospital,  and  was  founded  in 
1354  by  Henry,  Duke  of  Lancaster,  for  a  dean,  twelve  prebendaries, 
thirteen  secular  canons  or  vicars  choral,  three  clerks,  six  choristers, 
and  a  verger,  in  honour  of  the  Annunciation  of  the  Virgin  Mary. 
The  founder  was  buried  here  in  13G0,  and  the  College  was  finished 
by  his  successor,  John  of  Gaunt,  Duke  of  Lancaster.  This  college 
was  richly  endowed,  and  many  distinguished  persons  were  buried  in 


HISTORY   OF   LEICESTER.  159 

its  church.  (See  Trinity  Hospital.)  All  that  remains  of  it  is  an  arch 
or  two  of  the  vaults,  in  the  cellars  of  a  house  now  standing  on  its 
site.  Its  clear  yearly  income  was  valued,  at  the  dissolution,  at 
£595.  7s.  4d.  A  considerable  part  of  its  possessions  were  granted 
to  John  Beaumont  and  Wm.  Gyes,  and  the  remainder  to  the  Cor- 
poration. One  of  the  ten  English  houses  of  Pmnitentia  Christi  Friars, 
was  at  Leicester,  but  it  was  dissolved  in  1307  by  order  of  the 
Council  of  Lyons. 

CHURCHES  AND  PARISHES. 

There  are  in  the  town  five  ancient  parish  churches,  and  five  new 
district  churches.  Besides  these,  there  were  formerly  four  other 
parish  churches  in  the  borough  ;  but  they  were  demolished  many 
years  ago,  and  their  parishes  dissolved  and  annexed  to  other 
parishes,  except  St.  Leonard's,  which  is  still  a  separate  parish, 
though  its  church  was  destroyed  in  the  civil  wars.  St.  Clement's 
Church,  which  stood  near  the  North  Gate,  was  given  to  the  Black 
Friars  in  1220,  but  was  destroyed  some  centuries  ago,  audits  parish 
added  to  those  of  All  Saints  and  St.  Nicholas.  St.  Michael's 
Church,  which  stood  in  the  Back  lanes,  was  injured  by  fire  in  1173, 
and  demolished  about  1490,  when  its  parish  was  added  to  that  of 
All  Saints.  St.  Peter's  Church,  which  stood  between  All  Saints  and 
St.  Martin's,  was  sold  to  the  Corporation  in  1573,  and  its  materials 
were  partly  used  in  erecting  the  Free  Grammar  School  and  Conduit. 
Its  parish  was  united  to  that  of  All  Saints  in  1590.  Here  were  also 
several  churches,  chapels,  and  chantries,  connected  with  the  monas- 
teries, colleges,  guilds,  and  hospitals,  which  flourished  in  the  town 
before  the  Reformation. 

All  Saints'  Church,  in  Highcross  street,  is  a  small  structure, 
consisting  of  a  nave,  two  side  aisles,  and  a  modern  brick  chancel, 
with  a  curious  tower  on  the  north  side,  formerly  open  to  the  church 
by  a  lofty  pointed  arch.  The  roofs,  which  are  of  the  perpendicular 
period,  were  admirably  restored  in  1855,  at  a  cost  of  £320.  The 
west  front  has  a  fine  large  Norman  door,  and  the  ancient  clock  has 
two  quaint  figures  that  strike  the  quarters.  At  the  west  end  is  an 
old  stone  coffin,  and  a  curious  antique  chest.  The  font  is  a  fine 
specimen  of  the  early  English  style,  and  the  pulpit  is  richly  carved. 
In  some  of  the  windows  are  portions  of  painted  glass.  This  church 
was  formerly  appropriated  to  Leicester  Abbey,  and  its  parish  has 
5940  souls,  and  comprises  the  greater  part  of  the  dissolved  parishes 
of  St.  Clement  and  St.  Peter,  and  the  whole  of  that  of  St.  Michael; 
— the  four  discharged  vicarages  being  consolidated  as  one  benefice,  in 
the  patronage  of  the  Lord  Chancellor.  The  living  is  valued  in  K.B. 
at  £8.  3s.  8d.,  and  was  augmented  with  £400  of  Queen  Anne's 
Bounty,  in  1762  and  1802,  and  with  £1400  in  two  parliamentary 
grants,  in  1815  and  1824.  It  is  now  valued  at  £70,  and  St. 
Leonard's  Vicarage,  which  has  been  united  to  it,  at  £50  per  annum. 
The  Rev.  Thos.  Wm.  Johnes,  M.A.,  is  the  Vicar;  the  Rev.  Thos. 
Wm.  Were,  B.A.,  curate;  Mrs.  Holyoak,  organist ;  Thomas  Kenney, 
clerk ;  and  Hy.  Beaumont,  sexton. 


160  HISTORY   OF   LEICESTER. 

Christ  Church,  a  neat  cruciform  structure,  in  Bow  street,  near 
Bedford  street  and  Wharf  street,  was  erected  by  subscription  in 
1839,  at  a  cost  of  about  £6000,  for  the  accommodation  of  the 
inhabitants  of  the  north-east  part  of  the  town,  where  many  new 
streets  have  been  built  during  the  last  twenty  years.  It  contains 
1200  sittings,  and  its  perpetual  curacy  is  in  the  patronage  of  five 
trustees,  viz: — Lord  Berners,  Rev.  Edw.  T.  Vaughan,  M.A., 
Richd.  Mitchell,  Esq.,  Hy.  Adcock,  Esq.,  and  another.  The 
Church  is  built  entirely  of  brick,  in  the  early  English  style,  and 
comprises  nave,  transepts,  and  chancel  with  apsidal  termination.  A 
small  bell  turret,  surmounted  by  a  cross,  rises  from  the  intersection 
of  the  nave  and  transept.  The  centre  window  of  the  apse  is  filled 
with  stained  glass,  representing  Our  Blessed  Lord,  with  the  inscrip- 
tion, "  Salvator  Mundi."  Above  his  head  is  depicted  the  Holy 
Spirit  in  the  form  of  a  dove,  and  at  the  bottom  of  the  window  is  an 
angel  bearing  a  scroll.  A  small  gallery  at  the  west  end  of  the 
church  contains  an  organ.  The  open  roof  of  the  church  has  a  very 
fine  appearance.  Its  parish  was  formed  out  of  the  extensive  parish 
of  St.  Margaret;  and  includes  all  that  part  of  the  town  lying  between 
Humberstone  road  and  Belgrave  gate.  It  contains  nearly  12,000 
inhabitants,  and  is  in  the  incumbency  of  the  Rev.  Thos.  Owen,  M.A., 
who  has  a  handsome  parsonage  house  in  Cobden  street,  built  of 
brick  in  the  Elizabethan  style,  in  1856,  at  a  cost  of  about  £1700, 
including  the  purchase  of  the  site.    Wm.  Wortley  is  the  church  clerk. 

St.  Andrew's  Church,  in  Jarrom  street,  near  the  Infirmary,  was 
consecrated  by  the  Bishop  of  Sodor  and  Man,  20th  February,  1862, 
and  was  erected  by  Messrs.  Osborne  Brothers,  of  Leicester,  from 
designs  by  that  eminent  architect,  G.  Gilbert  Scott,  Esq.,  R.A., 
at  a  cost  of  about  £5000.  The  County  Church  Extension  Fund 
granted  £2000  towards  the  building,  £400  towards  the  purchase  of 
the  site,  and  £500  towards  an  endowment ;  and  similar  sums  have 
been  raised  by  subscription.  The  first  stone  was  laid  by  the  Duke 
of  Rutland,  December  6th,  1860,  and  the  building  is  cruciform, 
consisting  of  nave,  transepts,  and  chancel,  with  semicircular  apse. 
It  is  in  the  early  English  style  of  architecture,  built  almost  entirely 
of  brick,  slightly  relieved  with  Bath  stone,  which  is  introduced  in  the 
arches,  the  window  sills,  the  weatherings  of  the  buttresses,  the  arcade 
round  the  exterior  of  the  apse,  and  in  various  other  parts  of  the 
building.  The  exterior  is  principally  of  red  brick,  ornamented  with 
dark  blue  and  white  bricks  arranged  in  a  series  of  ingenious  pat- 
terns. The  main  walls  are  strengthened  with  massive  buttresses, 
and  the  gables  at  the  west  end,  and  at  each  of  the  transepts,  are 
coped  with  brick,  with  stone  springers  and  banders,  the  apex  of  each 
gable  terminating  with  a  stone  cross.  The  exterior  of  the  chancel 
and  apse  is  ornamented  with  an  arcade,  every  alternate  arch  of 
which  contains  a  plain  lancet  window.  A  bell  turret,  with  room  for 
three  bells,  above  the  chancel  arch,  rises  to  the  height  of  about 
eighty-one  feet,  and  the  vestry  and  organ  chamber  are  on  the  east 
side  of  the  north  transept.     The  roofs  are  covered  with  Swithland 


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slates,  in  diminishing  courses.  The  two  principal  entrances  are 
through  a  recessed  door  at  the  west  end  and  a  lofty  porch  at  the 
south  side.  There  is  also  an  entrance  for  children  in  the  north 
transept.  The  interior  of  the  church  is  remarkably  beautiful,  the 
rich  soft  colour  and  varied  designs  of  the  bricks  with  which  the  walls 
are  faced,  and  the  lofty  arches  which  divide  the  nave  from  the 
chancel  and  transepts,  together  with  the  complicated  timbers  of  the 
roof,  adding  much  to  the  general  effect.  Owing  to  the  absence  of 
pillars,  the  altar  and  pulpit  can  be  seen  from  every  part  of  the 
building.  The  nave  is  covered  with  a  strong  and  massive  open  tim- 
bered roof  of  one  span,  the  ridge  of  which  is  about  sixty  feet  above 
the  level  of  the  floor.  The  principals,  which  are  seven  in  number, 
are  very  strong,  and  form  double  arches  across  the  nave,  each  arch 
with  two  parallel  circular  braces  bolted  together,  the  spaces  being 
filled  in  with  light  cross  braces  to  form  a  diamond  pattern.  These 
principals  spring  from  pilasters  at  the  height  of  about  twelve  feet 
from  the  floor  line,  thus  throwing  the  weight  of  the  roof  almost  per- 
pendicularly upon  the  walls.  The  roofs  over  the  transepts  are 
simply  cross-braced,  that  over  the  chancel  having  a  very  light  and 
unique  appearance,  owing  to  the  fact  that  each  rafter  is  braced  as 
before,  but  is  filled  in,  and  forms  on  the  soffit  a  Gothic  arch.  The 
roofs  throughout  the  church  deserve  much  admiration  for  the  inge- 
nuity which  is  displayed  in  their  construction,  and  for  their  simple 
yet  imposing  appearance.  Wrought  boarding  covers  the  whole,  and 
the  timbers  throughout  are  stained  and  varnished.  The  nave  is 
seated  with  open  stalls  of  stained  and  varnished  deal.  The  transepts 
are  set  aside  for  the  use  of  the  school  children,  and  are  seated  with 
moveable  forms.  The  stalls  in  the  chancel  are  of  more  elaborate 
design.  The  church  affords  accommodation  for  about  960  persons, 
including  the  seats  for  children  in  the  transepts.  The  altar  is  raised 
three  steps  from  the  floor,  and  is  enclosed  by  a  light  deal  railing. 
The  pulpit,  which  is  placed  on  the  north  side  of  the  chancel  arch, 
has  a  stone  base,  formed  of  a  cluster  of  small  octagonal  shafts,  with 
intersecting  moulded  bases  and  caps  enriched  with  the  tooth  orna- 
ment, encircling  the  centre  pillar.  The  upper  part  is  of  deal,  carved 
with  a  simple  ornament.  The  prayer  desk  and  lectern  are  also  of 
deal.  The  font  is  of  very  plain  design,  and  harmonizes  well  with 
the  general  character  of  the  church.  The  floor  is  laid  with  small 
red  and  black  Staffordshire  tiles,  in  various  patterns.  The  windows 
are  glazed  with  Cathedral  glass  of  a  greenish  tint,  the  circles  in  the 
upper  portion  of  the  nave  windows  being  filled  with  ornamental 
designs.  St.  Andrew's  Church  district  comprises  the  south-eastern 
part  of  St.  Mary's  parish,  and  is  bounded  by  York  street,  Mill  lane, 
the  Canal,  Aylestone  road,  and  Welford  road.  It  is  endowed  with 
£1000,  and  its  perpetual  curacy  is  in  the  patronage  of  the  Bishop  of 
Peterborough,  and  incumbency  of  the  Rev.  John  Spittal,  B.A.,  for 
whom  it  is  intended  to  erect  a  parsonage  house. 

St.  George's  Church,  in  Rutland  street,  is  a  handsome  fabric, 
erected  by  Government,  for  the  accommodation  of  the  inhabitants  of 


162  HISTORY   OF   LEICESTER. 

the  south-east  part  of  the  town.  The  site  was  purchased  by  sub- 
scription, and  the  first  stone  laid  Aug.  29th,  1823,  by  Earl  Howe. 
The  church  was  opened  Feb.  18th,  1827,  and  has  about  2000 
sittings,  1260  of  which  are  free.  It  is  an  elegant  specimen  of  the 
decorated  style,  and  cost  about  £16,000.  It  is  92  feet  long,  and  64 
broad ;  and  its  tower  and  spire  rise  to  the  height  of  180  feet. 
During  a  storm  in  August,  1846,  the  spire  was  struck  by  lightning, 
and  greatly  damaged,  but  it  was  soon  afterwards  repaired  at  a  cost 
of  nearly  £800.  The  tower  contains  six  bells.  The  beautifully 
painted  east  window  was  purchased  by  subscription,  and  the  clock 
was  the  gift  of  George  Pochin,  Esq.,  of  Barkby  Hall.  The  parish, 
which  was  formed  in  1828  out  of  St.  Margaret's,  and  contains  about 
12,000  inhabitants,  comprises  the  district  lying  between  Humberstone 
road  and  London  road.  The  perpetual  curacy,  valued  at  £160,  is  in 
the  patronage  of  the  prebendary  of  Leicester  St.  Margaret,  in  Lincoln 
Cathedral.  The  Rev.  Robert  Burnaby,  B.A.,  is  the  incumbent; 
Rev.  Chas.  H.  Wood,  B.A.,  curate;  Miss  Wyles,  organist;  Isaac 
Handscombe,  clerk;  and  Joseph  Willson,  sexton. 

St.  John's  Church,  at  the  junction  of  Ashwell  street  and  South 
Albion  street,  near  the  London  road,  is  an  elegant  structure  in  the 
geometrical  decorated  style  of  architecture,  built  from  designs  by  the 
celebrated  architect,  G.  Gilbert  Scott,  Esq.,  R.A.  The  first  stone 
was  laid  by  Earl  Howe,  April  22nd,  1853,  and  the  building  was 
consecrated  by  the  Bishop  of  Peterborough  on  the  6th  of  September, 
1854.  The  total  cost  of  the  edifice  was  about  £7000,  of  which 
£3000  were  granted  out  of  the  County  Church  Extension  Fund, 
£1000  by  the  Church  Building  Commissioners,  £300  by  the  Incor- 
porated Society,  and  £250  by  the  Leicester  Church  Building  Society. 
The  remainder  was  raised  by  private  subscription.  The  church 
consists  of  nave,  aisles,  transepts,  chancel,  and  two  chapels.  A 
tower,  surmounted  by  a  lofty  spire,  is  situated  over  the  eastern 
transept.  The  chancel  terminates  in  an  apse,  lighted  by  five 
windows  filled  with  stained  glass,  representing  some  of  the  principal 
passages  in  the  life  of  our  Redeemer,  from  His  birth  to  His  being 
seated  in  Glory  in  Heaven.  Each  window  has  two  lights,  and  each 
light  contains  two  subjects  —  the  type  and  its  antitype.  The 
transept  windows,  as  well  as  some  of  the  windows  of  the  aisles, 
and  the  whole  of  those  at  the  north-west  end  of  the  church,  are 
filled  with  beautiful  stained  glass.  All  the  stained  glass  has  been 
executed  by  Wailes,  of  Newcastle,  and  has  been  given  to  the  church 
by  various  donors.  South  of  the  transepts  are  two  chapels,  the 
south  walls  of  which  terminate  where  the  apse  commences.  The 
interior  of  the  church  is  very  spacious,  and  has  a  light  and  elegant 
appearance.  It  is  fitted  with  open  carved  benches,  and  has  a  hand- 
some stone  pulpit,  ornamented  with  sunk  panels  and  delicately- 
chiselled  foliage.  The  reading  desk  and  choristers'  stalls  are  also 
boldly  and  tastefully  carved,  and  the  font  is  of  Caen  stone,  resting 
on  four  shafts  of  dark  Penzance  marble.  The  church  has  900 
sittings,  about  half  of  which  are  free.     The  principal  entrance  is  in 


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Ashwell  street,  but  there  is  a  neat  porch  in  South  Albion  street. 
St.  John's  parish  contains  nearly  6000  souls,  and  has  been  formed 
out  of  St.  Margaret's  for  all  ecclesiastical  purposes.  It  is  bounded 
by  a  line  drawn  from  a  point  opposite  the  Three  Crowns  Hotel,  at 
the  junction  of  Horsefair  street  and  Granby  street,  and  proceeding 
along  the  centre  of  Granby  street  and  London  road  to  the  termina- 
tion of  the  New  walk ;  thence  along  the  New  walk  to  the  junction  of 
Belvoir  street  and  Welford  place ;  thence  along  Welford  place  and 
Newarke  street  to  Oxford  street ;  thence  along  Oxford  street  as  far 
as  Millstone  lane  ;  thence  along  Millstone  lane  and  Horsefair  street, 
to  the  point  where  the  boundary  line  first  began.  The  living  is  a 
perpetual  curacy,  valued  at  £1 50,  in  the  patronage  of  the  Bishop  of 
Peterborough.  The  Rev.  Wm.  Barber  M.A.,  is  the  incumbent,  and 
resides  at  the  parsonage  house,  a  neat  building  in  Ashwell  street, 
built  in  1858,  at  a  cost  of  £1100.  The  Rev.  Robt.  Hayes  is  curate; 
Mr.  Frederick  Lohr,  organist ;  and  Wm.  Plant,  clerk. 

St.  Leonakd's  Parish  is  of  small  extent,  comprising  only  Abbey- 
gate,  Woodgate,  and  part  of  Frog  island,  and  having  only  441 
inhabitants.  Its  church,  which  stood  near  the  North  bridge,  was 
destroyed  during  the  civil  wars  in  the  time  of  Charles  I.  The 
sequestrated  vicarage,  valued  in  1835  at  £6,  and  now  at  £50,  was 
augmented  with  £200  of  Queen  Anne's  Bounty  in  1737,  and  is  in 
the  patronage  of  the  Lord  Chancellor,  and  incumbency  of  the  Vicar 
of  All  Saints.  Service  is  occasionally  performed  in  the  schoolroom 
which  stands  in  the  churchyard.  The  Earl  of  Dysart  is  lord  of  the 
manor. 

St.  Margaret's  Church,  the  largest  and  most  interesting  church 
in  Leicester,  and  one  of  the  finest  in  the  county,  is  parochial  and 
prebendal.  It  consists  of  nave,  with  clerestory  and  aisles,  chancel, 
vestry,  south  porch,  and  tower,  and  stands  in  a  large  churchyard  at 
the  junction  of  Churchgate  and  Sanveygate,  near  the  Vicarage  House, 
in  the  northern  part  of  the  town,  called  Bishop's  Fee,  from  its  being 
the  seat  of  a  Bishop,  till  the  removal  of  the  see  of  Leicester  to 
Dorchester,  and  finally  to  Lincoln,  as  already  noticed  at  page  43. 
The  Parish  of  St.  Margaret,  with  Bishop's  Fee,  but  exclusive  of 
Knighton  Chapelry,  comprises  more  than  half  the  town,  and  in- 
creased its  population  from  15,409  souls  in  1821  to  14,198  in  1861. 
The  Earl  of  Dysart  is  lord  of  the  manor,  but  the  land  and  buildings 
belong  to  various  proprietors.  The  church  stands  on  or  near  the 
site  of  the  Cathedral  Church  and  Bishop's  Palace,  which  stood  here 
in  the  seventh  century,  and  of  the  latter  of  which  some  remains 
were  extant  in  Leland's  time.  It  is  remarkable  for  its  handsome 
tower,  containing  a  musical  peal  of  ten  bells,  and  for  its  large  orna- 
mented south  porch.  The  tower,  which  is  engaged  in  the  body  of 
the  church,  is  108  feet  high,  and  has  pinnacles,  a  staircase  turret  at 
the  south-western  corner,  and  an  embattled  parapet,  below  which 
are  several  rows  of  panelling  in  the  perpendicular  style.  The  south 
porch  is  of  two  stories,  and  contains  a  deeply  recessed  doorway  in 
the  earlv  English  style,  enriched  with  the  tooth  ornament,  and 

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164  HISTORY   OF  LEICESTER. 

forming  a  compound  arch.  The  vaulting  of  the  porch  is  of  stone, 
ornamented  with  fan  tracery.  The  north  door  is  also  recessed  and 
embellished  with  iron  scroll-work.  The  buttresses  at  the  south-west 
corner  of  the  nave  have  been  enriched  with  niches  having  crocketed 
canopies,  and  must  have  had  a  fine  appearance.  The  interior  of 
the  church  is  very  noble.  Its  large  and  lofty  nave,  spacious  aisles, 
and  beautiful  chancel  are  admirably  proportioned,  and  produce  a 
striking  effect.  The  nave  and  aisles  are  of  the  early  geometrical 
period,  except  the  last  bay  next  the  chancel,  which  is  of  the  semi- 
Norman  or  transition  period.  The  heads  of  all  the  windows  in  the 
aisles  are  filled  with  geometrical  tracery.  The  clerestory  is  in  the 
perpendicular  style.  The  nave,  exclusive  of  the  tower,  is  of  five 
bays ;  the  south  arcade  being  apparently  the  earliest,  as  three  of  its 
arches  have  the  tooth  ornament  in  their  mouldings.  The  tower  arch 
is  open  to  the  nave,  and  the  gallery,  which  once  disfigured  it,  has  been 
removed  so  as  to  bring  the  fine  west  window  into  view.  The  ancient 
font  was  cleansed  and  restored  at  the  expense  of  Mrs.  Irvine,  a  late 
vicar's  lady,  about  twenty  years  ago.  It  is  octagonal,  with  richly 
carved  panels,  and  stands  at  the  south  side  of  the  western  entrance. 
Near  it  is  an  antique  chest,  with  massive  iron  bands  and  three  locks. 
The  body  of  the  church  is  filled  with  plain  open  benches,  in  place 
of  the  unsightly  square  pews  which  have  been  removed,  but  the  roofs 
of  the  nave  and  aisles  are  still  hidden  by  tasteless  plaster  ceilings, 
which  it  is  hoped  will  shortly  be  taken  down.  The  chancel  was 
restored  in  184G,  and  is  lighted  by  four  four-light  windows  on  each 
side,  and  a  large  east  window,  all  in  the  perpendicular  style,  with 
embattled  transoms,  and  having  a  very  fine  effect.  It  contains  three 
elegantly  designed  corona?,  and  is  separated  from  the  nave  by  a 
carved  oak  screen,  which,  though  new,  is  almost  a  fac-simile  of  its 
predecessor.  The  chancel  is  fitted  with  stalls  copied  from  the  old 
ones  as  nearly  as  possible,  and  at  the  entrance  stands  a  fine  brass 
eagle-lectern,  given  by  Mrs.  Clay  in  memory  of  her  father,  the  late 
Thos.  Miller,  Esq.,  of  this  parish.  On  each  side  of  the  cast  window 
arc  beautifully  carved  niches,  formerly  occupied  by  figures  of  the 
Virgin  Mary  and  St.  Margaret.  The  sedilia  and  piscina  arc  also 
richly  carved.  On  the  north  side  of  the  communion  table  is  the 
recumbent  effigy  of  Bishop  Penny,  who  died  in  1519  at  Leicester 
Abbey,  of  which  he  had  formerly  been  abbot.  It  is  of  marble,  and 
represents  the  bishop,  vested  in  his  pontificals,  with  the  mitre  on 
his  head,  the  maniple  on  his  left  arm,  the  pastoral  staff  by  his  side, 
and  his  hands  joined  upon  his  breast  in  the  attitude  of  prayer.  On 
the  fourth  finger  of  his  right  hand  is  the  episcopal  ring,  and  on  the 
first  and  fourth  fingers  of  his  left  hand  are  other  rings.  This  beau- 
tiful monument,  which  formerly  lay  under  a  small  gallery  at  the  end 
of  the  north  aisle,  was  restored  by  the  late  Rev.  A.  Irvine,  a  former 
vicar,  and  his  friends,  and  was  subsequently  placed  upon  a  new 
altar-tomb  of  appropriate  design,  and  moved  to  its  present  position 
by  the  Rev.  W.  H.  Andcrdon,  one  of  his  successors.  Near  it  is  a 
hagioscope  looking  from  the  vestry  towards  the  altar,  and  a  credence 


st.  Margaret's  church.  165 

table,  which  is  never  used.  The  roof  of  the  chancel  is  of  open 
panelled  work,  and  over  the  communion  table  it  is  painted  and 
gilded  in  an  appropriate  manner.  The  floor  is  laid  with  encaustic 
tiles.  The  organ  is  placed  over  the  vestry,  and  rather  spoils  the 
appearance  of  the  church.  It  is  a  fine-toned  instrument,  built  in 
1773,  and  has  been  enlarged  and  improved  at  a  subsequent  period, 
but  is  not  furnished  with  a  case.  The  east  window  is  nearly  filled 
with  stained  glass.  The  five  compartments  in  the  lower  tier  are  in 
memory  of  the  late  Mrs.  Jones,  the  first  wife  of  the  present  vicar, 
and  were  given  by  her  father,  her  husband,  and  three  of  her  beloved 
friends.  The  subjects  are  the  Resurrection,  the  Good  Samaritan, 
the  Ascension,  the  Last  Supper,  and  the  Raising  of  Jairus'  Daughter. 
Several  other  compartments  of  this  window  are  also  filled  with  stained 
glass,  one  of  them  in  memory  of  Llewellyn,  eldest  son  of  the  Rev. 
T.  Jones ;  and  it  is  intended  to  fill  the  remainder  with  a  connected 
series  of  subjects  by  Gibbs,  of  London.  The  windows  on  each  side 
of  the  east  window  are  to  the  memory  of  the  late  Rev.  Andrew 
Irvine  and  his  family.  They  are  glazed  with  small  quarries  of 
coloured  glass,  inscribed  with  texts  of  scripture  running  diagonally 
across  the  lights,  with  the  crests  of  the  evangelists  in  the  centre ;  and 
are  considered  very  chaste.  The  north-east  window  is  to  the  memory 
of  Joseph  Wheatley,  Esq.  Its  two  centre  lights  contain  figures  of 
St.  Joseph  and  Joseph  of  Arimathea,  the  former  bearing  his  staff 
and  the  lily.  Four  angels  bearing  ornamental  scrolls  are  depicted 
in  the  two  side  lights.  A  window  in  the  north  aisle,  to  the  memory 
of  Mr.  Henry  Highton,  represents  in  its  three  lights  the  parable  of 
the  Good  Samaritan,  The  south-east  window  has  been  filled  with 
stained  glass  to  the  memory  of  the  late  Mrs.  Jones,  by  a  number  of 
attached  friends  and  parishioners.  It  is  a  very  chaste  design,  con- 
taining two  groups  of  figures  under  canopies.  One  represents  Our 
Blessed  Lord  feeding  the  multitude,  with  the  text  underwritten, 
"  He  that  cometh  to  me  shall  never  hunger ;"  the  other,  Our  Saviour 
washing  the  feet  of  His  disciples,  with  the  inscription,  "  Lord,  not 
my  feet  only,  but  also  my  hands  and  my  head."  A  window  in  the 
south  aisle,  to  the  memory  of  Mrs.  Highton,  represents  the  History 
of  Dorcas ;  and  next  to  it  is  a  beautiful  window  to  the  memory  of 
Mary,  the  beloved  daughter  of  the  late  Mr.  Joshua  Cook,  of  Bel- 
grave  gate.  The  two  principal  figures  are  the  Good  Shepherd 
and  St.  John  the  Baptist,  and  beneath  them  are  groups  representing 
the  Raising  of  Jairus'  Daughter  and  Our  Saviour  blessing  little 
Children.  Adjoining  this  window  is  another  of  similar  design,  to  the 
memory  of  the  wife  of  John  Jackson,  Esq.,  having  figures  of  St. 
John  the  Evangelist  and  St.  Stephen  the  Martyr  in  the  upper  part, 
and  groups  representing  the  lame  man  at  the  Beautiful  Gate,  and 
the  stoning  of  St.  Stephen,  beneath.  Most  of  the  stained  glass  is 
by  Willement,  of  London,  but  there  is  some  by  Wailes,  Gibbs,  and 
Warrington.  During  the  last  seventeen  years  very  extensive  repairs 
and  restorations  have  been  effected  in  this  church.  The  chancel 
Jias  been  thoroughly  restored  under  the,  direction  of  the  late  Mr, 


166  HISTORY   OF   LEICESTER. 

Carpenter,  of  London.  The  north  and  south  walls  and  windows 
have  also  been  restored  lry  Mr.  Firn,  of  Leicester,  under  the  direction 
of  G.  Gilbert  Scott,  Esq.,  R.A.,  the  celebrated  architect.  While  the 
works  were  in  progress,  the  chancel  arch  was  found  to  be  so  much 
deca}red,  that  it  was  deemed  necessary  to  take  it  down  and  rebuild  it, 
when  a  circular  and  two  trefoil  windows,  containing  fragments  of 
stained  glass,  were  discovered  in  the  wall  above  it,  and  have  been 
admirably  renewed.  The  cost  of  repairing  the  exterior  has  already 
exceeded  £2000,  and  the  internal  and  other  restorations  still  un- 
finished, will  doubtless  cost  a  much  larger  sum.  The  chancel  belongs 
to  Miss  Fenwick,  as  lessee  impropriator  of  the  great  tithes  of  the 
parish,  and  she  is  bound  to  keep  it  in  repair.  The  church  contains 
a  large  number  of  mural  tablets,  bearing  the  names  of  most  of  the 
principal  families  in  the  neighbourhood.  A  guild  in  connection  with 
this  church  was  incorporated  in  the  reign  of  Richard  II. ,  in  the  name 
of  two  masters,  for  the  payment  of  two  priests  to  perform  divine 
service  and  pray  for  the  souls  of  the  founders.  It  was  endowed  with 
property  worth  about  £21  a  year,  which  was  sold  at  the  dissolution 
to  Robert  Cuteler.  The  parish  is  in  the  patronage  of  the  Preben- 
dary of  Leicester  St.  Margaret,  in  Lincoln  Cathedral ;  but,  on  the 
death  of  the  present  prebendary,  the  Rev.  Sir  J.  H.  C.  Seymour, 
Bart.,  who  has  held  the  living  since  1827,  the  prebend  will  be 
abolished,  and  the  patronage  of  St.  Margaret's  and  St.  George's 
churches  will  pass  to  the  Bishop  of  Peterborough.  The  parish  was 
enclosed  and  the  tithes  commuted  in  1764.  The  discharged  vicarage 
of  St.  Margaret,  with  the  curacy  of  Knighton  annexed  to  it,  was 
valued  in  1535  at  £17.  18s.  6£&,  and  is  now  worth  £380  per 
annum.  The  Rev.  Timothy  Jones,  M.A.,  is  the  vicar;  the  Revs. 
Hugh  Bryan,  LL.B.  and  John  Falcon,  B. A.,  curates;  Mr.  George 
A.  Lohr,  organist;  and  Mr.  Wm.  Kirby,  clerk  and  sexton.  Prayers 
are  read  in  the  church  every  morning,  at  half-past  seven  in  summer 
and  eleven  in  winter;  and  every  evening  at  seven  o'clock.  The 
three  ecclesiastical  parishes  of  Christ  Church,  St.  George's,  and  St. 
John's,  have  been  formed  out  of  St.  Margaret's  parish,  of  which  they 
comprise  the  eastern  and  southern  parts. 

St.  Martin's  Church,  formerly  called  St.  Cross,  stands  near  the 
Town  Hall,  and  is  the  largest  and  most  central  church  in  the  town. 
In  it  the  assize  sermons  are  preached,  and  the  archdeacon  holds  his 
courts,  and  the  bishop  his  confirmations.  The  church  is  of  very 
early  foundation,  and  was  originally  a  cruciform  structure,  with 
narrow  aisles,  to  the  nave,  north  and  south  transepts,  chancel,  and 
tower.  The  narrowness  of  the  church,  and  especially  of  its  aisles, 
was  felt  as  a  great  inconvenience  at  the  close  of  the  13th  century, 
and  in  order  to  remedy  this,  an  additional  south  aisle  of  larger 
dimensions  was  added,  the  former  aisle  being  retained,  and  the 
separation  between  the  nave  and  the  original  aisle,  and  also  that 
between  the  original  and  the  additional  aisle,  being  made  by  tall 
slender  pillars,  thus  giving  a  very  imposing  and  spacious  appearance 
to  the  interior.  The  chancel,  which  belongs  to  the  crown,  was  rebuilt, 


ST.  martin's  church.  167 

and  an  aisle  was  added  to  it,  late  in  the  perpendicular  period,  pro- 
bably about  14.09.     The  materials  of  the  north  side  of  the  church 
appear  to  have  been  taken  from  an  old  ruin,  "  probably  (as  Nichols 
remarks)  from  the  town  wall,  which,  at  the  Conquest,  lay  in  massy 
heaps."    It  has  already  been  seen  that  the  town  was  nearly  destroyed 
both  in  10G8  and  1173,  and  no  doubt  this  and  other  churches  here 
were  partly  rebuilt  after  each  of  these  periods.     For  a  number  of 
years,  the  process  of  restoration,  in  accordance  with  the  revived  taste 
of  the  present  age,  has  been  gradually  going  on  at  this  fine  church, 
and  is  now  rapidly  drawing  to  a  conclusion.  In  1847,  the  roofs  of  the 
two  south  aisles  and  that  of  the  chancel  were  taken  down  and  re- 
placed by  new  ones,  and  at  the  same  time  the  stone  work  of  the  walls 
and  windows  of  the  chancel  was  restored.     In  1848,  the  dilapidated 
piers  and  arches  between  the  nave  and  north  aisle  were  rebuilt,  the 
decayed  roof  of  the  north  aisle  was  renewed,  the  galleries  were  re* 
moved,  and  the  church  was  partly  reseated  on  one  uniform  plan. 
The  reseating  was  completed  in  1851,  when  the  piers  and  arches  in 
the  south  aisle  were  reconstructed,  and  the  windows  of  the  clerestory, 
and  the  great  western  window  of  the  nave  were  tastefully  restored. 
In  the  same  year,  a  new  heating  apparatus  was  placed  in  the  church, 
a  deep  dry  drain  was  made  on  the  outside  of  the  building,  and  a 
handsome  stone  pavement  was  laid  in  the  chancel.     About  this  time 
several  valuable  gifts  were  made  to  the  church,  including  the  painted 
glass  in  the  east  window,  (representing  various  events  in  the  Life  of 
Christ,)  the  reredos,  the  font,  the  corbels  for  the  roof  of  the  south 
aisle,  and  the  western  window  of  the  smaller  south  aisle.     At  least 
£7000  were  expended  in  these  repairs,  restorations,  and  gifts.     The 
ancient  tower,  which  rose  from  the  centre  of  the  building  on  four  low 
semicircular  arches  resting  on  massive  Norman  pillars,  and  was  sur- 
mounted by  a  lofty  crocketed  spire,  was  taken  down  and  rebuilt  in 
1862,  in  the  early  English  style ;  and  a  handsome  broach  spire; 
similar  in  design  to  that  of  Ketton,  in   Northamptonshire,  is   in- 
tended to  be  added,  at  a  total  cost  of  about  £4000.     By  this  altera- 
tion,  an   increased  width  of  about  five  feet,  as  well  as  a  greatly 
increased  elevation,  has  been  gained  in  the  chancel  arch,  the  interna! 
appearance  of  the  church  is  much  improved,  and  the   transepta! 
arrangement  of  the  church  is  again  rendered  externally  apparent. 
The  tower  contains  ten  bells  and  is  106  feet  high,  and  the  spire, 
when  complete,  will  be  94  feet  high,  thus  making  the  total  height 
200  feet.    During  the  excavations  in  and  near  the  church,  many 
antiquities  of  great  interest  were  brought   to  light.      Several  con- 
siderable portions  of  the   foundations   of  ancient   walls   were  dis- 
covered,  and  upon  removing  the  earth  on  the  north  side  of  the  church, 
close  to  the  palisading  dividing  the  church  ground  from  the  Town- 
hall-lane,  the  workmen  came  to  a  rubble  wall  of  considerable  thick- 
ness, surmounted  by  a  wrought  stone  platform,  upon  which  stood  the 
bases  of  two  massive  Doric  columns,  each  about  two  feet  in  diameter. 
These  columns  in  all  probability  formed  a  portion  of  a  colonnade, 
which,  judging  from  the  size  and  the  space  intervening  between  tbeia 


168  HISTORY   OF   LEICESTER. 

(about  ten  feet)  would  be  of  considerable  length.  The  earth  in  the 
interior  also  contained  numerous  fragments  of  Roman  pottery,  and 
the  bones  of  animals  and  birds.  Two  coins  of  Nero  and  Constantine 
were  likewise  turned  up  ;  the  truth  of  the  tradition  that  a  Roman 
temple  stood  upon  the  site  of  the  present  church  being  thus,  it  is  pre- 
sumed, unequivocally  proved.  Upon  taking  down  the  tower,  several 
fragments  of  mediaeval  coffins,  corbels  and  other  pieces  of  carved 
stone,  were  met  with  in  the  later  portions  of  it,  the  builders  having 
apparently,  without  much  respect  for  the  remains  of  an  earlier  age, 
used  all  the  available  stone  within  their  reach.  Over  the  south  door 
of  the  church  is  a  fine  painting  of  the  Ascension,  executed  by  Vanni, 
an  Italian  artist,  in  1563,  and  presented  by  Sir  Wm.  Skeffington, 
about  1790.  There  are  sedilia  and  a  piscina  in  the  great  south  aisle, 
and  also  sedilia  in  the  chancel.  The  organ  is  at  the  west  end  of  the 
great  south  aisle,  and  was  purchased  by  subscription,  and  opened 
in  1774,  at  the  anniversay  meeting  of  the  Infirmary,  when  the  Earl 
of  Sandwich  was  present,  and  accompanied  the  band  upon  the  kettle- 
drums. Omai,  a  native  of  Otaheite,  brought  over  by  Captain  Cook, 
was  also  present.  The  font  stands  near  the  south  door,  and  was 
given  by  Thomas  Combe,  Esq.,  of  Oxford.  It  is  of  Caen  stone,  and 
is  elaborately  carved,  and  ornamented  with  heads  of  the  Queen,  the 
Bishop,  and  some  of  the  relatives  and  friends  of  the  donor.  On  the 
north  side  of  the  chancel  is  "Heyricke's  Chancel,"  supposed  to  have 
been  formerly  called  St.  Dunstan's  Chapel,  but  since  the  Reformation, 
it  has  been  occupied  by  the  tombs  of  the  ancient  family  of  Heyricke. 
That  part  of  the  edifice  now  used  as  the  vestry  is  supposed  to  have 
been  St.  Catherine's  Chapel,  and  is  the  place  where  the  Parliamentary 
troops  are  said  to  have  quartered  their  horses  in  the  civil  war.  Much 
damage  was  done  to  the  church  by  the  "idol  breakers"  after  the 
Reformation,  when  we  find  it  recorded  that  20d.  was  paid  to  a  person 
"for  cuttynge  downe  the  ymages'  hedes;"  and  12d.  for  taking  down 
the  angel's  wings.  A  chantry  belonging  to  this  church,  and  called 
"Corpus  Christi  Chantry,"  was  founded  by  Wm.  Humberstone  and 
John  Ive,  in  the  reign  of  Edward  III.,  and  the  Guild  of  Corpus 
Christi  provided  for  the  payment  of  four  priests  to  say  masses  in  the 
church  for  the  souls  of  the  deceased  brethren  and  sisters.  Thoresby 
says  this  Guild  was  the  "most  ancient  and  principal  in  Leicester." 
The  four  priests  dwelt  in  part  of  a  house  in  Highcross  street,  now 
occupied  as  a  home  for  penitent  females.  In  the  middle  ages,  reli- 
gious processions  were  the  chief  holidays  of  the  people.  On  Whit- 
Monday,  twelve  persons  representing  the  Apostles,  with  other  attend- 
ants, went  in  great  pomp  and  show  with  the  image  of  St.  Martin  to 
St.  Margaret's  church.  A  similar  procession  went  from  St.  Mary's, 
carrying  the  image  of  the  Virgin  Mary,  under  a  canopy,  borne  by  four 
persons,  with  a  quinstrel  harp,  and  other  music,  playing  before  her. 
St.  George's  Guild,  a  fraternity  which  was  invested  with  peculiar 
privileges,  held  yearly  a  sort  of  jubilee,  called  "tlie  Riding  of  the 
George"  when  the  effigy  of  St.  George's  Horse,  splendidly  caparisoned, 
was  drawn  round  the  town,  accompanied  with  much  pomp  and  cere- 


ST.  martin's  church.  1G9 

mony.  This  horse  usually  stood  on  a  bracket  in  St.  George's  Chapel, 
which  formed  the  west  end  of  the  great  south  aisle,  whilst  "  Our 
Lady's  Chapel"  formed  the  cast  end.  When  the  monkish  mum- 
meries, which  so  inconsistently  blended  pastime  with  religion,  were 
overthrown,  this  celebrated  horse  was  sold  for  twelve-pence.  St. 
Martin's  Parish  has  2778  inhabitants,  and  occupies  the  most  central 
part  of  the  town.  Chpr.  Tamworth,  in  1624,  left  200  marks,  to  be 
vested  in  trust  by  the  Corporation,  for  the  support  of  a  minister  to 
read  prayers  every  morning  and  afternoon  in  St.  Martin's  church. 
The  estate  purchased  comprises  40a.  at  Whetstone,  let  for  £52  a 
year ;  in  consideration  of  which,  prayers  are  read  every  morning  by 
the  Vicar,  when  there  is  a  congregation.  The  Vicarage,  which  has 
no  glebe,  was  valued  in  1535  at  £Q.  13s.  4d.,  and  is  now  worth  about 
£*140  a  year.  It  is  in  the  patronage  of  the  Lord  Chancellor,  and 
incumbency  of  the  Rev.  David  James  Vaughan,  M.A.,  who  has  a  good 
residence  near  the  church,  and  is  also  Master  of  Wyggeston's  Hos- 
pital.    Mr.  John  Thirlby  is  the  clerk  and  sexton. 

St.  Mary's  Church  was  formerly  called  St.  Mary-de-Castro,  and 
sometimes  St.  Mary -the -less,  to  distinguish  it  from  the  abbey  church 
of  St.  Mary-de-Pratis,  and  the  collegiate  church  of  St.  Mary-in-the- 
Newarke.  It  stands  near  the  castle,  on  the  south  side  of  the  Newarke, 
and  is  a  large  pile  of  various  styles  of  architecture,  beginning  with 
the  early  Norman  of  which  it  has  some  fine  examples.  It  is  supposed 
to  have  been  built  in  1107,  by  Robert  de  Bellomont,  first  Earl  of 
Leicester,  on  the  site  of  an  ancient  Saxon  church  which  had  been 
almost  destroyed  at  the  time  of  the  conquest.  An  ancient  piscina  and 
some  bricks  found  in  the  chancel,  considered  to  be  of  that  early  age, 
seem  to  favour  this  theory.  The  Earl  founded  in  it  a  college,  con- 
sisting of  a  dean  and  twelve  canons,  and  among  other  donations  for 
their  support,  he  endowed  them  with  the  patronage  of  all  the  other 
churches  in  Leicester,  except  St.  Margaret's.  Its  contiguity  to  the 
castle  caused  it  frequently  to  share  the  fate  of  that  fortress  in  the 
intestine  wars  which  so  frequently  ravaged  the  country  during  the 
middle  ages,  and  it  was  as  often  repaired,  enlarged,  or  altered,  so 
that  few  remains  of  the  original  fabric  are  now  apparent,  except  four 
arches  of  an  arcade  still  remaining  under  the  west  window,  traces  of 
the  Norman  clerestory  on  both  sides  of  the  nave,  and  the  vestry 
doorway.  About  1250,  another  clerestory  with  small  lancet  windows 
appears  to  have  been  added  over  the  original  Norman  clerestory,  and 
after  being  altered  and  disfigured  at  subsequent  periods,  it  has  been 
recently  restored,  and  now  consists  of  twelve  early  English  windows 
on  each  side.  Those  on  the  north  are  joined  together  externally  by 
a  continuous  arcade  with  clustered  columns,  which  has  a  fine  effect, 
but  the  windows  over  the  south  arcade  admit  light  only  from  the 
south  aisle,  the  roof  of  which  is  nearly  as  high  as  that  of  the  nave. 
The  north  aisle,  which  was  rebuilt  in  1849,  is  lighted  by  four 
geometrical  windows ;  and  has  a  fine  Norman  doorway  on  its  north 
side,  consisting  of  a  double  recessed  arch,  ornamented  with  the 
chevron  j  and  another  Norman  doorway  at  its  western  end.    8U 


170  HISTORY    OF   LEICESTER. 

Ann's  Chapel  opens  from  the  north  aisle  and  belonged  to  the  ancient 
owners  of  Danett's  Hall,  to  whose  memory  it  contains  several  mural 
tablets.  It  was  specially  reserved  by  the  Noble  family  when  they  sold 
the  estate  of  Danett's  Hall  in  1861.  It  is  in  the  decorated  style, 
and  was  probably  erected  in  the  latter  half  of  the  thirteenth  century, 
on  the  site  of  an  earlier  chapel.  A  Norman  recess  for  an  altar  in 
the  east  wall,  and  an  early  English  sepulchral  arch  on  the  north  side, 
still  remain.  The  latter  contains  a  brass  inscribed — "In  memory 
of  their  Father,  Mother,  and  Sister,  this  chapel  was  restored,  Sep- 
tember 1st,  1861,  by  the  children  of  J.  W,  Noble,  Esq.  of  Danett's 
Hall."  The  south  aisle,  which  is  said  to  have  been  built  by  the 
renowned  John  of  Gaunt,  Duke  of  Lancaster,  but  was  probably 
erected  in  the  thirteenth  century,  much  before  his  time,  is  in  the 
geometrical  style,  of  great  width,  and  nearly  as  large  as  most 
churches.  The  piscina  and  sedilia  of  the  small  early  English  aisle 
which  gave  place  to  it,  are  preserved  in  its  south  wall,  and  near  them 
is  a  small  door,  behind  which  a  staircase  in  the  wall  formely  gave 
access  to  the  rood  loft  which  crossed  the  aisle.  A  clerestory  in  the 
perpendicular  style,  was  erected  early  in  the  fifteenth  century  over  the 
south  aisle,  which  was  probably  used  as  the  parochial  church,  whilst 
the  nave  and  chancel  formed  the  conventual.  The  original  roof  of 
this  aisle  is  still  visible  on  the  east  side  of  the  tower,  which  stands 
at  its  western  extremity,  and  is  not  engaged  in  the  body  of  the  church, 
but  is  supported  on  three  arches  and  the  west  wall.  It  is  of  the 
geometrical  period,  and  consists  of  four  stages,  the  upper  one 
ornamented  with  an  arcade,  and  surmounted  by  an  embattled  parapet, 
with  crocketed  pinnacles  at  the  angles.  It  contains  eight  bells,  and 
is  surmounted  by  a  lofty  and  elegant  crocketed  spire,  which  was 
rebuilt  in  1783,  in  consequence  of  considerable  damage  being  done 
to  it  by  lightning  in  that  year,  as  well  as  in  1757  and  1763.  The  font, 
a  fine  specimen  of  the  early  English  style,  stands  under  the  arches 
of  the  tower,  and  is  decorated  with  angels  and  other  ornaments.  In 
the  pavement  near  it,  are  two  ancient  gravestones  with  floriated  crosses 
upon  them,  and  a  number  of  ancient  encaustic  tiles  found  in  various 
parts  of  the  church.  The  south  porch,  erected  in  1860,  is  in  the 
early  English  style.  It  is  ornamented  inside  with  an  extremely 
chaste  arcade  with  polished  alabaster  pillars,  and  has  a  fine  recessed 
doorway  with  enriched  mouldings.  The  chancel  appears  to  have 
been  built  at  two  different  periods,  in  the  twelfth  century,  and  is  of 
Anglo-Norman  character.  It  is  lighted  by  five  windows  on  the  north 
side,  two  on  the  east,  and  two  on  the  south,  all  with  semicircular 
arches  and  plain  shafts,  except  two  in  the  north  wall,  one  of  which 
is  ornamented  with  twisted  shafts  and  the  other  with  the  chevron. 
The  corbels  are  richly  carved  with  heads,  &c,  and  the  east  window 
contains  the  arms  and  crest  of  Leicester.  The  richly  carved  sedilia, 
the  piscina  supposed  by  some  to  be  of  Saxon  origin,  and  an  aumbry 
on  each  side  of  the  chancel,  have  been  restored,  and  the  outline  of 
the  doorway  of  the  staircase  leading  to  the  ancient  rood  loft  is  still 
yisiblc.    In  1844  a  subscription  was  commenced  by  the  late  vicar, 


ST.  mary's  church.  171 

the  Rev.  J.  Brown,  for  the  purpose  of  restoring  and  repairing  this 
fine  church ;  and  from  that  time  the  work  of  improvement  was 
gradually  carried  on  till  18G1,  when  it  was  completed.  About  £7000 
have  been  expended,  and  of  this  large  sum  the  greater  part  has  been 
contributed  by  the  munificence  of  Thomas  Nevinson,  Esq.  The 
roofs  of  the  church  have  been  thoroughly  renovated,  the  galleries 
removed,  the  plaster  cleared  from  the  walls,  the  arcade  on  the  north 
side  and  three  arches  on  the  south  side  of  the  nave  have  been  rebuilt, 
and  all  the  doors  of  the  church  have  been  replaced  in  oak.  The 
north  and  south  doors  are  good  specimens  of  carving,  exactly  copied 
from  the  old  ones,  and  the  others  are  of  plain  oak,  covered  with 
richly  wrought  iron  work.  The  chancel  floor  has  been  laid  with 
encaustic  tiles,  and  two  handsome  and  elaborately  carved  oak  screens 
separate  it  from  the  nave  and  south  aisle.  The  church  is  now  com- 
pletely seated  with  open  oak  benches  with  carved  poppy  heads,  and 
the  reading  desk  and  pulpit  are  of  elaborately  carved  oak.  The 
tracery  of  all  the  windows  has  been  renewed,  and  some  of  them  have 
been  filled  with  stained  glass.  The  window  at  the  east  end  of  the 
south  aisle  contains  medallions  representing  the  Beatitudes,  emblems 
of  the  evangelists,  a  full  length  figure  of  the  Redeemer,  and  this 
inscription — "In  memory  of  the  Rev.  John  Brown,  M.A.,  Vicar;  and 
in  furtherance  of  his  latest  labours,  the  restoration  of  St.  Mary's 
Church ;  this  window,  emblematical  of  Christian  virtues,  and  therefore 
his  appropriate  monument,  is  erected  by  public  subscription.  He 
died  15th  December,  1845,  aged  52  years."  In  the  same  aisle  are 
two  other  stained  glass  windows  to  the  memory  of  the  late  John 
Moore,  Esq.,  and  members  of  his  family.  One  of  them  contains 
representations  of  the  Crucifixion,  Resurrection,  Raising  of  Lazarus, 
and  Blessing  of  Little  Children,  and  the  other  the  Presentation  of 
Jesus  in  the  Temple,  His  Baptism  by  St.  John,  and  His  conversation 
with  Nicodemus.  The  mural  tablets  in  various  parts  of  the  church 
record  the  names  of  many  of  the  principal  families  of  the  town  and 
neighbourhood.  Some  of  the  restorations  have  been  carried  out  by 
Mr.  Broadbent,  of  Leicester,  from  designs  by  the  celebrated  G-. 
Gilbert  Scott,  Esq.,  R.A.  An  excellent  organ  has  been  erected  in 
the  south  aisle  at  a  cost  of  £50.  The  lighting  of  the  church  is 
effected  by  means  of  handsome  gaseliers  suspended  from  the  roof, 
the  coronae  in  the  chancel  and  that  over  the  font  being  much  richer 
than  the  rest.  The  spacious  interior  of  this  church  has  now  a  truly 
imposing  appearance,  embracing  a  wide  range  of  clerestory  windows 
and  lofty  arches,  richly  carved  roofs,  and  many  other  objects  interest- 
ing to  the  architect  and  the  antiquary.  Wickliffe,  the  morning  star 
of  the  Reformation,  is  said  to  have  preached  in  St.  Mary's  when  he 
was  a  guest  of  John  of  Gaunt,  at  the  adjacent  castle.  The  east  end 
of  the  south  aisle  was  the  chapel  or  choir  of  the  Guild  of  the  Holy 
Trinity,  founded  in  the  reign  of  Henry  VII.  by  Sir  Richard 
Sacheverel,  Kt.,  and  the  good  lady  of  Hungerford.  A  list  of  articles 
bought  by  the  members  of  this  guild,  in  1508,  shews  the  low  price  of 
provisions  at  that  time; — "  A  dozen  of  ale,  20d.;  a  fat  wether, 


172  HISTORY   OF   LEICESTER. 

2s.  4d. ;  seven  lambs,  7s. ;  fifteen  capons,  5s. ;  half  a  quarter  of 
malt,  2s. ;  four  gallons  of  milk,  4d. ;  a  pig,  5d."  The  south 
boundary  of  the  churchyard  is  a  fragment  of  the  old  town  wall,  which 
also  encompassed  the  western  side  and  divided  it  from  the  castle. 
The  Parish  of  St.  Mary  had  13,191  souls  in  1861,  including  South 
Fields  Liberty,  which  has  about  3000  inhabitants,  and  includes  all 
those  suburbs  of  the  town  lying  in  the  west  and  south  beyond  the 
boundary  of  the  old  borough,  in  and  near  Braunstonegate,  Danett's 
Hall,  Dane  Hills,  Bromkinsthorpe,  Enderby  road,  Occupation  road, 
and  the  south  end  of  the  new  walk.  The  liberties  of  Castle  View 
and  the  Newarke  are  for  every  ecclesiastical  purpose  considered  part 
of  St.  Mary's  parish ;  but  since  the  death  of  the  late  vicar,  in  1861, 
the  district  attached  to  Trinity  Church,  bounded  by  Welford-road,  the 
New  Walk  and  the  Railway,  has  become  a  separate  ecclesiastical 
parish,  and  the  south-east  corner  of  the  parish,  bounded  by  Mill 
Lane,  York-street,  Welford-road,  Aylestone-road,  and  the  canal,  was 
in  the  same  year  constituted  a  separate  district  and  attached  to  the 
new  church  of  St.  Andrew.  St.  Mary's  is  a  discharged  vicarage, 
valued  in  the  King's  Books  at  £8,  and  now  at  £221,  being  augmented 
in  1756,  1767,  and  1792,  with  £600  of  Queen  Anne's  Bounty,  and 
in  1814,  and  1817,  with  £1600  in  two  Parliamentary  grants.  The 
Lord  Chancellor  is  pactron;  Rev.  Jas.  Noble  Bennie,  LL.B.,  vicar ; 
Rev.  Brooks  Lister,  B.A.,  curate;  Miss  Deacon,  organist;  and  Mr. 
Henry  Wye,  clerk  and  sexton.  The  evening  lectureship  was  established 
in  1778.     There  is  an  old  vicarage  house  in  the  Newarke. 

St.  Nicholas'  Church,  in  the  street  to  which  it  gives  name,  is 
said  to  be  the  oldest  in  Leicester,  being  built  of  the  same  kind  of 
materials  as  the  venerable  Jewry  Wall,  to  which  it  nearly  adjoins. 
It  consists  of  nave,  chancel,  and  south  aisle,  and  has  a  square  tower 
of  Norman  architecture,  much  patched  with  brick  work,  and  formerly 
surmounted  by  a  spire,  which  was  taken  down  about  seventy  years 
ago.  The  tower  contains  three  bells  bearing  the  respective  dates  of 
1617,  1656,  and  1710.  There  have  evidently  been  transepts  at 
some  former  period.  Two  round  arches  in  the  north  side  were  walled 
up  in  1697,  when  the  north  aisle  was  taken  down.  In  the  wall  of 
the  south  aisle  are  a  piscina  and  sedilia  of  the  geometrical  period. 
Two  chapels  at  the  east  end,  dedicated  to  St.  Augustine  and  St. 
Columbus,  w*ere  taken  down  as  early  as  1087,  and  their  site  has  since 
been  called  "  Holy  Bones,"  from  the  bones  of  oxen  that  have  often 
been  found  there.  In  the  chancel  are  some  curious  pillars  of  the 
early  English  character.  After  being  thoroughly  repaired  and 
beautified,  at  a  considerable  expense,  the  church  was  re -opened  in 
the  summer  of  1830,  and  the  interior  now  presents  an  air  of  comfort 
and  neatness.  The  organ  is  placed  in  the  chancel  and  covers  the 
greater  portion  of  a  fine  white  marble  slab,  which  is  supposed  to  be 
one  of  the  most  ancient  gravestones  in  Leicester.  The  living  is 
a  vicarage,  valued,  in  1535,  at  £3.  lis.  3d.,  and  now  at  £150.  It 
was  augmented  with  £800  of  Queen  Anne's  Bounty,  from  1714 
to  1800,  an4  with  £1QQQ,  in  Parliamentary  grants,  from  1813  tq 


ST.   NICHOLAS'   CHURCH.  173 

1824.  The  Lord  Chancellor  is  patron;  the  Rev.  Jemson  Davies, 
M.A.,  incumbent;  Miss  E.  Hough,  organist;  and  John  Elliott,  clerk; 
The  liberties  of  Black  and  White  Friars  are  ecclesiastically  apperti- 
nent  to  St.  Nicholas'  parish. 

Trinity  Church  is  a  neat  modern  structure,  on  the  south  side  of 
the  town,  in  Regent  street,  opposite  the  top  of  King  street,  in  South 
Fields  Liberty  and  St.  Mary's  parish.  It  was  built  in  1838,  at  a 
cost  of  £4000,  by  Thomas  Frewen,  Esq.  of  Cold  Overton,  who  also 
endowed  it  with  £1000,  and  is  the  patron  of  the  perpetual  curacy, 
now  valued  at  £250  per  annum.  In  1855,  it  was  enlarged  at  a  cost 
of  £2300,  and  contains  1375  sittings,  of  which  425  are  free.  It  has 
a  gallery  containing  a  fine  organ  ;  and  the  communion  table  occupies 
an  apse  behind  the  pulpit.  Since  the  death  of  the  late  vicar  of  St. 
Mary's,  in  1861,  Trinity  has  become  a  district  Parish  Church,  under 
Lord  Blandford's  Act.  The  district  attached  to  it  is  bounded  by  a 
line  commencing  at  the  north  end  of  Welford  road,  whence  it  proceeds 
down  the  middle  of  the  road  in  a  southerly  direction  to  the 
railway,  which  bounds  it  on  the  south  as  far  as  the  New  walk. 
Thence  along  the  middle  of  the  New  walk  and  Welford  place  to  the 
point  where  it  first  began.  The  Rev.  Wm.  Hill,  M.A.,  is  the 
incumbent ;  Rev.  F.  B.  Hurcombe,  curate;  Mr.  Edwin  Crow,  organist; 
and  Wm.  Spriggs,  sexton.  In  Upper  King  street  place,  is  a  Sunday 
school  in  connection  with  this  church. 

The  Extra-Parochial  Liberties  of  Leicester  are  Castle  View, 
the  Newarke,  Black  Friars,  and  White  Friars.  By  the  Act  of  7th 
and  8th  Victoria,  cap.  101,  passed  9th  August,  1844,  all  extra- 
parochial  places  supporting  their  own  poor  are  called  parishes.  The 
Liberty  of  Bishop's  Fee  is  part  of  St.  Margaret's  parish ;  those  of 
Abbeggate  and  Woodgate  have  long  been  returned  as  parts  of  St. 
Leonard's  parish  ;  and  South  Fields  and  Bromkinsthorpe  as  parts  of 
St.  Mary's  parish.  South  Fields  Liberty  lies  south  and  west  of 
the  town,  and  increased  its  population  from  762  souls,  in  1821,  to 
2801,  in  1851.  Its  large  open  common,  called  the  South  or  St. 
Mary's  Field,  was  enclosed  by  the  Corporation  in  1804,  and  com- 
prised the  Freemen's  Piece,  noticed  at  page  141.  Castle  View 
belongs  to  the  Duchy  of  Lancaster,  and  comprises  139  inhabitants, 
31  houses,  the  Castle  yard,  and  all  the  land  lying  within  the  boundary 
line  of  the  outward  wall  of  the  ancient  Castle.  It  is  rated  to  tho 
poor  as  a  separate  parish,  but  it  is  ecclesiastically  part  of  St.  Mary's 
parish.  The  Newarke  is  bounded  on  the  north  by  Castle  View, 
and  was  extra-parochial,  as  being  under  castle  guard,  by  an  ancient 
grant  from  the  Crown ;  but  ecclesiastically  it  is  now  in  St.  Mary's 
parish,  and  it  is  rated  to  the  poor  as  the  "Township  of  the  Newarke.^ 
It  is  approached  from  Oxford  street  by  an  ancient  castellated  gate- 
way, and  comprises  about  30  acres  of  land,  Trinity  Hospital,  292 
houses,  and  1341  inhabitants.  The  Collegiate  Church  of  Our  Lady  in 
the  Newarke  stood  nearly  opposite  Trinity  Hospital,  and  was  founded 
in  1355,  by  Henry,  Duke  of  Lancaster.  It  was  a  small  but  hand- 
some church,  and  had  four  chantries,  one  founded  by  William 


174  HISTORY  OF  LEICESTER. 

Wyggeston.  Many  wealthy  and  distinguished  individuals  were  buried 
in  it,  among  whom  were  Constance,  wife  of  John  of  Gaunt,  and  Mary 
Bohun,  Countess  of  Hereford,  and  mother  of  Henry  V.  The  ala- 
baster tomb  of  the  latter  lady  has  long  been  in  the  chapel  of  Trinity 
Hospital,  but  the  features  of  the  effigy  are  much  mutilated,  though 
the  drapery  is  fine  and  well  preserved.  The  church  was  demolished 
before  1690,  and  is  supposed  to  have  been  connected  with  the 
College  and  Trinity  Hospital  by  a  quadrangular  cloister  or  piazza, 
the  last  remains  of  which  disappeared  in  1776,  when  the  Hospital 
was  repaired  and  new  fronted,  the  present  front  being  plain,  and  the 
original  one  having  "  a  range  of  fine  arched  pillars  on  the  side  of  a 
spacious  aisle."  Black  Friars,  containing  1172,  and  the  Whits 
or  Augustine  Friars,  190  inhabitants,  lie  near  the  river  on  the 
West  side  of  the  town,  and  are  ecclesiastically  appertinent  to  St. 
Nicholas'  parish,  but  are  rated  to  the  poor  as  separate  parishes. 
Freak's  Ground,  New  Found  Pool  and  New  Parks,  are  three  extra- 
parochial  places  adjoining,  but  not  included  in  the  borough.  Through 
some  oversight  they  have  never  been  assessed  to  the  county  or  any 
other  rate,  but  they  have  recently  been  added  to  Blaby  union  as 
Separate  parishes,  although  still  ecclesiastically  extra-parochial. 

CHAPELS. — Besides  the  ten  churches,  affording  seat-room  for 
about  14,000  hearers,  there  are  in  the  town  33  places  of  public 
worship,  belonging  to  Dissenters,  and  three  to  the  Roman  Catholics. 
Some  of  these  chapels  are  large  and  commodious,  and  their  aggre- 
gate number  of  sittings  is  about  20,000.  In  connexion  with  them 
(as  with  the  churches)  are  Sunday  schools  and  charitable  societies, 
and  some  of  them  have  circulating  libraries. 

Roman  Catholics. — From  the  time  of  the  Reformation  until  the 
latter  part  of  the  18th  century,  the  Roman  Catholics  of  Leicester 
were  without  a  place  of  worship,  and  were  dependent  upon  the 
casual  visit  of  a  priest,  or  had  to  resort  to  the  residences  of  the 
Catholic  gentry  of  the  neighbourhood,  to  receive  the  sacraments  or 
attend  the  offices  of  their  religion.  In  1771,  Father  Norton,  a 
Dominican  friar,  of  Hinckley,  used  occasionally  to  visit  Leicester, 
and  administer  the  sacraments  in  secret  to  the  few  remaining  Ca- 
tholics in  the  town.  He  was  succeeded  by  Father  Robinson,  also 
a  Dominican,  who  rented  a  small  room  in  Causeway  lane,  and  was 
the  first  resident  priest  after  the  Reformation.  During  the  pasto- 
rate of  his  successor  Father  Chapel,  the  present  chapel  in  Cause- 
way lane  was  opened ;  and  in  1814,  Father  Caestryck,  who  had 
been  driven  to  this  country  by  the  great  French  Revolution,  became 
its  priest,  but  owing  to  some  difficulties  regarding  the  possession  of 
the  chapel,  the  congregation  had  to  assemble  for  some  time  in  Mr. 
Raby's  wool  rooms,  Bath  lane.  Through  the  indefatigable  exertions 
of  Father  Caestryck,  a  commodious  church  was  erected  in  1817,  in 
Wellington  street,  and  a  small  house  and  schools  were  afterwards 
added.  On  the  death  of  Father  Caestryck,  in  1831,  he  was  suc- 
ceeded by  the  Rev.  Mr.  Hulme,  a  secular  priest,  and  afterwards  by 
Father  Oxley,  a  Dominican.     The  Rev.  Win.  Thos.  Nickolds,  the 


c     ROMAN    CATHOLICS.  175 

present  prior,  was  appointed  in  1841,  and  through  his  untiring  zeal 
and  energy,  the  church,  schools,  and  house  have  been  considerably 
enlarged  and  improved,  and  a  new  church  has  been  built  in  Royal 
East  street.  The  Priory  Church  of  Holy  Cross,  in  Wellington 
street,  is  a  handsome  structure  of  brick,  with  stone  dressings,  in 
the  early  English  style,  consisting  of  a  nave,  chancel,  lady  chapel, 
and  entrance  porch.  The  nave  was  erected  in  1817,  and  the  prin- 
cipal subscribers  were  John,  Earl  of  Shrewsbury,  C.  Nevill,  Esq., 
of  Holt,  C.  J.  Turville,  Esq.,  of  Market  Bosworth,  and  Mr.  R.  Raby, 
of  Leicester.  It  has  a  groined  ceiling,  and  is  painted  in  polychrome. 
Over  the  vestry  door  is  a  fine  painting  of  the  crucifixion,  by  Flower, 
and  near  the  chancel  are  two  full  length  paintings  of  St.  Pius  and 
St.  Antoninus.  The  chancel  and  lady  chapel  were  erected  in  1848. 
The  former  is  separated  from  the  nave  by  an  elegantly  carved  wood 
screen.  It  is  fitted  with  oak  stalls,  and  contains  a  piscina,  sedilia, 
&c,  and  a  richly  carved  stone  altar,  with  a  reredos,  on  which  are 
depicted  the  symbols  of  the  Evangelists.  The  roof  is  panelled  and 
ornamented  with  gold  and  colours  ;  and  the  triple  lancet  window, 
which  lights  the  chancel,  is  filled  with  stained  glass,  representing 
St.  Helen  with  the  holy  cross,  and  the  miraculous  appearance  of 
the  cross  in  the  heavens  to  her  son  Constantine  the  Great,  in  the 
centre ;  and  St.  Peter  and  St.  Andrew  in  the  side  lights.  The  lady 
chapel  is  also  beautifully  painted,  and  contains  a  fine  statue  of  the 
Madonna,  given  by  Mr.  Raby,  of  Munich  ;  a  picture  of  our  Lady  of 
the  Rosary ;  and  three  stained  windows,  depicting  the  Immaculate 
Conception,  St.  Anne  teaching  the  blessed  Virgin,  and  St.  Joseph. 
A  fine-toned  organ,  erected  in  1861,  is  placed  in  a  small  gallery 
over  the  entrance  to  the  church.  In  1824,  a  small  house  and 
schools  for  boys  and  girls  were  erected  a  little  south  of  the  church  ; 
and  in  1845  and  1861,  considerable  additions  were  made  to  both 
house  and  schools,  which  now  surround  three  sides  of  a  quadrangle, 
of  which  the  church  occupies  the  fourth  side.  The  whole  forms 
the  Priory  of  Holy  Cross,  which  belongs  to  Friars  of  the  Order  of 
Preachers,  more  generally  known  in  this  country  as  Dominicans  or 
Black  Friars.  The  Rev.  Wm.  Thos.  Nickolds  is  the  prior,  and  the 
other  priests  are  the  Revs.  Robert  Paul  Stapleton  and  Edmund 
Buckler.  St.  Patrick's  Church,  in  Royal  East  street,  was  erected 
in  1854,  and  is  a  neat  early  English  structure  of  brick,  with  stone 
dressings.  It  is  appropriately  fitted  up,  and  is  served  by  the  priests 
of  the  Priory.  Attached  to  it  are  day  and  Sunday  schools.  Cause- 
way lane  Chanel  is  still  occasionally  used. 

The  Friends'  Meetinghouse  is  a  plain  building,  in  Friars'  road, 
Northgates,  rebuilt  in  1770,  and  having  about  250  sittings,  but 
there  are  seldom  more  than  130  persons  present  at  one  time. 

The  Unitarian  Chapel,  in  East  Bond  street,  formerly  called  the 
Great  Meeting,  was  built  in  1708,  by  a  congregation  of  Presby- 
terians, the  immediate  successors  of  the  Nonconformists  of  the  reign 
of  Charles  II.  The  trust  deeds  of  the  chapel,  not  restricting  the 
property  to  any  special  theological  doctrines,  the  opinions  of  the 


17G  HISTORY   OF  LEICESTER. 

congregation  have  been  modified  at  intervals,  and,  about  50  years  ago, 
became  distinctly  Unitarian.  The  chapel  has  about  700  sittings, 
and  an  endowment  of  £30  a-year.  A  day  school  has  been  connected 
with  it  since  a  few  years  after  its  erection,  and  is  now  attended  by 
about  700  children.  The  chapel  has  also  a  circulating  library,  con- 
taining GOO  volumes,  and  is  now  under  the  ministry  of  the  Rev. 
Charles  Clement  Coe.  The  late  minister,  the  Rev.  C.  Berry,  and 
his  predecessor,  each  held  the  office  for  the  long  period  of  56  years. 
There  is  a  domestic  mission  chapel  in  connection  with  the  Unitarian 
body  in  All  Saints'  Open.  It  is  a  small  building,  and  the  Rev.  Jo- 
seph Dare  is  its  minister. 

Baptists  are  very  numerous  in  Leicester,  where  they  are  said  to 
have  had  congregations  as  early  as  1688.  They  have  now  in  the 
town  no  fewer  than  ten  chattels,  viz.:  three  belonging  to  the  Par- 
ticular Baptists,  in  Belvoir  street,  Charles  street,  and  Thorpe 
street,  Braunstone  gate;  four  to  the  General  Baptists,  in  Friar 
lane,  Archdeacon  lane,  Carley  street,  and  Dover  street;  and  three  to 
the  Calvinistic  Baptists,  in  York  street,  St.  Peter's  lane,  and 
Alfred  street.  Belvoir  street  Chapel,  a  large  and  handsome  struc- 
ture, which  has  about  1500  sittings,  and  was  opened  October  15th, 
1845,  is  on  a  circular  plan,  with  an  elegant  exterior  of  stone 
and  stucco-work,  and  cost  £9000.  Under  the  chapel  is  a  spacious 
Sunday  school.  The  Rev.  J.  P.  Mursell  is  the  minister.  Charles 
street  Chapel,  built  in  1830,  has  700  sittings,  and  is  now  under  the 
ministry  of  the  Rev.  T.  Lomas.  Thorpe  street  Chapel  is  a  small 
building,  and  has  no  regular  minister.  Friar  lane  Chapel,  the  oldest 
General  Baptist  chapel  in  Leicester,  has  1070  sittings,  and  is  under 
the  ministry  of  the  Rev.  J.  C.  Pike.  It  was  built  in  1785,  and 
enlarged  in  1818.  That  in  Archdeacon  lane  was  rebuilt  in  1836, 
at  a  cost  of  £2300,  and  has  1150  sittings,  and  the  Rev.  Thomas 
Stevenson  is  its  pastor.  That  in  Dover  street  was  built  in  1824, 
and  enlarged  in  1828  and  1840,  and  has  room  for  800  hearers, 
besides  300  Sunday  scholars.  It  has  no  regular  minister.  Carley 
street  Chapel  has  no  regular  minister,  and  is  a  very  small  building. 
Zoar  Chapel,  in  York  street,  one  of  the  three  belonging  to  the  Cal- 
vinistic Baptists,  was  built  in  1818,  and  has  500  sittings.  The  Rev. 
W.  Garrard  is  its  minister.  Alfred  street  Chapel,  built  in  1840,  has 
800  sittings,  but  no  regular  minister.  Ebenezcr  Chapel  was  built  in 
1802.  It  has  350  sittings,  and  the  Rev.  C.  Smith  is  its  minister. 
Providence  Chapel,  in  Newarke  street,  was  built  in  1835,  and  has 
500  sittings.  Its  congregation,  although  Calvinistic  in  doctrine, 
assumes  no  name  but  that  of  "  Christian,'"  and  receives  any  one  who 
professes  himself  a  Christian.  The  Rev.  J.  W.  Bloodworth  is  its 
minister. 

The  Independents,  or  Congregationalists,  have  five  chapels  here. 
That  in  Bond  street  was  rebuilt  in  1821,  and  is  a  commodious  fabric, 
under  the  ministry  of  the  Rev.  Johnson  Barker,  LL.B.,  and  has 
1160  sittings.  That  in  Gallowtree  gate  was  built  about  1823,  at  a 
cost  of  £2500,  and  has  850  sittings.     Galleries  were  added  in  1851 


DISSENTING   CHAPELS.  177 

at  a  cost  of  £1000,  and  the  schools  were  rebuilt  in  1857  at  a  cost  of 
£850.  The  organ  was  erected  in  1844,  at  a  cost  of  £300.  Sabbath 
and  daily  infant  schools  are  connected  with  this  chapel ;  but  it  has  no 
regular  minister  at  present.  London  road  Chapel  was  opened  in 
April,  1858.  It  is  a  large  and  handsome  building  of  red  brick,  with 
dressings  of  Bath  stone,  in  the  Italian  style  of  architecture.  It  was 
built  from  a  design  by  the  Rev.  R.  W.  McAll,  under  the  superin- 
tendence of  Messrs.  Millican  and  Smith,  the  architects.  The  inte- 
rior is  distinguished  by  a  double  range  of  ornamental  iron  columns, 
supporting  a  light  arcade,  and  sustaining  the  central  part  of  the  roof, 
which  is  coved.  This  chapel  was  enlarged  by  the  erection  of  an 
additional  gallery  behind  the  pulpit  in  1859,  and  at  the  same  period 
spacious  school  rooms  and  class  rooms  were  erected  in  the  rear  of  the 
main  building.  A  powerful  organ,  which  cost  £250,  is  placed  in  the 
front  gallery.  The  chapel  is  84  feet  long  by  54  feet  6  inches  wide, 
and  contains  sittings  for  1370  persons.  No  pew  rents  are  collected, 
the  entire  current  expenditure  being  defrayed  by  the  voluntary  con- 
tributions of  the  congregation,  received  in  boxes  affixed  to  the  doors. 
The  Rev.  R.  W.  McAll  is  the  minister.  Peel  street  Chapel  is  a  small 
building  erected  in  1855.  It  has  300  sittings,  but  no  regular  minis- 
ter. Harvey  lane  Chapel  has  room  for  1000  hearers,  and  belongs  to 
the  particular  Baptists,  but  is  rented  by  a  congregation  of  Indepen- 
dents. The  Rev.  William  Woods  is  the  minister.  This  chapel  was 
for  some  time  under  the  ministry  of  the  late  Rev,  Robert  Hall,  of 
Bristol,  one  of  the  most  eloquent  preachers  of  the  present  century. 

The  Calvinistic  Independents,  or  followers  of  the  late  Rev.  Wm. 
Huntington,  have  a  chapel  in  Freeschool  lane,  erected  in  1817,  at  a 
cost  of  about  £2000.     It  has  800  sittings,  but  no  minister  at  present. 

The  Irvingites  have  a  meeting  room  in  Cank  street,  where  the 
Rev.  Cuthbert  Orlabar,  of  Nottingham,  occasionally  officiates. 

The  Wesleyan  Methodists  have  two  chapels.  That  in  Bishop 
street  has  1600  sittings,  and  was  built  in  1815 ;  and  that  in  Metcalfe 
street  is  a  smaller  building.  Attached  to  both  these  chapels  are 
Sunday  Schools,  and  the  Wesley ans  have  also  Sunday  schools  in 
Millstone  lane  and  Bright  street.  The  Independent  Methodists 
have  a  small  chapel,  with  250  sittings,  in  Denman  street.  The 
Association  Methodists  have  a  chapel  in  Hill  street,  built  in  1833, 
at  a  cost  of  £1000,  and  having  seat  room  for  700  hearers.  This 
body  has  lately  adopted  the  title  of  the  Methodist  Free  Church.  The 
Rev.  James  Warwick  is  the  minister.  The  Primitive  Methodists 
have  five  chapels.  That  in  George  street  is  a  brick  building,  with 
900  sittings,  erected  in  1819.  Adjoining  it  are  two  large  school 
rooms,  built  in  1861  at  a  cost  of  about  £500.  Curzon  street  Chapel 
was  erected  in  1859,  at  a  cost  of  £1600,  and  will  seat  700  hearers. 
Vine  street  Chapel  has  300  sittings,  and  was  purchased  in  1861  of 
the  General  Baptists  for  £550.  York  street  (Welford  road)  Chapel 
cost  about  £500,  and  will  seat  300  hearers.  Alexander  street  Chapel 
was  purchased  of  the  Wesleyans  in  1837  for  £372,  and  has  about 
200  sittings. 

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178  HISTOBY    OF   LEICESTER. 

The  New  Connexion  Methodist  Chapel  (St.  PauVs),  on  the 
London  road,  is  a  noble  building,  with  a  handsome  front  in  the 
Italian  style  of  architecture.  It  is  of  red  brick,  with  stone  dressings, 
and  was  erected  in  1861,  at  a  cost  of  £3950,  including  the  purchase 
of  the  site,  and  the  furniture  and  fittings.  The  chapel  is  approached 
by  a  flight  of  ten  steps,  on  the  highest  of  which  rest  four  Corinthian 
columns,  25  feet  high,  supporting  a  bold  entablature,  crowned  by  a 
pediment,  with  highly  decorated  tympanum.  The  interior  is  simple 
and  chaste,  and  has  sittings,  of  varnished  deal,  to  accommodate  900 
persons.  It  is  71  feet  long  by  47  wide,  and  31  feet  high.  Beneath 
the  chapel  is  a  large  schoolroom  and  three  class  rooms.  The  Rev. 
Clement  Linley  is  the  minister. 

RELIGIOUS  INSTITUTIONS,  for  the  propagation  of  the  Gospel 
both  at  home  and  abroad,  are  liberally  supported  in  Leicester,  both 
by  the  members  of  the  Established  Church  and  the  various  congre- 
gations of  Dissenters.  The  Leicestershire  Auxiliary  Bible  Society  was 
established  in  18  LO,  and  has  its  depository  at  2,  Hotel  street,  and 
Branch  Associations  at  the  market  towns  and  some  of  the  principal 
villages  in  the  county.  It  remits  yearly  to  the  British  and  Foreign 
Bible  Society,  London,  upwards  of  £1200,  about  half  for  the  pur- 
chase of  bibles,  &c,  and  the  rest  for  the  general  objects  of  the 
institution.  R.  G.  Cresswell  and  Thomas  Pares,  Esqrs.,  are  vice- 
presidents;  Mr.  Thomas  Burgess  is  treasurer;  the  Rev.  E.  H.  Hoare, 
Mr.  John  Sarson,  and  Mr.  Thomas  D.  Dyson  are  the  secretaries; 
and  Mr.  John  Lane  is  the  depository  keeper.  The  Bible  and 
Domestic  Female  Mission  was  commenced  in  June,  1860,  for  the 
purpose  of  supplying  the  deserving  poor  with  bibles,  clothing,  soup, 
&c,  at  less  than  cost  price.  There  are  six  mission  rooms  in  the 
poorer  parts  of  the  town,  and  seven  bible-women  are  employed  in 
collecting  the  small  weekly  payments,  and  visiting  and  relieving  the 
spiritual  and  bodily  destitution  of  the  aged  and  distressed.  Miss 
M.  A.  Burgess  is  the  treasurer,  and  Mrs.  J.  Sarson  and  Miss  Cooper 
are  the  honorary  secretaries.  The  Auxiliary  Tract  Society  was  estab- 
lished in  1856,  and  has  its  depository  at  2,  Hotel  street.  It  remits 
above  £200  a-year  to  the  parent  Society  in  London  for  the  purchase 
of  books  and  tracts.  T.  C.  Turner,  Esq.,  is  treasurer;  the  Rev.  E. 
H.  Hoare  and  Mr.  J.  Latchmore,  secretaries;  Mr.  John  Lane,  depo- 
sitory keeper;  and  Mr.  Richard  Coulter,  collector. 

The  PLACES  of  AMUSEMENT  and  RECREATION  in  the 
town,  comprise  the  Theatre,  the  Assembly  Rooms,  the  New  Hall,  the 
Baths,  the  Race  Course,  the  New  Walk,  the  Town  Museum,  and  the 
Temperance  Hall. 

The  Theatre,  in  Horsefair  street,  was  erected  by  a  body  of  share- 
holders, at  the  cost  of  £9000,  in  £25  shares,  and  opened  in  1836. 
It  is  a  handsome  and  commodious  structure,  from  a  design  by  Mr. 
W.  Parsons,  and  has  an  elegant  Ionic  portico,  the  entire  height  of 
the  building.  The  old  Theatre,  near  the  same  site,  was  a  smaller 
and  much  plainer  building.  Mr.  Henry  Powell  is  the  present  lessee. 
The  Assembly  Rooms  and  Judges'  Lodgings,  in  Hotel  street, 


ASSEMBLY    ROOMS.  170 

were  erected  in  the  latter  part  of  last  century,  by  Mr.  J.  Johnson, 
the  architect  who  founded  the  almshouses  called  the  Consanguini- 
tarium.  They  were  originally  called  the  Assembly  Rooms  and  Hotel, 
being  intended  for  a  Coffee  Room  and  Tavern.  They  form  a  spacious 
and  handsome  building,  with  a  highly  ornamental  front,  having  noble 
windows,  statues,  basso-relievos,  and  other  decorations.  These 
premises  were  purchased  by  the  County  Magistrates  about  1825,  and 
that  portion  which  was  the  Hotel,  was  handsomely  fitted  up,  for  the 
lodging  and  accommodation  of  the  Judges  during  the  Assizes.  Ad- 
joining is  the  County  Public  Office,  where  the  magistrates  hold  petty 
sessions  every  Saturday;  which  was  built  in  1858-'9,  at  a  cost  of 
nearly  £2000;  the  county  Police  Station;  and  the  house  of  the  chief 
constable  of  the  county.  The  Assembly  Rooms  are  an  elegant  suite 
of  apartments,  still  used  for  their  original  purpose,  and  often  the 
scene  of  fashionable  balls,  patronized  by  the  nobility  and  gentry  of 
the  neighbourhood,  and  sometimes  held  for  the  benefit  of  charitable 
institutions.  The  Ball  Room  is  75  feet  long,  33  broad,  and  30  in 
height.  It  has  a  coved  ceiling.  The  walls  are  decorated  with 
painted  representations  of  dancing  nymphs,  and  the  room  is  fitted 
up  in  an  appropriate  style  of  elegance,  and  contains  a  fine  portrait 
of  the  late  Colonel  Keck. 

The  New  Hall,  in  Wellington-street,  was  built  in  1831  by  a 
company  of  shareholders,  and  is  let  for  public  meetings,  lectures, 
concerts,  &c.  It  contains  a  spacious  saloon  and  two  smaller 
rooms,  one  of  which  is  used  as  the  reading-room  of  the  Mechanics' 
Institution. 

The  Public  Baths,  which  have  entrances  from  the  New  walk  and 
King  street,  are  the  property  of  Mr.  J.  P.  Clarke.  The  large 
plunging  bath  is  nearly  100  feet  long,  and  from  three  to  four  deep, 
and  contains  216,000  gallons  of  pure  spring  water,  raised  from  a 
depth  of  90  feet,  and  constantly  flowing  and  changing,  at  the  rate  of 
9000  gallons  per  hour.  The  private  swimming  bath  is  24  feet 
square.  Here  are  also  china  baths,  a  vapour  bath,  and  a  powerful 
shower  bath.  Convenient  dressing-rooms  are  attached  to  the  baths, 
and  the  charges  are  very  moderate.  By  an  arrangement  made  eight 
or  nine  years  ago,  the  Corporation  pays  to  the  proprietor  £100  per 
annum,  in  consideration  of  which  the  inhabitants  are  permitted  to 
use  the  large  swimming  bath,  at  the  nominal  charge  of  one  penny 
each,  including  a  clean  towel.  This  privilege  is  highly  appreciated, 
and  from  forty  to  fifty  thousand  persons  visit  the  baths  annually.  A 
sulphureous  spring  was  discovered  about  1787,  at  Spa  place,  in  Hum- 
berstone  road,  and  its  water  was  said  to  possess  similar  properties 
to  those  of  Harrogate  and  Kedleston,  but  it  did  not  remain  long  in 
repute,  and  was  disused  many  years  ago. 

The  Race  Course,  opened  in  1806,  is  the  property  of  the  Cor- 
poration, and  occupies  about  68  acres  of  elevated  ground,  near  the 
London  road,  about  a  mile  south  of  the  centre  of  the  town.  It  is 
rather  more  than  a  mile  in  circuit,  and  is  moderately  level  and  con- 
venient for  the  purpose  to  which  it  is  devoted.     It  has  the  accom- 


180  HISTORY   OF   LEICESTER. 

modation  of  a  stand  and  weighing  booth.  The  Races  are  held  in 
September,  and  are  patronised  by  the  Duke  of  Rutland,  the  Earl  of 
Stamford  and  Warrington,  Viscount  Curzon,  Richd.  Sutton,  Esq., 
W.  S.  Crawfurd,  Esq.,  and  other  noblemen  and  gentlemen.  In  May, 
the  County  Yeomanry  meet  for  annual  inspection  on  the  same  ground, 
and  usually  conclude  the  week  with  an  amusing  and  amicable  con- 
tention of  skill  and  speed  in  horsemanship.  The  first  reference  to 
Horse  Races  in  Leicester,  in  ancient  records  of  the  borough,  is  in 
1602,  when  it  is  stated  that  "a  gallon  of  sack  and  a  gallon  of  sugar 
were  given  to  the  gentlemen  of  the  horse-running."  In  1612,  occurs 
the  first  notice  of  the  kind  of  prize  given,  viz  : — "a  golden  snaffle." 
In  1613,  the  prize  was  a  "gold  cup."  In  1673,  and  following  years, 
it  is  referred  to  as  "the  plate."  In  1690,  the  "Earl  of  Rutland's 
plate"  is  mentioned.  Among  the  stakes  usually  run  for,  are  Her 
Majesty's  Plate,  the  Ladies'  Plate,  the  Belvoir  Stakes,  the  County 
Cup,  the  Bradgate  Park  Stakes,  the  Innkeeper's  Plate,  the  Skeffing- 
ton  Handicap,  &c.  Mr.  J.  F.  Clark,  of  Newmarket,  is  judge  oj  the 
races;  Mr.  T.  Marshall,  jun.,  of  Northampton,  clerk  of  the  course; 
Mr.  R.  Johnson,  of  York,  handicapper;  and  Mr.  J.  H.  McGeorge, 
of  Burton-on-Trent,  starter.  Cockfighting  was  formerly  one  of  the 
pastimes  of  the  Leicester  people,  and  the  Cockpit,  which  was  a  large 
hexagonal  building  with  a  domed  roof,  stood  on  the  east  side  of 
Granby  street,  between  Halford  street  and  Rutland  street. 

The  New  Walk  was  formed  by  the  Corporation  in  1785,  as  a  pub- 
lic promenade  and  place  of  healthy  exercise  for  the  inhabitants ;  but 
since  that  period  the  town  has  been  so  greatly  extended,  that  it  is  now 
in  close  proximity  with  lines  of  streets  and  rows  of  houses,  many  of 
which  are  handsome  buildings,  with  small  but  tasteful  shrubberies. 
It  commences  at  Welford  place,  and  crossing  King  street,  Hastings 
street,  and  De  Montfort  street,  extends  about  a  mile  S.S.E.,  to 
London  road,  and  the  Race  Course.  It  is  20  feet  broad,  and  is  so 
well  shaded  with  trees,  as  to  form  a  very  pleasant  and  agreeable 
avenue. 

The  Town  Museum,  in  the  New  walk,  was  built  in  1837,  by  a 
company  of  shareholders,  as  a  Proprietary  School,  in  connection  with 
Dissenters.  Not  proving  a  profitable  speculation,  the  building  was 
sold  in  1848  to  the  Corporation  for  £3300.  It  is  a  heavy  looking 
structure,  standing  in  the  centre  of  a  large  open  square,  and  having 
a  portico  of  four  lofty  Grecian-Doric  columns,  in  front  of  which  are 
two  Russian. cannon,  taken  at  Sebastopol,  and  presented  to  the  town 
by  Government.  Internally  it  is  well  arranged,  and  admirably  adapted 
to  its  present  purpose.  The  Museum  was  first  commenced  in  1839, 
by  the  members  of  the  Literary  and  Philosophical  Society;  but  in 
1849  it  was  presented  to  the  Town  Council,  for  the  use  of  the  in- 
habitants for  ever.  About  £1000  were  expended  by  the  Corporation 
in  alterations  and  fittings  necessary  to  adapt  the  building  to  the  pur- 
pose of  a  Museum.  The  cost  of  the  building,  and  the  annual  ex- 
penses of  the  establishment,  are  defrayed  out  of  the  proceeds  of  a  rate 
of  one  halfpenny  in  the  pound,  levied  under  the  powers  of  the 


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"Museums  Act."  The  collection  is  augmented  by  frequent  donations, 
chiefly  from  the  Literary  and  Philosophical  Society,  which  also  con- 
tributes one-half  of  the  salary  of  the  curator,  and  holds  its  meetings 
in  one  of  the  rooms  of  the  Museum  building.  Among  the  objects  of 
interest  in  the  Museum,  are  the  two  Roman  miliaries  or  milestones 
mentioned  at  page  117;  portions  of  Roman  columns  found  during  the 
excavations  at  St.  Martin's  church  ;  a  tesselated  pavement  found  in 
the  cherry  orchard,  Danett's  Hall,  in  1851 ;  the  pavement  with 
figures  of  Diana  and  Action,  found  in  Highcross  street,  in  1675 ; 
the  font  of  Lutterworth  church,  supposed  to  have  been  used  in  the 
time  of  Wickliffe ;  the  statute  seal  of  the  Mayor  of  Leicester,  stolen 
by  the  Cavaliers  in  1645,  and  afterwards  recovered;  the  seal  of  St. 
Peter's  church,  formerly  in  Leicester ;  a  large  quantity  of  amphorae, 
olhe,  praefericulas,  Samian  ware,  &c. ;  the  old  cucking  stool ;  fine  views 
of  the  Newarke  wall  of  defence,  shewing  the  embrasures,  the  sally  port, 
and  the  breach  made  by  the  Royalists  at  the  siege  of  the  town  in  1645 ; 
a  charter  of  King  John,  granting  to  the  burgesses  of  Leicester,  the 
privileges  of  travelling  and  trading  in  any  part  of  the  kingdom,  free  of 
toll,  given  in  the  borough  in  1199 ;  a  charter  of  Henry  IV.,  confirming 
the  same  privileges,  given  at  Leicester  in  1403 ;  a  grant  of  Simon  de 
Montfort,  Earl  of  Leicester,  changing  the  constitution  of  the  borough 
of  Leicester,  from  Borough  English,  in  the  reign  of  Henry  III. ;  a 
grant  of  the  Michaelmas  fair  by  Edward  III.,  in  1360 ;  a  charter  of 
Henry  V.,  elated  1414  ;  a  letter  from  Henry  Hastings,  Lord  Lough- 
borough, to  Prince  Rupert,  in  1643,  recommending  his  Highness  to 
take  the  towns  of  Derby  and  Leicester  ;  an  autograph  letter  of  Dean 
Swift,  dated  1691 ;  several  autograph  letters  of  Washington ;  the 
Hall  Papers  of  the  borough  of  Leicester,  extending  from  1478  to 
1710,  forming  24  volumes,  and  containing,  besides  an  extensive 
collection  of  valuable  documents  of  a  miscellaneous  character,  many 
interesting  letters  and  autographs  of  royal  and  noble  personages ;  a 
silver  chain  and  badge,  formerly  worn  by  the  town  waits  at  all  muni- 
cipal festivals ;  a  picture  of  Charles  L,  formerly  in  St.  Martin's  church ; 
a  fine  marble  statue  of  Religion,  by  Roubiliac,  presented  by  Earl 
Howe,  in  1857;  casts  from  the  Nimroud  sculptures;  and  a  beautiful 
specimen  of  a  fossil  plesiosaurus,  17  feet  long,  and  an  ichthyosaurus 
tenuirostris,  from  the  lias  at  Barrow-on-Soar.  The  natural  history 
room  contains  a  fine  marble  bust  of  Sir  Robert  Peel,  presented  to  the 
Museum  by  the  working  men  of  Leicester,  in  1850 ;  a  splendid  elk 
presented  by  the  late  Prince  Consort ;  and  a  well  arranged  collection 
of  specimens.  The  lecture  room  is  ornamented  with  busts  of 
Shakspere,  Milton,  Bacon,  Newton,  Sir  Charles  Bell,  Buckland, 
Sedgwick,  Macaulay,  Lock,  and  Southey ;  a  set  of  engravings  of  the 
cartoons  of  Raphael ;  and  photographic  portraits  of  several  ex-presi- 
dents of  the  Literary  and  Philosophical  Society.  Mr.  G.  E.  Weather- 
head  is  the  curator. 

The  Temperance  Hall,  or  New  Music  Hall,  in  Granby  street,  is 
a  large  and  lofty  building,  with  a  handsome  cemented  front,  orna- 
mented with  Corinthian  pilasters.     It  was  built  in  1853,  at  a  cost 


182  HISTORY   OP   LEICESTER. 

of  about  £10,000,  raised  in  £10  shares,  and  contains  an  elegant 
assembly  room  100  feet  long  by  58  feet  wide,  surrounded  by  a  light 
gallery,  and  capable  of  seating  1G00  persons ;  a  lecture  hall,  which 
will  hold  350  people ;  four  committee  rooms,  a  library,  and  a  news 
room.  It  is  let  for  public  meetings,  lectures,  balls,  concerts,  &c. 
Adjoining  it,  is  a  commodious  Temperance  Hall,  built  and  occupied 
by  Mr.  Thos.  Cook,  the  celebrated  conductor  and  projector  of  cheap 
trips  and  tourist  excursions  to  various  parts  of  the  kingdom,  and  the 
continent  of  Europe. 

The  LEICESTERSHIRE  MILITIA  and  YEOMANRY  CAVALRY 
meet  annually  in  Leicester  for  training  (see  p.  112) ;  and  there  are 
in  the  town  four  companies  of  the  LEICESTERSHIRE  RIFLE 
VOLUNTEERS,  viz  :  the  1st,  of  which  S.  Harris,  Esq.  is  Captain; 
4th,  of  which  G.  Bankart,  Esq.  is  Captain ;  5th,  of  which  R.  Brewin, 
Esq.  is  Captain ;  and  9th,  of  which  G.  C.  Bellairs,  Esq.  is  Captain. 
Their  drill  and  practice  ground  comprises  about  eleven  acres  of  land, 
near  the  Aylestone  road,  held  of  the  Corporation  at  a  reduced  rent. 
It  contains  a  large  drill-shed  which  cost  about  £80,  and  a  substantial 
butt  erected  at  a  cost  of  £200.  There  are  three  targets,  with  a  range 
of  550  yards,  and  by  the  permission  of  Sir  Henry  Harford,  the  volun- 
teers may  use  a  butt  at  Wistow,  with  a  range  of  1200  yards. 

The  LICENSED  VICTUALLERS'  SOCIETY  was  established  in 
October,  1849,  for  the  protection  of  its  members  against  vexatious 
informations  or  prosecutions  ;  to  secure  the  full  and  free  exercise  of 
their  business  ;  to  restrain  and  oppose  all  fresh  exactions  and  re- 
strictions ;  to  apply  to  the  Legislature  for  an  amelioration  of  such 
burdens  as  already  press  too  heavily  upon  them  ;  and  generally  for 
the  furtherance  of  the  interests  of  the  trade.  The  society  meets  every 
fortnight,  at  the  houses  of  its  members,  in  rotation ;  and  has  an 
annual  dinner,  frequently  presided  over  by.  some  M.P.,  or  other  nota- 
bility. The  police  cases  of  drunkenness  in  Leicester,  which  in  1848 
amounted  to  464,  had  dwindled  down  to  230  in  18G0,  which  may  be 
considered  a  highly  satisfactory  state  of  things,  in  face  of  the  rapidly 
increasing  population  of  the  borough.  The  funds  of  the  society  are 
in  a  prosperous  condition,  and  there  arc  similar  societies  in  connection 
with  this,  at  Loughborough  and  Lutterworth.  J.  B.  Haxby,  Esq., 
is  solicitor  to  the  society. 

The  FLORAL  and  HORTICULTURAL  SOCIETY  was  es- 
tablished in  1856,  and  holds  three  annual  exhibitions  in  May,  June, 
and  September,  at  which  about  £200  are  given  in  prizes.  Earl 
Howe  is  president,  C.  R.  Robinson,  Esq.,  treasurer,  and  Mr.  Wm. 
Pcnn  Cox,  of  37,  Market  place,  honorary  secretary. 

The  ARCHIDIACONAL  BOARD  OF  EDUCATION  was  founded 
in  1839,  for  the  purpose  of  promoting  throughout  the  Archdeaconry 
and  County  of  Leicester  the  education  of  the  people  in  the  principles 
of  the  established  church ;  training  schoolmasters  and  schoolmis- 
tresses for  the  rural  parishes ;  and  establishing  additional  schools  in 
connection  with  the  National  Society,  for  the  children  of  the  poor,  as 
well  as  schools  in  which  the  middle  classes  may  obtain,  on  moderate 


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terms,  an  useful  general  education.  The  Bishop  of  Peterborough  is 
president;  the  Lord  Lieutenant,  the  Archdeacon,  and  many  of  the 
principal  noblemen  and  gentlemen  of  the  county  are  vice-presidents, 
and  the  Rev.  Canon  Fry,  M.A.,  of  92,  New  walk,  is  the  secretary. 

The  CHURCH  BUILDING  SOCIETY  was  established  in  1838, 
for  the  purpose  of  encouraging,  by  pecuniary  grants,  the  enlarge- 
ment, building,  re-pewing,  and  improving  of  churches,  within  the 
county  and  town  of  Leicester,  and  since  that  period,  eighty- six 
grants,  amounting  in  the  whole  to  £5933,  have  been  made  to 
seventy-three  different  places.  This  deserving  society  is  now  sadly 
in  want  of  funds,  but  it  is  hoped  that  all  true  churchmen  who  are 
not  at  present  subscribers,  will  speedily  become  so,  as  the  good 
already  effected  is  incalculable.  The  Duke  of  Rutland  is  patron; 
the  Bishop  of  Peterborough,  president ;  Sir  Frederick  W.  Heygato, 
Bart.,  treasurer;  and  Harford  Adcock,  Esq.,  and  the  Rev.  H.  J. 
Hoskins,  secretaries. 

The  LEICESTERSHIRE  TRADE  PROTECTION  SOCIETY 
was  formed  for  the  purpose  of  checking  the  various  systems  of  fraud, 
practised  so  frequently  and  unsparingly  on  the  trading  community. 
It  commenced  operations  January  1st,  1850,  and  its  advantages 
are  now  generally  appreciated  throughout  the  county.  Mr.  William 
Gleadow  is  honorary  secretary,  and  Mr.  William  Flavell,  of  4,  Pock- 
lington's  walk,  manager. 

The  LEICESTERSHIRE  AGRICULTURAL  SOCIETY  was 
established  in  1833,  for  the  protection  and  advancement  of  the 
agricultural  interest  in  general ;  for  the  excitement  of  enterprise  and 
emulation  among  the  owners  and  occupiers  of  land ;  and  for  the 
encouragement  of  skill,  industry,  and  good  conduct  among  labourers 
and  servants.  It  holds  an  annual  wool  fair  in  the  latter  part  of 
June,  when  about  30,000  fleeces  are  usually  pitched,  and  realise 
from  £10,000  to  £12,000.  This  fair  is  held  in  the  Bell  Hotel  Yard, 
Leicester;  and  the  annual  meeting  and  show  of  stock  take  place 
in  the  month  of  November.  The  society  has  a  large  number 
of  members,  and  gives  annual  premiums  to  exhibitors  of  stock 
and  farming  produce ;  for  deserving  conduct  amongst  the  labouring 
classes ;  and  for  draining,  hedge  cutting,  ploughing,  &c.  Of  these 
a  large  proportion  is  given  by  noblemen  and  gentlemen  in  special 
premiums,  in  addition  to  their  annual  subscriptions.  In  1862,  the 
Waltham  Society  was  amalgamated  with  this,  and  probably  the 
whole  of  the  agricultural  societies  of  the  county  may  at  some  future 
time  be  united  in  one.  The  Duke  of  Rutland  is  president;  Sir 
Frederick  Wm.  Heygate,  Bart.,  M.P.,  treasurer;  and  Mr.  Thomas 
Sheppard,  of  Millstone  lane,  Leicester,  is  the  secretary. 

The  FREEMASONS'  HALL,  in  Halford  street,  is  a  building  in 
the  Italian  style  of  architecture,  which,  although  not  large,  possesses 
considerable  elegance  of  design.  The  front  is  composed  of  red  brick, 
with  stone  dressings.  The  window  shafts  are  of  polished  alabaster 
from  the  Humberstone  quarries,  and  the  caps  and  other  portions 
of  the  stonework,  are  skilfully  carved  with  appropriate  symbolical 


181  freemasons'  hall. 

devices.  Mr.  Millican,  the  Provincial  G.  Supt.  of  Works,  was  the 
architect.  The  interior  consists,  on  the  ground  floor,  of  entrance 
hall  and  staircase,  a  residence  for  the  hall-keeper  or  Tyler,  cooking 
kitchen,  &c. ;  and,  on  the  upper  floor,  of  a  library  and  dining  room 
in  the  front ;  and  at  the  back,  a  lodge-room  60  ft.  long,  23  ft.  wide, 
and  20  ft.  high,  which  is  approached  either  direct  from  the  staircase, 
or  through  an  ante -room,  and  is  lighted  from  the  roof.  The  first 
stone  of  the  building  was  laid  in  ancient  form  on  the  15th  February, 

1859,  by  the  Prov.  G.  Master  of  the  Order,  the  Right  Hon.  Earl 
Howe,  G.C.H.,  assisted  by  the  Deputy  G.  M.,  Wm.  Kelly,  Esq. ;  the 
Senior  G.  Warden,  the  late  Right  Hon.  Earl  Ferrers  ;  and  the  other 
officers  of  the  Prov.  G.  Lodge ;  and  the  Hall  was  opened  and  con- 
secrated by  the  same  highly  esteemed  nobleman,  with  impressive 
ceremonies,  on  the  14th  September  following.  On  this  occasion 
several  anthems,  composed  expressly  for  it  by  Mr.  G.  A.  Lohr,  the 
Prov.  G.  Organist,  were  performed ;  and  a  sermon  was  preached  in 
St.  George's  Church,  and  an  eloquent  masonic  oration  afterwards 
delivered  at  the  Hall,  by  the  Rev.  G.  0.  Picton,  B.A.,  rector  of 
Desford,  the  Prov.  G.  Chaplain.  The  building,  which  is  restricted 
solely  to  masonic  purposes,  was  erected  by  subscription  amongst  the 
fraternity,  at  a  cost  of  about  £1700.  The  lodge-room  contains, 
besides  engraved  portraits  of  eminent  freemasons,  &c,  life-size 
pictures  of  the  late  respected  Prov.  Grand  Master,  Sir  Frederick  G. 
Fowke,  Bart.,  by  Scott;  the  present  P.  G.  M.,  Earl  Howe,  by  T. 
Jones  Barker ;  and  the  talented  Deputy  P.  G.  M.,  Wm.  Kelly,  Esq., 
by  Hemsworth,  in  their  official  costume.  In  the  gallery,  over  the 
entrance,  is  an  organ,  which  is  used  during  the  ceremonies  of  the 
order.  The  library  contains  many  of  the  best  English  works  on 
Freemasonry,  besides  some  rare  and  curious  foreign  publications. 
In  this  room  is  a  well-executed  copy  of  Scott's  portrait  of  Sir  F.  G. 
Fowke,  which  was  painted  and  presented  to  the  John  of  Gaunt 
Lodge  by  an  amiable  and  talented  amateur,  the  late  Mrs.  Buck, 
during  her  husband's  mastership  of  St.  John's  Lodge.  Meetings 
are  held  here  by  the  Grand  Lodge  of  the  Province,  in  the  months  of 
January,  April,  July,  and  October ;  by  St.  John's  Lodge,  No.  348, 
on  the  first  Wednesday,  and  by  the  John  of  Gaunt  Lodge,  No.  766, 
on  the  third  Thursday  of  every  month;  and  by  the  Royal  Arch 
Chapter,  in  the  months  of  February,  May,  August,  and  November. 
Quarterly  meetings  are  also  held  by  the  Fowke  and  Howe  Lodges  of 
Mark  Masters.  Among  the  eminent  freemasons  who  have  been  con- 
nected with  the  order  in  this  county,  may  be  mentioned  John  of 
Gaunt,  Cardinal  Wolsey  (Grand  Master),  the  great  Marquis  of 
Hastings  (who,  as  Earl  Moira,  was  for  several  years  acting  Grand 
Master,  under  the  Prince  Regent),  and  the  late  Dr.  Howley,  Arch- 
bishop of  Canterbury. 

The   CHAMBER   OF   COMMERCE   was  established   in  June, 

1860,  at  24,  Friar  lane,  and  holds  quarterly  meetings  on  the  second 
Mondays  of  the  months  of  March,  June,  September,  and  December, 


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at  6  p.m.  Joseph  Whetstone,  Esq.,  is  president ;  J.  D.  Harris,  Esq., 
vice-president ;  and  Mr.  J.  A.  Wykes,  secretary. 

The  ALL  SAINTS'  OPEN  DISCUSSION  CLASS  was  established 
in  February,  1850.  Its  members,  composed  principally  of  working 
men,  meet  every  Saturday  evening  in  a  school  room  in  Alexander 
street,  for  the  purpose  of  discussing  religious,  political,  or  other 
subjects,  in  accordance  with  the  rules  of  the  class. 

The  MUSICAL  SOCIETIES  in  Leicester  are  the  "Amateur 
Harmonic ,"  which  meets  in  the  Temperance  Hall,  every  Tuesday 
evening  at  seven  o'clock,  under  the  conductorship  of  Mr.  G.  A. 
Lohr;  the  "Philharmonic,"  which  meets  in  the  same  hall  every 
Thursday  evening  at  eight  o'clock,  conducted  by  Mr.  Henry  Nichol- 
son, the  celebrated  flautist;  and  the  "  Amateur  Instrumental ,"  which 
also  meets  in  the  Temperance  Hall  every  alternate  Friday  evening, 
at  seven  o'clock,  and  is  under  the  direction  of  Mr.  Henry  Nicholson 
and  Mr.  John  Alfred  Smith.  There  is  likewise  a  good  "  Choral 
Society"  in  the  town. 

The  AMATEUR  DRAMATIC  SOCIETY  was  established  in  1861, 
to  assist,  by  occasional  Dramatic  Performances,  the  various  local 
charities.  C.  C.  Caillard,  Esq.,  is  president;  H.  J.  Davis,  Esq., 
stage  director;  and  Mr.  H.  A.  Owston,  secretary  and  treasurer. 

The  LITERARY  INSTITUTIONS  of  Leicester  comprise  several 
Public  Libraries,  a  Literary  and  Philosophical  Society,  a  Mechanics' 
Institution,  a  Church  of  England  Institute,  a  Young  Men's  and  a 
Young  Women's  Christian  Association,  an  Architectural  and 
Archa3ological  Society,  eight  weekly  Newspapers,  and  a  Collegiate 
School. 

The  Town  Library,  in  the  Town  Hall,  contains  nearly  2000 
volumes,  and  is  rich  in  the  works  of  the  Fathers  and  early  Re- 
formers. It  comprises  many  volumes  of  divinity  of  the  16th  and 
17th  centuries  ;  a  few  on  medical,  historical,  and  scientific  subjects  ; 
the  Public  Records  and  other  Parliamentary  Folios ;  and  a  few  very 
curious  and  ancient  manuscripts.  The  apartment  which  it  occupies, 
was  built  by  the  Corporation  in  1632,  previous  to  which,  the  Earl 
of  Huntingdon  had  given  many  books  which  were  placed  in  St. 
Martin's  Church,  for  the  help  and  benefit  of  ministers  and  scholars. 
These,  with  many  others  given  by  former  benefactors,  were  removed 
to  the  Town  Library,  with  the  consent  of  the  Bishop  of  Lincoln ; 
and  for  the  better  furnishing  thereof,  a  general  but  voluntary  col- 
lection was  made  in  Leicester,  and  in  every  deanery  in  the  county. 
In  1640,  Mr.  Thomas  Hayne  bequeathed  600  volumes  to  this 
library,  and  considerable  additions  have  been  made  by  other  bene- 
factors. The  books  are  in  good  condition,  but  are,  generally  speak- 
ing, of  little  use  to  modern  students.  Among  a  few  of  the  tomes  of 
this  repository  of  ancient  literature  may  be  enumerated — Walton's 
Polyglott,  6  vols. ;  a  Missal  from  Salisbury  Cathedral ;  Stephens's 
Greek  Testament,  folio,  Paris,  1600;  Gerson's  Opera,  3  vols.,  1497; 
"  Voragine  Aurea  Legenda  Sanctorum"  1476 ;  "  Speed's  Historie  of 


186  HISTORY    OF   LEICESTER. 

Great  Britaine";  Clarendon's  History,  1786;  Lanquette's  Chronicle, 
black  letter,  imperfect ;  Sir  Walter  Raleigh's  History  of  the  World, 
folio;  and  the  Codex  Leicestriensis,  in  MS.,  supposed  to  be  of  the 
fourteenth  century.  The  books  were  formerly  fastened  to  the 
shelves  by  chains.  The  Commissioners  of  Patents  have  recently 
presented  their  publications,  which  are  rich  in  matter,  of  both  com- 
mercial and  scientific  interest.  Among  the  relics  shown  here,  is  a 
carved  chair  in  which  King  Charles  is  said  to  have  once  sat.  Here 
are  also  portraits  of  George  III.,  and  two  borough  members — Messrs. 
Darker  &  Wigley ;  and  over  the  fire-place  is  an  old  painting  of  St. 
Jerome,  on  a  panel.  The  Library  is  open  to  the  public  from  ten 
morning  till  five  evening,  but  the  books  are  not  allowed  to  be  taken 
out  of  the  room.     Mrs.  Lucy  Mary  Dawson  is  the  librarian. 

The  General  News  Room  and  Library,  at  the  junction  of  Belvoir 
and  Granby  streets,  is  an  elegant  edifice  which  was  finished  in 
January,  1838,  at  a  cost  of  £8400,  exclusive  of  £2100  given  for 
the  site.  It  was  erected  by  a  proprietary  of  £10  shareholders,  and 
is  a  great  ornament  to  the  town ;  being  in  the  rich  Ionic  order  of 
the  Minerva  Polias  at  Athens.  The  south  front  presents  four  three- 
quarter  columns  and  anta3,  and  in  the  five  centre  intercolumniations 
are  as  many  windows,  with  panels  over  them,  forming  a  continuous 
line  of  beautiful  sculpture,  representing  eminent  men  of  ancient  and 
modern  times,  and  emblems  of  the  four  quarters  of  the  Globe,  Eng- 
land, and  many  foreign  countries.  In  the  portico,  fronting  Granby 
street,  are  two  entrances,  one  to  the  News  Room,  and  the  other  to 
the  Library  Gallery.  The  News  Room  measures  60  feet  by  34,  and 
is  30  feet  high  to  the  ceiling,  and  41  to  the  highly  enriched  lantern. 
The  Gallery,  which  runs  round  the  room,  is  supported  by  twelve 
Corinthian  columns,  in  imitation  of  Scagliola  marble,  and  contains 
the  Library,  which  comprises  about  9000  volumes  of  modern  stand- 
ard authors,  deposited  in  sixteen  large  cases  placed  in  compartments. 
The  building  also  contains  a  Committee  Room,  a  Reading  Room  at- 
tached to  the  Library,  and  other  apartments.  The  annual  subscrip- 
tion to  the  News  Room  is  £1.  5s.  to  persons  resident  in  the  town, 
and  £1  to  those  who  live  in  the  country.  Admission  to  the  Library 
requires  the  previous  purchase  of  a  share  by  payment  of  three 
guineas,  and  an  annual  subscription  of  one  guinea.  In  connection 
with  the  News  Room  is  a  Chess  Club,  which  meets  on  Tuesday  and 
Friday  evenings.  Mr.  Frederick  Gowar  is  the  secretary  and  librarian. 
It  is  proposed  to  establish  an  Exchange  in  connection  with  this 
institution. 

The  Literary  and  Philosophical  Society  was  established  in 
1835,  and  its  members  consist  of  gentlemen  of  the  town  and  neigh- 
bourhood, associated  for  the  cultivation  of  the  higher  branches  of 
literature,  science,  philosophy,  and  the  fine  arts.  The  Society 
formerly  held  its  meetings  in  the  New  Hall,  where  it  collected  a  very 
valuable  museum,  which  in  1849  it  transferred  to  the  Town  Council, 
on  condition  that  the  old  Proprietary  School  should  be  purchased 
and  appropriated  to  its  use,  as  noticed  at  page  180.    Lectures  are 


LITERARY   INSTITUTIONS.  187 

delivered  before  the  members  during  the  winter,  nearly  every  fort- 
night, in  the  Lecture  Hall  of  the  Town  Museum  in  New  Walk.  The 
Society  has  nearly  two  hundred  members,  and  is  in  a  very  prosperous 
condition.  Richard  Luck,  Esq.,  is  president;  J.  F.  Hollings  and 
F.  F.  Marshall,  Esqs.,  and  the  Revs.  J.  0.  Picton  and  D.  J. 
Vaughan,  vice-presidents ;  R.  W.  Wood,  Esq.,  treasurer;  and  J. 
Arnall  and  R.  H.  Wood,  Esqs.,  honorary  secretaries. 

The  Mechanics'  Institution,  which  occupies  part  of  the  New 
Hall,  was  commenced  in  1833,  and  has  a  well  supplied  News  Boom, 
and  a  Library  of  about  4000  volumes,  many  of  them  presented  by 
gentlemen  of  the  town  and  neighbourhood.  It  has  about  200  mem- 
bers. J.  F.  Hollings,  Esq.,  is  the  president;  T.  T.  Paget,  Esq., 
treasurer;  Messrs.  B.  Newell  and  C.  Oldershaw,  honorary  secre- 
taries ;  and  Mr.  J.  Johnson,  librarian. 

The  Leicester  Temperance  Society,  which  was  established  in 
183G,  has  more  than  600  members,  of  whom  about  100  are  united 
together  for  the  purpose  of  assisting  each  other  in  times  of  sickness 
and  misfortune.  It  has  been  the  means  of  reclaiming  many  drunk- 
ards from  their  miserable  vice,  and  in  18G1,  it  erected  an  elegant 
public  drinking  fountain  adjoining  the  Temperance  Hall.  The 
society  holds  public  meetings  on  Thursday  and  Saturday  evenings, 
when  instruction  and  amusement  are  afforded  by  speeches,  songs, 
recitations,  &c.  It  has  a  library,  containing  nearly  3000  volumes, 
and  a  well-supplied  news  room  in  the  basement  of  the  Temperance 
Hall.  The  Rev.  John  Rabington,  A.M.,  of  Brighton,  is  the  presi- 
dent; E.  S.  Ellis,  Esq.,  treasurer;  Messrs.  T.  Cook  and  J.  Buckle}^, 
secretaries;  and  Mr.  Arthur  Moulds,  librarian. 

The- -Church  of  England  Institute,  at  7  Loseby  lane,  was  estab- 
lished, in  1859,  for  the  purpose  of  aiding  the  religious,  moral,  and 
intellectual  improvement  of  its  members,  by  means  of  a  library,  a 
well-appointed  reading  and  news  room,  the  delivery  of  lectures,  and 
the  formation  of  classes  for  instruction.  It  consists  of  senior  and 
junior  members  paying  respectively  21s.  and  10s.  each  per  annum, 
and  of  non-members  paying  2s.  per  quarter  for  the  privilege  of 
attending  the  classes  and  lectures.  The  Institute  is  now  in  a  pros- 
perous condition,  and  has  a  good  news  room,  and  a  library  of  about 
500  volumes.  It  is  contemplated  to  extend  its  advantages,  by  opening 
free  reading  rooms  for  the  operative  classes,  in  various  parts  of  the 
town.  The  Bishop  of  Peterborough  \s>  patron',  Earl  Howe,  president; 
Mr.  J.  Sarson,  treasurer;  the  Rev.  D.  J.  Vaughan  and  Mr.  W.  H. 
Marris,  honorary  secretaries;  and  Mr.  Joseph  Garrett,  librarian. 

The  YouNt}  Men's  Christian  Association,  at  No.  1,  St.  Martin's, 
was  established  in  1855,  to  promote  the  religious,  moral,  and  intel- 
lectual improvement  of  young  men,  by  means  of  devotional  meet- 
ings, biblical  and  other  classes  of  instruction,  the  delivery  of  lectures, 
and  the  establishment  of  a  reading  room,  and  a  properly-selected 
library.  The  rooms  are  open  from  8  a.m.  to  10  p.m.  every  day, 
except  Sunday,  and  the  news  room  is  well  supplied  with  daily  and 
weekly  papers,  the  monthly  and  quarterly  journals,  &c.    The  library, 


188  HISTORY   OP   LEICESTER. 

though  containing  only  600  volumes  at  present,  is  gradually  increas- 
ing in  standard  and  practically  useful  books.  The  classes  for  essays 
and  discussion,  drawing,  writing,  bookkeeping,  arithmetic,  grammar, 
composition,  and  elocution,  are  well  attended,  and  the  association 
has  already  been  the  means  of  doing  much  good.  The  Hon.  Major 
Powys-Keck  is  the  president;  Richard  Harris,  Esq.,  treasurer;  Messrs. 
J.  Beales  and  J.  Hollingworth,  honorary  secretaries;  and  Mr.  Edward 
Foster  is  the  acting  secretary  and  librarian. 

The  Young  Women's  Christian  Association  has  rooms  at  4, 
Hotel  street,  and  was  established  in  1857.  Its  objects  and  results 
are  similar  to  those  of  the  Young  Men's  Association,  with  the 
addition  of  singing  and  sewing  classes.  Mrs.  Dyson  is  the  treasurer ; 
Mrs.  Henry  Kemp,  secretary;  and  Miss  Chamberlain,  superintendent. 

The  Leicestershire  Architectural  and  Archaeological  So- 
ciety was  established  10th  January,  1855,  and  its  objects  are  to 
promote  the  study  of  ecclesiastical  architecture  and  general  an- 
tiquities, and  the  restoration  of  mutilated  architectural  remains 
within  the  county;  and  to  furnish  suggestions,  as  far  as  may  be 
within  its  province,  for  improving  the  character  of  ecclesiastical 
edifices,  and  for  preserving  all  ancient  remains  deemed  of  value  and 
importance.  In  furtherance  of  these  objects,  an  annual  meeting  is 
held  in  some  part  of  the  county,  connected  with  which  there  is 
usually  a  museum  for  the  exhibition  of  antiquities,  followed  by  a 
day's  excursion  to  places  of  interest  in  the  neighbourhood.  The 
society  also  holds  bi-monthly  meetings  of  its  members,  in  the  Guild- 
hall, at  which  architectural  plans,  antiquities,  or  works  of  art  are 
exhibited,  and  papers  read.  It  publishes  annually,  a  report  of  its 
proceedings  and  some  of  the  papers  read  before  it,  in  connection 
with  the  reports  and  papers  of  several  other  kindred  societies,  with 
which  it  is  associated.  The  annual  subscription  is  10s.,  and  each 
member  is  entitled  to  a  copy  of  the  volume  containing  the  papers  of 
the  associated  societies.  The  Duke  of  Rutland  and  the  Bishop  of 
Peterborough  are  patrons;  Earl  Howe,  Earl  Denbigh,  Lord  J. 
Manners,  M.P.,  Sir  G.  H.  Beaumont,  Bart.,  Sir  A.  G.  Hazlerigg, 
Bart.,  Sir  Wm.  D.  C.  Brook,  Bart.,  the  Hon.  H.  L.  Powys-Keck, 
the  Archdeacon  of  Leicester,  W.  P.  Herrick,  Esq.,  E.  B.  Hartopp, 
Esq.,  M.P.,  and  Major  Wollaston  are  presidents;  and  the  Hon.  and 
Rev.  J.  Sandilands,  G.  C.  Bellairs,  Esq.,  and  Thos.  North,  Esq., 
are  the  honorary  secretaries. 

The  Libraries  at  Mr.  T.  C.  Browne's,  and  Messrs.  J.  &  T. 
Spencer's,  in  the  Market  place,  are  well  selected,  and  contain 
many  thousands  of  volumes.  They  are  both  in  connection  with 
Mudie's  London  Library,  so  that  subscribers  can  obtain  an  un- 
limited supply  of  the  newest  works  in  every  department  of  litera- 
ture. There  are  also  small  libraries  at  some  of  the  Sunday  schools, 
&c,  and  it  is  in  contemplation,  shortly  to  establish  a  Borough  Free 
Library,  and  a  School  of  Art. 

Eight  Weekly  Newspapers  are  now  published  in  Leicester,  viz.  : 
the  Journal,  commenced  in   1753,   and  professing  Conservative 


NEWSPAPERS.  189 

politics;  the  Chronicle,  established  in  1810,  as  an  advocate  of  Whig 
principles;  the  Mercury,  commenced  in  1836,  as  the  organ  of  the 
advanced  Liberals  ;  the  Advertiser,  established  in  1842,  professing 
Independence  in  politics ;  the  Guardian,  established  in  1857,  advo- 
cating moderate  Conservative  principles ;  the  Free  Press,  first  pub- 
lished here  in  1859,  in  the  Liberal  interest;  and  the  Express  and 
the  News  established  in  1861.  The  Journal,  Chronicle,  and  Adver- 
tiser are  3d.,  the  Mercury  and  Guardian  2d.,  and  the  rest' Id.  each. 
The  Journal  is  published  on  Fridays,  and  the  others  on  Saturdays. 
The  Baptist  Reporter  is  a  monthly  periodical,  commenced  in  January, 
1826,  and  printed  by  Messrs.  Winks  &  Son,  of  High  street,  who 
also  publish  the  Christian  Pioneer,  the  Children's  Magazine,  and  the 
Little  Child's  Picture  Magazine,  every  month,  and  many  school 
books,  pamphlets,  and  tracts,  chiefly  in  the  Baptist  interest.  The 
Leicestershire  Magazine  was  commenced  in  July,  1861,  and  is  pub- 
lished monthly,  by  Mr.  T.  H.  Cleveland.  There  are  also  two  an- 
nual almanacs,  containing  much  useful  information,  issued  by 
Messrs.  J.  &  T.  Spencer  and  Winks  &  Son. 

The  Collegiate  and  Free  Grammar  School,  at  the  end  of 
Prebend  street,  is  an  elegant  edifice  in  the  Tudor  style  of  architec- 
ture, built  in  1836  by  a  company  of  shareholders,  from  a  design  by 
Mr.  Weightman,  of  Sheffield,  and  admirably  adapted  for  scholastic 
purposes.  It  stands  on  a  pleasant  eminence,  and  near  it  is  a  com- 
modious and  handsome  residence  for  the  head  master,  with  accommo- 
dation for  a  large  number  of  boarders.  Adjoining  the  playground 
are  several  acres  of  meadow  land,  appropriated  to  the  use  of  the 
pupils.  The  annual  charge  for  imparting  a  sound  religious,  classical, 
scientific,  and  commercial  education,  under  masters  belonging  to  the 
Established  Church,  is  £10  for  day  pupils,  and  £42  for  boarders. 
Each  pupil  pays  a  fee  of  one  guinea  towards  the  Exhibition  fund,  on 
entering  the  school.  There  are  several  exhibitions  of  the  yearly 
value  of  £25  each,  tenable  for  three  years,  either  at  Oxford,  Cam- 
bridge, or  Dublin.  There  are  now  about  fifty  boarders  and  fifty  day 
pupils,  but  about  twelve  of  the  latter  are  nominated  by  the  trustees 
of  the  Free  Grammar  School,  in  accordance  with  the  new  scheme  for 
the  management  of  that  charity,  granted  by  the  Court  of  Chancery, 
28th  January,  1860,  as  hereafter  noticed.  Earl  Howe  and  Viscount 
Maynard,  are  vice-presidents ;  the  Bishop  of  Peterborough  is  visitor ; 
the  Rev.  Abraham  Hill,  M.A.,  is  head  master ;  the  Rev.  Charles 
Danvers  Crossman,  B.A.,  second  master ;  the  Rev.  Thos.  Widdowson, 
B.A.,  and  Rev.  Robt.  Allen,  M.A.,  assistant  masters;  M.  Chas. 
Camille  Caillard,  French  master;  Herr  Augustus  Schneider,  German 
master ;    and  Dr.  Bernays,  of  London,  lecturer  on  chemistry. 

The  Free  Grammar  School  is  supposed  to  have  been  founded  by 
Thomas  Wyggeston,  brother  of  William,  in  the  early  part  of  the 
sixteenth  century.  In  1564,  Queen  Elizabeth  granted  it  £10  a-year 
out  of  the  revenues  of  the  Duchy  of  Lancaster  ;  and  in  the  following 
year,  Sir  Ralph  Roivlatt  endowed  it  with  £3.  6s.  8d.  per  annum,  out 
of  the  manor  of  Theddingworth.    In  1573,  Queen  Elizabeth  sold  all 


190  HISTORY    OF   LEICESTER. 

the  materials  of  the  decayed  church  of  St.  Peter,  to  the  Corporation, 
for  £35,  in  consideration  of  their  erecting  a  more  commodious  school- 
house,  and  employing  what  remained  of  the  lead,  timber,  and  stone 
of  the  said  church,  in  bringing  a  conduit  of  ivater  to  the  town. 
A  school  and  master's  house  were  built  in  1574,  in  High  street,  but 
in  1730  the  Corporation  enlarged  the  master's  house  by  the  purchase 
of  an  adjoining  tenement.  The  school  has  £21  a-year  from  the 
revenues  of  Wyggeston's  Hospital ;  viz.,  £10  as  the  gift  of  the  Earl 
of  Huntington,  in  1574;  £10,  as  Sir  William  Wyggeston's  gift; 
and  £1  as  the  gift  of  Thomas  Wyggeston.  From  the  above  sources, 
and  a  few  smaller  benefactions,  the  yearly  income  is  £47.  5s.  4d., 
to  which  the  old  Corporation  voluntarily  contributed  about  £75,  but 
this  was  discontinued  in  1836.  The  Earl  of  Huntingdon,  in  1576, 
left  £10  a-year  to  be  divided  into  two  exhibitions  of  £2  each,  to  two 
boys,  whilst  at  school,  and  two  exhibitions  of  £3  each  to  scholars  at 
the  University,  to  be  paid  out  of  the  revenue  of  Wyggeston's  Hospital. 
As  noticed  with  his  charity  at  a  subsequent  page,  Thomas  Hai/ne 
left  £6  a-year  for  two  scholars  at  Lincoln  College,  Oxford.  After 
the  appointment  of  the  trustees  of  the  Church  Charities,  in  the  room 
of  the  old  Corporation,  in  December,  1836,  efforts  were  made  to 
restore  the  efficiency  of  the  school,  which  for  years  had  been  in  a 
languishing  condition,  but  without  effect ;  and  for  a  long  time  the 
school  had  no  scholars.  On  the  death  of  the  late  master  in  1841, 
the  Corporation  sold  the  master's  house,  so  that  there  remained  only 
belonging  to  the  charity,  the  old  school  buildings,  in  a  very  bad  state 
of  repair,  and  the  small  income  derived  from  benefactions ;  but  as 
no  master  could  be  induced  to  take  charge  of  the  school,  the  greater 
part  of  the  income  was  refused  to  be  paid,  on  the  ground  that  the 
original  grants  were  to  the  master  and  ushers,  and  could  not  be 
enforced  when  there  were  no  masters.  The  only  sums  received  were 
from  Sir  Ralph  Rowlatt's  and  Wm.  Norrice's  gifts,  amounting  together 
to  £6.  13s.  4d.  The  school  continued  to  remain  in  abeyance,  when 
in  1843,  application  was  made  to  the  Court  of  Chancery,  for  a  new 
scheme  for  its  management,  which,  after  a  lapse  of  seven  years,  and 
the  expenditure  of  about  £340,  was  obtained  on  the  28th  of  January, 
1860.  This  scheme  empowered  the  Trustees  of  the  Church  Charities 
to  collect  the  arrears  of  income,  to  sell  the  old  school  buildings, 
and  to  invest  the  proceeds  and  apply  the  dividends  as  directed.  The 
trustees  are  at  liberty  to  appoint  the  master  for  the  time  being  of  the 
Collegiate  School,  to  be  the  master  of  the  Grammar  School,  provided 
that  the  Collegiate  School  be  carried  on  in  the  building  now  appro- 
priated to  that  purpose ;  that  two  ushers  at  the  least,  be  always  kept 
in  the  school;  that  there  be  taught  in  the  school,  as  many  boys  nomi- 
nated by  the  trustees,  as  the  income  of  the  charity  will  allow,  at  the 
rate  of  £6  each  per  annum,  and  that  such  boys  be  taught  in  common 
with  the  other  boys  in  the  Collegiate  School,  and  without  any  dis- 
tinction whatever,  and  be  so  taught  without  expense,  except  for 
books,  stationery,  and  instruction  in  modern  languages.  During 
such  time  as  the  provisions  of  this  scheme  are  observed,  the  trustees 


FREE    GRAMMAR    SCHOOL.  191 

will  pay  to  the  master  of  the  school  the  clear  yearly  income  of  the 
charity  ;  but  in  case  of  any  continued  breach  of  any  of  the  conditions, 
the  trustees  are  to  discontinue  the  payment  to  the  master;  and 
if  the  Collegiate  School  shall  at  any  time  cease  to  exist,  or  the 
trustees  be  unable  to  carry  the  provisions  of  the  scheme  into  effect, 
they  are  to  invest  the  annual  income  until  it  amounts  to  £500,  when 
they  are  to  apply  to  the  Court  of  Chancery  for  further  directions. 
All  boys  of  the  age  of  eight  years  and  upwards,  of  good  character, 
free  from  infectious  diseases,  and  whose  parents  reside  in  the 
borough,  are  eligible  for  election,  a  preference  being  given  to  those 
boys  whose  parents  cannot  afford  to  pay  for  their  instruction.  If 
there  be  not  a  sufficient  number  of  applicants  within  the  borough, 
scholars  may  be  elected  from  other  places.  The  old  school-house 
was  sold  in  1860  for  £800,  and  is  now  used  as  a  joiner's  shop. 
This  sum,  with  about  £200  arrears,  is  now  invested  ;  and  the  annual 
income  of  the  charity  is  at  present  about  £50,  but  will  shortly  be 
much  more.  Twelve  boys  are  educated  at  the  Collegiate  School  in 
accordance  with  the  new  scheme,  and  their  number  will  be  increased 
as  the  funds  permit. 

CHARITY,  NATIONAL,  and  other  SCHOOLS  for  the  gratuitous 
education  of  the  poor,  or  for  imparting  instruction  on  the  lowest 
terms,  with  the  aid  of  subscriptions  and  donations,  are  as  numerous 
in  Leicester,  and  as  early  in  their  foundation,  as  those  of  most  other 
towns  of  similar  magnitude. 

Aldeeman  Newton's,  or  the  Green  Coat  School,  in  St.  Nicholas 
street,  was  founded  in  17G1,  and  now  affords  education  and  clothing 
to  120  poor  boys,  as  will  be  seen  at  a  subsequent  page,  with  the 
account  of  Alderman  Newton's  Charities  to  Leicester  and  other 
places. 

The  National  School,  near  St.  Nicholas'  Church,  was  erected  in 
1819,  on  land  given  by  the  Crown,  and  is  designed  as  a  central  or 
model  school  for  the  county,  under  the  patronage  of  the  Duke  of 
Eutland  and  many  other  persons  of  rank  and  distinction.  Under 
the  tuition  of  a  master,  mistress,  and  nine  pupil-teachers,  it  affords 
instruction  to  about  400  children. 

All  Saints'  School,  in  Charlotte  street,  was  founded  by  sub- 
scription in  1819,  and  affords  instruction  to  about  100  children,  on 
the  infant  system,  in  connexion  with  the  National  schools.  It  is 
supported  by  voluntary  contributions  and  an  annual  sermon. 

Christ  Church  School,  in  Bow  street,  is  a  commodious  building, 
erected  by  subscription  in  1840,  and  will  accommodate  350  boys, 
girls,  and  infants.  Christ  Church  has  also  a  school  at  the  junction 
of  Curzon  street  and  Dysart  street,  erected  in  1853.  It  is  a  hand- 
some brick  building,  and  will  accommodate  480  boys,  girls,  and 
infants,  though  it  has  seldom  more  than  300  in  attendance. 

.  St.  George's  Schools,  in  St.  George's  Churchyard,  were  estab- 
lished by  subscription  in  1828,  and  are  now  attended  by  about  100 
boys  and  100  girls,  who  pay  2d.  a-week  each. 
•    St.  John's  Schools,  in  South  Albion  street,  were  erected  in 


192  HISTOKY   OF   LEICESTER. 

1856-7,  at  a  cost  of  about  £1100,  and  are  about  to  be  enlarged. 
They  are  attended  by  350  boys,  girls,  and  infants. 

St.  Leonard's  School,  in  Abbeygate,  was  built  in  1846,  and  is 
attended  by  about  80  scholars. 

St.  Margaret's  Infant  School,  in  Church  gate,  was  built  by 
subscription  in  1810.  St.  Margaret's  School,  in  Canning  street, 
was  built  in  1834,  and  is  attended  by  about  200  boys  and  150  girls, 
who  pay  2d.  each  per  week.  St.  Margaret's  School,  in  Caroline 
street,  will  accommodate  200  scholars,  but  has  seldom  more  than  85 
in  attendance. 

St.  Martin's  Schools,  in  Friar  lane,  were  built  by  subscription 
in  1789,  with  residences  for  the  master  and  mistress.  They  are 
supported  by  voluntary  contributions  and  the  pence  of  the  children. 
They  are  attended  by  about  200  boys,  girls,  and  infants.  There  is 
also  a  school  for  this  parish  in  Union  street,  which  cost  about  £200, 
and  is  attended  by  40  infants. 

St.  Mary's  Schools,  near  the  Church,  were  built  by  subscription 
in  1785  and  1800,  with  a  house  for  the  master,  and  vested  in  trust 
for  the  instruction  in  reading,  writing,  and  accounts,  of  poor  children 
of  the  parish  of  St.  Mary  and  the  liberties  of  the  Newarke  and  Castle 
View.  The  establishment  is  so  liberally  supported,  that  it  now 
affords  instruction  to  about  100  boys  and  160  girls  and  infants. 

Here  are  three  Infant  Schools,  situated  in  Archdeacon  lane  (built 
in  1838,)  Metcalfe  street,  and  Charlotte  street.  In  Hill  street  are 
large  British  Schools,  built  by  subscription  in  1832  and  1834, 
with  the  aid  of  the  British  and  Foreign  School  Society,  and  supported 
by  the  contributions  of  Dissenters,  and  the  weekly  payment  of  three- 
pence, fourpence,  or  sixpence,  by  each  of  the  scholars.  They  are 
attended  by  about  300  boys  and  200  girls. 

The  Great  Meeting  Schools,  in  East  Bond  street,  originally 
founded  in  1708,  were  rebuilt  in  1859,  at  an  expense  of  £1700, 
raised  by  subscription  among  the  members  of  the  Unitarian  Congre- 
gation. There  are  two  large  and  lofty  school  rooms,  each  90  feet 
long  by  29  feet  wide,  four  class  rooms,  large  kitchens,  &c,  and  three 
playgrounds,  provided  with  swings  and  other  amusements.  The 
schools  are  attended  by  about  700  boys  and  girls,  who  pay  from  2d. 
to  6d.  each  per  week. 

The  Roman  Catholic  Schools,  for  boys  and  girls,  are  in  Welling- 
ton street,  and  in  Royal  East  street,  and  are  well  attended. 

The  Female  Asylum,  in  the  Newarke,  was  established  in  1800, 
for  the  maintenance  of  16  poor  girls,  who  are  admitted  at  the  age  of 
twelve,  and  remain  till  they  are  sixteen,  during  which  time  they  are 
trained  for  domestic  servitude,  and  taught  reading,  writing,  and 
arithmetic.  They  partly  contribute  towards  their  own  support  by 
the  needlework  and  washing,  which  the  institution  undertakes  for  the 
public.  Great  attention  is  paid  to  their  moral  and  religious  instruc- 
tion.    Mrs.  Ann  Simons  is  the  matron. 

The  Infant  Orphan  Asylum  was  established  in  January,  1851, 
for  the  maintenance  and  education  of  poor  female  orphan  children, 


INFANT    ORPHAN    ASYLUM.  193 

belonging  to  the  town  or  county  of  Leicester,  who  are  admitted  at 
the  early  age  of  six,  and  trained  in  such  habits  of  virtue,  industry, 
and  usefulness  as  may  best  qualify  them  to  become  valuable  domestic 
servants,  or  otherwise  to  fulfil  the  duties  of  the  station  in  which 
Providence  may  place  them.  It  is  chiefly  indebted  for  its  origin  to 
the  benevolence  and  untiring  energy  of  Lady  Hazlerigg,  of  Noseley 
Hall,  who  has  been  ably  assisted  in  her  charitable  design  by  the 
Countess  Howe,  by  Mrs.  John  Taylor,  of  Leicester,  and  many  other 
ladies  of  the  county ;  and  it  is  gratifying  to  know  that  a  large  mea- 
sure of  success  has  been  already  vouchsafed  to  their  labours.  In 
1854,  a  healthy  site  on  the  Fosse  road  was  purchased,  and  a  very 
simple  but  appropriate  building  of  brick  and  stone  was  erected  at  a 
cost  of  £900,  raised  by  subscription  and  the  profits  of  two  bazaars. 
There  are  now  about  30  inmates,  each  of  whom  on  leaving,  is  pro- 
perly clothed,  and  placed  in  a  respectable  situation. 

Among  the  PROVIDENT  INSTITUTIONS  of  the  town  are  three 
Savings'  Banks,  several  Building,  Land,  Investment,  and  Benefit 
Societies,  a  Widow  and  Orphans'  Friend  Society,  and  numerous  lodges 
of  Odd  Fellows,  Foresters,  &c,  supported  by  the  operative  classes  for 
mutual  assistance  in  cases  of  sickness,  misfortune,  superannuation, 
and  death. 

The  Savings'  Bank,  at  48,  Gallowtree  gate,  was  established  in 
1817,  and  is  open  every  Monday,  Wednesday,  and  Saturday,  from 
eleven  to  one  o'clock ;  and  every  Saturday  evening,  for  deposits  only, 
from  six  to  seven  o'clock.  Its  deposits  on  the  20th  November,  1861, 
amounted  to  £130,066.  2s.  10d.,  belonging  to  6209  depositors,  and 
the  surplus  fund  in  the  hands  of  the  Commissioners  for  the  reduction 
of  the  National  Debt,  and  the  trustees  of  the  bank,  was  £1065. 13s.  5d. 
The  Duke  of  Rutland  is  president;  Earl  Howe,  vice-president;  twenty- 
one  gentlemen  of  the  town  and  county  are  trustees;  and  about  ninety 
others  are  managers.  Richard  Warner  Wood,  Esq.,  is  treasurer; 
Mr.  William  Kelly,  actuary  and  secretary;  Mr.  James  Henry  Med- 
worth,  clerk;  and  Mr.  John  Heath  Williams,  accountant.  Interest 
at  the  rate  of  £2. 18s.  4d.  per  cent,  per  annum  is  allowed,  and  sums 
as  low  as  one  shilling  are  received. 

The  Post  Office  Savings'  Bank  is  in  the  money  order  department 
of  the  Post  Office,  in  Granby  street,  and  has  been  established  under 
the  authority  of  an  Act  of  Parliament,  passed  in  1861,  to  grant 
additional  facilities  for  depositing  small  savings  at  interest,  with  the 
security  of  Government  for  the  due  repayment  thereof;  and  which 
came  into  operation  on  the  16th  September  of  that  year.  The  Bank 
is  open  from  nine  o'clock  in  the  morning  till  six  in  the  evening,  (and 
on  Saturdays  till  eight  in  the  evening,)  for  the  reception  of  deposits, 
or  the  repayment  of  money  ;  and  any  sum  not  less  than  one  shilling 
will  be  received,  provided  that  not  more  than  £30  be  paid  in  one  year 
by  one  depositor,  and  that  the  total  amount  standing  in  such  de- 
positor's name  be  not  more  than  £150,  exclusive  of  interest.  When 
the  principal  and  interest  together,  standing  to  the  credit  of  any 
depositor  amount  to  the  sum  of  £200,  all  interest  will  cease,  so  long 

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194  HISTORY    OF    LEICESTER. 

as  that  sum  remains  undiminished  in  the  bank.     Interest  at  the  rate 
of  £2.  10s.  per  cent,  per  annum  is  allowed. 

The  Penny  Savings'  Bank  is  open  at  the  Town  Hall  every 
Saturday  evening,  from  six  to  nine  o'clock.  It  was  established  1st 
January,  1859,  and  during  the  three  years  it  has  been  in  operation, 
6700  accounts  have  been  opened,  nearly  £4000  have  been  deposited, 
and  about  £3000  have  been  withdrawn.  Interest  at  the  rate  of  two 
per  cent,  is  allowed  on  all  deposits  amounting  to  one  pound  and  up- 
wards, after  remaining  in  the  bank  six  months. 

The  Widow  and  Orphan's  Friend  Society  was  established  in 
1815,  for  the  mutual  benefit  of  its  members,  and  on  the  death  of  one 
of  them,  the  survivors  contribute,  in  equal  proportions,  the  sum  of 
one  hundred  pounds,  payable  within  two  months,  to  the  widow  or 
children  of  the  deceased  member.  And  even  if  any  member  die  in- 
solvent, the  society,  in  its  discretion,  pays  the  one  hundred  pounds 
to  the  wife  and  children  of  such  deceased  member,  notwithstanding 
his  insolvency ;  and  no  member  has  power  to  dispose  of  or  assign 
his  interest  away  from  his  family.  When  the  number  of  deaths  in 
any  year  exceed  the  rate  of  one  for  every  fifty  members,  the  demands 
consequent  on  such  an  excess  of  deaths  are  paid  in  equal  proportions, 
one-half  from  the  funds  of  the  society,  and  the  other  half  by  the  equal 
subscriptions  of  the  members.  Since  the  formation  of  this  society, 
the  sum  of  £16,800  has  been  paid  in  168  benefits  of  £100  each, 
which,  in  many  instances,  have  been  the  means  of  not  only  relieving 
the  immediate  necessities  of  the  families  of  the  deceased,  but  of 
placing  them  in  a  position  to  obtain  a  creditable  livelihood.  The 
society  has  an  invested  capital  of  about  £3150,  and  numbers  more 
than  200  members.  John  Dove  Harris,  Esq.  is  treasurer,  and  Mr. 
Wm.  Gray,  of  45,  Conduit  street,  secretary, 

CHARITABLE  INSTITUTIONS.— The  Blanket  Lending  Society 
was  established  in  1830,  and  lends  every  winter  upwards  of  1100 
pairs  of  blankets  to  the  most  destitute  families  in  the  town,  besides 
giving  about  100  pairs  of  old  ones.  It  expends  about  £240  yearly 
in  purchasing,  scouring,  and  repairing  blankets  ;  and  its  depository 
is  at  No.  2,  Hotel  street;  T.  C.  Turner,  Esq.,  is  treasurer,  G.  H. 
Nevinson,  Esq.,  honorary  secretary,  and  Mr.  John  Lane,  collector. 
Here  is  also  a  Dorcas  Society,  for  clothing  the  destitute  ;  a  Ladies 
Charity,  for  the  relief  of  poor  lying-in  women  ;  a  Society  for  Visiting 
and  Believing  the  Sick ;  several  excellent  Medical  Charities ;  and  a 
Society  for  the  Belief  of  Indigent  Old  Age.  The  latter  is  supported 
by  annual  subscriptions,  and  collections  at  the  churches,  to  the 
amount  of  about  £200  a  year. 

The  Leicester  Infirmary  and  House  of  Recovery  from  Contagious 
Fever,  occupy  a  spacious  building,  in  an  airy  situation,  on  the  south 
side  of  the  town,  near  the  County  Gaol.  This  useful  charity,  for 
affording  medical  and  surgical  aid  to  the  lame,  infirm,  and  sick  poor, 
both  as  in  and  out  patients,  is  open  for  the  reception  of  patients  from 
any  county  or  nation,  recommended  by  subscribers.  The  Infirmary 
originated  from  the  benevolent  exertions  of  the  late  Wm.  Watts,  Esq.. 


LEICESTER     INFIRMARY.  195 

an  eminent  physician  of  the  town,  who  resided  at  Danett's  Hall, 
and  made  the  first  successful  appeal  to  the  wealthier  inhabitants  of 
the  town  and  neighbourhood,  showing  the  want  of  such  a  Samaritan 
institution  in  this  populous  district.  After  the  example  of  a  few 
liberal  subscriptions,  the  generous  flame  soon  spread,  and  in  a  short 
time  ample  funds  were  raised  for  the  erection  of  this  house  of  mercy. 
The  building  was  opened  in  1771,  for  the  reception  of  about  60 
patients,  but  it  has  since  been  considerably  enlarged.  In  1781,  an 
additional  wing  was  built,  at  the  south-west  angle,  as  an  Asylum  for 
Indigent  Lunatics,  for  the  foundation  and  support  of  which  Mrs.  Top/ps 
left  £1000,  and  Mrs.  Ann  Wigley  £200 ;  but  no  lunatics  have  been 
received  here  since  the  opening  of  the  County  Asylum.  In  1816,  a 
large  additional  wing  was  added  at  the  south-east  angle,  and  appro- 
priated to  the  reception  of  patients  afflicted  with  contagious  fevers. 
In  1861-2,  a  portion  of  the  old  wards,  including  the  contagious  fever 
ward,  was  taken  down,  and  new  buildings  erected,  at  a  cost  of  more 
than  £17,000,  providing  accommodation  for  upwards  of  200  patients. 
A  great  part  of  the  expense  was  defrayed  by  the  munificent  bequest 
of  £10,000  by  the  late  Mrs.  Freeman,  daughter  of  Sir  Thomas  and 
Lady  Dorothea  Apreece.  The  alterations  and  additions  were  ably 
carried  out  under  the  superintendence  of  Messrs.  Dain  and  Smith, 
the  architects  ;  and  the  new  buildings  are  lofty  and  well  ventilated, 
and  contain  every  requisite  convenience.  They  are  built  of  red  brick, 
with  stone  quoins,  strings,  and  dressings  ;  and  the  grounds  are  laid 
out  and  planted  for  the  recreation  of  the  patients.  On  January  1st, 
1861,  the  number  of  patients  in  the  Infirmary  was  98,  and  in  the 
Fever  House  2.  The  total  number  admitted  during  the  succeeding 
year,  was  638  in  the  former,  and  84  in  the  latter,  besides  4890  out- 
patients. The  list  of  benefactions  and  legacies  comprises  many  sums 
of  one,  two,  and  three  hundred  pounds,  and  some  of  larger  amounts, 
among  which  are  £500,  left  by  Dr.  Tate,  of  Loughborough,  in  1821 ; 
£1000,  by  Viscount  Maynard,  in  1828;  £500,  by  Wm.  Bradley, 
Esq.,  in  1836 ;  £500,  by  the  Earl  of  Stamford,  in  1845  ;  and  £500, 
by  Miss  Tate,  in  1850.  The  Infirmary  receives  about  £1800  per 
annum  from  yearly  subscriptions,  and  possesses  about  £10,000  in 
the  three  per  cent,  consols,  purchased  with  benefaction  money  at 
various  periods.  The  subscriptions  to  the  Fever  House  produce 
about  £300  annually,  and  it  has  also  received  many  benefactions  and 
legacies.  Collections  at  churches,  and  donations,  &c,  swell  the  yearly 
income  of  the  two  branches  of  this  valuable  charity  to  about  £3500, 
which  in  some  years  scarcely  covers  their  expenditure.  The  principal 
yearly  salaries  paid  by  the  institution  are — Chaplain,  (Rev.  W. 
Barber,  M.A.,)  £100  ;  House  Surgeon,  (Mr.  F.  J.  Rogers,)  £120  ; 
Matron,  (Miss  Gimson,)  £50 ;  and  Secretary,  (Mr.  J.  H.  Davis,) 
£60.  The  Duke  of  Rutland  is  the  president ;  the  Earl  of  Stamford 
and  Warrington,  Earl  Howe,  and  the  Earl  of  Lanesborough,  are  the 
'vice-presidents ;  the  Bishop  of  Peterborough  is  the  visitor ;  and  Sir 
Fredk.  W.  Heygate,  Bart.,  is  the  treasurer.  The  medical  gentlemen 
who  lend  their  aid  gratuitously  are — G.  Shaw,  J.  W.  Crane,  and  J. 

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196  HISTORY   OF   LEICESTER. 

Barclay,  Esqrs.,  physicians;  and  T.  W.  Benfield,  C.  H.  Marriott, 
and  C.  R.  Crossley,  Esqrs.,  surgeons.  Benefactors  of  30  guineas  or 
more  at  one  time,  are  governors  for  life.  Subscribers  of  two  guineas 
or  more  annually,  are  also  governors. 

The  General  Dispensary,  in  Charles  street,  was  established  in 
1833,  for  affording  medical  and  surgical  aid  to  the  sick  and  lame 
poor  of  the  town  and  neighbourhood,  as  out-patients.  The  number 
of  patients  admitted  in  1860  was  2702,  though  the  subscriptions 
and  donations  during  the  same  year  only  amounted  to  about  £485  ; 
but  it  is  hoped  that  this  institution  for  prompt  attention  to  the 
poor  in  slight  cases  of  accident  and  disease,  will  not  be  suffered  to 
languish  for  want  of  necessary  funds.  By  an  arrangement  made  in 
1862,  poor  persons  paying  one  penny  per  week  to  the  Dispensary, 
are  entitled  to  medical  aid  in  all  cases  of  sickness,  without  having  to 
apply  for  a  recommendation.  The  Duke  of  Rutland  is  president ; 
the  Earl  of  Stamford  and  Warrington,  Earl  Howe,  the  Borough 
Members,  and  the  Mayor,  are  vice-presidents ;  Wm.  Billson.  Esq.,  is 
treasurer;  Messrs.  J.  Denton  and  Bowmar,  consulting  surgeons; 
Messrs.  Lankester,  Wood,  Sloane,  and  E.  R.  Denton,  surgeons;  Mr. 
Kemp,  dentist;  Mr.  Robert  Wingate,  house  surgeon;  and  Mr.  E.  P. 
Bankart,  secretary. 

The  Eye  Infirmary,  at  7,  Bond  street,  was  founded  in  1841,  and 
has  given  medical  aid  to  nearly  7000  patients  since  its  establish- 
ment. It  is  hoped  that  funds  will  shortly  be  raised  to  enable  a 
building  to  be  erected  for  the  reception  of  in-patients.  F.  Fullagar, 
Esq.  is  the  honorary  surgeon. 

The  Homoeopathic  Dispensary,  at  14,  Market  street,  was  estab- 
lished nearly  ten  years  ago,  and  is  open  every  Monday,  Wednesday, 
Thursday,  and  Saturday,  from  two  to  three  o'clock.  Earls  Denbigh 
and  Wilton  are  patrons;  Rev.  T.  S.  Carlyon,  president;  Mr.  Thos. 
Burgess,  treasurer;  Mr.  Joseph  Carryer,  secretary;  Henry  Elliott, 
Esq.,  medical  officer;  and  Mr.  Thos.  Yates,  dispenser.  There  is 
another  Homoeopathic  Dispensary  at  41^,  Granby  street,  which  is 
open  every  morning  from  nine  to  ten  o'clock,  and  every  evening 
from  eight  to  nine  o'clock.  Drs.  Wielobycki  and  Guttcridge  are  the 
medical  officers ;  and  Mr.  W.  Stratton,  dispenser. 

Leicestershire  and  Rutland  Lunatic  Asylum  stands  in  a 
pleasant  and  airy  situation,  a  little  south  of  the  town,  beyond  the 
Midland  Railway.  It  is  a  handsome  and  extensive  building,  and 
was  erected  in  1836,  at  a  cost  of  £17,948,  by  the  Magistrates  of  the 
county  of  Leicester,  out  of  the  county  rates,  aided  by  a  subscription 
fund.  It  is  arranged  and  ventilated  on  the  most  improved  plans, 
and  has  been  frequently  enlarged  at  very  considerable  cost,  so  that 
it  has  now  accommodation  for  nearly  400  patients.  In  1848,  the 
Corporation  of  the  borough  of  Leicester  and  the  Magistrates  of  the 
county  of  Rutland,  formed  a  union  with  the  Visitors  of  the  Asylum, 
S3  that  lunatics  from  both  counties,  and  from  the  borough  of  Leices- 
ter, could  be  admitted  here.  In  1861,  about  16£  acres  of  land, 
adjoining  the  Asylum,  was  purchased  of  the  Corporation  for  £10,000. 


LUNATIC   ASYLUM.  197 

Here  is  also  superior  accommodation  for  independent  patients,  who 
pay  according  to  special  agreement.  The  donations  towards  pur- 
chasing the  land  and  erecting  the  asylum,  amounted  to  upwards  of 
£5000,  and  the  donations  since  received  in  aid  of  the  charity,  amount 
to  about  £5700,  including  £1515  derived  from  the  profits  of  a 
bazaar.  The  annual  subscriptions  produce  about  £170  a  year. 
Many  of  the  inmates  are  employed  in  making  boots,  shoes,  matting, 
chairs,  baskets,  men's  and  women's  clothing  of  various  descriptions, 
&c,  and  in  cultivating  about  72  acres  of  land,  principally  by  spade 
husbandry.  The  increasing  number  of  inmates  has  long  called  for 
another  enlargement  of  the  building,  and  plans  have  been  submitted 
to  the  Lunacy  Commissioners  for  a  contemplated  enlargement  to 
the  extent  of  200  beds,  but  have  not  yet  received  their  sanction.  In 
the  meantime,  the  visitors  are  compelled  to  deline  receiving  any  more 
Borough  patients,  so  that  the  latter  are  obliged  to  be  sent  to  distant 
Asylums.  The  Corporation  have,  however,  taken  into  consideration 
the  propriety  of  erecting  a  separate  Borough  Asylum,  which  will 
greatly  relieve  the  present  Asylum,  and  render  any  further  enlarge- 
ment, for  some  time  to  come,  unnecessary.  Chas.  Wm.  Packe,  Esq., 
M.P.,  is  chairman  of  the  visitors;  Geo.  Shaw,  John  Barclay,  and  J. 
W.  Crane,  Esqs.,  physicians ;  T.  Paget  and  T.  W.  Benfield,  Esqs., 
surgeons;  the  Rev.  Abraham  Hill,  M.A.,  chaplain;  John  Buck,  Esq., 
house  surgeon  and  superintendent;  Miss  Fryer,  matron;  Wm.  Freer, 
Esq.,  clerk  to  the  visitors;  and  Mr.  Jas.  Alfred  Pegg,  storekeeper. 

The  Association  for  Promoting  the  General  Welfare  of  the 
Blind,  was  estabished  in  1859.  Its  objects  are  to  afford  employ- 
ment to  those  blind  persons  who,  for  want  of  work,  have  been  com- 
pelled to  solicit  alms,  or  may  be  likely  to  be  tempted  to  do  so ;  to 
cause  those  unacquainted  with  a  trade,  to  be  instructed  in  some 
industrial  art ;  to  support  a  library  of  bocks  in  relief  print ;  and  to 
assist  the  blind  in  the  acquisition  of  a  knowledge  of  music,  and  to 
teach  them  to  read.  About  tweiny  blind  persons  are  now  employed 
in  the  manufacture  of  baskets,  brushes,  mats,  and  other  articles  of 
domestic  use,  which  are  sold  at  the  Institution,  8G,  High  street. 
This  deserving  charitable  institution  has  hitherto  not  met  with  that 
amount  of  support  requisite  to  enable  it  to  extend  its  benefits  to  the 
whole  of  the  blind  persons  in  Leicester,  who  are  supposed  to  num- 
ber about  70 ;  but  doubtless,  when  its  objects  are  more  generally 
known,  it  will  receive  the  necessary  assistance  from  the  benevolent. 
Earl  Howe  is  president;  Thos.  Burgess,  Esq.,  treasurer;  Saml. 
Harris,  Esq.,  honorary  secretary;  T.  Paget  and  F.  Fullager,  Esqs., 
honorary  surgeons ;  Mr.  Henry  Shipley,  superintendent;  and  Mrs. 
Shipley,  matron. 

The  Home  for  Penitent  Females,  at  18,  Highcross  street,  was 
established  in  184G,  for  the  purpose  of  reclaiming  penitent  women 
who  have  departed  from  the  paths  of  virtue,  and  are  desirous  of 
being  restored  to  respectable  society.  In  this  good  work  of  plucking 
brands  from  the  burning,  it  has  been  eminently  successful.  Of  nearly 
100  who  have  left  the  institution,  after  remaining  from  six  months 


198  HISTORY    OF    LEICESTER. 

to  two  years,  rather  more  than  one-third  are  known,  as  far  as  man 
can  judge,  to  have  received  decided  and  lasting  benefit.  Seven  have 
died  in  hope  ;  and  more  than  thirty  are  either  married  respectably, 
or  are  conducting  themselves  well  in  domestic  service.  The  House 
has  accommodation  for  twenty  inmates,  but  has  rarely  more  than 
fifteen.  They  are  employed  in  washing,  sewing,  and  general  house- 
hold work,  under  the  superintendence  of  a  matron  and  sub-matron, 
and  their  earnings  have  averaged  more  than  £100  per  annum.  A 
number  of  lady  visitors  attend  to  the  religious  instruction  of  the 
inmates,  and  to  their  improvement  in  reading  and  writing ;  and 
Divine  service  is  celebrated  once  a  week  by  a  clergyman  of  the 
Church  of  England.  An  airy  yard  at  the  back  of  the  premises,  not 
overlooked  by  the  adjoining  buildings,  affords  exercise  and  recreation. 
Penitents  may  remain  in  the  Home  for  two  years,  when  they  are 
either  restored  to  their  friends,  or  placed  in  suitable  situations,  and 
provided  with  a  respectable  outfit.  The  institution  receives  about 
£200  a  year  in  subscriptions,  and  occasional  legacies  and  donations. 
The  Duke  of  Rutland,  the  Bishop  of  Peterborough,  and  others  are 
patrons,  the  Rev.  D.  J.  Vaughan,  M.A.,  is  secretary,  T.  C.  Turner, 
Esq.,  treasurer;  George  Shaw,  !Esq.$  M .D. ,  honorary physician;  T. 
Paget,  Esq.,  honorary  surgeon;  Mrs.  Eliz.  Smith,  matron,  and  Mrs. 
Temperance  Allsop,  sub-matron. 

CHARITIES. — The  stream  which  flows  from  the  fountain  of 
benevolence  in  Leicester,  for  the  education  of  poor  children,  the 
relief  of  the  indigent,  and  the  dissemination  of  religion,  is  as  copious 
as  that  of  most  other  towns  of  the  same  magnitude,  both  in  contri- 
butions of  the  living  and  benefactions  of  the  dead.  Besides  the 
numerous  schools,  the  Infirmary,  the  Dispensary,  and  other  bene- 
volent institutions,  supported  wholly  or  chiefly  by  annual  subscrip- 
tions, the  town  possesses  endowed  almshouses  or  hospitals  for  more 
than  120  aged  poor,  and  ample  funds  for  distributions  of  money,  bread, 
clot liiny,  and  fuel  among  the  poor  inhabitants;  for  apprentice  fees, 
and  for  gratuitous  loans  to  industrious  young  men.  The  following 
account  of  these  posthumous  charities  is  abridged  from  the  voluminous 
Report  of  W.  Grant,  Esq.,  one  of  the  parliamentary  commis- 
sioners, who  commenced  his  enquiry  into  the  charities  of  Leicester, 
in  1836.  The  Grammar  School,  St.  John's  Hospital,  and  many 
other  charities,  to  the  amount  of  about  £1500  a  year,  were  under 
the  management  of  the  Corporation,  but  they  are  now  managed  by  the 
Charity  Trustees,  appointed  under  the  Municipal  Reform  Act. 
At  the  head  of-  his  Report,  Mr.  Grant  says,  "  Our  examination  of 
the  charities  formerly  vested  in  and  under  the  management  of  the 
old  Corporation  of  Leicester,  commenced  in  August,  183G,  seven 
months  after  the  dissolution  of  that  body.  Although  it  was  under- 
stood their  trusteeship  had  ceased  on  the  1st  of  that  month,  yet,  as 
there  were  no  other  trustees  appointed,  all  our  observations  and 
statements  have  reference  to  their  practice,  as  it  was  from  their  late 
officers  and  account-books,  which  still  remained  in  their  possession, 
that  our  information  was  derived."     The  funds  of  the  new  municipal 


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body  are  liable  to  the  payments  made  by  the  old  corporation,  and 
considered  by  them  as  due  from  the  corporation  property. 

Alderman  Newton's  Charities. —  In  1760,  1761,  and  1762, 
Gabriel  Newton,  an  alderman  of  Leicester,  having  a  "plentiful 
fortune,"  and  having  lost  his  only  son,  settled  a  "  great  part  of  his 
substance"  for  clothing,  schooling,  and  educating  poor  boys  of  Leicester 
and  other  places,  and  for  their  religious  instruction,  according  to  the 
doctrine  and  tenets  of  the  Established  Church ;  enjoining  that  the 
Creed  of  St.  At/ianasius  should  be  regularly  read  in  the  parishes  on 
which  his  charity  was  bestowed ;  as  he  considered  it  the  most  com- 
plete body  of  divinity  ever  composed  since  the  time  of  the  Apostles, 
and  a  full  answer  to  all  heretical  objections.  In  1760,  he  vested  in 
the  Corporation  of  Leicester  four  farms,  comprising  about  387  acres, 
in  Earl  Shilton,  Great  Stretton,  and  Barwell,  and  the  tithes  arising 
out  of  certain  lands  at  Bushby,  in  trust  to  pay  £26  yearly  to  each 
of  the  following  places,  viz.,  Bedford,  Buckingham,  Hertford,  Hun- 
tingdon, Ashby-de-la-Zouch,  and  St.  Neot's  ;  £20.  16s.  to  Barwell 
and  Earl  Shilton, — to  be  applied  towards  the  clothing  and  schooling 
of  25  poor  boys  of  each  place,  except  the  two  last  named,  which  he 
limited  to  20  boys  each.  The  Great  Shilton  farm,  which  contained 
123  acres,  and  was  let  at  £135  per  annum,  has  lately  been  ex- 
changed for  a  farm  at  Atterton,  containing  136  acres,  which  is  let  at 
£228  per  annum.  The  property  now  subject  to  these  trusts  is  worth 
£700  per  annum.  By  indenture,  dated  August  27th,  1761,  he 
vested  in  the  Corporation  a  farm  at  Cadeby,  which  has  been  ex- 
changed for  an  estate  at  Broughton  Astley,  now  let  for  £165  per 
annum,  in  trust  to  pay  £26  yearly  for  clothing  and  schooling  25 
poor  boys  of  Northampton,  and  to  apply  the  residue  of  the  clear 
yearly  rent  in  apprenticing  poor  boys  of  Leicester.  This  farm,  with 
some  land  adjoining,  recently  purchased  with  accumulations  of  rents 
of  the  Cadeby  farm,  during  the  litigation  with  the  heir-at-law  of  the 
founder,  soon  after  his  death,  makes  the  income  of  this  branch  of  the 
charity  amount  to  about  £200  per  annum.  By  will,  in  1762,  he 
bequeathed  to  the  Corporation  £3250,  and  the  residue  of  his  personal 
estate,  upon  trust,  to  invest  the  same  on  Government  or  other  good 
security,  and  to  apply  the  yearly  proceeds  in  clothing  and  educating 
35  poor  boys  of  Leicester,  or  as  many  more  as  they  should  think 
proper.  The  money  derived  from  this  bequest  was  invested  in  the 
purchase  of  £4700  three  per  cent,  consols,  which  have  lately  been 
sold  out,  and  the  produce  invested  in  the  purchase  of  a  farm  at 
Barwell,  adjoining  the  charity  land  there,  and  which  is  let  for  £157 
per  annum.  The  yearly  income  of  the  several  branches  of  Alderman 
Newton's  charities  amounts  to  upwards  of  £1100.  Owing  to  the 
increased  rental  of  the  estates,  Claybrook,  Lubbenham,  and  Coalville 
have  been  added  to  the  list  of  places  receiving  £26  each  yearly  for 
schooling  and  clothing  poor  boys,  and  the  school  at  Leicester  has 
been  increased  to  120  boys.  The  Cadeby  branch  yield  about  £200 
per  annum,  and  after  paying  £26  to  Northampton,  and  incidental 
expenses,  the  surplus  is  applied  yearly  in  apprenticing  from  12  to  15 


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poor  boys  of  Leicester,  with  premiums  of  £12  each,  half  of  which  is 
paid  on  commencement  of  the  apprenticeship,  and  the  remainder 
when  half  the  term  is  expired.  They  are  required  to  be  children  of 
parents  attached  to  the  Established  Church,  and  their  masters  must 
also  be  of  the  Established  Church.  Alderman  Newton's,  or  the 
Green  Coat  School,  in  Leicester,  is  in  St.  Nicholas  street,  and 
now  affords  education  and  clothing  to  120  poor  boys.  It  is  a 
substantial  brick  building,  with  a  house  adjoining,  for  the  use  of  the 
head  master,  who  has  a  yearly  salary  of  £130.  The  second  master 
has  £50  a  year.  The  clothing  provided  yearly  costs  upwards  of 
£250.  The  scholars  are  admitted  at  the  age  of  ten,  if  able  to  read 
a  chapter  in  the  New  Testament.  They  may  remain  for  three  years, 
when,  if  equally  eligible,  they  have  preference  over  the  other  boys 
of  Leicester  in  the  distribution  of  the  apprentice  fees.  The  dividends 
of  £200  new  three  per  cent,  stock,  left  by  Thomas  Read,  in  1821, 
are  given  yearly  to  a  young  man  who  has  been  educated  and 
apprenticed  by  this  charity,  and  can  produce  the  best  testimonials 
for  good  conduct  during  his  apprenticeship. 

Loan  Charities. — In  1552,  Sir  Thomas  White  placed  in  the  hands 
of  the  Corporation  of  Coventry  £1300,  to  be  laid  out  in  land  and 
buildings,  and  directed  the  rents  thereof  to  be  applied  solely  for  the 
benefit  of  that  city  till  31  years  after  his  death  (which  happened  in 
15G6,)  and  afterwards  to  be  given  yearly  to  the  five  following  places 
in  rotation,  viz.,  Coventry,  Northampton,  Leicester,  Nottingham, 
and  Warwick,  to  be  lent  by  the  Corporation  of  each  place  to  young 
burgesses  "  of  good  name  and  thrift,"  in  sums  of  £50  to  £100,  for 
nine  years,  free  of  interest,  to  enable  them  to  commence  business, 
provided  they  can  find  sureties  for  repayment.  The  annual  rent  of 
this  charity  estate  is  now  about  £1600;  but  the  sum  received  by 
Leicester  every  fifth  year  is  only  about  £1180,  owing  to  large  deduc- 
tions being  claimed  for  alms  at  Coventry,  and  for  the  Merchant 
Tailors'  Company,  London,  of  which  latter  the  founder  was  a  mem- 
ber, and  seems  to  have  appointed  them  as  special  trustees,  to  prevent 
the  Corporation  of  Coventry  from  misapplying  the  charity,  as  they 
did  for  many  years  prior  to  1712,  when  a  sequestration  was  issued 
out  of  Chancery  against  them  for  £2241,  which  they  had  appropriated 
to  their  own  use,  by  concealing  the  increased  value  of  the  estate. 
Many  industrious  burgesses  of  Leicester  date  the  origin  of  their 
prosperity  from  their  participation  in  the  benefits  of  this  loan  fund, 
which  now  amounts  to  upwards  of  £22,300,  mostly  lent  on  bonds  of 
£100  and  £50  each  to  young  men  of  Leicester  whose  age  does  not 
exceed  thirty-five  years,  and  who  are  of  good  fame.  In  1836,  when 
the  trusteeship  of  this  charity  was  transferred  from  the  old  to  the 
new  Corporation,  Mr.  Burbidge  had  to  account  for  £4900,  for  which 
he  gave  security  to  the  amount  of  £6000,  by  assigning  his  claim  for 
compensation  for  the  loss  of  his  office  as  Town  Clerk,  in  trust  to  four 
members  of  the  former  body.  Blended  with  the  Leicester  branch  of 
this  valuable  charity  are  the  following  bequests,  viz.,  £50  left  by 
John  Parker  in  1G39,  £10  every  third  year  from  Bobert  Heyrick's 


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charity,  and  £20  left  by  James  Andrew  in  1636.  The  fund  belong- 
ing to  these  charities  now  amounts  to  about  £900,  of  which  nearly 
£350  are  lent  in  sums  of  £20  each,  free  of  interest,  for  three  years, 
to  poor  burgesses  or  poor  lace  makers,  knitters,  or  weavers  residing 
in  Leicester. 

Richard  Elkington,  in  1607,  left,  in  trust  with  the  Corporation, 
£50,  to  be  lent  to  poor  men  of  Lutterworth  in  sums  of  £10,  at  five 
per  cent,  interest ;  the  yearly  proceeds  to  be  applied  as  follows  : — 
85s.  to  be  distributed  among  the  poor  of  Lutterworth;  9s.  to  be  given 
to  the  borrowers  of  the  capital;  and  6s.  to  be  retained  by  the  town 
clerk  for  his  trouble.  He  also  left  £50  for  the  same  uses  in  St. 
Martin's  parish,  Leicester.  Both  sums,  with  £41  added  by  the  Cor- 
poration, were  laid  out  in  1638  in  the  purchase  of  two  cottages  and 
a  close  of  pasture  land,  adjoining  Millstone  lane,  which  premises 
became  of  such  value  that  they  were  sold  about  1810  for  £2700, 
which,  in  consequence  of  the  charity  being  suspended  by  a  Chancery 
suit,  was  augmented  in  1836  to  £3867,  of  which  two-sevenths  be- 
longed to  the  Corporation,  and  five-sevenths,  in  equal  moieties  to 
Lutterworth  and  St.  Martin's  parish,  Leicester,  for  loans  and  chari- 
table distributions,  agreeable  to  a  scheme  sanctioned  in  1825,  by 
which  the  Corporation  are  empowered  to  lend  all  or  part  of  the  money 
in  sums  of  £50,  for  three  years,  at  three  per  cent,  interest.  From 
1770  to  1806,  the  charity  estate  let  for  £37  a-year,  out  of  which  the 
Corporation  only  applied  £5  as  the  interest  of  the  £100  left  by  Mr. 
Elkington,  so  that  during  this  period  they  applied  to  their  own  use 
£700  belonging  to  the  charity.  The  amount  of  this  fund  now  be- 
longing to  Leicester  is  £919.  10s.  lOd.  in  the  Three  per  Cent.  Con- 
sols, and  £200  in  the  hands  of  the  Treasurer.  Loans  of  £50  or 
£100  each,  at  three  per  cent,  interest,  for  three  years,  are  advanced 
to  poor  men  on  the  recommendation  of  the  Vicar  and  Churchwardens 
of  St.  Martin's  parish. 

Robert  Heyrick,  in  1617,  left  £5  a-year,  out  of  a  house  at  the 
corner  of  Market  place  and  Cheapside,  for  distribution  among  the 
poor  of  Leicester  and  surrounding  parisJm,  St.  Leonard's  to  be  one. 
He  also  left  £2  yearly  out  of  the  Grey  Friars  to  be  distributed  on 
St.  Thomas's  day,  by  the  Mayor,  among  40  poor  widows,  20  to  be 
of  St.  Martin's  parish.  He  further  left  out  of  the  Grey  Friars,  13s. 
4d.  yearly  for  the  under-usher  of  the  Grammar  School ;  and  his 
successor,  Tobias  Heyrick,  increased  this  annuity  to  20s.  He  also 
bequeathed  £10  every  third  year,  to  be  paid  out  of  the  Spittle  House 
Close,  and  lent  freely  by  the  Corporation  to  honest  and  industrious 
burgesses,  as  already  stated. 

Wood  and  Coal  Money  : — King  Charles  I.  gave  to  the  poor  of 
Leicester  40  acres  of  land,  in  the  late  disafforested  Forest  or  Chase 
of  Leicester,  to  provide  them  with  wood  fuel.  This  land  is  now  let 
for  £89  per  annum,  which  is  distributed  in  small  sums  to  such  of 
the  freemen  or  freemen's  widows  as  apply  for  it.  In  1620,  Wm. 
Morton  gave  £3  yearly  out  of  20a.  of  land  at  Bromkinsthorpe,  in 
trust,  to  pay  18s.  to  the  six  widows  of  St.  John's  Hospital,  and  to 


202  LEICESTER    CHARITIES. 

distribute  the  remainder  among  seven  poor  freemen  to  buy  coals. 
In  108 4,  Elizabeth  Ossiter  left  to  the  Corporation  £100,  in  trust  that 
they  should  distribute  £6  yearly  among  twenty  poor  housekeepers, 
to  buy  coals.  About  1615,  the  Earl  of  Devonshire  gave  £100  for  a 
similar  distribution  of  £6  yearly. 

John  Norrice,  in  1619,  to  satisfy  his  own  benevolent  feelings 
and  at  the  request  of  his  wife,  gave  to  the  Corporation  for  the  poor  of 
Leicester,  £10  per  annum,  charged  on  land  at  Willoughby  Waterless. 
At  an  enclosure  in  1637,  this  rent  charge  was  given  up  for  an  allotment 
of  16a.  of  land,  now  let  for  £20,  of  which  £10  is  paid  to  the  vicar  of 
St.  Nicholas'  or  such  other  preacher  as  the  trustees  approve;  £3.  6s. 
8d.  to  Trinity  Hospital ;    and  £6. 13s.  4d.  to  ten  poor  people. 

Elizabeth,  Countess  of  Devonshire,  in  1623,  gave  £50  to  the 
Corporation,  to  be  laid  out  in  land  of  the  yearly  value  of  £3,  for 
distribution  among  the  poor  of  the  borough.  The  estate  purchased 
consists  of  four  houses,  and  an  orchard  of  3r.  18p.,  in  All  Saints 
parish,  now  let  for  £85  a  year,  one-third  of  which  is  distributed 
amongst  the  poor  of  St.  Leonard's,  in  conformity  with  the  donor's 
intentions,  and  the  remainder  is  paid  to  the  poor  of  the  other 
parishes.  The  old  Corporation  only  distributed  £3  yearly  among 
the  poor  of  the  six  parishes,  and  Trinity  and  St.  John's  Hospitals. 

'The  sum  of  £78  given  to  the  poor  by  Sir  Wm.  Courteen,  Mr. 
Evington,  and  the  "  Gentlemen  of  the  Lottery,"  was  laid  out  by 
the  Corporation  in  1624,  with  £402  of  their  own  money,  in  the 
purchase  of  Freak's  Ground,  comprising  about  fifty-five  acres,  in  St. 
Leonard's  parish.  In  consideration  of  the  £78,  the  3rearly  sum  of 
£4.  16s.  is  paid  by  the  Corporation  to  the  several  parishes  of 
Leicester  for  distribution  among  the  poor.  Out  of  tenements  left  by 
Margaret  Hobbie,  in  1625,  the  following  yearly  payments  are 
made,  12s.  for  the  under-usher  of  the  Free  School ;  2s.  6d.to  Trinity 
Hospital ;  2s.  to  Wyggeston's  Hospital ;  6d.  to  St.  John's  Hospital ; 
and  2s.  to  each  of  the  parishes  of  St.  Mary  and  St.  Martin,  for  the 
poor.  Julius  Buller,  in  1634,  gave  £100  to  the  Corporation,  in 
trust,  to  pay  yearly  £5.  12s.,  to  the  poor  of  Trinity  Hospital.  A 
yearly  rent-charge  of  £10,  out  of  the  manor  of  Cotes  Duval,  near 
Lutterworth,  was  left  by  John  Poultney,  in  1637,  for  the  poor  of 
the  borough;  but  £1.  9s.  is  deducted  for  land  tax.  In  1638, 
Anthony  Acham  left  a  yearly  rent- charge  of  £9,  out  of  the  manor 
and  lands  of  Asterby,  to  be  dispensed  in  six  distributions  of  bread 
among  the  poor  of  Leicester.  In  1638,  Wm.  Ive  gave  to  the  Cor- 
poration the  Mill  Meadow  (5a.,)  and  the  Great  Goose  Holme  Meadow 
(4a.,)  in  trust  that  they  should  pay  yearly  £5.  12s.  to  the  poor  of 
Trini/y  Hospital,  and  also  20s.  more,  as  the  gift  of  Anne  Ive,  his 
wife  ;  and  8s.  yearly  to  the  poor  of  Wyggeston's  Hospital ;  and  that 
they  should  likewise  distribute  on  each  of  the  six  Frida}rs  in  Lent, 
13s.  4d.  in  bread,  among  the  poor  of  the  borough,  in  St.  Martin's 
Church. 

Thos.  Hayne,  in  1640,  bequeathed  to  the  Corporation  about  600 
volumes  for  the  Town  Library ;   and  £400  to  be  invested  in  land  or 


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houses  for  the  following  uses,  viz.  : — £6  a  year  for  schooling  ten 
poor  children  of  Thrussington ;  £6  yearly  for  two  scholars  at  Lincoln 
College,  to  be  selected  from  the  boys  of  Leicester  Grammar, School, 
or  from  Melton  Mowbray,  if  there  should  be  no  applicants  at 
Leicester ;  £1  for  the  distribution  of  three  bibles  in  Leicester  two 
years,  and  in  Thrussington  one  year  ;  £1  for  a  sermon  on  the  anni- 
versary of  the  defeat  of  the  Spanish  Armada ;  and  the  remainder  of 
the  yearly  proceeds  to  be  distributed  among  the  poor  of  Leicester. 
The  land  purchased  consisted  of  22a.  at  Allexton,  let  for  £32  ;  but 
it  has  recently  been  exchanged  for  35a.  Ik.  23p.  of  land  at  Cold 
Newton,  the  annual  rent  of  which,  after  deducting  land  tax,  is 
£50.  8s.  2d.,  which,  after  paying  the  necessary  expenses,  is  distri- 
buted as  follows  : — £11.  7s.  to  the  schoolmaster  of  Thrussington  ; 
£11.  7s.  for  the  Lincoln  scholarship;  £1.  17s.  lOd.  for  six  bibles; 
£1.  17s.  lOd.  for  a  sermon;  and  £18. 18s.  Gd.  for  the  poor.  There 
is  also  a  sum  of  £416.  8s.  8d.  new  three  per  cent,  stock,  purchased 
with  unclaimed  income  of  the  scholarship,  the  dividends  from  which, 
added  to  the  income  from  the  foundation,  makes  the  present  value 
of  the  scholarship  £23.  16s.  9d.  per  annum.  Hugh  Botham,  at  an 
early  period,  left  £2  a  year  for  the  poor  of  the  parishes  of  St.  Martin, 
St.  Margaret,  and  St.  Mary.  It  is  now  paid  out  of  a  house  in  St. 
Martin's  street,  belonging  to  Mr.  Peter  Colston.  Two  bibles  are 
received  yearly  for  distribution  in  Leicester  from  Hichiings  Charity. 
(See  Loughborough.)  Four  pounds  are  paid  yearly  by  the  Corpora- 
tion as  the  interest  of  £80,  given  by  John  Stanley,  to  pay  the 
annual  sums  of  30s.  to  the  vicar  of  St.  Martin's  ;  20s.  to  the  master 
and  20s.  to  the  usher  of  the  Grammar  School ;  and  10s.  to  ten  poor 
women.  They  also  pay  20s.  a  year  to  the  poor  of  Trinity  Hospital, 
as  the  gift  of  Wm.  Stanley  ;  and  £5  a  year  for  apprenticing  a  poor 
boy,  as  the  interest  of  £120,  called  the  "  Lottery  Money." 

Wm.  Blcjnt,  in  1663,  gave  to  the  Corporation  three  rent-charges 
amounting  to  £10  a  year  for  distribution  as  follows  : — £6.  10s.  in 
shoes  to  the  poor  of  Trinity  and  St.  John's  Hospitals  ;  10s.  to  be 
spent  at  the  distribution;  20s.  to  the  vicar  of  St.  Margaret's;  2s.  6d. 
each  to  the  town  clerk,  mace  bearer,  and  the  clerk  and  sexton  of  St. 
Margaret's  ;  Is.  each  to  the  four  sergeants  ;  6d.  each  to  the.  crier 
and  beadle  ;  2s.  to  the  poor  of  the  Spittle-house  ;  5s.  to  the  mayor  ; 
and  18s.  for  the  poor  of  Walton-on-the-Wolds.  In  1628,  Elizabeth 
Ward  vested  with  the  Corporation  a  yearly  rent-charge  of  £3  out  of 
Duck  Holmes  meadows,  in  trust  to  pay  30s.  for  three  gowns,  and 
10s.  for  coals  for  the  poor  of  St.  John's  Hospital ;  and  20s.  to  two 
widows  in  Trinity  Hospital.  In  1665,  Elizabeth  Twickten  vested 
with  the  Corporation  a  yearly  rent-charge  of  40s.  out  of  Bowlatt's 
close,  in  Hinckley  road,  to  provide  three  gowns,  and  10s.  worth  of 
coals  for  the  poor  of  St.  John's  Hospital.  Out  of  this  rent-charge, 
8s.  is  deducted  for  land-tax.  In  1740,  Thos.  Ludlam  vested  with 
the  Corporation  £200,  in  trust  to  apply  the  interest  in  apprenticing 
a  poor  boy  yearly  ;  and  £100  to  apply  the  interest  as  follows,  viz. : — . 
20s.  to  a  clergyman  for  preaching  a  sermon  for  the  benefit  of  St. 


204  LEICESTER    CHARITIES. 

John's  Hospital,  and  8s.  to  the  poor,  and  £2.  12s.  to  the  nurse  of 
the  said  Hospital. 

Catherine  Brown,  in  1731,  bequeathed  to  the  Mayor  of  Leices- 
ter, a  house  in  Belgravo  gate,  now  divided  into  two,  and  let  for  £35 
a  year  in  trust,  to  retain  21s.  per  annum  for  his  trouble,  and  to  dis- 
tribute the  remainder  of  the  rent  among  three  poor  widows  or  maids 
of  her  father's  or  mother's  relations,  or,  if  none  of  these  should  apply, 
among  such  poor  women  as  he  should  select. 

Benjamin  Sutton,  who  died  4th  January,  1858,  left  by  will  all 
his  plate,  furniture,  and  jewellery,  to  be  sold,  and  the  proceeds 
(£161.  17s.)  to  be  given  to  the  treasurer  of  the  Fever  House  for  the 
benefit  of  that  institution,  and  all  his  personal  estate,  not  previously 
specially  bequeathed,  to  three  trustees,  of  whom  the  manager  of  the 
National  Provincial  Bank  of  England,  in  Leicester  for  the  time  being, 
must  be  one,  and  the  others,  two  of  the  officers  of  the  Leicester 
Infirmary  ;  to  be  by  them  applied  to  the  relief  of  destitute  persons, 
who  have  been  at  least  one  week  patients  in  the  Infirmary  or  Fever 
House,  and  have  not  left  it  more  than  a  month,  in  sums  of  not  more 
than  £5  to  each  person,  "  so  that  the  poor  man  or  woman  restored 
to  health  by  the  blessing  of  God,  through  the  agency  of  the  Infirmary 
or  Fever  House,  may  be  enabled  to  start  afresh  in  the  world,  and 
may  not  have  to  encounter  poverty  at  a  time  when  he  or  she  is  least 
fitted  to  bear  with  it."  The  income  of  this  charity  is  now  nearly 
£1000  a  year,  and  it  is  distributed  in  small  sums  according  to  the 
donor's  wishes.  Earl  Howe,  J.  D.  Harris,  Esq.,  and  Nicholas 
Milne,  Esq.,  are  the  present  trustees,  and  Mr.  J.  H.  Davis  is  their 
clerk. 

TRINITY  HOSPITAL  is  a  long  building  in  the  lower  part  of  the 
Newarke,  and  was  founded  in  1330  by  Henry,  Earl  of  Lancaster,  who 
obtained  a  royal  licence  "  to  found  a  hospital  to  the  honour  of  God 
and  the  blessed  Virgin  Mary,  in  a  certain  place  belonging  to  him  in 
Leicester,  containing  four  acres,  and  to  build  there  an  oratory  and 
houses  for  the  habitation  of  one  master  and  certain  chaplains."  The 
hospital  was  to  contain  50  infirm  men  and  five  women  as  nurses, 
and  the  noble  founder  was  buried  in  its  chapel  in  1345.  His  son, 
Henry,  Duke  of  Lancaster,  considerably  enlarged  the  original  foun- 
dation, and  obtained  from  Pope  Clement  III.,  in  1349,  a  bull  of 
relaxation  from  penance  to  those  who  should  visit  this  hospital.  In 
1355  he  greatly  enlarged  the  chapel  or  oratory,  and  converted  it 
into  a  collegiate  church,  in  honour  of  the  annunciation  of  the  Blessed 
Virgin,  and  added  to  the  original  foundation  50  more  almspeople 
and  five  nurses,  who  were  all  placed  under  the  care  of  the  dean  and 
canons  of  the  new  college,  and  provided  for,  by  the  assignment  of  a 
rent-charge  from  various  lands  belonging  to  the  duchy  of  Lancaster. 
The  college  was  dissolved,  as  noticed  at  page  158,  in  1547;  and  in 
the  following  year  the  Commissioners  of  the  Great  Seal,  under 
Edward  VI.,  confirmed  to  the  hospital  its  former  revenues,  amount- 
ing to  £219.  7s.  2d.  per  annum,  exclusive  of  a  yearly  stipend  of 
£18.  6s.  8d.  to  the  dean  of  the  late  college,  "  who  should  be  in  the 


TRINITY   HOSPITAL.  205 

place  and  stead  of  the  vicar  of  St.  Mary's  parish."  In  the  early 
part  of  the  reign  of  James  I.,  William  Fowkes  was  master  of  the 
hospital  under  a  regular  patent,  which  he  sold  for  £262.  13s.  4d.  to 
the  Earl  of  Huntingdon,  who  sold  it  at  the  same  price  to  the  Cor- 
poration of  Leicester,  so  that,  since  that  time,  the  mayor  for  the 
time  being  has  been  master,  and  the  stipend  of  that  office  (£13.  6s.  8d.) 
was  ordered  to  be  yearly  paid  to  the  use  of  the  Corporation  in  1610. 
The  hospital  was  refounded  and  incorporated  by  a  charter  of  James 
I.  in  1614,  under  the  name  of  the  Hospital  of  the  Holy  Trinity, 
within  the  Newarke,  of  the  foundation  of  James,  King  of  England,  to 
consist  of  a  master,  six  assistants,  a  chaplain,  and  any  number  of 
poor  men  and  women  not  exceeding  110.  The  charter  directs  that 
the  mayor  shall  be  master,  and  the  four  most  ancient  aldermen  and 
the  two  chamberlains  shall  be  the  six  assistants.  In  1625,  Charles 
I.,  by  letters  patent,  confirmed  this  charter,  and  granted  to  the 
Corporation  the  office  of  bailiff  and  collector  of  the  rents  within  the 
precincts  of  the  close  of  the  late  college  of  St.  Mary  the  Virgin,  and 
of  other  lands  in  Knighton,  with  the  Provost  Close,  and  certain 
lands  and  tenements  given  for  the  support  of  divers  obits  and  lights 
in  certain  churches  in  Leicester.  We  find  no  accounts  of  the  receipts 
and  payments  in  respect  of  the  hospital  before  the  year  1640,  at 
which  time,  it  is  stated,  that  the  ancient  allowance  from  the  revenues 
of  the. Crown  had  been  increased  to  £229.  lis.  8d.,  which  was  paid 
till  the  civil  wars,  when  the  Parliament,  having  seized  the  Crown 
revenues,  the  Corporation  received  but  little,  and  paid  the  poor  of 
the  hospital  mostly  out  of  their  town  stock  till  1650,  when  the  Par- 
liament vested  in  certain  trustees,  for  the  payment  of  the  almspeople, 
the  usher  of  the  school,  and  the  vicar  of  St.  Mary's,  property  of  the 
yearly  value  of  £271.  19s.  6^d. ;  but  after  the  Restoration  this  was 
withdrawn,  and  the  old  payment  of  £219.  7s.  2d.  per  annum,  out  of 
the  Duchy  of  Lancaster,  was  resumed,  but  was  reduced  to  £206  in 
1678,  in  consequence  of  the  sale  of  the  rectory  of  Duffield.  The 
endowment  has  been  augmented  by  various  benefactors,  most  of 
whom  were  residents  of  the  town.  Being  in  a  ruinous  condition,  the 
hospital  was  ordered  to  be  repaired  and  new  fronted  at  the  expense 
of  the  Duchy  of  Lancaster  in  1776,  (see  p.  174)  and  in  1780  its 
clear  yearly  allowance  from  the  duchy  was  increased  to  £246.  In 
the  latter  year  the  chancellor  and  the  council  of  the  duchy  made 
new  rules  and  orders  for  varying  the  mode  of  distributing  the  revenues 
to  the  almspeople  and  nurses,  and  for  the  better  government  of  the 
hospital.  The  present  yearly  income  of  the  hospital  is  about  £1350, 
arising  as  follows  : — £246  from  the  Duchy  of  Lancaster ;  £85.  2s. 
6d.  from  Charities  vested  in  the  Corporation ;  about  £900  from  the 
Charter  Land,  and  lands  and  tenements  given  by  various  donors, 
among  whom  are  the  names  of  Hyndman,  Clarke,  Hall,  Brokesby, 
Ellys,  Heyrick,  Francke,  Bent,  Morton,  Noble,  Sutton,  Noel,  &c. 
The  above  includes  a  yearly  rent  of  £12  out  of  the  Lerow  closes, 
left  by  Wm.  Bitters,  in  1657,  in  trust  with  the  Corporation;  to 
whom  the  hospital  was  indebted  £1382.  13s.  in  1832,  when  it  was 


206  LEICESTER    CHARITIES. 

resolved  to  reduce  the  number  of  almspeoplc,  until  the  debt  was 
liquidated.  About  £600  of  this  debt  was  incurred  in  rebuilding 
property  in  Blue  Boar  Lane.  The  Hospital  is  an  extensive  building- 
near  the  Castle  mound,  and  that  portion  of  it  occupied  by  the  poor 
contains  23  rooms  on  the  ground  floor,  and  the*same  number  in  the 
chamber  story.  Most  of  these  are  called  double-rooms,  being  in- 
tended for  two  beds,  but  now  each  inmate  has  a  separate  room. 
The  entire  establishment,  according  to  the  present  orders,  consists 
of  90  alms-people,  including  eight  nurses  ;  and  of  these  only  forty- 
four  (sixteen  men  and  twenty-eight  women)  reside  in  the  hospital, 
the  others  living  at  their  own  houses.  All  married  men  are  eligible 
to  live  out.  The  eight  nurses  receive  4s.  8^d.  each  per  week,  and 
all  the  others  4s.  each  per  week.  They  also  participate  in  several 
distributions  of  shoes,  clothing,  &c,  from  charities  already  noticed, 
and  receive  a  supply  of  fuel  from  the  hospital  funds.  They  are  ap- 
pointed by  the  Mayor,  and  on  admission,  each  hospitaller  is  obliged 
to  provide  himself  with  a  bed,  bedding,  &c,  and  also  with  a  gown  on 
which  a  silver  badge  of  the  Lancaster  arms  is  fixed.  The  women 
wear  the  same  badge  on  the  breast.  The  chapel  is  at  the  east  end 
of  the  hospital,  and  the  chaplain  preaches  about  ten  sermons  a 
year,  and  visits  the  sick,  for  which  he  has  only  £15  a  year,  two 
thirds  of  which  is  paid  by  the  trustees  of  Wyggeston's  Hospital.  A 
surgeon  is  allowed  £10  a  year  for  attendance  and  medicine.  The 
Rev.  J.  N.  Bennie,  LL.B.,  is  chaplain;  and  T.  W.  Benfield,  Esq., 
surgeon. 

WYGGESTON'S  HOSPITAL,  near  St.  Martin's  Church,  consists 
of  apartments  for  12  men  and  13  women,  with  the  master's  house  at 
one  end  and  a  large  chapel  at  the  other  end,  and  the  confrater's 
house  behind.  It  was  founded  in  1513,  by  "  Win.  Wygyeston"  a 
wealthy  merchant,  who,  dying  childless,  bequeathed  the  bulk  of  his 
property  to  this  foundation,  which,  in  some  old  documents,  is  called 
"St.  Ursula's  Hospital,'"  and  in  others  the  "  New  Hospital."  Having 
obtained  the  King's  license  for  building  and  endowing  the  hospital 
for  two  chaplains  and  twelve  poor  people,  he  commenced  the  erection 
in  1513;  and  in  the  following  year,  as  well  as  in  1521,  he  obtained 
other  letters  patent  for  its  improvement,  and  for  increasing  the  sup- 
port of  the  chaplains  and  almspeoplc.  Agnes,  the  founder's  widow, 
bequeathed  £20  and  the  tithes  of  the  South  fields  to  the  hospital,  in 
1541.  She  willed  that  the  tithes  should  be  for  the  use  of  the  master 
and  confrater,  Edward  VI.  confirmed  the  letters  patent  granted  by 
his  father;  and  in  1572,  Henry,  Earl  of  Huntingdon,  requested  and 
obtained  the  Queen's  license  to  augment  the  endowment  of  the  hos- 
pital, and  to  make  statutes  and  ordinances  for  its  government.  In 
1576,  the  said  Earl  granted  two  rent-charges,  amounting  to  £Q6.  13s. 
4d.  per  annum,  issuing  out  of  Ash  Close,  Pinder's  Close,  and  other 
land,  late  parcel  of  the  possessions  of  the  dissolved  monastery  of  St. 
Mary,  to  be  applied  as  follows: — £6.  13s.  4d.  for  the  24  poor 
people  of  the  hospital ;  £10  for  the  master;  £30  for  the  conf rater  ; 
£10  for  the  master  of  the  Free  Grammar  School ;   and  £10  towards 


wyggeston's  hospital.  207 

the  support  of  four  boys  at  the  University.  The  statutes  and  ordi- 
nances made  by  the  Earl,  in  conjunction  with  the  Chancellor  and 
Attorney- General  of  the  Duchy  of  Lancaster,  for  the  government  of 
the  hospital,  directed  that  the  almspeople  should  consist  of  24  aged 
or  infirm  people,  viz.,  12  men  and  12  women.  They  were  con- 
firmed by  an  Act  of  Parliament  of  the  18th  of  Elizabeth/  In  the 
original  statutes,  made  by  the  founder,  it  was  enacted  that  the  two 
chaplains  (the  master  and  coufrater J  should  constantly  reside  within 
the  precincts  of  the  hospital ;  that  all  fines  and  profits  arising  from 
the  leasing  of  the  lands  and  tenements  should  be  applied  to  the  use 
of  the  hospital ;  and  that,  should  either  the  master  or  confrater 
retain  such  fines  or  profits  to  his  own  use,  it  was  ordered  that  he 
should  be  expelled.  These  benevolent  intentions  were  violated  by 
the  act  of  Elizabeth,  and  continued  to  be  so  until  the  new  scheme 
was  obtained  in  1857,  for  the  master  was  not  a  resident  in  or  near 
the  hospital,  and  appropriated  the  fines  received  on  the  renewal 
of  leases  to  his  own  use.  These  fines,  during  the  30  years  master- 
ship of  the  late  Mr.  Selwin,  amounted  to  no  less  a  sum  than  £21,440. 
Loud  complaints  were  made  against  this  abuse,  and  when  Mr. 
Selwin  died,  in  1823,  a  committee  of  the  inhabitants  of  Leicester 
petitioned  the  Chancellor  of  the  Duchy  of  Lancaster,  as  patron  and 
visitor  of  the  hospital,  to  make  a  new  arrangement  of  the  affairs  of 
the  hospital  during  the  vacancy.  The  Chancellor  (Lord  Bexley) 
answered,  "  that  it  was  his  intention  to  lay  down  such  rules  for  the 
conduct  of  the  new  master,  as  might  ensure  a  careful  survey  and 
valuation  of  the  property  of  the  hospital,  and  a  gradual  and  con- 
siderable increase  of  the  reserved  rents  of  the  estates  as  the  leases 
fell  in,  so  that,  in  the  course  of  the  several  renewals,  he  had  reason 
to  believe  that  the  rents  would  be  more  than  doubled,  and  would 
still  further  considerably  increase,  if  future  visitors  should  feel  it 
their  duty  to  act  on  these  principles ;  consequently,  when  the  late 
Rev.  Wm.  Yansittart,  D.D.,  was  appointed  master  in  1823,  he  be- 
came bound  in  a  bond  of  £10,000,  for  the  performance  of  certain 
rules  and  restrictions,  established  by  the  Chancellor  and  Council  of 
the  Duchy  of  Lancaster,  from  which,  however,  it  appears  the  hospital 
did  not  derive  much  benefit ;  though  the  master's  bond  was  renewed 
with  some  alterations  and  fresh  covenants,  in  1833.  By  this  bond, 
he  was  required  to  cause  the  confrater' s  yearly  stipend  to  be  aug- 
mented to  £100  ;  and  if  the  rents  were  insufficient,  he  was  bound  to 
keep  the  hospital  buildings  in  good  repair,  out  of  his  own  emolu- 
ments. It  was  also  conditioned  that,  on  the  first  renewal  of  any 
lease,  whether  for  lives  or  years,  the  reserved  rent  should  be  in- 
creased to  at  least  one-fifth  of  the  real  value ;  on  the  second  renewal 
to  one-fourth ;  and  on  the  third  to  one-third  of  such  value ;  and 
that  no  lease  of  minerals  should  be  granted,  without  the  previous 
consent  of  the  Chancellor  and  Council  of  the  Duchy. 

On  the  21st  February,  1857,  a  new  scheme  was  approved  by  the 
Couft  of  Chancery,  which  vests  the  general  management  and  dispo- 
sition of  the  estates  of  Wyggeston's  Hospital,  and  the  application  of 


208  LEICESTER    CHARITIES. 

the  revenues,  in  twenty  trustees,  who,  as  often  as  their  numbers  are 
reduced  to  thirteen  by  death,  resignation,  incapacity,  or  other  causes, 
are  required  to  apply  to  the  Court  of  Chancery  for  the  appointment 
of  as  many  new  trustees  as  may  be  requisite  to  fill  up  the  number  to 
twenty.  The  trustees  are  empowered  to  appoint  a  Receiver  of  rents, 
who  is  p^id  five  per  cent,  upon  the  amount  collected,  but  no  greater 
sum  than  £300  can  be  paid  him  in  one  year.  They  also  appoint  a 
Surgeon  at  a  salary  of  £50  per  annum ;  and  a  Clerk  at  £100  per 
annum,  who  has  to  keep  the  accounts,  attend  the  meetings  of  the 
trustees,  and  make  the  weekly  payments  to  the  poor.  The  accounts 
are  at  all  times  open  to  the  inspection  of  any  householder  in  Leices- 
ter. Two  Chaplains  are  appointed  by  the  Queen,  and  hold  office 
during  her  Majesty's  pleasure.  One  of  them  is  styled  the  "Master," 
and  receives  an  annual  stipend  of  £300,  with  a  house  and  garden. 
He  is  required  to  live  in  the  borough  at  least  nine  months  in  the 
year,  and  has  the  chief  authority  in  the  internal  regulations  of  the 
Hospital.  The  other  chaplain  is  called  the  "  Brother"  or  "  Con- 
frater"  and  has  an  annual  stipend  of  £200  and  a  dwelling-house. 
He  is  required  to  read  daily  morning  service ;  to  celebrate  full 
Divine  service,  and  preach  a  sermon  in  the  chapel  every  Sunday ;  to 
administer  the  Lord's  Supper  once  in  every  calendar  month ;  and  to 
expound  the  Word  of  God,  and  administer  spiritual  consolation  to 
the  inmates  of  the  Hospital.  He  may  not  be  absent  from  the  Hos- 
pital for  more  than  six  weeks  in  one  year,  nor  at  any  time  during 
the  absence  of  the  Master.  Should  either  of  the  Chaplains  become 
permanently  incapacitated  from  performing  the  duties  of  his  office, 
the  trustees  may  allow  him  a  pension  not  exceeding  two-thirds  of 
his  full  income.  The  trustees  are  directed  to  provide  a  healthy  site 
within  three  miles  of  the  Market-place,  and  to  erect  thereon  new 
Hospital  buildings,  comprising  two  houses  for  the  chaplains,  a 
chapel,  a  board  room,  a  muniment  room,  and  houses  for  twenty-five 
inmates,  with  the  requisite  yards,  offices,  wash-houses,  &c.  Each 
inmate  is  to  have  two  rooms,  and  a  separate  plot  of  ground  for  culti- 
vation. Sufficient  space  is  to  be  left  for  the  erection  of  additional 
buildings  when  the  Hospital  funds  will  permit,  and  there  are  to  be 
extensive  pleasure  grounds.  For  the  present  there  are  to  be  twenty- 
five  inmates,  thirteen  of  whom  shall  be  widows  or  spinsters  of  not 
less  than  sixty  years  of  age ;  and  twelve  shall  be  men  of  not  less 
than  sixty  years  of  age  ;  cither  married  or  single.  If  married,  the 
wife  must  not,  be  less  than  sixt}'  years  of  age,  and  a  man  and  his  wife 
will  count  but  as  one  person.  They  must  all  be  poor  persons  who 
have  resided  in  the  borough  for  at  least  three  years  previous  to  their 
appointment,  and  preference  is  given  to  those  who  have  not  during 
that  time  received  parochial  relief.  No  female  can  continue  an 
inmate  if  she  marries,  but  a  male  inmate  may  remain  after  marrying, 
if  his  wife  is  more  than  sixty  years  old.  No  persons  except  the  in- 
mates, and  the  wives  of  the  male  inmates,  are  permitted  to  reside  in 
the  Hospital.  Each  inmate  receives  a  weekly  stipend  of  eight 'shil- 
lings, except  three  of  the  females,  who  are  appointed  by  the  Master 


wyggeston's  hospital.  209 

as  "  Keepers,"  and  receive  ten  shillings  per  week  each.  The  trustees 
may  expend  any  sums  not  exceeding  £80  per  annum  in  providing 
clothing,  coals,  firewood,  and  lights,  and  £52  in  additional  attendance 
and  washing  for  the  inmates ;  and  the  Master  may  spend  £30  per 
annum  in  additional  female  assistance,  if  he  see  fit.  Although  the 
service  of  the  Church  of  England  is  regularly  performed  in  the  Hos- 
pital chapel,  the  inmates  are  not  compelled  to  attend,  but  may  go  to 
any  place  of  worship  they  think  proper.  All  the  inmates  are  ap- 
pointed by  the  Master,  except  one  female  appointed  in  respect  of 
What  ton's  Gift,  and  called  the  "  Corporation  Woman,"  who  receives 
2s.  6d.  per  week  from  the  Corporation,  and  5s.  6d.  per  week  from  the 
trustees  of  the  Hospital.  The  new  scheme  further  authorizes  the 
trustees  to  establish  a  School  for  the  education  of  at  least  200  boys 
and  100  girls,  and  to  erect  suitable  buildings,  with  houses  for  the 
head  master  and  head  mistress,  on  the  site  of  the  present  Hospital 
buildings,  or  to  convert  the  latter  to  that  purpose  on  the  re- 
moval of  the  alms -people  to  the  new  Hospital.  The  children 
may  be  of  any  religious  tenets,  and  will  not  be  compelled  against  the 
wishes  of  their  parents  to  attend  the  morning  and  evening  prayers, 
which  are  to  be  selected  from  the  liturgy  of  the  Church  of  England, 
and  daily  read  in  the  schools ;  nor  to  attend  the  reading  and  teaching 
of  the  Holy  Scriptures,  which  will  form  part  of  the  regular  course  of 
instruction.  The  boys  will  be  instructed  in  the  English,  French,  and 
German  languages,  mathematics,  ancient  and  modern  history,  geo- 
graphy, writing,  arithmetic,  bookkeeping,  and  such  other  useful 
branches  of  education  as  the  Master  of  the  Hospital  may  direct  :  and 
the  girls  will  be  taught  the  English,  French,  and  German  languages, 
English  literature  and  composition,  history,  geography,  music,  plain 
and  ornamental  needlework,  housewifely,  and  such  other  accomplish- 
ments as  the  mistress  is  competent  to  teach,  and  the  master  of  the 
Hospital  approves.  All  children  of  inhabitants  of  the  borough  are  to 
be  eligible  as  scholars,  after  they  have  attained  the  age  of  seven  years, 
and  they  may  remain  until  they  are  seventeen  years  old.  Each  boy 
will  be  required  to  pay  ten  shillings,  and  each  girl  five  shillings  per 
quarter  in  advance ;  and  of  these  head  monies,  one-half  respectively  is 
to  be  paid  to  the  head  master  and  head  mistress,  one-fourth  respec- 
tively to  the  second  master  and  second  mistress  ;  and  the  remainder 
is  to  be  applied  towards  defraying  the  expenses  of  the  schools,  unless 
additional  masters  are  requisite,  in  which  case  it  may  be  applied 
towards  payment  of  their  salaries.  There  are  to  be  public  examina- 
tions at  Midsummer  and  Christmas,  and  prizes  to  the  amount  of  £20 
per  annum  for  bo}'s,  and  £10  per  annum  for  girls,  will  be  given.  The 
head  master  and  mistress  will  be  from  time  to  time  appointed  by  the 
Chancellor  of  the  Duchy  of  Lancaster,  and  will  be  provided  with 
suitable  residences.  Besides  participating  in  the  head  monies  paid 
by  the  scholars,  the  head  master  will  receive  a  salary  of  £150  a  year  ; 
the  second  master,  £70  a  }rear  and  a  house,  or  £100  a  year  without 
a  house ;  the  French  and  German  master,  £70  a  year ;  the  head 
mistress,  £100  a  year  ;  and  the  second  mistress,  £70  a  year.     None 

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210  LEICESTER    CHARITIES. 

of  the  masters  or  mistresses  (except  the  French  or  German  master,) 
will  be  permitted  to  take  boarders,  or  to  engage  in  any  other  office  or 
employment,  nor  will  any  scholars  be  permitted  to  attend  the  schools, 
except  such  as  are  admitted  on  the  foundation.  Any  master  having 
held  his  office  for  more  than  twenty  years,  and  becoming  incapaci- 
tated, may  be  allowed  a  retiring  pension,  not  exceeding  £100  a  year 
for  a  head  master,  or  £50  a  year  for  a  second  master.  The  hospital 
estates  comprise  69  different  properties,  and  are  situated  at  nineteen 
places  in  this  county,  and  six  places  in  Lincolnshire  and  Stafford- 
shire. They  comprise  about  4000a.  of  land,  and  many  houses  and 
other  buildings  ;  and  the  present  rents  produce  about  £5000  per 
annum.  Among  the  largest  of  these  estates  are  Swannington,  more 
than  900a.  ;  the  manor  of  Castle  Carlton,  with  three  farm  houses,  a 
cottage,  and  451a.  2b.  32p.  ;  four  houses,  four  cottages,  and  136a. 
at  Wigston  Magna;  the  manor  of  Wikeham  and  Caldwell,  with  114a. 
2r.  25p.  ;  and  farms,  &c,  at  Allington,  Barkeston,  Bottesford, 
Breedon,  Burton-upon-Trent,  Denton,  Foston,  Harlaxton,  Hathern, 
Horninglow,  Bromkinsthorpe,  Oadby,  Snibson,  and  Nether  Seal. 
Besides  the  farms,  there  are  extensive  coal  mines,  of  great  value, 
which  cannot  be  demised  without  the  sanction  of  the  Duchy  of  Lan- 
caster, and  about  £15,000  invested  in  Government  Stock.  In  1862, 
the  trustees  purchased  about  15a.  of  land  in  a  healthy  and  elevated 
situation,  at  Westcotes,  about  a  mile  and  a  half  from  the  Market 
place,  for  £8500  ;  and  it  is  their  intention  shortly  to  erect  the  neces- 
sary hospital  buildings  on  a  most  extensive  and  complete  scale. 
When  they  are  completed,  and  the  alms-people  removed,  the  present 
hospital  buildings  will  be  probably  converted  to  the  purposes  of  the 
schools,  which  till  then  will  not  be  established.  The  Rev.  David 
James  Vaughan,  M.A.,  vicar  of  St.  Martin's,  and  Fellow  of  Trinity 
College,  Cambridge,  is  the  Master,  and  resides  at  St.  Martin's  Vicar- 
age; and  the  master's  house,  which  adjoins  the  hospital,  is  let.  The 
Rev.  Humphrey  Davey  Millett,  B.A.,  is  the  Conf rater,  or  Chaplain 
Brother,  and  resides  in  the  house  belonging  to  his  office,  attached  to 
which  is  a  large  garden,  with  yard  and  convenient  outbuildings. 
Wm.  Hy.  Macaulay,  Esq.,  is  Clerk  to  the  trustees.  C.  Smith,  Esq., 
of  Cank  street,  Receircr  of  Rents;  and  Wm.  H.  May,  Esq.,  Surgeon. 
St.  John's  and  Bent's  Hospitals  form  a  neat  brick  building, 
with  stone  dressings,  in  Highcross  street,  erected  in  1860  at  a  cost 
of  £730,  on  the  site  of  the  old  hospital.  St.  John's  Hospital, 
which  occupies  the  front  part  of  the  building,  is  of  very  ancient 
origin.  In  a  paper  written  about  1725,  in  Trinity  Hospital  Book,  it 
is  stated  there  are  no  writings  belonging  to  St.  John's  Hospital ; 
that  it  was  dissolved  or  absorbed  by  the  deans  and  canons  of  the 
College  of  the  Newarke,  for  which  there  was  the  authority  of  Leland, 
who  says  that  most  of  the  lands  of  St.  John's  were  given  by  Edward 
IV.  to  the  College  of  the  Newarke,  in  the  same  manner  as  St. 
Leonard's ;  and  that  55s.  a  year  was  paid  out  of  the  said  college  to 
the  Hospital  of  St.  John.  After  the  dissolution  of  this  college,  the 
lands  of  both  these  hospitals  were  granted  out  in  the  2nd  of  Edward 


st.  John's  and  bent's  hospitals.  211 

VI.,  and  were  bought,  in  1592,  by  the  Corporation,  who,  after  it  had 
been  for  some  time  disused,  placed  six  poor  widows  in  the  small 
ancient  hospital  of  St.  John,  in  the  reign  t)f  James  I.  or  Charles  I., 
allowing  them  the  above-named  annuity  of  55s.  In  1686  and  1713, 
the  Corporation  purchased  for  the  hospital  a  garden,  and  it  has  re- 
ceived augmentations  from  Palmer's,  Heyrick's,  Cammach's,  Cooper's, 
Holmes',  and  some  other  charities,  but  jjs  certain  yearly  income 
only  amounts  to  about  £70.  There  is,  however,  an  annual  sermon 
preached  in  St.  Martin's  church,  on  the  Sunday  nearest  St.  John's 
day,  when  a  collection  is  made,  which  usually  amounts  to  about  £25. 
Six  poor  widows  live  in  the  hospital,  and  there  are  two  non-resi- 
dent alms-men.  The  income  of  the  chanty  is  divided  amongst  the 
alms -people  in  accordance  with  the  intentions  of  the  various  donors, 
and  there  are  several  distributions  of  money,  clothing,  and  coals.  Each 
inmate  receives  a  gown  yearly,  from  Mrs.  Ward's  and  Mrs.  Twickden's 
charities ;  and  two  pairs  of  shoes  from  Wright's  charity.  Bent's 
Hospital,  which  occupies  the  rear  of  the  building,  was  founded  pur- 
suant to  the  will  of  John  Bent,  who,  in  1697,  left  38a.  Ik.  35p.  of 
land  at  Enderby,  to  the  Corportion,  in  trust  to  apply  the  rent  in 
supporting  four  poor  widows  in  the  hospital  of  St.  John  the  Baptist. 
The  land,  with  a  cottage,  barn,  &c,  is  now  let  for  £76.  12s.  a  year. 
Each  widow  receives  4s.  per  week,  and  the  same  stipend  is  paid 
to  a  nurse.  They  have  also  distributions  of  coals,  oatmeal,  and 
gowns,  amounting  to  about  £8.  In  1736,  George  Bent  left  a  yearly 
rent- charge  of  50s.  out  of  a  house  in  Silver  street,  for  the  widows  of 
Bent's  and  St.  John's  Hospitals,  and  the  former  have  £2.  10s. 
yearly  from  Holmes's  Charity. 

The  Spittle,  or  Spital  House,  is  supposed  to  have  been  an 
ancient  hospital,  which  stood  on  or  near  the  site  of  the  Pack  Horse 
public-house,  which  is  sometimes  called  the  Spittle  House,  and  has 
behind  it  a  field  called  Spittle-House  Close,  which  has  long  been  pri- 
vate property,  and  was  charged  by  that  name  with  the  yearly  pay- 
ment of  £3.  6s.  8d.  to  the  Corporation  for  charitable  uses,  in  1618, 
by  Robert  Heyrick,  as  already  stated.  The  public-house  is  an 
ancient  building  which  was  long  held  by  the  county  magistrates,  who 
let  it  for  £20  a  year,  out  of  which  they  allowed  Is.  a  week  each  to 
five  poor  people,  and  6d.  a  week  to  a  sixth.  The  "  Charitable 
Trusts'  Act,"  passed  in  1853,  brought  the  Spital  House  under  the 
control  of  the  County  Court,  which,  in  1856,  vested  the  fee  simple 
in  three  trustees,  viz: — Lord  Berners,  C.  W.  Packe,  Esq.,  and 
Colonel  King ;  and  directed  that  on  the  death  or  incapacity  of  any 
of  the  trustees,  the  chairman  of  the  Quarter  Sessions  should  appoint 
new  ones,  and  that  the  income  of  the  charity  should  be  distributed 
among  four  or  five  deserving  poor  persons  of  the  county,  who  are  to 
be  selected  every  January,  or,  if  the  trustees  think  proper,  to  be  ap- 
pointed recipients  of  pensions  for  life.  The  trustees  have  sold  the 
property,  and  invested  the  proceeds  in  the  purchase  of  £517.  15s.  5d. 
three  and  a  half  per  cent,  consols.  They  allow  pensions  of  13s.  per 
quarter  to  four  poor  people.     Nichols  says,  the  Spittle-house,  (or 

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212  LEICESTER   CHARITIES. 

St.  Andrew's  Hospital,)  was  founded  by  Wm.  Leprosus,  in  the  13th 
century,  and  it  was  probably  for  the  reception  of  lepers ;  but  it  is 
not  known  how  the  county  magistrates  became  possessed  of  it. 

The  Countess  of  Devonshire's  Hospital,  which  stood  in  Abbey 
gate,  nearly  opposite  the  gateway  leading  clown  to  the  Abbey,  was 
said  to  have  been  founded  for  six  poor  women,  in  the  reign  of 
Charles  I.,  by  the  Countess  of  Devonshire,  who  lived  in  the  Abbey 
when  it  was  burnt.  After  being  long  in  a  ruinous  state,  this 
hospital  was  pulled  down  about  1796,  by  Sir  William  Manners, 
who  then  owned  the  Abbey  estate,  which  is  charged  with  a  yearly 
rent- charge  of  £30  for  the  support  of  the  hospital  and  alms- 
women,  though  it  has  not  been  paid  for  nearly  seventy  years.  The 
estate  was  sold  by  William  Duke  of  Devonshire  to  Lord  William 
Manners,  in  1731,  subject  to  the  yearly  payment  of  several  quit  and 
other  rents  to  this  and  Wyggeston's  Hospital,  amounting  in  the 
whole  to  £87.  7s.  8d.  Of  this,  £56.  13s.  4d.  is  still  paid  to  Wyg- 
geston's Hospital ;  and  in  1836,  the  Charity  Commissioners  certified 
the  case  of  the  Countess  of  Devonshire's  Hospital  to  the  Attorney 
General,  but  nothing  has  yet  been  done  towards  re-establishing  this 
charity.  The  property  charged  now  belongs  to  the  Earl  of  Dysart, 
and  was  held  by  his  predecessor,  the  late  Lord  Huntingtower,  more 
than  forty  years. 

Simons'  Hospital  and  Charities. — In  1712,  Matthew  Simons, 
Esq.,  by  will,  reciting  that  his  late  mother-in-law,  Susannah  Cook, 
appointed  that  he  should  lay  out  £60  for  the  benefit  of  the  poor  in 
St.  .John's  and  Trinity  Hospitals:  and  that  he  had  laid  out  the  said 
£60,  and  with  it,  a  larger  sum  of  his  own,  in  the  purchase  of  a 
moiety  of  the  manor  of  Hambleton,  and  severa]  closes  and  tene- 
ments there,  and  at  Scraptofl  and  Knighton  ;  devised  the  said  pro- 
perty to  trustees,  in  satisfaction  of  the  will  of  his  mother-in-law  and 
his  own  charitable  intentions.  H<'  also  vested  with  the  same 
trustees,  the  messuage  and  garden  in  Blue  Boar  lane,  which  he  had 
converted  into  a  Hospital  for  six  poor  aged  women  of  Leicester. 
The  estate  devised  by  the  testator  is  now  worth  £600  per  annum, 
but  it  is  subject  only  to  the  yearly  payment  of  £130  for  the  pur- 
poses of  the  charity,  and  to  the  expense  of  repairing  the  hospital, 
which  was  rebuilt  in  1817,  at  the  cost  of  £372,  and  is  a  neat  build- 
ing, containing  six  rooms,  occupied  by  as  many  poor  widows.  The 
following  annual  charges  are  now  paid  by  the  trustees  out  of  the 
£130;  viz.,  to  the  widows  of  St.  John's  Hospital,  £4.  6s. ;  bread 
to  the  poor  of  Trinity  Hospital,  14s. ;  for  forty-five  pairs  of  stock- 
ings, 45s.  in  money,  and  forty-five  fourpenny  loaves,  to  the  poor  of 
Trinity  Hospital,  £6.  7s.  Gd. ;  for  apprenticing  eight  children,  £40 ; 
for  schooling  twelve  boys  at  the  National  School,  £4  ;  for  clothing 
the  said  boys,  £18 ;  for  four  Bibles,  £1  ;  for  5s.  worth  of  bread 
weekly  to  thirty  poor  families,  £13  ;  bread  to  the  poor  of  All  Saints, 
13s. ;  shoes  for  women  in  Trinity  Hospital,  12s.  ;  to  six  women  in 
Simons'  Hospital,  £18 ;  coals  to  ditto,  £2.  10s. ;  and  to  Mr.  W. 
Cook,  the  charity  treasurer,  £15.     Mr.  Simons  has  left  £200,  to  be 


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lent  free  of  interest,  in  sums  of  £10,  on  bond,  for  nine  years.  The 
trustees  are  Sir  George  Palmer,  Bart.,  and  C.  W.  Packe,  C.  Win- 
stanley,  and  H.  St.  John  Harford,  Esqrs. 

The  Consanguinitarium,  in  Southgate  street,  is  a  commodious 
hospital  often  rooms,  built  in  1794,  by  John  Johnson,  a  native  of 
Leicester,  and  an  eminent  architect  of  London,  for  the  residence  of 
five  of  his  poor  relations.  By  indenture  of  bargain  and  sale  in  1795, 
he  vested  it  in  trust  with  his  son  and  other  trustees,  and  endowed  it 
with  £70  a  year  out  of  an  estate  of  337a.  at  Lubbenham,  to  be 
applied  in  providing  each  of  the  five  inmates  with  5s.  weekly  and  a 
ton  of  coals  yearly.  By  his  will,  proved  in  1815,  he  augmented  the 
endowment  with  the  bequest  of  £20  a  year,  to  be  paid  out  of  four 
houses  in  Highcross  street,  to  be  divided  among  the  five  inmates 
after  deducting  for  the  necessary  repairs  of  the  Consanguinitarium. 

Miss  Mason's  Almshouses,  in  Vauxhall  street,  consisting  of  four 
convenient  dwellings  for  four  poor  aged  widows  or  maids  of  Leicester, 
were  built  in  1832,  by  Eliz.  Charlotte  Mason,  at  the  cost  of  £378,  ex- 
clusive of  £81.  18s.  lid.  paid  for  the  purchase  of  the  land.  She 
died  in  December,  1833,  and  bequeathed  the  residue  of  her  personal 
property  for  the  endowment  of  the  almshouses.  The  property  de- 
rived from  her  will  consists  of  £1420.  15s.  3d.  three  and  a-half  per 
cent,  stock  ;  out  of  the  dividends  of  which,  each  of  the  four  alms- 
women  have  4s.  a  week,  and  the  rest  is  reserved  for  repairs,  &c. 
The  present  trustees  are  Halford  Adcock,  Richard  Mitchell,  John 
Edward  Dalton,  and  George  Henry  Nevinson,  Esqs. 

PAROCHIAL  CHARITIES:— Besides  their  joint  participation  in 
the  charities  already  noticed,  there  are  several  benefactions  belonging 
separately  to  the  different  parishes,  of  which  the  following  is  a  brief 
notice : — 

All  Saints: — A  yearly  rent-charge  of  15s.  left  by  William  Norrice, 
in  1611,  out  of  a  garden  behind  the  Nag's  Head  in  Soar  lane,  for  41 
poor  people,  has  not  been  received  for  a  great  number  of  years,  be- 
cause the  conditions  enjoined  were  impracticable  and  absurd.  Jph. 
Wright  left  20s.  for  the  poor  of  All  Saints,  and  5s.  for  the  widows  of 
St.  John's  Hospital,  to  be  paid  yearly  out  of  a  garden  in  Elbow  lane, 
now  built  upon.  A  yearly  rent  of  3s.  4d.  for  the  repairs  of  the 
church  was  left  by  John  Saunders,  and  is  paid  out  of  land  in  North- 
gate  street. 

St.  Leonard's  Parish  has  21s.  a-year  for  the  poor,  out  of  Freak's 
Ground,  held  by  the  Corporation  ;  20s.  a-year,  left  by  Bolt.  Awceter, 
in  1632,  out  of  tenements  in  Abbeygate  ;  and  6s.  8d.  worth  of  bread 
from  Robert  Heyrick's  charity. 

St,  Margaret's :— -In  1774,  Sarah  Ward  left  £60,  the  interest  to  be 
distributed  on  New  Year's  day,  among  six  widows,  by  the  vicar  and 
churchwardens.  On  St.  Thomas's  day,  about  40  poor  widows  have 
divided  among  them  £4.  7s.  6d.  from  £125  three  and  a-half  per  cent, 
stock,  purchased  with  £100  left  by  John  Nichols,  in  1812.  The 
poor  parishioners  have  a  House  in  Loughborough ,  derived  from  an 
unknown  donor,  and  now  let  for  £30  per  annum,  which,  with  £105 


214  LEICESTER    CHARITIES. 

derived  from  the  rent  of  the  parish  piece,  after  payment  of  the 
necessary  expenses,  is  divided  into  two  parts  by  the  churchwardens 
and  given  to  the  church  and  dissenting  schools  in  equal  proportions. 
The  poor  of  the  parish  have  also  20s.  a-year,  left  by  Eliz.  Awceter, 
in  1656,  and  now  paid  out  of  an  orchard  in  Belgrave  gate,  and 
given  away  in  bread.  An  annuity  of  £5,  left  by  John  Bass,  Esq.,  in 
1763,  out  of  his  third  share  of  the  Coal  Machine,  has  not  been  paid 
since  1828,  but  is  sunk  in  the  general  charities  of  the  town.  For 
many  years  previous  to  1782,  there  were  six  old  almshouses  called 
Cock-muck-hill  Houses,  which  stood  in  the  centre  of  Belgrave  gate. 
Being  a  public  nuisance,  they  were  pulled  down  in  1782,  and  six 
other  almshouses  were  built  by  subscription,  in  lieu  of  them,  in 
Abbey  street.  These  houses  are  occupied  by  six  poor  parishioners, 
placed  there  by  the  parish  officers.  Pursuant  to  the  bequest  of 
Catherine  Holmes,  each  inmate  has  5  cwt.  of  coals  yearly,  formerly 
charged  on  the  Black  Lion  public-house,  but  now  paid  for  out  of  the 
rent  of  the  parish  piece. 

St.  Martin's  Parish : — The  poor  parishioners  have  the  following 
yearly  doles,  viz  : — 521s.  from  a  slip  of  land  in  Abbeygate,  left 
by  Eliz.  Awceter,  in  1665  ;  5s.  left  by  a  Mr.  Garland,  and  paid  by 
the  Corporation  ;  20s.  left  by  Robt.  Heyrick ;  25s.  given  by  a  Mrs. 
Ward,  out  of  land  now  belonging  to  Hy.  Rawson,  Esq.  ;  52s.  for  a 
weekly  distribution  of  bread  from  Bent's  Charity  (see  page  211,)  and 
£4.  7s.  6d.  from  £125  three  and  a-half  per  cent  consols,  purchased 
with  £100  left  by  John  Nichols,  in  1812.  They  have  also  about 
£30  a  year  from  Elkington's  Charity,  which  is  distributed  in  coal. 
For  apprenticing  poor  boys,  Thos.  Topp,  in  1716,  left  £200,  which 
was  laid  out  in  the  purchase  of  a  cottage  and  12a.  3r.  37p.  at  En- 
derby,  now  let  for  £20  a  year,  which  is  given  in  premiums  with  two 
boys,  bound  apprentice  by  the  minister  and  churchwardens,  to  trades 
in  the  town.  Lewis's  Almshouses,  being  much  deca}Ted,  were  sold 
in  1732,  and  three  small  tenements,  in  Millstone  lane,  were  appro- 
priated by  the  parish  in  their  stead.  The  original  almshouses  stood 
in  the  church  yard,  and  were  given  in  1651  by  Hugh  Lewis,  for  the 
residence  of  three  poor  widows. 

St.  Mary's  Parish  has  £5.  3s.  4d.  a  year  for  distributions  of  bread, 
and  £5.  2s.  8d.  for  distribution  in  small  sums  at  Christmas,  from 
charities  already  noticed.  Several  other  annual  rent-charges,  left 
to  this  parish  at  various  times,  have  been  lost. 

St.  Nicholas.  Parish  has  £2.  lis.  6d.  yearly  from  various  charities, 
vested  with  the  Corporation ;  and  also  the  following  yearly  doles, 
viz  : — 10s.  left  by  Fras.  Palmer,  out  of  building  sites  in  Jewrywall 
street ;  £2.  10s.  as  the  interest  of  £50,  left  by  Eliz.  Clarhe'm  1780, 
and  expended  in  repairing  the  parish  workhouse,  in  1801  ;  and  £1. 
12s.  4d.  from  £53.  18s.  2d.  three  per  cent,  consols,  purchased  with 
£50,  left  by  Thos,  Piead  in  1821.  Sir  Wm.  Wilson,  in  1710,  left 
£10  a  year  out  of  his  estate  at  Sutton-Coldfield,  to  be  applied  in 
apprenticing  two  poor  boys  of  this  parish. 


LIST  OF  STREETS,  LANES,  COURTS,  &c 

IN   LEICESTER, 

WITH   REFERENCES   TO   THEIR   RESPECTIVE   LOCALITIES.  . 


Abbey  gate,  Wood  gate 
Abbey  street,  Belgrave  road 
Abell's  yard,  Sanvey  gate 
Adams's  yard,  G  Redcross  street 
Albert  street,  Humberstone  road 
Albert  street,  New  Bridge  street 
Albert  terrace,  Cobden  street 
Albion  street,  Belvoir  street 
Albion  hill,  Albion  street 
Albion  place,  Albion  street 
Alexander  street,  Charlotte  street 
Alfred  place,  Granby  street 
Alfred  street,  Lee  street 
Allsop's  yard,  10  Redcross  street 
All  Saints'  open,  High  cross  street 
Alma  villas,  London  road 
Alpine  terrace,  Sparkenhoe  street 
Andrew's  yard,  Orchard  street 
Ann  street,  Humberstone  road 
Applegate  street,  Bridge  street 
Archdeacon  lane,  Burley's  lane 
Arnold's  yard,  Southgate  street 
Arthur  street,  Humberstone  road 
Ashton's  yard,  Oxford  street 
Ashwell  street,  Albion  hill 
Asylum  street,  Newarke 
Atkin  street,  Jarrom  street 
Auckland  terrace,  Aylestone  road 
Augustine  Friars,  Bridge  street 
Aylestone  road,  Welford  road 
Bailey's  yard,  Sandacre  street 
Ball's  yard,  21  Welford  road 
Baker  street,  St.  George's  street 
Baker's  street,  Belgrave  street 
Baker's  yard,  Curzon  street 
Bakehouse  lane,  Southgate  street 
Baldwin's  yard,  Charlotte  street 
Bark's  yard,  James  street 
Bank  buildings,  Gallowtree  gate 
Barlow's  yard,  Belgrave  gate 
Barlow's  yard,  Northgate  street 
Barlow's  yard,  New  walk 
Barston  street,  Devonshire  street 
Barnes's  yard,  Green  street 
Barwell  street,  Hull  street 
Bateman's  row,  Sandacre  street 
Bath  lane,  Bridge  street 
Bath  street,  Jewry  wall  street 
Bath  street,  Carlton  street 


Bay  street,  St.  Margaret's  street 
Baxter's  court,  22  Bakehouse  lane 
Beale's  yard,  Harvey's  lane 
Bedford  court,  Bedford  street 
Bedford  street,  Belgrave  gate 
Bedford  street  (Little),  Denman  street 
Belgrave  gate,  from  Haymarket 
Belgrave  road,  Belgrave  gate 
Belvoir  street,  Granby  street 
Bell  lane,  Humberstone  road 
Bell's  yard,  198  Jewrywall  street 
Benford  street,  Carley  street 
Bennet's  yard,  Harvey  lane 
Bethell  court,  Jewrywall  street 
Bevan's  court,  Jewrywall  street 
Bigg's  yard,  Garden  street 
Bishop  street,  West  bridge 
Bishop  street,  Granby  street 
Blair's  yard,  Blackfriars'  street 
Blake  street,  Butt  Close  lane 
Birkley  street,  Old  Mill  lane 
Birtchnell's  yard,  Rutland  street 
Blackfriars'  street,  Ruding  street 
Bland's  yard,  Jewrywall  street 
Bland's  Buildings,  Bath  street 
Blount's  yard,  Ruding  street 
Blue  Boar  lane,  Highcross  street 
Bond  street  (New),  Eastgate 
Bond  street  (East),  New  Bond  street 
Bond  street  (West),  St.  Peter's  lane 
Bond  street  (North),  St.  Peter's  lane 
Bond  street  (South),  New  Bond  street 
Bonner's  yard,  00  Redcross  street 
Bonner's  lane,  Oxford  street 
Bos  worth's  yard,  Britannia  street 
Bow  bridge,  Augustine  friars 
Bowling-green  street,  Belvoir  street 
Bow  street,  Bedford  street 
Bowman's  lane,  Frog  island 
Bowman's  yard,  High  street 
Bracebridge's  yard,  Belgrave  gate 
Bradley's  yard,  49  Northgate  street 
Bradley's  yard,  Causeway  lane 
Braunstone  gate,  Dun's  lane 
Bread  street,  Belgrave  street 
Breedon's  square,  Archdeacon  lane 
Breedon's  yard,  Navigation  street 
Bridge  street,  West  bridge 
Bridge  street,  Russell  street 


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LEICESTER    STREETS. 


Bright  street,  Humberstone  road 
Britannia  street,  Belgrave  street 
Brook  street,  Wharf  street 
Brook  street  (L.  &  U.),  York  street 
Brunswick  street,  Humberstone  road 
Burrow's  yard,  High  street 
Burgess  street,  Sanvey  gate 
Burley's  lane,  Church  gate 
Burton  street,  Morledge-street 
Butt  close  lane,  Church  gate 
Byron  street,  Bedford  street 
Calais  hill,  street  and  place,  Granby  st 
Cambrane  cottages,  Narborough  road 
Cambridge  terrace,  Humberstone  road 
Camden  street,  Wharf  street 
Campbell  street,  London  road 
Cank  street,  Market  place 
Canning  street,  St.  John  street 
Canning  place,  Canning  street 
Cannon  street,  Nelson  street 
Cannon  yard,  Church  gate 
Cardigan  street,  Mill  lane 
Carley  street,  Wharf  street 
Carlton  street,  Welford  road 
Carlton  place,  Welford  road 
Carlton  terrace,  Carlton  street 
Carlton  terrace,  Tower  street 
Caroline  street,  Gas  street 
Carr's  yard,  Upper  Charles  street 
Carrington  street,  Queen's  street 
Cart's  lane,  High  street 
Carter's  yard,  Burley's  lane 
Castle  street,  Southgate  street 
Castle  view,  Castle  street,  to  Newarke 
Castle  square,  6  Castle  street 
Castle  yard,  The  Newarke 
Causeway  lane,  High  cross  street 
Chamberlain's  court,  Bakehouse  lane 
Chancery  street,  Marble  street 
Chapman's  yard,  Sanvey  gate 
Charlotte  street,  Alexander  street 
Charlotte  street,  Foundry  square 
Charles  street,  Humberstone  gate 
Chatham  street,  Granby  street 
Cheapside,  Market  pla.ce 
Chew's  open,  Crab  street 
Cherry  orchard,  Hinckley  road 
Cherry  tree  yard,  East  Bond  street 
Christian's  yard;  Grove  street 
Church  gate,  East  gates 
Church  gates  (Lower  and  South),  San- 
vey gate 
Church  street,  Upper  Charles  street 
City  wall  street,  Sanvey  gate 
Clarence  street,  Humberstone  gate 
Clarke's  yard,  Crab  street 
Clarke's  yard,  Thornton  lane 
Clarke's  yard,  Jewry  wall  street 
Clay's  yard,  Upper  Charles  street 
Clifton's  yard,  43  Northgate  street 


Clinton  street,  Northgate  street 
Clinton  street,  Carlton  street 
Cobden  street,  Humberstone  road 
Collin's  yard,  Navigation  street 
Coleman's  building,  2  Green's  lane 
Colton  street,  Rutland  street 
Coltman's  yard,  Upper  Charles  street 
Coltman's  square,  Green's  lane 
Conduit  st.  (Upper,)  Sparkenhoe  st 
Conduit  street,  London  road 
Constitution  hill,  Northampton  street 
Cook's  yard,  Humberstone  gate 
Corah  street,  Dun's  lane 
Cottage  square,  Marlborough  street 
Cort's  yard,  Peter's  laue 
Coventry  street,  Watts'  causeway 
Cox's  yard,  14  Red  cross  street 
Crab  street,  Belgrave  street 
Cradock  street,  Humberstone  road 
Craven  street,  Sanvey  gate 
Crescent,  King  street 
Crescent  buildings,  Upper  King  street 
Crescent  street,  Regent  street 
Crescent  cottages,  King  street 
Cresswell  place,  Granby  street 
Cricket  ground,  Wharf  street 
Cromwell  street,  Mill  lane 
Crown  street,  Jarrom  street 
Cumberland  street,  Northgates 
Curzon  street,  Humberstone  road 
Dane's  hill,  Hinckley  road 
Dannett's  hall,  Watts'  causeway 
Darker  street,  East  Bond  street 
Dawes's  yard,  Belgrave  gate 
Dawes's  yard,  Northgate  street 
Dawes's  yard,  23  Mansfield  street 
Dawes's  yard,  Britannia  street 
Dawes's  yard,  Bedford  street 
Deacon  street,  Grange  lane 
Deakin's  yard,  51  Marble  street 
De  Montfort  place,  De  Montfort  street 
De  Montfort  square,  Princess  street 
De  Montfort  street,  London  road 
De  Montfort  terrace,  London  road 
Denman  street,  Wharf  street 
Dent's  yard,  Green  street 
Devonshire  street,  South  Church  street 
Dick's  yard,  Col  ton  street 
Dover  street,  Granby  street 
Dryden  street,  Pike  street 
Duke  street,  Marlborough  street 
Dunkirk  street,  East  street 
Dun's  laue,  Bridge  street 
Durham  street,  Olive  street 
Dysart  street,  Brunswick  street 
East  street,  London  road 
East  gates,  Hay  market 
Eaton  street,  Wharf  street 
Earl  street,  Eldon  street 
Edwards's  buildings,  Black  Friar's  st 


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Elbow  lane,  Cumberland  street 
Eldon  street,  Wbarf  street 
Ellis'  yard,  Milton  street 
Elson's  yard,  Wellington  street 
Elton's  yard,  50  Belgrave  gate 
Elton  street,  Wellington  street 
Evington  place,  Upper  Charles  street 
Evington  lane,  London  road 
Extall's  yard,  Mansfield  street 
Falcon  yard,  Granby  street 
Farmery  square,  Wigston  street 
Fawcett's  yard,  East  Bond  street 
Fennell  street,  Bedford  street 
Fenton  street,  Bridge  street 
Fleet  street,  Bedford  street 
Fleece  yard,  Woodgate 
Fleur-de-lis  yard,  Belgrave  gate 
Fortune  of  War  yard,  Northgate  street 
Foundry  square,  Belgrave  gate 
Foundry  lane,  Foundry  square 
Forsell's  yard,  18  Upper  Brown  street 
Fosse  road,  Hinckley  road 
Fox  lane,  Humberstone  gate 
Foxes  street,  Northampton  street 
Foxon  street,  Braunstone  gate 
Framland  street,  Upper  Conduit  street 
Freehold  street,  Stanley  street 
Free  lane,  Halford  street 
Free  School  lane,  High  cross  street 
Friar  lane,  Hotel  street 
Friar's  causeway,  High  cross  street 
Friar's  place,  All  Saints'  open 
Friar's  road,  All  Saints'  open 
Friday  street,  Pasture  lane 
Frog  island,  North  bridge 
Full  Moon  yard,  East  Bond  street 
Fuller  street,  Pingle  street 
Gallowtree  gate,  Haymarket 
Gallaway's  square,  Colton  street 
Gamble's  yard,  Belgrave  gate 
Garden  street,  Belgrave  gate 
Gartree  street,  Sparkenhoe  street 
Gas  street,  Navigation  street 
George  street,  (<fe  Upper,)  Bedford  st 
Gillam's  yard,  Frog  island 
Gill's  yard,  ltedcross  street 
Gill's  yai-d,  York  street 
Gimson's  yard,  Welford  road 
Glebe  street,  Conduit  street 
Glover's  yard,  49  Duke  street 
Glover's  yard,  Dover  street 
Godber's  yard,  4  York  street 
Goddard's  place,  Belgrave  gate 
Goddard's  buildings,  Belgrave  gate 
Goddard's  square,  Upper  Brown  street 
Goddard's  yard,  Belgrave  gate 
Gold  street,  Church  gate,  (South) 
Goodacre  street,  Wharf  street 
Goscote  st.  (E.  &  W.)  Sparkenhoe  st 
Gosling  street,  Grange  lane 


Goswell  street,  Asylum  street 
Gower  street,  Belgrave  gate 
Grafton  place,  Burley's  lane 
Graham  street,  Humberstone  road 
Granby  street,  Gallowtree  gate 
Granby  place,  Granby  street 
Granby  row,  Granby  street 
Granby  court,  Granby  street 
Grange  lane,  Infirmary  square 
Grape  street,  Burgess  street 
Gravel  street,  Abbey  street 
Gray  street,  Goswell  street 
Gray  square,  Gray  street 
Great  Holme  street,  Hiiackley  road 
Green  street,  Belgrave  gate 
Green  lane,  Oxford  street 
Green's  yard,  Frog  island 
Grey  Friars,  Friar  lane 
Griffin's  yard,  Calais  street 
Grimsley's  yard,  Northgate  street 
Grimsby's  yard,  Northgate  street 
Grosvenor's  street,  Belgrave  gate 
Grove  street,  Bedford  street 
Gunton's  yard,  Archdeacon  square 
Guthlaxton  street,  Sparkenhoe  street 
Haddon's  yard,  Britannia  street 
Haddon's  yard,  Woodboy  street 
Halford  street,  Granby  street 
Halford  square,  Charles  street 
Hallam's  yard,  Wharf  street 
Hall's  yard,  Green  lane 
Hames's  yard,  224  Jewry  wall  street 
Hames's  yard,  High  street 
Hampden  street,  Belgrave  road 
Hanover  square,  Conduit  street 
Hanover  street,  Conduit  street 
Harcourt  street  Archdeacon  lane 
Harding  street,  Craven  street 
Harding's  yard,  Wellington  street 
Hardy's  yard,  62  Mansfield  street 
Hall's  yard,  22  Green's  lane 
Harvey  lane,  Thornton  lane 
Hastings  street,  Southfielda 
Havelock  street,  Mill  lane 
Hawley's  yard,  Northgates 
Haymarket,  Eastgates 
Headley's  yard,  Thornton  lane 
Hegg's  yard,  St.  Margaret's  street 
Henry  street,  Pingle  street 
Henshaw  street,  Asylum  street 
Hewitt's  yai*d,  Highcross  street 
Herbert's  yard,  45  Welford  road 
Hickling's  square,  Granby  street 
Higginson's  yard,  Churchgate 
Highcross  street,  Highcross 
High  street,  Eastgates  to  Highcross 
High  field,  London  road 
High  field  street,  London  road 
Hill  street,  Bedford  street 
Hill  street  (Upper),  Humberstone  gatQ 


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LEICESTER    STREETS. 


Hinckley  road,  Great  Holme  street 
Hincks's  square,  Stamford  street 
Hincks's  yard,  Pasture  lane 
Hiron's  yard,  Wellington  street 
Hobson's  yard,  Wellington  street 
Hodson's  court,  2  Dun's  lane 
Hollier's  yard,  Silver  street 
Hollow,  (The,)  Redcross  street 
Holme  street  (Gt  &  Little),  Hinckley  rd 
Holme  street  (West)  Hinckley  road 
Holyoake's  yard,  Sanvey  gate 
Holmes  yard,  Wheat  street 
Holy  bones,  St.  Nicholas  square 
Hopkins's  yard,  Church  gate 
Horsefair  street,  Gallowtree  gate 
Hotel  street,  Cank  street 
Howe's  yard,  Northgate  street 
Hubbard's  yard,  Oxford  street 
Hull  street,  Archdeacon  lane 
Hull's  row,  Frog  island. 
Humberstone  gate,  Gallowtree  gate 
Humberstoue  road,  Humberstone  gate 
Humberstone  ter.  Humberstone  road 
Hungerford  street,  Sanvey  gate 
Hunt's  square,  Short  street 
Hunt's  yard,  1  Church  gate 
Hydrometer  place,  Upper  Charles  street 
Iliffe's  yard,  Charles  street 
Infirmary  square,  Oxford  street 
Infirmary  terrace,  Infirmary  square 
Inglestone's  yard,  Britannia  street 
James's  street,  Welford  road 
Jarrom  street,  Infimary  square 
Jelley's  yard,  Oxford  street 
Jewrywall  street,  Holy  bones 
John  street,  Asylum  street 
Johnson's  yard,  35  Northgate  street 
Johnson's  yard,  Belgrave  gate 
Johnson's  yard,  Sanvey  gate 
Johnson's  yard,  Sycamore  lane 
Johnson's  yard,  Birkley  street 
Jones's  yard,  16  Green's  lane 
Junior  street,  Burgess  street 
Keaue's  yard,  Sanvey  gate 
Keane's  yard,  Long  lane 
Kenney  street,  Lord  street 
Kent  street,  New  Bridge  street 
Kent  street,  Humberstone  road 
Kenyon  street,  Wharf  street 
Kilby's  yard,  Woodboy  street 
Kilbourne's  yard,  Mansfield  street 
King  street,  Belvoir  street 
King's  yard,  Sanvey  gate 
King  William  yard,  Colton  street 
Kinton's  yard,  Belgrave  gate 
Knighton  street,  Ayiestone  road 
Lancaster  place,  London  road 
Lancaster  street,  Welford  road 
Langley's  yard,  York  street 
Laxton  street,  Grange  lane 


Lead  street,  Wheat  street 
Leadenhall  street,  Belgrave  road 
Leamington  street,  Watt's  causeway 
Leech's  yard,  Bonner's  lane 
Lee  street,  Bedford  street 
Lewin's  cottages,  Bedford  street 
Lewin's  yard,  Frog  island 
Lewin's  square,  Oxford  street 
Lewin  street,  Metcalfe  street 
Lichfield  street,  Burley's  lane 
Little  Holme  street,  Great  Holme  street 
Little  lane,  High  street 
London  road,  Granby  street 
Long  lane,  Burgess  street 
Lord  street,  Kenney  street 
Loseby  lane,  Silver  street 
Luke  street,  St.  John  street 
Lyndhurst  street,  Wellington  street 
Lutterworth  road,  Princess  street 
Machine  yard,  Northgate  street 
Market  street,  Hotel  street 
Martin's  yard,  Southgates 
Market  place,  Market  street 
Marble  square,  Marble  street 
Marble  street,  Newarke  street 
Mansfield  street,  Church  gates 
Marston's  yard,  11  Thornton  lane 
Marlborough  street,  King  street 
Marquis  street,  King  street 
Meadow's  yard,  George  street 
Measures's  yard,  Sanvey  gate 
Mercer's  yard,  High  street 
Metcalf  street,  Wharf  street 
Midland  street,  Morledge  street 
Middle  street,  Goswell  street 
Millard's  yard,  Sanvey  gate 
Mill  street,  Duke  street 
Mill  street,  Russell  square 
Millstone  lane,  Oxford  street 
Mill  lane,  Bonner's  lane 
Milton  st.  Bedford  st.  and  Russell  st 
Mill  hill  lane,  London  road 
Montague  place,  Welford  road 
Morledge  street,  Humberstone  gate 
Morton's  yard,  Wigston  street 
Morton's  yard,  Church  gate 
Morton's  yard,  59  Thornton  lane 
Mount  Pleasant,  Bedford  street 
Mowbray  street,  Infirmary  square 
Moxon's  yard,  Sanvey  gate 
Museum  square,  Princess  street 
Musson's  yard,  Northgate  street 
Musson's  yard,  Cumberland  street 
Nag's  Head  Yard,  Granby  street 
Napier  street  and  terrace,  Ayiestone  rd 
Narborough  road,  Braunstone  gate 
Navigation  street,  Belgrave  gate 
Neale  street,  Denman  street 
Neale's  yard,  Church  gate 
Needle  gate,  Sanvey  gate 


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Nelson  street,  London  road 
Nelson  street,  Humberstone  gate 
Nelson  place,  Nelson  st.  Humber.  gate 
Nelson  square,  Nelson  street 
New  building  yard,  Sanvey  gate 
New  lane,  Burley's  lane 
New  Parliament  street,  Belgrave  gate 
Newport  place,  Northampton  street 
Newtown  street,  Regent  street,  Wrd. 
New  Bridge  street,  Infirmary  square 
New  parks,  Groby  road 
New  road,  Burley's  lane 
New  row,  Belgrave  gate 
New  walk,  Welford  place 
Newarke  street,  Welford  place 
Newarke  (The,)  Oxford  street 
Newarke  terrace,  Mill  lane 
New  street,  Friar  lane 
Nichol's  street,  Humberstone  road 
North  gates,  Highcross  street 
Northgate  lane,  Nortbgate  street 
Northgate  street,  North  gates 
North  Wood  gate,  Abbey  gate 
Northampton  street,  London  road 
Northumberland  road,  Northgate  street 
Northumberland  street,  Old  Mill  lane 
Northampton  street,  Granby  street 
Norton  street,  York  street,  Wrd 
Norton's  yard,  Churchgate 
Occupation  road,  London  road 
Old  yard  (The,)  Belgrave  gate 
Osborne  street,  Gravel  street 
Oxford  street,  Southgates 
Old  Mill  lane,  Sanvey  gate 
Old  King's  Arms  yard,  Cumberland  st 
Olive  street,  Burgess  street 
Olive  hill,  Olive  street 
Orchard  street,  Belgrave  gate 
Orchard  row,  Cumberland  street 
Orton  street,  Mill  lane 
'  Osborne  street,  Burley's  lane 
Paddock  street,  Clarence  street 
Painter  street,  Belgrave  gate 
Paradise  place,  Oxford  street 
Paradise  row,  Mount  pleasant 
Parliament  street,  Welford  road 
Pare's  street,  Devonshire  street 
Park  street,  Wellington  street 
Pasture  lane,  Burley's  lane 
Peacock  lane,  Southgate  street 
Pelham  street,  Welford  road 
Peel  street,  Saint  George's  street 
Piccadilly,  Wharf  street 
Pickering's  yard,  Humberstone  gate 
Pickering's  yard,  lledcross  street 
Pike  street,  Wharf  street 
Pingle  street,  Highcross  street 
Pleasant  row,  Thornton  lane 
Plough  yard,  Humberstone  gate 
Pocklington's  walk,  Welford  place 


Portland  street,  Welford  road 
Powell's  yard,  Cotton  street 
Pratt's  yard,  Crab  street 
Prebend  street,  London  road 
Prebend  terrace,  London  road 
Princess  street,  King  street 
Providence  place,  Navigation  street 
Providence  place,  Eaton  street 
Public  wharf  yard,  Belgrave  road 
Pywell'syard,  Frog  island 
Queen  street,  Foundry  square 
Queen  street,  Rutland  street 
Raglan  street,  New  Bridge  street 
Railway  Station,  Campbell  street 
Rathbone  place,  East  street 
Rawlin's  yard,  Belgrave  gate 
Rawson's  yard,  Southgate  street 
Rawson's  yard,  Burley's  lane 
Rawson's  yard,  Duke  street 
Rawson's  yard,  Soar  lane 
Rawson  street,  West  street 
Redcross  street,  Southgate  street 
Regent  street,  Welford  road 
Regent  street,  London  road 
Rice's  square,  Gray  street 
Rice's  yard,  Friar's  causeway 
Richard,  street,  Southampton  street 
Robinson's  yard,  Gas  street 
Rollin's  yard,  Colton  street 
Ross's  yard,  Sanvey  gate 
Royal  East  street,  Orchard  street 
Royal  Kent  street,  Sanvey  gate 
Ruding  street,  Narborough  road 
Ruding  street,  Blackfriars 
Rudkin's  yard,  Woodboy  street 
Rupert  street,  Chancery  street 
Rural  place,  Northumberland  street 
Rushin's  yard,  Albion  hill 
Russell  street,  Russell  square 
Russell  square,  bottom  of  Wharf  street 
Russell  yard,  Belgrave  gate 
Rutland  street,  Humberstone  road 
Rutland  square,  Rutland  street 
St.  George's  place,  Abbey  street 
St.  George's  row,  St.  George's  street 
St.  George's  street,  Rutland  street 
St.  George's  gate,  Colton  street 
St.  James's  street,  Humberstone  gate 
St.  James's  place,  St.  James's  street 
St.  John's  street,  Archdeacon  lane 
St.  Martin's,  Cank  street 
St.  Martin's  churchyard,  Peacock  lane 
St.  Martin's  yard,  Town  Hall  lane 
St.  Nicholas  square,  St.  Nicholas  street 
St.  Nicholas  street,  Highcross 
St.  Peter's  lane,  Highcross  street 
St.  Peter's  court,  St.  Peter's  lane 
St.  Margaret  street,  Church  gate 
St.  Margaret's  pasture,  Frog  island 
Salisbury's  yard.  East  Bond  street 


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Samuel  street,  Southampton  street 
Sand  acre  street,  Mansfield  street 
Sanderson's  yard,  Sanvey  gate 
Sanvey  gate,  North  gate  to  Churchgate 
Sarah  street,  Friar's  causeway 
Sargeant's  yard,  Upper  Charles  street 
Sash  row,  Humberstone  gate 
Saunt's  yard,  Sanvey  gate 
Saunt  street,  Blackfriars 
Scampton's  yard,  Belgrave  gate 
Scott's  yard,  Lower  Redcross  street 
Sedley's  yard,  46  Thornton  lane 
Sharpe's  yard,  Elbow  lane 
Sheen's  yard,  Bath  street 
Sheldon  street,  Humberstone  road 
Shipley's  court,  Highcross  street 
Short  street,  Mansfield  street 
Short  street,  Vine  street 
Sidney  street,  Belgrave  road 
Silver  street,  Eastgates 
Simon  street,  High  cross  street 
Simpson  street,  Devonshire  street 
Slate  street,  Conduit  street 
Slater  street,  Frog  island 
Slawson  street,  Wellington  street 
Skelton's  yard,  Church  gate 
Smeeton's  yard,  Ruding  street 
Smith's  yard,  Church  gate 
Soar  lane,  Northgates 
Southfields,  Welford  road 
Southfields  place,  Regent  street 
Southfields  cottages,  Regent  street 
Southgates,  Oxford  street 
Southgate  street,  Southgates 
South  Church  gate,  Lower  Church  gt 
Southampton  street,  Rutland  street 
South  street,  Sparkenhoe  street 
Spa  place,  Humberstone  road 
Spa  gardens,  Humberstone  road 
Sparkenhoe  street,  Conduit  street 
Spencer  street,  Devonshire  street 
Spring  gardens,  Pasture  lane 
Springthorpe's  buildings,  High  street 
Stamford  street,  Belvoir  street 
Stanley  street,  Humberstone  road 
Stockdale  terrace,  London  road 
Stocking  entry,  Denman  street 
Stonygate,  London  road 
Sturge's  square,  Mansfield  street 
Sussex  street,  Humberstone  road 
Swan  street,  Pingle  street 
Swan's  Mill  lane,  Asylum  street 
Swine  market,  New  Bond  street 
Sycamore  lane,  Simon  street 
Talbot  lane,  Applegate  street 
Talbot  square,  Talbot  lane 
Taylor  street,  Stanley  street 
Taylor's  yard,  Bedford  street 
Tebb's  yard,  Sanvey  gate 
Tebbutt's  square,  Albion  street 


Tebbutt's  yard,  Southgate  street 
Temple  row,  Regent  street 
Thames  street,  Archdeacon  lane 
Thompson's  square,  Fleet  street 
Thompson's  yard,  Friar's  causeway 
Thornton  lane,  Southgate  street 
Thornton's  yard,  Upper  Charles  street 
Thorpe  street,  Braunstone  gate 
Thorp's  yard,  Dover  street 
Tomlin's  yard,  Belgrave  gate 
Townhall  lane,  Silver  street 
Tower  street,  South  fields 
Tower's  yard,  West  bridge 
Twisling  Twine  yard,  33  Green's  lane 
Union  cottages,  Marlborough  street 
Union  street,  High  street 
Union  Workhouse,  near  Conduit  street 
Vauxhall  street,  St.  Peter's  lane 
Vauxhall  court,  Bath  street 
Victoria  parade,  Market  place 
Victoria  place,  New  walk 
Victoria  street,  New  bridge  street 
Victoria  street,  Lee  street 
Vine  street,  Causeway  lane 
Vine  street  (Lower)  Vine  street 
Wale's  yard,  Bakehouse  lane 
Warrington  street,  Pingle  street 
Waterloo  street,  Wellington  street 
Watling  street,  St.  Margaret  street 
Watling  square,  Watling  street 
Watts'  causeway,  Bridge  street 
Welford  place,  Belvoir  street 
Welford  road,  Welford  place 
Welles  street,  Talbot  lane 
Wellington  street,  Market  street 
West  bridge,  Redcross  street 
West  Cotes,  Narboi'ough  road 
West  street,  Braunstone  gate 
West  street,  South  fields 
West  street,  Belgrave  gate 
West  street  square,  West  street 
Wharf  street,  Humberstone  gate 
Wheat  street,  Wharf  street 
White  street,  Grape  street 
Whitworth  terrace,  London  road 
Wickliffe  street,  Friar  lane 
Wigston  street,  Rutland  street 
William  street,  Nichols  street 
Willow  street,  Bridge  street 
Wilton  street,  Belgrave  gate 
Wood  boy  street,  Belgrave  gate 
Wood  gate,  North  bridge 
Wood  street,  Royal  East  street 
Workhouse  yard,  Wood  gate 
Yeoman  street,  Rutland  street 
Yeoman  lane,  Yeoman  street 
Yeoman  square,  Yeoman  Jane 
York  street,  Granby  street 
York  street,  Welford  road 
York  square,  York  street 


DIRECTORY 


THE       TOWN       AND       BOROUGH 


LEICESTER. 


The  following  ALPHABETICAL  DIRECTORY  contains  the  Addresses  of  all 
the  Inhabitants,  except  Journeymen  and  Labourers,  arranged  in  the  order 
of  Surnames,  and  is  followed  by  another  arrangement,  classified  under  the 
heads  of  Trades  and  Professions  ;  after  which  will  be  found  the  Post  Office 
Regulations  and  the  Public  Conveyances. 

The  CONTRACTIONS  used  arc  such  as,  it  is  hoped,  will  be  readily  under- 
stood :  those  most  frequent  are,  the  usual  abbreviations  of  christian  names ; 
and  bdg.  for  bridge  ;  bldgs.  buildings;  ct.  court;  fmktr.  framework  knitter; 
fmsmith.  framesmith;  gt.  gate  ;  Humbs.  gt.  Humberstone  gate  ;  Gallw.  gt. 
Gallowtree  gate ;  hs.  house ;  In.  lane ;  Lrd.  London  road ;  rd.  road  ;  st. 
street;  Bq.  square  ;  whsman.  warehouseman ;  &c. 

The  FIRMS  to  which  Partners  belong  are  shown  in  parentheses,  with  the 
residence  of  each  Partner.  Where  no  occupation  is  stated,  the  parties  are 
generally  in  the  employ  of  others,  as  clerks,  salesmen,  warehousemen,  &c. 


Abbott  John,  trunk  mkv.  94  Church  gt 
Abbott  Lewis  Bradley,  vict.  Old  Dixie 

Ai'ms,  2  Curzon  street 
Abbott  Wm.  confecr.  10  Humbs.  gate 
Abell  MrsEliz.and  MissMy .  Frog  island 
Abell  John,  baker,  17  Taylor  st 
Abell  John  and  Wm.  leather  dressers, 

Frog  island 
Abell  John  ;  h  Frog  island 
Abell  Wm. ;  h  7  Napier  terrace 
Ablin  Jph.  baker,  9  Lower  Brown  st 
Abram  Harriott,  vict.  Old  Robin  Hood, 

19  Woodgate 
Adams  Francis,  baker,  26  Dover  street 
Adams  Geo.  shoemaker,  Bedford  street 
Adams  John,  bootmkr.  177  Belgrave  gt, 
Adams  Robt.  trimmer,  11  Up. Brown  st 
Adcock  Ann,  news  agent,  39  Albion  st 
Adcock  Edward,  porkpie  maker,  8  St. 

Nicholas  street. 
Adcock  Charles,  bill  poster,  64  Upper 

Charles  street 


Adcock  Hy.  beerhouse  18  Noithgate  d(. 
Adcock  John,  shopkpr.  19  Burgess  st. 
Adcock  Henry,  shopkpr.  54  Crab  street 
Adcock  Sarah,  dyer,  9  Bath  lane 
Adderly  Alfred,  draper,  14  Market  pi. 
Addington  MrThos.  62Humberstone  rd 
Addison  Henry,  butcher,  47  Deacon  st 
Addison James,shoemkr.49(jrrosvenor  st 
Addison  Thomas,  vict.  Old  Cistle,  12 

Castle  view 
Addison  Wm.  baker,  49,  Lee  street 
Adkinson  Wm.  grocer,  34,  Oxford  street 
AdlardJohn,  plumber,  11  Millstone  lane 
Adshead  Chas. gentleman,  48  London  rd 
AgarCharles,  hosiery  manufr.  and  beer- 

hoxise,  48  Willow  street 
Agar  Mrs  Eliz.  45  London  road 
AgarJno.Pharez,tailor,38Archdeacouln 
Agar  Thos.  police  sergt.  0  Nelson  pi 
AgarWm.  woolstapler,  Duke  street;  h 

78  Southhelds 
AinsworthWm.fellmonger,  2  Kenyonsfc 


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Aldridge  John,  shopkpr.  90Wharf  street 
All  Win.  shoemaker,  23  Pingle  street 
AllbnttWm.  shoemaker,  37  Causeway  In 
Allcock  Jas.  shopkpr.  23  Loxton  street 
AllcroftWm. greengrocer,  2  Sycamore  In 
Allen  Chas.  carpenter,  42  Rutland  street 
Allen  Mr  Edward,  76  London  road 
AllcnEdw.&Sorj,  printers  &  booksellers, 

20  King  street ;  h  76,  London  road 
Allen  Eliz.  baker,  103  Belgrave  gate 
Allen  David,  tailor,  10  Thornton  lane 
Alien  George,  grocer  and  pork  butcher, 

118  Wharf  street 
Allen  Hy.  shopkpr.  55,  Oxford  street 
Allen  Geo.Wm.  herring  curer,  22Apple- 

gate  street 
Allen  James,  painter,  2  Brook  street 
Allen  John,  slipper  maker,  20Jewrywall 
Allen  John,  hosiery  mfr.  36  Charles  st 
Allen  John,  wine,  spirit,  ale,  and  porter 

merchant,  1  Humberstone  gate 
Allen  John,  shopkpr.  37  Grafton  place 
Allen  John,  hairdresser,   21  Humber- 
stone gate 
Allen  John,  bricklayer,  painter,  &c.  85 

Bedford  street 
Allen  Mr  John,  12  Regent  street 
Allen  Joseph,  pork  butcher,  101  High 

street ;  h  54  Sparkenhoe  street 
Allen  Lucy,  school,  21  Nelson  street 
Allen  Matthew  Henry,  engraver,  &c. 

93  Wellington  street ;  h  20  King  st 
Allen  Rev.  Robert  Jas.  M.  A.  sec.  to  Na- 
tional Soc,  asst.  master  at  Collegiate 

School,  and  curate  of  St.  Martin's,  98 

Welford  road 
Allen  Saml.  shopkpr.  lOLowr. Church  gt 
AllenThos.vict.RussellTav.  ORutland  st 
AllenThs.vict.Fish&Quart,65Churchgt 
Allen  Thos.  whsman.  37  East  street 
Allen  Wm.  machinist,  25  Albion  street 
Allen  Wm.  fmktr.,  99  Wharf  street 
Allman  Amos,  cowkpr.  48  Vauxhall  st 
Allsop  Chas.  maltster,  Rawson  st;  h. 

40  Regent  street 
Allsop  Thos.,  grngcr.,  27  Upr.  Chas.  st 
Allsop  Thos.,  vict.,  Sun,  96  Churchgt 
Allsopp  &  Sons,  brewers,  52  Granby  st; 

Saml.  Tyres,  agent 
Almey  Jas.  commiss.  agt.  83  London  rd 
Almond  Thos.  whols.  grocer  (Swain,  A. 

&Latchmore) ;  h.  19  St.  Nicholas  st 
Alton  Sarah,  school,  19  Lwr.  Churchgt 
Amatt  Edwin,  trunk  &  umbrella  ninfr. 

20  Belvoir  street 
Amps  Michl.  shoemkr.  10  Redcross  st 
Anderson  Alexander,   confectioner,  23 

St.  Nicholas  street 
Anderson  Ann,  bonnet  mkr.8E.Bondst 
Anderson  Benj.  flour  dlr.  17  Harcourt  st 


Anderson  Chas.  confctr.  206  Belgravegt 
Anderson  Geo.  draper,  80  Rutland  st 
Anderson  Jas.  surgeon,  47  E.  Bond  st 
Anderson  Jas.  fmktr.  74  Asylum  street 
Anderson  John  grocer,  40  Hmbrstuegt 
Anderson    Lewis,    fellmonger,    Inner 

Wharf  road ;  h.  25  E.  Bond  street 
Andrew  Jph.  cabt.  mkr.  19  Belgravegt 
Andrews  Chas.  shoemkr.  2  Talbot  lane 
Andrews  Wm.  shoemkr.  57  Causeway  In 
Andrews  Wm.  vict.  Old  Mitre,  1  Lwr. 

Redcross  street 
Angrave  Richd.  &  Brothers,    hosiery 

manufctrs.  38  Belvoir  street 
Angrave  Chas.  inanfr ;  h.  13  West  st 
Angrave  Geo.  Hy.  mfr ;  h.  l£  Welford  pi 
Angrave  John,  mfr ;  h.  51  Princess  st 
Angrave  Richd.  mfr ;   h.  62  New  Walk 
Angrave  Thos.  draper,  18  Market  pi; 

h.  Belgrave 
Annis  Juo.  tailor  &  drpr.  26  Market  st 
Anston  Jno,  wood  turner,  20  Lwr.  Hill  st 
Autiil  Geo.  mop  mkr.  40  Jewry  Wall  st 
Archer  Edw.  warehsman.  34  Curzon  pi 
Archer  Mr.  Thomas,  1  Napier  street 
Archer  Mr.  William,  3  Portland  street 
Argyle  Eli,  whsman.  30  Newton  street 
Argyle  Eliza,  greengrocer,  35   South- 
ampton street 
Argyle  Jno.  Wm.  tailor,  11  Halford  st 
Armitage  Thos.  &  Co.  elastic  web  mfrs. 

Duke  street ;  h.  36  Newton  street 
Armston  Mrs.  Frances,  28  Princess  st 
Armstrong  Danl.  grngcr.  40  Welford  rd 
Armstrong  Geo.  plasterer  and  beerhs. 

20  Dover  street 
Armstrong  Robt.  bldr.  61  Highcross  st 
Arnall  Jph.  solicitor,  2  Millstone  lane  ; 

h.  34  London  road 
Arnold  Eliz.  vict.  Woodman's  Stroke, 

19  Wellington  street 
Arnold  Sarah,  beerhs.  58  Highcross  st 
Arnold  William,  shopkeeper,  66  Wel- 
lington street 
Arnold  Wm.  vict.  Boat  &  Engine,  20 

Bath  lane 
Arrowsmith,  Thos.  agt.  48  St.  Nichls.  st 
Ashby  Edw.  builder,  62  Nichols  street 
Ashby  Jno.  grocer,  159  Belgravegate 
Ashby  Thos.  traveller,  16,  Ann  street 
Ashe  Thos.  shoemkr.  5  Charlotte  street 
AsherCornls.  herbalist,  11  St.  Nichls.  st 
Ashton  Jas.  hairdresser,  241  Belgravegt 
Ashton  Jno.  shopkpr.  2  Burgess  street 
Ashton  John  Swann,  druggist,  57  Mar- 
ket place ;  h.  55  Regent  st 
Ash  well  Ann,  baker,  70  Sanvey  gate 
Astill  Alice,  shopkr.  53  Braunstoue  gt 
Astill  Edw.  gent.  Alma  villas,  London  rd 
Astill  Philip,  printer,  1  Ashwell  street 


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Astill  Wm,  medical  oil  manufacturer, 

21  Wellington  street 
Astley  Thomas,  clerk  to  Union  Canal, 

Augustine  friars 
Atkin  Mrs  Ann,  9  Guthlaxton  street 
Atkin  Thomas,  painter  &  vict.  Painters' 

Arms,  4  Victoria  street 
Atkins  Edw.  schoolmaster,  Friar  lane 
Atkins  John,  hosiery  mfr.  54  Rutland  st 
Atkins  Mary,  vict.  Crispin's  Arms,  34 

Jewry  wall  street 
Atkins  Mrs  Sabina,  4  Crescent  bldgs 
Atkins  Mr  Thomas,  18  Bishop  street 
Atkins  Thos.  carrier,  11  Brunswick  st 
Atkins  Timy.  fwk-ktr.  194  Belgrave  gt 
Atkins  Mr  William,  28  Archdeacon  In 
AtkinsWm.boot  &  shoe  mfr.19  E.Bond  st 
Atkins  Wm.  tailor,  1  St.  Nicholas  st 
Atkinson  Geo.  mngr.  13  Braunstone  gt 
Atkinson  Jane,  school,  Canning  street 
Audsley  Fdk.  Jas.  traveller,  59  Regent  st 
Austin  John,   coal  mert.  (Webb  &  A.)  ; 

h  72  Rutland  street 
Austin  Mrs  Lucy,  4  Sparkenhoe  street 
Austin  Saml.  tailor,  10  Constitution  hill 
Ayres  Jas.  fwk-knt.  2  Russell  street 
Bacon  Saml.  sweep,  8  Yeoman  street 
Bacon  Wm.  stay  maker,  48  Lwr.  Brown  st 
Baddams  Jas.  chair  mkr.  22  E.  Bond  st 
Badder  Hy.  tailor,  Y/atling  street 
Bagley  Edwai'd,  beerhouse,  30  Lower 

Church  gate 
Bagley  Mr  William,  8  Welford  place 
Bailey  Ann,  greengrocer,  39  York  street 
Bailey  Benj.  hosiery  mfr.19  Millstone  In 
Bailey  Edw.  &  Son,  (Fdk.)  veterinary 

surgeons,  45  Belgrave  gate 
Bailey  Mrs  Elizabeth,  58  Rutland  street 
Bailey  Henry,  druggist,  (Clarke,  Nettle- 
ship,  &  B.)  ;  h  De  Montfort  terrace 
Bailey  Jane,  milliner,  50  Albion  street 
Bailey  John.framesmith, 195  Belgi-ave  gt 
Bailey  John  Edwin,  confecr.  96  High  st 
Bailey  Job  Peach,  hosiery  manufacturer 

Sandacre  street ;  h  28  Princess  street 
Bailey  Mrs  Mary,  De  Montfort  street 
Bailey  Mary,  vict.  Lord  Rancliffe,  33 

Redcross  street 
Bailey  Mr  Neal,  25  Morledge  street 
Bailey  Thos.  shopkr.  30  Knighton  street 
Bailey  Thos.  beerhouse,  128  Belgrave  gt 
Baines  &  Coleman,  ironmongers,  &c. 

9  Cheapside 

Baines  George,  worsted  spinner,  Gos- 
ling street;  h  53  Princess  street 
Baines  Henry,  chairmaker,  39  Wharf  st 
Baines  Jas.  Goodson ,  boot  &  shoe  maker, 

10  St.  Nicholas  street 

Baines  John,  hosiery  manufacturer,  28 
Belvoir  street ;  h  Stoney  gate 


BainesJno.  shoemkr.39Friar's  causeway 
Baines  Robt.  shoemaker,  22  Albion  hill 
Baiues  Saml.  grocer,  34  Market  street 
Baines  Thos.  corn,  seed,  &  cake  mer- 
chant, Belvoir  st. ;  h  16  Priucess  st 
Baines  Thos.  tailor,  55  Granby  street 
Baines  Thos.jun.,  tailor,  9,  Southgate  st 
Baines  Wm.  chairmaker,  19  Metcalfe  st 
Baines Wm.jun.,  chairmkr.  12 Sanvey gt 
Baines  William,  (B.  &  Coleman)  ;  h  112 

London  road 
Baines   Wm.  &   Co.   hatter3,    hosiers, 

furriers  &  shirt  makers,  32  Market  pi 
Baines  Wm.  inspector  of  weights  and 

measures,  Cheapside 
Baker  Mr  Charles,  96  Stanley  street 
Baker  Hy.  shoemaker,  10  Charlotte  st 
Baker  Jph.  framewk-kntr.  2  Deacon  st 
Baker  Robt.  draper,  38  Market  place 
Baker  Mrs  Sarah,  9  New  walk 
Baker  Thos.  grocer,  28  Welford  road 
Baker  Wm.  draper,  27  Priucess  street 
Bakewell  Thos.vict.Vine,69Highcross  st 
Baldwin   Wm.  maltster  and  gardener, 

Narborough  road 
Bales  Thos.  shopkeeper,  55  Burgess  st 
Ball  Geo.  shoemaker,  25  Carley  street 
Ball  Hy.  boot  mfr.  33  Townhall  lane 
Ball  Jno.  bricklayer,  19  St.  Peter's  lane 
Ball  &  Son,  coach  bldrs,  83Humbstngt 
Ball  Sar.  coach  bldr ;  li  65  Humbstn  gt 
Ball  Win.  coach  bldr ;  h  77  Rutland  st 
Ball  Wm.  cowkeeper,  9  Wellington  st 
Ball  Wm.  stonemason,  11  Welford  road 
Ballard  Edw.  greengrocer,  21  Burley 's'.ln 
Ballard  Jas.  beerhouse,  1  Willow  street 
Bamford  Mary,  shopkeeper,  53  Colton  st 
Bamkin  Jph.  fniktr.  2  Gold  street 
Banbury  Jno.  shoemkr.  14  Knighton  st 
Banbury  Jno.  bill  poster,  9  Dover  st   ■ 
Banbury  Richd.  saddler,  2  Peacock  In 
Banbury  Wm.  framesmith,  9  Arthur  st 
Bankart  Miss  Ann,  4  Lwr.  Hastings  st 
Bankart  Edw.  Price,  accountant,  sec.  to 

Dispensary,  &c.  15  Horsefair  street 
Bankart  George  &  Jno.  Edward,  avooI- 

staplrs.  33  Wellington  st;  h.  45  &  18 

New  Wolk 
Bankart  Jno.  gent.  3  Humberstone  rd 
Bankart  SI.  Stephens  Esq.  14  Oxford  st 
Bank  of  England  (branch)  10  Gallow- 

treegate  ;    T.  C.  Turner,  Agent,  and 

T.  T.  Wright,  Sub-Agent 
Banks  Solomon,  carpenter,  Earl  st 
Banks  Wm.  whsman.  68  Hmbrstonegt 
Banton  Geo.  blacksmith,  7  Rutland  st 
Banton  Wm.  boarding-hs.  106  High  st 
Barber  Jas.  vict.  Foresters,  17  Frog  isld 
Barber  Jph.  Mosley,  artist,  14  Belvoir  st 
Barber  Richd.  confctnr.  1|  Hotel  street 


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LEICESTER    DIRECTORY. 


Barber  Rd.  Agsts.  travlr.  104  London  rd 
Barber  Rev.  Wm.  MA.  Incumbent  of  St. 

John's  and  Chaplain  of  the  Infirmary, 

Ashwell  street 
Barclay  Jno.  M.D.  4  The  Newarke 
Barfield  Saml.  carver,  19  Welford  road 
Barfoot  Wm.  worsted  spinner  (Rust  & 

Co.) ;  h.  25  Castle  street 
Bark  Thos.  hosier  (Voss  &  Co),  &  Pris- 

cilla,  milliner,  38,  Gnllowtreegate 
Barkby  Jno.  shoemkr.  7  Royal  Kent  st 
Barkby  Jph.  shoemkr.  23  Conduit  st 
Barker  Isaac,  slater,  6  Arthur  street 
Barker  Jno.  schoolmaster,  Caroline  st 
Barker  Rev.  Johnson,  LL.B.  (Indpt.)  4 

De  Montfort  square 
Barker  Saml.  confctnr.  17  Northgate  st 
Barker  Saml.  fmktr.  11  Alexander  st 
Barker  Thos.  tailor,  50  Gt.  Holme  st 
Barker  Mr  William,  22  Halford  street 
Barlow  Chas.  blksmth.  5  West  Bond  st 
Barlow  Thos.  Kendal,  71  Regent  st 
Barnes  Hugh,  eating-hs.  64  Granby  st 
Barnes  Mr  John,  43  Richard  street 
Barnes  Jno.  whsman.  16  Sthmpton.st 
Barradale  Edw.  bricklayer,  57  Colton  st 
Barradale  Isaac,  tailor,  22  Wellington  st 
Barradale  Jas.  tailor,  27  Wellington  st 
Barradell  Edw.  grocer,  62  i  Welford  rd 
Barradell  Jph.   Spencer,   traveller,  25 

Infirmary  square 
B&rras  Jph.  shoemkr.  M  Gartree  ptreet 
Barratt  Abm.  shoemkr.  :'>7  Nthampfcon.  st 
Barratt  -las.  fmktr.  9  Fleet  street 
Barratt  Mr  John,  1<»  Lwr.  Hastings  st 
Barratt  John,  bootmkr.  1  Fleet  street 
Barratt   Wm.   victualler,   Welcome,    23 

( 'arming  place 
Barratt  Wm.  cowkpr.  71  London  id 
Barredell    John,    cabinet   maker,   101 

Church  gate 
Barrow  Jno.  greengcr.  27  Redcross  st 
Barrow  John   Sturtivant,  butcher,  132 

Belgravegt ;  h.  68  London  road 
Barrow  Mr  Samuel,  14  Clarence  street 
Barrowdale  Mr  Chas.  81  London  rd 
Barrows  Ann,  shopkpr.  6  Mill  street 
Barrows  Geo.  bolt  and  screw  maker,  6^ 

St.  James'  street 
Barrows  Jno.  flour  dlr.  15  Applcgate  st 
Barrs  Mrs  Elizabeth,  17  East  street 
Barrs  John,  grocer,  16  High  street 
Bars  by  Abm.  cab  propr.  56  Colton  st 
Barsb}'  Jno.  grocer,  66  Albion  street 
Barsby  John,  vict.  New  Leicester  Iun, 

68  Upper  Brunswick  street 
Barsby  John,  baker,  36  Stanley  street 
Barsby  Saml.  gas  litter,  3  Halford  st 
Barsby  Saml.  gardener,  13  Hanover  st 
Barsby  Wm.  beerhouse,  44  Conduit  st 


Barsby  Wm.  shoemkr.  36  Gosling  st 
Barston  Misses,  55  King  street 
Barston  Wm.  vict.  Bedford  Arms,  11 

Aylestone  road 
Barton  Ann,  shopkeeper,  40  Duke  st 
Barton  Edw.  tailor,  23  Bedford  street 
Barton  Geo.  shoemkr.  3  Upr.  Charles  st 
Barton  Mrs  Selina,  45  Humberstoncgt 
Barwell  Chas.  grocer,  69  Hmbrstne  rd 
Barwell  Thos.  seed  mert.  (Ho wcutt  &  B) ; 

h.  2  Queen  street 
Bar  wick  Mrs  Elizabeth,  22  Midland  st 
Barwick  John,  carpenter,  4  Carrington 

st ;  h.  22  Nichols  street 
Basford  Mr  John,  27  Humberstone  rd 
Basford  William,  umbrella  mender,   4 

Orchard  street 
Bass  Chas.  hosiery  mfr.  34  Bridge  st 
Bass  Edw.  cattle  dlr.  7  Jewrywall  street 
Bass  Thos.  shoemaker,  38  Alexander  st 
Bassett  Jas.  glass  blower,  Gas  street 
Bastard  Jane,  dressmaker,  31  Newark  st 
Bateman  Jph.  coal  dlr.  20  Alexander  st 
Bateman  Lydia,  schoolm.  68  Friar  lane 
Bateman  Wm.  brazier,  52  Church  gate 
Bates  Elizabeth,  milliner,  72  Friar  In 
Bates  Ellen,  grocer,80  Highcross  street 
Bates  Hy.  trimmer,  41  Soutbgate  st 
Bates  Hy.  hosiery  mfr.  21  King  street; 
Bates  Jno.  hosiery  manufacturer,  (Hy.) 

h  7  West  street 
Rales  John,  «al>inet  maker,   t-">  High  st 
Bates  John,  tailor,  50  East  Bond  street 
Bates  John  &  John  Hy.  coal  merchants. 

Soar  lane  ;   li   I  i  New  street 
Kates   -lolm    Foryan,    shoemaker,    120 

Wellington  street 
Bates  Riehd.  schoolm.  2 1  Soulhmptn  st 
Bates  Misses  Sar.&Sophia  ,54  London  rd 
Bates  Rev.  Wm.  curate  of  St.  John's, 

Ashwell  street 
Bates  Wm.  &  Son,  (Wm.  Hy.)  hosiery 
dressers,  dyers   &  bleachers,  North- 
gate  street ;  h  Friar's  causeway 
Bates  Wingfield,  shopkr.  12  Marble  st 
Baths,  New  walk,  J.  P.  Clarke,  propr 
Baugh  Thos.  boot  &  shoe  manufacturer, 

161  Belgravc  gate 
Baxter  Joseph  wire  worker,   11. J  Bel- 
grave  gate 
Baxter  Thos.  fmw-knt.  62  Highcross  st 
Bayley  Mrs  Sarah,  41  New  walk 
Beadsmore  John,  shoemkr.47  Queen  st 
Beale  Sar.  Ann,  hosiery  manufacturer, 

27  Albion  hill 
Bealcs  Jas.  horiery  manufacturer,  36 

Newarke  street  ;  h  Welford  place 
Beasley    Ann,   baker  &  beerhouse,    9 

Marlborough  street 
I  Beasley  Fredk.  frarncsmitb,  24  Neale  st 


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Beasley  John,  baker,  19  Hotel  street 
Beazeley  Thos.Wm.  collr.  8  Richmond  st 
Beaumont   Hy.  sexton   of  All  Saints, 

Highcross  street 
Beaver  Edw.  greengrocer,  69  Church  gt 
Beaver  Reuben,  builder,  60  Humbstn  gt 
Beck  Wm.  tailor,  13  Applegate  street 
Beck  Wm.  joiner,  13  Atkin  street 
Beckett  Geo.  traveller,  27  Stanley  st 
Beckett  Hy.  vict.  Fox  &  Hounds,  110 

Humberstone  road 
Beckett    Wm.    wharfinger,     Beckett's 

wharf,  Navigation  st ;  h  98  Thames  st 
Becks  Jph.  framesmith,  26  Southgate  st 
Bedells  Mr  Caleb,  West  street 
Bedells  James,  clerk,  27  Oxford  st 
Bedells  Jph.  rag  merchant,  haberdasher, 

&c.  Southgate  street ;  h  West  street 
Beeby  Ann,  flour  dlr.  99  Humbstn.  rd 
Beeby  John,  clerk,  Campbell  street 
Beeson  Thos.  shoemkr.  208  Belgrave  gt 
Beiby  Thos.  beerhouse,  63  Highcross  st 
Bell  Mrs  Alice,  77  Humberstone  road 
Bell  Mrs.  Elizabeth  32  Jewry  wall  st 
Bell  Geo.  shoemaker,  50  Conduit  street 
Bell  Henry,  baker  and  painter,  72  High- 
cross  street 
Bell  Hy.  grocer,  59  Bedford  street 
Bell  Jas.  broker,  6  North  Bond  street 
Bell  Joseph,  bricklayer,  41  Slawson  st 
Bell  Mrs  Mary,  9  Millstone  lane 
Bell  Rev.  Richd.  (Wes.)  12  Princess  st 
Bell  Thos.  Esq.  2  Carlton  terrace 
Bell  Thos.  carpenter,  19  Freeschool  In 
Bellairs  Geo.  Clarke,  solicitor,  22  Friar 

lane  ;  h  1  Newarke 
Bellamy  Mr  John,  6  King  street 
Bellamy  Joseph,  tailor,  17  Luke  street 
Bellamy  Joseph,  painter,  &c.  1  Wheat  st 
Bellamy  Robt.  butcher,  47  Highcross  st 
Bellamy  Thos.  gardnr.  12  St.Nicholas  st. 
Bellamy  Thos.  tailor,  77  Highcross  st 
Bellamy  Wm.  tailor,  6  Union  street 
BellamyWm. shoemkr. 19  Cumberland  st 
Bellman  Robt.  hairdresser,  9  St.Martin's 
Belshaw  William,  gut  mfr.  (Hill  &  B.) ; 

h  2  Wood  street 
Benfield  Thomas  Warburton,  surgeon, 

17  Friar  lane 
Benford  Joseph,  vict.Royal  Standard,23 

Charles  street 
Benford  Jph.  haberdasher, 35  Northgt.  st 
Benford  Nathaniel,  shopkeeper,  31  New 

Bridge  street 
Benn  Eliza,  milliner,  30  Halford  street 
Benn  John,  sinker  maker,  30  Halford  st 
Bennett  Miss  Ann,  3  Crescent  buildings 
Bennett  Abm.  baker,  57  Oxford  street 
Bennett  Arthur  (Henry  &  A.)  ;  h  75 
Southfields  place 


Bennett  Charles,  news  agent  and  to. 

bacconist,  9  Northampton  street 
Bennett  Eliz.  milliner,  176. J  Belgrave  gt 
Bennett  Henry  &  Arthur,  brush  mfs.  15 

Bowling-green  lane 
Bennett  Hy.  brush  mfr. ;  h  Auckland  ter 
Bennett  Mr  John,  13  Gartree  street 
Bennett  John,  corn  mercht.  Northamp- 
ton street ;  h  De  Montfort  square 
Bennett  Jno.  hairdresser,23  Highcross  st 
Bennett  Jph.  fmw-ktr.  127  Wharf  street 
Bennett  Joseph  William,  hat  and  cap 

dealer,  16  Nicholas  street 
Bennett  MissesHar.&Car.81  London  rd. 
Bennett  Philip,  furniture  dealer,  19  New 

Bond  street 
Bennett  Robert,  brush  and  tobacco  pipe 

maker,  39  Charles  street 
Bennett  Samuel,  vict.  Swan  &  Rushes, 

1  Infirmary  square 
Bennett  Stephen,  shoe  manufr.  (Snow 

&  B.)  ;  h  3  New  Bridge  street 
Bennett  Wm.  tailor,  38  Chatham  street 
Bennett  Wm.  tailor,  22  Bakehouse  lane 
BennettWm.tailor,80  Humberstone  gate 
Beanie  Rev.  Jas.  Noble,  LL.B.  vicar  of 

St.  Mary's,  and  chaplain  of  Trinity 

Hospital,  The  Newarke 
Bent  Edw.  carpenter,  18  St.  Peter's  lane 
Bent  Jas.  cowkeeper,  41  Abbey  street 
Bent  John,  fmw-ktr.  13  Friday  street 
Bent  John,  news  agt.  11  Townhall  lane 
Bent  Jph.  corn  miller,  90  London  road 
Bent  Thos.carpenter,84Up.Brunswick  st 
Bentley  Chas.  shopkpr.  215  Belgrave  gt 
Bentley  John,  shopkeeper,  114  Wheat  st 
Bentley  John,  fmw-ktr.  123  Wheat  st 
Bentley  Joseph,  ale  and  porter  agent, 

Southgate  st. ;  h  12  Bright  street 
Bentley  Stpn.  beerhouse, 44  Highcross  st 
Bentley  William, small  ware  dealer,  159£ 

Belgrave  gate 
Bentley  Wm.  framewk.  kntr.  46  Fleet  st 
Berridge  Alfred,  druggist,   11    Cheap- 
side  ;  h  20  Pocklington  walk 
BerridgeMrsElizabeth,10  Millstone  lane 
Berridge  Mr  Jesse,  17  Gartree  street 
Berridge  Miss  Maria,  8  Millstone  lane 
Berridge  &  Morris,  solicitors, 12  Friar  In 
Berridge  Robert  Bristow,  solicitor ;  h 

28  Gallowtree  gate 
Berridge  Samuel,  solr.;  h  14  Friar  lane 
Berridge  Sarah,shopkr.  62  Brunswick  st 
Berridge  Wm.carpenter,171  Belgrave  gt 
Berrington  Mary,  boarding  school,  12 

Crescent,  King  street 
BerriBgton  Mr  William,  36  New  walk 

I  Berry  David,  shopkeeper,  48  Deacon  st 
Berry  David,  shoemaker,  98  Oxford  st 
Berry  Edw.Kitching,grocer,14  Bridge  st 
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LEICESTER   DIRECTORY, 


Berry  Thomas,  shopkeeper,  Sanvey  gt 
Berry  William,  butcher,  95  High  street 
Bertram  Stephen,  victualler,  Liou  and 

Dolphin,  35  Market  place 
Best  Mr  William,  30  Cobden  street 
Bestow  Mrs  Sarah  Ann,  27  Bridge  st 
Betts  Thos.  bootmaker,  9  Nelson  street 
Bevans  Saml.  needle  mkr.  15  Welfordrd 
Bevins  John,  water  works  inspector,  45 

The  Newarke 
Bevins,  Wm.  agent  to  Reform  Society, 

and  shoe  dealer,  10  Belvoir  street 
Bible  Society's  Depot,  2  Hotel  street ; 

John  Lane,  manager 
Biddle  John,  hosier,81  Hnmberstone  gt. 
Biddies  John,beerhouse,46  Alexander  st 
Biggs  Mr  Edward, 51  Humberstone  road 
Biggs  Henry,  bootmaker,  4  Church  st 
Biggs  Henry,  glove  manufacturer,  40  £ 

Granby  street ;  h  Wheat  street 
Biggs  John  &  Sons,  hosiery,  glove,  and 

boot  manufacturers,  Belvoir  street 
Biggs  John  (John&Sons);h  Stoneygate 
Biggs  Jno.vict.Woolpack,lWest  Bond  st 
Biggs  Wm.mfr.(Jno.&  Sons);  h  Stoneygt 
Bigley  Daniel,  broker,  30  G.  Holme  st 
Billings  Michael,  framesmith,  12  Lower 

Free  lane 
Billings  Wm.  solicitor,  Bowling-green 

lane  ;  h  1  De  Montfort  square 
Billington  Henry,  butcher,  66  High  st 
Billington  James,  seedsman,  florist,  and 

fruiterer,  51  Market  place 
Billington  Jph.watchmaker,22  Belvoir  st 
Bills  Chas.  tripe  dsr.24  Lwr.Redcross  st 
BillsonChus.(B.&Hames);hl4Newwalk 
Billson  Mrs  Elizabeth,  32  Regent  st 
Billson  Mrs  Fanny,  53  Conduit  street 
Billson  &  Hames,  hosiery  manufactu- 
rers, 15  Newarke  street 
Billson  John,  coal  merchant  (Harris  & 

B.)  ;  h  75  Welford  road 
Billson  John,  comiss.  agt.  77  Welford  rd 
Billson  Robert  &  Sons,  rope  and  twine 

mfs.  and  grocers,  &c.  133  Belgrave  gt 
BillsonRobt.jun.rope  mfr.;  h27Painter  st 
Billson  Wm.  bank  manager,  St.  Martin's 
Billson  Wm.  jun.  solr.  (Stone  &  Co.) 

and  sec.  to  Belfast  and  Leicester  Gas 

Cos.  Welford  pi. ;  h  80  Regent  street 
Billson  Wm.  rope  mfr.;  h  25  Painter  st 
Billson  Wm.  shopkeeper,  42  Bridge  st 
Bilsdon  Frances,  pork  pie  and  sausage 

maker,  136  Belgrave  gate 
Bindley  Robert,  victualler,  New  Town 

Arms,  17  Milton  street 
Birch  Mr  George,  56  East  Bond  street 
Birch  Geo.  tailor,  44  Northampton  st 
Birch  Mary  Ann,  baker,  37  Laxton  st 
Birch  Wm.  watchmaker,  37  Granby  st 


Birchenough  John,  silk   dyer,  2  Bow 

bridge  street 
Birchnall  Miss  Jane, 31  Humberstone  rd 
Bird  David,foreman,33Braunstone  gate 
Bird  James,  architect,  12  Nelson  place 
Bird  John,  greengrocer,  5  Crown  street 
Bird  Joseph,  tailor,  Gas  street 
Bird  Robt.  confectr.  25  Humberstone  rd 
Bird  Sarah  Ann,  schoolmrs.  14  Albion  st 
Bird  Wm.   millwright    and    millstone 

manufacturer,  74  Humberstone  gate 
Bird  Thos.  travg.tea  dealer,  46  York  st 
Bishop  Edw.  police  sergt.  26  Regent  st 
Bishop  Geo.   vict.    Gardeners'   Arms, 

225  Belgrave  gate 
Bishop  Har.  milliner,  24  Belvoir  street 
Bishop  Jabez,  tailor,  27  Carlton  street 
Bishopp  Mrs  Mary  Jane,  4  Carlton  ter 
Bithrey  Wm.  Sylvester,  music  prof essor 

&  tuner,  50  Lower  Hastings  street 
Black  John  Wm.  grocer  and  baker,  33 

Charles  street 
Blackwell  Jno.  hs.  agt.  60  Wellington  st 
Blackwell  John  Thompson,  auctioneer, 

&c.  11  Haymarket;  h.  Hastings  st 
Blackwell  Thomas  Jarvis,  traveller,  2 

Aylestone  street 
Bladon  Wm.  shopr.  57  St.  George  st 
Blake  Rhoda  Ann,hbrdshr.  17  Crown  st 
Blakesley  Jno.  frmsmth.  16  Sandacre  st 
Biakesley  Wm.  frmsmth.  32  Regent  st 
Bland  Francis,  clerk,  51  Friar  lane 
Bland  Thos.  builder,  Lwr.  Redcross  st 
Blankley  Geo.  joiner,  59  Richard  street 
Blankley  Rd.  insurance  agt.5  Hmbstn.rd 
Blastock  Thos.  beerhs.  106  Wheat  st 
Blatherwick  Sar.  beerhs.  73  Humbstugt 
Blind  Institution,  86  High  street 
Blockley  Hy.  shoemaker,  22  Russell  st 
Blockley  John,  tailor,  134  Wharf  st 
Blockley  Jph.  shoemkr.  3  Sheldon  st 
Blockley  Mary,  shopr.  114  Bedford  st 
Blood  Ann,  vict.  Spread  Eagle,  2  Ch.  st 
Bloodworth  Rev.  Jph.  Willimet,  school, 

114  Highcross  street 
Blowers  Jph.  shoemkr.  45  Jewry  Wall  st 
Bloxam  Dd.  schoolmaster,  10  Regent  st 
Bloxam  Sergt.  Nathan,  7  Oxford  street 
Bloxham  Ann,  baker,  6  Mill  lane 
Blunt  Chas.  currier  (Tyers  &  B.);  h  4 

Bonner's  lane 
Blunt  Walter,  foreman,  35  East  street 
Blyth   Thomas  working   jeweller,   39 

Granby  street 
Boden  &  Swingler,  tailors,  15  Hotel  st 
Boden  Jno.  Gibson  ;  h  5  Napier  street 
Bodycot  Fredk.  dyer,  41  Causeway  In 
Bodycot  Mary,  dyer,  122  Highcross  st 
Bodycot  Wm.  &  Son  (Wm.  jun.);  dyers 

and  trimmers,  Asylum  street 


LEICESTER  DIRECTORY. 


227 


Bolesworth    Thomas,    beerhouse,     9 

Augustine  friars 
Bolton  John,  greengcr.  34  Millstn.  In 
Bolton  John  Adams,  M.D.,  surgeon,  1 

Campbell  st.;  and  propr.  of  Turkish 

bath,  9  New  street 
Bombroff  Har.  glovemkr.  13  Albion  hi 
Bond  Edw.  shoemkr.  21  Charlotte  st 
Bond  Fras.  currier,  35  Queen  street 
Bond  Hy.  cooper,  20  Belgrave  gt 
Bonner  John,  hosiery  mfr.  (Warner  & 

Co.)  ;  h  30  Regent  street 
Bonnett  John,  smith,  63  Wharf  street 
Bonsor  Thos.  tailor,  59  Belgrave  gt.  & 

24  Highcross  street 
Bonsor  Wm.  shoemkr.  62  Friar's  csway 
Boot  Mrs.  Cath.  86  Northampton  st 
Boot  Henry,  butcher,  44  Wharf  street 
Boot  John, butcher,  104  Humberstn.  id 
Boot  John,  vict.  Crown  &  Cushion,   75 

Belgrave  gate 
Boot  Robert  &  Sons,  leather  manfrs. 

Spittlehouse  st.;  h  Belgrave  road 
Boot  Thos.  framewk.  kntr.  8  Pike  st 
Boot  Wm.  butcher,  112  Churchgate 
Booth  Isaac,  painter,  75  Highcross  st 
Booth  Jas.  broker,  9  St.  Nicholas  st 
Booth  John,  shopr.  Royal  East  street 
Booth  Wm.  builder,  108  Churchgate 
Borham  Wm.  &  Son,  corn  &  flour  fctrs. 

&  drysalters,  76  Granby  street 
Borham  James  Day  ;  h  70  London  rd 
Borham  William ;  h  76  Granby  street 
Borrowbridge  Wm.  shoer.  8  Dover  st 
Bosworth  Geo ,  watchmkr.  54  Burgess  st 
Botham  Frances,  milliner,  Chancery  st 
Bott  Benj.  cowkeeper,  24  Abbeygate 
Bott  Fredk.  baker,  Devonshire  street 
Bott  John,  pavior,  56  Asylum  street 
Bott  Jph.  pork  butcher,  84  Belgrave  gt 
Bottrill  John  &  Son,  wool  dealers,  3 

Talbot  lane 
Bottrill  John ;  h  St.  Nicholas  square 
Bottrill  Thomas  ;  h  3  Talbot  lane 
Boughton  John,  builder,  167  Belgv.  gt 
Boultbee  Alfd.  pill  agt.  196  Belgv.  gt 
Boulter  Fdk.  green  gcr.  64  Highcross  st 
Boulter  Wm.  eating  house,  67  High  st 
Boulton  Fras.  butcher,  42  Belgrave  gt 
Boulton  Wm.  butcher,  48  Chatham  st 
Bouskell  Jas.  solr.  (Miles,  Gregory,  & 

B.);  h  11  Southfields  place 
Bower  Wm.  shoemaker,  26  Northgt.  st 
Bowes  George,  waste  dealer,  Fleet  st.;  h 

Thames  street 
Bowles  Jacob,  tailor,  11  Bakehouse  In 
Bowles  Richd.  shopkr.  72  Humbstn.  rd 
Bowman  Mrs.  Eliz.  7  Canning  place 
Bowmar  Chas.  surgeon,  6  St.  Martin's 
Bowmar  Eliz.  &  Diana,  Bchl.  90  High  st 


Bowmar  Chas.  Brunt,  coal,  coke,  lime, 

cake,  artificial  manure,  dyewood,  &c, 

mercht.,  &  insurance  agt.  90  High  st 
Bowmar  Thos.  &  Sons,  (Wm.  &  John,) 

bleachers,  dyers,  &  cloth  finishers, 

Frog  Island 
Bown    Henry    Paget,     locksmith,    57 

Granby  street 
Bown  Jno.  Lambert,  rgstrar.  Cemetery 
Bown  Saml.  cabinet  mkr.  upholsterer,  & 

paper  hanger,  29  High  street 
Bown  Mr  Wm.  44  Nichols  street 
Bown  Mr  Wm.  24  Sycamore  lane 
Boyall  Laxton,  flour  dlr.  107  Welford  rd 
Boyd  John  Mills,  artist,  6  S.ampton  st 
Boyer  Arthur,    vict.    Bell    Hotel,   26 

Humberstone  gate 
Boyer  Edw.  baker,  214  Belgrave  gate 
Boyer  Miss  Mary,  52  Regent  street 
Bracey  Mrs.  Eliz.  6  Sparkenhoe  street 
Bradbury  Stpn.  Hy.  editor,  18  Nelson  st 
Bradford  Saml.  confecr.  5  Holybones 
Bradley  Geo.  dyer,  93  Belgrave  gate 
Bradley  Sergeant-Major  Joseph,  New- 
bridge street 
Bradley  Vincent,builder,84  Highcross  st 
Bradley  Wm.  Powers,  hairdresser  and 

tobacconist,  42  Welford  road 
Bradnock    Chas.  bookseller,   21    New 

Bond  street 
Bradshaw  John,  beerhs.  116  Church  gt 
Bradshaw     Richard    whitesmith,     28 

Wellington  street 
Bradshaw    Stamford,     blacksmith,     4 

Slater  street 
Bradshaw  Wm.  house  agent,  1  Bowling 

green  lane 
Brads  worth  Wm.  shoemkr.  21  Chas.  st. 
Brady  John,  draper,  58  Gallowtree  gt 
Brady  Patrick,  shopkr.  36  Abbey  st 
Brailsford  Ann,   machinist,    15    New 

Bridge  street 
Brailsford  Tom,  machinist,  57  Oxford 

st ;  h  25  Mowbray  street 
Braithwaite  Miss  Ann,  107  Hmbrstn.  rd 
Brambley  Wm.  watchmaker  49  Cause- 
way lane 
Bramley  Eliz.  shopkeeper,  10  St.  Geo.  st 
Bramley  John,  fmwktr.  42  Fleet  st 
Bramley  Thos.  manager,  20  Union  st 
Bramley  Thos.  shopkr.  30  Pasture  In 
Bramley  Wm.  Forrester,  ironmonger, 

gas  fitter,  brazier,  engraver,  &c,  40 

Granby  street 
Brandreth  Wm.,  fmsmith,  86  Sanvey  st 
Branston  Jph.,  woolstapler,  Talbot  In; 

h  18  Applegate  street 
Branstone  Wm.  worsted  agt.  361  ;  h  49 

Charles  street 
Brawn  Js.  bootmaker,  76  Humberston  rd 
P  2 


228 


LEICESTER    DIRECTORY. 


Bray  John  vict.  Lord  Raglan,  55  New 

Bridge  street 
Bream  Chas.  manager,  17  Nichols  st 
Bream  &  Flude,  corn  inerts.  Public  whf 
Bream  Martin,  corn  &  flour  dealer,  23 

Humberstone  gate 
Breedon  Jn.  butcher,  66  Brunswick  st 
Breedon  Mr  Thos.  36  Navigation  st 
Breedon  Win.  shopr.  45  Redcross  st 
Brett  Sarah,  lodgs.  62  Rutland  st 
Breward  Geo.  shoemr.  12  Stamford  st 
Breward  Win.  butcher,  11  Ruding  st 
Brewin  Geo.  whip  makr.  31  Northgt.  st 
Brewin  John  glove  manf.  16  Belvoir  st ; 

h  13  Canning  place 
Brewin  John,  fancy  hosiery  manfr.  6 

Clarence  street 
Brewin  John  Wollston,  tailor,  40  South- 
ampton street 
Brewin  Robt.  spinner  (B.  &  Whetstone); 

h  34  Regent  street 
Brewin  Robt.  grocer  and  beer  house,  48 

Belgrave  gate 
Brewin  Thos.  shoer.  20  East  Bond  st 
Brewin  Thos.watchmr.14  St  Nicholas  st 
Brewin  &  Whetstone,  worsted,  lambs' 
wool,  &  merino  spinners,  Frog  Island 
Brice  John,  saddler,  6  Gran  by  st 
Brice  Luke,  vict.  Nag's  hd.  2  Northgt  st 
Brice  Wm.  butcher,  88  Belgrave  gt. 
Brierly  Jnthn.  &  Co.  lamb's  wool  and 
worsted  spinners,  27  Newarke  st ;  h 
56  Southgate  street 
Briers  Jno.  hairdresser  33  Burley's  In 
Briggs  Charlotte  Litchford,  grocer,   2 

Willow  street 
Briggs  David,  cloth,  &c.  manfr.  9  Cum- 
berland gate 
Briggs  John  Boyd,  plumber,  &c.  1  Bel- 
grave street 
Briggs  Wm.  bootmr.  68  Upper  Chas.  st 
Britton  Geo.  Hy.  accountant,  insurance 
agt.  &  guano  &  artificial  manure  dlr. 
9  Halford  street 
Broadbent  Benjamin,   contractor,   and 
sewerage  pipe,  chimney  top,  &  plaster 
of  Paris  manufacturer,  Millstone  In. 
Broadbent  Geo.  habrdshr.  23  Market  st 
Brobson  My.  milliner,  15  Stamford  st 
Brofield  John  hosier,  2  Northgates 
Bromhead  Rbca.  flour  dlr.  70  U.  Chas  st 
Bromhead  Rd.  miller,  maltster, and  corn 
and  flour  dealer,  42  Granby  st  and 
West  bridge 
Bromhead  Rd.  jun.  corn  factor,  29  Wel- 
ford  rd.  and  flour  and  corn  dlr.    6 
Bridge  street 
Bromley  Eliz.  dyer,  10  Bath  lane 
Brookhouse  Misses,  58  London  road 
Brooks  Edm.  tailor,  10  Albion  street 


Brooks  Eliza,  lodgings,  51  Chas  st 
Brooks  Mrs  Hannah,  19  King  street 
Brooks  Jas.  bootmr.  Royal  East  street 
Brooks  Saml.  shoemr.  Upper  Brown  st 
Broome  John  &  Co.  hosiers,  4  Silver  st ; 

h  13  Arthur  street 
Broome  Saml.  joiner,   Lwr.  Churchgt. 

and  beerhouse,  73  Sanvey  gate 
Broomhead  Octavius  Cornls.travlr.  28 

Lower  Hastings  street 
Broughton  John,  38  Braunstone  gate 
Broughton  Jph.  druggist  (Burton  &B.;) 

h  5  Belgrave  gate 
Broughton   Thos.   vict.    Chelsea  Pen- 
sioners, 46  Southgate  street 
Broughton  Wm.&Co. joiners,  82  Churchgt 
Browett  and  Son,  rope,  twine,  sack,  and 

tarpaulin  mfrs.  31  High  street 
Browett   Edw.  and  Thos.  Edw. ;   h  5 

Bridge  street 
Brown  Ann,  school,  51  Colton  st 
Brown  Ann,  haberdshr.  48  Humbstn.  rd 
Brown  Benj.  vict.  Freemasons'  Arms, 

35  Burley's  lane 
1  Brown  Bros,  drapers,  75  Cheapside  and 

122  Belgrave  gate 
Brown  Chas.  clerk,  Castle  street 
Brown  Danl.  vict.  Roebuck,  46  Highst 
Brown  Edw.  shoemr.,  181  Belgrave  gt 
Brown  Elias,  beerhouse,  21  Belgrave  gt 
Brown  Ellis,  cowkeeper,  15  Thornton  In 
Brown  Emma,  milliner,  160  Belgrave  gt 
Brown  Frank  Geo.,  agent,  (Jno.  &  Son); 

h  London  road 
BrownGeo.draper(Bros);  h  75Cheapside 
Brown  Geo.  shoemaker,  8  Blue  Boar  In 
Bx*own  Geo.  Turner,  sinker  maker,  29 

Upper  Chas.  street 
Brown  Hanh.  milliner,  75  Humbstn.  gt 
Brown  Hy.  draper,  122  Belgrave  gate 
Brown  Henry,  draper  (Brown  Bros.)  ; 

h  Auckland  terrace 
Brown  Hy.  shoemaker,  48  Ruding  st 
Brown  Jacob,  tinner,  130  Belgrave  gt 
Browsi  Jas.  shoemaker,  41  Vine  street 
Brown  Jas.  Smart,  shoer,  Applegt.  st 
Brown  Js.Thoburn,printer29Chathamst 
Brown  Jarvis,  butcher,  6  Chancery  st 
Brown  Mr  John,  2  Napier  street 
Brown  John,  glove  mfr.  Rutland  st;  h 

De  Montfort  street 
Brown  John,    vict.    George   Hotel,  9 

Haymarket 
Brown  John  schoolmaster,  23  Abbey  gt 
Brown  John,   tailor,  142  Highcross  st 
Brown  Rt.  shoemkr.  160  Highcross  st 
Brown  John  &  Son,  commission  agents, 

14  Oxford  street 
Brown  Jon th. ironmonger  (Parsons&B.); 

h  63  Market  place 


LEICESTER   DIRECTORY. 


229 


Brown  Jph.  butcher,  21  York  street 
Brown  Jph.  vict.  Crown  and  Anchor, 

170  Belgrave  gate 
Brown  Jph.  vict.  King,  58  Burley's  lane 
BrownJph.  eatinghouse,  30  New  Bond  st 
Brown  Lwnce.  timber  merct.  and  saw 

mills,  Mansfield  street ;  house  19  St 

Margaret  street 
Brown  Mrs  Maria,  68  Humberstone  rd 
Brown  Mary,  school,  9  Princess  street 
Brown  Mary,  milliner,  9  Hotel  street 
Brown  Mrs  Patience,  South  strest 
Brown  Samuel,  tailor,  58  East  Bond  st 
Brown  Sar.  draper,  84  Humberstone  rd 
Brown  Thos.  cowkeeper,  53  Willow  st 
Brown  Thos.  Danl.builder,68  Church  gt 
Brown  Wm.  mfr.  (Walker  and  Kempson)  ; 

h  %  Newton  street. 
Brown  William,  vict.  White  Horse,  27 

Belgrave  gate 
Brown  Wm.  hatter,  23  New  Bond  st 
Brown  Wm.  vict.  Maltshovel,  8  Lower 

Churchgate. 
Brown  Wm.  earth w.  dlr.  114  Sanvey  gt 
Brown  Wm.  hatter  and  hosier,  1  Gallow- 

tree  gate 
Browne  Mrs  Anne,  16  West  street 
BrowneThos. Chapman,  book,  print, and 

music  seller,  and  printer,  binder,  &c. 

County  Subs.  Library,  36  Market  pi 
Bruce  Jane,  baker,  138  Belgrave  gate 
Bruce  John,  lodgs.  18  Sparkenhoe  st 
Bruin  Chas.  and  Son,  boot  manfrs.  74 

Granby  street 
Bruin  Chas. ;  h  74  Granby  street 
Bruin  Wm.  John  ;  h  Dover  street 
Brumby  Har.  shopkpr.  34Wellington  st. 
Brumby  Sarah,  school,  Thorpe  street 
Bryan  Rev.  Hugh,  LL.B.  curate  of  St. 

Margaret's,  22  Silver  street 
Bryan  Robt.  fmwktr.  22  Mill  street 
Bryan  Wm.  chair  mkr.  9  Royal  East  st 
BryansWm.  china  dlr.  71*  Belgrave  gt 
Bryant  Miss  Matilda,  44  Up.  Charles  st 
Buck  Hy.  town  mis.  56  Great  Holme  st 
Buck  John,  house  surgeon  and  super- 
intendent, Lunatic  Asylum 
Buckler  Rev.Edm.(Cath.) Wellington  st 
Buckler  &  Wills,  curriers,  22  Silver  st 
Buckler  John,  currier ;  h  HMorledge  st 
Buckler  Wm.  smith,  7  Archdeacon  lane 
Buckley  John,  shopkpr.  42Braunston  gt 
Buckley  Wm.  whsman.  35  King  street 
Bucknall  Mrs  Ruth,  40  Humberstone  rd 
BucknallWm.upholsterer,  SRathbone  pi 
Budworth  Thos.  cork  cutter,  22  Cank  st 
Bull  Danl.  fmwktr.  109  U.  Brunswick  st 
Bnll  Eliza,  milliner,  34  Albion  street 
Bull  Mr  John,  42  Northampton  street 
Bull  Samuel,  artist,  66,  Sparkenhoe  st 


Bull  Sarah,  lodgs.  2  Sparkenhoe  street 
Bull  Thomas  vict.  Freemen's  Arms,  9 

Aylestone  road 
Bull  Thos.  butcher,  81  Wharf  street 
Bull  Wm.  manager,  9  Queen  street 
BunneyJohn,greengcr.  23Wellington  st 
Bunney  Thos.  manfr.  (Foster  &  B.)  ;  h 

60  Sparkenhoe  street 
Burback  Jas.  habdshr.  56 Archdeacon  In 
Burbidge  Mrs  Maria,  22  Lancaster  st 
BurbidgeSaml.Jas.cashier,64, New  walk 
Burbidge  Sarah,  school,  193  Belgrave  gt 
Burden Fdk.  hairdresser,  8Infirmary  sq 
Burden  George,  fmwktr.  78  Asylum  st 
Burden  George,  vict.  Earl  of  Leicester, 

22  Infirmary  square 
Burden  Saml.  fmwktr.  3  Albert  street 
Burden  Wm.  Chesterton,  beerhouse,  27 

St.  Nicholas  street 
Burdett  John,  beerhouse,  26  Halford  st 
BurdettJohn,  fmwktr.  38Constitution  hi 
Burdett  John,  tailor,  37  Silver  street 
BurdettJohn,  shoemkr.  25  Northgate  st 
Burdett  Wm.  framesmith,  11  Oxford  st 
Burford  Wm.  painter,  2  Belgrave  gate 
Burgess  Alfred  (B.  Bros.) ;  h  Knighton 
Burgess  Bros,  woolstaplers,  1  Belvoir  st 
Burgess  Miss  Eliz.  48  Sparkenhoe  st 
Burgess  Mrs  Martha,  8  Chancery  street 
Burgess  Misses,  7  De  Montfort  square 
BurgessRichard, machinist,  12  Bridge  st 
Burgess  Miss  Sush.  10  High  field  st 
Burgess  Thos.  currier  &  shoe  manufr. 

17  Belgrave  gate 
Burgess  Thos.  (B.  Bros.) ;  h  Wigston 
BurleyWm.vety. surgeon,  35  Rutland  st. 
Burnaby  Mrs  Mary,  15  Friar  lane 
Burnaby  Rev.  Robt.  B.A.  incumbent  of 

St.  George's,  33  London  road 
Burnham  Robert,  vict.  Lion  &  Lamb, 

51,  Gallowtree  gate 
Burrell  Chas.  tailor,  12  Wellington  st 
Burrell  Saml.  tailor,  20  North  Bond  st 
Burrows  Benj.  grocer,  Belgrave  gate 
Burrows  Chas.  gentleman,  23  New  walk 
Burton  Brewery  Co.  7  Humberstone  gt. 

Frederick  Webb,  agent 
Burton  Mrs  Elizabeth,  12  Richmond  st 
Burton  Hy.  tailor,  28  East  Bond  street 
Buswell  Emlyn,  tailor,  19  Queen  street 
Butcher  Wm.  hosiery  manufacturer,  12 

Belvoir  street;  h  31  New  walk 
Butler  Edw.  traveller,  14  Guthlaxton  st 
Butler  Edw.  Thos.  druggist,  58  Hum- 
berstone road 
Butler  Thos.  Edw.  druggist,  51  Sanvey 

gate  ;  h  11  Grape  street 
Butt  Thos.  beerhouse,  102  Lee  street 
Butteriss  Chas.  bricklayer,  133  Upper 

Brunswick  street 


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LEICESTER  DIRECTORY* 


Buttery  Fredk.  baker,  Wheat  street 
Button  Benjamin,  furniture  dealer,  68 

Highcross  street 
Button   Caroline,   china,  &c.   dlr.  66 

Highcross  street 
Buxton  Thos.  shoemaker,  31  Junior  st 
Buzzard  Thos.Hardy,  operative  chemist 

and  druggist,  24  Granby  street 
Buzzo  Saml.  tailor,  48  New  walk 
Byard  Chas.  greengcr,  30  Humbrstu  gt 
Byard  Mary  Ann,  school,  6  Vauxhall  st 
Cable  Geo.  shopkeeper,  45  Wharf  street 
Caillard   Charles    Camille,  teacher  of 

French,  85  Welford  road 
Cain  Richard,  vict.  Castle  Tavern,  43 

Gallowtree  gate 
Caldicott  Ann,   staymaker,  and  Eliz. 

school,  24  New  Bond  street 
Caldwell  Wm.  earthenware  dealer,  14 

Marlborough  street 
Callis  Benj.  sinker  mkr.  19  Blue  Boar  In 
Callis  Ellis,  baker,  39  St.  George  street 
Callow  Jph.  hairdresser,  8  Campbell  st 
Calver  Wm.  fmw-ktr.  139  Wharf  street 
Calvert  John, engraver, 21  St.Nicholas  st 
Calvert  Wm.  shopkr.  14  Upr.  Charles  st 
Camomile  Jno.  basket  mkr.  18  E  .Bond  st 
Cank  Edw.  greengrocer,  47  Wharf  st 
Canner  Mary,  shopkr.  116  Highcross  st 
Canner  Wm.  baker,  89  Market  street 
Cant  Jph.vict.Duke  of  Northumberland, 

6  Old  Mill  lane 
Cape  Thomas,   solicitor  &  registrar  of 

marriages,  4  London  road 
Capey  Geo.  earth w.  dlr.  39  h  East  street 
Carnall  Chas.  tailor,  17  Clarence  street 
Carnall  Eliz.  clothes  dlr.  3Losebylane 
Carnall  Henry,  printer,  6  Regent  street 
Carnall  John,  tailor,  8  St.  Peter's  lane 
Carnall  Mary  &  Son  (John)  haberdash- 
ers, 22  Hayrnarket 
Carr,  Miss  Susan,  10  Southgate  street 
Carr,  Wm.  druggist,  7  Upr.  George  st. 
Carrall  Wm.confect.  66  Archdeacon  lane 
Carrington  Jas.  turner,  10  Luke  street 
Carrington,Jn.  painter,&c.7  Millstone  In 
Carroll  Arthur,  shoemaker,   20   Upper 

Brunswick  street 
Carryer  Joseph,  hosier,  71  Cheapside 
Carryer  Mr  Rupert,  72  London  road 
Carryer  Thos.Haddon,  boarding  school, 

19  New  walk 
Cart  Jessie,  millin*',  12  Albion  hill 
Carter  Benj.  sweep,  27  Orchard  street 
Carter  Charles,  baker  and  confectioner, 

56  Humberstone  gate 
Carter  Geo.  staff  sergt.  23  Mill  lane 
Carter  Jas.  shoemaker,  6  Narrow  lane 
Carter  John,greengcr.34  Lr.Redcross  st 
Carter  Mary  Ann,  milliner,  26  High  st 


Carter  Sarah,  victualler,  Three  Crowns 

Hotel,  2  Horsefair  street 
Carter  (Sarah)  &  Thompson  (Ann)  mil- 
liners, 142  Church  gate 
Carter  Thos.framewk.  kntr.  6  Grove  st. 
Carter  Thos.  poultry  dlr.  40  Charles  st 
Carter  Wm.  shopkeeper,  15  Milton  st. 
Carter  Wm.greengrocer,26  Alexander  st 
Cartwright  Alan,  cowkeeper,  136  Wel- 
lington street 
CartwrightFrans.  Jane,hosier,64  High  st 
Cartwright  Fredk.  furrier,  29  Cank  st 
Cartwright  Mrs  Lydia,  12  Tower  street 
Cartwright  Wm.  relvg.  offr.  15  King  st 
Carvell  Thomas,  bricklayer  and   flour 

dealer,  17  East  Bond  street 
Carver  Miss  Caroline,  36  Princess  st 
Carver  Thomas,  travlr.  9  Canning  place 
Case  Mrs  Ann,  26  East  street 
Case  Mr  William,  2  Vine  street 
Castings  Hiram,  tailor,  14  Belvoir  st 
Castledyne    Stephen   Bennett,    haber- 
dasher, 37  St.  George  street 
CatchesideMiss  Sar.  70  Humberstone  rd 
Cater  James,  nail  maker,  Gas  street 
Catley  John,    carver   and  gilder,    108 

Granby  street 
Catlin  Richard,  plumber,  glazier,  and 

news  agent,  8  St.  George  street 
Catlin  Richard    Edgar,    plumber,    22 

Highcross  street 
Catlow  John,  shopkeeper,27  Frog  island 
Catlow  Jph.  shoemkr.  148  Highcross  st 
Catlow  Staines,  bookseller,  76  Humber- 
stone gate 
Cattell  Thomas,  wood  turner  and  beer- 
house ;  h  158  Belgrave  gate 
Cave  John, beerhouse, 3 6  Upr. Charles  st 
Cawood  Alfred,  clerk,  26  Curzon  place 
Cayless  Charles,  lime  and  cement  mer- 
chant, Public  wharf;  h  38  Painter  st 
Cayless  Wm.  fmw-ktr.  49  Bedford  street 
Challis  David,  wine  merchant  (Lane  & 

C.)  ;  h  55  Princess  street 
Chamber  of  Commerce,  24  Friar  lane 
Chamberlain  Arbla,  school,  33  Stanley  st 
Chamberlain   Benj.    Goodman,   union 
clerk  and  supt.  registrar,  1  Welling- 
ton street ;  h  2  King  street 
Chamberlain  Edward,  confectioner,  56 

Highcross  street 
Chamberlain  Mrs  Elizabeth,  5  East  st 
Chamberlain  Fan.milliner,  14  Charles  st 
Chamberlain  George, bookbinder, 2 3  St. 

George  street 
Chamberlain  James,spinner,  (Thompson 

and  Co.) ;  h  104  Highcross  street 
Chamberlain  Jas.  fmw-ktr.Leadenhall  st 
Chamberlain  James,  boarding  school, 
40  Silver  street 


LEICESTER   DIRECTORY. 


231 


Chamberlain  Jas.  fly  propr.  43  §  Eegent 

street 
Chamberlain  Mrs  Jane,  56  London  rd 
Chamberlain  Jph.    &   Co.    glove,   &c. 

manufacturers,  61  Southgate  street 
Chamberlain   Thos.    vict.    Shamrock, 

Royal  East  street 
Chamberlain  Wm.  solicitor,  36  Friar 

lane ;  h  Desford 
Chamberlain  Wm.  clerk  79  Conduit  st 
Chambers  Henry  Thomas,  builder,  163 

Belgrave  gate 
Chambers  Richd.  manager,  Gas  Works 
Chambers  Saml.  fruitr.  110  Belgrave  gt 
Chambers  Thos.greengr.49  Jewry  wall  st 
Chambers  Wm.  shoemaker,  23  Upper 

Conduit  street 
Chaplin  &  Home,  railway  carriers,  20 
Gallowtreegt ;  Wm.  Weare,  manager 
Chapman  Geo.  hosiery  mfr.  (Pegg  and 

C.) ;  h  90  Rutland  street 
Chapman  John,  tobacconist,  94  High  st 
Chapman  Thos.  tailor,  34  Wharf  street 
Chapman  Thos.  shoemkr.  1  Albion  hill 
Chapman  Wm.  tailor,  14  Richard  street 
Chappell  Mrs  Harriet,  4|  Navigation  st 
Chappell  Thos.  stationer  &  box  manu- 
facturer, 11  Lower  Brown  street 
Charles  John,  greengcr.  162  Wharf  st 
Charlesworth   Edw.  needle   manufac- 
turer, 67  Northgate  street 
Charlesworth  Hy.  Gillett,  soda  water 
manufacturer,  horse  letter,  and  vict. 
Star,  3  Belgrave  gate 
Charlesworth  Thos.  dyer  &  trimmer, 

The  Hollow 
Charlesworth Wm.shoemr.21  Johnson  st 
Charlesworth  Wm.  shoe  manufacturer, 

16  Stamford  st ;  h  27  New  walk 
Charters  Edw.   hosiery    manufacturer 

(Rice  &  C.) ;  h  Townhall  lane 
Charters  Robt.  high  constable  and  billet 

master,  Town  Hall 
Chatwin  Alfred,  bootmkr.  4  Paddock  st 
Chatwin  Ann,  shopkeeper,  32  York  st 
Chatwin  Edw.  tailor,  132  Wellington  st 
Chatwin  John,  baker,  111  Church  gate 
Chawner  John,  &  Co.  hosiery  manu- 
facturers, 25  Newarke  st ;  h  Fosse  rd 
Chawner  Joseph,  clerk,  81  Conduit  st 
Checkland  Geo.  coal  mert.  Southampton 

st.  wharf ;  h  Museum  square 
Checkley  John,  tailor,  3  Gallowtree  gt 
Checkley  Thos.  sen.  tailor,54 Waterloo  st 
Checkley  Thos.  tailor,  30  Belgrave  gt 
Cheney  Wm.whsman.  88  Northiamptn.  st 
Cheney  Wm.  beerhouse  41  Chatham  st 
Cherry  Jas.  fmwktr.  11  Grosvenor  st 
Chester  Major  John,  paymstr.  of  pen- 
sioners, 51  Friar  lane;  n  Belgrave 


Chesterton  Joseph,  iron  house  builder, 

64  J  London  road 
Chesterton  Robt.  jwlry.  dlr.  39  High  st 
Chettle  Geo.  Rodney,  hairdresser  &  to- 
bacconist, 62  Belgrave  gate 
Chick  John,  optician,  19  Gower  street 
Chilcott  Mrs.Mary  Bestwick,52  New  wlk 
Chiswell  Lwnce,  shoer.  7  Warrington  st 
Christian  Wm.  Hy.  carptr.  79  Sanvey  gt 
Church  of  England  Inst.  7  Loseby  In 
Church  Thos.  SI.  confecr.  25  Oxford  st 
Clapton  Isaac,  butcher,  2  Eaton  street 
Clare  Wm.  painter,  34  St.  Nicholas  st 
Claricoates  Rt.  shoemkr.  107  Belgv.  gt 
Claricoates  Robt.  jun.  shoemaker,  150 

Belgrave  gate 
Clark  Geo.  flour  dealer,  54  Sanvey  gt 
Clark  Hy.  baker,  17  Haymrkt ;  h  Birstall 
Clark  Hy.  grocer,  2  Upr.  Brunswick  st 
Clark  Jas.  coal  agt.  29  Humberstone  rd 
Clark  John,  shopkeeper,  72  Metcalfe  st 
Clark  John,  broker,  Green  street 
Clark  Sml.  carver  &  gilder,  2  Welford  rd 
Clarke  Edward,  vict.  Old  Horse  Shoe, 

114  London  road 
Clarke  Edward,  fmw-ktr.  36  Denman  st 
Clarke  Eli,  fmw-ktr.  146  Wellington  st 
Clarke  Geo.  shopkeeper,  12  Morledge  st 
Clarke  George,  baker,  86  Belgrave  gate 
Clarke  George,wheelwright,27  Milton  st 
Clarke  Gilbert,  ironfounder  (Robert  & 

G.) ;  h  150  Highcross  street 
ClarkeHy.shoemaker,9  Friar's  causeway 
Clarke  James,brushmfr.53  London  road 
Clarke  John,  wine  and  spirit  merchant, 

5  Humberstone  gate 

Clarke  John,  schoolmr.  38  St.  George  st 

Clarke  John,  cowkeeper,  22  York  street 

Clarke  John,  cowkeeper,  50  Ruding  st 

Clarke  John  Pretty,  sewing  cotton  mfr. 

reel  and  bobbin  mfr.  &c.  King  st.  and 

Foundry  lane,  and  bath  proprietor, 

New  walk 

Clarke  JohnWebster,  druggist  (C.,Net- 

tleship,  &  Bailey) ;  h  London  road 
Clarke  Jph.  cowkeeper,  7  Midland  street 
Clarke  Jph.  greengrocer,  6  Dover  street 
Clarke  Jph.  Hy. hat  mfr.46  Richard  street 
Clarke  Louisa,  gunmaker,  20  Humber- 
stone gate 
Clarke  Miss  Martha,  40  Lancaster  street 
Clarke,  Nettleship,  and  Bailey,  whols. 
druggists    and   manufacturing    che- 
mists, 15  Belvoir  street 
Clarke  Richard,  shoemaker,  29  Dover  st 
Clarke  Richd.shoemaker,5  Lyndhurstst 
I  Clarke  Rd.  James,brush  mfr.  23  Gallow- 

Itree  gate  ;  h  53  London  road 
Clarke  Richard   Sheppard,   tailor,   28 
Highcross  street 


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LEICESTER    DIRECTORY. 


Clarke  Robert  and  Gilbert,  iron  found- 
ers, 2  All  Saints'  Open 
Clarke  Robt.  framewk.  kntr.  39  Fleet  st 
Clarke  Samuel,  bookseller  (Crossley  & 

C.) ;  h  5  Gallowtree  gate 
Clarke  Samuel,  confectioner,  andbearse 
and  coach  proprietor,  96  Wharf  street 
Clarke  Thos.  gunsmith,  3  York  street 
Clarke  Thos.  butcher,  16  Gartree  street 
Clarke  Thos.  shoemaker,  18  Slate  street 
Clarke  Thos.  builder,  70  Curzon  street 
Clarke  Mr  Uriah,  12  Great  Holme  street 
Clarke  Wm  .shoemaker,26  Victoria  street 
Clarke  Wm.  bricklayer,  84  Willow  street 
Clarkson  Wm.  Watts,  web  manufacturer 
(Turner  &  Co.)  ;  h  Narborough  road 
Clay  Mr  John,  41  Thames  street 
Clay  Thos.  fmw-ktr.  250  Belgrave  gate 
Clayton  Ann,  hairdresser,  10  Welford  rd 
Clayton  Caroline,  milliner,  52  Friar  lane 
Clayton  Henry,  brazier,  2  Charles  street 
Clayton  John,  baker,  37  Bedford  street 
Clayton  Jph.  shoer,  126  Northampton  st 
Clayton  Jph.  brazier,  33  Market  street 
Clayton  Thos.  beerhouse,  71  Curzon  st 
Cleadow  William,  hosiery  manufacturer, 
2  Pocklington's  walk ;  h  39  King  st 
Cleaver,   Samuel,   vict.   Rainbow    and 

Dove,  13  Northampton  square 
Cleaver  William,  working  jeweller,  13 

Northampton  square 
Clements  Jph.foreman,  13  Welford  road 
Clements  Jph.turner,32  Highcross  street 
Clephan  Mr  Edwin,  High  street 
Cleveland  Thomas  Berry,  printer,  pro- 
prietor, and  publisher  of  the  "  Lei- 
cester  Guardian"    37 £    Gallowtree 
gate  ;  h  10  Princess  street 
Cleveland  Thomas  Henry,  printer,  24 

Newtown  street 
Clewes  Jph.  vict.  Coachmakers'  Arms, 

13  Churchgate 
Clift  Jas.  tailor,  29  Clifton  street 
Clifton  Charles,  provision  dealer,  180 

Belgrave  gate 
Clifton  Thos.  hairdresser,  49  Granby  st 
Clifton  Wm.  builder,  &  saw  mill,  Burton 

st ;  h  25  Nichols  street 
Clow  John,  fmwktr.  14  Eaton  street 
Clowes  Anne  Mary,  teacher  of  music  & 

singing,  10  New  walk 
Coare    Jas.  Mitchell,  gent.,  Highfield 

House,  Kent  street 
Coates  Fredk.  butcher,  13  Northgate  st 
Coates  Isaac,  butcher,  16  Northgate  st 
Cobley  Geo.  bricklayer,  58  Curzon  st 
Cock  Mr.  Thomas,  19  West  street 
Cock  Thos.  Godfrey,  ale  &  porter  agent, 
10  Horsefair  st.;  h  8  Halford  street 
Cockayne  Wm.  hatter,  108  Wharf  st 


Cockerill  John  Talbot,  cowkpr.  6£  Os- 
borne street 
Cockram  Miss  Sarah,  6  Queen  street 
Cockshaw  Wm.  engraver,  18  Welford  rd 
Coe   Rev.  Chas.   Clement  (Unitarian), 

35  New  Walk 
Colburt  Jph.  shoemkr.  34  Ruding  street 
Cole  Lieut.-Col.  John,  11  New  walk 
Cole  Priscilla,  herbalist,  56  Wellgtn.  st 
Coleman  Eliz.  paper  dlr.  18  Blue  boar  In 
Coleman  Geo.  Thos.  ironmgr.  (Baines 

&  Co)  ;  h.  1  Cank  street 
Coleman  Jas.  Sherrard,  clerk,  13  Cresct 
Coleman  Jno.  shopr.  19  Dysart  street 
Coleman  Jph.  baker,  11  Highcross  st 
Coleman  Misses,  97  Humberstone  road 
Coleman  Mrs  Sabina,  Foxon  street 
Coleman  Mr  Saml.  10  Newton  street 
Coleman  Mr  Samuel,  1  Kent  street 
Coleman  Thos.  bos.  mfr.  22  Hmbstn.  rd 
Coleman  Thos.  fmwktr.  3  Raglan  st 
Coleman  Wm.  vict.  Crown  &   Anchor, 

26  Millstone  lane 

Coleman  Wm.  law  clerk,  6  Hastings  st 
Coles  Abm.  shopr.  2  Milton  street 
Coles  Geo.  shoemkr.  39  Braunstonegt 
Coles  Jno.Hy.shoemkr.61  Braunstonegt 
Coley  Jas.  shoemaker,  1  Northgates 
Collier  Chas.  hat  mfr.  28  Gallowtree  gt 
Collier  Chas.Jno.bonnetmfr.lOOHigh  st 
Collier  Elizabeth,  milliner,  47  High  st 
Collier  John,  hairdresser,  49  High  st 
Collier  John,  com  miller,  40  South gtst 
Collier  Wm.  grocer,  57  East  Bond  st 
Collier  Wm.  worsted  spinner,  Fuller  st 
Collin  Eliz.  milliner,  116  Belgrave  gt 
Collin  Jas.  shoemaker,  9  Sanvey  gate 
Collins  Jonth.   Beaumont,  builder,  24 

Hastings  street 
Collins  Richd.  hosiery  manufacturer, 

27  Loseby  lane ;  h  Knighton  Cottage 
Collins  Wm.  fmw-ktr.  4  Russell  street 
Collis  Edw.  broker,  Church  gate 
Collis  Geo.  vict.  Dixie  Arms,  1  North 

Bond  street 
Collis  Jas.  W.  fmw-ktr.  70  Willow  st 
Collis  John,  coal  dlr.  (Lawrence  &  Co.) ; 

h  249  Belgrave  gate 
Collison  Jno.  blacksmith  and  vict.  Pied 

Bull,  105  Highcross  street 
Collison  John,  hairdrser.  29  Elbow  lane 
CollisonThos.shoemkr.  113Highcrosfl  st 
Collyer  Bros,  grocers,  73  Highcross  st 
Collyer  George  ;  h  54  Regent  street 
Collyer  Viccars  ;  h  73  Highcross  street 
Colson  Chas.  bricklayer,  13  Benford  st 
Colson  Jph.  boat  propr.  6  Johnson  st 
ColtmanHenry,biiilder(Thos.&Henry); 

h  55  Charles  street 
Coltman  Jas,  bricklayer,  56  Sanvey  gt 


LEICESTER    DIRECTORY. 


Coltman  Mr  John,  38  Narborougli  road 
Coltman  Miss  Mary  Aon,  3  Princess  st 
Coltman  Rckd.  habdsher.  22  Carlton  st 
Coltman  Saml.  shoemkr.  9G  Wheat  st. 
Coltman  Mr  Thos.  14  Ann  street 
Coltman  Thos.  bobbin  mannfr.  Gas  st 
Coltman  Thos.  builder  (Thos.  &  Hy.) ; 

h  40  Nichols  street 

ColtmanTs.&Hy.  builders,  55Charles  st 

Coltman Wm.  wine  &  spirit  merct.&  soda 

water,  &c.  manufacr.  8  New  Bond  st 

Coltman  Wm.  sock  manfr.  38  York  street ; 

h  London  road 
Coltman  Wm.  shoemkr.  15  Jewrywall  st 
Coltman  Wm.  traveller,  61  Regent  st 
Colton  Mr  Wm.  34  Lancaster  street 
Colton  Wm.  rope,  twine,  and  sack  mfr. 

and  eating  house,  5£  Bel  grave  gate 
Compton  Ann,  vict.  Duke  of  Devon- 
shire, 10  Bay  street 
Cook  Mr.  Job,  7  London  road 
Cook  John  Mason,  corn  and  coal  mrct. 
NewHaymarket,  29  Granby  st. ;  h  80 
Sparkenhoe  street 
Cook  Joseph,  painter,  42  Silver  street 
Cook  Joseph,  hairdresser,  16  Rutland  st 
Cook  Robert  Miles,  draper&  hosier,  62 

Granby  street 
Cook  Thos.  printer,  and  excursion  and 
tourist  conductor,   and  Temperance 
Hotel  proprietor,  63  Granby  street 
Cooke  Geo.  cab  propr.  &  livery  stables, 
Three  Crowns  yard,  Granby  street ; 
h  19  Halford  street 
CookeJas.  auctioneer  (C.  &Warner),  and 
brickmaker,  Lancaster  st.  &  Humber- 
stone  road  ;  h  Lower  Hastings  st 
Cooke  Mrs  Jane,  9  Rathbone  place 
Cooke  John,  grocer,  2  Eastgates 
Cooke  Joshua,  shopkr.  100  Belgrave  gt 
Cooke  Maria,  greengrcr.  57  Belgrave  gt 
Cooke  Thos.  hosiery  mfr.  5  Clarence  st 
Cooke  Thos.  hairdresser,  14  Gas  street 
Cooke  Tbos.  traveller,  4  Crescent  st 
Cooke  and  Warner,  auctioneers,   estate 
agts.  &c.  10  Horsefair  st  &  7  Friar  In 
Cooke  Wm.  vict.  Fox  Hotel,  13  Hum- 

berstone  gate 
Cooke  Wm.  shoemaker,  62  Walford  rd 
Cooper  Alfred,  surgeon,  Welford  place 
Cooper  Alfred,  sewing  cotton  manufac- 
turer, 15 1  Haymarket 
Cooper  Mrs  Alice,  32  Princess  street 
Cooper  Chas.  painter,  29  Bridge  street 
Cooper  Edgar  Franklin,  39  Princess  st 
Cooper  Fras.  shopkeeper,  5  Bonners  In 
Cooper  Isaac,  shopkpr.  44  Waterloo  st 
Cooper  Jno.  whitesmith,  67  Belgrave  gt 
Cooper  Jno.  watchmaker,55Causeway  In 
Cooper  Jno.  grocer,  131  Belgrave  gate 


Cooper  Jno.  Harris,  hosiery  mfr.  (Corah 

and  Sons) ;  h  19  Stockdale  terrace 
Cooper  John  Stokes,  grocer  &  draper, 

24  Haymarket 
Cooper  Joseph,  blacksmith,  15  Bridge  st 
Cooper  &  Pettifor,  chemists,  druggists, 
and  soda  water,  &c.  mfrs.  44  Market 
pi.  18  Silver  st.  &  31  Southgate  st 
Cooper  Richd.  wheelwgt.  25Buttclose  In 
Cooper&Sidley,  surgeons,  4  Newarke  st 
Cooper  Thos.  druggist  (C.  &  Pettifor), 

h  15  South  Hanover  street 
Cooper  Thos.  cowkeeper,  U. Conduit  st. 
CooperThos.  hosiery  mfr.  64Chatham  st 
Cooper  Thos.  shopkeeper,  41  Dover  st. 
Cooper  Wm.  sockmkr.  25  East  Bond  st 
Cooper  Wm.  shopkpr.  50  Abbey  street 
Cooper  Wm.vict.  Barrel,  4  Humberst.gt 
Cooper  Wm.  greengcr.  2  Archdeacon  In 
Cooper  Wm.  tailor,  110  Northampton  st 
Cooper  Wm.  shoemkr.  51  Belgrave  gate 
Cooper  Wm.  shoemkr.  24  Carlton  street 
Cooper  William  Waldren,  draper,  31 

Gallowtree  gate 
Cope  Jas.  fmwktr.  21  Navigation  street 
Cope  John,  fellmonger,  25  Harding  st 
Copeland  Jno.  fmwktr.  20  Brook  street 
Corah  Edwin,  manufacturer  (N.&Sons) ; 

h  Newfound  Pool 
Corah  John,  hosiery  mfr.  1  Rutland  st.; 

h  Highfield  street 
Corah  Nathl.  &  Sons,  hosiery  mfrs.  13 

Granby  street,  and  Birmingham 
Corah  Thos.  manufacturer  (N.  &  Sons); 

h  Scrap  toft  Hall 
Corbett  Mrs  Susan,  49  Regent  street 
CordyStaff-Sergt.  Stpn.  48  Alexander  st 
Coriall  Geo.  shoemaker,  37  Talbot  lane 
Corkran  Sutton,  proprietor  of  the  Lei- 
cestershire Mercury,  37  Lwr.  Charles 
st. ;  h  58  Lower  Hastings  street 
Cornish  Geo.  tailor,  44  Causeway  lane 
CornwellJph.  baby  linen  dlr.28Market  pi 
Cort&Paul,  ironmngrs.  dlrs.inbariron 
andsteel,  cutlers,  silversmiths,  &  cake, 
seed, &  guano  merchts,&c.  2  Market  pi 
Cosens   Richard,  vict.  Britannia,  247 

Belgrave  gate 
Cotton  Saml.  shoemkr.  12  Waterloo  st 
Cotton  Wm.  traveller,  95  Humbstn.  rd 
Cotton  Wm.  framesmith,  Friday  street 
Cotton  Wm.  Jas.  brush  mfr.  21  High  st 
Coulter  Sergt.  Richd.  9  Nelson  street 
Coulson  John,  hairdsr.  10  Bridge  street 
County  Public  Offices,  Hotel  street 
CousinsGeo.&Co.hosiery  mfrs.9Belvoir 

st.  and  haberdshrs.  76  Belgrave  gt 
Cousins  John,  haberdshr.  22  Welford  rd 
Cowan  Mrs  Mary,  28  St.  Nicholas  st 
Cowell  Jarvis,  shopkeeper,  1  Laxton  st 


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LEICESTER    DIRECTORY. 


CowellThos.  framewk.kntr.  2  Gosling  st 
CowlingSaml.  boot&shoe  mfr.l2Highst 
Cowper  Ann,  milliner,  82,  High  street 
CowperNathl.  Adams,  wood  turner&saw 

mills,  Burley's  lane  ;  h  82  High  st 
Cox  Charles,  printer  &  publisher  of  the 

"  Leicester  Express"  27  Market  pi 
Cox  Chas.  cabinet  maker,  parcel  agent, 

&c.  13  St.  Martin's 
Cox  Geo.  fmwktr.  33  Metcalfe  street 
Cox  Henry,  shopkpr.  19  Canning  place 
Cox  Jas.  corn&flour  dlr.  and  patten,clog, 

and  last  mfr.  11  Loseby  lane 
Cox  James,  baker,  36  Kuding  street 
CoxJno.grocer&  baker,  40Archdeacon  In 
Cox  Jno.  builder,  34  Southampton  st 
Cox  Jno.  Jas.  pipe  mfr.  59  Bedford  st 
Cox  Jph.  Hames,  beerhs.  174  Belgrvgt 
Cox  Matthias,  fmwktr.  76  Curzon  st 
Cox  Nathan,  hawker,  52  Southampton  st 
Cox  Rachel  &  My.  milliners,  2  Pelham  st 
Cox  Saml.  chairmkr.  17  Morledge  st 
Cox  Saml.  engineer  (Death  &  Co) ;  h 

36  Southgate  street 

Cox  Thos.  shopr.  38  Upper  Charles  st. 
Cox  Thos.  butcher,  11  Nichols  street 
Cox  Mr  Thos  White,  12  London  road 
Cox  Thos.  Wood,  confctr.  28  Market  st 
Cox  William,  builder,  2  Burton  street 
Cox  Wm.  Penn,  printer,  publisher  and 
propr.  of  the  "  Leicester  Advertiser ," 

37  Market  place 

Cox  William,  agent,  4  New  street 
Coxon  Amos,  shopr.  59  St.  George  st 
Coy  Jno.  chenille  mfr,  (Fletcher,  C.  & 

Co)  ;  and  draper,  8  Market  place 
Cradock  J.  &  S.  hosiery  manufacturers, 

26  Morledge  street 
Cradock  Sheldon,  gent.  1  Humbstn.  rd 
Cragg  Saml.  upholstr.  8  Belgravegate 
Cramant  Mrs.  Hannah,  43  King  street 
Crambrook  Bichd.  travlr.  36  Queen  st 
Crane  Jno.  confectioner  &  lozenge,  &c. 

mfr.  61  Market  place  and  27  Cank  st 
Crane  Jph.  Wyatt,  M.D.  13  Belvoir  st 
Craven  Thos.  vict.  Brunswick  Brewery 

Upper  Brunswick  street 
Crane  Walter  Jno.  41  Cobden  st 
Craven  Thos.  worsted  spinner  Cardigan 

street ;  h.  Havelock  street 
Craven  William,  1  St.  Nicholas  square 
Crawford  Geo.  tailor,  40  Gallowtreegt 
Crawford  Mr  Robt.  43,  Rutland  street 
Crawford  John,  tailor,  2  Elton  street 
Craythorn  Chas.  vict.  Full  Moon,  20 

Russell  square 
Craythorn  Chpr.  butcher,  22  Russell  sq 
Crecroft  Wm.  fmwktr.  29  Albion  hill 
Cresswell  Henry,  shopr.  15  Abbey  st 
Cresswell  Jno*  shoer.  2  Lwr.  Brown  st 


Creswell  Mr  Creswell,  20  L.Hastings  st 
Crew  Jno.  plasterer,  24|  Upr.  Chas.  st 
Crick  Daniel  Bishop,    joiner  &  builder 

60  Humberstone  gate 
Crick  Fred.  (Neal  &  Co) ;  h.  26  Mill  In 
Crick  Saml.  clerk,  14  London  road 
Crick  Thos.   &  Son  (Jno.)  shoe  mfrs. 
8  Highcross  strreet;  h.  Great  Glenn 
Crick  Wm.  Thorne,   boot  manufr.   10 

London  road 
Cridland  Hy.  woolstapler,  11  Horsefair 

street;  h.  47  London  road 
Cripps  Mr  Joseph,  6  De  Montfort  sq 
Crisp  Jane,  shopr.  9  Lyndhurst  street 
Crofts  Ann,  dyer,  2  Woodgate 
Crofts  Chas.  vict.Red  Cow,  142  Belgvegt 
Crofts  Jas.  Yates,  mfr.  (T.  &  Sons) ;  h. 

52  Sparkenhoe  street 
Crofts  Jno.  vict.  Marquis  of  Wellington, 

69  London  road 
Crofts  Jno.  manufr.   (T.  &  Sons);   h. 

Welford  place 
Crofts  John  Ephraim,  box  maker,  13 

New  Bridge  street 
Crofts  Thos.  &  Sons,  hosiery  manufrs. 

Welford  place 
Crofts  Thos.  hosiery  mfr.  10  Bishop  st 
Crofts  Thos.  Green,  73  King  street 
Crofts  Wm.  fmw-ktr.  54  Eaton  street 
Crompton  Wm.  greengcr.  46  Sanveygt 
Croshaw  Jph.  grocer,  112  Highcross  st 
Crosher  Benj.  grocer,  40  Market  place 
Crosher  Mrs  Elizabeth,  42  Tower  st 
Cross  Richd.  baker,  14  Chatham  street 
Cross  William,  butcher  and  vict.  Earl 
Howe's  Arms,  52  Humberstone  road 
Crossley  Ann,  haberdasher,  97  High  st 
Crossley  Chas.  Rd.  surgn.  11  Gran  by  st 
Crossley  &  Clarke,  booksellers,  printers, 

and  librarians,  5  Gallowtree  gate 
Crossley  Jno.  Sidney,  (C.  &  Clarke) ; 

h.  5  Gallowtree  gate 
Crossman  Rev.   Chas  Danvers,   B.A. 
second  master  at  Collegiate  School, 
66  New  Walk 
Crouch's  Parcel  Office,  29  Cank  street ; 

T.  Woodhouse,  agent 
Crow  Benj.  maltster,  41  Sanveygate 
Crow  Edwin,  music  profr.  41  Friar  lane 
Crow  John,  maltster,  17  New  street 
Crowdell  Chas.  butcher,  19  Morledge  st 
Crowdell  Jno.  butcher,  19  Sth.  Church  st 
Crowdell  Jph.  butcher,  209  Belgravegt 
Cuff  Eliz.  vict.  Crown  &  Dolphin,  1 

Holy  bones 
Cufflin  Jno.  shoemkr.  92  Asylum  street 
Cufflin  Sarah,  cowkpr.  6  Craven  street 
Culley  Jermh.  shopr.  Lwr.  Sandacre  st 
Cummings  Alex.  vict.  The  Magazine, 
21  Newark©  street 


LEICESTER  DIRECTORY. 


Cummings  Alfd.mfr.  (C.  Wilson  &  Co) ; 

h.  88  Welford  road 
Cummings,  Wilson  &  Co.  hosiery  mfrs. 

7  Wellington  street 
Cummings  Wm.mfr.  (C,  Wilson  &  Co) ; 

h.  88  Welford  road 
Cummins  Jno.  &  Co.,  hosiery  mfrs.  34 

King  street ;  h.  64  London  road 
Cunningham  Patrick,  clothes  dealer,  11 

Bedford  street 
Cunningham  Wm.  builder,  62  E.  Bondst 
Curtis  Chas.  shoemaker,  9  Conduit  st 
Curtis  Eliza,  bonnet  mkr.  67  Wharf  st 
Curtis  Jas.  master  of  British  School ; 

h.  79  Conduit  street 
Curtis  Jno.  beerhouse,  6  George  street 
Curtis  Joseph,  vict.  Black  Horse,  72 

Granby  street 
Curtis  Jph.  Hy.  baker,  9  Woodboy  st 
Curtis  Win.  joiner,  66  Humberstonegt 
Dabbs  Thos.  Wm.  gent.  2  Richmond  st 
Daft  Hy.  shopkeeper,  26  Orchard  street 
Dain&  Smith,  architects  and  surveyors, 

St.  Martin's 
Dain  Messing  John,  county  surveyor  ; 

h  St.  Martin's 
Dainelow  Thos.  clothes  brokr,  Soar  In 
Dakin  John,  cowkpr.  47  Northampton  st 
Dakin  Josiah,  cowkpr.  61  Mansfield  st 
Dalby  Jas.  beerhouse,  13  Blackfriars  st 
Dalby    John,    hosiery    manufacturer, 

Railway  buildings  ;  h  4  Crescent 
Dalby  Thos.  grocer,  20  Belgrave  gate 
Dallison  Chas.  needle  &  point  maker, 

7  Navigation  street 
Dalton  John  Edward,  solicitor,  3  Wick- 

liffe  street ;  h  60  London  road 
Dalton  Mr  Joseph,  15  Bow  bridge  st 
Dalton  Mr  William,  5  West  street 
Dalrymple   &  Co.   gutta-percha  shoe 

mfrs.  55  High  st.  and  Glasgow 
Daniell  Chas.  Wm.  greengcr.  9  Mill  In 
Daniell  Ruth  &  Amelia,  school,  7  New 

bridge  street 
Dann  Sarah,  dyer,  12  Metcalfe  street 
Daniels  My.  milliner,  190  Belgrave  gt 
Dann  Edw.  fmw-ktr.  Asylum  street 
Danson  Saml.  shopkr.  5  Ruding  street 
Dare  Joseph,  missionary,  122  Church  gt 
Dare,  Statham,  &  Wood,  accountants, 
insurance  agents,  &c.  41  Charles  st 
Dare  Thos.  Collington ;  h  122  Church  gt 
Darlow  Thos.  tailor,  7  Northgates 
Darlow  Thomas,  tailor,  37  Vine  street 
Davenport  Chas.  beerhs.  61  Welford  rd 
Davenport  John,  tailor,  11  Vine  street 
Davenport  Robt.  traveller,  10  East  st 
Davey  Hy.  &  Son,  patten  &  last  makers, 

1  Townhall  lane 
Davidson  Jane,  kabrdashr,  7  Sfc.Martin's 


Davies  Rev  Jemson.vicar  of  StNicholas', 

3  Westbourne  terrace 
Davis    and    Durrad,    booksellers,  en- 
gravers, printers,  photographers,  &c. 
18  Granby  street 
Davis  Miss  Elizabeth,  63  King  street 
Davis  Geo.  baker,  17  Church  gate 
Davis  and  Green,  milliners,  Hotel  st 
Davis  Harry  Jas.  solr.,  asst.  poor-law 
auditor,  clerk  to  commissrs.  of  taxes, 
&c.  12  Horsefair  st. ;  h  De  Montfort  sq 
Davis  Jane,  haberdasher,  45  Jarrom  st 
Davis  John  Hy.  sharebroker,  account- 
ant, insurance  agt.,  sec.  to  Infirmary 
and  to  Temp.  Hall  Co.,  elk.  to  Sutton 
charity,  &c.  11  Friar  lane 
Davis  Reuben,  baker,  1  William  street 
Davis  Saml.  engraver,  &c.  (D.  &  Dur- 
rad) ;  h  18  Granby  street 
Davis  Thos.  bootmaker,  8  Rutland  st 
Daws  Jph.  shoemaker,  66  Craven  st 
Dawson  Jas.  greengr.  92  Belgrave  gt 
Dawson  John  Waugh,  sewing  cotton 

mfr.  West  street ;  h  Newcastle 
Dawson  Jph.  grocer,  229  Belgrave  gt 
Dawson  Lucy  Mary,  librarian,  Town 

Library,  St.  Martin's  West 
Day  Fredk.  cabinet  mkr.  33  Chatham  st 
Day  Hy.  shoemaker,  5  Henshaw  street 
Day  &  James,  fancy  box  mfrs.  East  st 
Day  Miss  Martha,  5  Kent  street 
DeaconJohn,travg.  tea  dlr.27  Ruding  st 
Deacon  John,  beerhouse,  52  Fleet  street 
Deacon  Samuel,  music  and  musical  in- 
strument seller,  5  Hotel  street 
Deacon  Wm.  beerhs.7  Bowling-green  In 
Deacon  William,  turner,  Old  Cross  yard, 

Belgrave  gate 
Deacon  William,  grocer  (Stokes  &  D.); 

h  18  Abbey  street 
Dean  John,  plumber,  20  Halford  street 
Dear  David,  cabt.  mkr.  97  Belgrave  gate 
DearStephen,  cabt.  mkr.  5  Belgrave  gate 
Death  &  Cox,  engineers,  &c.  16  South- 
gate  street 
Death  Ephraim ;  h  32  Southgate  street 
Dennis  Ruth,  milliner,  80  High  street 
Dennis  Saml.  rag  dlr.  3  Navigation  st 
Dent,  Allcroft,Lycett,  &Co.  glove  mfrs. 
1  Wellington  street,  and  London  and 
Nottingham 
Dent  Mrs  Jane,  93  Humberstone  road 
Denton  Joseph  &  Son,  surgeons,  64 

Humberstone  gate 
Denton  Edward  Rawson,  surgeon ;  h 

27  Charles  street 
Denton  &  Wright,  hosiery  manufactu- 
rers, 18  Belvoir  street 
Denton  George  William,  manufacturer; 
h  64  Humberstone  gate 


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LEICESTER   DIRECTORY. 


Derbyshire  Francis,  hosiery  manufac- 
turer, 4  Yeoman  street 
Derington  Wm.  surgeon,  12  New  walk 
Dethick  Henry,  paperhanger  aud  mat- 
tress maker,  11  Belgrave  gate 
Devitt  Edw.  greengrocer,  140  Wharf  st 
Dew  John,  surgeon,  35  Friar  lane 
DewelJames,shoemaker,10  Grape  street 
Dewick  Charles  &  Son,  fancy  hosiery 

manufacturers,  1  Mansfield  street 
Dewick  Edward, hosiery  dealer,7  North- 
ampton street 
Dewick  George,  vict.  Salmon,  15  Butt- 
close  lane 
Dewick  Jph.hairdsr.82  Humberstone  gt 
Dexter  Jas.greengrocer,155  Belgrave  gt 
Dexter  Thos.cowkeeper,l  Hinckley  road 
DickK.  &  J.  gutta  perchashoe  dealers, 

18  Haymarket,  and  Glasgoio 
Dickens    Samuel,   vict.  New  Inn,  266 

Belgrave  gate 
Dickens  William,  vict.  FlyiDg  Horse, 

20  Wellington  street 
Dickinson  Eliz.heerhs.  26  Carrington  st 
Dickinson  Harriet,  draper, 32  Welford  rd 
Dickinson  Jph.  clerk, 74  Southampton  st 
DickinsonNathl.pawnbkr.38Belgravegt 
DickissonWm. master,  Union  Workhouse 
DickmanStaff- Sergeant  Robert,44  Spar- 

kenhoe  street 
Dicks  William,  12  Humberstone  road 
Dickson,  Alfred, dogger.  115High cross  st 
Dickson  Thos.  tea  dlr.  37  Halford  street 
Dilger  Constantine,   clock  maker,   66 

Wharf  street 
Dilkes  Fredk.shoe  mfr.63  New  Bridge  st 
Dilkes  James  &  Co.  hosiery  manufactu- 
rers, Brudenell  street ;  h  7  Newarke 
Dilkes  John, vict. WhiteHart, 69  Wharf  st 
Dilkes  Piercy,shoer.  12  Lower  Brown  st 
Dilkes  Robert,  framewk.  kntr.  4  Pike  st 
Dimblebee  Robert,  tailor,  11  Marqui3  st 
Dimmock  George  Thomas,  traveller,  35 

Cambridge  terrace 
Dingley  George  &  Son  (SI.  George)  nail 

manufacturers,  18  Frog  island 
Dix  Edward,  vict.  Barkby  Arms,  1  Up- 
per George  street 
Dixon  Henry,  foreman,  124  Church  gate 
Dixon  Mr  John,  36  Southampton  street 
Dodge  Rev.  Wm.  (Bapt.)  18  Clarence  st 
Dolby  Ann,  broker,  46  Church  gate 
DolbyDanl.law  stationer,20  Chancery  st 
Dolby  Geo.  gardener,  12  Infirmary  lane 
Dolby  Edw.  shoemaker,  1  Alexander  st 
Donisthorpe  Alfred  Russell  (F.  &  Son) ; 

h  39  London  road 
Donisthorpe  Miss  Ann,  45  Waterloo  st 
Donisthorpe  Frederick  &  Son,  dyers  and 
trimmers,  Pingle  street 


Donisthorpe  Fredk.  dyer ;  h  Frog  island 
Donisthorpe  George  Edm.  woolstapler, 

&  machine  wool-comber,  125  Church 

gate,  and  Leeds 
Donisthorpe  Henry  Flowers, gentleman, 

37  Newarke 
Dorman  Eliz.  vict.  Forester's  Arms,  27 

Dryden  street 
Dorman  Frederick,baker  and  beerhouse, 

69  Bedford  street 
Dove  Daniel,  clerk  to  St.  Margaret's 

select  vestry,  87  Humberstone  gate  ; 

h  22  Guthlaxton  street 
Dove  Mary,  dressmaker,  22  King  street 
Dowell  Thos.  shoemaker,  1  Woodgate 
Downing   Thos.   Hy.    hosiery    manu- 
facturer, (Lea  &  Co.)  ;  h58  Regent  st 
Doy  Jane,  school,  44  Chatham  street 
Dracott  Wm.  tailor,  23  Burton  street 
Drake  Fras.  F.S.  A.  architect  &  surveyor, 

30  Market  street ;  h  108  London  rd 
Drake  John,  tailor,  13  Pingle  street 
Drakeford  Israel,   military  tailor  and 

draper,  25  Halford  street 
Draycott  John,  greengrocer,  8  South 

Church  gate 
Draycott  Jph.  fmwktr.  Wharf  street 
Draycott  Mary,  shopkeeper,  22  Soar  In 
Drury  Wm.  Jno.  accountant,  insurance, 

coal,  rent,  &  loan  agent,  &  manager 

of  the  Permt.  Benefit  Bldg.  Soc.  &c. 

79  High  street ;  h  76  New  walk 
Duckworth  John,  travr.  1  Guthlaxton  st 
Dudgeon  Mrs  Ann,  18  Tower  street 
Dudgeon  Beuj.  beerhouse,  24  York  st 
Dudgeon  Jph.  grocer,  14  Infirmary  sq 
Dudgeon  Robt., Berlin  wool  dlr.  &  brush 

and  basket  mfr.  17  Market  street 
Dudley  Paul,  solicitor,  7  Halford  street 
Dunce  Geo.  flour  dlr.  3  Market  place 
Dunce  Wm.  tanner,  4  Friar's  causeway 
Dunkin  Thos.  beerhouse,  39  Halford  st 
Dunmore  Mrs  Elizabeth,  (Wm.  &  Co.) ; 

h  Kibworth 
Dunmore  Jno.  &  Son,  (Jno.  junr.)  fancy 

hosiery  manufacturers,  6  Eldon  street 
Dunmore  Wm.  &  Co.  mfrs.  of  tape, 

sewing  cotton,  &c.  Dun's  lane 
Dunn  Jph.  grocer,  18  West  Goscote  st 
Durant  Chas.  tailor,  65  Southampton  st 
Durose  Dd.  shoemkr.  13  Montague  pi 
Durrad  Hy.  glove  manufacturer,  18  Bel- 
grave street ;  h  26  King  street 
Durrad  John,  currier,    (Grant  &  D.)  ; 

h  Wilton  street 
Durrad  Jph.bookseller,&c.  (Davis  &D.); 

h  5  Glebe  street 
Dutton  Jno.  fmw.-ktr.  2  Harcourt  st 
Duxbury  Thos.  builder,  8  Carrington  st 
Dwyer  Saml.  tailor,  40  Bedford  street 


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237 


Dyes  John,  hosiery  mfr.  36  Church  gt 
Dyson  &  Howies,  hosiery  manufacturers 

and  shoe  dealers,  44  London  road 
Dyson     Sydney,     elastic    web    manu- 
facturer, (Kemp  &  D.) ;  h  17  West  st 
Dyson  Thos.  Davie,  (D.   &  Rowles)  ; 

h  46  London  road 
Eagle  Hy.  builder,  (Stafford  &  Eagle) ; 

h  2  Ann  street 
Eagle  Jas.  Thos.  hairdr.  59  Granby  st 
Eales  Geo.  Hy.  collector,  18  Nichols  st 
Eales  Wm.  clothes  dealer  3  Broad  st 
EamesMr.  Richard  Frederick,44  Lower 

Hastings  street 
Eames  Wm.  vict.  Spa  Tav.  2  Wm.  st 
Eames  Wm.  Kirk,  high  bailiff,  Stoneygt 
Easom  Eliz.  clothes  dlr.  28  Redcross  st 
Easom  Hy.  baker,  York  street 
East  Emma,  milliner,  59  High  st 
Eaton  Miss  Jane,  99  Welford  road 
Eaton  Saml.  shoer.  13  Upper  Brown  st 
Eaton  Thos.  pork  butcher,  26  Church  gt 
E  ay  res  Jph.  tailor,  3  South  Albion  st 
Eayrs  Thos.  and  Geo.   timber  merts. 

Plough  yard,  14  Humberstone  gate 
Eayrs  Thos. ;  h  7  Napier  street 
Eayrs  Geo.  ;  h  23  Clarence  street 
Edgley  John,  baker,  252  Belgrave  gate 
Edgley  Thos.  beerhouse,  Belgrave  gate 
Edwards  Miss  Eliz.  47  Church  gate 
Edwards  Jas.  druggist,  9  High  st.  and 

wine,  ale,  and  porter  mert.  4  Silver  st 
Edwards  Jph.  butcher,  44  Welford  road 
Eldred  Benj.  butcher,  26  York  st;   h  4 

Newtown  street 
Elgood  Samuel  commiss.  agent,  Upper 

Brown  street ;  h  21  Oxford  street 
Elkiugton  William, bird  stuffer,  13  South 

Church  gate 
Ellicock  Joseph  hairdresser  and  needle 

maker,  92  Oxford  street 
Ellingworth  Mr  Jas.  64  Humberstone  rd 
Elliot  Hy.  surgeon,  40  Friar  lane 
Elliott  Mrs  Ann,  19  Princess  street 
Elliott  John  fmwktr.  4  Gold  street 
Elliott  John,  clerk  of  St  Nicholas   11 

Jewry  Wall  street 
Elliott  Mrs  Mercy,  19  Guthlaxton  street 
Elliott  Thos.  coal  mert.  26  Soar  lane  ; 

h  10  Talbot  lane 
Elliott  Wm.  chenille  mfr.  (Fletcher,Coy. 

&  Co.)  ;  h  14  Napier  street 
Elliott  Wm.  saw  mfr.  and  tool  dealer, 

36  J  Belgrave  gate 
Elliott  Wm.  framewk.  kntr.  9  Victoria  st 
Elliott  Wm. Kendal,  turner,20  Applegt.st 
Ellis  Alfred,  coal  mert.  (Jno.  &  Sons)  ;  h 

Belgrave 
Ellis  David,  shopkeeper,  8  Cart's  lane 
Ellis  Edw.  shoemaker,  34  Oxford  st 


Ellis  Edw.  Shipley,  coal  mert.  (Jno.  and 

Sons)  ;  h  51  the  Newarke 
Ellis  &  Everard,  coal  merts.44  Granby  st 
Ellis  Fredk.  and  John  glove  manufrs. 

4  Rutland  street 
Ellis  Fredk. ;  h  85  Conduit  street 
Ellis  Geo.&Son,woolstplrs26Chanceryst 
Ellis  Geo.Rd.woolstplr;  h  18  Lancasterst 
Ellis  Jno.  glove  mfr. ;  h  Narborough  rd 
Ellis  Jno.  butcher,  60  Granby  street 
Ellis  Jno.  toll  collector  86  London  rd 
Ellis  Jno.  &  Sons,  coal  and  lime  merts. 

15  Soar  lane  and  Augustine  friars 
Ellis  John,  coal  mercht ;  h  Belgrave 
Ellis  Mrs  Harriet,  32  Newtown  street 
Ellis  Jph.  &  Sons,  corn,  linseed,  cake, 

and  guano,  &c.  merts.  Augustine  friars 
Ellis  Jph.  Hy.  coal  mert.;  h  37  London  rd 
Ellis  Robt.  maltster,  corn  and  flour  dlr. 

&c,  164  Highcross  street 
Ellis  Robt.  haberdasher,  25  Waterloo  st 
Ellis  Wm,  shopkr.  and  agent  for  lamps 

and  oil,  28  Humberstone  gate 
Ellis  Wm.  cabinet  mkr.  13  Belgrave  gt 
Ellis  Sergt.-Major  Wm.  5  Oxford  street 
Ellis  Wm.  Hy.  woolstapler,  Charlotte  st ; 

h  Newfound  pool 
Ellmore  Eliz.  furrier,  8  High  street 
Ellmore  Jackson  Hall,  basket  maker, 

27  Silver  street 
Ellmore  Wm.  Tayton,  basket  maker,  3 

Silver  street 
Else  Alfred,  architect  and  surveyor,  12 

Loseby  lane ;  h  De  Montfort  square 
Else  andFroane,maltster3  and  brewers, 

14  Loseby  In  and  50  Humberstone  gt 
Else  Mrs  Mary  ;  h  5  De  Montfort  sq 
ElstonStaff-Sergt.Jph.56  Sparkenhoe  st 
Elton  Thos.  cowkeeper,  12  Slate  street 
Emberlin  Horatio  Edward,  grocer,   18 

Gallowtree  gate 
Embrough  Abm.  fmwktr.  86  Wheat  st 
Embrough  Charles,  hosiery    manufac- 
turer, 33  Archdeacon  lane 
Emery  Thos.  bookseller,  146  Belgrave  gt 
England  Thos.  coal  dlr.  56  Causeway  In 
English  Jno.  blacksmith,  York  st ;  h  45 

Oxford  street 
Ennis  Geo.wheelwright,170Highcross  st 
Enoch  Emma,  vict.  Dog  and  Gun,  41 

Market  street 
Enser  Edward,  tailor,  23  Townhall  In 
Ensor  John,  tailor,  39  Southgate  street 
Essex  Wm.  coal  dlr.  35  Brunswick  st 
Evans  Abm.  bird  preserver,  14  Friar's 

causeway 
Evans  Geo. vict. Talbot,  19  St  Nicholas  tq 
Evans  John,  shoemaker,  21  Craven  st 
Evans  Sarah  Ann,  fringe  manufacturer, 

75  High  street 


LEICESTER  DIRECTORY. 


Evans  and  Stafford,  whols.  grocers,  teat 
dlrs.  and  provision  merts.,  and  snuff 
and  cigar  mfrs.  Campbell  street. 
Evans  Thos.  Merrett;  hHighfield  House 
Everard  Mrs  Elizabeth,  19  East  street 
Everard  Miss  Sarah  13  East  street 
Everard  Wm. maltster  and  brewer,  45 

Southgate  street ;  h  Narborough 
Everett  Jno.  district  agt.  to  the  British 
Nation    Life  Assurance    Asscn.    15 
Humberstone  gate  ;  h  3  Tower  street 
Everett  Kobt.  greengcr,  124  Wharf  st 
Everitt  Edw.  vict.  Jolly  Angler,  Wharf  st 
Everton  Joel,  tripe  dsr.  29  Townhallln 
Ewing  Jph.  boavdg.  school,68  Rutland  st 
Eye  Edw.  shoemaker,  9  Northgates 
Eye  Infirmary,  7  Belvoir  street 
Facer  Ja3.  shopkpr.  13  Orchard  street 
Faire  Bros.  &  Porter,  smallware  mfrs. 

12  Belvoir  street 
Faire  Geo.  Robt.;  h  75  Willow  street 
Faire  Watkin  Lewis  ;  h  65  King  street 
Falcon  Rev  John,  B.A.  curate  of  St. 

Margaret's,  22  Silver  street 
Fardell  George,   vict.  Richard  III.  70 

Highcross  street 
Farmer  Harriet,  laundress,  33  North- 
ampton square 
Farnden  William,  haberdasher,  24  Ap- 

plegate  street 
Farrand  Danl.  &  Co.  elastic  web  mfrs.; 
Parliament  street ;  h  Aylestone  street 
Farrow  Thos.  gardener,  7  Castle  view 
Faulkes  Thos.  tailor,  29  Gallowtree  gt.; 

h  12  Guthlaxton  street 
Fawkes  Geo.   dolly  pipe  mkr.  29  St. 

Nicholas  street ;  h  Colton  street 
Felts tead  John,  shopkeeper,  47  Upper 

Brunswick  street 
Felstead  Thos.  coal  dealer,  Chatham  st 
Fenwicke  Miss  Mary  Ann,  3  Crescent 
Ferrar  Geo.  brazier,  32  Lwr.  Redcross  st 
Ferrar  John,  yarn  agt.  15  Marlbro>  st 
Fewkes    Edwin  Alfred,   beerhouse,    2 

Providence  place 
Fewkes  John,  vict.    Prince  Albert,  1 

Upper  Conduit  street 
Field  Alfd.  Thos.  grocer,  25  Hotel  st 
Fielding  &  Co.  hat  mfrs.  71  High  st 
Fielding  Jas.  marine  store  dlr.  72  Bed- 
ford street 
Fielding  &  How,  hosiers  &  glove  mnfrs. 

West  Bond  street 
Fielding  John,  broker,  65  Bedford  st 
FieldiRg  John,  wheelwright,  137  Bel- 
grave  gate 
Fielding  &  Johnson,  worsted  spinners, 

7  West  Bond  street 
Fielding  Martha  Adams  (F.  &  Johnson); 
h  The  Elms,  Knighton 


Fielding  Wm.  (F.  &  How);  h  114  Lon- 

don  road 
Fielding  Wm.  hat  mfr  ;  h  21  Burgess  st 
Fielding  Wm.  beerhs.  &  horse  letter, 

137  Belgrave  gate 
FieldingWm.Augsts.  tailor,10  Granby  st 
Findley  Geo.  bookseller,  89  High  st 
Findley  John,  shopkr.  4  Burton  street 
Findley  Wm.   cabinet  maker,  6  Free- 
school  lane 
Finks  Isaac,  tobacconist,  69  High  st 
Finn  Cornelius,  house,  coal,  and  loan 

agent,  31  Halford  street 
Fire  Engine  Stations,  Bowling-green  st 

and  Wellington  street 
Finman  Mr  John,  102  London  road 
Firn  John,  builder,  34  Midland  street 
Fish  Robt.  Russell,   photographer,  13 

Rutland  street 
Fisher  John,  vict.  Bricklayers'  Arms, 

64  Welford  road 
Fisher  John,  shopkr.  25  St.  Peter's  In 
Fisher  John,  butcher,  53  Northgate  st 
Fisher  Jph.  tailor,  9  Navigation  street 
Fisher  Saml.  shoemkr.  10  Albion  hill 
Fitch  John,  sweep,  22  Causeway  lane 
Fitchett  Abm.  fmwktr.  89  Curzon  st 
Fitchett  Isaac,  shopkeeper  Watling  st 
Fitchett  Jph.  manager,  38  Friday  st 
Flannagan  Michl.  broker,  1  Abbey  st 
Flavell  Benjamin,  vict.  Earl  Grey,  25 

Ashwell  street 
Flavell  Edw.  bootmaker,  17  Ann  street 
Flavell  Geo.  shoemkr.  16  Harvey  lane 
Flavell  John,  tailor  and  smallware  dlr. 

25  Northampton  square 
Flavell  Wm.  bootmaker,  11  Ann  street 
Flavell  Wm.  manager  of  Trade  Protec- 
tion Society,  4  Pocklington's  walk 
Fleming  Josiah  &  Co.,  embossers,  en- 
gravers, &c,  37  Wellington  street ;  h 
9  Tower  street 
Fletcher,   Coy,   &  Co.,  chenille  mfrs. 

Railway  buildings 
Fletcher  Charles,  mfr. ;  h  South  street 
Fletcher  Jas.  greengrocer,  42  Albion  st 
Fletcher  Rev.  John  Waltham,  chaplain 

of  County  Gaol,  91  Welford  road 
Fletcher  Jph. cowkeeper,134Highcrossst 
Fletcher  Robt.elerk,  132  Humberstn.  rd 
Fletcher  Wm.  box  mfr.  (Staines  &  F.) ; 

h  4  Arnold  street 
Flint  Miss  Mary,  41  Humberstone  road 
Flower  Mrs  Frances,  86  Regent  street 
Flowers  John,  commercial  dining  and 
refreshment  rooms,  21  Gallowtree  gt 
Flude  Ann,  fur  cleaner,  16  Ashwell  st 
Flude  Hy.  coal,  coke,  and  corn  merct. 

and  vict.  Star,  Public  wharf 
Flude  Richard,  hairdresser,  5  Bridge  at 


LEICESTER   DIRECTORY, 


239 


FludeWm. beerhouse,  54  Braunstone  gt 
Food  Wm,  shoemaker,  3  Glebe  street 
Ford  John,  grocer,  67  Market  place 
Ford  Thos.  grocer,  2  Sanvey  gate 
Forest  Mr  Thos.  2  De  Monfort  square 
ForknallJermh.  broker,l76Highcross  st 
Forknall  Thomas,  grocer  &  butcher,  9 

Bridge  street 
Forman  John,  wool  dyer,  11  Pingle  st 
Forsell  Thos.  spinner,  18  Frog  island 
Forster  Thos.  gardener,  Cemetery 
Forth  Richd.  clerk,  6  Nelson  street 
Foss  Robt.  greengrocer,  15  Lee  street 
Foster  &  Bunney,  hosiery  manufrs.  55 

Welford  road 
Foster  Chas.  tailor,  5  Midland  street 
Foster  Edw.  librarian,  1  St.  Martin's 
Foster  Job,  printer  (Jackson  &  F.)  :  h 

8  Regent  street 
Foster  Richd.  tax  surveyor,  51  Regent  st 
Foster  Saml.  Hall.mfr.  (F.  &  Buuney)  ; 

h  4  Lancaster  street 
Foster  Thos.  stocking  maker,  8  West 

Bond  street 
Foster  Mr  Wm.  19  Humberstone  road 
Foster  William,  vict.  Slater's  Arms,  36 

William  street 
Foster  Wm.  shoemkr.  15  Royal  Kent  st 
Fountain  Jas.  cowkeeper.  9  York  street 
Fowke  Thos.  hosier,  1  Chancery  street 
Fowkes  Emma,  fishmngr.  52  Wharf  st 
Fowkes  Jno.  shopkpr.  1  Pasture  lane 
Fowkes  Martha  and  Mary,  hosiers,  37, 

Market  street 
FowkesThos.  hosiery  mfr.  1  Chancery  st 
Fowkes  Wm.  agent,  24  Regent  street 
Fowler  Mr  John,  46  Lower  Hastings  st 
FowleiJno.Smith,printer,  107Church  gt 
Fowler  Mrs  Selina,  8  Southgate  street 
Fowler  Wm.  bookseller  &  printer,  3  St. 

Martin's 
Fowler  Wm.  tailor,  2  Lower  Hill  street 
Fox  Chas.  agt.  to  Grand  Junction  Canal 

Co.  Navigation  st.;  h  42  Nichols  st 
Fox  Edwin,  cowkeeper,  51  Granby  st 
Fox  Fanny,  midwife,  35  Church  gate 
Fox  Hy.  sinker  maker,  1  Eldon  street 
Fox  Jas.  fmwktr.  42  Causeway  lane 
Fox  Jph.  vict.  Black  Boy,  35  Albion  st 
Fox  Mrs  Mary,  31  Jewrywall  street 
Fox  Oliver,  traveller,  11  Tower  street 
Fox  Richard,  grocer,  90  Church  gate 
Fox  Saml.chimney  sweep,  hardware  dlr. 

&c.  11  Humberstone  gate 
Fox  Thos.  butcher,  13  Bath  lane 
Fox  Thos.  butcher,  7  Applegate  street 
Fox  Thos.  framesmith,  15  Albert  street 
Fox  Wm.  druggist,  116  Sanvey  gate 
Fox  Wm.  shoemaker,  49  Grafton  place 
Foxley  Ann,  greengcr.  112  Oxford  st 


Foxley  Emmeline,  school,  14  Bishop  st 
FoxonJohn,  brickmkr.  8 Victoria  parade 
Foxon  John,  hairdsr.  11  St.  Nicholas  sq 
FoxonJohn,  hairdresser  &  tobacconist, 

29  Gallowtree  gate 
Foxon  John,  hairdresser,  30  Church  gt 
Foxon  Saml.  greengcr.  42  L.  Church  gfc 
FoxonThos.vict.King'sHead,  28King  st 
Foxon  Thos.  hairdsr.  182  Belgrave  gt 
Foxon  Wm.  hairdsr.  33  Northgate  st 
Foxton  Geo.  road  surveyor,  Prebend  ter 
Fozzard  Jas.  plumber,  26  New  Bond  st 
France  Ephraim,  web  manufcr.  (Jones 

and  F.) ;  h  3  Elton  street 
Francis  Thos.  bootmaker,  47,  Dover  si 
Franklin  Robt.  beerhs.  24  Metcalfe  st 
FrancksHoratio,bootmkr.28Belgravegt 
Franks  Thos.  hatter,  1  High  street 
FranksTimothy,shoemkr.  11  Sheldon  st 
Fray  Thos.  gunsmith,  32  Wharf  street 
FrearsonEdw.bookkpr.  176  Belgrave  gt 
FrearsonJohn,  bookkpr.  64 Wharf  street 
Frearson  Thos.  grocer,  Churchgate 
FreemanDanl.  cattle  dlr.  120Humbst.rd 
Freeman  Geo.  clerk,  12  Southampton  st 
Freeman  Henry,  vict.  White  Lion,  22 

Market  place 
Freeman  Js.  pork  butcher,  12  Market  st 
Freeman  James,  loom  builder,  &c.  24 

Albion  hill 
Freeman  John,  draper,  9  Applegate  st 
Freeman  Rebecca,  vict.  Red  Lion,  45 

Highcross  street 
Freeman  Robert,  greengrocer,  3  East 

Goscote  street 
FreemanSamuel,  elastic  web,  glove,  &c. 

mfr.  50  Friar  lane  ;  h  52  Southgate  st 
Freeman  Sarah,  school,  52  Southgate  st 
Freemasons'  Hall,  14|  Halford  street ; 

Chas.  Baiubridge,  tyler 
Freer  John,  hairdsr.  and  bird  and  animal 

preserver,  114  Wharf  street 
Freer  Kirby,  grocer  and  vict.  General 

Havelock,  34  Mill  lane 
Freer  Malin,  shoemaker,  109  Wharf  st 
Freer  Naomi,  shopkeeper,  108  Wharf  st 
Freer  Thos.  &  William,  boot  and  shoe 

manufacturers,  43  High  street 
FreerWm.  solr.,  elk.  of  peace  for  county, 

elk.  to  Lieutenancy,  elk.  to  Lunatic 

Asylum,  &c.  10  New  st. ;  h  Stoneygt 
FreestoneBnj.clothes  dlr.  124  Bedford  st 
Freestone  John,  beerhs.  21  Talbot  lane 
Frisby  Wm.  Smith,  mfr.  (Chawner  and 

Co.) ;  h  57  King  street 
Friswell  John,  shopkeeper,  2  Taylor  st 
Frith  George,  vict.  George  and  Dragon, 

2  Freehold  street 
Frith  Joseph,  brush,  toy,  &c.  dealer,  35 

Granby  street 


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Frith  Solomon,  woolstapler  (Wadding- 

ton  and  F.) ;  h  Lincoln  street 
Frith  Saml.  fmwktr.  51  Mill  lane 
FroaneChpr.  insurance  agt.  1  Carlton  st 
Froane  Richard  Pepper,  brewer   (Else 

and  F.) ;  h  10  Loseby  lane 
Frost  John,  fruiterer,  50  High  street 
Frost  Sarah,  laundress,  21  Pike  yard 
Frost,  Thos.  tailor,  25  Raglan  street 
Frost  Win.  tailor,  57  Cobden  street 
Fry  Rev.Wm.  M.A.  hon.  canon  of  Peter- 
boro',  and  secretary  to  the  Leicester 
Archidiaconal  Board  of  Education, 
&c.  92  New  walk 
Fryer  John,  tailor,  26  Calais  street 
Fullagar  Frank,  surgeon,  7  Belvoir  st 
Fuller  Edw.  clerk,  38  L.  Hastings  st 
Fnrburrow  Richd.  beerhs.  21  Wharf  st 
Furburrow  Timothy,  shoemaker,  17 

Wellington  street 
Gaches  Daniel,  dentist,  88  High  street 
Gadsby  Mrs  Louisa,  6  Napier  terrace 
Gadsby  Mrs  Sarah,  46  New  Walk 
Gadsby  Wm.  shoemkr.  53  Kuighton  st 
Gamble  Ann,  midwife,  29  Frog  island 
Gamble  Chas.  shoemkr.  3  Cardigan  st 
Gamble  Chas.  shopr.  3  Havelock  street 
Gamble  Cyrus,  piano  forte  tuner,  21 

Belvoir  street 
Gamble  Edw.  travg.  draper,  7  Queen  st 
Gamble  Mrs  Eliz.  14  King  street 
Gamble  Geo.  cowkpr.  9  Asylum  street 
Gamble  Mr  John,  4  Nelson  street 
Gamble  Jno.  vict.  Geo.  III.  40  Abbey  st 
Gamble  John  Norman,  38  Oxford  st 
Gamble  Thos.  vict.  Rose  &  Crown,  31 

Crab  street 
Gamble  Wm.  fmwktr.  3  Carlton  street 
Gamble  Wm.  butcher,  Bedford  street 
Gamble  Wm.  shoemkr.  14  Charlotte  st 
Gamble  Wm.  shoemkr.  23  Stamford  st 
Gammage  Hy.  needle  mkr.  133  Wharf  st 
Gammidge  Samuel,  druggist,   82  Bel- 
grave  gate 
Gardiner  Eliza,  milliner,  45  Granby  st 
Gardiner  Geo.  shoemkr.  9  Sheldon  st 
Gardiner  Jno.  Fras.  &  Son  (Fdk.  Wm.) 

dyers,  264  Belgrave  gate 
Gardiner  Miss  Sophia,  17  Tower  street 
Gardner  Jph.  shopr.  39  Redcross  street 
Garfield  Sarah,  vict.  Cap  &  Stocking, 

Eastgates 
Garland  Alfd.  shopr.  45  Lwr.  Churchgt 
Garland  Jno.  fmsmth.  2£  Harcourt  st 
Garner  Danl.  boot  mfr.  (Stanyon  &  G.) ; 

h.  Lower  Hill  street 
Garner  Eliz.  beerhs.  29  Bedford  street 
Garner  Fras.  vict.  Wood  Boy,  8  Wood- 
boy  street 
Garner  Jas.  shoemkr.  3  Clarence  street 


Gamer  James,  dyer  &  trimmer,  The 

Newarke  ;  h.  Southgate  street 
Garner  Hy.  beerhouse,  2  Russell  sq 
Garner  John,  vict.    Orange   Tree,  55 

Northgate  street 
Garner  John,  manager,  27  Asylum  st 
Garner  John,  butcher,  104  Belgravegt 
Garner  Jph.  tailor,  44  Belgravegate 
Garner  Mark,  fish  dlr.  212  Belgravegt 
Garner  Nicholas,  hay  dlr.  Mansfield  st 
Garner  Timothy,  frmsmth.  36  North- 
ampton street 
Garrard   Rev.  William,    (Baptist,)   14 

Newton  street 
Garratt  Ann,  butcher,  4  Russell  square 
Garratt  Geo.  draper,  10  Eastgates 
Garrett  Jas.  shopkpr.  30  Highcross  st 
Garrett  Joseph,  librarian,    Church   of 

England  Institute,  7  Loseby  lane 
Gas  Company's  Office,  21  Friar  lane 
Gas  Wm.  shoemkr.  32  Charlotte  street 
Gascoigne  Thos.  farrier,  78  Curzon  st 
Gask  Geo.  shoemaker,  47  Gartree  st 
GaskJno.vict.BlackBull,  7Applegatest 
Gask  Jno.  shoemkr.  32  Craven  street 
Gask  Thos.  shoemkr.  3  Orton  street 
Gat  ward  Wm.  tailor,  4  Chancery  street 
Gault  Edward,  bookseller,  76  Dover  st 
Geal  Wm.  botanist,  15  Sanveygate 
Geary  Mr  Robt.  86  Stanley  street 
Geary  Saml.  draper,  24  Market  place 
Gee  Danl.  fmwktr.  4  Victoria  street 
Gee  Geo.  gardener,  33  Waterloo  street 
Gee  Harry  Simpson  32  New  Walk 
Gee  Henry.  Freer,  bootmaker,  34  Hum- 

berstone  road 
Gee  Wm.  sweep,  2  Lower  Gower  st 
Gee  Wm.  &  Son  (Geo.  Hy.j  milliners, 

45  and  53,  Market  place 
Geeson  Geo.  chief  clerk,  Post  Office ; 

h.  46  Sparkenhoe  street 
Gent  Alfd.  locksmith,  20  Churchgate 
Gent  Eliz.  ironmonger,  10  Pike  street 
Gerard  Miss  Rebecca,  39  Conduit  st 
Ghent  Jas.  accountant,  57  Highcross 

street;  h.  6  Painter  street 
Gibbins  Hy.  bootmkr.  61  Charles  st 
Gibbins   Jno.   vict.   Pack  Horse,    246 

Belgrave  gate 
Gibbins  Jno.  basket  mkr.  6  Slater  st 
Gibbins  Jno.  sinker  maker,  10  Crab  st 
Gibbins  Wm.  traveller,  1  Hanover  st 
Gibbs  Ann,  greengrocer,52  Causeway  In 
Gibbs  Henry,  ale  and  porter  merchant, 

4  Halford  street ;  h  8  Nelson  street 
Gibbs  Mr  William,  8  Nelson  street 
Gibson  Hy.  traveller,  22  Tower  street 
Gibson  James,  clerk,  27  Cambridge  ter 
Gibson  John    Johnson,    foreman,   60 

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241 


Gibson  Eoberfc,  commission  agent,  12 

Clarence  street 
Gibson  Samuel,  joiner,  20  Tower  street 
Gibson  Mr  Thomas,  61  King  street 
Giddings  John  Stocker,  druggist,  6  Gal- 

lowtree  gate 
Gilbert  John,   cowkeeper,  21  £  Brann- 

stone  gate 
Gilbert  Jonth.  tailor,  13  Lwr.  Brown  st 
Gilbert  Mr  Thomas,  20  London  road 
Gilford  John,  shopkeeper,  48  Lee  street 
Gilford  Th©s.  cattle  dlr.87  Humbston.rd 
Gill  Abraham,  draper  (Marshall  &  G.) ; 

h  186  Belgrave  gate 
Gill  Fredk.  comissn.  agent,  18  Halford 

street ;  h  34  Princess  street 
Gill  Frederick,  woolstapler,   Bowling- 
green  street ;  h  18  Market  street 
Gill  George,  coal  merchant,  Pingle  st. ; 

h  Watt's  causeway 
Gill  Henry,  worsted  spinner,  18  Hal- 
ford  street ;  h  13  New  street 
Gill  John,  woolstapler,  Clinton  street ; 

h  Whetstone 
Gill  Thomas,  grocer,  186  Belgrave  gate 
Gill  Mr  William,  18  Arthur  street 
Gillam  Edw.  Thos.  baker,  79  Willow  st 
Gillett  William,  architect,  6  New  street; 

h  70  High  street 
Gillman   Fredercik,  box  manufacturer 

(Horn  &  G.)  ;  h  14  Millstone  lane 
Gilmour  David,  grocer,  39  Highcross  st 
Gilson  Thomas,  painter,  14  Craven  st 
Gimson  and    Co.    engineers  and    iron 

founders,  36  Welford  road 
Gimson  Benj.(G.&Co.);  h  63  Welford  rd 
Gimson  Mr  John,  20  Hanover  street 
Gimson  Josiah  (G.  &  Co.);  h  Welford  rd 
Gimson  Wm.  timber  mert.  chair  maker, 

&c.  Saw  mills,  57  Welford  road,  and 

furniture  dealer,  13  Haymarket 
Gimson  Wm.  beerhouse,  23  Chatham  st 
Ginns  Samuel,  vict.  Fleur  de  Lis,  37 

Belgrave  gate 
Gisborn  Henry,  vict.  Nag's  Head,  67 

Granby  street 
Gisborn  John,framesmith,6  Neale  street 
Gittins  Edward,  woolstapler  and  flour 

dealer,  7  Cank  st.;  h  75  Church  gate 
Gittins  Jph.wool  buyer,10  Nelson  street 
Glasgow  George,  grocer,  80  Granby  st 
Gleadow  Wm.hosiery  mfr.and  coal  mert. 

7  Augustine  Friars  ;  h  39  King  street 
Globe   Parcel    Express     Co.,    13    St. 

Martin's  ;  Chas.  Cox,  agent 
Glover  Eliz.  baby  linen  dlr.  1  Cheapside 
Glover  &  Handley,  builders,56  Curzon  st 
Glover  Mr  John,  24  Southampton  st 
Glover  John,  shopkeeper,  31  Grape  st 
Glover  John,  traveller,  75  Humbrstn.  gt 


Glover  Jph.  timber  and  slate  merchant, 

Rutland  street ;  h.  50  Queen  street 
Glover  Jph.  builder  (G.  &  Handley);  h 

56  Curzon  street 
Glover  Maria,  milliner,  22  New  walk 
Glover  Mrs  Mary,  38  New  walk 
Glover  Saml.  vict.  Sailor's  Return,  20 

Bridge  street 
Glover  Wm.  dancing  prof.  1  Cheapside 
Glover  William,  brush  mfr.  36  High- 
cross  street 
Goddard    Ann,   laundress,    75    North- 
ampton street 
Goddard    Ann  Coleman,    school,    26 

Southampton  street 
Goddard  Mr  Cornelius,  31  Princess  st 
Goddard  Hy.  architect,  6  Market  street 
Goddard  Jph.  druggist,  16  Gallowtreegt 
Goddard  Thos.   electro-plater  &  typer, 

150  Wharf  street 
Goddard  Thos.  grocer,  234  Belgrave  gt 
Goddard  Thos.  shoemaker,  64  Albion  st 
Goddard  Thos.  Coleman,  painter,  house 

agent,  &c.  33  Halford  street 
Goddard  Wm.  butcher,  12  Rutland  st 
Godfrey  John,  shopkpr.  15  Conduit  st 
Godfrey  John,  needle  manufacturer,  119 

Bedford  street 
Godfrey  Mr  Wm.  60  Humberstone  rd 
Goffey  John,  framesmith,  36  Constitu- 
tion hill ;  h  Bridge  street 
Goldsmith  George,  gas  meter  inspector, 

21  East  street 
Gonty  Etienne,  dyer,  14  Bath  lane 
Good  John,  shoemaker,  16  Marlbro'  st 
Goodacre  Mrs  Fanny,  8  Newtown  st 
Goodacre  Mr  John,  71  Conduit  street 
Goodacre  Robt.  Johnson,  architect,  5 

Friar  lane  ;  h  16  Tower  street 
Goodall  John,  surveyor,  88  Regent  st 
Goode  Adw.  umbrella  mkr.  Archdcn.  In 
Goode  John,  tailor,  11  Blackfriars  st 
Goode  John,  cattle  dlr.  112  Willow  st 
Goodger  Hy.  builder,  41  Conduit  st 
Goodman  Francis  James,  gasfitter,  25 

Grosvenor  street 
Goodman  Hy.  fmktr.  109  Wheat  street 
Goodman  John,  rope,  twine,  and  sack 

mfr.,  17  Highcross  street 
Goodman  Saml.  shoemaker,  61  North- 
ampton street 
Goodman   Wm.    shopkpr.    13    Lower 

Gower  street 
Goodman  Wm.  shopkpr.  1  Gt.  Holme  st 
Goodrich  Geo.  baker,  44  Knighton  st 
Goodrich  Mary,  shopkr.  44  Jewrywall  st 
Goodrich  William,  accountant,  213  Bel- 
grave gate 
Goodson  Mrs  Eliz.  33  Humbrstn.  road 
Goodson  Geo.  shoemaker,  16  Calais  st 


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Goodwin  Fredk.  watchmaker,  94  North- 
ampton street 
Goodwin  Fredk.  shoemkr.  8  Old  mill  In 
Goodwin   Jno.  coach   painter,    46    St. 

George  street 
Goodwin  John,  bricklayer,  2  Pingle  st 
Goodwin  John  Willis  &  Co.,  brewers, 

maltsters,  and  wine  &  spirit  merts. 

97  Highcross  st.;  and  victs.  Falcon 

Inn,  18  Granby  street 
Goodwin  &  Harding,  dyers,  8  Bridge  st 
Goodwin  Mrs  Mary,  4  Regent  street 
Goodwin  Thos.  shoemkr.  46  Dover  st 
Goodwin  Wm.  dyer,  h  8  Bridge  street 
Goody er    Fredk.,    chief  constable    of 

Leicestershire  Constabulary,  Market 

place  south 
Goold  Jabez  Canning,  draper,  40  High  st 
Goosey  Thos.  wine  mert.  38  Cank  st 
Gorton  Thos.  paper  bag  mkr.  18  Ann  st 
Goss  Thos.  vict.  Neptune,  16  Dun's  In 
Goude  Fisher  Hulse,  2  Napier  terrace 
Gould  Chas.  gent.  4  Westbourne  ter 
Goulding  Wm.  implement  mfr.  (Hunt 

and  Pickering) ;  h  17  St.  Margaret  st 
Gourlay  Staff  Sergt.  Dd.  30  Oxford  st 
Gowar   Fdk.   secretary  and  librarian, 

News  room,  Granby  street 
Grace  Saml.  trimmer,  45  Frog  island 
Graham  Mr  Thos.  1  Sycamore  lane 
Grand    Junction   Canal  Co.   carriers, 

Navigation  st. ;  Chas.  Fox,  Agent 
Granger  Rev.  Thos.  (Prim.  Meth.)  130 

Wharf  street 
Grant  and  Durrad,  curriers,  192  Bel- 
grave  gate 
Grant  Hy.  shopkeeper,  5  Nelson  street 
Grant  Jas.  currier  ;  h  192  Belgrave  gt 
Grant  Saml.  shoemaker,  8  Richard  st 
Grant  Thos.  shoemaker,  8  Chatham  st 
Grant  Wm.  fruktr.  99  Wheat  street 
Graves  Nathl.  beerhouse,  46  Oxford  st 
Graves  Thos.  engraver,  56  Friar  lane 
Graves  Thos.  artist,  28  Craven  street 
Gray  Benj.  cabinet  mkr.  11  Church  gt 
Gray  Chas.  brazier,  67  Highcross  street 
Gray  Hy.  ironmonger,   gas-fitter,   &c. 

6  New  Bond  st.  &  21  Market  st. 
Gray  Richd.  vict.  Lord  Durham,   41 

Albion  street 
Gray  Sarah,  baker,  2  Osborne  street 
Gray  Thos.  tailor,  31  Townhall  lane 
Gray  Wm.  accountant,  &  clerk  of  Corn 

Exchange,  <fec.  45  Conduit  street 
Gray  Wm.  watchmaker,  52  Cheapside 
Gray  Wm.  shoemaker,  42  Jewry  wall  st 
Greasley  Geo.  shopkeeper,  Asylum  st 
Greasley  Jarvis,  fmktr.  61  Oxford  st 
Greasley  Mrs  Lucy,  43  Conduit  street 
Greasley  Saml.  upholstr.  16  London  rd 


Greasly  Edmund,  commission   agent, 

4  Campbell  st.  ;  h  27  St.  George  st 
Greathead  Nathaniel,  watchmaker,  118 

Belgrave  gate 
Greatorex    Frances    Ann,   school,   10 

Upper  Brunswick  street 
Greatorex  John,  hosiery  mfr.  (J.  &  J. 

Cradock)  ;  h  78  Sparkenhoe  street 
Greatorex  John,  bootmkr.  74  Bedford  st 
Greatorex  Saml.  clerk  to  county  magis- 
trates, 25  Horsefair  st. ;  h  38  King  st 
Greatorex  Saml.  joiner,  36  Morledge  st 
Gieatorex  Thos.  butcher,  65  Colton  st 
Green  Ann,  shopkeeper,  17  Loseby  In 
Green  Chas.  pork  butcher,24£  Granby  st 
Green  Fras.  vict.  Albion,  34  Albion  hill 
Green  Edw.  shopkeeper,  46  Up.  Chas.  st 
Green  Mrs  Elizabeth,  33  Regent  street 
Green  Geo.  shopkeeper,  2  Laxton  st 
Green  Mrs  Elizabeth,  50  Sparkenhoe  st 
Green  Geo.  painter,  Redcross  street; 

h  7  Southgate  st 
Green  Geo.  boot  manufacturer  (Headley 

and  Co.)  ;  h  26  New  walk 
Green  Geo.  vict.  Prince  Leopold,  14 

Welford  road 
Green  Hy.  tripe  dealer,  9  Church  gate 
Green  Hy.  tailor,  &c.  3  Southgate  st 
Green  Henry  &  Son,  yarn  agents  and 

paper  merchants,  27  Rutland  street 
Green  Jas.  upholsterer,  117  Highcross  st 
Green  Jas.  traveller,  32  Nelson  street 
Green   Jas.    Palmer,   hairdresser   and 

eating  house,  23  Church  gate 
Green  John,  shopkeeper,  16  Bridge  st 
Green  John ,  shoemkr.  36  Low.  Brown  st 
Green  John,  grocer,   (G.  &  Pettifor) ; 

h  30  Lower  Charles  street 
Green  Misses,  2  Sarah  street 
Green  and  Pettifor,  grocers   and  tea 

dealers,  8  Cheapside 
Green  Saml.  coal  dealer.  36  York  street 
Green  Sarah,  school,  7  Up.  Charles  st 
Green  Thos.  painter,  43  Lee  street 
Green  Thos.  shoemaker,  9  York  street 
Green  Wm.  yarn  agent  (Hy.  and  Son) ; 

h  25  Rutland  street 
Green  Wm.  tailor,  14  Sparkenhoe  st 
Green  Wm.  trunk  maker,  16  Church  gt 
Green  Wm.  shopkeeper,  20  Wharf  st 
Greenwood  Alfred,artist,20  Causeway  In 
Greenwood  Jno.  butchr,  114  Belgrave  gt 
GreenwoodThos.shoemr.69Thorntonln 
Gregory  Miss  Eliz.  24  Princess  street 
Gregory  John,  solicitor,  (Moore  &  G.) 

&  coroner,  18  New  st;  h  44  Regent  st 

Gregory  Robt.  fmktr.  23  Bridge  street 

I  Gregory  Robert,  grocer  &  baker,  64 

Waterloo  street 
I  Gregory  Mr  Thos.  1  Portland  street 


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243 


Gregory  Wm.  solicitor,  (Miles,  G.,  and 

Bouskell) ;  h  25  Friar  lane 
Gregory  Wni.  vict.  Horse  and  Jockey, 

10  Northgate  street 
Griffin  Earle,  tailor,  15  Infirmary  sq 
Griffin  Hy.  beerhouse,  33  Elbow  lane 
Griffin  Jph.  bootmaker,  22  High  street 
Griffin  Robt.  Hy.  ironmgr.  46  Market  pi 
Griffiths  Launcelot,  shoemkr.ll  Kentst 
Grimes  Benj.  druggist,  94  Oxford  st 
Grimes  Wm.  shoemaker,  27   Calais  st 
Grimsley  Gabriel,butcher,73  Nortbgt.  st 
Grimsley  John,  manager,  14  Talbot  In 
Groocock  Edw.  confect.  80  Humbstn.  rd 
Groocock  Eliz.  confect.  3  Bridge  street 
Groocock  Fredk.  6  Friar's  causeway 
Groocock  John,  hosiery  manufacturer, 

12  Pocklington's  walk 
Groocock  Mary,milliner,82  Humbstn.rd 
Groocock  Saml.,  builder,  2  Colton  st 
Groocock  Wm.fly  propr.  148Wellgtn.  st 
Gross  Harriet,  school,  17  Nelson  st 
Groves  Robt.  &  Son,  builders  and  tim- 
ber merts.  3  Pocklington's  walk 
Groves  Robt. ;  h  5  Pocklington's  walk 
Groves  Isaac  ;  h  25  Free  School  lane 
Groves  Wm.   fancy   hosiery  mfr.   91 

Churchgate  ;  h  57  Asylum  st 
Groves  Wm.  beerhouse,  Lwr.Garden  st 
Grudgings   Oliver,    needle    and   point 

manufacturer,  15  Harcourt  street 
Grundon  Wm.  tanner,  27  Abbeygate 
Grundy  Edw.  shoemkr.  17  Garden  st 
Grundy  Jph.  fmktr.  71  Russell  st 
Grundy  Mrs  Mary,  20  Southampton  st 
Grundy  Samuel,   gent.    6  Princess  st 
Guess  Wm.  shoemkr.  21  Upr.  Cbas.  st 
Gundy  John,  botanist,  74  Thames  st 
Gunn  Jph.  framesmith,  20  Duke  st 
Gunton  Jas.  vict.  Earl  of  Cardigan,  5 

Foundry  square 
Gunton  Jph.  beerhouse,  16  Carley  st 
Gurden  Corals,  brewer,  86  Highcross  st 
Gutteridge  Richd.  M.D.,  homoeopathic 

surgeon,  25  London  road 
Gutteridge  Wm.  wheelwright,  Byron  st; 

h  47  Bedford  street 
Guttridge  Catherine,  vict.  Green  Man, 

78  Wharf  street 
Hack  Hy.  painter,  20  Welford  road 
Hack  John  Thos.  farmer,  27  Woodgate 
Hack  Jph.  pastry  cook,  55  Wharf  st 
Hack  Matthew,  veterinary  surgeon,  3 

Hotel  street 
Hackett  Benjamin,   hosiery  manufac- 
turer, 2  Baker  street. 
Hackett  Bros. (Alfred  and  John)  hosiers, 

30  High  street 
Hackett  Danl.  Tillson,  tailor,53  Chas.st 
Hackett  Eliz.  milliner,  140  Highcross  st 


Hackett  Geo.  lithographer,  engraver, 

and  printer,  12  New  Bond  st ;  h  36 

Humberstone  gate 
Hackett  Lydia,milliner,36  Humbstne.gt 
Hackett  Saml.  fmkr.  19  Rutland  ter. 
Hackett  Thos.  hairdsr.  74  Humbstne.  rd 
Hackett  Thos.  grocer,  144  Belgrave  gt 
Haddon  Geo.  vict.  Talbot,59  Denman  st 
Haddon  Jane,  vict.  Earl  Howe's  Arms, 

25  Braunstone  gate 
Haddon  Thos.  rakemkr.  7  Causeway  In 
Haddon  Thos.  shopkpr.  1  Henshaw  st 
Haddon  Mr  William,  32  West  street 
Hadfield  Samnel,  shoemaker,  13  New 

Parliament  street 
Hadfield  Wm.  builder,  12  Vauxhall  st 
Haining  David,  collector,  7  Gold  street 
Halford  Wm.  blacksmith,  18  Gravel  st 
Halfpenny  Geo.  chairmkr.  25  Church  gt 
Hall  Alfred,  shopman,  12  Halford  street 
Hail  Eliz.  vict.  Angel,  67  Oxford  street 
Hall  George,  tailor,  6  Chatham  street 
Hall  (Henry)  &  West  (Harriet)  grocers , 

12  Mill  lane 
Hall  James,builder,28  Narborough  road 
Hall  James  &  Son  (George)  cheese  and 

provision  factors,  31  Market  place 
HallJames  Barlow,49Humberstone  road 
Hall  John,  builder,  24  Morledge  street 
Hall  John,  jun.  builder,  15  Clarence  st 
Hall  Joseph,  shoemaker,  21  Calais  st 
Hall  Misses,  119  Northampton  street 
Hall  Mary,  servants'  registry  office,  18 

Loseby  lane 
Hall  Robert,  tailor,  18  Ruding  street 
Hall  Thos.  bricklayer,  49  Braunstone  gt 
Hall  Thos.  shopkeeper,  12*  Colton  street 
Hall  Thomas,  victualler,  White  Swan, 17 

Market  place 
Hall  Thomas, maltster,  70  Oxford  street 
Hall    Thomas,    hosiery    manufacturer 

(Warner  &  Co.)  ;  h  De  Montford  ter 
Hall  Mr  William,  29  Humberstone  road 
Hall  William,  broker,  143  Belgrave  gate 
Hall  Wm.  shopkeeper,5  Mansfield  street 
Hallam  Jabez  William,  tobacconist,  96 

Belgrave  gate 
Hallam  James,  baker  and  flour  dealer, 

41  Yeoman  street 
Hallam  John,  grocer  and  druggist,  20 

Upper  Brown  street 
Hallam  John  Thos.  tailor,  1  Colton  street 
Hallam  Jph.  saddler,  7  Highcross  street 
Hallam  Robt.  shoemaker,  88  Stanley  st 
Hallam  Sarah,saddler,9  Humberstone  gt 
Hallam  Wm.shoemaker,88Wellington  st 
Hallam  Wm.  shopkeeper, 74  Churchgate 
Hallick  Thomas,  baker,  St.  John  street 
Hambridge  Thos.  baker,  46  Redcross  st 
Hames  Benj.  butcher,  19  Humbrstn.  gt 
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Hames  Fras.  saddler,  horse  letter,  &c, 

1  Haymarket 
Hames  Jph.  hosiery mfr.  (Billson  &H.); 

h  Rotherby  Hall. 
Hames  Jph.  jun.  mfr.  (Billson  &H.); 

h  60  New  walk 
Hames  Joseph,  bootmaker,  84  High  st 
Hames  Jph.  broker,  33  Clarence  st 
Hames  Mrs  Mary,  70  High  street 
Hamil  Alfd.  Jno.worsted  spinner  (Field- 
ing &  Johnson) ;  h  Knighton 
Hamilton  Thomas,  haberdasher,  3  Pas- 
ture lane 
Hammersley  Alex,  slipper    maker,  14 

Marble  street 
Hammersley  James  Astbury,  artist,  and 
Wm.  Hilditch,  music  prof.  Stoney  gt 
Hammond  Geo.  fly  propr.  70  Welford  rd 
Hammond  John  shopkpr.  6  Carlton  st 
Hammonds  Ann,  vict.  Railway  Inn,  12 

Bridge  street 
Hammonds  Israel,  jeweller,  6  Market  pi 
Hampson   Matilda,  bonnet  maker,  79 

Churchgate 
Hamshaw  Wm.  coach  builder   (Parr  & 

H.);  h  10  Morledge  street 
Hancock  Peter,fiour  dlr.  147  Belgrave  gt 
Hand  Geo.  shopkeeper,  1  Southgates 
Handford  Jph.genl.  dlr.  87  Highcrossst 
Handford  Thos.  shopr.  102  Church  gt 
Handley  Wm.  builder  (Glover  &  H.); 

h  Stanley  street 
Hands  Daniel,  fmktr.  53  Craven  street 
Hanford  Henry  Marty n  Mills,  master 
of  the  Green-coat  school,  Holybones 
Hanford  Sophia,  butcher,61  Belgrave  gt 
Hannam  George,  vict.  Three  Cranes,  84 

Humberstone  gate 
Hannam  Mrs  Mary,  100  London  road 
Harbot  Benj.  broker,  1  East  Bond  street 
Harbot  Fredk.  butcher,  9  James  street 
Harcott  Thos.  bootmaker,  21  Halford  st 
Harden  Jas.  shoemaker,  46  Swan  street 
Harding  Chas.  grocer,  32  Granby  street 
Harding  Chas.  baker,  110  Oxford  street 
Harding  Henry,  hairdresser,21  Hotel  st 
Harding  and  Nurse,  dyers,  Frog  island 
Harding  Samuel,  dyer  (Goodwin  &  H.); 

h  8  Bridge  street 
Harding  Thomas,  baker,  25  Fleet  street 
Harding  Wm.  dyer ;  h  28  Frog  island 
Hardwick  Chas.  shopkeeper,  6  York  st 
Hardwick  Fdk.  fmktr.  1  Raglan  street 
Hardy  John,  tailor,  21  Conduit  street 
Hardy  Mary,  school,  18  Regent  street 
Hardy  Mrs  Mary  Eliz.  30  London  road 
Hardy  Wm.bootmaker,46  Gallowtree  gt 
Hardy  Wm.  greengrocer,  100  Wharf  st 
Hardyman  John,  cheese  factor,  5  Vic- 
toria parade,  and  152  Wharf  street 


Harford  Bros. stonemasons  and  builders, 

Plough  yard,  14  Humberstone  gate 
Harford  George  ;  h  12  Nelson  place 
Harford  William  ;  h  21  Granby  street 
Harkins  Wm.  turner,  5  Cumberland  st 
HarlowJohn,shoemaker,37  Northgate  st 
Harmer  Ann,  victualler,  Artilleryman, 

7  Bedford  street 
Harper  Wm.  broker,  23  Belgrave  gate 
Harran  Sergt. -Major  James,  105  Hum- 
berstone road 
Harrap  Jph.  dist.  supt.  for  Temp,  and 
Genl.  Assurance  Instn.,  and  agt.  for 
Milner's  safes,&c.lDeMontfort  place 
Harratt  Chas.  shoemaker,  Morledge  st 
Harris    and   Billson,    coal  merchants, 
Southampton  st.  wharf,  and  9  Soar  In 
Harris  George,  shopkeeper,  23  North- 
ampton square 
Harris  George  Shirley,  manfr.  (Rd.  & 

Sons)  ;  h  De  Montfort  House 
Harris  Jas.  joiner,  101  Humberstone  rd 
Harris  John,  shoemaker,  25  Redcross  st 
Harris  John  beerhouse,  30  Luke  street 
Harris  John  Dove,  mfr.  (Rd.  &  Sons ;) 

h  Ratcliff-on-thc-Wreak 
Harris    Joseph,    solicitor    (Harris    & 

Luck)  ;  h  We&tcotes 
Harris  Joseph,  coal  merchant  (H.  & 

Billson)  ;  h  Friar  lane 
Harris  &Luck,  solicitors, 65  High  street 
Harris  Richard  (R.  &  Sons);  h  Knighton 
Harris  Richard  &  Sons,  hosiery  manu- 
facturers, 35  King  street 
Harris  Samuel  Smith,  land  valuer,    7 
Friar  In. and  coal  mert.90  Highcrossst 
Harris  Thos.  Sutton,  2  Lr.  Hastings  st 
Harris  Val.  cooper,  168  Highcross  st 
Harris  Wm.  bootmaker,  4  Highcross  st 
Harris  Wm.  Hy. baker,  46  St.  Nicholas  st 
Harrison  Ann,  school,  8  Church  street 
Harrison  David,  draper,  172  Belgrave  gt 
Harrison  Francis,   framework  knitter, 

111  Upper  Brunswick  street 
Harrison  Geo.  maltster,  2  Haymarket 
Harrison  Geo.  Fawley,  15  Southgate  st 
Harrison  Isaac,    Esq.    Newfound-pool 

House 
Harrison  John,  shoemaker,  25  Craven  st 
Harrison  John,  tailor,  102  Humbstn.  rd 
Harrison  Joseph,  draper  (H.  &  Smart); 

h  34  Market  place 
Harrison  Jph.  shopkeeper,  32  Mill  lane 
Harrison  Miss  Mary,  17  Stockdale  ter 
Harrison   Matthew,   rent  collector,  26 

Constitution  hill 
Harrison  and  Smart,  mourning  drapers, 

34  Market  place 
Harrison  Thos.  seed  grower  and  mer- 
chant, 33  Market  place ;  h  Belgrave 


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Harrison  Thomas,  113  Northampton  st 
Harrison  Walter,  sweep,  and  sexton  of 

St.  Martin's,  34  Highcross  street 
Harrison  Mr  Win.  12  East  street 
Harrison  Wm.  market  gardener,  Granby 

gardens  ;  h  Prebend  villa 
Harrold  Geo.  tailor,  13  St.  Peter's  lane 
Harrold  Geo.  Allen,  tailor  and  coach 

owner,  19  Gallowtree  gate 
Harrold  William,  framework  knitter  and 

glove  manufacturer,  36  Fleet  street 
Harrott  John,  flour  dh*.  166  Belgrave  gt 
Hart  Fdk.  bookkeeper,  4  Vine  street 
Hart  Israel,  clothier ;  h  51  London  rd 
Hart  John,  shoemaker,  7  Woodgate 
Hart  Joseph,  salesman,  2  Cobden  st 
Hart  &  Levy,  clothiers,  28  Granby  st 
Hartopp  John,  fmktr.  90  Curzon  street 
Hartopp  Wm.  fmktr.  45  Bedford  street 
Hartshorn  Jno.  shoemkr.  32  Northgt  st 
Harvey  John,  shopkpr.  44  Alexander  st 
Harvey  Joseph,  solicitor,  10  Market  st; 

h  6  Crescent,  King  street 
Harvey  Joseph,  grocer  and  tea  dealer, 

30  Market  place 
Harvey  Thos.  shopkr.  52  Braunstonegt 
Harwood  Benj.  boot  maker,  11  Bow  st 
HarwoodJph.Taylor,upholstr.4  Hotel  st 
Haseldine  Wm.  wheelwgt.  32  Albion  st 
Haseldine  Mary  Ann,  shopkeeper,  41 

Southampton  street 
Haselgrave  Jph.  clerk,  106  London  rd 
Hassall  Miss  Elizabeth,  13  Princess  st 
Hassall  Thos.  vict.  Old  Black  Horse, 

20  Abbey  gate 
Hassell  Geo.  shoemaker,  33  Newarke  st 
Hastings  Geo.  butcher,  204  Belgrave  gt 
Hawker  Mrs  Jane,  60  Regent  street 
Hawkin  Staff- Sergt.  John,  80  Friar  In 
Hawkins  Geo.  bill  poster,  53  Church  gt 
Hawley  Chas.  shoemaker,  Calais  hill 
Hawley  Geo.  shopkpr.  77  Northgate  st 
Hawley  John,  saddler,  34  Charles  st 
Hawley  John,traveller,  32  Humbstn.  rd 
Hawley  Sarah,  vict.  Cross  Keys,  107 

Highcross  street 
Hawley  Pinder,  shopkr.  41  St.  George  st 
Hawley  Sarah,  earthw.  dlr.  122  Wharf  st 
Hawley  Mr  Wm.  21  Hamberstone  road 
Haws  Thos.  baker,  43  Northgate  street 
Haxby  Jph.  Barber,  solr.  11  Belvoir  st 
Hayes  Ann,  school,  6  West  Goscote  st 
Hayes  Geo.  tailor,  17  St.  George  st 
Hayes  Rev  Robert,  curate  of  St.  John's, 

70  New  walk 
Haynes  Mrs  Eliza,  25  Princess  street 
Haynes  John,  fmktr.  5  Friar's  place 
Haynes  Jno.  shoemaker,  19  Deacon  st 
Haynes  Wm.  painter  &  paper-hanger, 

62  Humberstone  gate 


Haynes  Wm.  fmktr.  38  Low.  Church  gt 
Hayr  Hy.  Selby,  glove  manufacturer, 

45 1  King  street ;  h  West  bridge 
Hay  wood  John,haberdshr.9  Victoria  par 
Haywood  John,  shopkpr.  61  Denman  st 
Haywood  Jph.  shoemkr.  29  Waterloo  st 
Hazlerigg  Dowager  Lady,  70  Regent  st 
Head  Mr  Wm.  5  Guthlaxton  street 
Headley  Fredk.  tailor,  92  Rutland  st 
Headley  Hy.  &  Co.  boot  manufacturers, 

73  Church  gate 
Headley  Mr  John,  46  Cobden  street 
Headley  John,  blacksmith,  Bedford  st ; 

h  Gower  street 
Headley  Jph.  bootmaker,  71  Church  gt 
Headley  Thos.  fruiterer,  68  Belgrave  gt 
Headley  Wm.haberdshr.  66  Belgrave  gt 
Heady  Matilda,  vict.  Dane  hill  Tavern, 

45  Watts'  causeway 
Healey  Miss  Mary,lodgs.  8Highfieldst 
Healey  Wm.  tailor,  32  Charles  street 
Heap  Mr  Thomas,  15  James  street 
Hearn  Hy.  tailor,  45  Russell  street 
Heath  Jno.  beerhouse,  105  Churchgate 
Heathcote  Henry,  fmktr.  48  Lewin  st 
Heathcote  Thos.  greengr.  1  Foundry  sq 
Heattie  Louisa,  shopkpr.  6  Elbow  In 
Hebb  Edn.mattress  mkr. 36  Mansfield  st 
Hedges  Jas.  hat  and  cap  mfr.  61  High  st 
Hefford  Geo.  baker,  52  Wellington  st 
Hefford  Jph.  fmktr.  92  Lee  street 
Heggs  James,  painter,  28  Dover  street 
Heggs  Mr  John,  3  West  street 
Hemmings  Staff  Sergt.  Jn.  19  Craven  st 
Henderson  Chas.watchmkr.35  Market  st 
Henfrey  Mrtha.bonnet  mkr.ll  Welfd.  rd 
Henfry  Thos.  greengr.  28  Albion  hill 
Henser  Hy.  sinker  mkr.  Havelock  st 
Henson  Mr  John,  2  New  walk 
Henson  John,  cowkeeper.  Cradock  st 
Henson  Wm.  greengr.  44  Northgate  st 
Hensworth  John,  shopkpr.  Hinckley  rd 
Henton  and  Packwood.  hosiery  manu- 
facturers, 21  Nichols  street 
Henton  Wm.  manufacturer,  h  Belgrave 
Hep  worth  Geo.  tailor,  11  Mowbray  st 
Hepworth  Jas.  schoolmaster,EastBond 

street ;  h  16  Guthlaxton  street 
Herbert  Cornls.  Wm.  Hill  &  Son  (Thos.) 
brickmkrs.  and  builders,  86  Welfd.  rd 
Herbert  Jas.  baker,  1  Metcalfe  street 
Herbert  Jermh.  beerhouse,  15  Mill  In 
Herbert  Saml.  framesmith,  99  Churchgt 
Herbert  Thos.  bricklayer,  40  Oxford  st 
Hern  John,  coal  mert.  Public  &  South- 
ampton st. wharfs  ;  h  74  Sparkenhoest 
Herrick  John,  butcher,  18  Oxford  street 
Herrick  Thos.  butcher,  17  Blue  Boar  In 
Herringshaw  Jsa.  tailor,  83  Humbs.  rd 
Hester  Mr  Samuel,  60  Rutland  street 


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Hetterley  John,  confecr.  85  High  street 
Heward  Mr  Peter,  16  Nichols  street 
Hewitt  Fras.  printer,  bookseller,  and 

stationer,  14  Granby  street 
Hewitt  Jas.  greengrocer,  8  Northgates 
Hewitt  John,  glove  and  hosiery  mfr.  5 

Lwr.  Free  In. ;   h  6  Ayleston  street 
Hewitt  Saml.  vict.  Lancastrian  Castle, 

Burton  street 
Hewitt  Sar.  small  ware  dlr.32  Midland  st 
Hewitt  Thos.  tailor,  42  Redcross  street 
Hewitt  Thos.  shopr.  18  Goswell  street 
Hextall  Mrs  Ruth,  36 £  Carley  street 
Heywood  John,  tailor,  Friday  st ;  h  23 

Spencer  street 
Hiam  Thos.  fmwktr.  10  Britannia  st 
Hickling  Frances,  school,16  U.Brown  st 
Hickling  Jph.  gardener  and  seedsman, 

13  Conduit  street 
Hickling  Wm.  account.  2  Princess  st 
Hickling  Wm.  greengr.  102  High  st 
Higgins  Wm.  coal  mert.  89  Welford  rd 
Higginson  Mrs.  Ann,  42  London  road 
Higginson  Edw.  painter  &c ;  h  16  New 

Bond  street 
Higginson  Mr  Jno.  14  Humberstone  rd 
Higginson  Nicholas,  agt.  2  Morledge  st 
Higginson  Mr  Robert,  1  Princess  street 
Higginson  &  Son,  painters  &  plasterers, 

16  New  Bond  street 
Higginson  Thos.  14  Southampton  st 
Higgott  Thos.  hay  dlr.  and  thrashing 

machine  proprietor,  2  Carlton  street 
Higgs  Wm.  vict.  Sir  Robert  Peel,  50 

Jarrom  street 
Highton  John,  B.A.  school,  London  rd 
Highton  Mr  Thos.  7  Welford  road 
Hill  Rev.  Abm.  M.A.  head  master  of 

Collegiate  and  Free  Grammar  School, 

and  chaplain  of  the  Lunatic  Asylum, 

Prebend  street 
Hill  Austin,  foreman,  83  Churchgate 
Hill  &  Belshaw,  gut  mfrs.  2  Wood  st 
Hill  Benj.  schoolmr.  28  Alexander  st 
Hill  Cath.  milliner,  26  Welford  road 
Hill  Edward    (H.  &  Belshaw);  h.  2 

Hampden  street 
Hill  Geo.  smallware  dlr.  81  Belgravegt 
Hill  Geo.  carpenter,  24  London  road 
Hill  Miss  Isabella,  38  Lancaster  st 
Hill  Jas.  tailor,  24  East  Bond  street 
Hill  Jno.  whip  mkr.  Wood  st;  h.  13 

Leadenhall  street 
Hill  John,  shoemaker,  3  Elbow  lane 
Hill  Jph.  hat  mfr.  (Fielding  &  Co);  h 

71  High  street 
Hill  Margt.  haberdshr.  13  East  Bond  st 
Hill  Mary,  school,  6  Northgate  street 
Hill  Richd.  shoe  mfr.  75  Northgate  st 
Hill  Saml.  frmsmth.  10  East  Bond  st 


Hill  Thos.  locksmith,  23  Jarrom  st 
Hill  Rev.  Wm.  M.A.  (surrogate)  Incbt. 

of  Trinity  Church,  7  Upr.  King  st 
Hill  Wm.  plumber,  38  Silver  street 
Hill  Wm.  whsman.  37  King  street 
Hill  Robt.  clothes  dlr.  129  Bedford  st 
Hilton  Jas.  brush  mfr.  and  Eliz.  mil- 
liner, 51  High  street 
HinchlifFe  Jno.hbrdshr.  24 Northgate  st 
Hincks  Chas.  fruiterer,  12  £  Market  st 
Hincks  Jas.  shopkpr.  51  East  street 
Hind  Thos.  joiner,  13  St.  James  st 
Hinkley  Edw.  druggist,  59  Welford  rd 
Hipwell  Robt.  brazier,73  Belgrave  gate 
Hip  well  Thos. hairdresser  &  tobacconist, 

2  Belvoir  street 

Hird  Miss  Susannah,  94  Granby  street 

Hitchcock  Hy.  miller,   and  corn  and 

coal  mert;  North  Mills,  Frog  Island 

Hitchcock  Henry  Domar,  painter,   59 

Colton  street 
Hobson  Lydia,  grocer,  83  Belgrave  gt 
Hobson  Thos.  shoemkr.  82  Friar  lane 
Hobson  Thos.  vety.  surgn.  (Woodcock 

&  H.) ;  h  15  Southgates 
Hobson  Wm.  Stph.  spinner  (Rust  &  Co) ; 

h.  1  Westbourne  terrace 
Hodges  Harry,  travlr.  22  Newtown  st 
Hodges  Hy.  fishmngr.  59  Oxford  st 
Hodges   Geo.  vict.  Black   Swan,  169 

Belgrave  gate 
Hodges  &  Sons,  elastic  web  manufrs, 

Norton  street 
Hodges  Thos.  Wm.  &  Jno.  Edw;    h 

Stoneygate 
Hodges  Geo.  Henry;  h  58  New  Walk 
Hodgett  Mark  Wm.  22  Nelson  street 
Hodgkin  Chas.  tailor,  13  Ashwell  st 
Hodgkin  Miss  Mary,  2  Crescent  st 
Hodgkins  Jas.  printer,  bookseller,  and 

engraver,  55  Highcross  street 
Hodgkins  Wm.  shopr.  48  Burley's  In 
Hodgkinson  Henry,  agricl.  implement 

maker,  24  Redcross  street 
Hodgson  Elijah,  tailor,  3  Yeoman  st 
Hodgson  Jonthn.  druggist,  60  Gallowgt 
Hodson  Jas. stationer,  engraver,  printer, 

binder,  &c.  24  Stamford  street 
Hodson  Jas.  crier  of  courts,  53  Friar  In 
Hodson  Jph.  tailor,  49  King  street 
Hole  Wm.  gasfitter,  126  Wellington  st 
Holford  Miss  Eliza,  77  Regent  street 
Holford  &  Jones,  estate  agents,  share- 
brokers,  &c,  4  Millstone  lane 
Holford  Geo.;  h  62  Lower  Hastings  st 
Holland  Geo.  grocer,  Welford  place 
Holland  Jas.  baker,  3  Townhall  lane 
Holland  Joel,  turner,  and  Mary,  milli- 
ner, 51  East  Bond  street 
Holland  John,  currier,  12  Oxford  street 


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Holland  John,  auctioneer,  20  Market  st; 

and  hide  and  skin  broker,  Queen  st.; 

h  35  London  road 

Holland  Julius,  builder,  17  Millstone  In 

Holland  &  Rodgers,  brushwood  turners 

and  bobbin  mfrs.  Painter  street 
Holland   Thomas,  auctioneer,  &c,  44 

Humberstone  gate 
Holland  Wm.  (H.  &  Rodgers);  h  42 

Painter  street 
Holland  Wm.  traveller,  59  Conduit  st 
Holland  Wm.  broker,  38  Highcross  st 
Hollin  Wm.  vict.  New  Inn,  12  High- 
cross  street 
Hollingworth  Jane,  baker  &  brewer,  42 

East  Bond  street 
Hollingworth  John,  wine  mert.  (Thomas 

&  H.);  h  21  New  walk 
Hollingworth  Wm.  wool  and  yarn  merts. 
13  Union  st.;  and  spinner,  The  Hol- 
low ;  h  New  walk 
Hollins  Mr  Charles,  5  Princess  street 
Hollins  Eliza,  milliner,  53  Nichols  st 
Hollins  Thos.  bootmaker,  21   North- 
ampton square 
Hollis  Mr  William,  37  Princess  street 
Holloway  Hy.  school,  3  Evington  lane 
Holmes  Geo.  builder,  53  Grafton  place 
Holmes  Jas.  blacksmith,  47 £  Belgv.  gt 
Holmes  John,  bootmaker,  6  Silver  st 
Holmes  Saml.  sinker  mkr.  19  Kent  st 
Holmes  Miss  Sarah,  2  Evington  lane 
Holmes  Wm.  cornel,  hotel  and  boarding 

house,  9  London  road 
Holt  Wm.  framewk.-kntr.  11  Carley  st 
Hoi  worthy  Ann,  druggist,  7  Clarence  st 
Holy  land  John,  broker,  11  Wharf  st 
Holyland  Thos.  draper,  11  Gallowtreegt 
Holyland  Wm.  druggist,  164  Belgv.  gt 
Holyoak  Edw.  shoemkr.  22  Oxford  ter 
Holyoak  John,  hosiery  mfr.  3  Welling- 
ton st.;  h  28  Oxford  street 
Holyoak  John,  shoemkr.  11  Talbot  In 
Holyoak  Thos.  agent,  59  Stanley  st 
Holyoak  Wm.  tailor,  42  Humberstn.  gt 
Holyoake  Alfd.  boot  mfr.  105  High  st 
Holyoake  Fras.  Wm.  clerk;  and  Misses, 

school,  Albion  hill 
Holyoake  &  Parker,  shoe  mfrs.  Blake  st 
Holyoake  Thos.  shoe  mfr.;  h  9  King  st 
Holyoake  Wm.  framesmith,  51  Cause- 
way lane 
Hopkins  Alfred,  shoemkr.  25  Jarrom  st 
Hopkins  Eliz.  shopkpr.  1  Goodacre  st 
Hopkins  Thos.  tailor,  43  King  street 
Hopkins  Thos.  flour  dlr.  19  Friday  st 
Hop  well  John,  fmktr.  18  Metcalfe  st 
Hopwell  John  and    Son,   machinists, 

Alexander  street 
Hopwell  John  j  h  20  Charlotte  street 


Hopwell  Wm.;  h  4  Alexander  street 
Horn  &  Gillman,  box  manufacturers, 

15  Millstone  lane 
Horn  Chas.  Richd.;  h  26  Lancaster  st  ■ 
Horn  Richd.  coal  agent  50  Duke  street 
Horner  Wm.  whsman.  19  Clarence  st 
Horobin  Rebt.  draper,  79  Cheapside 
Horry  Wm.  pipe  maker,  20  Gravel  st 
Horsepool  Mr  John,  7  Aylestone  road 
Horsepool  John,  tailor,  and  Ephraim, 

baker ;  14  Morledge  street 
Horsepool  Wm.&  Sons,  tailors  &drapers, 

18  Belvoir  street 
Horsfall  Chas.  shoemaker,  3  Wells  st 
Horton  Danl.  greengcr.  43  Chatham  st 
Horton  Isaac,  draper,  2  Cheapside 
Horton  Thos.  greengrocer,  2  Luke  st 
Hose  Wm.  bootmaker,  4  Crab  street 
Hottinger  Fanny,  teacher  of  languages, 

8  West  street 
Hough  Fdk.  shopkeeper,  1  Middle  st 
Hough  Wm.  Augustus,  Friar's  causeway 
Hoult  Thos.  bricklayer,  18  St. George  st 
HouserMatts.  clock  mkr.  50  Belgrave  gt 
How  Mrs  Ann,  11  West  Bond  street 
How  Saml.  hosiery  mfr.  (Fielding  and 

H.) ;  h  4  De  Montfort  place 
How  Thos.  Fielding,  mfr.  (Fielding  and 

H.)  ;  h  22  Lower  Hastings  street 
How  Wm.  Alfred,  grocer,  37  High  st 
Howard  Catherine  and  Sarah,  milliners, 

36  King  street 
Howcutt&Barwell,  agricul.  seed  and  oil- 
cake merchants,  15  Cank  street 
Howcutt  John ;  hAshfieldHs.  Knighton 
Howett  Wm.  tailor,  28  Fleet  street 
Howgill  Wm.  shoemkr.  11  Blue  Boar  In 
Howkins  Mrs  Ann,  85  London  road 
Hoy  les  Jonathan,  genrl.  dealer  (Quincey 

and  Co.) ;  h  Freemen's  common 
HubbardBenj.  needle  mkr.  26 Asylum  st 
Hubbard  Hy.  confec.  &  drysalter,  East 

Bond  st. ;  h  84  Rutland  street 
Hubbard  Henry,  carpenter,  76  Lee  st 
Hubbard  Saml.  shopkpr.  67Southgate  st 
Hubbard  Saml.  fmktr.  70  Asylum  st 
Hubbard  Mrs  Sarah,  2  Westbourne  ter 
Hubble  Robt.  confectr.  69  Granby  st 
Hudson  Alfd.  (J.  &  Sons);  h  10  Crescent 
Hudson  Arthur,  clerk,  40  Painter  street 
Hudson  Edwin,  (James  and  Sons) ;  h 

Upper  King  street 
Hudson  Hy.  surgeon,  88  High  street 
Hudson  Jas.  &  Sons,  hosiery  and  sewing 

cotton  manufacturers,  Railway  bldgs 
Hudson  James ;  h  2  Southfields 
Hudson  Saml.  shopkr.  54  Northgate  st 
HugginsRobt.  tailor,  13  Bonners  lane 
Hughes  Henry,  vict.  Pelican,  49  Gal- 

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Hughes  John  Bradley,  vict.  EightBells, 

57  Bedford  street 
Hughes  Thos.  vict.  Heanor  Boat,  58 

Pasture  lane 
Hughes  Wm.  provision  dlr.  25  Hotel  st ; 

h  32  Lancaster  street 
Hughes  Wm.  baker,  41  Eaton  street 
Hull  Berij.  shoemkr.  105  New  Bridge  st 
Hull  Fras.  druggist,  20  Stamford  st 
Hull  Geo.  teacher  of  drawing,  15  Stock- 
dale  terrace 
Hull  Henry,  shopkpr.  138  Wharf  street 
Hull  Henry,  cattle  dealer,  2  Foxon  st 
Hull  John,  painter,  27  York  street 
Hull  Mary,  milliner,  21  Dover  street 
Hull  Thomas,  brewer  and  maltster,  26 

Newarke  street 
Humber  Jesse,  tailor,  28  Neale  street 
Humberstone  Charles,  15  Princess  st 
Humberstone  Mr  John,  89  Humbers.  rd 
Humberstone  Robt.  hosiery  mfr.  (Lea 

and  Co.) ;  h  29  London  road 
Humphrey  Daniel,  tailor,  7  Sheldon  st 
Humphreys  Jno.  traveller,  25  Queen  st 
Hunt  Mr  Ebenezer,  24  Gutklaxton  st 
Hunt  Elizabeth,    vict.   Peacock,   251 

Belgrave  gate 
Hunt  Frances,  school,  28  Queen  street 
HuntFredk.rentcoltr.8Bowlinggreen  In 
Huat  Henry,  cooper,  24  Oxford  street 
Hunt  Isaac,  tailor,  8  Granby  street 
Hunt&Pickering,  ironmngrs.  bar- iron  & 

steel  mrcts.  &  agricl.  implemt.  mfrs. 

Short  street,  14  Gallowtree  gate,  and 

Churchgate 
Hunt  William,  ironmonger  (Hunt  and 

Pickering) ;  h  Knighton 
Hunt  William,  fmktr.  14  Navigation  st 
Hunter  James,  Berlin  wool  dealer,  34 

Gallowtree  gate 
Hunter  Jas.  whsman.  54  L.  Hastings  st 
Hurcombe  Rev.  Fras.  Burdett,  curate  of 

Trinity  Church,  48  New  walk 
Hurd  Wm.  baker,  29  Benford  st. 
Hurlbut  John,  miller,  Narbrough  road 
Hurst  Jane,  shopkpr.  17  L.Brown  street 
Hurst  John,  haberdshr.  47  Granby  st 
Hurst  John,  shoemkr.  138  Bedford  st 
Hurst  Thos.  tobacconist,  15Townhallln 
Hurst  Thomas,  fmktr.  23  Royal  East  st 
Hurst  William,  fmktr.  119  Wharf  street 
Hurst  Wm.  painter,  10  New  road 
Huskisson  Miss  Hur.,  De  Montfort  st 
Hutchins  John,  vict.  Keek's  Arms,  50 

Archdeacon  lane 
Hutchins  John,  fmktr.  88  Curzon  street 
HutcbinsThos.botanist,  6Ai-chdeacon  In 
Hutchinson  Jas.  tailor,  1  Upr.  Chas.  st 
Hutchinson  John,  builder  (H.  &  Smith); 

h  39  Humberstone  gate 


Hutchinson  John,   warehouseman,  78 

Wellington  street 
Hutchinson  and  Smitb,  builders,pavers, 

and  contractors  39  Humberstone  gt 
Hutt  Jas.  frame wk.  kntr.  11  Pasture  In 
Hutt  John,  grocer,  4  Sanvey  gate 
Hyde  Barnard,  beerhs.  108  Wellgtn.  st 
Hyland  Mary,  greengr.  89  Wharf  st 
Hyslop  Robt.  bootmkr.  42  £  Granby  st 
Iliffe  John,  woolstplr.  and  commercial 

boarding  house,  22  New  Bond  street 
Iliffe  John,  greengr.  24  Upper  Hill  st 
Iliffe  Mr  William,  69  King  street 
Illston  Fredk.  grocer,  244  Belgrave  gt 
IllstonGeo.Flude,ironfndr.Causewayln 
Illston  John,  vict.  Old  Ten  Bells,  33 

Sanvey  gate 
Illston  Jph.  beerhouse,  81  Highcrossst 
Inchley  John,  George,  and  Elizabeth, 

upholsterers,   17  St  Martin's 
Inchley  Thos.  clerk,  25  West  street 
Industrial  Co-operative  Soc,  grocers, 

and  provision  dlrs.  15  Belgrave  gt 
Ineson  John,  rag  mert.  9  Clarence  st 
Ingram  Thos.  solr.,  regr.  of  County  Ct. 

and  clk.to  Billesdon  Union,  34  Pock- 

lington's  walk  ;  h  3  Welford  place 
Inland  Revenue  Office, 11  Horsefair  st. 

G.  A.  Mason,  collector 
Inman  Chas.  vict.  Princess  Charlotte, 

8  Oxford  street 
Inman  Mary,  vict.  Cherrytree,  43  East 

Bond  street 
Ireland  Geo.  fmktr.  77  Russell  street 
Ireland  Miss,  Prebend  ter,  London  rd 
Ireland  Thos.  greengr.  72  Upr.  Chas.st 
Irish  John, fmktr.  18  Royal  East  street 
Irons  Saml.  gardener,  63  London  rd 
Irving  Matthew,  wood  carver,  20  Mid- 
land street 
Irwin  Wm.  Crossley,  M.D.  3  Belvoirst 
Ison  Hy.  shoe  mfr.  40  Highcross  street 
Issitt  Jn.  Edw.  upholstr.  31  Granby  st 
Iveson  Wm.  Hy.  clerk,  19  Asylum  st 
Jackson  Alfred,  grocer,  28  Northgate  st 
Jackson  Misses,  29  Princess  street 
Jackson  Benj.  Gabb,  timber  mert.  (Jno. 

and  Wm.)  ;  h  82  Regent  street 
Jackson  Benj.  Hy.  draper,59  Market  pi 
Jackson  David,  skinner,  15  Abbeygate 
Jackson  and  Foster,  printers  and  pub- 
lishers of  the  "  Leicester  Journal, " 

Bowling  green  lane 
Jackson  Capt.  Fdk.  74  London  road 
Jackson  Geo.  builder,  6  York  street 
Jackson   Geo.   nail  mfr.    Inner  wharf 

yard  ;  h  47  Lower  Charles  street 
Jackson  Mr  Gibson,  53 £  Humbstn.  rd 
Jackson  Jabez  Bunting,  druggist,  18 

St  Nicholas  square 


LEICESTER    DIRECTORY. 


249 


Jackson  Jas.  printer  (J.  &  Foster) ;  h 

78  London  road 
Jackson  Jas.  shoemaker,  11  Marlbro'  st 
Jackson  Jas.  shoemkr.  38  Waterloo  st 
Jackson  Job,  beerhouse,  Watling  st 
Jackson  John,  carpenter,  22  Curzon  pi 
Jackson  John,  shoemkr.,  GGWelfordrd 
Jackson  Jno.  drugt.  11  Northmptn.  sq 
Jackson  John  and  Wm.  timber  and  slate 

merts.  and  saw  mills, 168  Belgrave  gt 
Jackson  Ptr.  Alfrd.  surgeon,  13  Lnd.  rd 
Jackson  Richd.  bookseller,  15  Market  st 
Jackson  Mr  William,  82  Regent  street 
Jaekson  Wm.  bookkeeper,  13  Tower  st 
Jackson  Wm.  architect  and  surveyor,  6 

Loseby  lane 
Jackson  Wm.  shopkeeper,  30  Lee  st 
Jackson  Wm.  baker,  66  Welford  road 
Jackson  Wm.  shopkeeper,15  Harding  st 
Jackson  Wm.  Hy.  timber  mert.  (John 

and  Wm.)  ;  h  18  Humberstone  road 
Jacques   James   woolstapler,   Bowling 

green  lane  ;  h  Birstall 
Jacques  Richd.  soap  and  candlemaker, 

23  Cank  street. 
Jacques  Thos.  pawnbrkr.53  Belgrave  gt 
Jacques  Wm.  greengcr.  17  Mansfield  st 
James  Mrs  Ann,  29  Morledge  street 
James  John,  fmktr.  14  Sandacre  street 
James  John,  shopkpr.  23  Neale  street 
James  Wm.  fruiterer,  11   North  gate  st 
James  Wm.  builder  (Plant  &  Co.)  ;  h 

98  Highcross  street 
James  Wm.  shoemkr.  22  Eldon  street 
James  Wm.  Edmund,  boxmaker,  East 

street ;  h  60  Chatham  street 
James  William   Smith,  auctioneer,  37 

Highcross  street 
Jarman  John,  confectr.  136  Churchgt 
Jarratt  Mrs  Ann, 30  Pocklington's  walk 
Jarratt  Thos.  grocer,  2  Dun's  lane 
Jarratt  Thos.brassfadr.  7  StNicholas  sq 
Jarratt  Thomas,  pattern  maker  235  Bel- 
grave gate 
Jarratt  Wm.  clothes  dlr.  23   Loseby  In 
Jarrom  Jph.  builder  and  saw  mills,  20 

Millstone  lane  ;  h  Knighton 
Jarvis  Hy.  chief  clerk,  Gas  Office;  h 

23  Friar  lane 
Jarvis  John,  hairdresser,  4  Oxford  st 
Jarvis  John,  currier  and  spring  truss 

maker,  28  New  Bond  street 
Jarvis  Jno.  shopkr.  21  East  Bond  st 
Jarvi3  Jph.  shoemkr.  35  Grape  street 
Jarvis  Oliver,  cork  mfr.  13  New  Bond  st 
Jarvis  Richd.  baker,  10  Oxford  street 
Jayes  Chas.  shoemkr.  13  Elbow  lane 
Jeacock  Sar.  needle  mkr.  20  Bridge  st 
Jeacock  Wm.  needle  mkr.  18  Wharf  st 
Jeays  Eliz.  broker,  28  Southgate  street 


Jeays  Jno.  cabt.  mkr.  38  St.  Nichls.  st 
Jefferson  Rev.  Wm.  (Prim.  Meth.)  10 

Nichols  street 
Jeffreys  Jno.  cooper,  19  Bridge  street 
Jeffs  Hy.  carpenter,  73  London  road 
Jelley  Chpr.  greengcr.  18  Churchgate 
Jelley  Mr  Richd.  Westholme  street 
Jelley  Mrs  Sarah,  34  Regent  street 
Jelley  Sidney,  pork  butcher,139  Belgvgt 
Jelley  Thos.pork  butcher,60  Belgrave  gt 
Jelley  Thomas,  miller  and  corn  factor, 

61  Mill  lane 
Jelley  Wm.  sinker  mkr.  42  Upr.  Chas.  st 
Jelley  Wm.  shoemaker,  20  Waterloo  st 
Jenkins  Miss  Ann,  72  New  Walk 
Jenkins  Mr  John,  96  Welford  road 
Jenkinson  John,  fancy  hosiery  manufr. 

Upper  Brown  st ;  h.  19  York  st 
Jennings  Geo.  shoemkr.  24  York  3t 
Jennings  Elij.  shoemkr.  14  Alexander  st 
Jennings  Richard,  fmktr.  66  Russell  st 
Jephcott  Jonth.  fmktr.  and  glove  mfr. 

51  Grafton  place 
Jervis  John  &  Henry,  hosiery  manu- 
facturers, 8  Friars'  road 
Jervis  Hy.  mfr ;  h  Sarah  street 
Jervis  John,  mfr. ;  h  Friar's  road 
Jessett  Jas.  cabt.  mkr.  16  Southgate  st 
Jesson  Edwin,  traveller,  60  Nichols  st 
Jesson  Jno.  Wm.  shoemkr.  45  King  st 
Jesson  Wm.  shoemkr.  24  Sandacre  st 
Jessop  Jph.  engineer,  11  Canning  pi 
Jewsbury  Richd.  shoemkr.  42  Oxford  st 
Jinks  Robt.  woolstapler,  Chatham  st ; 

h.  Stanion,  Northants 
Johnes  Rev.  Thos.Wm.  M.A.,  Vicar  of 

All  Saints   and   St.  Leonards,   and 

Surrogate  (non-resident) 
Johnson  Arthur,  gent.  130  Humbstn.  rd 
Johnson  Benj.  shoemkr.  32  Silver  st 
Johnson  Chas.  shopkr.  20  Chatham  st 
Johnson  Fdk.  upholsterer  (Wm.&Sons), 

h  Bridge  street,  Conduit  street 
Johnson  Edw.  shoemkr.  46  Northgate  st 
Johnson  Edw.  iron  turner,  4  Northgates 
Johnson  Eliz.  vict.  Rutland  Arms,  23 

Horsefair  street 
Johnson  Fredk.  plumber,  33  Bedford  st 
Johnson  Geo.Gee,flour  dlr.18  Sanveygt 
Johnson  Geo.  Hy.  basket  maker,   19 

Churchgate  ;  h  17  Burgess  street 
Johnson  Hy.  hosiery  mfr.  Welford  rd  ; 

h  56  Lower  Hastings  street 
Johnson  Hy.  gravestone  ctr.7  Stanley  st 
Johnson  Hy.  currier,  10  Gower  street 
Johnson  Hy.  shoemkr.  52  Burley's  In 
Johnson  Hy.  &  Edm.  hosiery  mfrs.  23 

Oxford  street 
Johnson  Jas.  vict.  Prince  Regent,  56 

Granby  street 


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LEICESTER    DIRECTORY. 


Johnson  Jag.  Hill,  stone  and  marble 

mason,  21  Rutland  street 
Johnson  John,  baker,  71  Oxford  st 
Johnson  John,  tailor,  14  Sycamore  In 
Johnson  John,  vict.  Holly  Bush,  211 

Belgrave  gate 
Johnson  Jno.  shoemkr.  23  Alexander  st 
Johnson  Jno.  shopr.  33  Humbstc.  gt 
Johnson  John  maltster,  Hopkins'  whf ; 

and  brewer  &  vict.  Hinckley  rd  brewy 
Johnson  Jno.  Thomas,  draper  (J.  & 

Waterman) ;  h  1  Market  place 
Johnson  Jph.  brazier,  41  Belgrave  gt 
Johnson  Jph.  beerhs.  15  Millstone  In 
Johnson  Jph.  &  Co.  bone  grinders  and 

manure  mfrs.  Public  Wharf;    h   46 

Woodboy  street 
Johnson  Kenelm,  machinist,  Short  st ; 

h  Wigston  street 
Johnson  Mrs  Payne,  47  Princess  st 
Johnson     Robert    Winter,    architect, 

Granby  street ;  h  Melton  Mowbray 
Johnson  Stpn.  bricklayer,  11  Norton  st 
Johnson  Thos.  shopkr.  82  Wheat  st 
Johnson  Thos.  butcher,  20  Friday  st 
Johnson  Thos.  engineer,  13  Free  Sc.  In 
Johnson  Thos.  maltster,  49  Southgt.  st 
Johnson   Thos.   silversmith,   &c;    (T. 

&  Son) ;  h  Rotherby 
Johnson  Thos.  Fielding,  wstd.  spinner, 

(Fielding  &  J.) ;    h  84  Regent  street 
Johnson  Thos.   &   Son,   silversmiths, 

ironmongers,  and  agrcl.  implement 

mfrs.  54  Gallowtree  gate 
Johnson   Underwood,  bricklayer,   37 £ 

St.  Peter's  lane 
Johnson  &  Waterman,  woollen  drapers, 

1  Market  place 
Johnson  Walter  Farmer,  (T.  &  Son);  h 

54  Gallowtree  gate 
Johnson  Wm.  greengcr.  17  Knighton  st 
Johnson  Wm.  upholstr;  h  34  Galwtregt 
Johnson  Wm.  jun.  upholsterer ;  h.  42 

Lower  Hastings  street 
Johnson  Wm.  frmsmth.  4  U.  Brown  st 
Johnson  Wm.  vict.  Plough,  16  Hum- 

berstone  gate 
Johnson  Wm.  shoemaker,  St.  John  st 
Johnson  Wm.  postman,  30  Queen  st 
Johnson  Wm.  carpenter,  110  Wharf  st 
Johnson  Wm.  &  Sons,   upholsterers, 

&c.  34  Gallowtree  gate 
Johnston  Jno.  tea  dlr.  7  Glebe  street 
Jones  Miss  Abigail,  4  Southgate  st 
Jones  Mrs  Alice,  18  Regent  street 
Jones  Chas.  estate  agt.  (Holford  &  J.); 

h  32  Lower  Hastings  street 
Jones  Chas.  greengcr.  15  Ruding  st 
Jones  &  France,  elastic  web  manufrs. 

Samuel  street 


Jones  Geo.  tailor,  80  Bedford  st 
Jones  Geo.  Howell,  67  Regent  street 
Jones  Hy.  Sharpe,  watchmkr.  jeweller, 

and  fancy  ware  dlr.  9  Market  place  ; 

h  31  Friar  lane 
Jones  Capt.  Jas.  7  Infirmary  square 
Jones  Jas.  brazier,  30  Burley's  lane 
Jones  Mr  John,  28  Curzon  place 
Jones  Rev.  Timothy,  M.A.  Vicar  of  St. 

Margaret's,  Vicarage,  Churchgate 
Jones  Richd.  shoemkr.  38  Oxford  ter 
Jones  Thos.  mfr.  (J.  &  France) ;  h  2 

Lyndhurst  street 
Jones  Wm.  vict.  Antelope,  16  Silver  st 
Jones  Wm.  fruiterer,  16  King  street 
Jones  Wm.  &  Co.  shoe  mfrs.  New  Walk 
Jopson  Wm.  shopkeeper,  2  Gray  street 
Jordan  John,  gardener,  35  Waterloo  st 
Jordan  Wm.  saddler,  118  Highcross  st 
Joseph  Joseph,  tailor,  9  Gallowtree  gt 
Joyce  Edm.  rag  dlr.  5  Green  street 
Joyce  John,  shoemaker,  36  Oxford  ter 
Joyce  Wm.  shopkeeper,  40  Brook  st 
Juba  Edw.  needle  maker,  60  Wheat  st 
Juba  Jas.  beerhouse,  21  Grange  lane 
Juba  Otho,  beerhouse,  56  Churchgate 
Judd  John  ,sharebroker,  accountant,  &c, 

36 ;  h  41  Friar  lane 
Judge  George,  picture  dlr. ;  and  Sarah, 

milliner,  41  High  street 
Katterns  Wm.  commission  agent,    18 

Newtown  street 
Kay  Robt.  shoemaker,  33  Ruding  street 
Keeling  John,  baker,  17  Chatham  st 
Keeling  Thos.  greengrocer,  4  Curzon  st 
Keen  Staff- Sergt.  Jno.  Wm.5  Castle  view 
Keightly  George,  Hy.  ironmonger,  27 

Gallowtree  gate 
Keightley  John,  butcher,  2  J  Curzon  st 
Keites  Saml.  &  Sons,  coach  builders  & 

cab  proprs.  38  Humberstone  gate 
Keites  Saml.  &  Arthur ;  h  38  Humber- 
stone gt.;  Henry,  h  Curzon  st.;  James, 

h  83  Brunswick  st.;  and  Saml.  jun., 

h  7  William  street 
Keites  Wm.  vict.  Horse  and  Groom,  51 

Humberstone  gate 
Kellam   &  Lacey,  hosiery  manufrs.  6 

Halford  street 
Kellam  Thos.;  h  58  Southgate  street 
Kellam  Wm.  beerhouse,  10  Chancery  st 
Kellam  Wm.  baker,  24  Sanvey  gate 
Kellett  Edwin,  surgeon,  Welford  place 
Kellett  John,  vict.    Loggerheads,   16 

Lower  Redcross  street 
Kellett  Jno  Cornls.  joiner,24£  Asylum  st 
Kelley  John,  sweep,  5  Harvey  lane 
Kelley  John,  missionary,  7  Arthur  st 
Kelley  Joseph,  chimney  sweeper,  108 

Oxford  street 


LEICESTER   DIRECTORY. 


251 


Kelley  Stpn.  sweep,  9  Thornton  lane 
Kelly  Wm.  secretary  of  Savings  Bank, 

Gallowtree  gt.;  h  108  Humbs.  road 
Kemp  Chas.  Godfrey,  M.R.C.S.L.,  den- 
tal surgeon,  37  Gallowtree  gate 
Kemp  &  Dyson,  elastic  webmfrs.  Mill  In 
Kemp  Edw.  (K.  &  D.)  h  45  Princess  st 
Kemp  Henry,  silk  mercer  and  carpet 

warehouseman,  13  Market  place 
Kemp  John,  shopkeeper,  30  Bonnersln 
Kemp  Robt.  draper,  21  West  street 
Kemp  Thos.  contractor,  7  Darker  street 
Kerapester  John  Pebworth,  jeweller  2£ 

London  road 
Kempin  Thos.  tailor,  31  Burgess  street 
Kempson  Wm.    hosiery  mfr.   (Walker 

&  K.);  h  Southfields 
Kenney  Edw.  shoemaker,  23  Blake  st 
Kenney  Geo.  beerhouse,  1  Foxon  st 
Kenney  Thos.  clerk  of  All  Saints,  136 

Highcross  street 
Kenney  Thos.  finktr.  5  Bow  street 
Kenny  James  Wm.vict.  Bull's  Head,  25 

Market  place 
Kerr  Ann,  shopkr.  30  Upper  Conduit  st 
Kerr  Geo.  travg.  draper,  86  Rutland  st 
Kerr  Wm.  Hy.  woolstapler,  20  Friar  In 
Kettle  Hy.  confectioner,  25  New  Bond  st 
Key  Wm.  farmer,  29  Woodgate 
Kilbourn  Edw.  vict.  Duke  of  York,  10 

Southgates 
Kilbourn  Mrs  Sarah,  23  Welford  road 
Kilby  John,  tailor,  79  Humberstn.  road 
Kilby  John  &  Hy.   glove  makers,  61 

Willow  street 
Kilby  Thos.  tailor,  1  Clarence  street 
Killingley  Jas.  currier,  19  High  street 
Killpack  Jph.  currier,  18  St.  Nicholas  st 
Kimber  Jas.  clerk,  57  Conduit  street 
Kinde  John,  shopkpr.  59  Wharf  street 
Kinder  Hy .  coach  builder,  12  Granby  st; 

h  55  London  road 
King  Chas.  grocer,  14  Northgates 
King  Clara,  school,  41  Oxford  street 
King  Mrs  Elizabeth,  38  Regent  street 
King  Geo.  whsmn.  36  Tower  street 
King  Geo.  Marshall,  vict.   Crown  and 

Cushion,  32  Churchgate 
King  Mr  Henry,  50  Humberstone  road 
King  Hy.  bootmaker,  30  Granby  street 
King  Mr  Jas.  Dewdney,  35  Princess  st 
King  John,  grocer,  45  Chatham  street 
King  Miss  Mary,  20  Princess  street 
King  Richd.  hat  mfr.  2  Nelson  street 
King  Saml.  brazier,  39  York  street 
King  Sophia,  lodgings,  3  Northampton  st 
King  Thomas,   warehouseman,  Lower 

Hastings  street 
King  Thos.  painter,  27  Freeschool  lane 
King  Thos.  trimmer,  48  Redcross  st 


King  Thos.  Kilpin,  commission  agent, 

54  New  walk 
King  Wm.  glove  mfr.  and  comiss.  agt. 

37  Silver  street ;  h  2  Lancaster  street 
King  Wm.  tallow  chandler,  Churchgt.; 

h  2  St.  James  street 
Kingett  John,  confectnr.  3  Victoria  par 
Kingston  Danl.  vict.  Admiral  Rodney, 

82  Highcross  street 
Kingston  Jane,  Berlin  wool  dealer,  25 

Market  street 
Kinsman     Alfred,      haberdasher,     60 

Welford  road 
Kinsman  Mr  Wm.  49  Conduit  st 
Kinsman  Wm.  bootmkr.  13  Charles  st 
Kinsman  Wm.  bootmkr.  50  Oxford  st 
Kinton  Jno.  Jph.  bank  elk.  49  Newarke 
Kinton  Thos.  beerhouse,  1  Bridge  st 
Kinton  Thos.  Harrison,  bank  manager, 

Granby  street 
Kinton  William  Thomas,  greengrocer, 

56  Welford  road 
Kinzett  Jas.  tailor,  27  New  Bond  street 
Kinzett  Louisa,  confectioner  &  tobacco- 
nist, 6  Campbell  street 
Kirbell  Mrs  My.  Ann,  8  Crescent  st 
Kirby  Conyers,  tailor,  26  Conduit  st 
Kirby  Hy.Thos.dentist,16  Gallowtreegt 
Kirby  Jas.  cowkpr.  19  Northamptn.  sq 
Kirby  Jas.  grocer,  &c.  41  Market  place 
Kirby  Jas.  &  Son,  sinker  makers,  16 

Chatham  street 
Kirby  Richd.  &  Son,  (Jph.)  butchers, 

11  London  road 
Kirby  &  Thorpe,  hosiery  manufacturers, 

16  Millstone  lane 
Kirby  Thos.  Bentley,  mfr. ;  h  9  West  st 
Kirby  Thos.  tailor,  5  Darker  street 
Kirby  Thos.  butcher,  23  Russell  square 
Kirby  Thos.  china  dlr.  39  Chatham  st 
Kirby  Thos.  Horton,  draper  (Stevenson 

and  K.J ;  h  5  Cheapside 
Kirby  Wm.  butcher,  7  St.  George  st 
Kirby  Wm.  clerk  of  St.   Margaret's, 

118  Church  gate 
Kirk  Mrs  Aun,  24  Mowbray  street 
Kirk  Thos.  beerhouse,  84  Bedford  st 
Kirk   Susanh.   vict.    Bowling    Green, 

21  St.  Peter's  lane 
Kirkland  Job.  shoemaker,  1  Victoria  st 
Kirkpatrick  Richd.tailor,15  Causeway  In 
Kitchen  Hephzibah,vict.  Old  Blue  Boar, 

65  Southgate  street 
Kitson  Wm.  9  St.  Nicholas  street 
Knapp  Bros.  (Jno.  &  Wm.)  framework- 
knitters,  4  Samuel  street 
Knight  Aaron,  painter,  24  Up.  Chas.  st 
Knight  Geo.  shoemaker,  22  Bridge  st 
Knight  Geo.  shopkeeper,  33  Burton  st 
Knight  Geo.  butcher,  Carlton  street 


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Knight  Hy.  Wm,  dist.  agt.to  the  Inter- 
national Life  Co.,  State  Fire  Office, 
&c,  42  £  Humherstone  gate 
Knight  James,  vict.  Old  Cheese,  153 

Belgrave  gate 
Knight  John,  tailor,  3  Calais  street 
Knight  John,  bootmaker,  Bedford  st 
Knight  Capt.  Joseph,  27  Friar  lane 
Knight  Joseph,  vict.  Cricket  Players, 

3  Church  gate 
Knight  Mrs  Sarah,  69  St.  George  st 
Knight  Thos.  shoemkr.  52  Thornton  In 
Knight  Wm.  shoemkr.  5  Sheldon  street 
Knight  Wm.  earthw.  dlr.  52Welfordrd 
Knight  Wm.  insurance  agt.  36  Nichols  st 
Knight  Wm.  traveller,  10  Kent  street 
Knott  Mattw.  tailor,  14  Dover  street 
Knott  Thos.  music  seller,  20  St.  James  st 
Lace  Rev.  Charles  (Prim.  Meth.)   134 

Humherstone  road 
Lacey  Chas. hosiery  mfr.  (Kellam&L.) ; 

h  15  Tower  street 
Lacey  Fredk.  pig  dealer,  35  Pasture  In 
Lacey  John,  shopkr.  28  Metcalfe  street 
Lacey  Thos.  broker,  25  Orton  street 
Lacey  Wm.  glove  mfr.  56  Rutland  st 
Ladkin  Benj.  shoemaker,  43  St.  Geo.  st 
Ladkin  Robt.  tailor,  49  Up.Brunswick  st 
Lakin  Chas.  tripe  dresser,  15  Frog  isld 
Lakin  Storer  Needham,  59  King  street 
Lakin  Wm.  insurance  agt.  138  Church  gt 
Lamb  Edwin,  grocer,  92  Granby  st 
Lamb  Henry,  vict.  Horse  and  Jockey, 

46  Humherstone  gate 
Lancashire  John,  grocer,  56  Pasture  In 
Lane  and  Challis,  wine  and  spirit  mer- 
chants, 11  High  street 
Lane  Fras.  wine  mert.  87  London  rd 
Lane  Fras.  bootmaker,  14  Lewin  st 
Lane  Henry,  habdshr.  21  Causeway  In 
Lane  John,  agent  to  Tract  and  Bible 

Societies,  2  Hotel  street 
Lane  John  Chas.  revenue  officer,  16 

Clarence  street 
LaneJph.vict.BlackLion,64Belgravegt 
Lane  Thos.  hairdresser,  216  Belgrave  gt 
Lane  Wm.  cowkeeper,  31  Cank  street 
Lang  Sergt.  Malachi,  5,  Oxford  street 
Lang  Robt.  plumber,  59  Humbstn.  gt 
LangdonMr  Thomas,  80  Belgrave  gate 
Langham  Frederick,  hosiery  manufac- 
turer (J.  &  Sons)  ;  h  27  West  street 
Langham  John  &  Sons,  hosiery  and  shoe 
mfrs.  23  King  st.  and  96  Highcross  st 
Langham  John  &  Sl.Fukes;  h  23  King  st 
Langham  John,  jun. ;  h  Belgrave 
Langham    Thomas,   grocer  and  pork 

butcher,  39  Frog  island 
Langham    Thomas,    shopkeeper,    28 
Thames  street 


Langham  William,  traveller,  62  Upper 

Charles  street 
Langley  Hy.  tobacconist,  1  Calais  hill 
Langridge  Ann, corset mkr.41  Granby  st 
Langton  Charles,  fmktr.  3  Darker  st 
Langton  Julia,  confectioner,  16  Dover  st 
Langton  Robt.  shoemkr.  28  Victoria  st 
Langton  Samuel,  house  agt.  and  paper 

hanging  dealer,  1  Applegate  street 
LankesterHy.  surgeon,  1  Charles  street 
Large  Mr  Jacob,  2  Great  Holme  street 
Larrad  John, shoemkr.  41  East  Bond  st 
Latchmore  John,  whols.  grocer  (Swain 

&  Co.)  ;  h  2  Highfield  street 
Latchmore   William,    confectioner,   58 

Gallowtree  gate 
Latham  Wm.  shoemaker,  118  Bedford  st 
Laughton  John,  shopkeeper,  1  North- 
ampton street 
Laundon  Thos.  baker,  51  New  Bridge  st 
Laundon  William,  grocer,  19  Market 

place  ;  h  42  Regent  street 
Laverack  Jph.  hosier,  4  Queen  street 
Law   John   &  Son  (John  Broughton) 
iron  and  brassfounders  and  engineers, 
Charles  street ;  h  27  London  road 
Lawrence  and  Collis,  coal  dealers,  249 

Belgrave  gate 
Lawrence  Dd.  harness  mkr.ll  Bridge  st 
Lawrence  Frederick   Hall,   vict.   Not- 
tingham Arms,  112  Belgrave  gate 
Lawrence  Henri,  dentist,6  London  road 
Lawrence   John  Gilbert,    coal  dealer, 

(L.  &  Collis)  ;  h  249  Belgrave  gate 
Lawrence  Mr  Jph.  Siah,  99  Belgrave  gt 
Lawrence  Thos.  fmktr.  6  Cumberland  st 
Lawson  Thos.bootmkr.141  Belgrave  gt 
Lawton  Miss  Martha,  46  Regent  street 
Lavton   Thomas    H.   hairdresser,    54 

Northampton  street 
Laxton  Mrs  Ann,  2  Crescent  buildings 
Laxton  George,  fmktr.  68  Russell  street 
Lea  Charles  &  Co.  hosiery  manufactu- 
rers, 9  Newarke  street 
Leader  Laban,  blacksmith,  2  Johnson  st 
Leake  Danl.  beerhouse,  13  Causeway  In 
Leavesley  J  as.  shoemaker,  38  Charles  st 
Lee  Andrew  Taylor,  fancy  repository, 

33  Gallowtree  gate 
Lee  Eliz.  baker,  9  Brunswick  street 
Lee  Mrs  Hannah,  34  Cobden  street 
Lee  Henry,  baker,  1  Bay  street 
Lee  Jas.  vict.  George  III.  22  Wharf  st 
Lee  James,  tobacconist,  13  Cank  street 
Lee  Jesse  &  Co.  engineers,  70  Church  gt 
Lee  Mr  Robert,  17  Princess  street 
Lee  Thomas  Cotchett  and  John  Sutton, 
hosiery  mfrs.   and  yarn  and  lamb's 
wool  agts.  2  Bishop  st.;  h  1  Nelson  st 
Leech  George,  fra,mesmith,  12  Gower  st 


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253 


Leek  Tennant,  bricklayer,  37  Welfd.  rd 
Lees  Mr  Charles,  King  street 
Lees  Thomas,  bootmaker,  29  Thames  st 
Leeson  Mr  Jno.  sen.  7  Humberstn.  rd 
Leeson  John,  jan.  fancy  hosiery  mfr.  30 

Cank  street ;  h  7  Humberstone  road 
Leeson  Matthew,  vict.  Little  Crown,  8 

Horsefair  street 
Lefranc  Francois,  teacher  of  French, 

32  New  walk 
Leicester  Bank  (Paget  T.  &  T.  T.),  15 

High  street;  Edw.  Clepban,  manager 
Leicester  General  News  Room  and  Lib- 
rary, Grauby  st.;  Fdk.  Gowar,  sec. 
Leicester  Navigation  Co.  Public  wharf 
Leicestershire  Banking  Co.  Granby  st.; 

T.  H.  Kinton,  manager 
LennardSaml.  hosiery  mfr.  121Belgrave 

gt.  and  38  Friar  In. ;  h  24  Newarke  st 
Lenord  Robt.  basket  mkr.  6  Church  gt 
Lenton  Wm.  vict.  Clarence  Tavern,  27 

Clarence  street 
Lester  Jas.  currier,  43  Belgrave  gate 
Lester  Tobias,  shoemkr.  33  George  st 
Letts  Geo.  beerhouse,  94  London  road 
Letts  John,  baker,  42  St.  Nicholas  st 
Lever  Thos.  shoemkr.  54  Wellington  st 
LeverWm.  bricklayer,  24  Curzon  place 
Leverett  John,  grocer,  5  Blackfriars  st 
LeverettThos.  contractor,  10  Soar  lane 
Levy  Joseph,   tailor,    Cheapside    (and 

Hart  and  L.);  h  51  London  road 
Lewin  Mrs  Ann,  70  New  walk 
Lewin    Ann   Charlotte,   plumber,   gas 

fitter,  &c.  66  Churchgate 
Lewin  Fras.  Braithwaite,  baker,  59 

Churchgate 
Lewin  Jph.  shoemaker,  25  Richard  st 
LewinWm.  agt.  to  ConservativeSociety, 

16  Bishop  Ftreet 
Lewin  Wm.  Hy.&Co.  hosiery  mfrs.Wat- 

ling  street ;  h  24  New  walk 
LewisCaroline,locksmh.  49Highcross  st 
Lewis  Edw.  corn  dlr.  58  Northgate  st 
Lewis  Ellen,  flour  dlr.  119  Church  gt 
Lewis  Thos.  missionary,  17  Asylum  st 
Lewis  Thos.  flour  dlr.  29  Belgrave  gate 
Lewis  Wm.  tailor,  43 £  Fleet  street 
Lewitt  Geo.  schoolmsr.  148  Belgrave  gt 
Lewitt  Mary,  school,  56  Wharf  street 
Lewitt  Wm.  coal  agt.  42  Humberstn.  rd 
LiJley  Jas.  Harvey,  surgeon,  10  King  st 
Lincoln  John  Andrews,  furrier  &  soda 

water  manufr.  13  Southgate  street 
Lindley  Mr  Warren,  9  Southampton  st 
Lineker  Jas.  tailor,  37  Vauxhall  street 
Lines  Mrs  Betsy,  7  Princess  street 
Lines  Jas.  butcher,  166  Highcross  st 
Lines  Jph.  pig  dlr.  5  Craven  street 
Lines  Wm.  framesmith,  19  Vine  street 


Lines  Wm.  shoemkr.  20  Gt.  Holme  st 
Linley  Rev.  Clement  (N.  C.  Meth.),  28 

Newtown  street 
Linnett  John,  hairdresser  and  haber- 
dasher, 124  Belgrave  gate 
Linney  William,  fmktr.  York  street 
Linnington  John,  clerk,  18  Stanley  st 
Lin thwaiteWm.  gardener,  75  London  rd 
Liquorish  John,  dairyman,  16  Queen  st 
Linthwaite  John,  tailor,  5  Arthur  st 
Lister  Rev.  Brooks,  B.A.  curate  of  St. 

Mary's,  71  Welford  road 
Lister  Geo.  tailor,  40  Fleet  street 
Lister  Wm.  confectioner,  35  Welford  rd 
Litchfield  Geo.  grocer  &  vict.  Dolphin, 

2  Litchfield  street 
Literary   and   Philosophical    Society, 

Town  Museum,  New  walk 
Livens  Fredk.  traveller,  40  London  rd 
Livens  Mrs  Mary,  47  Conduit  street 
Lloyd  Geo.  Fieldhouse,  surgeon  dentist, 

54  Gallowtree  gate ;  h  Belgrave 
Lloyd  James,  bank  clerk,  17  New  walk 
Lloyd  Mr  Jph.  8  Southampton  street 
Lloyd  Jph.  pork  butcher,  33  High  st 
LocktonWm.  hosier,  5  Chancery  street 
Lockwood  Mrs  Ann,  52  London  road 
Lockwood  Mr  Wm.  Salte,  1  West  street 
Lodge  Thos.  wood  turner,  14  Church  gt 
Lofiey  Geo.  gunmkr.  45  Gallowtree  gt 
Lohr  Geo.  Augustus,  music  professor, 

34  Belvoir  street 
Lole  Mr  Daniel,  39  Duke  street 
LomasRev.Ths. (Baptist),  6  Newtown  st 
Lomath  John,  vict.  King  &  Crown,  37 

Townhall  lane 
Long  John,  beerhouse,  40  York  st 
Long  Mdk.  bookseller,  printer,  &c.  78 

High  street 
Long  Saml.  vict.  Recruiting  Sergeant, 

2  St.  Nicholas  square 
Long  Saml.  clerk,  16  Applegate  street 
Looms  Wm.  greengrocer,  75  Colton  st 
Lord  Edw.  greengrocer,  49  Church  gate 
Lord  John  &  Co.  hosiery  manufactu- 
rers, Charles  street ;  h  Oadby 
Lord  Wm.  shoemaker,  4  Welford  road 
Lorrimer  John,  manufacturer  (Pool  & 

L.) ;  h  31  London  road 
Loseby  Edw.  watchmaker,  7  Hotel  st 
Loseby  Jas.  butcher,  57  Wharf  street 
Loveland  Henry, grocer, 21  Highcross  st 
Lovett  Dixon,  baker,  50  Dover  street 
Lowe   Charles,   shoemaker,  28  Upper 

Conduit  street 
Lowe  David,  builder,  South  street ;  h 

Sparkenhoe  street 
LoweEliz.shopkeeper,41  New  Bridge  st 
Lowe  John,  fmktr.  1  Gold  street 
Lowe  Thomas,  builder,  32  Cank  street 


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LEICESTER   DIRECTORY. 


Lowe  Thos.  shopkeeper,  10  Newarke  st 
Lowe  Thos.  shopkeeper,  17  Laxton  st 
Lowe  William,   framework  knitter,  13 

Jarrom  street 
Lowery  William,  elastic  weh  manufac- 
turer and  grocer,  58  Duke  street 
Lucas  Jph.  watchmaker,  11  New  Bondst 
Lucas  Jph.  cowkeeper,  11  St.  George  st 
Luck  Eichard,  solicitor  (Harris  &  L.) ; 

h  63  High  street 
Ludlam  Chas.  coach  painter,  5  Newarke 
Ludlam  Mary,  beerhouse,  94  Sanvey  gt 
Ludlam  Wm.  shopkeeper,  78  Oxford  st 
Ludlam  William,  greengrocer,  53  New 

Bridge  street 
Lumb  Wm.  shoemaker,  27  Johnson  st 
Lumb  Wm.greengrocer,21  Northgate  st 
Lumley  Robt.  flour  dealer,8  Southgates 
Lygo  Edw.shoemkr.41  Friar's  causeway 
Mabbs  Sophia,  school,  27  Halford  st 
Macaulay  Colin  Alexander,  land  sur- 
veyor, 22  Friar  lane 
Macaulay  Mrs  Maria,  24  Belgrave  gate 
Macaulay  Mrs  Mary,  96  London  road 
Macaulay  Wm.  Henry,  solicitor,  stew- 
ard of  the  Manor  of  Rothley,  and  clerk 
to  Trustees  of  Barrow's  and  Wygges- 
ton's  Hospitals,  15  Hotel  street ;  h 
49  Princess  street 
Mace  and  Marshall,  curriers  and  shoe 

manufacturers,  22  Cardigan  street 
Mace  Edward  ;  h  19  Castle  street 
Mackew  Jas.  machinist,  St.  Peter's  lane 
Mackness  Dd.wheelwright,llWoodgate 
Mackness  Jonathan,   wheelwright,  29 

Archdeacon  lane 

Mackness  William,  wheelwright,  The 

Hollow  ;  h  26  Lower  Redcross  street 

McAdam  Wm.  umbrella  manufacturer 

and  British  wine  dlr.  5  Market  place 

McAll  Rev.  Robert  Whitaker  (Indpt.) 

8De  Montfort  square 
McAlpin  John,  20  Sparkenhoe  street 
McAlpin  John  William,  tailor,  15  Gal- 

lowtree  gate 
McAteer  Jas.  tailor,  13  Waterloo  street 
McAteer  Peter,  draper,  13  Waterloo  st 
McCall  Adam,  draper,  23  Rutland  street 
McCarty  John  Joseph,  warehouseman, 

22  Talbot  lane 
McCracken    John,   stone   and  marble 

mason,  Stamford  street 
McDougal  James,    draper,    64  Upper 

Brunswick  street 
McKay  John,  68  Sparkenhoe  street 
McLeod  Donald,  draper,  11  East  street 
McPherson  Jas.  draper,  68  High  street 
McQuillon  Jas.  broker,  51  Southgate  st 
Madder  John,  wood  turner,  2  West 
Bond  street ;  h  50  Nichols  street 


Madder  John,  shoemaker,  50  Nichols  st 
Maddock  Thomas,  tailor,  6  Duke  street 
Main  George,  bootmaker,  2  Milton  street 
Main  James,  grocer,  8  Northgate  street 
Main  John,  house  agent,  Gosling  street 
Main  John,  broker,  17  Curzon  street 
Malin  Mr  Arthur,  2  Marquis  street 
Malkin  Sush.  rope  mfr.  24  Bridge  st 
Mallett  Geo.  brazier,  13  Millstone  lane ; 

h  11  Bowling  green  lane 
Malone  John,  hawker,  6  Nortkmptn.  st 
Manby  John,  smallw.  dlr.  52  High  st 
Mann's  Parcel  Office,  37  Silver  street 
Manning  Jph.  beerhouse,  32  Nichols  st 
Manning  Wm.  sock  manufacturer,  29 

Newarke  street ;  h  Knighton 
Mansell  Har.  milliner,  104  Granby  st 
Mansell  Henry,    marine   store  dealer, 

66  Dover  street 
Mansell  Miss  Maria,  33  New  Bond  st 
Mansell  Wm.  shoemkr.  46  Thornton  In 
Mansfield  Danl.  architect  &  surveyor, 

5  Halford  street 
Mantle  Robt.  tailor,  138  Wellington  st 
Manton  Augst.  cattle  dlr.  14  Nichols  st 
Manton  Chas.  cattle  dlr.  Curzon  st 
Manton  John,  vict.  Albert  Inn,   136 

Humberstone  gate 
Manton  Thos.  butcher,  57  Willow  st 
Marcer  Wm.  beerhouse,  37  Regent  st 
March  Wm.  hosiery  mfr.  21  Sussex  st 
March  Wm.  &  Co.  iron  &  brass  founders, 

cooking   stove    manufacturers,    &c. 

St.  Peter's  lane  ;  h  6  Welford  road 
Markham    Chas.    wheelwright,     Kent 

street ;  h  4  Oxford  terrace 
Markham  Jph.   vict.  Pine  Apple,   16 

Archdeacon  lane 
Markham  Wm.  vict.  Brickmakers'  Arms, 

3  St.  George  street 
Markland  Bertie,  gent.  24  Humbstn  rd 
Marlow  Saml.  Simpson,  62  Regent  st 
Marlow  Thos.  beerhouse,  21  Colton  st 
Marlow  Mr  Wm.  Abbeygate  cottage 
Marriott  Chas.  Hayes,  M.B.,  surgeon, 

8  St.  Martin's 
Marriott  Sush.  cigar  dlr.  29  Yeoman  st 
Marris  Chas.  gasfitter,  40Uppr.  Chas.  st 
Marris  Hy.  &  Son  (Wm.  Hy.)  auction- 
eers, accountants,  &c,  5  Loseby  In.; 

h  23  Princess  street 
Marris  Robt.  accountant,  59  Charles  st 
Marsh  Edw.  Eyton,  36  Lancaster  street 
Marsh John,shoemaker,36  Garden  street 
Marsh  John,  shoemaker,  26  Woodboyst 
Marsh  Mrs  Sarah,  Museum  square 
Marshall  Mrs  Ann,  40  Regent  street 
Marshall  Edw.  governor  Borough  Gaol 
Marshall  Edwin  draper  (M.  &  Gill);  h 

7  Haymarket 


LEICESTER   DIRECTORY. 


255 


Marshall  Geo.  weighing  machine  mkr. 

41  Churchgate 
Marshall  &  Gill,  drapers,  7  Haymarket 
Marshall  John  Eames,  woolstapler  and 
cheesefactor,  13  Horsefair  st.;  h  116 
London  road 
Marshall  Misses,  11  Southgate  street 
Marshall  Mr  Robert,  64  Regent  street 
Marshall  Thos.  shoe  mfr.  (Mace  &  M.); 

h  25  Asylum  street 
Marson  Wm.  tailor,  11  White  street 
Marston  Chas.  shopkpr.  45  Churchgate 
Marston  George,  hosiery  manufacturer, 

Milton  street ;   h  Enderby 
Marston  Hy.  tailor,  35  Jewry  wall  st 
Marston  Thos.  vict.  White  Hart  Hotel, 

5  Haymarket 
Marston  Wm.  auctioneer,  61  Friar  lane 
Martin  Miss  Elizabeth,  22  Princess  st 
Martin  Eliz.  shopkpr.  31  St.  Geo.  st 
Martin  Hy.  shoemaker,  5  Warrington  st 
Martin  Mrs  Mary,  19  Oxford  street 
Martin  Mrs  Mary,  10  Lancaster  street 
Marvel  Frederick  Wilson,  grocer,  90 £ 

Humberstone  road 
Marvin  Alfred,  shopkpr.  43  Denman  st 
Marvin  Wm.  marine  store  dealer,  37 

Upper  Brunswick  street 
Marwood  Saml.  shopkr.  103  East  Bond  st 
Maskell  Geo.  Fredk.  draper,  4  Mkt.  pi 
Maskell  Mr  Wm.  18  Southampton  st 
Maslin  Jph.  undertaker,  24  Thornton  In 
Maslin  Paul,  mop  maker,  1  Orton  st 
Mason  Benj.  baker,  72  Belgrave  gate 
Mason  Edwin,  boot  and  shoe   mfr.  4 

Wellington  st.;  h  26  Regent  street 
Mason  Geo.  Augsts., Collector  of  Inland 
Revenue,  11  Horsefair  street;  h  3 
Stockdale  terrace. 
Mason  John,  tailor,  19  Chatham  street 
Mason  Michl.  druggist,  39  Market  pi 
Mason  Robt.  Wykes,  china,  &c,  dealer, 

79  High  street 
Mason  Saml.  shoemaker,  21  Carlton  st 
Mason  Wm.  glove  mfr.  43  Hambstn.  gt 
Massey    Hugh,  colliery  agent,  10  De 

Montfort  square 
Masters  John,  carpenter,    21  Thames 

street ;  h  2  Wilton  street 
Masters  Thos.  cow  leech,  32  Eaton  st 
Mather  Saml.  cheese  factor  and  pork 

butcher,  65  Market  place 
Mathew  Mrs  Alice,  50  New  walk 
Matson  Mr  John,  24  Sparkenhoe  street 
Matthews  Geo.  fmktr.  6  Lewin  street 
Matthews  Robt.  tailor,  39  Jarrom  st 
Matthews  Thos.framesmith,25  Welfd.rd 
Matthews  Thos.  painter,  4  Hotel  st 
Matts  Hy.  plumber,  18  Wellington  st 
Maw  Edwin,  shopkpr.  2  Grafton  st 


Maw  Wm.  shopkeeper,  93  Wharf  st 
Mawby  Jph.  shopkeeper,  14  Cobden  st 
Maxfield  Mattw.  clerk,  44  Lancaster  st 
Maxsted  John  Morley,   maltster    and 

brewer,  15  Northampton  square 
May  Wm.  Hy.  surgeon,  4  St  Martin's 
Mayne  Hanh.  milliner,  19  Albion  st 
Mayo  Chas.  hairdresser,  63  Oxford  st 
Mayo  Isaac,  brushmaker,  10  Union  st 
Mays  Jessie,  bookseller,  91  High  st 
Meacham  Jas.  Edwin,  druggist,   154 

Belgrave  gate 
Meadows  John,  druggist,  dentist,  and 

rectifier  of  British  spirits,  Hotel  st 
Meadows  Mr  Joseph,  19  Albion  hill 
Measures  Chas.bootmkr.68  Mansfield  st 
Measures  Chas.  bootmker.  25  White  st 
Measures  Isaac,  fmktr.  5  Mill  street 
Measures  Thos.  second  master  of  the 

Greencoat  school,  Holybones 
Mechanics'  Institution,  New  Hall ;  J. 

Johnson,  librarian 
Medworth  Jas.  Hy.  clerk,  69  Conduit  st 
Mee  Catherine,  school,  34  Nichols  st 
Mee  Gilbert,  baker,  1  Conduit  street 
Mee  John,  schoolmaster,  Royal  East  st 
Mee  John,  hair  net  mfr.  20  York  street 
Me8  Joseph,  whsman.  1  New  Bridge  st 
Mee  Robert,  carpenter,  15  Oxford  st 
Mee  Sarah,  dressmaker,  61  Conduit  st 
Mee  Thos. grocer  &  baker,  1  Bedfordst 
Mellis  John,greengrocer,  40  Northgt.  st 
Mence  Saml.  hosiery  mfr.  (J.  &  S.  Cra- 

dock) ;  h  22  Nichols  street 
MenshipJas.  cattle  dlr.  37Warrington  st 
Mercer  Thos.  assessor  of  taxes,  Chatham 

street ;  h  50  London  road 
Meres  Ann,  vict.  Globe,  43  Silver  street 
Meriton  Mrs  Ann,  40  Lwr.  Hastings  st 
Merrall  Thos.  flour  dlr.  129  Churchgate 
Merrill  Wm.  beerhouse,  2  Midland  st 
MerryweatherChas.  druggist,  18High  st 
Messenger  William,  auctioneer,  sheriff's 

officer,  &c.  6  Pocklington's  walk 
Messon  Wm.  shoemaker,  58  Welford  rd 
Mewis  Jph.  cab  owner,  5  Marble  street 
Miall  Misses,  school,  3  Highfield  street 
Miall  Geo.  Ralph,  bookseller,  hardware 

dealer,  &c.  19  Market  street 
Middleton,  Hy.  tailor,  12  Charlotte  st 
Middleton  Hy.  brazier,  43  Pasture  lane 
Middleton  Jph.  bricklayer,  10  Arthur  st 
Midland  Railway  Co.,  general  carriers, 

3  Humberst.  gt.  and  Railway  station 
Miles  Miss  Ann,  28  Silver  street 
Miles  Chas.  beerhouse,  21  Bow  street 
Miles,  Gregory,  and  Bouskell,solicitoi:s, 

19  Cank  street 
Mile  fcRogerDutton,  surveyor  &  land  agt. 

37  Friar  lane ;  h  Keyham 


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Miles  Thos.  grocer,  14  Bay  street 
Miles  Thos.  land  surveyor,  37  Friar  In 
Miles  Thomas,  solicitor;  h  Thurnby 
Miles  Mr  Wm.  9  De  Montfort  square 
Millard  Henry,  vict.  Duke  of  Rutland, 

51  Oxford  street 
Miller  Edwd.  brazier,  78  Highcross  st 
Miller  Eliz.  school,  46  Mansfield  st 
Miller  John,  flour  dlr.  17£  Bow  street 
Miller  Samuel,  shopkpr.  43  Friar  lane 
Miller  Wm.  painter,  254  Belgrave  gate 
Miller  Winifred,  milliner,  43  Churchgt 
Millett  Rev.  Humphrey   Davy,   B.A., 
chap,  to  Blaby  Union,  &  conf rater  of 
Wyggeston's  Hospital,  5  Highcross  st 
MillicanThs.  gent.  128  Humberstone  rd 
Millican William,  architect  and  surveyor, 
15  Hotel  street ;  h  47  Regent  strett 
Millington  John,  coal  &  coke  merchant, 
Southampton  street  wharf;  h  18  Mid- 
land street 
Millis  Richard,  fmktr.  34  Woodboy  st 
Millis  Saml.  framesmith,  237  Belgrave 
gt ;  &  vict.  Milton'sHead, Woodboy  st 
Millis  Thos.  bricklayer,  7  Pelham  st 
Mills  Oohn,  greengrocer,  23  Baker  st 
Mills  John,  framewk.  kntr.  2  Bridge  st 
Mills  Jph.  tailor,  35  Humberstone  road 
Mills  Joseph,  shoemkr.  28  Albion  street 
Mills   Thomas,  hosiery  manufacturer, 

22  Charles  street 
Mills  Wm.  beerhouse,  3  Abbey  gate 
Mills  Wm.  shopkpr.  12  Providence  pi 
Mills  Wm.  greengrocer,  18  Chatham  st 
Mil  lward  John,  shoemaker,  24Welford  rd 
Milne  Nicholas,  bank  manager,    35 

Gallowtree  gate 
Milward  Jph.  shoemkr.  30  Slawson  st 
Minor  Elizabeth   Sarah,  butcher,  131 

Highcross  street 
Minoretti  John,  looking  glass,  barome- 
ter, &c.  manufacturer,  12  Market  pi 
Mitchell  Mrs  Ann,  8  East  street 
Mitchell  Ellen,  provision  dlr.  21  Wm.st 
Mitchell  Geo.  grocer,  75 \  Sanvey  gate 
Mitchell  Jesse,  blacksmith,  Queen  st ; 

h  1  Baker  street 
Mitchell  Mr  John,  4  Market  street 
Mitchell  Richd.  hosiery  manufacturer, 

3  Millstone  lane  ;  h  Enderby 
MitchellRobert,law  clerk,  55  ^London  rd 
Mitchell  Thos.  baker,  2  Calais  hill 
Mitchell  Thomas,  cabinet  maker,    15 

Highcross  street 
Mitchell  Wm.  registrar  of  births  and 

deaths,  19  Loseby  lane 
Monk  John,  joiner,  18  Dun's  lane 
Monk  Jph.  tailor,  11  Union  st 
Moor  Wm.  medical  plaister  manufac- 
turer, 40  Belgrave  gate 


Moore  Ann,  and  Mary,  victs.  Hare  and 

Pheasant,  87  High  street 
Moore  Benj.  shopkeeper,  4  Charlotte  st 
Moore  Chas.  broker,  18  Southgate  st 
Moore  Mrs.  Charlotte,  26  Tower  street 
Moore  Fielding,  contrctr.53  Humbst.rd 
Moore  Fredk.  butcher,  22  Granby  st 
Moore  George,  butcher,  98  Granby  st 
Moore  Geo.  cowkeeper,  12  Applegt.  st 
Moore  &  Gregory,  solictrs.  18  New  st 
Moore  Hy.  shoemaker  93  Oxford  street 
Moore  Hy.  Bates,  engraver,  (Fleming 

&  Co.)  ;  h  54  London  road 
Moore  Jas.Mason,  bookseller,  stationer, 

and  photographer,  18  Granby  st 
Moore   John,    wood,   iron,    and   stone 

turner,  20  Queen  street 
Moore  j  John,  surgeon,  medical  offr.  of 

Board  of  Health,  &c,  8  Market  st 
Moore  Hugh,  butcher,  54  Churchgate 
Moore  John,  beerhouse,  13  Alfred  st 
Moore  John,  frmwk.  kntr.  41  Russell  sq 
Moore  Joseph,  vict.  Baker's  Arms,  36 

Friar's  causeway 
Moore  Joseph,  vict.  Warden's  Arms,  65 

Richard  street 
Moore  Louisa,  confectnr.  31  Market  st 
Moore  Mrs  Mary,  Museum  square 
Moore  Thos.  vict.  Belvoir  Castle,  125 

Northampton  street 
Moore   Wm.  solicitor  (M.  &  Gregory) ; 

h  11  De  Montfort  square 
Moore  Wm.  needle  maker,  58  Eaton  st 
Moore  Wm.  butcher,  66  Sanvey  gate 
Moore  Wm.  sweep,  Burley's  lane 
Morgan  Henry,  draper  ;  h  2  Crescent 
Morgan  Robert  William  &  Son  (Hy.)  hat 

and  cap  manufacturers,  4  Wellington 

street ;  h  2  Hastings  street 
Morgan  &  Squire,  drapers,  17  Hotel  st 
Morley  Edw.Wm.bankclk.  114Lond.rd 
Morley  Jas.  webmfr.  (Armitage  &  Co.) ; 

h  Do  Montfort  terrace 
Morley  Rd.  &  Son,drapers,14  Cheapside 
Morley  Rd.  ;h  Myrtle  villa,  Stoneygate 
Morley  Fdk.  Rd. ;  h  1  De  Montfort  st 
Morley  Thos.  vict.  Crown  and  Thistle, 

45  Townhall  lane 
Morpott  Mrs  Ann,  29  New  walk 
Morrall  John,  plasterer,  58  Dover  st 
Morris  Alfred,  tailor,  96  Willow  street 
Morris  Chas.  solr.  (Berridge  and  M.)  ; 

h  10  Friar  lane 
Morris  Fras.  vict.  Hat  and  Beaver,  60 

Highcross  street 
Morris  John,  cooper,  8  Churchgate 
Morris  Jph.  baker,  26  George  street 
Morris  John,  shopkeeper,  66  Curzon  st 
Morris  Wm.  shopkeeper,  3  Harvey  In 
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Mortimer  Henry  Thomas,  dentist,  17 

Lower  Redcross  street 
MortimerRhoda,grinderydJr.l2Dover  st 
Mortimer    Wilson,   horsebreaker,   23| 

Morledge  street 
Mortimore  Ckas.beerhs,  13  Upr.Chas.st 
Morton  Mr.  John,  8  Welford  road 
Morton  My.Ann.beerhs.  9  New  Bond  st 
Moss  John,  tobacconist,  28  Carlton  st 
Moss  John,  carpenter,  6  Northgates 
Mott  &  Co.  wine  importers,  and  spirit 

merchants  and  rectifiers,  12  Cheap- 
side,  and  Liverpool  and  Birkenhead 
Mott  Fdk.  Thompson ;  h  4  Upr.  Kingst 
Mould  Hy.  traveller,  29  St.  Peter's  In 
Moulds  Arthur,  librarian,  53  Cobden  st 
Moulds  Wm.  framewkntr.  4  Freehold  st 
Mousley  Joseph,  coal  merchant,  Public 

wharf,  and  15  East  street 
Mowbray  Wm.  fancy  hosiery  and  lace 

manufacturer,  48  Archdeacon  In ;  h 

10  Navigation  street 
Moxon  Ann,  stay  maker,  4  High  street 
Moxon  Thomas,  tailor  and  draper,  17 

Horsefair  street 
Moxon  William,  hairdresser,  2  High  st 
Mozley  Edward,  draper,  6  Cheapside  ; 

h  71  Welford  road 
Mudford  John  William,  ironmonger,  7 

Market  place  ;  h  13  Townhall  In 
Muggleton  Hmphry.  shoer.  51  Kingst 
Muggleston    John,    vict.    Wellington 

Castle,  36  Granby  street 
Mullis  James,  butcher,  92  High  street 
Mundella  Anthony    waste  dealer,   14 

Churchgate  ;  h  17  Buttclose  lane 
Munton  Chas.shoemkr.35  Blue  Boar  In 
Munton  John,  vict.  Admiral  Nelson,  14 

Humberstone  gate 
Murby  Wm.  greengrocer,  29  Sanveygt 
Murby  Wm.  shoemaker,  48   Sanvey  gt 
Murdin  Wm.  plumber,  43  Regent  st 
Murdy  Geo.  gas  fitter,  55  Churchgate 
Murdy  James,  butcher,  40  Churchgate 
Murdy  John,  hair  cutter,  56  High  st 
Murdy  William,  butcher,  1  Harvey  lane 
Murphy  Jph.  framesmith,  18  Brook  st 
Mursell  Rev.  Jas.  Philipps  (Bapt.),  6 

Highfield  street 
Musson  Edm.  shoemkr.  19  Northgate  st 
Musson  Fredk.  bootmr.  16  Upr.  Chas.  st 
Musson  Wm.  governor,  County  Gaol 
Musson  Wm.  cowkpr.  6  St.  Peter's  lane 
Mustill  Jas.  cabt.  mkr.  35  Belgrave  gate 
Narracott  Rd.  Matt,  trvlr.  16  Nelson  st 
Nash  George,  tailor,  72  Dover  street 
Nason  Mrs  Jane,  118  Humberstone  rd 
National  Provincial  Bank  of  England, 
(Branch),  35  Gallowtree  gt;   Nichls. 
Milne,  manager 


Naylor  Har.  milliner,  162  Belgravegat© 
Naylor  Jno.  shoemkr.  23  Pasture  lane 
Neal  &  Crick,  dressers,  26  Mill  lane 
Neal  Edw.  hairdresser,  51  Northgate  st 
Neal  Fredk.  joiner,  8  Lower  Hill  street 
Neal  Geo.  dresser ;  h.  26  Mill  lane 
Neal  Hy.,Brit.  wine  dlr.  20  Clarence  st 
Neal  John  Ebenezer,  vict.  Anchor,  43 

Charles  street 
Neal  Wm.  fmwktr.  34  St.  Peter's  lane 
Neale  Jas.  &  Son,  grocers,  12  East  gates 
Neale  Jno.  Wm.  drugst.  34  Belgravegt 
Neale  Misses  My.  &  Eliz.  36  Regent  st 
Neale  Richd.  tailor,  15  Russell  square 
Neale  Saml.  greengcr.  4  Belvoir  street 
Neale  William,  vict.  Queen  Victoria,  28 

Southampton  street 
Neale  Wm.  builder,  6  Peacock  lane ;  h 

Southgate  street 
Neale  Wm.  Gamble,  vict.  Barley  Mow, 

3  London  road 
Nedham  Miss  Elizabeth,  39  New  walk 
Nedham  Mr  Frank,  30  New  Walk 
Nedham  Jno.  greengcr.  23  E.  Bond  st 
Nedham  Misses,  7  St.  Martin's  East 
Needham  Matthw.  beerhs.  Coventry  st 
Needham  Mrs  Sarah,  62  London  road 
Needham  Slater,  druggist,  60  Churchgt 
Needham  Susan,  bnt.  mkr.  58  Granby  st 
Neep  John,  cattle  dlr.  19  St.  George  st 
Nettleship  Hy.  druggist  (Clarke,  N.,  & 

Bailey) ;  h.  De  Montfort  terrace 
Nevinson  G.  H.  &  T.,  solrs.  &  district 

regrs.  of  Ct.  of  Probate,  4  Wickliffe  st 
Nevinson  Geo.  Henry ;  h.  5  Southfields 
Nevinson  Thomas,  h.  4.  West  street 
Newbold  Saml.  baker,  24  Eldon  street 
Newbold  Mr  Thos.  65  £  Humbstne.  rd 
Newby  Edwin  Henry,  patent  agent,  49 

Wellington  street 
Newby  Jph.  tailor,  55  Causeway  lane 
Newby  Thos.  Dand,  bootmkr.  14  New 

Bond  street 
Newby  Wm.  framesmith,  20  New  walk 
Newcombe  Jno.  grocer,  210  Belgrave  gt 
Newell  Benj.  law  clerk,  28  Tower  st 
Newell  Eliz.  vict.  Sir  Thomas  White,  34 

Russell  street 
Newham  Mr  Daniel,  12  Albert  street 
Newman  John,  painter  &c.  20  Metcalfe  st 
Newton  Ann,  midwife,  172  Wharf  st 
Newton  Edw.  glove  mfr.  39  Church  gt 
Newton  Edw.  whsman.  17  Grape  street 
Newton  John  baker,  7  Albion  hill 
Newton  Wm.  beerhouse,  25  Peel  street 
Nichols  Chas.  beerhouse,  Asylum  street 
Nichols  Geo.  blue  mfr.  28  Humbstn.  rd 
Nichols  Geo.  bootmaker,  40  Thames  st 
Nichols  Jno.  woolstapler,  7  Rupert  st 
'Nichols  Wm.  frmsmth.  9  Buttclose  In 
R 


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LEICESTER   DIRECTORY. 


Nicholson  Henry,   music  professor  & 

dealer,  14  Halford  street 
Nicholson  Hy.  jun.  music  professor,  79 

Nichols  street 
Nickolds  Rev.  Wra.  Thos.  (Cath.),  41 

Wellington  street 
Nicol  Mrs  Caroline,  8  Princess  street 
Nicolls  Capt.  Robt.  Murphy,  Prebend  ter 
Nixon  Thos.  shopr.  33  Northmberld.  st 
Nixon  Wm.  greengrocer,  14  Rutland  st 
Noakes  Ann,  dyer,  10  Highcross  street 
Nokes  Frank,  printer,19  Bowling  green 

lane  ;  h  122  Highcross  street 
Nokes  James,  gentleman,  18  New  walk 
Nokes  John,  hairdr.  51  Northamptn  st 
Nokes  Wm.  milliner,  26  Market  place 
Noon  Charles,  hosiery  mfr.  5  Granby  st 

and  Railway  bldgs.  ;  h  Stoneygate 
NoonJokn,  shoemaker,  17  Marlbro'  st 
NoonMrs  Mary  Ann,  20  Lancaster  st 
NoonThos.  shoemaker,  12  Charles  st 
NoonWm.  grinder,  111  Bedford  street 
Norman  Henry,  bootmfr.  16Belgravegt 
Norman  Hy.  plumbr ;  h  108  Highcross  st 
Norman  James,  shoemkr.  5  Northgate  st 
Norman  Jph.  clothes  dlr.  36  Oxford  st 
Norman  Mr  Thomas,  76  Highcross  st 
Norman  and  Underwood,  plumbers,  &c. 

15  Freeschool  lane 
Norman  William,  joiner,  3  Vauxhall  st 
N orris  &  Grant,  milliners,  6  Humbstnrd 
Norris  William,  shoemaker,  4  Wharf  st 
North  Benjamin,  grocer,  36  Belgrave  gt 
North  John  Hall,  baker,  9  Goswell  st 
Norton  Ann,  vict.  Engine,  12  Queen  st 
Norton  Ephm.shopkr.  10  Lowr  Grower  st 
Norton  Hy.  shoemkr.  13  Britannia  st 
Norton  John,  grocer,  6  Woodboy  street 
Norton  Joseph,  tobacconist,  38  Highst 
Norton  Michael,  shopkr.  15  Wigston  st 
Norton  Richard,  confectr.  36  High  st 
Norton  Thomas,  maltster,  37  Conduit  st 
Norton  Thos.  bank  clerk,  79  Regent  st 
Norton  Thos.  Strange,  grocr.  46  Belgr.gt 
Norton  William,  vict.  Marquis  of  Has- 
tings, 66  Navigation  street 
Nunneley  Miss  Elizabeth,  2  New  street 
Nurse  Mrs.  8  Crescent  buildings 
Nurse  William,  dyer,  (Harding  &  N.)  ; 

h  30  Frog  island 
Nursey Fdk.Jno.  staff-sergt.7  Goswell  st 
Nutt  John,  coal  merchant,  Southampton 

street  wharf ;  h  London  road 
Nutt  William  Henry,  vict.  Wheat  Sheaf, 

39  Gallowtree  gate 
Nuttall  Henry,  surgeon,  26  Belgrave  gt 
Oakes  J.  &  W.  spinners,  14  Foxon  st 
Oakes  Joshua ;  h  70  Humberstone  gate 
Oakes  William ;  h  31  Hinckley  road 
Oakley  William,  locksmith,  22  Church  gt 


Odams  Samuel,  hosiery  mfr.  Watling  st 
Odams  Miss  Elizabeth,  57  London  rd 
Odams  Thomas,  brewer,  26  Nelson  st 
Odell  George,  bank  clerk,  20  West  st 
Offley  George,  gardener,  15  Gartree  st 
Ogden  Warren,  whsman,  5  Northmptn  st 
Oldershaw  Chpr.  music  profr.  24  King  st 
Oldershaw  Jph.  fmktr.  10  S. Church  gt 
Oldham  Geo.  butcher,  17  Braunstn.  gt 
Oldland  John,  stay  maker,  41  Granby  st 
Oliver  Thomas,  butcher,  16  Market  st 
Oliver  William,  saddler,  2  Crab  street 
Oliver  Wm.hosier&glover,13|  Market  st 
Oram  Daniel,  dyer,  Friday  street 
Oram  Edward,  tailor,  12  King  street 
Oram  George,  butcher,  29  Bridge  street 
Oram  James  Allen,  grocer,  British  wine 

dealer,  &c.  10  Market  place 
Oram  Thos.  lamb's  wool  spinr.  28  York  st 
Oram  Thomas,  shopkr.  64  Sanvey  gate 
Ore  Charles,  vict.  Hind,  49  London  rd 
Orme  George,  fmktr.  22  Metcalfe  st 
Orphan  Asylum,  (Female)  theNewarke 
Orton  James,  shoemkr.  49  Southmptn  st 
Or  ton  John,  draper,  42  Market  place 
Orton  Joseph,  news-agent,  68  Sanvey  gt 
Orton  Mary  Ann,  shopkr.  18  Samuel  st 
Orton  Thomas,  accountant,  6  Castle  view 
Orton  William,  builder,  (Swain  &  O.)  ; 

h  77  Sanvey  gate 
Osborn  Joseph,  shoemaker,  Clinton  st 
Osborn  Robert,  tinner,  23  Vauxhall  st 
Osborn  Samuel,  draper,  21  Hotel  street 
Osborne  Bros,  builders,  53  Highcross  st 
Osborne  George  ;  h  28  New  walk 
Osborne  Jno.  Frdk. ;  h  53  Highcross  st 
Osborne  John,  fmktr.  14  Milton  street 
Oswald  Rd.  Boot,  manager,  6  Lancstr.st 
Oswin  William,  fmktr.  107  Wharf  st 
Ott  George,  tripe  dlr.  11  East  Bond  st 
Ottey  Sarah,  lodgings,  10  Hastings  st 
Outram  Thomas,  coal  dlr.  37  Grange  In 
Overton  Henry,  traveller,  44  Sanvey  gt 
Overton  James,  shoemkr.  63 i  Sanvey  gt 
Overton  Robert,  hosiery  mfr.  King  st. ; 

h  13  De  Montfort  square 
Overton  Saml.  shoemkr.  38  Northgate  st 
Overton  William,  vict.  Crown  &  Thistle, 

29  Northgate  street 
Owen  Rev.  Thomas,  M.A.  incumbent, 

©f  Christ  Church,  Cobden  street 
Owston  Hiram  Abriff,  43  Princess  st 
Pacey  Daniel,  baker,  44  Cank  street 
Packwood  John,  shoemkr.  20  Middle  st 
Packwood  Wm.Broughton,  hosiery  mfr. 

(Henton  &  P.) ;  h  21  Nichols  street 
Padmore  Jas.  bootmaker,  3  Charles  st 
Padmore  Jas.  Mitchell,  23  West  street 
Padmore  Thos.  tailor,  10  Ashwell  street 
Page  Fanny,  hosier,  70  Granby  street 


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Page  Isaac,  baker,  5  Lead  street 
Page  Thos.  shoer.  14  Northumberland  st 
Page  Wm.  shoemaker,  28  Chatham  st 
Paget  Alfred,  solicitor  (Stone  &  Co.) ; 

h  2  West  street 
Paget  Alfred,  confecr.  35  Townhall  lane 
Paget  Edward  Humphrey,  surgeon,  34 

Friar  lane 
Paget  Mr  George,  44  Morledge  street 
Paget  Thomas   and    Thomas  Tertius, 
bankers  (Leicester  Bank),  15  High 
street ;  h  Humberstone 
Paget  Thos. consulting  surgn.74  High  st 
Paine  Samuel,  vict.  Duke  of  Cambridge, 

1  Grape  street 
Painter  John,  cowkeeper,  Baker  street 
Palfreyman  Dennis,  school,13  Raglan  st 
Palmer  Mrs  Ann,  5  Ann  street 
Palmer  Benjamin  Arthur,  hat  manufac- 
turer, 17  Granby  street 
Palmer  John,  greengrocer,  95  Sanvey  gt 
Palmer  John,  shoemaker,  20  Carlton  st 
Palmer  Mary,  draper,  145  Belgrave  gate 
Palmer  Miss  Mary  Ann,  21  West  street 
Palmer  Mr  Robert,  5  Belvoir  street 
Palmer  Sarah,  lodgings,  50  Welford  rd 
Palmer  Thomas,  dyer,  50  Friday  street 
Palmer  Wm.  shoemaker,45  St. George  st 
Pares'  Leicestershire  Banking  Co.,  St. 

Martin's,  Wm.  Billson,  manager 
ParkerMrs  Anne  Eliz.l8De  Montfort  sq 
Parker  Fredk.  shoemkr.  245  Belgrave  gt 
Parker  Hy.  wire  worker,18  Northmptn.st 
Parker  John, shoemaker,81  East  Bond  st 
Parker  John  Wilson,  tobacconist,  36 
Gallowtree  gt.  &  toy  dlr.  103  High  st 
Parker  Robert,  traveller,  5  Queen  street 
Parker  Thomas,  hair  pad  mfr.  33  Silver 

street ;  h  22  Sparkenhoe  street 
Parker  Thos.  shopkeeper,  42  Stanley  st 
Parker  Thos.  traveller,  6  Crescent  bldgs 
Parker  Wm.  bootmaker,  6  Hay  market 
Parker  William,  jun.  shoe  manufacturer 
(Holyoake  &  P.)  ;  h  13  Burgess  street 
Parkin  Rev.   Samuel  (Prim.  Meth.)  4 

Napier  street 
Parkinson  John,  traveller,  13  Nelson  st 
Parkinson  Thomas,  tailor,  33  Granby  st 
Parks  Joseph,  nail  mfr.  67  Willow  st 
Parnham  Mrs  Sarah,  28  Sparkenhoe  st 
Parr  Edward,  draper,  8  Gallowtree  gate 
Parr  George,  clerk,  4  Applegate  street 
Parr  Edw.  draper,  8  Gallowtree  gate 
Parr  George,  clerk,  4  Applegate  street 
Parr  George,  coach  builder  (Parr  and 

Hamshaw)  ;  h  82  Rutland  street 
Parr  and  Hamshaw,   coach   builders, 

37  Humberstone  gate 
Parr  Mr  John  Billson,  60  Stanley  st 
Parr  Miss  Louisa,  6  Crescent  street 


Parr  Mary  and  Son  (George)  cab  and 
omnibus  proprs.  37  Humberstone  gt 
Parr  Mr  Robert,  135  Upr.  Brunswick  st 
Parr  Mr  Thomas,  12  Nelson  street 
Parrott  William,  stonemason,  Humber- 
stone gate  ;  h  3  Wharf  street 
Parry  Daniel,  shopkeeper,  and  rope  and 
twine  manufacturer,  82  Wharf  street 
Parsons  and  Brown,  ironmongers,  cut- 
lers, seedsmen,  and  paper,  paint,  &c. 
dealers,  63  Market  place 
Parsons  Herbert,rev.offr.21  Rutland  ter 
Parsons  John ,  ironmonger  (P.  &  Brown) ; 

h  3  Humberstone  road 
Parsons  Jph.  hairdsr.  Lwr.  Redcross  st 
Parsons  Obadiah,  boot  and  shoe  manu- 
facturer, 9  East  Bond  street 
Parsons  Sarah,  confectr.  8  Belvoir  st 
ParsonsThos.  druggist,  30  Gallowtree  gt 
Partridge  Ann,  shopkr.  121  Curzon  st 
Partridge  John,  glove  mfr.  7  Albion  st 
Partridge  Thomas,  fishmonger,  &c.  26 

Granby  street 
Partridge  William,  milliner,  27  High 

street ;  h  12  Highfield  street 
Partridge  Wm.  baker,  38  Colton  street 
Pateman  John,  carpenter,  Harcourt  st 
Pateman  John  Stafford,  pork  butcher, 

175  Belgrave  gate 
Patrick  John,  butcher,  2  Southgates 
Patrick  Thos.  needle  mkr.  102  Oxford  st 
Pattingson  Thos.  hatter,  9  Chancery  st 
Paul  John  Dennis,  ironmonger  (Cort 

and  P.)  ;  h  57  Regent  street 
Paul   Thomas   Dennis,  sen.  and  jun. 

irongrs.  (Cort  &  P.);  h  Stoneygate 
Paul  Wm.  beerhouse,  50  Colton  street 
Payne  Fras.  shoemaker,  3  Laxton  st 
Payne  Geo.  fly  proprietor,  13  Albion  st 
Payne  Henry,  Esq.  9  The  Newarke 
Payne  Mrs  Jane,  22  Upper  Conduit  st 
Payne  John,  builder,  Dover  street ;  h 

18  Queen  street 
Payne  John,  tailor,  22  Lower  Hill  st 
PayneJoshua,pawnbroker,52Belgravegt 
Payne  Saml.  tailor,  29  New  Bond  street 
Payne  William  Green,  fishmonger,  44 

High  street ;  h  2  Mill  lane 
Payne  William,  fmktr.  54  Bedford  st 
Peach  John,  wholesale  dealer  in  bonnet 

fronts  and  lace,  25  Townhall  lane 
Peacock  John,  pipe  manufacturer,  Simp- 
son street ;  h  138  Highcross  street 
Peak  Jph.  greengrocer,  17  William  st 
Peake  Geo.Edw.  broker,  31  Oxford  street 
Peake  Miss  Mary  Ann,  6De  Montfort  pi 
Peake  Thomas, framework  needle  maker, 

38  Grosvenor  street 
Pearson  John,  plumber  (Woodcock  & 
P.)  ;  h  68  Churchgate 

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Pearson  William  Briggs,  news  agent, 

49  Wharf  street 
Peberdy  Jph.  shopkeeper,  32  Richard  st 
Peberdy  Robert,    vict.   Marlborough's 

Head,  28  Welford  road 
Peberdy  Thomas,  vict.  Wheat  Sheaf,  8 

Wheat  street 
Peck  John,    earthenware    dealer,    90 

Humberstone  road 
Peel  John,  maltster,  7  Albion  street 
Peel  William,  vict.  Shakspere's  Head, 

19  Southgate  street 
Peers  Matthew,  blacksmith  and  farrier, 

25  Humberstone  gate 
Peet  Mrs  Ann,  80  New  walk 
PeetMr  Thos.  Bosworth,  30  Princess  st 
Pegg  and  Chapman,  hosiery  manufac- 
turers, Rutland  street 
Pegg  Eliz.  Ann,  grocer,  60  Southgate  st 
Pegg  James  Alfred,  storekeeper  at  the 

Lunatic  Asylum 
Pegg  John,  ironfounder,  Elbow  lane ; 

hi  3  Grape  street 
Pegg  John,  elastic  web  manufacturer, 

Queen  street  ;  h  70  Rutland  street 
Pegg  John,  shoemaker,  39  Bedford  st 
Pegg  Misses  My.  &  Sar.  23  Stockdale  ter 
Pegg   Samuel,   ironfounder  and   vict. 

Stirling  Castle,  41  Ruding  street 
Pegg  Wm.  (P.  &  Chapman) ;  h  15  Westst 
Penitentiary,  18  Highcross  street 
Penny  Geo.  polisher,  31  St.  Peter's  lane 
Penny  Geo.vict.WillowTree,91  Willow  st 
Perkins  Geo.  miller  &  baker,  4  Bridge  st 
Perkins  Jas.  confectioner,  18  Charles  st 
Perkins  Jane,  baker,  102  Wharf  street 
Perkins  Jph.  cabinet  maker,  28  Colton  st 
Perry  Wm.  whitesmith,  18  Newarke  st 
Petch  Wm.  pianoforte  tuner,  1  Queen  st 
Peters,  Hall  &  Co.  wine  &  spirit  mercts. 

46  Cank  st.  &  London :  J.  Pratt,  agent 
Pettifor  Charles  Spooner,  grocer  (Green 

and  P.) ;  h  64  Rutland  st 
Pettifor  Edwd.  grainer,  56Up.Charles  st 
Pettifor  Elizabeth,  mail  contractor  &  cab 

proprietor,  47  Humberstone  gate 
Pettifor  John,  clerk,  10  Aylestone  st 
Pettifor  Mrs  Millicent,  20  Nichols  st 
Pettifor  Wm.  druggist  (Cooper  and  P.) ; 

h  The  Spa,  20  Humberstone  road 
Petty  John  Hy.  law  clerk,  Auckland  ter 
PhillipsGeorge,  earthenware  dealer,  168 

Wharf  street 
Phipps  Thos.  whsman.  8  Regent  street 
Phipps  Wm.  beerhouse,  6  Colton  street 
Pick  Charles,  baker,  6  Gray  street 
Pick  John,  fancy  scarf  and  hosiery  mfr. 

Friday  street ;  h  41  Queen  street 
Pick  John,  marine  store  dlr.  85  Wharf  st 
Pick  John,  carpenter,  1  Freehold  street 


Pickard  Henry,  bookkpr.  66  New  walk 
PickardJas.Eastwoodjlamb's  wool  spin- 
ner, Lwr.  Brown  st ;  h  65  Welford  rd 
Pickard  Wm.  Hy.  joiner,  226  Belgrave 
gt.  &  flower  pot,  &c.  dlr.  Public  wharf 
Picken  John,  victualler,  White  Bear,  28 

Thornton  lane 

Pickering  Henly,  agt  .toUnited  Kingdm. 

Provident  Institn.  24  Northampton  st 

Pickering  Hy.  druggist,  59  Highcross  st 

Pickering  Jph.  ironmonger  (Hunt  &  P.) ; 

h  14  Gallowtree  gate 
Pickering  Joseph,  framework  knitter,  88 

Upper  Brunswick  street 
Pickering  Thomas,  collector,  2  South- 
ampton street 
Pickford&Co.  genl.  carriers,  11  Cankst; 

Jph.  Shelley  &  Geo.  White,  agents 
Pidcock,  Mr  Henry,  10  West  street 
Pike  Rev.  JamesCarey,  (Baptist),  20 De 

Montfort  square 
Pike  Wm.  Keightley,  solr.  28  Friar  In 
Pilgram  John,  beerhouse,  2  Batn  lane 
Pillings  Wm.  tailor,  22  Belgrave  gate 
Plant  &  Co.  (Berij.  &  Jas.)  hosiery  mfrs. 
76  Wellington  st;  h  3  &  4  Napier  ter 
Plant  James,  shopkeeper,   115  Upper 

Brunswick  street 
Plant  John,  frame wk.  kntr.  105 Wheat  st 
PlantJph.&Co.  builders,  98Highcross  st 
Plant  Jph.  tripe  dresser,  8  Wilton  street 
Plant  Robt.  Fisher,  bookbinder,  4  Prin- 
cess st ;  h  12  Lower  Hastings  street 
Plant  Thomas,  vict.  Royal  George,  9 

Charles  street 
Plant  William,  clerk  of  St.  John's,  38 

Ashwell  street 
Piatt  Thomas,  shopkeeper,  baker,  and 

beerhouse,  39  Queen  street 
Pochin  Mrs  Elizabeth,  10  Tower  st 
Pochin  Hy.  coal  dealer,  33  Cank  street 
Pochin  John  Joseph,  revenue  officer  and 

corn  inspector,  22  Constitution  hill 
Pochin  Robert,  &  Son  (Rt.  jun.),  iron- 
mongers, 30£  Granby  street 
Pochin  Mrs  Sarah,  16  Regent  street 
Podd  Thomas  &  Co.^worsted  spinners, 

Bath  lane ;  h  Enderby 
Pointon  Jno.  warehouseman ,  8  Napier  st 
Pole  Henry  and  Son,  house  agents,  18 

Alpine  terrace 
Pole  James,  music  professor,  5  York  st 
Pole  Sheldon,  booksr.  76  Wellington  st 
Pole  Susannah,  ladies'  boarding  school, 

1  Sparkenhoe  street 
Pole  Wm.  draper,  1  Upper  Brunswick  st 
Pollard  John,   ale  and  porter  agent, 

Belvoir  street ;  h  42  New  walk 
Pollard  John,  greengrocer,  96  Granby  st 
Ponsford  Mrs.  tobacconist,  31  King  st 


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Pool  Jph.  &  Co.  hosiery  manufacturers 
5  Wellington  st ;  h  4  Hastings  street 
Pool  and  Lorrimer,  hosiers,  embroider- 
ers, and  shoe  manufrs.Welford  place 
Poole  Mr  Richard,  9  Upper  Conduit  st 
Poppleton  Jph.wool  mct.26StNicholas  st 
Porter  George,  Thomas,  &  Henry,  mfrs. 
(Faire  Bros.  &  P.) ;  h  24  Lancaster  st 
Porter  Henry,  music  dlr.  15St.George  st 
Porter  Hy.  Thos.  builder,  43  Granby  st 
Porter  John,  cabinet  maker  &  tobacco- 
nist, 22  and  24  Gallowtree  gate 
Porter  John  Arnold,  cabinet  maker  and 

upholsterer,  Granby  street 
Porter  Jph.  shoemaker,  13  Laxton  st 
Porter  Mr  Thomas,  43  Granby  street 
Porter  Wm.  supervisor,  34  New  walk 
PostOffice,Granby  st ;  M.South,  postmr. 
Postlethwaite  Fdk.  model  maker,  29  St. 

Nicholas  st ;  h  36  Southgate  street 
Postlethwaite  George  Richard,  machine 
maker,  Dover  st ;  h  32  Calais  street 
Potter  George,  shopman,  92  London  rd 
Potter  John,  tailor,  22  Knighton  street 
Potter  John,  parchment  maker,  7  Lower 

Brown  street 
PotterJohn.carver  &  gilder,  54Granby  st 
PotterJph.Sharp,grocer,56Humberst.rd 
Potter  Saml. Jph.  druggist,  46  Rutland  st 
PoultneyWm.  cattlejobr.  30  St. George  st 
Powdrill  William,  vict.  Crown  &Thistle, 

16  Loseby  lane 
Powell  Charles,  cabinet  maker,   6  St. 

Nicholas  street 
Powell  Henry,  lessee  of  Theatre 
Powell  John,  shoemaker,  21  Friday  st 
Poyner  Harry,  schoolmaster,  Canning  st 
Poynor  Chas.  machinist,  38  Southgate  st 
Poynor  James,  machinist,  Bath  lane  ;  h 

8  Talbot  lane 
Pratt  Chas.  house  agent,  24  Nelson  st 
Pratt  Edward,  grocer,  34  Halford  street 
Pratt  Henry,  corn  and  flour  dealer,  35 

Highcross  street 
Pratt  Jas.  shoemkr.  28  Northumberld.st 
Pratt  John,  wine  &  spirit  merchant,  46 

Cank  street ;  h  Whetstone 
Pratt  John,  framework kntr.  16Milton  st 
Pratt Josiah, boot  top  mfr.  13Buttclo3e  In 
Pratt  Mrs  Sarah,  32  Albion  hill 
Pratt  Mr  Thomas,  9  Humberstone  road 
Pratt  William,  shoemkr.  4  The  Hollow 
Prentice  Thos.  hairdresser,  28  High  st 
Preston  Daniel,  grocer,  Asylum  street 
Preston  Daniel,  shopkpr.  24  Wharf  st 
Preston  Miss  Eliza,  22  Sycamore  lane 
Preston  Fras.  shoemaker,  14  Goswell  st 
PrestonFras.  jun.shoemkr.  18  Laxton  st 
Preston  Fdk.  shopkpr.  77  London  road 
PrestonJas.&Sons,  shoe  mfrs.Soutbgt.st 


Preston  James  &  Wm.;  h  Highfield  st 
PrestonJno.  bobbin  turner,  60Church  gt 
Preston  John  James,  shoe  manufacturer; 

h  59  London  road 
PrestonMillicent,beerhs.l25Belgravegt 
Preston  Oliver,  37  New  Bond  street 
Preston  Samuel,  shopkpr.  27  Eaton  st 
Preston  Thos.  fruiterer,  200  Belgrave  gt 
Preston  Thomas,  fmktr.  12  Denman  st 
Preston  Thos.  tailor,  10  Goswell  street 
Preston  William,  vict.  Jolly  Butcher, 

45  Northgate  street 
Preston  William  &  Co.  glove  and  cloth 
mfrs.  Wharf  street;  h  33  Rutland  st 
PrettyClementjpawnbrokerjSStMartin's 
Price  John,  tailor,  16 J  Clarence  street 
Price  Thos.  painter,  197  Belgrave  st 
Price  Ubsdell,  clerk,  6  Cobden  street 
Pridmore  Ann,  boot  dlr.  106  Granby  st 
Pridmore  Cath.  flour  seller,  27  Dover  st 
Priestnall  Jas.  shoemkr.  9  Carlton  st 
Priestnall  John,  gravestone  cutter,  13 

Nichols  street 
Prime  Capt.  Arthur,  Narborough  road 
Probate,  Registry  of  Court  of,  4  Wick- 
liffe  st;  G.H.  &  T.  Ne vinson,  registrars 
Procter  Chas.  pasteboard  box  maker,  42 

St.  George  street 
Pullan  Eliz.  school,  45  Humbrstne.  rd 
Pulling  Miss  Kezia,  9  Napier  street 
Purser  Wm.  bookkpr.  6  Applegate  st 
Pyne  Wm.  grcr.  &  bkr.  50  Warrington  st 
Pyser  Morris,smallw.  dlr.69  Northptn.  st 
Pywell  Green,  cowkpr.  20  Rutland  st 
Pywell  Jas.  baker,  10  Sparkenhoe  st 
Pywell  Jno.  news  agt.  50  Wellington  st 
Pywell  Jno.  baker,  55  Southgate  street 
Pywell  Jno.  shoemkr.  48  Russell  street 
Pywell  Sam.  shoemkr.  130  Wellington  st 
Pywell  Wm.  broker,  3  Highcross  street 
Quarmby    Joseph,   tailor,   and  Anne, 

milliner,  30  Silver  street 
Quinn  Hy.  shoemkr.  43  Woodboy  st 
Quincey  Chas.  Edw.  earthenware  dlr. 

69  Oxford  street 
Quinney  Danl.  shoemkr.  56  Albion  st 
Radd  Chas.  butcher,  32  Wellington  st 
Ragg  Jas.  butcher,  1  St.  Margaret  st 
Ragg  Wm.  cowkpr.  74  Dover  street 
Rainbow  Jas.  beerhouse,  22  Denman  st 
Ralphs  Thos.  tobacconist  and  confec- 
tioner, 26  Belvoir  street 
Ramsden  Wm.  coffee  roaster,  22  Ann  st 
Randall  Chas.  painter,  41  Gray  street 
Randall  Samuel  Mollard,  vict.  Craven 

Arms,  24  Humberstone  gate 
Ranson  Geo.  traveller,  92  Welford  rd 
Ratcliff  Jno.  Russell,  bldr.  13  Asylum  st 
Ratt  John,  baker,  17  Rutland  street 
Raven  John,  fmktr.  39  Brunswick  st 


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Raven  John,  fmktr.  17  Lead  street 
Raven  John,  vict.  Coach  &  Horses,  34 

Humberstone  gate 
Raven  Jonthn.  coal  agt.  64  Southptn  st. 
Raven  Wm.  fmktr.  9  Bow  street 
Rawlings  Andrew,  vict.  Greyhound,  51 

Thames  street 
Rawlings  Benj.  boot  and  shoe  manu- 
facturer, 91  Belgrave  gate 
Rawlings  Jno.  shoemaker,  1  Thames  st 
Rawlings  Richd.  currier,  105  Belgravegt 
Raworth  Jane,  lodgs.  69  Humbstne.  gt 
Raworth  John  Thos.  cotton  mert.  and 
bobbin  turner,  26  Charles  street;    h 
Knighton  Hall 
Rawson  Hy.  woolstapler,  (Donisthorpe 

&  Co.) ;  h.  137  Church  gate 
Rawson  Thos.  fmktr.  55  Craven  st 
Rawson  Mr  William,  41  Princess  street 
Rawson  Wm.  house  agt.  63  St.  Geo.  st 
Rawson  Wm.  fmktr.  107  Wheat  st 
Rayner  Jeremh.  tailor,  65  Northpton.  st 
Raynes  Mr  Robert,  98  London  road 
Raynes  Wm.  cabt.  mkr.33  Highcross  st 
Rayns  Francis,  basket,  brush,  and  mat- 
ting maker,  4  Cheapside 
Raynor  Fras.  pawnbkr.  152  Belgravegt 
Read  Mrs  Ann,  5  Hanover  street 
Read  Chas.  tailor,  50  Southampton  st 
Read  Elix.  beerhouse,  94  Belgrave  gt 
Read  Eliz.  haberdasher,  31  Highcross  st 
Read  Mr  George,  16  Halford  street 
Read  Hugh,  plumber,  39  Belgrave  gate 
Read  John,  vict.  Newarke,  59  Mill  lane 
Read  John,  eating-hs.  32  Humbstne.  gt 
Read  John,  butcher,  53  Carley  street 
Read  John,  tailor,  29  Oxford  street 
Read  Mary,  school,  24  Baker  street 
Read  Robt.  tailor,  48  Southgate  street 
Read  Rushin,  builder,  22  Dover  street 
Read  Samuel,  shoemaker,  48  Dover  st 
Read  Sarah,  news  agent,  42  Charles  st 
Read  Thos.  shopkpr.  13  Archdcn.  lane 
Reader  Ann,  shopr.  29  East  Bond  st 
Reaszler   George,    pork  butcher,    30 £ 

Belgrave  gate 
Redman  Thos.  surveyor,  6  New  street; 

h  Free  School  lane 
Redshaw  Zachary,  cabinet  maker,  16 

Sycamore  lane 
Reed  Thomas,  shoemaker,  1  Friars'  pi 
Reeve  George,  druggist,  34  Welford  rd 
Reeve  John,  tailor,  33  Church  gate 
Reeve  Wm.  Napier,  solr.  and  deputy  elk. 
of  peace  for  county,  10  New  st ;    h 
Prebend  street 
Reeves  Hy.  fancy  hosier,  3  Canning  pi 
Renals  Rd.  Beswick,  artist,66  Granby  st  j 
Renshaw  Wm.  butcher,  53  St.  Geo.  st 
Restall  Edw.  butcher,  5  Upr.  Chas.  st  I 


Revell  My.  cowkpr.  76  Northampton  st 
Reynolds  Gregory,  shoer.  6  Richard  st 
Reynolds  Henry,  shoemkr.  41  Oxford  st 
Reynolds  Rt.  clothes  dlr.  20  Bedford  st 
Reynolds  Wm.  traveller,  4  East  street 
Rice  and  Charters,  fancy  hosiery  manu- 
facturers, 9  Belvoir  street 
Rice  Mrs  Eliz.  Ill  Welford  road 
Rice  Jabez  Strickland,  hosiery  mfr.  (R. 

and  Charters) ;    h  65  Conduit  street 
Rice  John,  greengrocer,  5  Russell  sq 
Rice  Lucy  Maud, shoe  dlr.10  Campbell  st 
RiceReubenStrickland,drugt.53Wharfst 
Richards    Hannah,   vict.    George,  43 

Wharf  street 
Richards  Hiram, beerhs.l7Devonshirest 
Richards  Jas.  tailor,  10  Curzon  street 
Richards    Philip     Henry,     framework 

knitter,  25  Causeway  lane 
Richards  Thos.  Dymock,  79  Welford  rd 
Richards  Wm.  fmktr.  3  Metcalfe  st 
Richards  Wm.  &  Co.  ironfounders  and 

engineers, 178  Belgravegt ;  h  Belgrave 
Richardson  Chas.  earthenware  dealer, 

11  Appleygate  street 
Richardson  Geo.hardware  dlr.57  Highst 
Richardson  Geo.  shopr.  9  Lwr.Churchgt 
Richardson  John, bootmr. 5  4Brunswickst 
Richardson  John,  brazier,  12  St  Nicho- 
las square 
Richardson  John  Geo.  Fdk.  wholesale 

chemist  (Parsons  &  Co.)  ;  h  30  Lower 

Hastings  street 
Richardson  Thomas,  framework  needle 

maker,  32  Cumberland  street 
RichardsonWm.haberdshr.17Applegt.st 
Richardson  Wm.  Horatio,  confectioner, 

40  Sparkenhoe  street 
Rick  Hy.  bootmaker,  8  Eldon  street 
Rick  John,  bootmaker,  23  Hotel  street 
Ride  Jph.  engineer,  15  Friars  causeway 
Ride  Samuel,engineer  and  boiler  maker, 

Alexander  st ;  h  21  Grape  street 
Ridgway    Catherine,    shopkeeper,    56 

Upper  Brunswick  street 
Ridgway  John,  shoemr.  47  Upr.Chas.st 
Riley  Miss  Eliz.  lodgs.  79  London  rd 
Riley  Geo.  flour  dlr.  Lwr.  Redcross  st 
Riley  Geo.  brazier,  28  Causeway  lane 
Riley  Hy.  haberdasher,  19  Horsefair  st 
Riley  Hy.  earth wr.  dlr.  125  Highcross  st 
Riley  Jas.  shoemaker,  3  Northgate  st 
Riley  Jas.  shoemaker,  18  Curzon  place 
Riley  John,  stationer  and  box  maker,  3 

Pocklington's  walk  ;  h  8  New  street 
Riley  Jph.  greengrocer,  17  Mill  lane 
Riley  Thos.  house  agt.  9  Union  street 
Riley  Wm.  grocer,  64  Churchgate 
Riley  Wm.  shopkeeper,  223  Belgrave  gt 
Rinney  Abm.  shopr.  58  Wharf  street 


LEICESTER    DIRECTORY. 


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Ripley  John,  temperance  advocate,  18 

Guthlaxton  street 
Rivers  Morris,  framework  needle  maker, 

48  Southampton  street 
Robbins  Jas.  shopkeeper,  65  Carley  st 
Roberts    Edward   Neale,    grocer    and 

baker,  27  Southgate  street 
Roberts  Eras.  Wm.  hair  net  and  elastic 

web  mfr.  36  St.  Nicholas  street 
Roberts  Isaac,  shopr.  73  New  Bridge  st 
Roberts  John,  broker,  44  St.Nicholas  st 
Roberts    John    and    Samuel,    hosiery 

manufacturers,  27  King  street 
Roberts  Jph.  provision  merchant  (R., 

Tebbitt,  and  R.) ;  h  37  New  walk 
Roberts  Jph.  jun.,  provision  merchant 

(R.,  T.,  and  R.)  ;  h  13  New  walk 
Roberts  Jph.shopman,12  De  Montfortsq 
RobertsSaml.shopr.21Upr.Brunswickst 
Roberts  Saml.  stocking  maker,  6  West 

Bond  street 
Roberts,  Tebbitt,  and  Roberts,  whols. 

grcrs.&  provision  merts.21  Market  pi 
Roberts  Thos.  frmsmith.  21Chancery  st 
Roberts  Thos.  grocer,  2  Humbstn.  rd 
Robins  Robt.  milliner,  2  Granby  street 

h  De  Montfort  terrace 
Robinson  Chas.gardnr.  12Sparkenhoe  st 
Robinson  Fras.  Walter,  railway  goods 

manager,  2   Humberstone   gate ;   h 

28  Guthlaxton  street 
Robinson  Geo.  druggist  and  draper,  48 

Wellington  street 
Robinson  Hy.   Martin,   lessee  of  gas 

works,  Friar  lane ;  h  2  Market  st 
Robinson  Mr  Isaac,  1  Waterloo  street 
Robinson  Jas.  gentleman,  86  New  walk 
Robinson  John,  collr.  67  St.  George  st 
Robinson  Jones,  dyer,  Abbeygate 
Robinson  Jph.  hosiery  mfr.  3  Cart's  In 
Robinson  Sarah,  vict.  Old  Red  Lion, 

47  Sanvey  gate 
Robinson  Thomas,  clothes  cleaner,  22 

Jewry  Wall  street 
Robinson  Wm.  tailor,  37  White  street 
Robotham  John,  shoemaker,  11  John  st 
Rodgers  Samuel,  bobbin  manufacturer 

(Holland  and  R.) ;  h   13  Painter  st 
Rodgers  Thos.  coal  agent,  Augustine 

friars ;  h  74  Regent  street 
Rodhouse  Geo.  saddler,  15  Granby  st ; 

h  42  Sparkenhoe  street 
Rodnight  Rd.  shopkr.  58  Richard  st 
Rodwell  Geo.  fmktr.  6  Gold  street 
Rodwell  Mattw.  fmktr.  28  St  Peter's  In 
Rodwell  Wm.  fmktr.  34  St.  Peter's  In    I 
Roe  Saml.  builder,  6  Nichols  street 
RoebuckLucy,greengcr.41  Highcross  st  j 
Rogers    Edwin,    grocer    and 

monger,  68  Granby  street 


Rogers  Mrs  Esther,  8  East  Goscote  st 
Rogers   Fdk.  Jno.  surgeon,  Infirmary 
Rolleston  Benj.  baker,  93  Sanvey  gate 
Rooms  Wm.  shoemkr.  20  Charlotte  st 
Roper  Jph.  traveller,  63  Regent  street 
Roscoe  James,  foreman,  Bell  lane 
Rose  Chas.  Fdk.  dentist,  8  Conduit  st 
Rose  Robt.  shoemaker,  2  The  Hollow 
Rosling  Mr  Wm,  Lower  Hastings  st 
Ross  Geo.  bricklayer,  11  Blake  street 
Ross  Geo.  butcher,  94  Wharf  street 
Ross  James,  shoemaker,  Duke  street 
Ross  John,  baker,  231  Belgrave  gate 
Ross  Jph.  cabinetmaker,  Chatham  st 
Ross  Jph.  shoemaker,  11  Thames  street 
Ross  Maria,  stationer,  depot  of  Chris- 
tian   Knowledge    and   National  So- 
cieties, 374  Gallowtree  gate 
Ross  Misses,  boardingschl.  47  Newarke 
Ross  Richd.  shoemkr.  38  Jewry  wall  st 
Ross  Mr  Thomas,  9  Hanover  street 
Ross  Thos.  jun.  elastic  web  manufac- 
turer, 24  Pocklington's  walk 
Ross  Thos.  Geo.  beerhs.  19  Belvoir  st 
Rowe  George,  bookkeeper,  40  Queen  st 
Rowe  John  Ranshall,  bookseller,  sta- 
tioner, printer,  insurance  agent,  and 
registrar  of  marriages,  34£  Granby  st 
Rowe  Joseph,  shoemaker,  92  Church  gt 
Rowe  Mrs  Mary,  3  East  street 
Rowland  George,  12  West  street 
Rowland  Jph.  watchmr.  26  Gallowtree  gt 
Rowles   Ezra,   hosiery    manufacturer, 

(Dyson  &  R.) ;  h  8  Hastings  street 
Rowles  John,  woolstapler,  65  St.  Peter's 

lane  ;  h  14  Lower  Hastings  street 
Rowles  John  William,  boot  and  shoe 

mfr.  2  London  rd  ;  hi  Pelham  st 
Rowles  Thos.  Measures,  hosiery  manu- 
facturer, (Dyson  &  R.) ;  h  South  st 
Rowlett  John,  wheelwgt.  15  St.  James  st 
Rowlett  John,  fmwktr.  52  Eaton  street 
Rowlett   and  Russell,  hosiery  manu- 
facturers, Welford  place 
Rowlett  William  Tertius,  trimmer  and 
dresser,  Devonshire  st ;  h  90  Welfd  rd 
Rowlett  William,  junr.  manufacturer, 

(R.  &  Russell) ;  h  90  Welford  road 
Rowley  Wm.  shopkr.  76  Archdeacon  In 
Royce  George,  currier,  25  Belgrave  gt 
Royce  Matthias,hosiery  mfr.  26  Milton  st 
Rozzell  Benjamin,  bookkpr.  5  Rupert  st 
Rudd  James,  sinker  mkr.  17  Bridge  st 
Rudkin  Benjamin,  painter,  22  East  st 
Rudkin  John,  cabt.  mkr.  120  Belgrave  gt 
Rudkin  Joseph,  boat  builder,  (Shelton 

and  R.) ;  h  Meadowbridge  dock 
Rudkin  Mttw.  builder,  112  Wellingtnst 
Rudkin  Richard,  vict.  Robin  Hood,  41 
Gallowtree  gate 


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Rudkin  Thomas,  builder,  S.  Albion  st 
Ruffell  Annie,  lodgs.  8  Sparkenhoe  st 
Rushin    William    and    Son   (Joseph), 

builders,  De  Montfort  terrace 
Russell  Benjamin,hosiery  manufacturer, 
(Rowlett  &  R.) ;  b  6  Lwr.  Hastings  st 
Russell  Francis  &  Co.  coopers,  2  Mar- 
ket pi.  South  ;  h  22  Southampton  st 
Russell  John,  15  Braunstone  gate 
Russell  John,  greengrocer,  Foundry  sq 
Russell  Richard,watchmkr.  27  Church  gt 
Russell  Saml.  greengcr.  79  Belgrave  gt 
Russell  Samuel,  greengcr.  4  Talbot  In 
Russell  Thomas,  tailor,  27  Grafton  pi 
Russell  Thos.  builder,  31  Braunstn  gt 
Russell  William,  builder,  8  Dun's  place 
Rust  &  Co.  worstd.spinrs.  St.Nicholas  sq 
Rust  Thomas  Willis ;  h  88  London  rd 
Ryder  William,  grocer,  5  Jewry  wall  st 
Sage  Caroline,  cooper,  8  Little  lane 
Salisbury  Emma,  china  dlr.  12  E.Bond  st 
Salisbury  Wm.  Bryan,  drugt.  3  Market  st 
Salt  &   Co's.   Burton  Ale  Stores,   10 
Horsefair  street ;   T.  G.  Cock,  agent 
Salt  John,  corn  and  flour  dealer,  88 

Highcross  street 
Samuels  Henry,  fmwktr.  41  Redcross  st 
Sam  well  Abel,  glove  clnr.  42  Wellingtn  st 
Sanderson  William,  confectnr.  11  Lower 

Redcross  street 
Sands  John,  vict.  Tiger,  14  Northgt  st 
Sands  Thomas,  carpntr.122  Wellingtn  st 
Sandys  Edward,  tailor,  20  St.Nicholas  st 
Sandys  Rd.  shoemkr.  99  Northmptn  st 
Sandys  William  &  Co.  stationers  and 

haberdashers,  14  Highcross  street 
Sansom  Ann,  vict.  Union,  120  Wharf  st 
Sansom  David,  framesmith,  43  Fleet  st 
Sargeant  &  Sons,hosiery  mfrs.  Charles  st 
Sargeant  Alfred  ;  h  48  Sparkenhoe  st 
Sargeant  Arthur  Thos. ;  h  28  Charles  st 
Sarrington  Edward,  vict.  Waggon  and 

Horses,  61  Granby  street 
Sarson  Mrs  Ann,  32  Pocklington's  walk 
Sarson  Charles,  beerhouse,  40  Curzon  st 
Sarson  John,  grocer,  &  wine  &  spirit 
merchant,  11  Hotel  st ;  h  Welford  pi 
Sarson  John,  butcher,  65  Abbey  street 
Sarson  Thomas,  vict.  Bull's  Head,  13 

Oxford  street 
Sarson  Thos.  Fdk.  brazier  &  gasfitter, 
2  Campbell  st.  &  25  St.  Nicholas  st 
Sarson  William,  fmktr.!  13  Bow  st 
Satcheli  Ann,  school,  119  Highcross  st 
Saulsbury  Matthew,  pawnbr.  2  Oxford  st 
Saunders  John, confectnr.  6  Highcross  st 
Savings'   Bank,   48   Gallowtree    gate, 

William  Kelly,  secretary. 
Sawbridge  Charles,vict,Hare  &  Hounds, 
27  Conduit  street 


Sawbridge  Henry,  27  Southampton  st 
Sawbridge  John,  vict.  White  Swan,  77 

Belgrave  gate 
Scampton  Henry,  cheese  &  bacon  factor, 

7  New  Bond  st. ;  h  4  Nichols  st 
Scampton  John,  grocer,  143  Wharf  st 
Scampton  Mrs  Mary  Ann,  2  Nichols  st 
Scampton  Richd.  &  Co.grocrs.6  Eastgts 
Scampton  Robert  and  Son,  commission 

agents,  47  King  street 
Scampton  Robt.  jun. ;  h  5  NewBdg.  st 
Scarborough  John,  fmktr.  16  Fuller  st 
Schneider  Augustus,  teacher  of  German ; 

&  Mrs.,Ladies'school,De  Montfort  pi 
Scholefield  Eliza,  grocer,  63  Sanvey  gt 
Scotney William,  printer  (Windley&S.); 

h  15  Castle  street 
Scott  Alonzo,  estate  agent,  accountant, 

&c.  8  New  walk 
ScottCaroline,  shopkpr.  32  New  Bond  st 
Scott   Cbarles    Henry,   vict.    Porter's 

Lodge,  36  New  Bond  street 
Scott  Chpr.  rent  coir.  45  Richard  street 
Scott  Mr  Christopher,  63  Conduit  street 
Scott  Edward,  shoemaker,  34  York  st 
Scott  Henry,  whitesmith,  and  superin- 
tendent of  fire  brigade,  18  Millstone  In 
Scott  John,  shoemaker,  41  Wharf  street 
Scott  John,  cattle  dlr.  21  Free  School  hi 
ScottMary,  music  teacher,  2  St.Martin's 
Scott  Mary,  vict.  Old  White  Horse,  32 

Duke  street 
Scott  Robert,  hosiery  mfr.  Welford  road 
Scott  Mrs  Susannah,  6  New  walk 
Scott  Thomas,  farmer,  1  Canning  place 
Scott  Thos.  jun.  baker,  111  Belgrave  gt 
Scott  Walter,  wheelwright,  15Thames  st 
Scott  William,  tailor,  7  Market  street 
Scott  Wm.  painter,  &c.  57  Humberst.  gt 
Scott  William,  dyer,  21  Welford  road 
Scott  Mr  Wm.  Henry,  15  Thames  st 
Scougell  Alex,  shoemkr.  37  Waterloo  st 
Sculthorpe  Mrs  Maria,  33  Princess  st 
Seal  Mrs  Lucy,  52  Lower  Hastings  st 
Seale  John,  bookbinder,  16  Pockling- 
ton's walk 
Sears  Thomas,   loan  and  commission 

agent,  67  Welford  road 
Seddon  Mrs  Elizabeth,  96  New  walk 
Seddon  Robert,  fmktr.  6  Curzon  street 
Selby  John,  tailor,  84  Sanvey  gate 
Selby  Obey,  blacksmith,  12  Harding  st 
Selby  Saml.  &  Co.  tailors,  2  Gallowtr.gt 
Selvidge  Esther,  grocer  and  butcher,  40 

Orchard  street 
Selvidge  Geo.  shopkpr.  7  Burley's  lane 
Shackleton  Joseph,  clerk,  12  Cobden  st 

I  Shard  Michl.  plumber,  146  Highcross  st 
Shardlow  Elizabeth,  boarding  school,  3M 
Rutland  street 


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Shardlow  Henry,  clerk,  8  Gower  street 
Sharman  Henry,  tailor,  13  Henshaw  st 
Sharman  Henry,  ironfounder,  &c.  Bow 
Bridge  street ;  h  16  Friars  causeway 
Sharman  Joseph,  paper  hanger,  11  South- 
ampton street 
Sharman  Jph.  fishmonger,  54  High  st 
Sharman  Saml.  shoemkr.  31  Mill  lane 
Sharman   Thomas,   model   maker,   52 

East  Bond  street 
Sharman  William  and  Son  (Charles), 

tailors,  35  Cank  street 
Sharp  George,  wood  turner,  23  York  st 
Sharp  Jas.  Adams,  builder,  34  Queen  st 
Sharp  Richard,   vict.   Bow  Bridge,    2 

Watts'  causeway 
Sharp  Thomas,  butcher,  2  Duke  street 
Sharp  Thompson,  tailor,  14  Haymarket 
Sharp  Mr  William,  2  Nelson  street 
Sharp  William,  cutler,  53  Granby  street 
Sharpe  Mrs  Esther,  53  New  walk 
Sharpe  Mr  John  Breedon,  Jarrom  st 
Sharpe  Jph.  tailor  &  draper,  72,  High  st 
Sharpe  Jph.  butcher,  55  U.  Brunswick  st 
Sharpe  Miss  Mary,  26  Sparkenhoe  street 
Sharpe  Robert,  shopkpr.  14  Asylum  st 
Sharpe  Thomas,  tailor,  12  Dunkirk  st 
Sharpe Wm.  framework  kntr.  75Wheat  st 
Sharpe  Wm.  cart  owner,  179  Belgravegt 
Sharpless  Thomas,  cooper,  Highcross 

street ;  h  46  Albion  street 
Shaw  George,  M.D.,  16  New  street 
Shaw  James,  watchmaker,  3  Cheapside 
Shaw  John,  framesmitli,  36  York  street 
Shaw  Robert,  plasterer,  8  Clarence  st 
Shaw  Thos.  wool  dealer,  52  Vauxhall  st 
Shaw  William,  bootmaker,  1  Lee  street 
Shaw  William,  shopkeeper,  26  Wilton  st 
Shaw  Zach.  baker,  18  Jewrywall  street 
Sheen  Geo.  whols.  grocer  &  provision 
mrct.  1  Bridge  st ;  h  12  Talbot  lane 
SheenHenry,manager,  22Leamington  st 
Sheen  Henry,  jun.  hosiery  manufactr. 

(Warner  and  S.) ;  h  30  York  street 

Sheen  Wm.  Reimer,  butcher,  7  King  st 

Sheffield  James,  ale  and  porter  agent, 

57  Humberstone  gt ;  h  2  Waterloo  st 

Sheffield  Sidney  John,  pawnbrkr.  (Skev- 

ington& S.),  accompt.  &c.  Hoisefair  st 

&vict.  Town  Arms,  18Pocklington's  wk 

Shelly  Joseph, carriers'  agt.  54Cobden  st 

Shelton  Benj.  vict.  Sultan,  Public  wharf 

Shelton  Bcnj.  blacksmith,  Woodboy  st 

Shelton  Jno.  tlyer&  trimmer,  160xford  st 

SheltonNeedham,butchr.l98Belgravegt 

Shelton  and  Rudkin,  boat  builders  and 

timber  mercts.  Meadow  Bridge  Dock 

Shenton  Henry,  architect  and  surveyor, 

18  Friar  lane ;  h  Fosse  road 
Shenton  John  Snelson,  82  London  road 


Shenton  Joshua,   wine   merchant,   24 

Silver  street ;  h  53  Regent  street 
Shenton  William  and  Edward,  slaters, 

13  Chatham  street 
Sheppard  Mrs  Martha,  122  Humberst.rd 
Sheppard  Mrs  Sarah,  48  Lr.  Hastings  st 
Sheppard  Thos.  clerk  to  Blaby  Union, 
and  to  comisrs.  of  taxes,  2  Millstone  ha 
SherrardAlfd.  cabinet  mkr.l02Granby  st 
Sherriff  Whyatt,  fmktr.  52  Archdeacn.  In 
Sherwell  Rev.  Robert  (Wes.),  8  Crescent 
Sherwin  Jas.  tripe  drsr.  49  Belgrave  gt 
Sherwood  John,  bookkpr.  61  London rd 
SherwoodRichd.  grocer,  41Lr.Churchgt 
Sherwood  Rd.  station  master,  West  bdge 
Shields  John,  grocer,  34  Northgate  st 
Shiers  Phcebe,  vict.  Cape  of  Good  Hope, 

34  Carley  street 
Shilcock  Wm.  builder,  2  Orton  street 
Shipley  George,  tailor,  3  Nichols  street 
Shipley  George,  greengcr.  35  Russell  st 
Shipley  Henry,  chair  maker,  and  supt. 
of  Blind  Institution,  86  High  street 
Shipley  Richd. cabinet  mkr.  27E.Bond  st 
Shipman  Mrs  Mary,  2  Regent  street 
Shipman    Richard,    needle    maker,   2 

Orchard  street 
Shipman  Wm.  manager,  85  Highcross  st 
Shouler  John  Battams,  coal  merchant, 

Public  wharf ;  h  2  Sydney  street 
Shuttle  worth  Daniel,  20  Sycamore  lane 
Sibson  Miss  Ann,  43  Southgate  street 
Sibson  Mr  Edward,  40  New  walk 
Sibson  Thomas,  shopkpr.  105  Wharf  st 
Sibson  Thomas,  beer  and  eating  house, 

4  Horsefair  street 
Sibson  Thos.  jun.  timber  merct.  Cause- 
way lane  ;  h  75  Highcross  street 
Siddon  Geo.  builder,  102  Highcross  st 
Siddons  John,  printer,7  Pocklinton's  wk 
Siddons  Thos.  dyer,  14  Northampton  st 
Sidley  Chas.  Morton,  surg.  1  Welford  pi 
Sills  Jph.  joiner  and  builder,  Humber- 
stone gate. ;  h  34£  Queen  street 
Simons  Geo.  hosiery  manufacturer,  16 

Belvoir  street ;  h  4  New  walk 
Simpkin  Mr  Charles,  3  Hanover  street 
Simpson  Edw.  beerhs.  27  Bridge  street 
Simpson  Edw.  bricklayer,  55  Bedford  st 
Simpson  Eliz.  vict.  Saracen's  Head,  8 

Hotel  street 
Simpson  Mrs  Emily,  1  Crescent 
Simpson  Isaac,  grocer  and  baker,  36 

Curzon  place 
Simpson  John,  shoemkr.  2  Alexander  st 
Simpson  Jph.  hairdsr.  52  Brunswick  st 
Simpson  Robt.  grocer,  28 \  Welford  rd 
Simpson  Saml.  Thomas,  schoolmaster, 

Rutland  street 
Simpson  Thos.  greengrcr,  25  Bridge  st 


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Sims  John  Brightwell,  basket  maker, 

32  Lower  Churchgate 
Skeffington  Pp.  chiropodist,  6  Chas.  st 
Skeffington  Robt.  butcher,  1  Loudon  rd 
Skelton  Eliz.  shopkr.  28  Milton  street 
Skevington  aud  Sheffield,  pawnbrokers, 

22  St.  Nicholas  street. 
Skevington  John  Feargus  ;    h  22  St. 

Nicholas  street 
Skillington  Stephen,  tobacconist,  48 
Granby  st.  and  8  Humberstone  gate 
Skinner  Hy.  bootmaker,  11  Richard  st 
Skinner  Thos.  Vaughan,  65  Regent  st 
Slater  Jas.  shopkeeper,  11  Rutland  st 
Slater  Jonas,  fruiterer,  6  East  Bond  st 
Slater  Jph.  botanist,  76  Bedford  street 
Slater  Thos.  baker,  39  Albion  hill 
Slawson   John,  vict.    Railway    Hotel, 

Campbell  street 
Sleath  Wm.  loan  agent,  16  Morledge  st 
Slingsby  Mrs  Sarah,  4  Richmond  st 
Sloame  John,M.D.surgeon,23  Granbyst 
Slow  Wm.  shoemaker,  101   Sanvey  gt 
Small  John,  shoer.  33  East  Bond  st 
Smart  Chas.  Fredk.  teacher  of  dancing, 

5  St.  Martin's  East 
Smart  Felix,  shoemaker,  8  Gartree  st 
Smart  Geo.  station  master,  Campbell  st 
Smart  Jas.  vict.  Griffin,  89  Belgrave  gate 
Smart  Thos.  draper  (Harrison  and  S.) ; 

h  34  Market  street 
Smart  Wm.  vict.  Duke  of  Cumberland, 

39  Cumberland  street 
Smeeton  Mrs  Emma,  44  Richard  st 
Smeeton  John,  watchmkr.  12  Welfd.  rd 
Smeeton  John,  haberdshr.  53  Ruding  st 
SmeetonMaria,regr.office,15St.Martin's 
Smith  Ambs.tobaccenist,43Highcross  st 
Smith  Miss  Amelia,  38  Princess  street 
Smith  Benj.  needle  maker,  128  Wharf  st 
Smith  Benj.  bootmaker,  23  Caroline  st 
Smith  Charles,  plasterer,  25  East  street 
Smith  Rev.  Chas.  (Bapt.)  10  Midland  st 
Smith  Charles,  grocer,  25  Sanvey  gate 
Smith  Charles,  attorney,  notary,  dep. 
steward  of  Earl  Shilton  Manor,  and 
receiver  for  Wyggeston's  Hospital, 
17  Cank  street ;  h  90  New  walk 
Smith  Staff- Sergt.  Chas.  21  Townhallln 
Smith  Chas.  hosiery  mfr.  36  Charles  st 
Smith  Chas.  confect.  8  Northampton  st 
Smith  &  Co.  saltdealers,220  Belgrave  gt 
Smith  Chas. framewk.kntr.48£  Asylum  st 
Smith  Chas. marine  store  dlr.l8Bridge  st 
Smith  Edw.  shoemaker,  15  Montague  pi 
Smith  Edw.  shoemaker,  44  Mansfield  st 
Smith  Edward,  hairdresser  and  tobac- 
conist, 27  Humberstone  gate 
Smith  Edwin, wheel wgt. Humberstone  gt 
Smith  Elijah,sbownaker,24  Alexander  st 


SmithEliz.matron,Female  Penitentiary, 

18  Highcross  street 
Smith  Ezra  and  Israel,  worsted  spin- 
ners, 3  Friars'  causeway 
Smith  Eliza  andEliz.confects.20  High  st 
Smith  George,  butcher,  142  Wharf  st 
Smith  Geo.vict.  British  Arms,  Asylum  st 
Smith  George,hat  mfr.  (Fielding  &  Co.) ; 

h  16  Stanley  street 
Smith  George,  shopkeeper,  15  Woodgate 
Smith  George,  shoemaker,  45  Albion  st 
Smith  Heury,  hairdresser,  6  Wharf  street 
Smith  Hy.painter  &  glazier,23  Nichols  st 
Smith  Israel,  spinner  (Ezra  &  Israel) ; 

h  120  Highcross  street 
Smith  Jas.  clerk  of  markets, 35  Halford  st 
Smith  James,  baker,  2  Hill  street 
Smith  James,  worsted  spinner,  Sarah 

street ;  h  39  Ruding  street 
Smith  James,  tailor,  25  Mill  lane 
Smith  James,  shoemaker,  13  Junior  st 
Smith  James  Frank,  architect  and  sur- 
veyor^! Market  st ;  h  12  Lancaster  st 
Smith  John,  shoemaker,  42  Lr.  Brown  st 
Smith  John,  tobacconist,  11  Waterloo  st 
Smith  John,dairyman, 66  Humberstn.gt 
Smith  John,fmktr.  48  Brunswick  street 
Smith  John,  shoemaker,  46  Charlotte  st 
Smith  John,  trimmer,  35  Welford  road 
Smith  John,  paver,  47  Colton  street 
Smith  John,  painter,  34  Church  gate 
Smith  John,  shopkeeper,  5  St.  Peter's  In 
Smith  John,  smallware  dir.  144  Wharf  st 
Smith  John,  butcher,  68  Thames  street 
Smith  John,  sweep,  18  Orchard  street 
Smith  John  Alfred, music  seller,  13King  st 
Smith  John  Henry,  vict.  Nag's  Head 

and  Star,  72  Oxford  street 
Smith  Mr  John  Jackson,  14  Crescent 
Smith  John  William,  needle  manufac- 
turer, 57  Highcross  street 
Smith  Jph.  eating  house,96  Sanvey  gate 
Smith  Jph.  cabinet  maker,  42  Welling- 
ton street ;  h  61  Colton  street 
Smith  Jph.Wm.  butcher,  78  Belgrave  gt 
Smith  Lydia,  school,  24  Peel  street 
Smith  Mrs.  Mary,  30  Curzon  place 
Smith  Mary,  milliner,  4  Haymarket 
Smith  Mary  &  Co.milliners,6  High  street 
Smith  Randal,  needle  maker,  74  Mans- 
field street 
Smith  Richard,  vict.  North  Bridge  Inn, 

Frog  island 
Smith  Richd.  cabinet  maker,61  Colton  st 
Smith  Robt.  traveller,  11  Princess  street 
Smith  Robert,  draper,  31  Albion  hill 
Smith  Samuel,  shoemaker,  55  Abbey  st 
Smith  Saml.  framewk.  ktr.  70  Metcalfe  st 
SmithSaml.shoemkr.12  Northampton  st 
Smith  Saml.cabinetmkr,  16  Lwr.  Hill  st 


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Smith  Thos.  shoemaker,  Curzon  place 
Smith  Thos.shopkeeper,45  Brunswick  st 
Smith  Thomas,  baker,  7  Russell  square 
Smith  Thomas,  sweep,  Northgate  street 
Smith  Thos.  shoer.5  Northumberland  st 
Smith  Mr  Thomas,  17  King  street 
Smith  Thos.  framewk.kntr.  11  Pasture  In 
Smith  Thos.  shoemaker,53  St.  Peter's  In 
Smith  Thos.maltster,70  Mansfield  street 
Smith  Thomas,  parcel  despatch  agent, 
37  Silver  street ;  h  3  St.  Nicholas  st 
Smith  Thomas,  builder  and  contractor, 

Conduit-field  Cottage 
Smith  Thomas,  shoemaker,  York  square 
Smith  Rev.  Thorpe  (Calvinist),  20  Nel- 
son street 
Smith  Timothy,  builder,  15  Queen  st ; 

h  24  Nichols  street 
Smith  Timothy,  marine  store  dealer, 

3  Byron  street 

Smith  Walter  Dawson,  relieving  officer, 

58  Waterloo  street 
Smith  Mr  William,  16  Lower  Hastings  st 
Smith  Wm.  mop  mfr.  56  Ruding  street 
Smith  William,  grocer,  93  Churchgate 
Smith  Wm.  builder,  51  Northampton  st 
Smith  "Wm.  butcher,  2  Infirmary  square 
Smith  Wm.  broker,  3  St.  Nicholas  street 
Smith  Wm.  butcher,  130  Wharf  street 
Smith  William,  tailor,  8  Buttclose  lane 
Smith  Wm.  tailor,  15  Morledge  street 
Smith  Wm.  shoemaker,  12  Grape  street 
Smith  Wm.town  crier,  2  Nelson  st.  H.gt 
Smith  Wm .  railway  elk.  20  Newtown  st 
Smith  William,  painter,  Blake  street ;  h 

Lower  Brown  street 
Smith  Wm.  sinker  mkr.  9  Freescboolln 
Smith  Wm.  Beaumont,  architect  (Dain 

&  S.)  ;  hi  East  street 
Smith  William  Collison,insurance  agent, 

4  Haymarket 

Smithard  Jas.  coalagt.  3  Guthlaxton  st 
Smitton  Geo.  bricklayer,  47  Stanley  st 
Snaith  John,  spirit  mert.  10  Belgrave  gt 
Snaith  Thos.  paperhanger,  6  Belgrave  gt 
Snaith  Thos.photographer,18London  rd 
Snart  Marriott,  shoemkr.  114  Oxford  st 
Snow  and  Bennett,  shoe  manufacturers, 

Upper  Brown  street 
Snow  Henry,  shoe  mfr. ;  h  5  Tower  st 
Snow  James,  shopr.  32  Grange  lane 
Snow  Mr.  Peter,  3  Napier  street 
Snow  Wm.  butcher,  107  High  street 
Snowden  Chas.  framewk.kntr.  15  Bow  st 
Snowden  Hy.  whsman.  20  Newarke  st 
Soar  George,  blacking  manufacturer,  34 

New  Bond  street 
South  Montague,  postmaster,  Post  Of-  j 

fice,  Granby  street ;  h  King  street 
Southam  Jph.  shopr.  16  Burgess  street 


Southey  Wm.  clerk,  12  Millstone  lane 
Southey  Wm.  rate  coir.  26  Oxford  street 
Southorn  William  James,  plasterer,  38 

Wellington  street 
South  wick  Rd.  draper,  4  Victoria  parade 
Spawton  Edw.  vict.  Ship  11  Soar  lane 
Spawton  Michael,  baker,  52  Chatham  st 
Spence  Henry,  grocer,  15  Rutland  street 
Spence  Henry,  provsn.dlr.45  Burgess  st 
Spence  Sarah,  milliner,  25  Silver  street 
Spencer  Miss  Ann,  14  Lancaster  street 
SpencerBenj  .whitesmith ,  Lwr.  Churchgt 
Spencer  Charles,  tanner  and  currier,  48 

Highcross  street 
Spencer  Henry,   hay,   &c.   dealer,  21 

Belgrave  gate ;  h  Stoneygate 
Spencer  James,  upholsterer,  appraiser, 

cabinetmkr.  &c.  4|  Humberstone gate 
Spencer  Job,  shoemaker,  6  Sanvey  gate 
Spencer  John  and  Thomas,  printers, 

booksellers,  librarians,  and  ordnance 

map  agents,  20  Market  place 
Spencer  John,  grocer,  53  King  street 
Spencer  Jobn,  whsman. 5  Napier  terrace 
Spencer  John  (J.  &  T. )  ;  h  20  Market  pi 
Spencer  Joseph,  butcher,  33  Mill  lane 
Spencer  Joseph,  baker,  26  Carley  street 
Spencer  Thomas,  bookslr.  ;  h  67  King  st 
Spencer  Thos.  shoemr.57  Up.  Conduit  st 
Spencer  Thos.  general  dlr.  8  Peacock  In 
Spick  Robert,  vict.  Prince  Blucher,  152 

Wellington  street 
Spittal  Rev.  John,  B.A.  incumbent  of 

St.  Andrew's,  71  Welford  road 
Spittlehouse   Charles,  coal  agent,  101 

Highcross  street 
Spittlehouse  Hy.  shopkpr.  93  Willow  st 
Spittlehouse  John,  paper  box  maker,  26 

Carlton  street 
Spooner  Thos.  solicitor,  &  solr.  to  Trade 

ProtectionSocy.llHorsefr.st;hOad&i/ 
Spray  Mr  Frederick,  13  Queen  street 
Sprigg  John,  shoemaker,  19  Bedford  st 
Sprigg  Jph.  hairdresser,  50  Sanvey  gt 
SpriggsGeorge,  beerhouse,  HGoswell  st 
Spriggs  John,  ironmonger,  17  North- 
ampton square 
Spriggs  William,  clerk  of  Trinity  Church, 

47  Duke  street 
Spring  James,  beerhouse,  21  Thames  st 
Spurgeon  Henry,  dyer,  3  King  street  and 

54  Welford  road 
Spurrett  Mrs  Eliz.  41  Rutland  street 
Spurway  John,  beerhouse,  29  Grape  st 
Squires  Abraham,   plumber,    &c,    47 

Braunstone  gate 
Squire  Wm.  draper  (Morgan  &  S.) ;  h  34 

Lower  Hastings  street 
Squires  Mrs  Elizabeth,  5  Mowbray  st 
Squires  Isaac,  baker,  48  Welford  road 


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SquiresJas.  yarn  agt.  lOHalfordst;  shoe 
mfr.41Kingst;  &hafcter,46Highcross  st 
Squires  Wm.  commission  agt.  8  Tower  st 
Stableford  Jas.  manager,  9  Midland  st 
Stableford  Jno.  (exors.  of),  railway  wag- 
gon builder,  Kent  street 
Stableford  John,  carpenter,  12  Churchgt 
StablefordJohn,carpntr.Watts  causeway 
Stafford  &  Eagle,  builders,  2  Ann  street 
Stafford  Edw.  builder ;  h  46  Humberst.rd 
Stafford  George,  beerhouse,  2  Wilton  st 
Stafford  John,  plumber,  23  Newarke  st 
Stafford  John,  wholesale  grocer  (Evans 

and  S.) ;  h  Knighton 
Stafford  Robt.  butcher,  2  Victoria  parade 
Stafford  Wm.  butcher,  Burgess  street 
Stafford  Wm.  butcher,  2  Newport  place 
Stafford  Wm.  shoemkr.  203  Belgrave  gt 
Stain  John,  vict.  Old  King's  Arms,  100 

Sanvey  gate 
Staines  Ann,  vict.  Waggon  and  Horses, 

69  Belgrave  gate 
Staines  Caroline,  vict.  British  Lion,  14 

Russell  square 
Staines  Charles,  butcher,  65  Oxford  st 
StainesEdm.porkbutcher,71Belgravegt 
Staines&Fletcher,  pasteboard  box  manu- 
facturers, 74  Rutland  street 
Staines  Henry,  cowkeeper,  2  Lee  street 
Staines  James,  hair  pad  manufacturer, 

74  Rutland  street 
Staines  James,  jun.   (S.  &  Fletcher) ; 

h  74  Rutland  street 
Stamp  Office,  26  Friar  lane ;  Mansfield 

Turner,  distributor 
Standing  Samuel,  fmktr.  73  Russell  st 
Stanfield  Martha,  school,  115  Churchgt 
Stanion  George,  grocer,  30  Redcross  st 
Stanion  Mrs  Mary  Ann,  1  Rupert  street 
StannageGeo.  cabinet  mkr.  20William  st 
StannardBenj.  shoemkr.  9  Highcross  st 
Stanyon  &  Garner,  boot  &  shoe  manu- 
facturers, 53  Bedford  street 
Stanyon  John,  haberdshr.  54  Duke  st 
Stanyon  John,  haberdasher  (Sandys  & 

Co.) ;  h  16  Highcross  street 
Stanyon  Robt.  hay  dealer,  67Churchgate 
Stanyon  Wm.  (S.  &  Garner),  &  haberdsr. 
(Sandys  &  Co.) ;  h  116  London  road 
Staples  Mrs  Elizabeth,  4  Colton  street 
Staples  Henry,  flour  dealer,  5  Gold  st 
Staples  Mary,  shopkpr.  8  Lwr.  Vine  st 
Stapleton  Rev.  Robert  Paul  (Catholic), 

Wellington  street 
Starbuck  Eliz.  milliner,  24  High  street 
Start  John,  shoemaker,  5  Stamford  st 
Startin  James,  baker,  90  Granby  street 
Statham  Geo.Wm.  accountant  (Dare,  S., 

and  Wood) ;  h  41  Charles  street 
StaynesGeo.  currier ;  h  76  Sparkenhoe  st 


Staynes  Hy.  glass  dlr. ;  h  18  Princess  st 
Staynes  Henry,  shopkpr.  116  Oxford  st 
Staynes  Henry,  grocer,  29  Carlton  street 
Staynes  James,  schoolmaster  &  librarian, 

11  Wellington  street 

Staynes  John  &  Henry,  china,  glass,  &c. 
dlrs.  49  Market  pi  &  47  Gallowtree  gt 
Staynes  John ;  h  18  New  Bond  street 
Staynes  &  Son,  curriers,  60  High  street 
Staynes  Wm.  currier ;  h  60  High  street 
Staynes  Thos.  cooper,  27  Thornton  lane 
Stead  &  Simpson,  boot  manufacturers, 

12  Belgrave  gate ;  and  Leeds 
Steads  Wm.  whitesmith,  6  Redcros3  st 
Steele  Mrs  Sophia,  De  Montfort  street 
Stenson  John  Forester,  colliery  agent, 

West  bridge  ;  h  Newfound  pool 
StephensEdw.Loney,  borough  surveyor, 

24  Silver  street;  h  11  Crescent 
StephensonHenry,  bailiff,  16Newtown  st 
Stevens  Charles,  sweep,  2  Friar's  road 
Stevens  Chas.  hosiery  mfr.  19  Grape  st 
Stevens  Eliz.  confectioner,  93  High  st 
Stevens  Mary,  shopkeeper,  Queen  st 
StevensRichd.W.  travlr.43Wellington  st 
Stevenson  Edward,  locksmith,  17  Upper 

Charles  street 
Stevenson  George,  solicitor,  11  New  st ; 

h  51  New  walk 
Stevenson  John,  vict.  Joiners'  Arms, 

Curzon  street 
Stevenson  John,  vict.  Mansfield's  Head, 

2  Sandacre  street 
Stevenson    Joseph    Trueman,     hosier 

Thomas  &  J.  T.) ;  h  Humberstone  rd 
Stevenson  &  Kirby,  drapers,  5Cheapside 
Stevenson  Samuel,  clerk,  7  Nelson  st 
StevensonRev.Ths.(Bapt.),43Londonrd 
Stevenson  Thos.  draper ;  h  London  rd 
Stevenson  Thos.  plumber,  &c.  2  Bow  st 
StevensonThos.  (T.&J.T.);  h46Newwk 
StevensonThos.  shoemkr.  25  Wigston  st 
StevensonThos.  butcher,  26  EastBond  st 
Stevenson  Thomas  &  Joseph  T.,  fancy 

hosiers,  46  Cask  street 
Stevenson  Wm.  butcher,  25  Clarence  st 
Stevenson  Wm.  Marston,  watchmaker, 

8  Haymarket 
Stewart  Reuben,  carver  and  gilder,  55 

Humberstone  gate 
StewartWm.  carver&  gilder,  81Churchgt 
Stimson  Wm.  fancy  hosiery  manufac- 

facturer,  50  Chnrchgate 
Stirk  Jph.  dairyman,  3  Upr.  Conduit  st 
Stirk  Thos.  timber,   slate,  and  brick 

merchant,  66  Rutland  street 
Stockdale  Mrs  Frances  Ann,  5  Crescent 
Stokes  and  Deacon,  grocers  and  bakers, 

18  Abbey  street 
Stokes  Hy.  grocer  ;  h  74  Belgrave  gate 


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Stokes  Wm.  vict.   (Turner  and  S.) ;  h 

37  York  street 
Stone  Cornls.  M'Neal,  vict.  Victoria, 

130  Churchgate 
Stone  Geo.  vict.  Woolcomber's  Arms, 

7  Royal  East  street 
Stone  Jas.  shopkeeper,  1  Osborne  street 
Stone  John,  tobacconist,36  Wellngtn.st 
Stone  Mrs  Mary,  31  Rutland  street 
Stone,  Paget,  &  Billson,  solrs.Welfd.pl 
Stone  Saml.  solicitor  and  town  clerk, 
clerk  to  Borough  Magistrates  and  to 
Local  Board  and  Genl.  Charity  Trus- 
tees.Welfd.  pi ;  h  Elmfield  H.Stoneygt 
Stone  Saml.  Fras.  solr. ;  h  Prebend  ter 
Stonehall  Geo.Hy.  brush  mfr.7  Grape  st 
Stones  Jph.  greengrocer,  12  Northgt.st 
Storer  Chas.  butcher,  67  Bedford  st 
Storer  Jonthn.  cowkeeper,27  Pasture  In 
Storer  Wm.  butcher,  35  Sanvey  gate 
Stowe  Fdk.  Wm.  pawnbrkr.35  High  st 
Stratton  Wm.   homoeopathic   chemist, 

41  £  Granby  street 
Street  Geo.  accountant,  loan  agent,  &c. 

29  Granby  street ;  h  Belgrave 
Streetley  G.(exors.)  hatter,  7  Gallow.  gt 
Stretton  Clement,  solicitor,  27  Belvoir 

street ;  h  Newfound  Pool 
Stretton  Sarah,  vict.Old  Bowling  Green, 

41  Oxford  street 
Stretton Stpn. Dudgeon,  3  The  Newarke 
Stretton  Wm.  Clement,  boot  and  shoe 

manufacturer,  104  High  street 
Stretton  Wm.Weston,Esq.Daueshill  Hs 
Stringer  Hewiss,  16  Freehold  street 
Stroud  Hy.  manager,  34  West  street 
Stroud  Wm.  shoemaker,  7  Frog  island 
Sturges  Mrs  Mary  Ann,  116Humbstn.rd 
Sturgess  Abel,  messenger,  5  Dover  st 
Sturgess  Ann,  shopkeeper,  12  Regent  st 
Sturgess  Eliz.  milliner,  42  York  street 
Sturgess  Eliz.  grocer,  70  Nortbmptn.  st 
Sturgess  Geo.  vict.  Ram,13St.Nichls.st 
Sturgess  John  Wm.  buchr.  9  Morledge  st 
Sturgess  Jph.  vict.  Full  Moon,  16  East 

Bond  street 
Sturgess  Robt.  hosiery  manufacturer, 

17  New  Bridge  street 
Sturgess  Saml.  smith,  13  Townhall  In 
Sturgess  Thos.habrdshr.108  Belgrave  gt 
Sturgess  Wm.  poulterer,  98  High  st 
Sturgess  Wm.  currier,  13  Market  street 
Sturgess  Wm.  blacksmith,  29  Silver  st 
Sturgess  Wm.  confectr.  94  Highcross  st 
Stutley  Chas.  shocr.  10  Lwr.  Redcross  st 
Suffolk  Saml.fmktr.  21  Royal  Eastst 
Summerfield  Sampson,  2  Friar's  cswy 
Sunderland  Thos.  yarn  agent,  Belvoir 

st ;  h  80  London  road 
Supper  Rev.Chpr.Fdk.(Bapt)  24  Twr.st 


Sutton  Jas.  blacksmith,  Churchgate 
Sutton  James  beerhs.  38  Lower  Hill  st 
Sutton  Robt.  vict.  Marquis  of  Granby, 

16  Castle  street 
Sutton  Thos.  hosiery,  mfr.  Bedford  st 
Sutton  Wm.  vict.  Duke  of  Wellington, 

74  Wellington  street 
Swain,  Almond,  and  Latchmore,  whole- 
sale grocers  and  cheese  factors,  25 
High  Cross  street 
Swain  Geo.  whsman.  28  Charles  st 
Swain  Jph.  whols.  grcr;  h  10  Regent  st 
Swain  (Wm.)and  Orton  (Jno.), builders 

and  timber  merts.  77  Sanvey  gate 
Swain  Thos.  shoemr.  19  Braunstone  gt 
Swallow  Jane,  milliner,  6  High  street 
Sweet  Jas.  gardener,  37  Oxford  street 
Swift  Danl.  greengrocer,  5  Townhall  In 
Swift   John,  vict.   Black  Horse,   191 

Belgrave  gate 
Swift  John,  butcher,  65  Highcross  st 
Swinfen  Mrs  Jane,  191  Nelson  street 
Swinglehurst  John,shoer.  26  Albion  hill 
Swingler  John,  confectr,  21  Bridge  st 
Swingler  Wm., tailor,  (Boden  and  S.) ; 

h  3  Bowling  Green  street 
Sykes  Hy.  builder,  49  East  Bond  st. 
Sykes  John,  builder,  21  Halford  street 
Sykes  Tobias,  fruiterer  and  seedsman, 

16  Granby  street 
Sykes  Wm.  fmwktr.  2  Crown  street 
Sykes  Wm.  grocer,  31  Wilton  street 
Tabberer  Osmond,  32  Sparkenhoe  st 
Tacey  Thos.  maltster,  16  Blue  Boar  In 
Tacey  Thos.  draper,  1  South  Albion  st 
Tailby  Hy.  fmwktr.  2  Royal  East  st 
Tailby  Jas.  tailor  and  embroiderer,  25 

Granby  street 
Tailby  Joshua,  grocer,  90  Belgrave  gt 
Tait  Robt.  travg.  draper,  37  Churchgt 
Tallant  Misses.boardgschl.  8  Londonrd 
Tansley  Chas.  fmwktr.  26  Grosvenor  st 
Tansley  Geo.  shoemr.  4  St.  Nicholas  st 
Tansley  Saml.  shoemaker,  15  Craven  st 
Tapley  Wm.  warehsman.  27  Charles  st 
Taplin  Chas.survr.  of  taxes,  68Newwk 
Tarratt  Fras.  draper,  113  Belgrave  gt 
Tarratt  Hy.  accountant,  6  Loseby  lane ; 

and  vict.  Vine,  14  Vine  street 
Tarry  Isaac,   vict.   Dover  Castle,   34 

Dover  street 
Tate  Sergt.  John,  5  Oxford  street 
Tate  Jph.  shopkeeper,  19  Crown  st 
Tatlow  Thos.  accountant,  42  Cank  st 
Taverner  Jas.  butcher,  East  street 
Tax  Office,  11  Horsefair  street 
Taylor  Ann,  shopkpr.  38  Causeway  In 
Taylor  Eliza,  milliner,   11  Charles  st 
Taylor  Miss  Eliz.  11  Guthlaxton  st 
Taylor  Mr  George,  14  Great  Holme  st 


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Taylor  Geo.  Cowley,  hosier,  17  Welfd.rd 
Taylor  Hy.  Wm.  clerk,  48  Curzon  st 
Taylor  Isaac,  cowkeeper,  47  Ruding  st 
Taylor  Jas.  cowkeeper,  22  Milton  st 
TaylorJohn,porkbutcher,22St.Nichls.st 
Taylor  John,  woollen  and  fancy  goods 

manufacturer,  27  Peel  street 
Taylor  John,  cowkpr.  109  Belgrave  gt 
Taylor  John  B.,  shopr.  2  New  Bridge  st 
Taylor  John  and  Wm.  cotton  spinners, 

Mansfield  street 
Taylor  Mr  Joseph,  7  Arthur  street 
Taylor  Joseph,  marine  store  dealer,  4 

North  Bond  street 
Taylor  Jph.  fmwktr.  41  Laxton  street 
Taylor  Joseph,  mfr.  (J.'and  S.  Cradock) 

and  vict.  Rein  Deer,  4  Dun's  lane 
Taylor  Peter,  pawnbroker,  20  Haymkt 
Taylor  Rebecca  &  Frances,  milliners, 

29  Charles  street 
Taylor   Shadrach,  furniture  broker,  158 

Highcross  street 
Taylor  Stpn.  carpenter,  7  Northgate  st 
Taylor  Thos.  coal  dlr.  87  Sanvey  gate 
Taylor    Thomas,    musical   instrument 

maker,  32  St.  Nicholas  street 
Taylor  Thos.  greengcr.  78  Humbstn.rd 
Taylor  Thos.pork  butcher,  14  Applegt.st 
Taylor  Thos.  Jno.artist,49  Upr.Chas.st 
Taylor  Thos.  fmktr.  4  Rutland  street 
Taylor  Mr  William,  6  Dun's  lane 
Taylor  Wm.  shoemaker,  10  Abbeygate 
Taylor  William,  vict.  Queen's  Head,  10 

Townhall  lane 
Taylor  Wm.  cotton  spinner  (John  and 

William) ;  h  Humber stone 
Taylor  Wm.  maltster,  189  Belgrave  gt 
Taylor  Wm.  needle  maker,  1  George  st 
Taylor  Wm.  smallware  dlr.  202  Belg.gt 
Tebbitt  Rd.  William,  wholesale  grocer 

(Roberts  and  T.)  ;  h  87  Welford  rd 
Tebbs   Ann,    vict.  Bishop   Blaize,  50 

Causeway  lane 
Tebbs  George,  draper,  77  Cheapside 
Tebbs  Thos.  draper,  47  Market  place 
Tebbutt  Edward,  manager,  55  High  st 
Tebbutt  Hy.  wheelwright,  89  Churchgt 
Tebbutt  Jas.  bootmaker,  46  Friar  lane 
Tebbutt  Thos.  beerhouse,  57  Ruding  st 
Tebbutt  Wm.  shoemaker,  1  Blue  Boar  In 
Teear  John    Manshaw,   druggist,    12 

Humberstone  gate 
TeearThos. Hives, drugt.119  Belgrave  gt 
TeesdaleSar.  Ann,  matron,  County  gaol 
Temperance  Hall,  65  Granby  street 
Tew  John,  shopkeeper,  13  Milton  street 
Tew  Joseph,  fmwktr.  131  Wharf  street 
Thacker  William,  sweep,  12  The  Hollow 
Theatre  Royal,  21  Horsefair  street 
Thomas  Ann, wine  mert.;  h  21  New  walk 


Thomas  Ellis  Pestell,  vict.  Rose  and 

Crown,  92 1  Humberstone  road 
Thomas  and  Holliugworth,  wine,  spirit, 

and  porter  merchants,  1  Market  st 
Thomas  John,   framework-knitter,  70 

Upper  Brunswick  street 
Thompson  and  Chamberlain,  worsted 

spinners,  mop  &  yarn  mfrs,  &  dlrs. 

in  woollen  waste  &  wool,  Frog  island 
Thompson  Charles,  M.D.  surgeon,  35 

Humberstone  gate 
Thompson  Elizabeth  Sophia,  teacher  of 

music  and  singing,  5  Nichols  street 
Thompson  Miss  Eliz.126  Humbstn.  rd 
Thompson  Eliz.lodgs.  63  Humbstn.  rd 
Thompson  Henry,  prison  storekeeper, 

16  New  walk 
Thompson  James,  printer,  &c.  (Thos. 

and  Jas.) ;  h  58  Sparkenhoe  street 
Thompson  Jno.  shoemkr.  26  Burley's  In 
Thompson  John,  vict.  Royal  Oak,    7 

Bridge  street 
Thompson  John,  pawnbroker,  32  Bel- 
grave gate,  12  Silver  street,  &  30  St. 

Nicholas  st. ;  h  28  London  road 
Thompson  John  &  Co.  fancy  hosiery 

mfrs.  25  Charles  st. ;  h  6  Tower  st 
Thompson  Joseph  Augustus,  confec- 
tioner, 42  Granby  street 
Thompson  Rich.baker,14  St.Nicholas  sq 
Thompson  Mr  Richard,  19  Cobden  st 
Thompson  Thos.  butcher,  27  Wharf  st 
Thompson  Thomas,   (T.  &  J.) ;  h   73 

Welford  road 
Thompson  Thomas  and  James,  book- 
sellers,     printers,    and    proprietors 

and   publishers    of     the     Leicester 

Chronicle,  73  Cheapside 
Thompson  William,  staff-sergeant,  25 

Cardigan  street 
Thompson    William,  spinner  (T.  and 

Chamberlain) ;  h  6  Southgate  street 
Thompson    William,   shoemaker,    154 

Highcross  street 
Thomsett  Cephas  Green,  gun  maker, 

31  Humberstone  gate 
Thomson  Henry  Abraham,  vict.  Stag 

and  Pheasant,  6  Humberstone  gate 
Thomson  Thomas,  clerk,  12  Newtown  st 
Thomson  Thomas  Harrower,  wine  and 

spirit  merchant,  11  Horsefair  st. ;  h 

4  Southfields  place 
Thornilow  Thos.  tailor,  19  Middle  st 
Thornton  Eliza,  marine  store  dealer, 

67  Dover  street 
Thornton    George,    house    agent,   13 

Halford  street ;  h  14  Arthur  street 
Thornton  Henry,  vict.  Loughborough 

House,  29  Church  gate 
Thornton  James,  plumber,  69  Dover  st 


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Thornton  John  Moore,  hosiery  mfr. 
Rutland  st. ;  h  63  Humherstone  road 
Thornton  Joseph, shoemkr.  11  Carlton  st 
Thornton  Thos.  carpntr.  35  Albion  hill 
Thorp  Geo.  (Jno.  &  Geo.)  ;  h  Belgrave 
Thorp  John  &  George,  glove  and  elastic 

wet)  mfrs.  12  Belvoir  street 
Thorp  John  ;  h  110  London  road 
Thorp  Thomas,  broker,  70  Belgrave  gt 
Thorp  Thos.  maltster,  24  Wellington  st 
Thorpe  James,  maltster,  31  East  street 
Thorpe  Henry,  hairdresser,  4  Granby  st 
Thorpe  John,  flour  seller,  4  Johnson  st 
Thorpe  Thomas,  hosiery  mfr.  (Kirby 
and  T.) ;  h  60  Lower  Hastings  street 
Throsby  Chas.  butchr.  144  Wellingtn  st 
Throsby  Thos.  tailor,  140  Wellingtn  st 
Throsby  William,  shoemaker,  5  Upper 

Brunswick  street 
ThurlbyEdw.  bricklyr.  144  Highcross  st 
Thurlby  Wm.  shopkr.  121  Highcross  st 
Thurlby  Wm.  beerhouse,  40  Burgess  st 
Tibbies  Wm.  botanist,  230  Belgrave  gt 
Tighe  Kelley,  waste  dealer,  7  Harvey  In 
Tilley  George,  tailor,  3  Canning  street 
Tilley  William,  shoemkr.  26  Stanley  st 
Timson  Ann,  shopkeeper,  13  Taylor  st 
Timson  Chas.  greengcr.  31  Church  gt 
Timson  Eliz.  milliner,  31  Northmptn  sq 
Timson  John,  boot  mfr.  2|  N.  Bond  st 
Timson  Joseph,  tailor,  33  East  street 
Timson  Robt.  broker,  13  St.  Nicholas  sq 
Timson  Wm.  furniture  dlr.  28  Church  gt 
Timson  William,  fmktr  47  Northgate  st 
Tipley  Robt.  shoemkr.  3  Up.  Brown  st 
Tipping  Mr  John,  85  Humherstone  rd 
Tipple  Wm.  fish  &  fruit  dlr.  60  Sanvey  gt 
Titley  Walter,  rev.  offr.  23  Rutland  ter 
Toller  Rich.  &  Geo.  solrs.  2  Wickliffe  st 
Toller  George,  solr.  ;  h  94  New  walk 
Toller  Richard,   solicitor,  and  clerk  of 
the  peace  for  the  Borough,  2  Wick- 
liffe street ;  h  Stoneygate  House 
Tomkins  James,  shoemkr.  3  Calais  hill 
Tomkins  Jph.  painter,  48  Southmptnst 
Tomkinson  Eliz. shopkeeper,  20  Fleet  st 
Tomlin  Edward,  cutler,  7  Townhall  In 
Tomlin  Edward,  jun.,  cutler,  and  shoe- 
making  machine  mfr.  5  Applegate  st 
Tomlin  James  Wright,  cutler,  &  sickle 

&c.  maker,  127  Church  gate 
Tomlinson  Miss  Ann,  81  Welford  road 
Tompkin  William,  grocer,  132  Wharf  st 
Tomson  Daniel,  turner  &  cabinet  maker, 

Causeway  lane  ;  h  White  street 
Tongue  Mrs  Eliz.  7  De  Montfort  place 
Tooley  Richard,  vict.  Golden  Lion,  26 

Highcross  street 
Toon  Mary,  baker,  68  Asylum  street 
Toone  Eliza,  shopr.  30  Causeway  lane 


Toone  John,  dentist,  20  Southgate  st 
Toone  John  Hamlet,drugt.82  Granby  st 
Toone  Wm.  beerhouse,  1  Southgate  st 
Topps  Robert,  vict.  Golden   Ball,  21 

Bakehouse  lane 
Totty  John,  law  clerk,  12  Aylestone  st 
Tower  John,  sock  mfr.  11  Newarke  st 
Towers  Geo.  rag  dlr.  129  Highcross  st 
Town  Library,  St.  Martin's  West,  Miss 

Lucy  Mary  Dawson,  librarian 
Town  Museum,  New  walk,  John  E. 

Weatherhead,  curator 
Townsend  Edward, travelling  hosier,54 

Knighton  street 
Townsend   George,   hosiery  manufac- 
turer, Watling  st ;  h  7  Johnson  st 
Townsend  Mary,  vict.  Swan-with-two- 

Necks,  46  Granby  street 
Townsend  Richd.shoemr.37  Freeholdln 
Townsend  Samuel,   timber  dealer,  39 

Abbey  street 
Townsend  Wm.  vict.  Lord  Byron,  14 

Gravel  street 
Tract  Society's  Depot,  2  Hotel  street ; 

John  Lane,  manager 
Trade  Protection  Soc.,4  Pocklington's 

walk ;  Wm.  Flavell,  manager 
Trevett  Thos.  butcher,  61i  Humbstn.  gt 
Trivvett  Hezekiah,  beerhs.  Humbs.  gt 
Trotley  Thos.  shoemaker,  28  York  st 
Trueman  Mrs  Mary,  69  Regent  street 
Tubb  Wm.Hy. missionary,  58  Nichols  st 
Turner  Ann,  confectr.  62  Northmptn.  st 
Turner  Archibald  &  Co.,  elastic   web 

manufacturers,  Bow  Bridge 
Turner  Chas.  tailor,  41  East  street 
Turner  Edw.  shoe  manufacturer  (Wm. 

and  Edw.)  ;  h  Belgrave  gate 
Turner  Francis,  draper,  54  Cheapside 
Turner  Hy.  and  Son,  elastic  web  manu- 
facturers, Brunswick  street 
Turner  Hy.  (H.  &  Son) ;  h  17  Cobden  st 
Turner  Hy.  needle  mkr.  30  Wharf  st 
Turner  Hy.  shopkpr.  9  South  Albion  st 
Turner  Henry,  vict.  (T.  and  Stokes)  ;  h 

37  York  street 
Turner  John,  locksmith,  6  Horsefair  st 
Turner  John,  bootmaker,  73  Stanley  st 
Turner  Lawrence,  currier,  50  South  st 
Turner  Luke,  elastic  web  manufacturer, 

Deacon  street ;  h  Fosse  road 
Turner  Mansfield,  distr.  of  stamps,  26 

Friar  lane  ;  h  Wigston  Hall 
Turner  Obadiah,  59  Southgate  street 
Turner  Saml.  (H.  &  Son) ;  h  74  Curzon  st 
Turner  and  Stokes,  victs.  Elephant  and 

Castle,  37  York  street,  Granby  street 
Turner  Thomas,  tailor,  14  York  street 
Turner  Thos.  Clayton,  agent  to  Branch 

Bank  of  England,  10  Gallowtree  gt 


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Tamer  William  &  Edward,  shoe  manu- 
facturers, Charles  st.,  &  pawnbrokers, 
4  Belgrave  gate 
Turner  William,  shoe  mfr.  4  Belgrave  gt 
Turner  Wm.  locksmith,  20  Albion  st 
Tnrvill  John,  vict.  Generous  Briton,  83 

Wharf  street 
Tustin  Chas.  watchmkr.  160  Belgrave  gt 
Twells  John,  pipe  maker,34  Mansfield  st 
Twiggs  John,  beerhouse,  2  Ruding  st 
Tyers  and  Blunt,  curriers  and  leather 

dressers,  3  Albion  street 
Tyers  Chas.  porkbutcher,100Granby  st 
Tyers  Eliza,  druggist,  2  Highcross  st 
Tyers  Mary,  grocer,  49  Sanvey  gate 
Tyers  Samuel,  ale  and  porter  agent,  52 

Granby  street;  h  6  East  street 
Tyers  Thos.  (T.  &  Blunt) ;  h  3  Albion  st 
Tyers  William,  grocer,  20Nortbgate  st 
Tyler  Mr  Edward,  23  Waterloo  street 
Tyler  James,  plumber,  135  Belgrave  gt 
Tyler  John,  greengrocer,  32  Conduit  st 
Tyler  Wm.house  agt.  6  Bowling  green  In 
Tyres    Samuel,     brewer's    agent,    52 

Granby  street ;  h  6  East  street 
Tyrrel  Samuel,  joiner,  18  Col  ton  street 
UnderwoodChs.R.  tailor,  36  Brunswk.  st 
Underwood  Chas.  tailor,  4  Union  street 
UnderwoodDavid,  fmwktr.  14  Ruding  st 
Underwood  Edw.f  mwktr.  43  Brunswk.st 
Underwood  John,  plumber  (Norman  & 

U.) ;  h  15  Freehold  lane 
Underwood  John,  scripture  reader,  56 

Cobden  street 
Underwood  Joseph,  glove  mfr.  (Cham- 
berlain &  Co.);  h  61  Southgate  street 
Underwood  Joseph,  framework  knitter, 

Crown  street ;  h  Southgates 
UnderwoodLydia,shopkpr.  62Bedford  st 
Underwood  Rd.  hair  drsr.  97  Sanvey  gt 
UnderwoodThs.hairdrsr.  28  Sanvey  gate 
Underwood  William,  glove  and  hosiery 

manufacturer,  7  Lower  Free  lane 
UptonCharles,  butcher,  50Up. Charles  st 
Upton  Mr  John,  31  Conduit  street 
Valentine  James,  butter  dlr.  4  Gower  st 
Vann  George,  fishmgr.  104  Wharf  street 
Vann  Wm.  fishmonger,  54Carley  street 
Vaugban  Mrs  Agnes,  132  Highcross  st 
VaughanRev.DavidJas.M.A.  vicar  of  St. 
Martin's,  fellow  of  Trin.  Coll.  Cam.,  & 
and  master  of  Wyggeston's  Hospital ; 
Vicarage,  1  St.  Martin's  East 
Vaugban  Geo.  Louis,  colliery  engineer, 

De  Montfort  terrace 
VaughanWm. greengrocer,  30  Burgess  st 
VeaseyBen.  marine  store  dlr.l5Laxton  st 
Vernon  Jas.  music  seller,  3  New  Bond  st 
Vernon  John,  needle  maker,  17 Wilton  st 
>  ernonWm.wheelwright,  221Belgrve.gt 


Viccars  Geo.  (T.  &  G.) ;  h  98  New  walk 
Viccars  Samuel,  woolstapler,  5  Newarke 

street ;  h  Museum  square 
Viccars  Thomas  &  George,  woolstaplers, 

Belvoir  street 
Viccars  Thomas ;  h  3  De  Montfort  sq 
VickersGco  victWorld'sEnd,37Frog  isld 
Viggers  John,  shoemaker,  2  Slawson  st 
Vincent  James,  coal  dlr.  20  Burgess  st 
Vincent  Thos.  coal  dlr.  Bakehouse  lane 
VoceRaudel,  fmwktr.  51  Bedford  street 
Voss  and  Co.,  hosiers  and  lace  dealers, 

13  Hotel  street 
Voss  Henry,  vict.  Woodman's  Arms,  18 

Rutland  street 
Voss  Thos.  (V.&Co.);  h  5  De  Montfort  pi 
Waddington  Geo.  waste  dlr.  12  Albion  st 
Waddington  Chas.  teacher  of  languages, 

20  Guthlaxton  street 
Waddington  and  Frith,  woolstaplers,  13 

Granby  street 
Waddington Jno.woolstapler,  73Church- 

gate  ;  h  11  King  street 
Waddington  John,  printer  and  publisher 

of  the  Free  Press,  17  Belvoir  street; 

h  26  Wellington  street 
Waddington  Thomas,  general  dealer,  24 

Wellington  street 
Waddington  William   (W.  and  Frith)  ; 

h  Lincoln  street 
Wade  Geo.  shoemkr.  173  Belgrave  gate 
Wade  George  Hay  ward,  wine  and  spirit 

merchant,  3  Hotel  street ;  h  Belgrave 
Wade  John,  grocer,  233  Belgrave  gate 
Wade  John,  butcher,  18  King  street 
Wade  Jph.  grocer  &  baker,  1  St.  Geo.  st 
Wade  William,  shoemaker,  17  Kent  st 
Wagstaff  Alfred,  grocer,  54  Humberst.gt 
Wainer  Miss  Ann,  16  Lancaster  street 
Wain wright  John,  traveller,  14  Nelson  st 
WainwrightWm.watchmr.112Humbs.rd 
Waite  Mrs  Eleanor,  51  Conduit  street 
Waite  Joseph,  shoemaker,  87  Oxford  st 
WaldramGeo.wheel  wright,  73Humbs.rd 
Waldram  Thomas,  agent  to  Caledouian 

Insurance  Co.,  99  High  street 
Waldram  Wm.  Newton&Co.,  wine,  spirit, 

ale,  and  porter  merchants,  99  High  st 
Walden  Sarah,  shopkeeper,  4  Carley  st 
Wale  Amos,  shoemaker,  58  Sanvey  gt 
Wale  Henry,  hosiery  manufr.  25  Belvoir 

street ;  h  56  New  walk 
Wale  John,  sec.  to  Industrial  Friendly 

Society,  50  Rutland  street 
Wale  Mr  William,  8  De  Montfort  place 
Walker  Benj.  beerhouse,  15  Denman  st 
Walker  Cath.  boarding  school,  Newarke 
Walker  Chas.  shoemkr.  127  Highcross  st 
Walker  Edward,  grocer,  63  Churchgate 
WalkerGeo.  shoemkr.  29  Cumberland  at 


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WalkerGeorge,shopkpr.  3  St.Margaretst 
Walker  Geo.  shopkpr.  16  Jarrom  street 
WalkerGerald,tobacconist,  23  Belvoir  st 
Walker  James,  shopkeeper,  50  Baker  st 
Walker  James,  beerhouse,  2  Fleet  street 
Walker  Jph.  joiner,  116  Northampton  st 
Walker  and  Kempson,  hosiery  and  shoe 

manufacturers,  22  Market  street 
Walker  Nathl.  flour  dealer,  205  Belgr.  gt 
Walker  Richard  Wright,   Berlin  wool 

dealer,  17  High  street 
Walker  Robt.  hosiery  manufr.  3  Rutland 

street ;  h  114  London  road 
Walker  Miss  Rebecca,  16  De  Montfort  sq 
Walker  Saml.  shopkpr.  207  Belgrave  gt 
Walker  Sarah  &  Sons,  hatters  &  furriers, 

6  Victoria  parade 
Walker  Stephen,  hairdrsr.  56Belgrave  gt 
Walker  Thos.  hair  dresser  &  tobacconist, 

32  Gallowtree  gate 
Walker  Thomas,  shoemaker,  Dysart  st 
Walker  William  Henry,  hosiery  manufr. 

(W.  &  Kempson)  ;  h  Birstal 
Wall  William,  gent.,  9  Crescent 
Wallace  Wm.  coal  dealer,  117  Bedford  st 
WallerThomas,  schoolmr.  BoroughGaol 
Wallin  Thos.  baker,  21  Redcross  street 
Walling  Wm.  beerhouse  &  cab  owner, 

42  Upper  Conduit  street 
Wallis  Ann,  milliner,  55  Market  place 
Wallis,  Mrs  Sarah  Ann,  87  Conduit  st 
WaltonJno.shoemr.  45  Friar's  causeway 
Walton  Thos.  butcher,  38  Curzon  street 
Wand  John,   butcher,   16  Haymarket ; 

h  66  London  road 
Wand  Joseph,  ironmonger,  Watling  st 
WarburtonCarey,  school,  24  L.Churchgt 
Warburton  Charlotte,  hosiery  manufr. 

(Woodward&W.) ;  h  128  Highcross  st 
Warburton  Jph.pipe  manufr.47George  st 
Warburton  Robert,  registrar  of  births  & 

deaths,  58  Humberstone  gate 
Warburton  Wm.  yam  agent,  15  Belvoir 

street ;  h  15  New  walk 
Ward  Abel,  stone  cutter,  41  Humbs.  gt 
Ward  Miss  Ann,  34  Tower  street 
Ward  Barak,  framesmith,48Causeway  In 
Ward  Chtte.  greengrocer,  29  Colton  st 
Ward  Daniel  &  Sons,  printers  &  binders, 

Wellington  street 
Ward  George,  fishmonger,  52  Albion  st 
WardGeo.  rope&twine  mnfr.95Churchgt 
Ward  George,  shoemaker,  5  Infirmary  sq 
Ward  MrsHannah,  79Humberstone  gate 
Ward  Henry,  butcher,  38,  Abbey  street 
Ward  Mr  James,  75  Conduit  street 
WardJno.mnfr.(W.&Sons);  hKibivorth 
Ward  John,  framework  kntr.  23  Kent  st 
Ward  Joseph, draper,  24  Humberstone  gt 
Ward  Joseph,  grocer,  46J  Sanvey  gate 


WardNathl.  greengrocer,  52Sanvey  gate 
Ward  Robert  Walter,  printer  (Daniel 

and  Sons) ;  h  15  Wellington  street 
Ward  Ruth,  milliner,  2  J  Humberst.  gt 
Ward  Thomas,  clerk,  37  Cobden  street 
Ward  Thomas,  grocer,  43  Burgess  street 
Ward  Thomas  Stannage,   grocer  and 

builder,  36  Albion  hill 
Ward  William,  tailor,  40  St.  Nicholas  st 
Ward  William,  tailor,  41  Silver  street 
Ward  William  &  Sons,  hosiery  manufac- 
turers, 2  Wellington  street 
Ward  William,  butcher,  52  Craven  st 
Ward  Wm.  manufr. ;   h  50  Regent  st 
Ward  Wm.  printer  ;  h  25  £  Clarence  st 
Warden  John,  cooper,  34  Silver  street 
Warden  Mrs  Lydia,  18  York  street 
Warden  Mrs  Mary,  121  Northampton  st 
Wardle  Isaac,  greengrcr.  3Applegate  st 
Wardle  John,  greengrcr.  20  Jarrom  st 
Wardle  John,  carpenter,  48  Fleet  street 
Wardle  Peter,  fancy  draper  &  milliner, 

10  Cheapside ;  h  7  New  walk 
Warner  Danl.beerhouse, 123  Belgrave  gt 
Warner  Fras.  (W.  &  Sheen) ;  h  6  Napier  st 
Warner  James,  tailor,  78  Welford  road 
Warner  Jane  grocer,  24  Churchgate 
Warner  Jonth.  tailor,  5  London  road 
WarnerR.&Co.hosierymfrs.lNewarkest 
Warner  Robert,    auctioneer    (Cooke  & 

W.) ;  h  12  New  street 
Warner  Robt.greengr.lFriar's  causeway 
Warner  &  Sheen, hosiery  mfrs. 30 York  st 
Warner  Thomas,  nursery  and  seedsman, 

69  Market  place,  and  Leicester  Abbey 
Warner  Thos.  shoemaker,  36  Cobden  st 
Warner  Thomas  Rathbone,  ironmonger, 

cutler,  and  nail  mfr.  52  Gallowtree  gt 
Warner  William,  tailor,  62  Wharf  st 
Warren  Geo.painter,&c.l4  Southgate  st 
Warren  Geo.coal  agt.35  Northampton  st 
Warren  John,  shoemaker,  30  Ruding  st 
Warren  Richard  Ward,  gent.  39  Friar  In 
Warren  Thos.  shopkpr.  6  Navigation  st 
Warren  Thos.  binder,  8  Townhall  lane 
Warren  Wm. builder, 34  Southgate  street 
Warrington  Miss  Ann,  56  Regent  street 
Warrington  Jas.  broker,  31  Belgrave  gt 
Warrington  Wm.  traveller,  31  Regent  st 
Wartnaby  MrsEliza,30  Lancaster  street 
Warwick  Rev.  John  (Meth.)  10  Ann  st 
Warwick  John,  trimmer,  Mowbray  st 
Warwick  Thomas,  printer,  5  Union  st 
Water  Company's  Office,  12  Belvoir  st. 

J.  H.  Williams,  secretary 
Waterfield  Chas.  tailor,  2  Lower  Vine  st 
Waterfield  Daniel,  fmktr.  Burley's  lane 
Waterfield  James,  tailor,  41  Lee  street 
Waterfield  Joseph,  bricklayer,  and  vict. 

Sanvey  gate  Tavern,  72  Sanvey  gate 
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Waterfield,  Mr.  William,  2  Kent  street 
Waterman  William,  draper  (Johnson  & 

W.)  ;  h  1  Market  place 
Waters  John,  shoemaker,  18  Ash  well  st 
Watkin  Joseph,  vict.  Stag's  Head,  1 

Augustine  Friars 
Watkinson  Mrs  Rebecca,  40  King  st 
Watmuff  Mr  Joseph,  106  Willow  street 
Watts  George,  clothes  dlr.  3  Bedford  st 
Watts   George  Augustine,   tinner  and 

brazier,  38  Millstone  lane 
Watts  Henry,  victualler,  Old  Peacock, 

1  Highcross  street 
Watts  Jermh.  beerhouse,  81  High  street 
Watts  John,  cabinet  mkr.  11  Belgravegt 
Watts  John,shoemaker,  68  Wellington  st 
Watts  Jph.  whsman,  20  St.  Peter's  lane 
Watts  Robert,  shoemaker,  8  James  st 
Watts  and  Son,  maltsters,  brewers,  and 
wine,  spirit,  hop,  cake,  &c.  merchants, 
32  High  street 
Watts  Thomas,  solicitor,  6  Millstone 

lane  ;  h  84  London  road 
Watts  Thomas,  fmktr.  7  Byron  street 
Watts  William,  brewer,  &c. ;  h  Oadby 
Watts  Wm.  jun.  brewer  ;  h  34  High  st 
Wayne  Alfred ,  hosiery  mfr.  1  Mowbray  st 
Weare  William,  vict.  Brighton  Arms,  53 
Northampton  street,  and  ale  and  por- 
ter agent,  20  Gallowtree  gate 
Weatherhead  John  Edm.  curator  Town 

Museum ;  h  14  West  street 
Webb  Alfred,confectioner,  5  Churchgate 
Webb  and  Austin,  coal  and  lime  mer- 
chants, Public  wharf 
Webb  Frederick,  agent  to  Burton  Brew- 
ery Co.  7  Humberstone  gate 
WebbFredk.gasfitter,&c.42Higkcrossst 
Webb  George,  revenue  officer,  Chapel  pi 
Webb  George,  grocer,  32  East  Bond  st 
Webb  Hy.  vict.  Windmill,  7  Churchgate 
Webb  John,  shopkeeper,29  Highcross  st 
Webb  Jph.  shoemaker,  16  Wharf  street 
Webb  Miss  Louisa,  5  Albion  street 
Webster  Charles,  baker,  4  Bedford  st 
Webster  Henry,  bootmkr.  84  Granbyst 
Webster  John,  hosiery  manufacturer,  13 
Bowling  green  In  ;  h  69  Welford  rd 
Webster  John,  hosiery   manufacturer, 

King  street ;  h  20  Midland  street 
Webster  Jph. grocer  &  baker, 74.C raven  st 
Webster  Philip,  carpntr.  104  Wellngtn  st 
Webster  Misses,  school,  48  Friar  lane 
Webster  Rebca.  hbdshr.  96  Wellngtn  st 
Webster  Mr  Thomas,  30  Sparkenhoe  st 
Webster  Thomas,  shopkr.  18  Marble  st 
Webster  Thomas  &  Co.  hat  &  cap  manu- 
facturers, East  Bond  street 
Weeks  and  Son,  (Wm.  &  Andrew)  shoe 
manufacturers,  8  Colton  street 


Welch  Thomas,  shopkr.  7  Carlton  st 
Wellingham  Jno.  buildr.  30  Southgt  st 
Wells  Edmund,  grocer,  3  East  Bond  st 
Wells  George,  grocer,  2  Benford  street 
Wells  Isaac,  paintr.  14  Up.  Brunswick  st 
Wells  John,  victualler,  Fountain,   64 

Humberstone  gate 
Wells  John,  shopkeeper,  28  Luke  street 
Wells  Seth  and  Co.  haberdashers  and 

hardware  dealers,  3  Market  place 
Wells  Thomas,  shopkeeper,  23  New  In 
Wells  Wm.  sinker  mkr.  24  Mansfield  st 
Wells  William,  beerhouse,  22  Luke  st 
Wells  Wm.  cheese  factor,  8  Union  st 
Welton  Wm.keeper  of  Castle,  6  Southgts 
Were  Rev.  Thos.  William,  B.A.,  curate 

of  All  Saints,  152  Highcross  street 
Wesley  Jno.  coach  bldr.  20  Highcross  st 
West  Harriet,  grocer,  12  Mill  lane 
West  John,  butcher,  31  St.  Nicholas  st 
West  John,  bookseller,  19  Applegate  st 
West  John,  butcher,  43  Market  place 
West  John,  blacksmith,  51  Church  gt 
West  Robert,  fmktr.  188  Wharf  street 
West  William,  fishmonger,  Eastgates 
West  William  and  Son,  (John)  drill,  &c. 

manufacturers,  5  Rutland  street 
Westby  James,  cutler,  8£  Humbstn  gt 
Westby  Thomas,  cutler,  31  Wigston  st 
Westerman    Mr  Nathan   Tennant,  39 

Regent  street 
Weston  Edward,  Esq.  8  King  street 
Weston  Ephraim,  shopkr.  89  Oxford  st 
Weston  Fredk.  brazier,  14  Ochard  st 
Weston  Geo.  &  Co.  grocers,  lHaymarkt 
Weston  Mr  James,  126  Church  gate 
Weston  James,  fmktr.  65  Russell  street 
Weston  Jane,butchr.44Friar's  causeway 
Weston  John,  coal  dealer,  22  Ruding  st 
Weston  John,  victualler,  Durham  Ox, 

239  Belgrave  gate 
Weston  Mr  Jno.Nicholson,33  Conduitst 
Weston  Joseph,  shoemkr.  16  Grange  In 
Weston  Joshua,  shopkr.  26  Crown  st 
Weston  Richard,  hairdsr.  38  Sanvey  gt 
Weston  Thos.  music  profr.  12  Nelson pl 
Weston  William,  solicitor,  33  Friar  In 
Weston  William,butcher,72  Humbstn  gt 
Weston  William,  shoemkr.  18  Bridge  st 
Wetton  Saml.  bootmkr.  14  Albion  hill 
Whatley  Rt.whols.  shoe  mfr.49  Colton  st 
Whattoff  Mr  William,  45  Regent  street 
Whatton    Emma,    bonnet    maker,   58 

Chatham  street 
Whatton  William,  victualler,  Mitre  and 

Keys,  26  Applegate  street 
Wheat  John,  victualler,  Earl  of  Stam- 
ford's Arms,  23  Northgate  street 
Wheat  Mrs  Matilda,  14  Curzoa  place 
Wheat  Mr  Wm.  124  Humberstone  rd 


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Wheatley  Miss  Elizabeth,  44  New  walk 
Wheatley  Jph.shoemkr.51Soutkmptn.st 
WheatleyThos.shoemkr.3  Southmptn  .st 
Wheatley    Timothy,   greengrocer,  184 

Belgrave  gate 
Wheeler  Jas.  traveller,  28  Lancaster  st 
Wheeler  Robt.  nail  mkr.  Hopkins'  wharf 
Wheeler  Samuel  Sharman,  grocer,  188 

Belgrave  gate 
Wheeler  Mr  Thos.  36  Lwr.  Hastings  st 
Wheeler  Thos.  &  Co.  elastic  web  mfrs. 

16  Belvoir  street ;  h  9  Belgrave  gate 
Wheeler  Thos.  Jas.  ;  h  1  Southfields 
Whetstone   Joseph,    worsted    spinner, 

(Brewin  &  W.)  ;  h  32  Lancaster  place 
Whetstone  William,  tile  manufacturer, 

49  Northgate  street 
Whiles  Geo.  waste  dlr.  120  Churchgate 
Whiles  John,  dyer  and  trimmer,  6  St. 

Nicholas  square 
Whiston  Jas.  brush  mfr.  8  St.  Nichls.sq 
Whitaker  Chas.  travlr.  39  Humbstn.  rd 
White  Benj.  beerhouse,  4  Harcourt  st 
White  Mrs.  Catherine,  3  Chancery  st 
White  Geo.  carriers'  agent,  11  Cank  st 
White  Geo.  shoemkr.26  Lwr.  Churchgt. 
White  George,  cowkeeper,  Sydney  st 
White  Hy.carver  &  gilder,  ISHumbstn.gt 
White  Isaac,  clerk,  3  Morledge  street 
White  John,  joiner,  77  Churchgate 
White  John,  stone  and  marble  mason, 

29  Rutland  street 
White  Jph.  haberdhr.  102  Belgrave  gt 
White  Jph.  overlooker,  39  Newarke 
White  Miss  Mary,  4  Southampton  st 
White  My.  Eliz.milliner,27|  Clarence  st 
White  Samuel,  builder,  8  Archdeacon  In 
White  Thos.  Irvin,  temperance  lecturer, 

15  Nelson  street 
White  Wm.  Hy.  currier,  4  Townhall  In 
Whitehead  James,  126  Highcross  street 
Whitehead  John,  &  Sons   (Dd.  &  John 

jun.)  elastic  web  mfrs.  and  paper  dlrs. 

Upper  Brown  street ;  h  12  Newarke  st 
Whitehead  John,  tea  dlr.  15  Albion  hill 
WhiteheadSush.upholsterer,27  Albion  st 
Whitfield  Henry,  tailor,  9  Bright  st 
Whitfield  John,  victualler,  Blue  Lion, 

21  Granby  street 
Whiting  Ann,  haberdshr.  114  Wellgtn.st 
Whitmore  Mrs  Eliz.  110  Highcross  st 
Whitmore  Frances,  school,  11  Crescent 

buildings,  Upper  King  street 
Whitmore  Geo.Avatchmkr.  24  Midland  st 
Whitmore  Joel,  plumber  (Wm.  and  J.) ; 

h  14  Millstone  lane 
Whitmore  John  &  Co., worsted  spinners, 

Bridge  street ;  h  Knighton 
Whitmore  Samuel,  shoemkr.  49  Upper 

Conduit  street 


Whitmore  Wm.  and  Joel,  plumbers,  &c. 

15  Millstone  lane 
Whitmore  Wm. ;  h  64  Chatham  street 
Whittle  Jph.  shoemkr.  35  William  st 
Whitwell  Henry,  butcher,  103  Wharf  st 
Whitwick  Colliery   Co.  West  bridge ; 

J.  F.  Stenson,  agent 
Wickes  Sarah,  vict.  Earl  of  Leicester, 

50  Brunswick  street 
Wickes  Thos.  beerhouse,  15  Yeoman  st 
Widdish  Wm.  brazier,  6  Marlbro'  st 
Widdowson  Benjamin,  22  London  rd 
Widdowson  Richard,  plumber,  painter, 

&c,  8  Applegate  street 
Widdowson  Rev.  Thos.B.A.,asst.master 

of  Collegiate  Sckool,2De  Montfort  pi 
Wielobycki  Severin,  M.D.,  komooopa- 

thist,  Alma  villas,  London  road 
Wigginton  Wm.  blksmth.  21  Frog  island 
Wigginton  Jas.  tripe  drsr.  60  Wharf  st 
Wigham  Mrs  Johanna,  17  Oxford  street 
Wightman  John,shopkr.9  Devonshire  st 
Wigbtman  Wm.  butcher,  28  Lee  street 
Wigley  George,  tailor,  7  Belgrave  gate 
Wigley  Jas.  Bennett,  tailor,  4  Eastgates 
Wigley  John,  machinist,  10  Peacock  In 
Wigston  Woolston,  coach  builder,   34 

East  Bond  street 
Wilby  John,  lambs'  wool  spinner,  42 

York  street ;  h  8  Lower  Hastings  st 
Wilby  Moses,  waste  dlr.  7  Cumberld.  st 
Wildbore   Henry   Sykes,   confectioner, 

88  Granby  street 
Wiles   Saml.    wood    turner,    44    East 

Bond  street 
Wilford  Henry,  high  bailiff  of  County 

Court,  9  Southgates 
Wilford  Job,  insurance  agt.  3  Nelson  st 
Wilford  John,  green  gcr.  24  Burgess  st 
Wilford  Jph.  grocer  and  pork  butcher, 

5  St.  Nicholas  square 
Wilford  Wm.  fishmonger,  25  Gower  st 
Wilkinson  Mrs  Eliz.  78  Granby  street 
Wilkinson  Henry,  joiner,  205  Belgrave 

gate  ;  h  45  Cobden  street 
Wilkinson  Isaac,  watchmkr.  13  High  st 
Wilkinson  John,  blacksmith,  Humber- 

stone  gate  ;  h  East  street 
Wilkinson  Colonel  Jph.  47  Cobden  st 
Wilkinson  Mr  Joseph,  55  Conduit  st 
Wilkinson  Robt.  cowkpr.  1   Sanvey  gt 
Wilkinson  Saml.  shoemkr.  56  Dover  st 
Wilkinson  Sophia,  flour  dlr.  52  Oxford  st 
Wilkinson  William,  victualler,  Daniel 

Lambert,  54  Dover  street 
Willey  Chas.  Jph.  grocer,  38  Granby  st 
Willey  Mason,  grocer,  53  Jewry  wall  st 
Willey  Mrs  Sophia,  91  Humberstone  rd 
Willey  Wm.  traveller,  5£  New  walk 
Williams  John,  bootmkr.  16  Market  pi 

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LEICESTER   DIRECTORY. 


Williams  John,  victualler,  William  IV. 

60  Colton  street 
Williams    John    Heath,     sharehroker, 

accountant,  &c.  and  secretary  to  Water 

Works    Co.    12   Belvoir    street;     h 

Lansdowne  terrace 
Williams  Thos.  vict.  Stockdale  Arms, 

27  East  street 
Williams  Thos.  fmktr.  22  Woodboy  st 
Williams  Wm.  green  gcr.  98  Belgrave  gt 
Williamson  George,  victualler,  Old  Axe 

and  Square,  20  Sanvey  gate 
Williamson  Robt.  travelling  draper,  19 

Southampton  street 
Williamson  Thos.  fmktr.  24 1  Mill  st 
Willis  James,  fmktr.  49  Benford  street 
Willis  Jno.  carpenter,  16  U.  Brunswk.  st 
Willmore  Miss  Frances,  Auckland  ter 
Willmore  Lwnce.  gent.  13  The  Newarke 
Wills  Jph.  haberdasher,  33  Belgrave  gt 
Wills  Ruth,  shopkpr.  87  Northampton  st 
Wills  Thos.  currier  (Buckler  &  W.) ;  h 

13  Clarence  street 
Willson  Epaphras,shomkr.67  London  rd 
Willson  Miss  Jane,  7  Crescent  buildgs 
Willson  Jph.  shoemkr.  and  sexton  of  St. 

George's,  120  Northampton  street 
Wilmot  John,  shoemaker,  19  Jarrom  st 
Wilson  Chas.  shoemkr.  50  Northgate  st 
Wilson  Jas.  shoemkr.  81  Oxford  street 
Wilson  Jno.  clothes  broker,  14  Abbey  st 
Wilson  Mrs.  Mary,  40  Morledge  street 
Wilson  Reuben,  bootmaker  and  shop- 
keeper, 46  Conduit  street 
Wilson  Thomas,  fruiterer,  5  King  street 
Wilson  Thomas,  optician,  6  Belvoir  st 
Wilson  Thos.  Littlewood,  hosiery  mfr. 

(Cummings  &  W.) ;  h  Newfound  pool 
Wilson  Wm.  beerhouse,  151  Belgrave  gt 
Wilson  Wm.  tailor,  17  St.  Nicholas  sq 
Windley  &  Scotney,  printers  and  proprs. 

of  Midland  Free  Press,  17  Belvoir  st 
Windley,  Thos.  printer  and  news  agent ; 

h  101  Belgrave  gate 
Windram,  Mrs  Eliza  Jane,  90  London  rd 
Windram  John,  shoemkr.  14  Harvey  In 
Windram  John,  tailor,  59 £  Bedford  st 
Windram,  Thomas,  assistant-overseer, 

87  Humberstone  gate 
Windram  Wm.  dyer,  58  Friday  street 
Wing  Mrs  Anne,  12  Southgate  street 
Wingate  Robert,  house  surgeon,  Public 

Dispensary,  31  Charles  street 
Winks  Frederick,  painter,  56  Duke  st 
Winks  &  Son,  printers,  publishers,  and 

stationers,  53  High  street 
Winks  Jph.  Foulkes  ;  h  37  Rutland  st 
Winks  Jph.  Goadby  ;  h  2£  Waterloo  st 
Winship  Marie,  school,  10  Crescent  st 
Winterburn  Wm.  tailor,  21  Loseby  In 


Wintershalder  Joseph  and  Lucas  &  Co. 

clock  and  watchmkrs.  50  Belgrave  gt 
Winterton    John,    victualler,    Admiral 

Duncan,  24  Fleet  street 
Winterton  Wm.  timber  and  slate  mer- 
chant, sawmills,  &c.  37  Upper  Charles 

street ;  h  6  Prebend  street 
Winterton  Wm.  painter,  63  Dover  st 
Wise  George,  fmktr.  8  Gold  street 
Withers  Elizabeth,  cooper,  26  Bedford 

street ;  h  85  Belgrave  street 
Withers  Geo.  Hy.  accnt.  54  Belgrave  gt 
Withers  John,  coal  agt.  8  Navigation  st 
Withers  Joseph,  butcher,  29  Conduit  st 
Withers  Mary,  milliner,  54  Belgrave  gt 
Withers  Sarah,  milliner,  19£  Queen  st 
Withers  William,  butcher,  4  Crown  st 
Withers  Wm.  cattle  dlr.  49  New  Bridge  st 
Wood  Mrs  Ann,  15  Halford  street 
Wood  Rev  Chas.  Henton,  B.A.  curate 

of  St.  George's,  19  Stanley  street 
Wood  Edw.  accountant,  (Dare,  Slatham, 

&  W.) ;  h  12  Arthur  street 
Wood  Eliz.  clothes  dlr.  12  Northgates 
Wood  Henry,  vict.  Woolcombers'  Arms, 

56  Lower  Churchgate 

Wood  Henry,  fmktr.  18  Woodboy  st 
Wood  James,  coal  dlr.  30  Jewry  wall  st 
Wood  John,  hosier,  &c.  5  Market  st 
Wood  Jno.  carpntr.  60  Up.  Brunswick  st 
Wood  John,  whsmn.  32  Curzon  place 
Wood  Jph.  tailor,  102  Northampton  st 
Wood  Joseph,  fmktr.  49  Carley  street 
Wood  Mrs  Sarah,  Highfields 
Wood  Mr  Thos.  18  Lower  Hastings  st 
Wood  Thomas  &  Son,  accountauts,  28 

Pocklington's  walk 
Wood  Thomas  Gray ;  h  2  St.  Martin's 
Wood  Wm.  shopkpr.  44  Woodboy  st 
Woodburn  James,  draper,  23  Halford  st 
Woodcock  Benj.vtry.  surg ;  h  71  King  st 
Woodcock  Charles,  tailor,  10  Fleet  st 
Woodcock  Jno.  shoemr.  67  Archdeacon  In 
Woodcock  &  Hobson,  veterinary  sur- 
geons, 22  Granby  st  &  13  Southgates 
Woodcock  Hy.  plmbr  ;  h  57  Churchgt 
Woodcock  Hy.  gas  engineer,  Bridge  st 
Woodcock  &  Pearson,  plumbers,   &c. 

57  Churchgate 

Woodcock  Jph.  druggist,  15  Southgates 
Woodfield  Edward,  brazier,  5  Eaton  st 
Woodford  Geo.  mattress  maker,  9  Rut- 
land street 
Woodhouse  Samuel,  hosiery  manufac- 
turer, 4  Cannon  street 
Woodhouse  Theodore,  parcel  agent,  29 

Cank  street ;  h  4  Cannon  street 
Wooding  George,  whsmn.  7  Tower  st 
Woodruffe  Miss  Ann,  8  Friar  lane 
Woods  Rev  Wm.  (Iudpt.)  74  New  walk 


LEICESTER   DIRECTORY. 


277 


Woodward  Eliza,  haberdasher,  157  Bel- 
grave  gate 
Woodward  Mrs  Eliz.  De  Montfort  st 
Woodward  Edw.  shoemkr.  12  Swan  st 
Woodward  Frederick,  hairdresser,  7  St. 

Nicholas  street 
Woodward,  John,  shopkeeper,  1  Little 

Holme  street 
Woodward  John,  shoemaker,  42  Upper 

Brunswick  street 
Woodward  Thos.  hairdsr.  29  Market  st 
Woodward  &  Warburton,  mfrs.  of  fancy 

hosiery,  hair  pads,  &c.  Clarence  st 
Woodward  Thomas,  manufacturer  ;  h  1 

De  Montfort  street 
Woodward  Wm.  greengr.  11  Camden  st 
Woollerton  Rd.  blacksmith,  Clarence  st 
Woollerton  Rose",  milliner,  77  High  st 
Woollerton  Sarah,  milliner,  6  Oxford  st 
Woollet  Daniel,  tailor,  49  L.  Brown  st 
Woolman  Jno.  shoemkr.  27  Chatham  st 
Woolman  Rd.  greengr.  29  Humbstn.  gt 
Woolman  Wm.  shoemkr.  90  Oxford  st 
Woolmer  Thos.  coal  dlr.  11  Hanover  st 
Woolston  Richard,  boot  and  shoe  manu- 
facturer, 27  Market  street 
Woolston  Wm.  shoemkr.  70  Chatham  st 
Wootton  John,  accountant,  7  Cank  st 
Wordsworth    Joshua    Taylor,    worsted 
spinr.  (Podd  &  Co.)  ;  h  The  Newarke 
Wormell  Robt.  slater,  10  Oxford  ter 
Wormell  Wm.  slater,  48  Colton  street 
Wormleighton  Wm.  fmktr.  65  London  rd 
Worrad  Maria,  fruitr.  140  Belgrave  gt 
Worrall  Thos.  Ewd.  butcher,  2  Bridge  st 
Worth  Wm.  baker,  17  Denman  street 
Worthy  John,  broker,  23  Wharf  street 
Wortley  Frederick  Richard,  pork  but- 
cher, 48  High  street 
Wotton  John,  whsmn.  90  Wellington  st 
Wragg  Wm.  butcher,  2  Raglan  street 
Wray  Wm.  shoemaker,  74  High  cross  st 
Wright  Benj.  bootmaker,  8  Byron  st 
Wright  Geo.  glass  dlr.  42  Gallowtree  gt 
Wright  Hannah,  victualler,  Champion, 

61  Humberstone  gate 
Wright  Henry,  joiner,  43  Townhall  In 
Wright  James,  victualler,  Turk's  Head, 

109  Welford  road 
Wright  John,  bookbinder,  44  L.  Hill  st 
Wright  John,  butcher,  25  Southmptn.  st 
Wright  John,  mop  manfr.  75  Sanvey  gt 
Wright  John,  cowkeeper,  56  Stanley  st 
Wright  Joseph,  shopkpr.  16  Charles  st 
Wright  Martin, woolsorter,6Richmondst 
Wright  Michl.  foreman,  31  Welford  rd 


Wright  Rhoda,  milliner,  14  Chancery  st 
Wright    Richard,   hosier,   hatter,    and 

glover,  5  High  street 
Wright  Rd.  shopkpr.  12  Northumld.  st 
Wright  Mr  Saml.  86  Humberstone  road 
Wright  Samuel,  smallware  dealer,  199 

Belgrave  gate 
Wright  Saml.  needle  mkr.  70  Friar  In 
Wright  Thos.  coal  merchant,  3  South- 
ampton st  wharf;  h  11  Humbstn.  rd 
Wright  Rev  Thomas   Hawkins,   M.A. 

84  New  walk 
Wright  Thos.   Tyrwhitt,  sub-agent  to 

Branch  Bank  of  Eng. ;  h  4  Prebend  st 
Wright  Wm.  blacksmith,  Clarence  st 
Wright  Smith,  hosiery  mfr.  (Denton  & 

W.)  ;  h  4  Southgate  street 
Wye  Hy.  clerk  and  sexton  of  St.  Mary's, 

21  Castle  street 
Wye  William,  fmktr.  13  Bridge  street 
Wykes  Geo.  yarn  agt.  7  Freeschool  In 
Wykes  Jas.  builder,  11  Freeschool  In 
Wykes  John,  yarn  agt.  2  East  Bond  st 
Wykes  John,  accountant,  24  Friar  lane 
Wykes  Maria  Clarke,  grocer  and  tea 

dealer,  54  Chatham  street 
Wykes    Samuel,    music   professor,   26 

Pocklington's  walk 
Wykes  Wm.  blacksmith,  218  Belgrave  gt 
Wykes  Wm.  &  Son,  grocers,  chandlers, 

&c.  49  Humberstone  gate 
Wykes  Wm. ;  h  49  Humberstone  gate 
Wykes  Wm.  jun. ;  h  88  Rutland  street 
Yarrow  John,  tailor,  15  Dover  street 
Yates  James,  victualler,    George    and 

Dragon,  11  Kent  street 
Yates  John,  baker,  4  Northgate  street 
Yates  Joseph,  stone  and  marble  mason, 

36  St.  George  street 
Yates  Mary,vict.  Britannia,  10  Castle  st 
Yates  Thomas,  homoeopathic  chemist, 

14  Market  street 
Yates  William,  traveller,  South  street 
Yeomans  Richard,  baker,  154  Wharf  st 
Yeomans  Mr  Thomas,  34  Newtown  st 
Yeomanson     William,     fancy    hosiery 

manufacturer,  Upper  Brown  street 
Young  Danl.  hosiery  manfr.  9  Short  st 
Young  Mrs  Hannah,  73  Conduit  street 
Young  Men's  Christian  Association,  1 

St.  Martin's 
Young  Women's  Christian  Association, 

4  Hotel  street 
Youson  John,  coal  dealer,  14  Soar  lane 
Yoxon  Saml.  shoemkr.  17  Freeschool  In 
Yoxon  SI.  jun.  shoemkr.  17  Chancery  st 


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CLASSIFICATION  OF  TRADES  &  PROFESSIONS. 


ACADEMIES. 

Marked  *  take  Boarders;  1  teach  Draw- 
ing;  2,  Dancing ;  and  3,  Languages. 
Allen  Lucy,  21  Nelson  st.  London  rd 
Atton  Sarah,  17  Lower  Church  gate 
Bateman  Lydia,  68  Friar  lane 
Bates  Bichard,  St.  George  street 
*Berrington  Mary,  12  Crescent 
Bloodworth  Joseph,  114  Highcross  st 
Bowmar  Misses,  90  High  street 
British  Schools,  Hill  street,  Jas.  Curtis, 
George  Hull,  W.  W.  Handford,  and 
Misses  Plant  &  Findley,  Belgrave  gt 
Brown  Mary,  9  Princess  street 
Brumby  Sarah,  Thorpe  street 
Burbidge  Mrs  &  Miss,  193  Belgrave  gt 
Byard  Mary  Ann,  6  Vauxhall  street 
3  Caillard  Chas.  CamiUe,  85  Welford  rd 
Caldicott  Elizabeth,  25  New  Bond  st 
Chamberlain  Arabella,  33  Stanley  st 
Chamberlain  James,  40  Silver  street 
*  Collegiate  and  Free  Grammar  School, 
Prebend  st ;  Rev  A.  Hill,  M.A.,  head 
master;  Revs  CD.  Crossman,  B.A., 
T.  Widdowson,  B.A.,  and  R.  Allen, 
M.A.,  assistant  masters ;  C.  C.  Cail- 
lard, French  master ;  Augsts.  Schnei- 
der, German  master ;  andDr.Bernays, 
chemical  lecturer 
Cooper  Miss,  32  Princess  street 
Daniell  Misses,  7  New  Bridge  street 
Doy  Jane,  44  Chatham  street 
*Ewing  Joseph,  68  Rutland  street 
Foxley  Emmeline,  14  Bishop  street 
Freeman  Sarah,  52  Southgate  street 

2  Glover  William,  1  Cheapside 
Goddard  Ann,  26  Southampton  street 
♦Gordon  Alexander,  19  New  walk 
Great  Meeting  School,  East  Bond  st ; 

James  Hepworth  and  Emily  Cooke 
Greatorex  Fanny,  10  Up.  Brunswick  st 
Green  Sarah,  7  Upper  Charles  street 
Green  Coat  School,  Holybones ;  Henry 

Martin  Mills  Hanford 
Gross  Harriet,  17  Nelson  st.  London  rd 
1  Hammersley  James  A.  Stoneygate 
Harrison  Ann,  8  Church  street 
Hardy  Mary,  18  Regent  street 
Hickling  Misses,  16  Upper  Brown  st 
*Highton  John,  B.A.  London  road 
Hill  Benjamin,  Vine  street 
Hill  Mary,  6  Northgate  street 
♦Holloway  Henry,  Evington  lane 
Holyoake  Misses,  16  Albion  hill 

3  Hottinger  Fanny,- 8  West  street 


2  Hull  George,  15  Stockdale  terrace 
Hunt  Frances,  28  Queen  street 
Iliffe  Emma,  102  Wellington  street 
Johnson  Ann,  94  Welford  road 
King  Sarah,  41  Oxford  street 

3  Lefranc  Francois,  32  New  walk 
Lewitt  George,  148  Belgrave  street 
Loseby  Sarah,  Archdeacon  lane 
Mabbs  Sophia,  27  Halford  street 
*Miall  Misses,  London  road 
National  Schools : — All  Saints',  Martha 

Eason,  Charlotte  st. ;  Christ  Church, 
Frances  Ellen  Bailey,  Bow  st.,  and 
John,  Susan,  and  Agnes  Clarke,  Cur- 
zon  st. ;  Model  School,  John  North 
Dufty  and  Ann  Bird,  Holybones  ;  St. 
Andrew's,  Jane  Hagan,  Knighton  st. ; 
St.  George's,  Samuel  Thos.  Simpson 
and  Martha  Cook,  Rutland  st. ;  St. 
John's,  Charles  Ridley  and  Adelaide 
Kimpton,   South  Albion  street;   St. 
Leonard's,  John  aud  Lucy  Brown, 
Abbeygate ;    St.   Margaret's,   Harry 
Poyner  and  Jane  Atkinson,  Canning 
place,  John  &  Mary  Barker,  Caroline 
st.,  and  Fanny  Barratt,  Churchgate ; 
St.  Martin's,  Edw.  and  Jane  Atkins 
and   James  P.  Barker,  Friar  lane  ; 
St.  Mary's,  Robert  Rippon  and  Eliz. 
Newton,  Castle  st.,  and  Thos.  &  Ann 
Perkins,  Laxton  street 
Palfreyman  Daniel,  13  Raglan  street 
1  Pole  James,  5  York  street 
Pole  Susannah,  1  Sparkenhoe  street 
Pullan  Elizabeth,  45  Humberstone  road 
Roman  Catholic  Schools,  Geo. Gordon, 
Wm.  Martin,  and  Ellen  Berry,  Wel- 
lington st. ;  and  John  Mee  and  Betsy 
Cope,  Royal  East  street 
♦Ross  Misses,  47  Newarke 
Satchell  Ann,  119  Highcross  street 
3  Schneider  Augustus,  De  Montfort  st 

*  Schneider  Mrs.  De  Montfort  street 

*  Shardlow  Eliz.  39  Rutland  street 

1  Smart  Charles  F.  5  St.  Martin's  East 
Smith  Lydia,  24  Peel  street 
Staines  James,  11  Wellington  street 

*  Tallant  Misses,  8  London  road 

3  Waddington  Chpr.  20  Guthlaxton  st 

*  Walker  Catherine,  7  Newarke 
Webster  Misses,  48  Friar  lane 
Whitmore  Frances,  11  Upper  King  st 
Winship  Marie,  10  Crescent  street 
Wisdish  Hannah,  Metcalfe  street 
Workhouse  School,  J.  Waynwright 


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ACCOUNTANTS. 
Bankart  Edwd.  P.  15  Horsefair  street 
Dare,  Statham,  &  Wood,  41  Charles  st 
Davis  John  Henry,  11  Friar  lane 
Drury  "William  John,  79  High  street 
Ghent  James,  57  Highcross  street 
Goodrich  W^n.  213  Belgrave  gate 
Holford  and  Jones,  4  Millstone  lane 
Judd  John,  36  Friar  lane 
Marris  Robert,  59  Charles  street 
Marris  and  Son,  5  Loseby  lane 
Scott  Alonzo,  8  New  walk 
Street  George,  29  Granby  street 
Tarratt  Henry,  6  Loseby  lane 
Tatlow  Thomas,  42  Cank  street 
Williams  John  Heath,  Belvoir  street 
Wood  and  Son,  28  Pocklington's  walk 
Wootton  John,  7  Cank  street 
Wykes  John  A.  24  Friar  lane 

AGENTS   (COMMISSION). 
(Yarn,  House,  Estate,  dx.) 
Almey  James,  83  London  road 
Arrowsmith  Thomas,  48  St.  Nicholas  st 
Beales  James,  36  Newarke  street 
Beazeley  Thos.  W.,  8  Richmond  street 
Bevins  William,  10  Belvoir  street 
Billson  John,  77  Welford  road 
Blackwell  John,  69  Wellington  street 
Blankley  Richard,  5  Humberston  road 
Bradshaw  Wm.  Bowling  green  lane 
Branstone  William,  36|  Charles  street 
Brown  John  and  Son,  Oxford  street 
Cox  William,  4  New  street 
Donisthorpe  F.  &  Son,  Friar's  causeway 
Elgood  Samuel,  Upper  Brown  street 
Ferrar  John,  15  Marlborough  street 
Finn  Cornelius,  31  Halford  street 
Frith  George,  2  Freehold  street 
Gill  Frederick,  18  Halford  street 
Goddard  Thomas  C.  33  Halford  street 
Greasly  Edmund,  4  Campbell  street 
Green  Henry  and  Son,  Rutland  street 
Harrison  Matthew,  30  Constitution  hill 
Hickling  William,  2  Princess  street 
Holford  Henry  L.  3  Waterloo  street 
Holford  &  Jones,  4  Millstone  lane 
Horn  Richard,  50  Duke  street 
Hunt  Frederick,  Bowling  green  lane 
Katterns  William,  18  Newtown  street 
King  Thomas  Kilpin,  54  New  walk 
Langton  Samuel,  1  Applegate  street 
Lewin  William,  16  Bishop  street 
Lewis  Thomas,  17  Asylum  street 
Main  John,  Gosling  street 
Miles  Roger  Dutton,  37  Friar  lane 
Newby  Edwin  H.  49  Wellington  street 
Pole  Henry  and  Son,  18  Alpine  terrace 
Poppleton  Joseph,  26  St.  Nicholas  st 
Pratt  Charles,  24  Nelson  st.,  London  rd 
Riley  Thomas,  9  Union  street 


Ryder  William,  3  Newarke  street 
Scampton  and  Son,  47  King  street 
Scott  Alonzo,  8  New  walk 
Sears  Thomas,  67  Welford  road 
Spittlehouse  Charles,  101  Highcross  st 
Squires  James,  10  Halford  street 
Squires  William,  8  Tower  street 
Sunderland  Thomas,  Belvoir  street 
Sheppard  Thomas,  2  Millstone  lane 
Tyler  William,  Bowling  green  lane 
Tyres  Samuel,  6  East  street 
Warburton  William,  15  Belvoir  street 
Wood  and  Son,  28  Pocklington's  walk 
Wykes  George,  7  Freeschool  lane 
Wykes  John,  2  East  Bond  street 
AGRICULTURAL  IMPLEMENT 

MAKERS. 
Cort  and  Paul,  2  Market  place 
Gimson  and  Co.  26  Welford  road 
Hodgkinson  Henry,  Redcross  street 
Hunt  and  Pickering,  Short  street,  and 

14  Gallowtree  gate 
Johnson  Thos.  &  Son,  54  Gallowtree  gt 
Lee  and  Co.  70  Churchgate 

ARCHITECTS,    &c. 
Bird  James,  12  Nelson  place 
Dain  and  Smith,  St.  Martin's 
Drake  Francis,  F.S.A.,  30  Market  st 
Else  Alfred,  12  Loseby  lane 
Gillett  William  John,  6  New  street 
Goddard  Henry,  6  Market  street 
Goodacre  Robert  J.  5  Friar  lane 
Jackson  William,  6  Loseby  lane 
Johnson  Robert  Winter,  Granby  street 
Mansfield  Daniel,  24  Clarence  street 
Millican  William,  15  Hotel  street 
Shenton  Henry,  18  Friar  lane 
Smith  James  Frank,  24  Market  street 

ARTISTS. 
(See  also  Photographers.) 
Barber  Joseph  M.  14  Belvoir  street 
Graves  Thomas,  28  Craven  street 
Greenwood  Alfred,  20  Causeway  lane 
Hammersley  James  A.  Stoneygate 
Renals  Richard  B.  66  Granby  street 
Taylor  Thomas  J.  49  Upper  Charles  st 

ATTORNEYS. 
Arnall  Joseph,  2  Millstone  lane 
Bellairs  George  Clarke,  22  Friar  lane 
Berridge  and  Morris,  12  Friar  lane 
Billings  Wm.  Bowling  green  lane 
Cape  Thomas,  4  London  road 
Chamberlain  William,  36  Friar  lane 
Dalton  John  Edwin,  3  Wickliffe  street 
Davis  Harry  Jas.  12  Horsefair  street 
Dudley  Paul,  7  Halford  street 
Freer  Wm.  (Clerk  of  the  Peace  for  the 

County),  10  New  street 
Harris  &  Luck,  65  High  street 
Harvey  Joseph,  10  Market  street 


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Haxby  Joseph  B.  11  Bel  voir  street 
Ingram  Thos.  (regr.  of  County  Court), 

36  Pocklington's  walk 
Macaulay  Wm.  Henry,  15  Hotel  street 
Miles,  Gregory,  &  Bouskell,  19  Cank  st 
Moore  &  Gregory,  18  New  street ;  (J. 
Gregory  is  coroner  both  for  county 
and  borough.) 
Nevinson  Geo.  Hy.  &  Thos.  (dist.  regrs. 

of  Court  of  Probate),  4  Wickliffe  st 
Pike  William  K.  28  Friar  lane 
Keeve  William  Napier,  10  New  street 
Smith  Charles,  17  Cank  street 
Spooner  Thomas,  11  Horsefair  street 
Stevenson  George,  11  New  street 
Stone,  Paget,  &  Billson,  Welford  place; 
(S.   Stone  is   town  clerk,   clerk  to 
borough  magistrates,  d'c.J 
Stretton  Clement,  27  Belvoir  street 
Toller   Richd.  &  Geo.  2  Wickliffe  st ; 
(Rd.  is  elk.  of  peace  for  the  borough) 
Watts  Thomas,  6  Millstone  lane 
Weston  William,  33  Friar  lane 
AUCTIONEERS,  &c, 
And  House  and  Estate  Agents. 
Blackwell  John  T.  11  Haymarket 
Cooke  &  Warner,  10  Horsefair  street 

and  7  Friar  lane 
Holland  John,  20  Market  street 
Holland  Thomas,  44  Humberstone  gate 
James  William  S.  37  Highcross  street 


Marris  &  Son,  5  Loseby  lane 
Marston  William,  61  Friar  lane 
Messenger  Wm.  6£  Pocklington's  walk 

BABY  LINEN  DEALERS. 
Bark  Priscilla,  38  Granby  street 
Corn  well  Joseph,  22  Market  place 
East  Emma,  59  High  street 
Glover  Eliz.  1  Cheapside 
BAKERS  &  FLOUR  DEALERS. 
(See  also  corn  and  flour  dealers.) 
Abell  John,  17  Taylor  street 
Ablin  Joseph,  9  Lower  Brown  street 
Adams  Francis,  26  Dover  street 
Addison  William,  49  Lee  street 
Allen  Elizabeth,  103  Belgrave  gate 
Ash  well  Ann,  70  Sanvey  gate 
Astill  Alice,  53  Braunston  gate 
Barsby  John,  36  Stanley  street 
Beasley  Anna,  9  Marlborough  street 
Beasley  John,  19  Hotel  street 
Bell  Henry,  72  Highcross  street 
Bennett  Abraham,  57  Oxford  street 
Birch  Mary  Ann,  37  Laxton  street 
Black  John  Wm.  33  Charles  street 
Bloxham  Ann,  Mill  lane 
Bott  Frederick,  Devonshire  street 
Bruce  Jane,  138  Belgrave  gate 
Buttery  Frederick,  Wheat  street 
Callis  Ellis,  39  St.  George  street 


Canner  William,  39  Market  street 
Carter  Charles,  56  Humberstone  gate 
Chatwin  John,  111  Churchgate 
Clarke  George,  86  Belgrave  gate 
Clark  Henry,  17  Haymarket 
Clayton  John,  37  Bedford  street 
Coleman  Joseph,  11  Highcross  street 
Corrall  William,  66  Archdeacon  lane 
Cox  James,  36  Ruding  street 
Cox  John,  40  Archdeacon  lane 
Cox  Thomas  W.  28  Market  street 
Cross  Richard,  14  Chatham  street 
Curtis  Joseph  Henry,  9  Woodboy  street 
Davis  George,  17  Churchgate 
Davis  Reuben,  1  William  street 
Dorman  Frederick,  69  Bedford  street 
Easom  Henry,  1  Lower  Brown  street 
Edgley  John,  252  Belgrave  gate 
Gillam  Edward  Thos.  79  Willow  street 
Goodrich  George,  44  Knighton  street 
Gray  Sarah,  2  Gravel  street 
Gregory  Robert,  64  Waterloo  street 
Hallam  James,  41  Yeoman  street 
Hallick  Thomas,  St.  John  street 
Hambridge  Thomas,  46  Redcross  street 
Harding  Charles,  110  Oxford  street 
Harding  Thomas,  25  Fleet  street 
Harris  William  Hy.  46  St.  Nicholas  st 
Haws  Thomas,  43  Nortbgate  street 
Hefford  George,  52  Wellington  street 
Herbert  James,  1  Metcalfe  street 
Holland  James,  3  Townhall  lane 
Hollingworth  Jane,  42  East  Bond  st 
Horsepool  Ephraim,  14  Morledge  street 
Hughes  William,  41  Eaton  street 
Hurd  William,  29  Benford  street 
Jackson  William,  66  Welford  road 
Jarvis  Richard,  10  Oxford  street 
Johnson  John,  71  Oxford  street 
Keeling  John,  17  Chatham  street 
Kellani  William,  24  Sanvey  gate 
Laundon  Thomas,  51  New  Bridge  st 
Lee  Elizabeth,  9  Brunswick  street 
Lee  Henry,  1  Bay  street 
Lewin  Francis  B.  61  Churchgate 
Lovett  Dixon,  50  Dover  street 
Mason  Benjamin,  72  Belgrave  gate 
Maw  Edwin,  42  Abbey  street 
Mee  Gilbert,  1  Conduit  street 
Mee  Thomas,  1  Bedford  street 
Mitchell  Thomas,  2  Calais  hill 
Morris  John,  2  Junior  street 
Morris  Joseph,  26  George  street 
Newbold  Samuel,  24  Eldon  street 
Newton  John,  7  Albion  hill 
North  John  Hall,  9  Goswell  street 
Pacey  Daniel,  44  Cank  street 
Page  Isaac,  5  Lead  street 
Partridge  William,  38  Colton  street 
Perkins  James,  18  Charles  street 


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Perkins  Jane,  102  Wharf  street 
Perkins  George,  4  Bridge  street 
Pick  Charles,  6  Gray  street 
Piatt  Thomas,  39  Queen  street 
Pyne  William,  50  Warrington  rtreet 
Pywell  James,  10  Sparkenhoe  street 
Pywell  John,  55  Southgate  street 
Rati  John,  17  Rutland  street 
Riley  George,  Lower  Redcross  street 
Roberts  Edward  N.  27  Southgate  st 
Rodnight  Richard,  58  Richard  street 
Rolleston  Benjamin,  93  Sauvey  gate 
Ross  John,  231  Bel  crave  gate 
Shaw  Zachariah,  "  \,  ewrywall  street 
Scott  Thos.  jan.  11Y  Belgrave  gate 
Simpson  Isaac,  36  Curzon  street 
Slater  Thomas,  39  Albion  hill 
Smith  James,  2  Hill  street 
Smith  Thomas,  7  Russell  square 
Spawton  Michael,  52  Chatham  street 
Spencer  Joseph,  26  Carley  street 
Squires  Isaac,  48  Welford  road 
Startin  James,  90  Granby  street 
Stokes  &  Deacon,  19  Abbey  street 
Taylor  Sarah,  32  St.  Nicholas  street 
Thompson  Richard,  14  St.  Nicholas  st 
Toon  Mary,  68  Asylum  street 
Turner  Ann,  62  Northampton  street 
Wade  Joseph,  1  St.  George  street 
Wallin  Thomas,  21  Redcross  street 
Webster  Charles,  4  Bedford  street 
Webster  Joseph,  74  Craven  street 
Wilkinson  Sophia,  52  Oxford  street 
Worth  William,  17  Denman  street 
Yates  John,  4  Northgate  street 
Yeomans  Richard,  154  Wharf  street 

BANKS. 

Bank  of  England  (Branch),  Gallowtree 
gate ;  Thomas  C.  Turner,  agent, 
and  Thos.  T.  Wright,  sub -agent. 

Leicestershire  Banking  Co.,  Granby 
street  (on  London  and  Westminster 
Bank),  Thomas  H.  Kinton,  manager. 

National  Provincial  Bank  of  England, 
(Branch)  35  Gallowtree  gate  (on 
Hanbury's  and  Lloyd's,  and  London 
and  Westminster  Bank),  Nicholas 
Milne,  manager. 

Paget  T.  and  T.  T.  (Leicester  Bank), 
High  street,  (on  Glyn  &  Co.)  Edwin 
Clephan,  manager. 

Pares'  Leicestershire  Banking  Co.,  St. 
Martin's  (on  Smith,  Payne,  and 
Smith's),    William  Billson,  manager. 

Savings'  Bank,  Gallowtree  gate  (open 
Monday,  Tuesday,  and  Saturday, 
from  11  to  1 ;  and  for  deposits  only  on 
Saturday  evenings,  from  6  to  7), 
William  Kelly,  secretary. 


Post  Office  Savings'1  Bank,  Granby 
street,  (open  daily  from  9  morn,  till 
6  evening,  and  on  Sat.  till  8  evening) 

Penny  Savings'  Bank,  Town  Hall,  open 
on  Saturday  evenings,  from  6  to  9 

BASKET  MAKERS. 
Blind  Institution,  86  High  street 
Cammomile  John,  18  East  Bond  street 
Dudgeon  Robert,  18  Market  street 
Ellmore  Jackson  H.  27  Silver  street 
Ellmore  William  T.  3  Silver  street 
Gibbins  John,  8  Slater  street 
Johnson  George  Hy.  19  Churchgate 
Lenord  Robert,  6  Churchgate 
Rayns  Francis,  4  Cheapside 
Simms  John,  32  Lower  Churchgate 

BEERHOUSES. 

(See  after  Inns.) 
BERLIN  WOOL  DEALERS. 
Bark  Priscilla,  38  Granby  street 
Dudgeon  Robert,  15 J  Market  street 
Hunter  James,  34  Gallowtree  gate 
Kingston  Jane,  25  Market  street 
Walker  Richard  W.  17  High  street 

BIRD  PRESERVERS. 
Collins  John,  17  St.  Nicholas  square 
Elkington  Wm.  13  South  Churchgate 

BLACKSMITHS. 
Allen  William,  25  Albion  street 
Banton  George,  7  Rutland  street 
Barlow  Charles,  5  West  Bond  street 
Bonnett  John,  63  Wharf  street 
Bradshaw  Stamford,  Slater  street 
Collison  John,  Northgates 
Cooper  Joseph,  15  Bridge  street 
English  John,  York  street 
Halford  John,  18  Gravel  street 
Headley  John,  Bedford  street 
Holmes  James,  Black  Lion  Yard 
Leader  Laban,  2  Johnson  street 
Mitchell  Jesse,  Queen  street 
Peers  Matthew,  25  Humberstone  gate 
Selby  Obey,  Northgate  street 
Sturgess  Samuel,  13  Townhall  lane 
Sturgess  William,  31  Silver  street 
Sutton  James,  Churchgate 
WahLam  George,  73  Humberstone  road 
West  John,  51  Churchgate 
Wigginton  William,  21  Frog  Island 
Wilkinson  John,  Humberstone  gate 
Woollerton  Richard,  Clarence  street 
Wright  William,  Clarence  street 
Wykes  William,  218  Belgrave  gate 

BLACKING  MAKERS. 
Soar  George,  34  New  Bond  street 
Wright  William,  38  Brunswick  street 

BLEACHERS. 
Bates  William  &  Son,  Northgate  street 
Bowman  Thomas  &  Sons,  Northbridge 


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BOARDING   HOUSES. 

Cook  Thomas,  63  Granby  street 
Holmes  William,  9  London  road 
Iliffe  John,  20  New  Bond  street 
BOBBIN  MANUFACTURERS. 

(See  Turners.) 

BOOKSELLERS,     PRINTERS, 

BINDERS  &  STATIONERS. 

Marked  *  are  Printers  only ;  +  Binders 

only ;  and  §  are  not  Printers. 
Allen  Edward  &  Son,  20  King  street 

*  Allen  M.  H.  &  Co.  93  Wellington  st 
*Astill  Philip,  1  Ashwell  street 
Bent  John,  11  Townhall  lane 
Bridnock  Charles,  21  New  Bond  street 
*Brown  James  T.  29  Chatham  street 
Browne  Thomas  C.  36  Market  place 
Barton  John,  3  Hay  market 
♦Calvert  John,  21  St.  Nicholas  street 
Catlow  Staines,  76  Humberstone  gate 

+ Chamberlain  George,  23  St.  George  st 

*  Cleveland  Thos.  B.  37  £  Gallowtree  gt 
*Cook  Thomas,  63  Granby  street 
*Corkran  Sutton,  37  Lower  Charles  st 
*Cox  William  P.  37  Market  place 
Crossley  &  Clarke,  5  Gallowtree  gate 
Davis  &  Durrad,  18  Granby  street 
Emery  Thomas,  146  Belgrave  gate 
§Findley  George,  (old)  89  High  street 

*  Fleming  &  Co.  37  Wellington  street 
*Fowler  John  S.  107  Church  gate 
Fowler  William,  3  St.  Martin's 
Gault  Edward,  76  Dover  street 
Hewitt  Francis,  14  Granby  street 
Hodgkins  James,  55  Highcross  street 
Hodson  James,  24  Stamford  street 

*  Jackson  and  Foster,  Bowling  green  In 
Jackson  Richard,  15  Market  street 
§Lane  John,  (depot  of  Tract  and  Bible 

Societies,)  2  Hotel  street 
Long  Murdock,  78  High  street 
Mays  Jessie,  91  High  street 
§Miall  George  R.  17  Market  street 
Moore  James  M.  18  Granby  street 
♦Nokes  Frank,  19  Bowling  green  lane 
+Plant  Robert  F.  4  Princess  street 
§Pole  Sheldon,  76  Wellington  street 
§Ross  Maria,  (depdt  of  Christian  Know- 
ledge and  National  Societies,)  37* 
Gallowtree  gate 
Rowe  John  R.  34 1  Granby  street 
tSeale  John,  16  Pocklington's  walk 
*Siddons  John,  7  Pocklington's  walk 
Spencer  J.  &  T.  20  Market  place 
Thompson  T.  &  J.  73  Cheapside 
*Waddington  John,  17  Belvoir  street 
Ward  D.  &  Sons,  13  Wellington  street 
+Warren  Thomas,  8  Townhall  lane 
Warwick  Thomas,  5  Union  street 
West  John,  19  Applegate  street 


*Windley  and  Scotney,  17  Belvoir  st 
Winks  and  Son,  53  High  street 
t Wright  John,  44  Lower  Hill  street 
BOOT  AND  SHOE  MAKERS. 
Adams  George,  Bedford  street 
Adams  John,  177  Belgrave  gate 
Addison  James,  49  Grosvenor  street 
All  William,  23  Pingle  street 
Allbutt  William,  37  Causeway  lane 
Allen  John,  20  Jewry  wall  street 
Amps  Michael,  10  Redcross  street 
Andrews  Charles,  2  Talbot  lane 
Andrews  William,  57  Causeway  lane 
Andrews  William,  Lj>wer  Redcross  st 
Ashe  Thomas,  5  Charlotte  street 
Atkins  William.  19  East  Bond  street 
Baines  James  G.,  10  St.  Nicholas  st 
Baines  John,  39  Friar's  causeway 
Baines  Robert,  22  Albion  hill 
Baker  Henry,  10  Charlotte  streot 
Ball  George,  25  Carley  street 
Ball  Henry,  33  Townhall  lane 
Banbury  Thomas,  Knighton  street 
Barkby  John,  7  Royal  Kent  street 
Barkby  Joseph,  23  Conduit  street 
Barratt  Abraham,  37  Northampton  st 
Barratt  John,  1  Fleet  street 
Barton  George,  3  Upper  Charles  street 
Bass  Thomas,  38  Alexander  street 
Bates  John  F.,  120  Wellington  street 
Baugh  Thomas,  161  Belgrave  gate 
Beadsmore  John,  47  Quaen  street 
Barsby  William,  36  Gosling  street 
Beeson  Thomas,  208  Belgrave  gate 
Bell  George,  50  Conduit  street 
Bellamy  William,  19  Cumberland  street 
Berry  David,  98  Oxford  street 
Betts  Thomas,  9  Nelson  street 
Bevins  Mary,  10  Belvoir  street 
Biggs  Henry,  4  Church  gate 
Blockley  Henry,  22  Russell  street 
Blockley  Joseph,  3  Sheldon  street 
Blowes  Joseph,  45  Jewry  wall  street 
Bond  Edward,  21  Charlotte  street 
Bonsor  William,  62  Friar's  causeway 
Bower  William,  26  Northgate  street 
Brads  worth  William,  21  Charles  street 
Brawn  James,  7  Humberstone  road 
Breward  George,  12  Stamford  street 
Brewin  Thomas,  20  East  Bond  street 
Briggs  William,  68  Upper  Charles  st 
Brooks  James,  Royal  East  street 
Brooks  Samuel,  5  Upper  Brown  st 
Brown  Edward,  181  Belgrave  gate 
Brown  George,  8  Blue  Boar  lane 
Brown  Henry,  48  Ruding  street 
Brown  James  S.,  21  Applegate  street 
Brown  John  Robert,  160  Highcross  st 
Browne  James,  41  Vine  street 
Burdett  John,  25  Northgate  street 


SOOT   AND   SHOE   MAKERS. 


288 


Burrowbridge  William,  8  Dover  street 
Buxton  Thomas,  31  Junior  street 
Carroll  Arthur,  20  Up.  Brunswick  st 
Carter  James,  6  Narrow  lane 
Catlow  Joseph,  148  Highcross  street 
Charlesworth  William,  21  Johnson  st 
Chambers  William,  23  Up.  Conduit  st 
Chapman  Thomas,  1  Albion  hill 
Chatwin  Alfred,  4  Paddock  street 
Chiswell  Lawrence,  7  Warrington  st 
Claricoates  Robert,  150  Belgrave  gate 
Clarke  Henry,  9  Friar's  causeway 
Clarke  Richard,  29  Dover  street 
Clarke  Richard,  5  Lyndhurst  street 
Clarke  Thomas,  18  Slate  street 
Clarke  William,  26  Victoria  street 
Clayton  Joseph,  126  Northampton  st 
Colburt  Joseph,  34  Ruding  street 
Coles  George,  39  Braunstone  gate 
Coles  John  Henry,  61  Braunstone  gt 
Coley  James,  1  Northgates 
Collison  Thomas,  113  Highcross  street 
Collin  James,  9  Sanvey  gate 
Colttnan  Samuel,  93  Wheat  street 
Coltman  William,  15  Jewry  wall  street 
Cooke  William,  62  Welford  road 
Cooper  William,  51  Belgrave  street 
Cooper  William,  23  Carlton  street 
Coriall  George,  37  Talbott  lane 
Cotton  Samuel,  12  Waterloo  street 
Cowling  Samuel,  12  High  street 
Cresswell  John,  2  Lower  Brown  street 
Cufliin  John,  52  Asylum  street 
Curtis  Charles,  9  Conduit  street 
Davis  Thomas,  8  Rutland  street 
Daws  Joseph,  66  Craven  street 
Day  Henry,  5  Henshaw  street 
Dewel  James,  10  Grape  street 
Dick  R.  &  J.  (gutta  percha)  5  Eastgates 

and  Glasgow 
Dilkes  Piercy,  12  Lower  Brown  street 
Dolby  Edward,  1  Alexander  street 
Dowell  Thomas,  1  Woodgate 
Dui-ose  David,  Montague  place 
Eaton  Samuel,  11  Upper  Brown  street 
Ellis  Edward,  34  Oxford  street 
Ellis  Jane,  17  Bedford  street 
Ewans  John,  21  Craven  street 
Eye  Edward,  9  Northgates 
Fisher  Samuel,  10  Albion  hill 
Flavell  George,  16  Harvey  lane 
Flavell  William,  11  Ann  street 
Food  William,  3  Glebe  street 
Foster  William,  15  Royal  Kent  street 
Fox  William,  49  Grafton  street 
Francis  Thomas,  47  Dover  street 
Francks  Horatio,  28  Belgrave  gate 
Franks  Timothy,  11  Sheldon  street 
Freer  &  Co.  43  High  street 
Freer  Malin,  109  Wharf  street 


Furburrow  Timothy,  17  Wellington  st 
Gadsby  William,  53  Knighton  street 
Gamble  Charles,  Cardigan  street 
Gamble  William,  Charlotte  street 
Gamble  William,  23  Stamford  street 
Gardiner  George,  9  Sheldon  street 
Garner  Daniel,  Lower  Hill  street 
Garner  James,  3  Clarence  street 
Gas  William,  32  Charlotte  street 
Gask  George,  47  Gartree  street 
Gask  John,  32  Craven  street 
Gask  Thomas,  3  Orton  street 
Gee  Henry,  34  Humberstone  road 
Gibbins  Henry,  61  Charles  street 
Goddard  Thomas,  64  Albion  street 
Good  John,  16  Marlborough  street 
Goodman  Samuel,  61  Northampton  st 
Goodson  George,  16  Calais  street 
Goodwin  Frederick,  8  Old  Mill  lane 
Goodwin  Thomas,  46  Dover  street 
Grant  Samuel,  8  Richard  street 
Grant  Thomas,  8  Chatham  street 
Gray  William,  42  Jewrywall  street 
Green  Thomas,  9  York  street 
Greenwood  Thomas,  69  Thornton  lane 
Greet  John,  36  Lower  Brown  street 
Greet  Joseph,  135  Northampton  street 
Griffin  Joseph,  22  High  street 
Griffith  Lancelot,  11  Kent  street 
Grimes  William,  27  Calais  street 
Grundy  Edward,  17  Garden  street 
Guess  William,  21  Upper  Charles  st 
Hall  Joseph,  21  Calais  street 
Hallam  Robert,  88  Stanley  street 
Hallam  William,  88  Wellington  street 
Hallam  William,  37  New  Bond  street 
Hames  Joseph,  84  High  street 
Handford  Thomas,  102  Churchgate 
Harcott  Thomas,  21  Halford  street 
Harden  James,  46  Swan  street 
Harlow  John,  37  Northgate  street 
Harrat  Charles,  Morledge  street 
Harris  John,  25  Redcross  street 
Harris  William,  4  Highcross  street 
Harrison  John,  25  Craven  street 
Hart  John,  7  Woodgate 
Hartshorn  John,  32  Northgate  street 
Harwood  Benjamin,  11  Bow  street 
Hassell  George,  33  Newarke  street 
Hawley  Charles,  Castle  hill 
Haynes  John,  19  Deacon  street 
Haywood  Joseph,  29  Waterloo  street 
Headley  Joseph,  71  Cburchgate 
Hill  John,  3  Elbow  lane 
Hobson  Thomas,  82  Friar  lane 

IHollins  Thomas,  21  Northampton  st 
Holmes  John,  6  Silver  street 
j  Holyoak  Edward,  22  Oxford  terrace 

Holyoak  John,  11  Talbot  lane 
I  Holyoake  Thomas,  7  Cheapside 


284 


LEICESTER   DIRECTORY, 


Hopkins  Alfred,  25  Jarrom  street 
Horsfall  Charles,  Welles  street 
Howgill  William,  11  Blue  Boar  lane 
Hose  William,  4  Crab  street 
Hull  Benjamin,  105  New  Bridge  street 
Hurst  John,  138  Bedford  street 
Ison  Henry,  40  Highcross  street 
Jackson  James,  11  Marlborough  street 
Jackson  James,  38  Waterloo  street 
Jackson  John,  66  Welford  road 
James  William,  22  Eldon  street 
Jarvis  Joseph,  35  Grape  street 
Jayes  Charles,  13  Elbow  lane 
Jelley  William,  20  Waterloo  street 
Jennings  Elijah,  14  Alexander  street 
Jennings  George,  24  York  street 
Jesson  J.  W.  45  King  street 
Jesson  William,  24  Sandacre  street 
Jewsbury  Richard,  42  Oxford  street 
Johnson  Benjamin,  32  Silver  street 
Johnson  Edward,  46  Northgate  street 
Johnson  Henry,  52  Burley's  lane 
Johnson  John,  23  Alexander  street 
Johnson  William,  St.  John  street 
Jones  Richard,  38  Oxford  terrace 
Joyce  John,  36  Oxford  terrace 
Kay  Robert,  33  Rnding  street 
Kenney  Edward,  23  Blake  street 
Kinsman  William,  50  Oxford  street 
Kinsman  William,  13  Charles  street 
Kirkland  Job,  1  Victoria  street 
Knight  George,  22  Bridge  street 
Knight  John,  Bedford  street 
Knight  Thomas,  52  Thornton  lane 
Knight  William,  5  Sheldon  street 
Ladkin  Benjamin,  43  St.  George  street 
Lane  Francis,  14  Lewin  street 
Langton  Robert,  28  Victoria  street 
Larrad  John,  41  East  Bond  street 
Latham  William,  118  Bedford  street 
Lawson  Thomas,  141  Belgrave  gate 
Leavesley  James,  38  Charles  street 
Lees  Thomas,  20  Thames  street 
Lester  Tobias,  33  George  street 
Lever  Thomas,  54  Wellington  street 
Lewin  Joseph,  25  Richard  street 
Lines  William,  20  Great  Holme  street 
Lord  William,  4  Welford  road 
Lowe  Charles,  28  Upper  Conduit  street 
Lumb  William,  27  Johnson  street 
Lygo  Edward,  41  Friar's  causeway 
Madder  John,  50  Nichols  street 
Main  George,  2  Milton  street 
Main  John,  17  Curzon  street 
Mansell  William,  46  Thornton  lane 
Marsh  John,  36  Garden  street 
Marsh  John,  26  Woodboy  street 
Martin  Henry,  5  Warrington  street 
Mason  Samuel,  21  Carlton  street 
Measures  Charles,  25  White  street 


Measures  Charles,  68  Mansfield  street 
Messon  William,  58  Welford  road 
Mills  Joseph,  28  Albion  street 
Millward  John,  24  Welford  road 
Millward  Joseph,  30  Slawson  street 
Moore  Henry,  93  Oxford  street 
Muggleton  H.,  51  King  street 
Munton  Charles,  35  Blue  Boar  lane 
Murby  William,  48  Sanvey  gate 
Musson  Edward,  19  Northgate  street 
Musson  Frederick,  16  Upper  Charles  st 
Nay  lor  John,  23  Pasture  lane 
Newby  Thomas  D.  14  New  Bond  st 
Nichols  George,  40  Thames  street 
Noon  John,  17  Marlborough  street 
Noon  Thomas,  12  Charles  street 
Norman  James,  5  Northgate  street 
Norris  William,  4  Wharf  street 
Norton  Henry,  13  Britannia  street 
Orton  James,  49  Southampton  street 
Osborn  Joseph,  Clinton  street 
Overton  James,  63 £  Sanvey  gate 
Overton  Samuel,  38  Northgate  street 
Packwood  John,  20  Middle  street 
Padfield  Samuel,  13  New  Parliament  st 
Padmore  James,  3  Charles  street 
Page  William,  28  Chatham  street 
Page  Thomas,  14  Northumberland  st 
Palmer  John,  20  Carlton  street 
Palmer  William,  45  St.  George  street 
Palmer  William,  5  Carlton  street 
Parker  Frederick,  245  Belgrave  gate 
Parker  John,  81  East  Bond  street 
Parker  William,  6  Haymarket 
Parsons  Obadiah,  9  East  Bond  street 
Payne  Francis,  3  Laxton  street 
Pegg  John,  39  Bedford  street 
Pick  Henry,  8  Eldon  street 
Porter  Joseph,  13  Laxton  street 
Powell  John,  21  Friday  street 
Pratt  James,  28  Northumberland  street 
Pratt  William,  4  The  Hollow 
Preston  Francis,  14  Goswell  street 
Preston  Francis,  jun.  18  Laxton  street 
Pridmore  Ann,  106  Granby  street 
Priestnall  James,  9  Carlton  street 
Pywell  Samuel,  130  Wellington  street 
Quinn  Henry,  43  Woodboy  street 
Quinney  Daniel,  56  Albion  street 
Rawlings  Benjamin,  91  Belgrave  gate 
Rawlings  John,  1  Thames  street 
Read  Samuel,  48  Dover  street 
Read  Thomas,  13  Archdeacon  lane 
Reed  Thomas,  1  Friar's  place 
Reynolds  Gregory,  6  Richard  street 
Reynolds  Henry,  41  Oxford  street 
Rice  Lucy  M.,  10  Campbell  street 
Richardson  John,  54  Brunswick  street 
Rick  John,  23  Hotel  street 
Ridgway  John,  47  Upper  Charles  street 


BOOT   AND    SHOE   MAKERS. 


285 


Riley  James,  18  Curzon  street 
Riley  James,  3  Northgate  street 
Robotham  Johr>,  11  John  street 
Roome  William,  20  Charlotte  street 
Rose  Robert,  2  The  Hollow 
Ross  James,  Duke  street 
Ross  Joseph,  11  Thames  street 
Ross  Richard,  38  Jewrywall  street 
Rowe  Joseph,  92  Churcbgate 
Sandys  Richard,  99  Northampton  street 
Scott  Edward,  34  York  street,  Welfd.  rd 
Scott  Jobn,  41  Wharf  street 
Scougell  Alexander,  37  Waterloo  street 
Sharman  Samuel,  31  Mill  lane 
Shaw  William,  1  Lee  street 
Simpson  John,  2  Alexander  street 
Skinner  Henry,  11  Richard  street 
Slow  William,  101  Sanvey  gate 
Small  John,  33  East  Bond  street 
Smart  Felix,  8  Gartree  street 
Smith  Benjamin,  23  Caroline  street 
Smith  Edward,  15  Montague  place 
Smith  Edward,  46  Mansfield  street 
Smith  Elijah,  24  Alexander  street 
Smith  George,  45  Albion  street 
Smith  James,  13  Junior  street 
Smith  John,  46  Charlotte  street 
Smith  John,  42  Lower  Brown  street 
Smith  Samuel,  55  Abbey  street 
Smith  Samuel,  12  Northampton  street 
Smith  Thomas,  53  St.  Peter's  lane 
Smith  Tbomas,  20  Curzon  street 
Smith  Thomas,  10  York  square 
Smith  Thomas,  5  Northumberland  st 
Smith  William,  12  Grape  street 
Snart  Marriott,  114  Oxford  street 
Snow  William,  107  High  street 
Spencer  Job,  6  Sanvey  gate 
Spencer  Thomas,  57  Upper  Conduit  st 
Sprigg  John,  19  Bedford  street 
Stafford  William,  203  Belgrave  gate 
Stannard  Benjamin,  9  Highcross  street 
Start  John,  5  Stamford  street 
Stevenson  Thomas,  25  Wigston  street 
Stroud  William,  7  Frog  island 
Stutley  Charles,  10  Lower  Redcross  st 
Swain  Thomas,  19  Braunstone  gate 
Swingiehurst  John,  26  Albion  hill 
Tansley  George,  4  St.  Nicholas  street 
Tansley  Samuel,  15  Craven  street 
Taylor  William,  10  Abbey  gate 
Tebbutt  James,  46  Friar  lane 
Tebbutt  William,  1  Blue  Boar  lane 
Thompson  John,  26  Burley's  lane 
Thompson  William,  154  Highcross  st 
Thornton  Joseph,  11  Carlton  street 
Throsby  William,  5  Upr.  Brunswick  st 
Tilley  William,  26  Stanley  street 
Tipley  Robert,  3  Upper  Brown  street 
Todd  Nicholas,  4  Constitution  hill 


Tomkins  James,  3  Calais  hill 
Townsend  Richard,  37  Freeschool  lane 
Trotley  Thomas,  28  York  street 
Turner  John,  73  Stanley  street 
Viggers  John,  2  Slawson  street 
Wade  George,  173  Belgrave  gate 
Wade  William,  17  Kent  street 
Waite  Joseph,  87  Oxford  street 
Wale  Amos,  56  Sanvey  gate 
Walker  Thomas,  Dysart  street 
Walker  George,  29  Cumberland  street 
Walker  Charles,  127  Highcross  street 
Walsom  John,  45  Friars'  causeway 
Ward  George,  5  Infirmary  square 
Warner  Thomas,  36  Cobden  street 
Warren  John,  30  Ruding  street 
Waters  John,  18  Ashwell  street 
Watts  John,  68  Wellington  street 
Watts  Robert,  8  James  street 
Webb  Joseph,  16  Wharf  street 
Weston  Joseph,  16  Grange  lane 
Weston  William,  18  Bridge  street 
Wetton  Samuel,  14  Albion  hill 
Wheatley  Joseph,  51  Southampton  st 
Wheatley  Thomas,  3  Southampton  st 
White  George,  26  Lower  Churchgate 
Whitmore  Samuel,  49  Upper  Conduit  st 
Whittle  Joseph,  35  William  street 
Wilkinson  Samuel,  56  Dover  street 
Williams  John,  16  Market  place 
Wilmot  John,  19  Jarrom  street 
Willson  Epaphras,  67  London  road 
Wilson  Charles,  50  Northgate  street 
Wilson  James,  81  Oxford  street 
Wilson  Joseph,  120  Northampton  street 
Windram  John,  14  Harvey  lane 
Woodcock  John,  67  Archdeacon  lane 
Woodward  John,  42  Upr.  Brunswick  st 
Woodward  Edward,  12  Swan  street 
Woolman  John,  27  Chatham  street 
Woolman  Joseph,  90  Oxford  street 
Woolston  Richard,  27  Market  street 
Woolston  William,  70  Chatham  street 
Wray  William,  74  Highcross  street 
Wright  Benjamin,  8  Byron  street 
Yoxon  Samuel,  17  Freeschool  lane 
Yoxon  Samuel,  jun.,  17  Chancery  street 
BOOT  &  SHOE  MANUFACTURERS. 

(Wholesale.) 
Biggs  John  and  Sons,  Bel  voir  street 
Bruin  Charles  and  Son,  74  Granby  st 
Charlesworth  William,  16  Stamford  st 
Cowling  Samuel,  12  High  street 
Crick  Thomas  and  Son,  Redcross  street 
Crick  William  Thorne,  10  London  road 
Dilkes  Frederick,  63  New  Bridge  street 
Dyson  and  Rowles  (dealers)  44  Lnd.  rd 
Greatorex  John,  74  Bedford  street 
Hardy  William,  46  Gallowtree  gate 
Headley  Henry  and  Co.,  73  Churchgate 


286 


LEICESTER   DIRECTORY. 


Hill  Richard,  75  Northgate  street 
Hollin  David,  92  Highcross  street 
Holyoake  Alfred,  105  High  street 
Holyoake  and  Parker,  Blake  street 
Hyslop  Robert,  42  £  Granby  street 
Jessou  John  William,  Sarah  street 
Jones  William  and  Co.,  New  walk 
King  Henry,  30  Granby  street 
Langharn  John  and  Sons,  King  street 
Mace  and  Marshall,  Cardigan  street 
Mason  Edwin,  4  Wellington  street 
Norman  Henry,  14  Belgrave  gate 
Pool  and  Lorrimer,  Welford  place 
Preston  J.  and  Sous,  Southgate  street 
Rowles  John  Wra.  (dealer)  2  London  rd 
Snow  and  Bennett,  Upper  Brown  street 
Squires  James,  41  King  street 
Stanyon  and  Garner,  Bedford  street  and 

Paddock  street 
Stead  and  Simpson,  12  Belgrave  gate 
Stretton  William  C,  104  High  street 
Timson  John,  2|  North  Bond  street 
Webster  Henry,  84  Granby  street 
Weeks  and  Son,  8  Colton  street 
Whatley  Robert,  49  Colton  street 
BRACE  AND  CRAVAT  MANFRS. 
(See  Hosiery  Manufacturers.) 
BRAZIERS,  &c. 
(Marked  *  are  Gasfitters.) 

*  Barnes  and  Coleman,  9  Cheapside 
♦Barsby  Samuel,  3  Halford  street 
Bateman  William,  52  Churchgate 
Bennett  Henry,  2  Charles  street 
*Bramley  William  F.  40  Granby  street 
*Briggs  John  B.,  1  Belgrave  gate 
Brown  Jacob,  131  Belgrave  gate 
Clayton  Joseph,  33  Market  street 
*Cort  and  Paul,  2  Market  place 
Ferrar  George,  32  Lower  Redcross  st 
♦Goodman  Francis  Jas.,  25  Grosvenorst 
*Gray  Charles,  G7  Highcross  street 
*Gray  Henry,  6  New  Bond  street,  and 

21  Market  street 
♦Hill  William,  38  Silver  street 
Hipwell  Robert,  73  Belgrave  gate 
♦Hole  William,  126  Wellington  street 

*  Johnson  Frederick,  33  Bedford  street 
Johnson  Joseph,  41  Belgrave  gate 
Jones  James,  30  Burley's  lane 
*Keightley  Geo.  Hy.,27  Gallowtree gate 
King  Samuel,  39  York  st.  Welford  road 
Mallett  George,  13  Millstone  lane 
Middleton  Henry,  43  Pasture  lane 
Miller  Edward,  78  Highcross  street 
♦Morris  Charles,  40  Upper  Charles  st 
Mudford  John  Wm.  7  Market  place 
*Murdy  George,  55  Churchgate 
Richardson  John,  12  St.  Nicholas  square 
Osbom  Robert,  23  Vauxhall  street 
Riley  George,  28  Causeway  lane         * 


*Sarson  Thomas  F.,  2  Campbell  street, 

and  25  St.  Nicholas  street 
Spriggs  John,  17  Northampton  street 
Watts  George  A.,  38  Millstone  lane 
♦Webb  Frederick,  42  Highcross  street 
Weston  Frederick,  14  Orchard  street 
Widdish  William,  6  Marlborough  street 
*Widdowson  Richard,  8  Applegate  st 
♦Woodcock  and  Pearson,  57  Churchgt 
Woodfield  Edward,  5  Eaton  street 

BREWERS. 
Else  and  Froane,  14  Loseby  lane 
Everard  William,  45  Southgate  street 
Goodwin  J.  W.  &  Co.,  103  Highcross  st 
Gurden  Cornelius,  86  Highcross  street 
Hollingworth  Jane,  42  E.  Bond  street 
Hull  Thomas,  26  Newarke  street 
Johnson  Johu,  Hinckley  road 
Maxted  John  M.,  15  Northampton  st 
Odams  Thomas,  26  Nelson  street 
Watts  and  Son,  32  High  street 

BRICKLAYERS. 

(See  also  Builders.) 
Allen  John  B.  85  Bedford  street 
Barradel  Edward,  57  Colton  street 
Ball  John,  19  St.  Peter's  lane 
Bell  Joseph,  41  Slawson  street 
Boughton  John,  167  Belgrave  gate 
Butteriss  Charles,  133  Up.  Brunswick  st 
Carvell  Thomas,  17  New  Bond  street 
Clarke  William,  84  Willow  street 
Cobley  George,  58  Curzon  street 
Colson  Charles,  13  Benford  street 
Coltman  James,  56  Sanvey  gate 
Duxbury  Thomas,  8  Carriugton  street 
Goodwin  John,  2  Pingle  street 
Grocock  Samuel,  2  Colton  street 
Hall  Thomas,  49  Braunstone  gate 
Johnson  Stephen,  11  Norton  street 
Johnson  Underwood,  37A  St.  Peter's  In 
Leek  Tennant,  37  Welford  road 
Lever  William,  24  Curzon  street 
Middleton  Joseph,  10  Arthur  street 
Millis  Thomas,  7Pelbam  street 
Ross  George,  11  Blake  street 
Simpson  Edward,  55  Bedford  street 
Smitten  George,  47  Stanley  street 
Waterfield  Joseph,  72  Sanvey  gate 

BRICK  MAKERS. 
Bradley  Vincent,  84  Highcross  street 
Bradshaw  John,  116  Churchgate 
Cooke  James,  7  Friar  lane 
Cox  William,  2  Burton  street 
Goodacre  Robert  J.  5  Friar  lane 
Herbert  and  Son,  86  Welford  road 
Hoult  Thomas,  18  St.  George  street 
Porter  Henry  Thomas,  43  Granby  st 
Whetstone  William,  49  Northgate  st 
BRITISH  WINE   DEALERS. 
Bird  Robert,  25  Humberstone  road 


TBADES    AND    PBOFESSIONS. 


287 


Brown  Joseph,  30  New  Bond  street 
Chamberlain  Edward,  56  Highcross  st 
Kinzett  John,  3  Victoria  park 
Kinzett  Louisa,  6  Campbell  street 
Letts  John,  42  St.  Nicholas  street 
M'Adam  William,  3  Market  street 
Marriott  Susannah,  29  Yeoman  street 
Moss  John,  28  Carlton  street 
Neale  Henry,  20  Clarence  street 
Oram  James  Allen,  10  Market  street 
Parsons  Sarah,  8  Belvoir  street 
Ralphs  Thomas,  26  Belvoir  street 
Vernon  William,  221  Belgrave  gate 

BRUSH  MAKERS. 
BennettHy.  and  A.,  15  Bowling  green  In 
Bennett  Robert,  39  Charles  street 
Clarke  Rd.  Jas.  23  Gallowtree  gate 
Dudgeon  Robert,  17  Market  street 
Glover  William,  36  Highcross  street 
Hilton  James,  51  High  street 
Mayo  Isaac,  10  Union  street 
Rayns  Francis,  4  Cheapside 
Stonehall  George  Hy.,  7  Grape  street 
Whiston  James,  8  St.  Nicholas'  square 

BUILDERS. 
(See  also  Bricklayers  and  Carpenters.) 
Armstrong  Robert,  61  Highcross  street 
Ashby  Edward,  62  Nichols  street 
Beaver  Reuben,  60  Humberstone  gate 
Bland  Thomas,  Lower  Redcross  street 
Booth  William,  108  Churchgate 
Bonghton  John,  167  Belgrave  gate 
Bradley  Vincent,  84  Highcross  street 
Broadbent  Benjamin,  5  Millstone  lane 
Brown  Thomas  Daniel,  68  Churchgate 
Clifton  William,  25  Nichols  street 
Collins  Jonathan  B.,  Lwr.  Hastings  st 
Coltman  Thos.  and  Hy.,  55  Charles  st 
Cox  John,  34  Southampton  street 
Crick  Daniel,  60  Humberstone  gate 
Firn  John,  34  Midland  street 
Glover  and  Handley,  56  Curzoa  street 
Groocock  Samuel,  2  Colton  street 
Groves  Isaac,  25  Freeschool  lane 
Groves  R.  and.  Son, 3  Pocklington's  walk 
Hadfield  William,  12  Vauxhall  street 
Hall  James,  28  Narborough  road 
Hall  John,  24  Morledge  street 
Hall  John  jun.,  15  Clarence  street 
Herbert  and  Son,  86  Welford  road 
Holland  Julius,  17  Millstone  lane 
Hutchinson  John,  39  Humberstone  gate 
Jackson  George,  6  York  st.,  Welford  rd 
Jarrom  Joseph,  20  Millstone  lane 
Lowe  David,  York  street,  Welford  rd. 
Lowe  Thomas,  32  Cank  street 
Neale  William,  6  Peacock  lane 
Payne  John,  18  Queen  st.  and  Dover  st 
Osborne  Brothers,  53  Highcross  street 
Plant  &  Co.,  98  Highcross  street 


Porter  Henry  T.,  43  Granby  street 
Ratcliffe  John  R.,  13  Asylum  street 
Read  Rushin,  22  Dover  street 
Roe  Samuel,  6  Nichols  street 
Rudkin  Matthew,  112  Wellington  street 
Rudkin  Thomas,  South  Albion  street 
Rushin  William  and  Son,  Loudon  road 
Russell  Thomas,  31  Braunstone  gate 
Russell  William,  8  Dun's  lane 
Sharp  James  A.,  34  Queen  street 
Shilcock  William,  Orton  street 
Sills  Joseph,  Humberstone  gate 
Smith  Thomas,  Guthlaxton  street 
Smith  Timothy,  15  Queen  street 
Stafford  and  Eagle,  2  Ann  street 
Swain  and  Orton,  77  Sanvey  gate 
Sykes  Henry,  49  East  Bond  street 
Sykes  John,  21  Halford  street 
Ward  Thomas,  36  Albion  hill 
Warren  William,  34  Southgate  street 
Wellingham  John,  30  Southgate  street 
White  Samuel,  8  Archdeacon  lane 
Winterton  William,  37  Upper  Charles  st 
Wykes  James,  11  Freeschool  lane 
BUTCHERS. 
(Marked  *  are  Pork  Butchers.) 
Addison  Henry,  47  Deacon  street 
♦Allen  George,  118  Wharf  street 
*  Allen  Joseph,  101  High  street 
Barrow  John  S.,  132  Belgrave  gate 
Bellamy  Robert,  47  Highcross  street 
Berry  William,  95  High  street 
Billington  Henry,  66  High  street 
Bird  William,  88  Belgrave  gate 
Boot  Henry,  44  Wharf  street 
Boot  John,  104  Humberstone  road 
Boot  William,  112  Churchgate 
*Bott  Joseph,  84  Belgrave  gate 
Boulton  Francis,  42  Belgrave  gate 
Boulton  William,  48  Chatham  street 
Breedon  John,  66  Brunswick  street 
Breward  William,  11  Ruding  street 
Brown  Jarvis,  6  Chancery  street 
Brown  Joseph,  21  York  st.,  Welford  rd 
Bull  Thomas,  81  Wharf  street 
Clapton  Isaac,  69  \  Wharf  street 
Clark  Thomas,  16  Gartree  street 
Coates  Frederick,  13  Nortbgate  street 
Coates  Isaac,  16  Nortbgate  street 
Cox  Thomas,  11  Nichols  street 
Craythorn  Christopher,  22  Russell  street 
Cross  William,  Humberstone  road 
Crowdell  Charles,  19  Morledge  street 
Crowdell  John,  19  South  Churchgate 
Crowdell  Joseph,  209  Belgrave  gate 
*Eaton  Thomas,  26  Churchgate 
Edwards  Joseph,  44  Welford  road 
Eldred  Benjamin,  26  York  street 
Ellis  John,  60  Granby  street 
Fisher  John,  53  Nortbgate  street 


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LEICESTER   DIRECTORY. 


Forknall  Thomas,  9  Bridge  street 
Fox  Thomas,  7  Applegate  street 
Fox  Thomas,  13  Bath  lane 
♦Freeman  James,  12  Market  street 
Gamble  William,  Bedford  street 
Garner  John,  104  Belgrave  gate 
Garratt  Ann,  4  Russell  square 
Goddard  William,  10  Rutland  street 
Greatorex  Thomas,  65  Colton  street 
Green  Charles,  24 £  Granby  street 
Greenwood  John,  114  Belgrave  gate 
Grimsley  Gabriel,  71  Nortbgate  street 
Hames  Benjamin,  19  Humberstone  gt 
Hanford  Sophia,  61  Belgrave  gate 
Harbot  Frederick,  9  James  street 
Hastings  George,  204  Belgrave  gate 
Herrick  John,  18  Oxford  street 
Herrick  Thomas,  17  Blue  Boar  lane 
Hutchinson  &  Smith,  Humberstone  gt 
*Jelley  Sydney,  139  Belgrave  gate 
♦Jelley  Thomas,  60  Belgrave  gate 
Johnson  Thomas,  20  Friday  street 
Keightley  John,  2£  Curzon  street 
Kirby  Richard  and  Son,  11  London  rd 
Kirby  Thomas,  23  Russell  square 
Kirby  William,  7  St.  George  street 
Knight  George,  Carlton  street 
♦Langham  Thomas,  39  Frog  island 
Lines  James,  166  Highcross  street 
Loseby  James,  57  Wharf  street 
*  Lloyd  Joseph,  33  High  street 
Manton  Thomas,  57  Willow  street 
♦Mather  Samuel,  65  Market  place 
Minor  Eliz.  Sarah,  131  Highcross  st 
Moore  Frederick,  22  Granby  street 
Moore  George,  38  Granby  street 
Moore  Hugh,  54  Churchgate 
Moore  William,  66  Sanvey  gate 
Mullis  James,  92  High  street 
Murdy  James,  40  Churchgate 
Murdy  William,  1  Harvey  lane 
Oldham  George,  17  Braunstone  gate 
Oliver  Thomas,  16  Market  street 
Oram  George,  29  Bridge  street 
*Pateman  John  S.  175  Belgrave  gate 
Patrick  John,  4  Southgates 
Radd  Charles,  32  Wellington  street 
Ragg  James,  1  St.  Margaret  street 
Read  John,  53  Carley  street 
♦Reaszler  George,  30J  Belgrave  gate 
Renshaw  Wm.,  53  St.  George  street 
Restall  Edward,  5  Upper  Charles  st 
Ross  George,  94  Wharf  street 
Sarson  John,  65  Abbey  street 
Selvidge  Esther,  40  Orchard  street 
Sharp  Thomas,  2  Duke  street 
Sharpe  Joseph,  55  Up.  Brunswick  st 
Sheen  William  R.,  7  King  street 
Shelton  Needham,  198  Belgrave  gate 
Skeffington  Robert,  1  London  road 


Smith  George,  142  Wharf  street 
Smith  John,  18  Thames  street 
Smith  Joseph  W.  78  Belgrave  gate 
Smith  William,  2  Infirmary  square 
Smith  William,  130  Wharf  street 
Spencer  Joseph,  33  Mill  lane 
Stafford  Robert,  2  Victoria  parade 
Stafford  William,  2  Newport  place 
Stafford  William,  Burgess  street 
♦Staines  Edmund,  71  Belgrave  gate 
Staines  Charles,  65  Oxford  street 
Stevenson  Thomas,  26  East  Bond  st 
Stevenson  William,  25  Clarence  street 
Storer  Charles,  67  Bedford  street 
Storer  William,  35  Sanvey  gate 
Sturgess  John  W.  9  Morledge  street 
Swift  John,  65  Highcross  street 
Taverner  James,  East  street 
Taylor  John,  22  St.  Nicholas  street 
*  Taylor  Thomas,  14  Applegate  street 
Thompson  Thomas,  27  Wharf  street 
Throsby  Charles,  144  Wellington  street 
Trevett  Thomas,  61§  Humberstone  gt 
*Tyers  Charles,  100  Granby  street 
Upton  Charles,  50  Upper  Charles  street 
Wade  John,  18  King  street 
Walton  Thomas,  38  Curzon  street 
Wand  John,  16  Hay  market 
Ward  Heury,  38  Abbey  street 
Ward  William,  52  Craven  street 
West  John,  43  Market  place 
Weston  Jane,  44  Friars'  causeway 
Weston  John,  31  St.  Nicholas  street 
Weston  William,  72  Humberstone  gate 
Whitwell  Henry,  103  Wharf  street 
Wightman  William,  28  Lee  street 
•Wilford  Robert,  15  St,  Nicholas  sq 
Withers  Joseph,  29  Conduit  street 
Withers  William,  4  Crown  street 
Worrall  Thomas  E.,  2  Bridge  street 
♦Wortley  Frederick  R.,  48  High  street 
Wragg  William,  2  Raglan  street 
Wright  John,  25  Southampton  street 
CABINET  MAKERS  AND  UPHOL- 
STERERS. 
Andrew  Joseph,  19  Belgrave  gate 
Bates  John,  45  High  street 
Barredell  John,  101  Churchgate 
Beck  William,  13  Atkin  street 
Bown  Samuel,  29  High  street 
Cox  Charles,  13  St.  Martin's 
Cragg  Samuel,  8  Belgrave  gate 
Curtis  William,  Humberstone  gate 
Day  Frederick,  33  Chatham  street 
Dear  David,  97  Belgrave  gate 
Dear  Stephen,  5  Belgrave  gate 
Ellis  William,  13  Belgrave  gate 
Findley  William,  Freeschool  lane 
Gimsoii  William,  13  Hay  market 
Gray  Benjamin,  11  Churchgate 


TEADES    AND    PROFESSIONS. 


289 


Green  James,  117  Highcross  street 
Halfpenny  George,  25  Churchgate 
Harwood  Joseph  T.  4  Hotel  street 
Inchley  John,  George,  and  Elizabeth, 

17  St.  Martin's 
Jeays  John,  38  St.  Nicholas  street 
Jesset  James,  16  Southgate  street 
Johnson  Wm.  &  Sons,  34  Gallowtree  gt 
Mitchell  Thomas,  13  Highcross  street 
Mustell  James,  35  Belgrave  gate 
Perkins  Joseph,  28  Colton  street 
Porter  John,  22  Gallowtree  gate 
Porter  John  A.,  50  Gran  by  street 
Powell  Charles,  6  St.  Nicholas  street 
Redshaw  Zachary,  16  Sycamore  lane 
Raynes  Henry,  33  Highcross  street 
Ross  Joseph,  Chatham  street 
Rudkin  John,  120  Belgrave  gate 
Sherrard  Alfred,  102  Granby  street 
Shipley  Henry,  86  High  street 
Shipley  Richard,  27  East  Bond  street 
Smith  Joseph,  42  Wellington  street 
Smith  Richard,  61  Colton  street 
Smith  Samuel,  16  Lower  Hill  street 
Spencer  James,  4!  Humberstone  gate 
Stannage  George,  20  William  street 
Tomson  Daniel,  Causeway  lane 
Watts  John,  11  Belgrave  gate 
Wilkinson  Henry,  205  Belgrave  gate 
CARPENTERS. 
(See  Builders  also.) 
Armstrong  Robert,  61  Highcross  street 
Ashley  Edward,  62  Nichols  street 
Bale  William,  Wellington  street 
Banks  Solomon,  Earl  street 
Barwick  John,  4  Carrington  street 
Beck  William,  13  Atkin  street 
Bell  Thomas,  19  Freeschool  lane 
Bent  Edward,  18  St.  Peter's  lane 
Bent  Thomas,  84  Upper  Brunswick  st 
Berridge  William,  171  Belgrave  gate 
Blankley  George,  59  Richard  street 
Booth  William,  108  Churchgate 
Broome  Samuel,  Lower  Churchgate 
Broughton  and  Co.  82  Churchgate 
Brown  Thomas  Daniel,  Churchgate 
Christian  Wm.  Henry,  79  Sanvey  gate 
Clarke  Thomas,  70  Curzon  street 
Clifton  William,  25  Nichols  street 
Coltman  Thos.  &  Henry,  55  Charles  st 
Crick  Daniel,  60  Humberstone  gate 
Cunningham  Wm.  62  East  Bond  street 
Curtis  William,  Humberstone  gate 
Freeman  James,  24  Albion  hill 
Gibson  Samuel,  20  Tower  street 
Goodger  Henry,  41  Conduit  street 
Greatorex  Samuel,  36  Morledge  street 
Groves  Isaac,  25  Freeschool  lane 
Hall  John,  jun.  24  Morledge  street 
Harris  James,  101  Humberstone  road 


Hill  George,  24  London  road 
Hind  Thomas,  13  St.  James'  street 
Hubbard  Henry,  76  Lee  street 
Jackson  John,  22  Curzon  street 
Jeffs  Henry,  73  London  road 
Johnson  William,  110  Wharf  street 
Kellett  John  C.  24 \  Asylum  street, 
Masters  John,  21  Thames  street 
Mee  Robert,  15  Oxford  street 
Monk  John,  18  Dun's  lane 
Moss  John,  6  North  gates 
Neale  Frederick,  8  Lower  hill  street 
Norman  William,  Causeway  lane 
Pateman  John,  Harcourt  street 
Payne  John,  18  Queen  street 
Pick  John,  1  Freehold  street 
Read  Rushin,  22  Dover  street 
Rudkin  Thomas,  South  Albion  street 
Russell  Thomas,  31  Braunstone  gate 
Russell  William,  8  Dun's  lane 
Sands  Thomas,  122  Wellington  street 
Sharp  James  A.  34  Queen  street 
Sills  Joseph,  Humberstone  gate 
Smith  Timothy,  15  Queen  street 
Smith  William,  57  Northampton  st 
Stableford  John,  12  Churchgate 
Stableford  John,  Watt's  causeway 
Stevenson  John,  Taylor  street 
Sykes  Henry,  49  East  Bond  street 
Sykes  John,  21  Halford  street 
Taylor  Stephen,  7  Northgate  street 
Thornton  Thomas,  35  Albion  hill 
Tyrrell  Samuel,  18  Colton  street 
Ward  Thomas  S.  34  Albion  hill 
Wardle  John,  48  Fleet  street 
Walker  Joseph,  116  Northampton  st 
Webster  Philip,  69  Wellington  stre.et 
White  John,  77  Churchgate 
Willis  John,  16  Upper  Brunswick  st 
Wilkinson  Henry,  205  Belgrave  gate 
Wood  John,  60  Upper  Brunswick  street 

CARVERS  AND  GILDERS. 
Barfield  Samuel,  19  Welford  road 
Catley  John,  108  Granby  street 
Clark  Samuel,  2  Welford  road 
Minor etti  John,  (looking  glass  manufr.) 

12  Market  place 
Potter  John,  54  Granby  street 
Stewart  William,  51  Churchgate 
White  Henry,  Humberstone  gate 
White  Samuel,  8  Archdeacon  lane 

CHAIR    MAKERS. 
Baines  Henry,  39  Wharf  street 
Baines  William,  19  Metcalfe  street 
Baines  William  jun.  12  Sanvey  gate 
Bryan  William,  9  Royal  East  street 
Cox  Samuel,  17  Morledge  street 
Gimson  William,  57  Welford  road 
Halfpenny  George,  25  Churchgate 
Shipley  Henry,  86  High  street 
T 


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LEICESTER   DIRECTORY, 


CHEESE  AND  BACON  FACTORS. 
Emberliu  H.  E.,  18  Gallowtree  gate 
Evans  &  Stafford,  Campbell  street 
Hall  &  Son,  31  Market  place 
Hardyman  John,  Victoria  parade 
Hughes  William,  Hotel  street 
Marshall  John  E.  13  Horsefair  street 
Mather  Samuel,  65  Market  place 
Roberts,  Tebbitt,  &  Roberts,  Market  pi 
Scampton  Henry,  5  New  Bond  street 
Sheen  George,  1  Bridge  street 
Swain,  Almond,  &  Latchmore,  25  High- 
cross  street 
Wells  William,  8  Union  street 
Willey  Chas.  Joseph,  38  Granby  street 

CHEMISTS  AND  DRUGGISTS. 
Ashton  John  S.  57  Market  place 
Berridge  Alfred,  11  Cheapside 
Butler  Thos.  Edward,  51  Sanvey  gate 
Butler  Edw.  T.  58  Humberstone  road 
Buzzard  Thos.  Henry,  24  Granby  st 
Carr  William,  7  Upper  George  street 
Clarke,  Nettleship,  &  Bailey  {wholesale), 

15  Belvoir  street 
Cooper  &  Pettifor,  44  Market  place ;  and 

{wholesale),  18  Silver  street 
Edwards  James,  9  High  street- 
Fox  William,  116  Sanvey  gate 
Gammidge  Samuel,  82  Belgrave  gate 
Giddings  John  S.  6  Gallowtree  gate 
Goddard  Joseph,  16  Gallowtree  gate 
Grimes  Benjamin,  94  Oxford  street 
Hallam  John,  20  Upper  Brown  street 
Hinkley  Edward,  59  Welford  road 
Hodson  Jonathan,  60  Gallowtree  gate 
Hoi  worthy  Ann,  7  Clarence  street 
Holy  land  William,  164  Belgrave  gate 
Hull  Francis,  20  Stamford  street 
Jackson  Jabez  B.  16  St.  Nicholas  st 
Jackson  John,  11  Northampton  square 
Mason  Michael,  39  Market  place 
Meacham  James  H.  154  Belgrave  gate 
Meadows  John,  Hotel  street 
Merryweather  Charles,  18  High  street 
Neale  John  William,  34  Belgrave  gate 
Needham  Slater,  60  Churchgate 
Parsons  Thomas,  30  Gallowtree  gate 
Pickering  Henry,  59  Highcross  street 
Potter  Samuel  J.  46  Rutland  street 
Reeve  George,  34  Welford  road 
Rice  Reuben  S.  53  Wharf  street 
Robinson  George,  48  Wellington  street 
Salisbury  William  P.  3  Market  place 
Stratton  William   (homoeopathic),  41  £ 

Granby  street 
Teear  John  M.  12  Humberstone  gate 
Teear  Thomas,  119  Belgrave  gate 
Toone  John  H.  82  Granby  street 
Tyers  Eliza,  2  Highcross  street 
Woodcock  Joseph,  15  Southgates 


Yates  Thomas  (homoeopathic),  14  Mar- 

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CHIMNEY  SWEEPERS. 
Carter  Benjamin,  27  Orchard  street 
Fitch  John,  35  Friars'  causeway 
Fitch  John,  22  Causeway  lane 
Fox  Samuel,  11  Humberstone  gate 
Harrison  Walter,  34  Highcross  street 
Kelley  John,  5  Harvey  lane 
Kelley  Stephen,  9  Thornton  lane 
Smith  John,  18  Orchard  street 
Smith  Thomas,  Northgate  street 
Stevens  Charles,  2  Friars'  road 
Thacker  William,  12  The  Hollow 
CHINA,   GLASS,   &c.   DEALERS. 
Brown  William,  114  Sanvey  gate 
Bryans  Williams,  71 1  Belgrave  gate 
Button  Caroline,  6Q  Highcross  street 
Caldwell  William,  14  Marlbro  street 
Capey  George,  39 1  East  street 
Clark  John,  5  Green  street 
Hawley  Sarah,  122  Wharf  street 
Kirby  Thomas,  39  Chatham  street 
Knight  William,  52  Welford  road 
Mason  Robert  W.  78  High  street 
Phillips  George,  168  Wharf  street 
Quiucey  Charles  E.  69  Oxford  street 
Riley  Henry,  125  Highcross  street 
Richardson  Charles,  11  Applegate  st 
Salisbury  Emma,  12  East  Bond  street 
Seal  William,  5  Chatham  street 
Staynes  John  and  Henry,  49  Market  pi 
Wright  George,  42  Gallowtree  gate 
CLOTHES  DEALERS. 
(Second  Hand.) 
Carnall  Elizabeth,  3  Loseby  lane 
Cunningham  Patrick,  11  Bedford  street 
Dainelow  Thomas,  Soar  lane 
Dwyer  Samuel,  40  Bedford  street 
Eales  William,  3  Bread  street 
Easom  Elizabeth,  28  Redcross  street 
Flannagan  Michael,  1  Abbey  street 
Freestone  Benjamin,  124  Bedford  street 
Hart  and  Levy,  28  Granby  street 
Hill  Robert,  129  Bedford  street 
Jarratt  William,  23  Loseby  lane 
Norman  Joseph,  36  Oxford  street 
Preston  Mary,  34  Bedford  street 
Reynolds  Robert,  20  Bedford  street 
Slavin  Mary,  32  Bedford  street 
Watts  George,  3  Bedford  street 
Wilson  John,  14  Abbey  street 
Wood  Elizabeth,  12  Northgates 

COACH  BUILDERS,  &c. 
Ball  and  Son,  83  Humberstone  gate 
Keites  Samuel  &  Sons,  38  Humbstn.  gt 
Kinder  Henry,  Granby  street 
Parr  and  Hamshaw,  37  Humbstn.  gate 
Wesley  John,  20  Highcross  street 
Wigston  Woolston,  34  E.  Bond  street 


TRADES    AND    PROFESSIONS. 


291 


COAL  DEALERS. 
Allsop  John,  44  Redcross  street 
Bateman  Joseph,  20  Alexander  street 
Bates  Benjamin,  15  Wharf  street 
Beasley  William,  53  Lee  street 
Bennett  Isaac,  80  Duke  street 
Brant  George,  73  Eaton  street 
Calvert  James,  Long  lane 
Cook  Charles,  1  Mill  lane 
England  Thomas,  56  Causeway  lane 
Essex  William,  35  Brunswick  street 
Evatt  James,  182  Wharf  street 
Felstead  Thomas,  Chatham  street 
Green  Samuel,  36  York  st.  Granby  st 
Hughes  Thomas,  Pasture  lane 
King  George,  37  Mill  lane 
Mansell  Henry,  66  Dover  street 
Marvin  Ann,  14  Upper  Brown  street 
Outrarn  Thomas,  37  Grange  lane 
Payne  Joseph,  17  Dryden  street 
Pochin  Henry,  33  Cank  street 
Moysey  William,  37  Mill  lane 
Taylor  Thomas,  87  Sanvey  gate 
Vincent  James,  20  Burgess  street 
Vincent  Thomas,  Bakehouse  lane 
Wallace  William,  117  Bedford  street 
Weston  John,  22  Ruding  street 
Wood  James,  28  Jewrywall  street 
Youson  John,  14  Soar  lane 

COAL  MERCHANTS. 
Bates  J.  and  J.  H.,  Soar  lane 
Bovvmar  Charles  B.  9  High  street,  and 
West  bdg.  &  Southampton  st.  wharves 
Checkland  Geo.  Southampton  st.  wharf 
Cook  John  Mason,  29  Granby  street 
Elliott  Thomas,  26  Soar  lane 
Ellis  and  Everard,  44  Granby  street 
Ellis  John  and  Sons,  West  bridge  wharf 

and  Soar  lane 
Elude  Henry,  Public  wharf 
Gleadow  William,  West  bridge  wharf 
Harris  and  Billson,  Soar  In.  and  West 
bridge  and  Southampton  st.  wharves 
Harris^Samuel  S.  90  Highcross  street 
Hern  John,  Southampton  street  wharf 
Lawrence  and  Collis,  249  Belgrave  gate 
Millington  John,Southampton  st.  wharf 
Mousley  Joseph,  15  East  street 
Nutt  John,  Southampton  street  wharf 
Showier  Jehn  B.,  Public  wharf 
Swannington  and  Lord  Maynard's  Col- 
lieries, West  bridge  wharf ;  Thomas 
Rodgers,  agent 
Webb  and  Austin,  Public  wharf 
Whitwick   Colliery   Co.,   West  bridge 

wharf;  J.  F.  Stenson,  agent 
Wright  Thomas,  Southampton  st.  wharf 

CONFECTIONERS. 
Abbott  William,  10  Humberstone  gate 
Anderson  Alexander,  23  St.  Nicholas  st 


Anderson  Charles,  206  Belgrave  gate 
Bailey  John  E.  96  High  street 
Barber  Richard,  1|  Hotel  street 
Barker  Samuel,  17  Northgate  street 
Bird  Robert,  25  Humberstone  road 
Bradford  Samuel,  5  Holybones 
Carter  Charles,  56  Humberstone  gate 
Clarke  Samuel,  96  Wharf  street 
Cox  Thomas  W.  28  Market  street 
Crane  John,  61  Market  place 
Chamberlain  Edward,  56  Highcross  st 
Church  Thomas  H.  25  Oxford  street 
Groocock  Edward,  82  Humberstone  rd 
Groocock  Elizabeth,  3  Bridge  street 
Hetterley  John,  85  High  street 
Hubbard  Henry,  5  East  Bond  street 
Hubble  Robert,  69  Granby  street 
Jarman  John,  136  Churchgate 
Kettle  Henry,  25  New  Bond  street 
Kinzett  John,  3  Victoria  parade 
Kinzett  Louisa,  6  Campbell  street 
Langton  Julia,  16  Dover  street 
Latchmore  William,  Gallowtree  gate 
Lister  William,  Welford  road 
Moore  Louisa,  31  Market  street 
Norton  Richard,  36  High  street 
Paget  Alfred,  35  Town  hall  lane 
Parsons  Sarah,  8  Bel  voir  street 
Ralphs  Thomas,  26  Belvoir  street 
Richardson  Wm.  H.  40  Sparkenhoe  st 
Sanderson  Wm.,  11  Lower  Redcross  st 
Sarrington  William  B.  83  High  street 
Saunders  John,  6  Highcross  street 
Smith  Eliza  and  Eliz.  20  High  street 
Smith  Charles,  8  Northampton  street 
Stevens  Elizabeth,  93  High  street 
Sturgcss  William,  94  Highcross  street 
Swingler  John,  21  Bridge  street 
Thompson  Joseph  A.  42  Granby  street 
Webb  Alfred,  5  Churchgate 
Wildbore  Henry  S.  88  Granby  street 

COOPERS. 
Bond  Henry,  20  Belgrave  road 
Harris  Valentine,  168  Highcross  street 
Hunt  Henry,  24  Oxford  street 
Jeffreys  John,  19  Bridge  street 
Morris  John,  8  Churchgate 
Savr  ',  Caroline,  8  Little  lane 
Sharpless  Thomas,  Highcross  street 
Staynes  Thomas,  27  Thornton  lane 
Warden  John,  34  Silver  street 
Withers  Elizabeth,  85  Belgrave  gate 

CORK  CUTTERS. 
Budworth  Thomas,  22  Cank  street 
Jarvis  Oliver,  13  New  Bond  street 
CORN  AND  FLOUR  DEALERS. 
(See  also  Corn  Millers.) 
Anderson  Benjamin,  17  Harcourt  street 
Baines  Thomas,  Belvoir  street 
Barrows  John,  15  Applegate  street 
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Beasley  John,  19  Hotel  street 
Bennett  John,  Northampton  street 
Barham  William  &  Son,  74  Granby  st 
Boyall  Laxton,  107  Welford  road 
Bream  Martin,  23  Humberstone  gate 
Brice  Luke,  2  Northgate  street 
Broomhead  Richard,  42  Granby  street 
Broomhead  Richard,  jun.   29  Welford 

road  and  West  bridge 
Carvell  Thomas,  17  New  Bond  street 
Clark  George,  54  Sanvey  gate 
Cook  John  M.  29  Granby  street 
Cox  James,  11  Loseby  lane 
Easom  Henry,  1  Lower  Brown  st 
Ellis  Joseph  &  Sons,  West  bridge  wharf 
Ellis  Robert,  164  Highcross  street 
Gittins  Edward,  7  Cank  street 
Gunton  Joseph,  16  Carley  street 
Hancock  Peter,  147  Belgrave  gate 
Haws  Thomas,  43  Northgate  street 
Hopkins  Thomas,  jun.  19  Friday  st 
Johnson  George  G.  18  Sanvey  gate 
Lewis  Edward,  58  Northgate  street 
Lewis  Ellen,  119  Churchgate 
Lewis  Thomas,  29  Belgrave  gate 
Loveland  Henry,  21  Highcross  street 
Lumley  Robert,  8  South  gates 
Merrall  Thomas,  129  Churchgates 
Miller  John,  17  h  Bow  street 
Pratt  Henry,  35  Highcross  street 
Pridmore  Catherine,  27  Dover  street 
Ratt  John,  17  Rutland  street 
Salt  John,  88  Highcross  street 
Spencer  Henry,  19  Belgrave  gate 
Stanyon  Robert,  67  Churchgate 
Thorpe  John,  4  Johnson  street 
Walker  Nathaniel,  205  Belgrave  gate 

CORN  MILLERS. 
Bent  Joseph,  90  London  road 
Broomhead  Richard,  42  Granby  street 

and  West  bridge 
Collier  John,  40  Southgate  street 
Hitchcock  Henry,  Frog  island 
Hurlbut  John,  Narborough  road 
Jelley  Thomas,  Mill  lane 
Perkins  George,  4  Bridge  street 
Perkins  Jane,  102  Wharf  street 
Scott  Thomas,  jun.  Bay  street 

COTTON    SPINNERS. 
(See  Sewing  Cotton,d-c. Manufacturers.) 

COWKEEPERS. 
Aing  George,  21  Mill  street 
Allman  Amos,  48  Vauxhall  street 
Bailey  Ann,  39  York  street,  Granby  st 
Ball  William,  9  Wellington  street 
Barratt  William,  71  London  road 
Bent  James,  41  Abbey  street 
Bolt  Benjamin,  24  Abbey  gate 
Brown  Ellis,  15  Thornton  lane 
Brown  Thomas,  53  Willow  street 


Cartwright  Alan,  136  Wellington  street 
Clark  John,  22  York  street 
Clarke  John,  50  Ruding  street 
Clarke  Joseph,  7  Midland  street 
Cockerill  John  S.  6|  Osborne  street 
Cooper  Thomas,  Upper  Conduit  street 
Crawley  Thomas,  6  Bakehouse  lane 
Cufflin  Sarah,  6  Craven  street 
Dakin  Joseph,  61  Mansfield  street 
Deacon  John,  47  Northampton  street 
Dexter  Thomas,  1  Hinckley  road 
Elton  Thomas,  12  Slate  street 
Fletcher  Joseph,  134  Highcross  street 
Fountain  Jas.  9  York  st.  Welford  rd 
Gamble  George,  9  Asylum  street 
Gilbert  John,  21  £  Braunstone  gate 
Henson  John,  Cradock  street 
Hewitt  John,  8  Northgates 
Kirby  James,  19  Northampton  street 
Liquorish  Daniel,  16  Queen  street 
Lucas  Joseph,  11  St  George  street 
Masters  Thomas,  32  Eaton  street 
Moore  George,  12  Applegate  street 
Musson  William,  6  St.  Peter's  lane 
Painter  John,  5  Baker  street 
Pywell  Green,  20  Rutland  street 
Ragg  William,  74  Dover  street 
Revell  Mary,  76  Northampton  street 
Smith  John,  66  Humberstone  gate 
Spencer  Charles,  46  Carley  street 
Staines  Henry,  2  Lee  street 
Stirk  Joseph,  3  Upper  Conduit  street 
Storer  Jonathan,  27  Pasture  lane 
Taylor  Isaac,  47  Ruding  street 
Taylor  James,  22  Milton  street 
Taylor  John,  109  Belgrave  gate 
Underwood  John,  36  Crab  street 
While  George,  Sidney  street 
Wilkinson  Robert,  1  Sanvey  gate 
Wright  John,  56  Stanley  street 

CURRIERS  &  LEATHER  CUTTERS 

Abell  John  and  William,  Frog  island 
Buckler  &  Wills,  Silver  street 
Burgess  Thomas,  17  Belgrave  gate 
Grant  &  Durrad,  192  Belgrave  gate 
Holland  John,  12  Oxford  street 
Jarvis  John,  28  New  Bond  street 
Johnson  Henry,  10  Gower  street 
Killingley  James,  19  High  street 
Killpack  Joseph,  18  St.  Nicholas  street 
Lester  James,  43  Belgrave  gate 
Mace  &  Marshall,  Cardigan  street 
Royce  George,  25  Belgrave  gate 
Spencer  Charles,  50  Highcross  street 
Staynes  &  Son,  62  High  street 
Sturgess  William,  13  Market  street 
Turner  Lawrence,  50  Southgate  street 
Tyers  &  Blunt,  3  Albion  street 
White  William  Henry,  2  Townhall  lane 


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CUTLERS 

(And  Hardware  Dealers). 
Bedells  Joseph,  Southgate  street 
Richardson  George,  57  High  street 
Sharp  William,  53  Granby  street 
Tomlin  Edward,  7  Townhall  lane 
Toralin  Edward,  jun.  5  Applegate  st 
Tomlin  James  W.  127  Churchgate 
Wells  Seth  &  Co.  3  Market  place 
Westby  James,  8£  Humberstone  gate 

DENTISTS. 
Gaches  Daniel,  88  High  street 
Kemp  Cbas.  Godfrey,  M.R.C.S  .L.,  37 

Gallowtree  gate 
Kirby  Henry  T.  16  Gallowtree  gate 
Lawrence  Henri,  6  London  road 
Lloyd  George  F.  54  Gallowtree  gate 
Meadows  John,  Hotel  street 
Mortimer  Hy.  T.  17  Lwr.  Redcross  st 
Rose  Charles,  8  Conduit  street 

DRAPERS. 
(Marked  *  are  Travelling.) 
Adderley  Alfred,  14  Market  place 
Anderson  George,  80  Rutland  street 
Angrove  Thomas,  18  Market  place 
Baker  Robert,  38  Market  place 
Brady  John,  53  Gallowtree  gate 
Brown  Brothers,  75  Cheapside 
Brown  Henry,  122  Belgrave  gate 
Brown  Sarah,  84  Humberstone  road 
Cook  Robert  M.  62  Granby  street 
Cooper  John  S.  24  Haymarket 
Cooper  William  W.  31  Gallowtree  gate 
Coy  John,  8  Market  place 
Dickinson  Harriet,  32  Welford  road 
Freeman  John,  9  Applegate  street 
*Gamble  Edward,  7  Queen  street 
Garratt  George,  10  Eastgates 
Geary  Samuel,  24  Market  place 
Goold  Jabez,  42  High  street 
Harrison  David,  172  Belgrave  gate 
Harrison  and  Smart,  34  Market  place 
Hobvland  Thomas,  11  Gallowtree  gate 
Horobin  Robert,  79  Cheapside 
Horton  Isaac,  2  Cheapside 
Jackson  Benjamin  Henry,  59  Market  pi 
Johnson  and  Waterman,  1  Market  place 
Kemp  Henry,  15  Market  place 
*Kerr  George,  86  Rutland  street 
Marshall  and  Gill,  7  Haymarket 
Maskell  George  F.  4  Market  place 
*McAteer  Peter,  13  Waterloo  street 
*McCall  Adam,  23  Rutland  street 
*McDougal  James,  64  U.  Brunswk.  st 
*McLeod  Donald,  11  East  street 
McPherson  James,  68  High  street 
Morgan  and  Squire,  17  Hotel  street 
Morley  Richard  and  Son,  14  Cheapside 
Mozley  Edward,  6  Cheapside 
Orton  John,  42  Market  place 


Osborn  Samuel,  21  Hotel  street 
Palmer  Mary,  145  Belgrave  gate 
Parr  Edward,  8  Gallowtree  gate 
Pole  William,  1  Upper  Brunswick  street 
Robinson  Jane,  48  Wellington  street 

*  Smith  Robert,  31  Albion  hill 
Stevenson  and  Kirby,  5  Cheapside 
Tacey  Thomas,  1  S.  Albion  street 
Tarratt  Francis,  115  Belgrave  gate 
Tebbs  George,  77  Cheapside 
Tebbs  Thomas,  47  Market  place 
Turner  Francis,  54  Cheapside 
Ward  Joseph,  2|  Humberstone  gate 
Wardle  Peter,  10  Cheapside 
Woodburn  James,  23  Halford  street 

DYERS  AND  TRIMMERS. 
(Marked  +    are    Trimmers  only,  and 

*  are  Fancy  Dyers.) 
Adams  Robert,  11  Upper  Brown  street 
Adcock  Sarah,  9  Bath  lane 
+Bates  Henry,  41  Southgate  street 
Bates  Wm.  &  Son,  Northgate  street 
Birchenough  Jas.  (silk),  2  Bow  Bdge.  st 
Bodycot  Frederick,  41  Causeway  lane 
*Bodycot  Mary,  122  Highcross  street 
Bodycot  Wm.  &  Son,  Asylum  street 
Bowmar  Thomas  &  Sons,  Frog  island 
*Bradley  George,  93  Belgrave  gate 
Bromley  'Eiiz. (sewing  cotton),  lOBath  In 
Charlesworth  Thomas,  The  Hollow 
Crofts  Ann,  2  Woodgate 
*Dann  Sarah,  12  Metcalfe  street 
Donisthorpe  Fdk.  &  Son,  Pingle  street 
Form  an  John,  11  Pingle  street 
Gardiner  &  Son,  264  Belgrave  gate 
Garner  James,  The  Newarke 
*Gonty  Etienne,  14  Bath  lane 
Goodwin  &  Harding,  8  Bridge  street 
Harding  and  Nurse,  Frog  island 
tKing  Thomas,  48  Redcross  street 
+Neal  and  Crick,  26  Mill  lane 
♦Noakes  Ann,  10  Highcross  street 
Oram  Daniel,  Friday  street 
Palmer  Thomas,  50  Friday  street 
Robinson  Jones,  Abbeygate 

*  Scott  William,  21  Welford  road 
*Shelton  John,  16  Oxford  street 
*Siddons  Thomas,  14  Northampton  st 
Smith  John,  35  Welford  road 

*  Spurgeon  Hy.  3  King  st  &  54Welford  rd 
+ Warwick  John,  Mowbray  street 
Whiles  John,  6  St.  Michael's  square 
Windram  William,  58  Friday  street 

EATING  HOUSES. 
Adcock  Edward,  8  St.  Nicholas  street 
Barnes  Hugh,  64  Granby  street 
Boulter  William,  67  High  street 
Brown  Joseph,  30  New  Bond  street 
Colton  Ann,  5  j  Belgrave  gate 
CookTs,TemperanceHotel,63Granbyst 


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LEICESTEK    DIRECTORY. 


Flowers  John,  21  Gallowtree  gate 
Green  James  P.  23  Churchgate 
Holmes  William,  9  London  road 
Lee  James,  13  Cank  street 
Read  John,  32  Humberstone  gate 
Smith  Joseph,  96  Sanvey  gate 
ELASTIC  WEB  MANUFACTRS. 
Armitage  and  Co.  Duke  street 
Bedells  Joseph,  Southgate  street 
Farrand  D.  and  Co.  Parliament  street 
Freeman  Samuel,  50  Friar  lane 
Hodges  and  Sons,  Norton  street 
Jones  and  France,  Samuel  street 
Kemp  and  Dyson,  Mill  lane 
Pegg  John,  Queen  street 
Roberts  Fras.  Wm.  36  St.  Nicholas  st 
Thorp  John  and  George,  Belvoir  st 
Townsend  George,  37  Cumberland  st 
Turner  A.  and  Co.  Bow  bridge 
Turner  Luke,  Deacon  street 
Turner  Henry  and  Son,  Brunswick  st 
Wheeler  Thos.  and  Co.  16  Belvoir  st 
Whitehead  John  &  Sons,  U.  Brown  st 
ENGINEERS. 
(See  Ironf winders,  dx.) 
ENGRAVERS. 
(And  Lithographers,  dx.) 
Allen  Matthew  H.  93  Wellington  st 
Bramley  William  F.  40  Granby  street 
Calvert  John,  21  St.  Nicholas  street 
Cockshaw  William,  18  Welford  road 
Davis  &  Durrad,  18  Granby  street 
Fleming  J.  &  Co.  37  Wellington  st 
Graves  Thomas,  58  Friar  lane 
Hackett  George,  12  New  Bond  street 
Hodkins  James,  55  Highcross  street 
Hodson  James,  24  Stamford  street 
Spencer  J.  and  T.  Market  place 
FANCY  PAPER  BOX  MAKERS. 
(For  Gloves,  dx.) 
Chappell  Thomas,  11  Lower  Bond  st 
Crofts  John  E.  13  New  Bridge  street 
Horn  and  Gillman,  15  Millstone  lane 
Procter  Charles,  42  St.  George  street 
Riley  John,  3  Pocklington's  walk 
Spittlehouse  John,  26  Carlton  street 
Staines  and  Fletcher,  74  Rutland  street 
FELLMONGERS,  &c. 
(See  also  Tanners.) 
Abell  John  and  William,  Frog  island 
Ains worth  William,  2  Kenyon  street 
Anderson  Lewis,  Pasture  lane 
Cope  John,  25  Harding  street 

FIRE  &  LIFE  OFFICES. 
Accidental  Death,  G.  H.  Britton,  9 
Halford  street;  H.  W.  Knight,  42J 
Humberstone  gate  and  T.  Coltman, 
55  Charles  street 
Albert,  Medical,  and  Family  Life,  T. 
C.  Browne,  36  Market  place 


Atlas,  William  Fowler,  3  St.  Martins 
Birmingham  Fire,  H.  W.  Knight,  42  £ 
Humberstone  road,  andT.  Wood  and 
Son,  28  Pocklington's  walk 
British  Empire  Life,  J.  H.  Davis,  11 

Friar  lane 
British  Equitable  Life,  J.  Wilford,  3 

Nelson  street 
British  Industrial  Life,  William  Lakin, 

138  Churchgate 
British    Mutual    Life   and   Loan,  T. 

Sears,  67  Welford  road 
British   Nation   Life,   J.  Everett,   15 
Humbstn.  gt.;  F.  Drake,  30  Market 
street,  and  W.  K.  Pike,  28  Friar  In 
Briton  Life,  R.  Blankley,  5  Humbstn. 
road;  G.  Stevenson,  New  street ;  J. 
Main,  Gosling  street;  T.  Harrison, 
Mkt.  pi.  ;  T.  Simonds,  24  Constitu- 
tion hill ;  and  T.  Higgott,2  Coltonst 
City  of  Glasgow  Life,  William  Hickling, 

2  Princess  street 
Consols  Life,  G.  R.  Miall,  19  Market  st 
County  Fire  and  Provident  Life,  E.  P. 

Bankart,  15  Horsefair  street 
District  Fire,  F.  Drake,  30  Market  st 
Eagle  Life,  Hy.  Tarratt,   6  Losebyln. 
and  Wm.  Knight,  36  Nichols  street 
Edinburgh  Life,  J.  Judd,  36  Friar  In 
Ecpiitable  Life,  George  Anderson,  80 

Rutland  street 
Equity  and  Law  Life,  Charles  Merry- 
weather,  18  High  street 
General,  J.  H.  Davis,  11  Friar  lane 
Globe,  J.  Arnall,  2  Millstone  lane 
Guardian,  William  Jackson,  6  Loseby 
In.,  and  J.  Shenton,  24  Silver  street 
Hand  in  Hand,J.B.Haxby,ll  Belvoir  st 
Imperial,  Geo.  Stevenson,  11  New  st 
International  Life,  Henry  W.  Knight, 

42 1  Humberstone  gate 
Liverpool  and  London,    S.   Cox,  36 

Southgate  street 
London  Assurance,  William  Messenger, 

6|  Pocklington's  walk 
Manchester  Fire,  11.  Rowe,34|  Granby 
street ;  Henry  Tarratt,  6  Loseby  lane ; 
John  Burton,  Hay  market  ;  and  J.  H. 
Davis,  11  Friar  lane 
Midland  Counties,  Thomas  Coltman,  55 
Charles  street,and  Holford  and  Jones, 
4  Millstone  lane 
National  Life,  G.  H.  Wado,  3  Hotel  st 
National  and  Provident  Mutual  Life, 
J.  Ghent,  57  Highcross  street,  and 
Robert  Ellis,  164  Highcross  street 
National  Weekly  Life,  Alonzo  Scott,  8 

New  walk 
Norfolk  Cattle,  C.  H.  Britton,  9  Hal- 
ford  st.,  and  S.  F.  Stone,  Welford  pi 


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295 


Norfolk  Hail   Storm,   George    Henry 

Britton,  9  Halford  street 
North  British,  Marris  &Son,5Loseby  In 
Norwich  Equitable  Fire,  Cooper  and 

Pettifor,  44  Market  place 
Norwich   Union,    Cort    and    Paul,    2 

Market  place 
Pelican  Life,  J.  Burton,  3  Haymarket 
Phoenix  and  Pelican,  William  Billson, 

Welford  place 
Provincial,  A.  Scott,  8  New  walk 
Queen,  J.  T.  Blackwell,  11  Haymarket 
Railway  Passengers'  and  General  Acci- 
dent, J.  Harrap,  1  De  Montfort  place 
Rock    Life,    B.    G.    Chamberlain,    1 

Wellington  street 
Royal,  J.  Wykes,  2  East  Bond  street 
Royal  Exchange,P.Dudley,7  Halford  st 
Royal  Farmers'    and  General,  C.  B. 

Bowmar,  90  High  street 
Royal  Liver,  T.  Hipwell,  2  Belvoir  st 
Scottish  Widows'  Fund,  W.  C.  Smith, 

4  Haymarket 
Standard  Life,  W.  H.  Macaulay,   15 

Hotel  street 
Star  Benefit,  Dare,  Statham,  and  Wood, 

41  Charles  street 
Star  Life,  J.  R.  Rowe,  344  Granby  st 
State  Fire,  H.  W.  Knight,  42£  Hum- 

berstone  gt,  T.  C.  Brown,  36  Market 

place,  and  J.  Main,  Gosling  street 
Sun,  Stone  and  Paget,  Welford  place 
Travellers'  and  Marine,  W.  Messenger, 

6£  Pocklington's  walk 
Union,  J.  Holland,  26  Market  street 
United  Kingdom  Provident  Institution, 

H.  Pickering,  24  Northampton  street 
Utd.  Kingdom   Tempce.    and   GenJ., 

J.  Harrap,  1  De  Montfort  place 
Unity,  W.  Ryder,  3  Newarke  street 
West  of  England  Life,  J.  H.  Williams, 

Belvoir  street 
Westminster,  G.  H.  Britton,9  Halford  st 
Whittington  Alliance  and  Deposit  Soc, 

Dare  &  Co.,  41  Charles  street 
Yorkshire,  R.  P.  Froane,  14  Loseby 

lane,  Chpr.  Froane,  1  Carlton  street 

FISH  AND  GAME  DEALERS. 
Allen  Geo.  Wm.  22  Applegate  street 
Fowkes  Emma,  52  Wharf  street 
Garner  John,  212  Belgrave  gate 
Hodges  Henry,  59  Oxford  street 
Partridge  Thomas,  26  Granby  street 
Payne  William,  44  High  street 
Sharman  Joseph,  54  High  street 
Vann  George,  104  Wharf  street 
Vann  William,  54  Carley  street 
Ward  George,  52  Albion  street 
West  William,  Eastgates 
Welford  William,  25  Gower  street 


FRAMESMITHS. 

Atkins  Timothy,  194  Belgrave  gate 
Bailey  John,  195  Belgrave  gate 
Becks  Joseph,  26  Southgate  street 
Bentley  William,  Gower  street 
Billings  Michael,  12  Lower  Free  lane 
Blakesley  John,  16  Sandacre  street 
Brandreth  William,  86  Sanvey  gate 
Buckler  William,  7  Archdeacon  lane 
Burdett  William,  11  Oxford  street 
Cotton  William,  Friday  street 
Fox  Thomas,  15  Albert  street 
Garland  John,  2|  Harcourt  street 
Garner  Timothy,  36  Northampton  st 
Goffey  John,  36  Constitution  hill 
Gunn  Joseph,  20  Duke  street 
Hill  Samuel,  10  East  Bond  street 
Holyoake  William,  51  Causeway  lane 
Johnson  William,  4  Upper  Brown  st 
Leach  George,  12  Gower  street 
Lines  William,  19  Vine  street 
Matthews  Thomas,  25  Welford  road 
Millis  Samuel,  237  Belgrave  gate 
Murphy  Joseph,  18  Brook  street 
Newby  William,  20  New  walk 
Nichols  William,  9  Buttclose  lane 
Roberts  Thomas,  21  Chancery  street 
Sansom  David,  43  Fleet  street 
Shaw  John,  36  York  street,  Welford  rd 
Ward  Barak,  48  Causeway  lane 
FRAMEWORK    KNITTERS. 
(Masters.) 
Agar  Charles,  48  Willow  street 
Allen  William,  99  Wharf  street 
Anderson  James,  74  Asylum  street 
Atkin  John,  54  Rutland  street 
Ayres  James,  2  Russell  street 
Baker  Joseph,  2  Deacon  street 
Bamkin  Joseph,  2  Gold  street 
Barratt  James,  9  Fleet  street 
Bass  Charles,  34  Bridge  street 
Baxter  Thomas,  62  Highcross  street 
Beasley  Frederick,  24  Neale  street 
Bennett  Joseph,  127  Wharf  street 
Bent  John,  13  Friday  street 
Bentley  John,  123  Wheat  street 
Bentley  William,  46  Fleet  street 
Blakesley  John,  16  Sandacre  street 
Boot  Thomas,  8  Pike  street 
Bramley  John,  42  Fleet  street 
Bryan  Robert,  22  Mill  street 
Bull  Daniel,  109  Upper  Brunswick  st 
Burback  James,  56  Archdeacon  lane 
Burden  George,  78  Asylum  street 
Burden  Samuel,  3  Albert  street 
Calver  William,  139  Wharf  street 
Carter  Thomas,  6  Grove  street 
Cayless  William,  49  Bedford  street 
Chamberlain  J.,  248 £  Belgrave  gate 
Chapman  Thomas,  29  Gravel  street 


296 


LEICESTER    DIRECTORY. 


Cherry  James,  11  Grosvenor  street 
Clarke  Edward,  36  Dennian  street 
Clarke  Robart,  39  Fleet  street 
Clay  Thomas,  250  Belgrave  gate 
Clow  John,  14  Eaton  street 
Clarke  Eli,  146  Wellington  street 
Coleman  Thomas,  3  Raglan  street 
Collins  William,  4  Russell  street 
Collis  James  W.  70  Willow  street 
Cooper  James,  21  Navigation  street 
Cooper  William,  25  East  Bond  street 
Copeland  John,  28  Brook  street 
Cowell  Thomas,  2  Gosling  street 
Cox  George,  33  Metcalfe  street 
Cox  Matthias,  76  Curzon  street 
Crecroft  William,  29  Albion  hill 
Crofts  William,  54  Eaton  street 
Curtis  John,  6  George  street 
Dann  Edward,  Asylum  street 
Deacon  John,  52  Fleet  street 
Dilkes  Robert,  4  Pike  street 
Draycott  Joseph,  Wharf  street 
Dutton  John,  2  Harcourt  street 
Ellicott  John,  4  Gold  street 
Ellicott  William,  9  Victoria  street 
Embrough  Abraham,  86  Wheat  street 
Fitchett  Abraham,  89  Curzon  street 
Fox  James,  42  Causeway  lane 
Frith  Samuel,  51  Mill  lane 
Gamble  William,  3  Carlton  street 
Gee  Daniel,  4  Victoria  street 
Gisborn  John,  6  Neale  street 
Goodman  Henry,  109  Wheat  street 
Grant  William,  99  Wheat  street 
Greasley  Jarvis,  61  Oxford  street 
Gregory  Robert,  23  Bridge  street 
Grundy  Joseph,  71  Russell  street 
Hackett  Benjamin,  2  Baker  street 
Hackett  Samuel,  19  Infirmary  square 
Hands  Daniel,  53  Craven  street 
Hardwick  Frederick,  1  Raglan  street 
Harrison  F.  Ill  U.  Brunswick  street 
Harrold  George,  30  Nichols  street 
Harrold  William,  36  Fleet  street 
Hartop  John,  90  Curzon  street 
Hartop  William,  45  Bedford  street 
Haynes  John,  5  Friars'  place 
Hayncs  William,  38  Lwr.  Churchgate 
Heathcote  Henry,  48  Lewin  street 
HefFord  Joseph,  92  Lee  street 
Herbert  Samuel,  99  Churchgate 
Hiam  Thomas,  10  Britannia  street 
Holt  William,  11  Carley  street 
Hopwell  John,  18  Metcalfe  street 
Hunt  William,  14  Navigation  street 
Hurst  William,  119  Wharf  street 
Hutchins  John,  88  Curzon  street 
Hubbard  Samuel,  70  Asylum  street 
Hutt  James,  11  Pasture  lane 
Ireland  George,  77  Russell  street 


Irish  John,  18  Royal  East  street 
James  John,  14  Sandacre  street 
Jennings  Richard,  66  Russell  street 
Jephcott  Jonathan,  51  Grafton  street 
Kenney  Thomas,  5  Bow  street 
Kilby  J.  and  H.  61  Willow  street 
Knapp  J.  and  W.,  Samuel  street 
Lacey  Thomas,  25  Orton  street 
Langton  Charles,  3  Darker  street 
Lawrence  Thomas,  6  Cumberland  st 
Linney  William,  Chapel  yard 
Laxton  George,  68  Russell  street 
Lowe  John,  1  Gold  street 
Lowe  William,  13  Jarrom  street 
March  William,  21  Sussex  street 
Matthews  George,  6  Lewin  street 
Measures  Isaac,  5  Mill  street 
Millis  Richard,  34  Woodboy  street 
Mills  John,  2  Bridge  street 
Moore  John,  41  Russell  square 
Moulds  William,  4  Freehold  street 
Neal  William,  34  St.  Peter's  lane 
Oldershaw  John,  10  S.  Churchgate 
Orme  George,  22  Metcalfe  street 
Osborne  John,  14  Milton  street 
Oswin  William,  107  Wharf  street 
Pickering  Joseph,  88  Up.  Brunswick  st 
Plant  John,  105  Wheat  street 
Plant  William,  6  Friars'  place 
Pratt  John,  16  Milton  street 
Preston  Thomas,  12  Denman  street 
Raven  John,  17  Lead  street 
Raven  William,  9  Bow  street 
Rawson  Thomas,  55  Craven  street 
Rawson  William,  107  Wheat  street 
Richards  Philip  Henry,  25  Causeway  In 
Richards  William,  3  Metcalfe  street 
Rodnight  Charles,  3  West  Bond  street 
Rodwell  George,  6  Gold  street 
Rodwell  Matthew,  28  St.  Peter's  lane 
Rodwell  William,  34  St.  Peter's  lane 
Rowlett  John,  52  Eaton  street 
Royce  Matthias,  26  Milton  street 
Samuels  Henry,  41  Redcross  street 
Sarson  William,  13  Bow  street 
Scarborough  John,  16  Fuller  street 
Seddon  Robert,  6  Curzon  street 
Sharpe  William,  75  Wheat  street 
Sherriff  Whyatt,  52  Archdeacon  lane 
Smith  Charles,  48 £  Asylum  street 
Smith  John,  48  Brunswick  street 
Smith  Samuel,  70  Metcalfe  street 
Smith  Thomas,  9  Pasture  lane 
Snowden  Charles,  15  Bow  street 
Standring  Samuel,  73  Russell  street 
Sutton  Thomas,  Bedford  street 
Sykes  William,  2  Crown  street 
Tailby  Henry,  2  Royal  East  street 
Tansby  Charles,  26  Grosvenor  street 
Taylor  John,  27  Peel  street 


TRADES    AND    PROFESSIONS. 


297 


Taylor  Joseph,  41  Laxton  street 
Taylor  Thomas,  4  Rudkin  street 
Tew  Joseph,  131  Wharf  street 
Thomas  John,  70  Upper  Brunswick  st 
Tivnson  William,  47  Northgate  street 
Underwood  David,  14  Ruding  street 
Underwood  Edward,  43  Brunswick  st 
Underwood  Joseph,  Crown  street 
Voce  Randal,  51  Bedford  street 
Ward  John,  23  Kent  street 
Waterfield  Daniel,  Burley's  lane 
Watts  Thomas,  7  Byron  street 
West  Robert,  188  Wharf  street 
Weston  Ann,  36  Sanvey  gate 
Weston  James,  65  Russell  square 
Weston  Richard,  38  Sanvey  gate 
Williams  Thomas,  22  Woodboy  street 
Willis  James,  Benford  street 
Wise  George,  8  Gold  street 
Wood  Henry,  18  Woodboy  street 
Wood  Joseph,  49  Carley  street 
Wood  William,  44  Woodboy  street 
Wormleighton  William,  05  London  rd 
Wye  William,  13  Bridge  street 
Young  Daniel,  9  Short  street 

FURNITURE  BROKERS. 
Barredell  John,  101  Churchgate 
Bell  James,  6  North  Bond  street 
Bennet  Philip,  19  New  Bond  street 
Bigley  Daniel,  30  Great  Holme  street 
Booth  James,  9  St.  Nicholas  street 
Button  Benjamin,  68  Highcross  street 
Clark  John,  5  Green  street 
Collis  Edward,  Churchgate 
Dolby  Ann,  46  Churchgate 
Forknall  Jeremiah,  176  Highcross  st 
Fielding  John,  65  Bedford  street 
Frith  George,  2  Freehold  street 
Hall  William,  143  Belgrave  gate 
Hames  Joseph,  33  Clarence  street 
Harbot  Benjamin,  1  Ea3t  Bond  street 
Harper  William,  23  Belgrave  gate 
Holland  William,  38  Highcross  street 
Holyland  John,  11  Wharf  street 
Jeay  Elizabeth,  28  Southgate  street 
Lacey  Thomas,  25  Orton  street 
Main  John,  17  Curzon  street 
McQuillin  James,  53  Southgate  street 
Moore  Charles,  18  Southgate  street 
Peake  George  Edw.  31  Oxford  street 
Preston  Oliver,  37  New  Bond  street 
Pywell  William,  3  Highcross  street 
Roberts  John,  44  St.  Nicholas  street 
Smith  William,  3  St.  Nicholas  street 
Taylor  Shadrach,  158  Highcross  street 
Thorp  Thomas,  70  Belgrave  gate 
Timson  Robert,  13  St.  Nicholas  square 
Timson  William,  28  Churchgate 
Warrington  James,  31  Belgrave  gate 
Worthy  John,  23  Wharf  street 


FURRIERS.— (See  also  Drapers.) 
Baine3  Wm.  &  Co.  32  Market  place 
Cartwright  Frederick,  29  Cank  street 
Lincoln  John  A.  13  Southgate  street 
Walker  &  Son,  4  Victoria  parade 
GARDENERS,  &c. 
(Marked  *  are  Nurserymen.) 
♦Baldwin  William,  Narborough  road 
Bellamy  Thomas,  12  St.  Nicholas  st 
Billington  James,  51  Market  place 
Dolby  George,  12  Infirmary  square 
*Harris©n  Thomas,  33  Market  place 

and  Belgrave 
Harrison  William,  London  road 
Hickling  Joseph,  13  Conduit  street 
Irons  Samuel,  63  London  road 
Linthwaite  William,  75  London  road 
Offley  George,  15  Gartree  street 
Sweet  James,  37  Oxford  street 
Sykes  Tobias,  16  Granby  street 
♦Warner  Thomas,  69  Market  place  and 

Leicester  Abbey 
Wilson  Thomas,  5  King  street 
GLOVE  MANUFACTURERS. 

(See  also  Hosiery  manufacturers.) 
Biggs  Henry,  40  £  Granby  street 
Biggs  John  &  Sons,  Bel  voir  street 
Bombroff  Harriet,  13  Albion  hill 
Brewin  John,  16  Belvoir  street 
Brown  John,  Rutland  street 
Chamberlain  &  Co.  61  Southgate  st 
Dent,  Allcroft,  &  Co.  1  Wellington  st 
Durrad  Henry,  Belvoir  street 
Ellis  F.  &  J.  4  Rutland  street 
Fielding  &  How,  West  Bond  street 
Freeman  Samuel,  50  Friar  lane 
Hayr  Henry  S.  45  £  King  street 
Hewitt  John,  5  Lower  Free  lane 
Jephcott  Jonathan,  51  Grafton  street 
King  William,  37a  Silver  street 
Lacey  William,  56  Rutland  street 
Mason  William,  43  Humberstone  gate 
Newton  Edward,  39  Churchgate 
Partridge  John,  7  Albion  street 
Preston  William  &  Co.,  Wharf  street 
Thorp  J.  &  G.  12  Belvoir  street 
Underwood  William,  7  Lr.  Free  lane 

GREENGROCERS,  &c.  ' 
Allcroft  William,  2  Sycamore  lane 
Allsop  Thos.  27  Upper  Charles  street 
Argyle  Eliza,  35  Southampton  street 
Armstrong  Daniel,  40  Welford  road 
Ballard  Edward,  21  Burley's  lane 
Barrow  John,  27  Redcross  street 
Beaver  Edward,  69  Churchgate 
Bird  John,  5  Crown  street 
Bolton  John,  34  Millstone  lane 
Boulter  Frederick,  64  Highcross  street 
Bunney  John,  4  King  street 
Byard  Charles,  13  Humberstone  gate 


298 


LEICESTEB   DIRECTORY. 


Cank  Edward,  47  Wharf  street 
Carter  John,  34  Lower  Redcross  street 
Carter  William,  26  Alexander  street 
Chambers  James,  110  Belgrave  gate 
Chambers  Thomas,  49  Jewry  wall  st 
Charles  John,  162  Wharf  street 
Clarke  Joseph,  6  Dover  street 
Cobley  Benjamin,  5  Woodboy  street 
Coi5ke  Maria,  57  Belgrave  gate 
Cooke  William,  62  Welford  road 
Crompton  William,  46  Sanvey  gate 
Daniel  Charles  William,  9  Mill  lane 
Dawson  James,  92  Belgrave  gate 
Devitt  Edward,  140  Wharf  street 
Dexter  James,  155  Belgrave  gate 
Draycott  John,  8  South  Churchgate 
Everett  Robert,  124  Wharf  street 
Fletcher  James,  42  Albion  street 
Foss  Robert,  15  Lee  street 
Foxley  Ann,  112  Oxford  street 
Freeman  Robert,  3  East  Gosgote  st 
Frost  John,  50  High  street 
Gee  George,  33  Waterloo  street 
Gibbs  Ann,  52  Causeway  lane 
Hardy  William,  100  Wharf  street 
Headley  Thomas,  68  Belgrave  gate 
Heathcote  Thomas,  1  Foundry  square 
Henfrey  Thomas,  28  Albion  hill 
Henson  William,  44  Northgate  street 
Hewitt  James,  8  Northgates 
Hickling  Joseph,  13  Conduit  street 
Hickling  William,  102  High  street 
Hincks  Charles,  12^  High  street 
Horton  Daniel,  43  Chatham  street 
Horton  Thomas,  2  Luke  street 
Hyland  Mary,  89  Wharf  street 
Iliffe  John,  Upper  Hill  street 
Ireland  Thos.  72  Upper  Charles  street 
Jacques  William,  17  Mansfield  street 
James  William,  11  Northgate  street 
Jelley  Christopher,  18  Churchgate 
Johnson  William,  17  Knighton  street 
Jones  Charles,  15  Ruding  street 
Jones  William,  16  King  street 
Keeling  Thomas,  4  Curzon  street 
Kinton  William  Thos.  66  Welford  rd 
Looms  William,  75  Colton  street 
Lord  Edward,  49  Churchgate 
Ludlam  William,  53  New  Bridge  st 
Lumb  William,  21  Northgate  street 
Measures  Charles,  11  Russell  square 
Mellis  John,  40  Northgate  street 
Mills  John,  23  Baker  street 
Mills  William,  18  Chatham  street 
Murby  William,  29  Sanvey  gate 
Neale  Samuel,  4  Belvoir  street 
Nedham  John,  23  East  Bond  street 
Nixon  William,  14  Rutland  street 
Palmer  John,  95  Sanvey  gate 
Peak  Joseph,  17  William  street 


Pollard  John,  96  Granby  street 
Pratt  William,  50  Wharf  street 
Preston  Thomas,  200  Belgrave  gate 
Radford  Mary,  1  Victoria  street 
Rice  John,  5  Russell  square 
Riley  Joseph,  17  Mill  lane 
Robinson  Charles,  12  Sparkenhoe  st 
Roebuck  Lucy,  41  Highcross  street 
Russell  John,  Foundry  square 
Russell  Samuel,  79  Belgrave  gate 
Shapley  George,  35  Russell  street 
Simpson  Thomas,  25  Bridge  street 
Slater  Jonas,  6  East  Bond  street 
Stones  Joseph,  12  Northgate  street 
Swift  Daniel,  5  Townhall  lane 
Sykes  Tobias,  16  Granby  street 
Taylor  John,  32  Conduit  street 
Taylor  Thomas,  78  Humberstone  road 
Timson  Charles,  31  Churchgate 
Tipple  William,  60  Sanvey  gate 
Vaughan  William,  30  Burgess  street 
Ward  Charlotte,  29  Colton  street 
Ward  Nathaniel,  52  Sanvey  gate 
Wardle  Isaac,  9  Applegate  street 
Wardle  John,  20  Jarrom  street 
Warner  Robert,  1  Friar's  causeway 
Welford  John,  24  Burgess  street 
Wheatley  Timothy,  184  Belgrave  gate 
Whiles  William,  15  Victoria  street 
Williams  William,  98  Belgrave  gate 
Woodward  William,  11  Camden  street 
Woolman  Richard,  29  Humberstone  gt 
Worrad  Maria,  140  Belgrave  gate 
GROCERS  AND  TEA  DEALERS. 
Adkinson  William,  34  Oxford  street 
Allen  George,  118  Wharf  street 
Anderson  John,  40  Humberstone  gate 
Ashby  John,  159  Belgrave  gate 
Baines  Samuel,  32  Market  street 
Baker  Thomas,  Welford  road 
Barradell  Edward,  621  Welford  road 
Barrs  John,  16  High  street 
Barsby  John,  66  Albion  road 
Barwell  Charles,  69  Humberstone  road 
Bates  Ellen,  80  Highcross  street 
Bell  Henry,  59  Bedford  street 
Berry  Edward  K.  14  Bridge  street 
Billson  &  Sons,  133  Belgrave  gate 
Black  John  William,  33  Charles  street 
Brady  Patrick,  36  Abbey  street 
Briggs  Charlotte,  2  Willow  street 
Clark  Henry,  2  Upper  Brunswick  st 
Collier  William,  57  East  Bond  street 
Collyer  Brothers,  73  Highcross  street 
Cooke  John,  2  Eastgates 
Cooper  John,  134  Belgrave  gate 
Cooper  John  Stokes,  24  Haymarket 
Co-operative  Society,  15  Belgrave  gate 
Cox  John,  40  Archdeacon  lane 
Croshaw  Joseph,  112  Highcrosa  street 


GROCERS  AND  TEA  DEALERS. 


299 


Crosher  Benjamin,  40  Market  place 
Dalby  Thomas,  20  Belgrave  gate 
Dawson  Joseph,  229  Belgrave  gate 
Dudgeon  Joseph,  14  Infirmary  square 
Dunn  Joseph,  18  West  Goscote  street 
Emberlin  Horatio  Edward  (wholesale), 

18  Gallowtree  gate 
Evans  and  Stafford  (loholsale),  Camp- 

npll  stvppf" 
Field  Alfred  T.  25  Hotel  street 
Forknall  Thomas,  9  Bridge  street 
Ford  John,  67  Market  place 
Ford  Thomas,  2  Sanvey  gate 
Fox  Richard,  90  Church  gate 
Frearson  Thomas,  Churchgate 
Freer  Kirby,  34  Mill  lane 
Gill  Thomas,  186  Belgrave  gato 
Gilmour  David,  39  Highcross  street 
Glasson  George,  80  Granby  street 
Green  &  Pettifor,  8  Cheapside 
Gregory  Robert,  64  Waterloo  street 
Hackett  Thomas,  141  Belgrave  gate 
Hall  &  West,  12  Mill  lane 
Hallam  John,  20  Upper  Brown  street 
Harding  Charles,  32  Granby  street 
Hardyman  John,  5  Victoria  parade,  and 

152  Wharf  street 
Harvey  Joseph,  30  Market  place 
Hobson  Lydia,  83  Belgrave  gate 
Holland  George,  Welford  place 
How  William  A.  37  High  street 
Hutt  John,  4  Sanvey  gate 
Jarratt  Thomas,  2  Dun's  lane 
Jackson  Alfred,  28  Northgate  street 
King  Charles,  14  Northgate3 
King  John,  45  Chatham  street 
Kirby  James,  41  Market  place 
Lamb  Edwin,  92  Granby  street 
Lancashire  John,  56  Pasture  lane 
Langham  Thomas,  39  Frog  Island 
Laundon  William,  19  Market  place 
Leverett  John,  5  Blackfriars'  street 
Litchfield  George,  Bur  ley's  lane 
Loveland  Henry,  21  Highcross  street 
Lowery  Mary,  58  Duke  street 
Main  James,  8  Northgate  street 
Marvel  Frederick  William,  92  Humber- 

stone  road 
Mee  Thomas,  1  Bedford  street 
Miles  Thomas,  14  Bay  street 
Mitchell  George,  75  J  Sanvey  gate 
Neale  James  and  Son,  12  Eastgates 
Newcombe  John,  210  Belgrave  gate 
North  Benjamin,  36  Belgrave  gate 
Norton  John,  6  Woodboy  street 
Norton  Thomas  S.  46  Belgrave  gate 
Oram  James  A.  10  Market  place 
Parry  Daniel,  82  Wharf  street 
Pegg  Elizabeth,  60  Southgate  street 
Potter  Joseph  S,  54  Humberstone  rd 


Preston  Daniel,  Asylum  street 
Pratt  Edward,  34  Halford  street 
Pjne  William,  50  Warrington  street 
Pywell  James,  10  Sparkenhoe  street 
Riley  William,  64  Churchgate 
Roberts  Edward  N.,  27  Southgate  st 
Roberts,  Tebbitt,  and  Roberts  (whole- 
sale,) 21  Market  place 
Roberts  Thomas,  2  Humberstone  road 
Rogers  Edwin,  68  Granby  street 
Ryder  William,  5  Jewry  wall  street 
Sarson  John,  11  Hotel  street 
Scampton  John,  143  Wharf  street 
Scampton  Richard  &  Co.  6  Eastgates 
Scholefield  Eliza,  63  Sanvey  gate 
Sheen  Geo.  (wholesale,)  1  Bridge  street 
Shields  John,  34  Northgate  street 
Simpson  Isaac,  36  Curzon  street 
Simpson  Robert,  28  i  Welford  road 
Smith  William,  93  Churchgate 
Smith  Charles,  25  Sanvey  gate 
Spence  Henry,  15  Rutland  street 
Spencer  John,  53  King  street 
Stanion  George,  30  Redcross  street 
Staynes  Henry,  29  Carlton  street 
Stokes  and  Deacon,  18  Abbey  street 
Stokes  Henry,  74  Belgrave  gate 
Swain,  Almond,  and Latchmore  (whole- 
sale,) 25  Highcross  street 
Sykes  William,  31  Wilton  street 
Tailby  Joshua,  90  Belgrave  gate 
Tompkin  William,  132  Wharf  street 
Tyers  Mary,  49  Sanvey  gate 
Tyers  William,  20  Northgate  street 
Wade  John,  233  Belgrave  gate 
Wagstaff  Alfred,  54  Humberstone  gt 
Walker  Edward,  63  Churchgate 
Ward  Joseph,  46 J  Sanvey  gate 
Ward  Thomas  S.  36  Albion  hill 
Ward  Thomas,  43  Burgess  street 
Warner  Jane,  24  Churchgate 
Webb  George,  30  East  Bond  street 
Webster  Joseph,  74  Craven  street 
Wells  Edmund,  3  East  Bond  street 
Wells  George,  2  Benford  street 
Weston  George,  &  Co.  1  Haymarket 
Wheeler  Samuel,  188  Belgrave  gate 
Whitehead  John,  15  Albion  hill 
Wilford  Joseph,  5  St.  Nicholas  square 
Willey  Charles  J.  38  Granby  street 
Willey  Mason,  53  Jewry  wall  street 
Wykes  Maria,  54  Chatham  street 
Wykes  William  and  Son,  49  Humber- 
stone gate 

GUNSMITHS. 
Clarke  Louisa,  20  Humberstone  gate 
Clarke  Thomas,  3  York  st,  Granby  st 
Fray  Thomas,  32  Wharf  street 
Lofley  George,  45  Gallowtree  gate 
Thomsett  Chas,  G.  31  Humberstone  gt 


300 


LEICESTER    DIRECTORY. 


HABERDASHERS. 

(See  also  Drapers,  Hosiery  Dealers, d~c.) 
Ashton  James,  241  Belgrave  gate 
Bedells  Joseph,  Southgate  street 
Benford  Joseph,  35  Northgate  street 
Bentley  William,  159 £  Belgrave  gate 
Blake  Rhoda  Ann,  17  Crown  street 
Broadbent  George,  23  Market  street 
Brofield  John,  2  Northgates 
Brown  Ann,  48  Humherstone  road 
Carnall  Mary  and  Son,  22  Haymarket 
Coltman  Richard,  22  Carlton  street 
Cook  Robert  M.  62  Granby  street 
Cousins  George,  70  Belgrave  gate 
Cousins  John,  22  Welford  road 
Crossley  Ann,  97  High  street 
Davidson  Jane,  7  St.  Martin's 
Davis  Jane,  45  Jarrom  street 
Ellis  Robert,  25  Waterloo  street 
Farnden  William,  24  Applegate  street 
Flavell  John,  25  Northampton  street 
Fox  Samuel,  11  Humberstone  gate 
Fowkes  Martha  and  Mary,  37  Market  st 
Hamilton  Thomas,  3  Pasture  lane 
Handford  Joseph,  87  Highcross   st 
Headley  William,  66  Belgrave  gate 
Hill  Margaret,  113  East  Bond  street 
Hinchliff  John,  24  Northgate  street 
Hurst  John,  47  Granby  street 
Kinsman  Alfred,  60  Welford  road 
Lane  Henry,  21  Causeway  lane 
Linnett  John,  126  Belgrave  gate 
Maskell  George  F.  4  Market  place 
Mawby  John,  52  High  street 
Read  Elizabeth,  31  Highcross  street 
Richardson  George,  57  High  street 
Richardson  William,  17  Applegate  st 
Sandys  Edward,  20  St.  Nicholas  street 
Sandys  William,  &  Co.  14  Highcross  st 
Smeeton  John,  53  Ruding  street 
Smith  John,  144  Wharf  street 
Spencer  Thomas,  8  Peacock  lane 
Stanyon  John,  54  Duke  street 
Sturgess  Thomas,  108  Belgrave  gate 
Waddington  Thomas,  24  Wellington  st 
Webster  Rbc.  and  My.  96  Wellgtn.  st 
Wells  Seth  &  Co.  3  Market  place 
White  Joseph,  102  Belgrave  gate 
Whiting  Ann,  114  Wellington  street 
Wills  Joseph,  33  Belgrave  gate 
Woodward  Eliza,  157  Belgrave  gate 
Wright  John,  75  Sanvey  gate 
Wright  Samuel,  199  Belgrave  gate 
HAIRDRESSERS  &  PERFUMERS. 
Allen  John,  21  Humberstone  gate 
Bellman  Robert,  9  St.  Martin's 
Bennett  John,  23  Highcross  street 
Bradley  William  P.  42  Welford  road 
Briers  John,  33  Burley's  lane 
Burden  Frederick,  8  Infirmary  square 


Callow  Joseph,  8  Campbell  street 
Castledyne  S.  B.  37  St.  George  street 
Chettle  George  R.  62  Belgrave  gate 
Clayton  Ann,  10  Welford  road 
Clifton  Thomas,  49  Granby  street 
Collier  James,  49  High  street 
Collison  John,  29  Elbow  iane 
Cook  John,  16  Rutland  street 
Cook  Thomas,  14  Gas  street 
Coulson  John,  10  Bridge  street 
Crane  William,  63  Belgrave  gate 
Dewick  Joseph,  82  Humberstone  gate 
Eagle  James  T.  H.  59  Granby  street 
Ellicock  Joseph,  92  Oxford  street 
Foxon  John,  11  St.  Nicholas  square 
Foxon  John,  30  Churchgate 
Foxon  John,  29  Gallowtree  gate 
Foxon  Thomas,  182  Belgrave  gate 
Foxon  William,  33  Northgate  street 
Freer  John,  114  Wharf  street 
Flude  Richard,  5  Bridge  street 
Hackett  Thomas,  74  Humberstone  rd 
Harding  Henry,  Hotel  street 
Hipwell  Thomas,  2  Belvoir  street 
Jarvis  John,  4  Oxford  street 
Lane  Thomas,  216  Belgrave  gate 
Lawton  Thomas  H.  54  Northmptn.  st 
Linnett  John,  124  Belgrave  gate 
Mayo  Charles,  63  Oxford  street 
Moxon  William,  2  High  street 
Murdy  John,  56  High  street 
Neal  Edward,  51  Northgate  street 
Nokes  John,  51  Northampton  street 
Parsons  Joseph,  Lower  Redcross  street 
Prentice  Thomas,  28  High  street 
Riley  Henry,  23  High  street 
Simpson  Joseph,  52  Brunswick  street 
Smith  Edward,  27  Humberstone  gate 
Smith  Henry,  6  Wharf  street 
Sprigg  Joseph,  50  Sanvey  gate 
Thorpe  Henry,  4  Granby  street 
Underwood  Richard,  97  Sanvey  gate 
Underwood  Thomas,  28  Sanvey  gate 
Walker  Stephen,  56  Belgrave  gate 
Walker  Thomas,  32  Gallowtree  gate 
Weston  Richard,  38  Sanvey  gate 
Woodward  Frederick,  7  St.  Nicholas  st 
Woodward  Thomas,  29  Market  street 
HAIR  PAD  AND  NET  MAKERS. 
Mee  John,  20  York  street,  Welford  rd 
Parker  Thomas,  35  £  Silver  street 
Roberts  Francis  Wm.  26  St.  Nicholas  st 
Staines  James,  71  Rutland  street 
Woodward  &  Warburton,  Clarence  st 
HATTERS,    &c. 
(Marked  *  are  Hat  Manufacturers.) 
Baines  William  &  Co.  32  Marketplace 
Bennett  Joseph  16  St.  Nicholas  street 
Brown  William,  23  New  Bond  street 
Brown  William,  1  Gallowtree  gate 


TRADES   AND   PROFESSIONS. 


301 


*  Clarke  Joseph  Henry,  46  Richard  st 
*Cockayne  William,  108  Wharf  street 
Collier  Charles,  28  Gallowtree  gate 
♦Co-operative  Society,  71  High  street 
Franks  Thomas,  1  High  street 
Hedges  James,  61  High  street 
♦King  Richard,  2  Nelson  street 
♦Morgan  R.  W.  &  Son,  4  Wellingtn  st 
♦Palmer  Benjamin  A.  17  Granby  street 
Paltingson  Thomas,  9  Chancery  street 
Squires  James,  46  Highcross  street 
Walker  S.  &  Son,  4  Victoria  parade 

*  Webster  Thomas  &  Co.  East  Bond  st 
Wright  Richard,  3  High  street 
HORSE  &  CARRIAGE  LETTERS. 
Ball  and  Son,  Humberstone  gate 
Biggs  John,  1  West  Bond  street 
Boyer  Arthur,  Humberstone  gate 
Catlin  Richard  E.  22  Highcross  street 
Clarke  Samuel,  96  Wharf  street 
Chamberlain  James,  43 £  Regent  street 
Charlesworth  Henry  G.  3  Belgrave  gt 
Cooke   George,   Three   Crowns  yard, 

and  19  Halford  street 
FieldiDg  William,  137  Belgrave  gate 
Ginns  Samuel,  37  Belgrave  gate 
Groocock  William,  148  Wellington  st 
Hames  Francis,  1  Haymarket 
Hammond  George,  70  Welford  road 
Harrold  George  A.  19  Gallowtree  gate 
Illston  John,  33  Sanvey  gate 
Keites  and  Sons,  38  Humberstone  gate 
Mewi3  Joseph,  5  Marble  street 
Munton  John,  12  Humberstone  gate 
Parr  Mary  &  Son,  39  Humberstone  gt 
Pajne  George,  13  Albion  street 
Pettifor  Thomas,  6  Humberstone  gate 
Walling  William,  42  Upper  Conduit  st 

HOSIERY  DEALERS. 
(Sec  also  Drapers  and  Haberdashers.) 
Broome  and  Co.  4  Silver  street 
Brown  William,  1  Gallowtree  gate 
Cartwright  Frances  J.  64  High  street 
Carry er  Joseph,  71  Cheapside 
Dewick  Edward,  7  Northampton  street 
Ellmore  Elizabeth,  8  High  street 
Hackett  Bros.  30  High  street 
Laverack  Joseph,  4  Queen  street 
Oliver  William,  13|  Market  street 
Page  Fanny,  70  Granby  street 
Townsend  Edward,  54  Knighton  street 
Voss  and  Co.  13  Hotel  street 
Wood  John,  5  Market  street 
Wright  Richard,  5  High  street 
HOSIERY    MANUFACTURERS. 
(See  also  Glove,    &c.  Blanvfacturers, 

and  Worsted  Spinners.) 
Allen  John,  35  Charles  street 
Angrave  Rich.  &  Bros.  38  Belvoir  st 
Atkins  John,  54  Rutland  street 


Bailey  Benjamin,  19  Millstone  lane 
Bailey  John,  29  Halford  street 
Bailey  John  P.  Sandacre  street 
Baines  John,  28  Belvoir  street 
Bates  Henry,  21  King  street 
Beales  James,  36  Newarke  street 
Beale  Sarah  Ann,  27  Albion  hill 
Bedells  Joseph,  Southgate  street 
Biddle  John,  81  Humberstone  gate 
Biggs  John  &  Sons,  Belvoir  street 
Billson  and  Hames,  15  Newarke  street 
Brewin  James,  6  Clarence  street 
Butcher  William,  12  Belvoir  street 
Chamberlain  and  Co.  61  Southgate  st 
Chawner  John  and  Co.  25  Newarke  st 
Collins  Richard,  27  Loseby  lane 
Coltman  William,  38  York  st.  Welfd.  rd 
Cooper  Thomas,  64  Chatham  street 
Corah  John,  1  Rutland  street 
Corah  N.  and  Sons,  13  Granby  street 
Cousins  George  and  Co.  9  Belvoir  st 
Cradock  J.  and  S.  26  Morledge  street 
Crofts  Thomas,  10  Bishop  street 
Crofts  T.  and  Sons,  Welford  place 
Cummings,Wilson&  Co.  7Wellington  st 
Cummins  John  &  Co.  King  street 
Dalby  John,  Railway  buildings 
Denton  and  Wright,  Belvoir  street 
Derbyshire  Francis,  4  Yeoman  street 
Dewick  and  Son,  1  Mansfield  street 
Dilkes  James  and  Co.  Brudenell  st 
Dunmore  John  and  Son,  Eldon  street 
Dyes  John,  36  Churchgate 
Dyson  and  Rowles,  44  London  road 
Embrough  Charles,  33  Archdeacon  In 
Fielding  and  How,  West  Bond  street 
Fletcher,  Coy  and  Co.  (chenille),  Rail- 
way buildings,  Campbell  street 
Foster  and  Bunney,  55  Welford  road 
Fowkes  Thomas,  1  Chancery  street 
Gleadow  William,  2  Pockling ton's  wk 
Grace  Samuel,  45  Frog  island 
Groocock  John,  12  Pocklington's  walk 
Groves  William,  91  Churchgate 
Harris  Rd.  and  Sons,  King  street 
Henton  and  Packwood,  21  Nichols  st 
Holyoak  John,  3  Wellington  street 
Hudson  James  &  Sons,  Railway  bldgs. 
Jervis  John  &  Henry,  8  Friars'  road 
Jenkinson  John,  Upper  Brown  street 
Johnson  Henry,  97  Welford  road 
Johnson  H.  and  E.  23  Oxford  street 
Kellam  and  Lacey,  6  Halford  street 
Kirby  and  Thorpe,  16  Millstone  lane 
Langham  John  and  Sons,  23  King.st 
Lea  Charles  &  Co.  9  Newarke  street 
Lee  T.  C.  &  J.  S.  2  Bishop  street 
Leesou  John,  jun.  30  Cank  street 
LennardSml.31Friarln,andl21Belgr.gt 
Lewiu  and  Co.  Watling  street 


302 


LEICESTER   DIRECTORY. 


Lord  John  and  Co.  Charles  street 
Manning  William,  Newarke  street 
March  William,  21  Sussex  street 
Marston  George,  Milton  street 
Mills  Thomas,  22  Charles  street 
Mitchell  Richard,  3  Millstone  lane 
Mowbray  William,  48  Archdeacon  lane 
Noon  Charles,  Railway  buildings 
Noon  Charles,  5  Granby  street 
Odames  Samuel,  Watling  street 
Overton  Robert,  King  street 
Pegg  and  Chapman,  Rutland  street 
Pick  John,  41  Queen  street 
Plant  and  Co.  Wellington  street 
Pool  J.  and  Co.  5  Wellington  street 
Pool  and  Lorrimer,  Welford  place 
Rice  and  Charters,  9  Belvoir  street 
Roberts  J.  and  S.  27  King  street 
Robinson  Joseph,  3  Cart's  lane 
Rowletts  and  Russell,  Welford  place 
Royce  Matthias,  26  Milton  street 
Sargeant  and  Sons,  Charles  street 
Simons  George,  16  Belvoir  street 
Smith  Charles,  36  Charles  street 
Stevenson  T.  and  J.  T.  46  Cank  street 
Stimson  William,  50  Churchgate 
Sturgess  Robert,  17  New  Bridge  street 
Thompson  John  and  Co.  25  Charles  st 
Thornton  John  M.  Rutland  street 
Tower  John,  11  Newarke  street 
Townsend  George,  Watling  street 
Wale  Henry,  25  Belvoir  street 
Walker  and  Kempson,  22  Market  st 
Walker  Robert,  3  Rutland  street 
Ward  and  Sons,  2  Wellington  street 
Warner  and  Co.  Newarke  street 
Warner  &  Sheen,  30  York  st.  Welfd.  rd 
Wayne  Alfred,  1  Mowbray  street 
Webster  John,  13  Bowling  green  lane 
Whitehead  John  &  Sons,  Up.  Brown  st 
Woodhouse  Samuel,  4  Cannon  street 
Woodward  and  Warburton,  Clarence  st 
Young  Daniel,  9  Short  street 
Yeomanson  William,  Upper  Brown  st 
HOTELS,  INNS,  AND  TAVERNS. 
Adm.  Duncan,  J.  Winterton,  24  Fleet  st 
Adm.  Nelson,  J.  Manton,  14  Humbs  gt 
Admiral  Rodney,  Daniel  Kingston,  82 

Highcross  street 
Albert,  John  Manton,  136  Humbs.  road 
Albion,  Francis  Green,  34  Albion  hill 
Anchor,  John  C.  Neal,  43  Charles  st 
Angel,  Elizabeth  Hall,  67  Oxford  st 
Antelope,  William  Jones,  16  Silver  st 
Artilleryman,  Ann  Harmer,  7  Bedford  st 
Axe  and  Square,  George  Williamson, 

20  Sanvey  gate  [causeway. 

Bakers'    Arms,   J.   Moore,  36  Friar's 
Barkby  Arms,  Edward  Dix,  1  Uppev 

George  street 


Barley  Mow,  W.G.  Neale,  3  London  rd 
Barrel,  Wm.  Cooper,  4  Humberstone  gt 
Bedford  Arms,  William  Barston,    11 

Aylestone  road 
Bell  Hotel  {posting),  Arthur  Boyer,  26 

Humberstone  gate 
Belvoir  Castle,   Thomas   Moore,  125 

Northampton  street 
BishopBlaize,AnnTebbs,50CausewayIn 
Black  Boy,  Joseph  Fox,  35  Albion  st 
Black  Bull,  John  Gask,  7  Applegate  st 
Black  Horse,  J.  Swift,  191  Belgrave  gt 
BlackHorse,  Joseph  Curtis, 72  Granby  st 
Black  Lion,  Joseph  Lane,  64  Belgrave  gt 
Black  Swan,  Geo.  Hodges,  169  Belgv.  gt 
Blue    Boar,   Hephzibah   Kitchen,    63 

Southgate  street 
Blue  Lion,  Jno. Whitfield,  21  Granby  st 
Boat  and  Engine,W.m. Arnold, 20Bath  In 
BowBridge,Rd.  Sharp, 2Watt'scauseway 
Bowling  Green,  S.  Kirk,21  St.  Peter's  In 
Bricklayers' Arms,G.Fisher,64  Welfd  rd 
Brickmakers'  Arms,  William  Markham, 

3  St.  George  street 
Brighton  Arms,    William   Weare,   55 

Northampton  street 
Britannia,  Mary  Yates,  10  Castle  street 
Britannia,  Rd.  Cosens,  247  Belgrave  gt 
British  Arms,  Geo.  Smith,  Asylum  st 
British  Lion,  C.  Staines,  14  Russell  sq 
Brunswick  Brewery,    Thomas   Crane, 

Upper  Brunswick  street 
Bull's  Head,  Jas.  Kenney,  25  Market  pi 
Bull's  Head,  Thos.  Sarson,  13  Oxford  st 
Cap  &  Stocking,  S.  Garfield,  Eastgates 
Cape  of  Good  Hope,  Phoebe  Shiers,  34 

Carley  street 
Cardigan  Arms,  J.  Gunton,  Foundry  sq 
Castle  Inn,Thos.Addison,12Castle  view 
CastleTavcrn,Rd.Cain,43  Gallowtree  gt 
Champion,  H.  Wright,  61  Humbs.  gate 
Chelsea  Pensioners,  Thos.  Brougkton, 

46  Southgate  street 
Cherry  Tree,My.Inman,43  EastBond  st 
Clarence  Tav.W.Lenton,  27  Clarence  st 
Coach  and  Horses,   John   Raven,  34 

Humberstone  gate 
Coachmakers'  Arms,  J.  Clewes,  15  Chgt 
Craven  Arms,  Samuel  M.  Randall,  24 

Humberstone  gate 
Cricket  Players',  J.  Knight,  3  Churchgt 
Crispin's  Arms,  Mary  Atkins,  34  Jewry 

wail  street 
Cross  Keys,  S.  Hawley,  107  Highcross  st 
Crown,  Matthew  Leeson,  8  Horsefair  st 
Crown  and  Anchor,  Joseph  Brown,  170 

Belgrave  gate 
Crown  and  Anchor,  William  Coleman, 

26  Millstone  lane 
Crown  &  Dolphin,  E.  Cuff,  1  Holybones 


INNS   AND    TAVERNS. 


soa 


Crown  and  Cushion,  John  Boot,  75 

Belgrave  gate 
Crown  and  Cushion,  George  M.  King, 

32  Churchgate 
Crown  and  Thistle,  William  Overton, 

29  Northgate  street 
Crown  and  Thistle,  Thomas  Morgan, 

45  Townhall  lane 
Crown  and  Thistle,  William  Powdrill, 

16  Losehy  lane 
Dane  Hill  Tavern,  Matilda  Heady,  45 

Watts'  causeway 
Daniel  Lambert,  William  Wilkinson, 

54  Dover  street 
Dixie  Arms,  G.  Collis,  1  N.  Bond  st 
Dog  and  Gun,  E.  Enoch,  41  Market  st 
Dolphin,  Geo.  Litchfield,  2  Litchfield  st 
Dover  Castle,  Isaac  Tarry,  34  Dover  st 
Duke  of  Cambridge,  S.  Paine, lGrapest 
Duke  of  Cumberland,  William  Smart, 

39  Cumberland  street 
Duke  of  Devonshire,  Ann  Compton,  10 

Bay  street 
Duke  of  Northumberland,  Joseph  Cant, 

6  Old  Mill  lane 
Duke  of  Rutland,  Henry  Millard,  51 

Oxford  street 
Duke  of  Wellington,  William  Sutton, 

74  Wellington  street 
Duke  of  York,  Edward  Kilbourne,  10 

Southgates 
Durham  Ox,  J.  Weston,  239  Belgr.  gate 
Earl  Grey,  Benjamin  Flavell,  25  Ash- 
well  street 
Earl  Howe's  Arms,  William  Cross,  52 

Humberstone  road 
Earl  Howe's  Arms,  Jane  Haddon,  25 

Braunstone  gate 
Earl  of  Leicester,  George  Burden,  22 

Infirmary  square 
Earl  of  Leicester,  Sarah  Wickes,  50 

Brunswick  street 
Earl  Stamford's  Arms,  John  Wheat, 

23  Northgate  street 
Eight  Bells,  J.  Hughes,  57  Bedford  st 
Elephant  and  Castle,  Turner  &  Stokes, 

37  York  street,  Granby  street 
Engine,  Ann  Norton,  12  Queen  street 
Falcon,  Goodwin  &  Co.  18  Granby  st 
Fish  &  Quart,  Thos.  Allen,  65  Churchgt 
Fleur  de  Lis,  Saml.  Ginns,37Belgv.gt 
Flying  Horse,   William   Dickens,   20 

Wellington  street 
Foresters,  James  Barber,  Frog  island 
Foresters'   Arms,   Elizabeth  Darman, 

27  Dry  den  street 
Fountain,  Jno.  Wells,  52  Humbstn.  gt 
Fox,  William  Cook,  13  Humbstn.  gate 
Fox  &  Hounds,  Henry  Beckett,  110 
Humberstone  road 


Freeman's  Arms,  B.  Brown,  Burley's  In 
Freeman's    Arms,    Thomas    Bull,    9 

Aylestone  road 
Full  Moon,   Charles   Craythorne,   20 

Russell  square 
FullMoon,  Jph.  Sturgcss,  16E.Bondst 
Gardeners'  Arms,  George  Bishop,  225 

Belgrave  gate 
Genl.  Havelock,  Kirby  Freer,  34  Mill  In 
Generous  Briton,   John   Turville,  83 

Wharf  street 
George,  Hannah  Richards,  43  Wharf  st 
George  Hotel  {'posting),  John  Brown, 

9  Haymarket 
George  &  Dragon ,  Jas.  Yates,  1 1  Kent  st 
George  &   Dragon,   George   Frith,   2 

Freehold  street 
George  III.,  Jas.  Lee,  22  Wharf  street 
George  III.,  Jno.  Gamble,  40  Abbey  st 
Globe,  Ann  Meres,  43  Silver  street 
Golden  Ball,  Rt.  Topps,  21  Bkhouse.  In 
GoldenLion,Rd.Tooley,26  Highcross  st 
Green  Man,  C.  Gutteridge,  80  Wharf  st 
Greyhound,  A.  Rawling,  51  Thames  st 
Griffin,  Jas.  Smart,  89  Belgrave  gate 
Hare  &  Hounds,  Charles  Sawbridge, 

27  Conduit  street 
Hare  &  Pheasant,  Ann  &  Mary  Moore, 

87  High  street 
Hat   &  Beaver,   Francis   Morris,    60 

Highcross  street 
Heanor  Boat,  Thos.  Hughes,  Pasture  In 
Hinckley  Road  Brewery,  Jno.  Johnson, 

5  Infirmary  road 
Hind  Inn,  Chas.  Ore,  49  London  road 
Holly  Bush,  John  Johnson, 211  Belgv.gt 
Horse  &  Groom,  William   Keites,  51 

Humberstone  gate 
Horse    &  Jockey,    Henry   Lamb,   46 

Humberstone  gate 
Horse  &  Jockey,  William  Gregory,  10 

Northgate  street 
Joiners' Arms,  John  Stevenson, Taylor  st 
Jolly  Angler,  Edw.  Everitt,  Wharf  st 
Jolly   Butcher,    William   Preston,    45 

Northgate  street 
Keek's  Arms,  Jno.  Hutchins,  50  Arch- 
deacon lane 
King,  Joseph  Brown,  58  Burley's  lane 
King   &   Crown,    George   Lomath,    7 

Townhall  lane 
King's  Head,  Thos.  Foxon,  28  King  st 
Lancaster  Castle,  Samuel  Flewitt,  27 

Arthur  street 
Lion  &  Dolphin,  S.  Bertram,  35Mkt.  pi 
Lion  &  Lamb,  Robert  Burnham,  51 

Gallowtree  gate 
Loggerheads,  John  Kellett,  16  Lower 

Redcross  street 
I  Ld.  Byron,  Wm.Townsend,  14  Gravel  st 


304 


LEICESTER   DIRECTORY. 


Lord  Durham,  Rd.  Gray,  41  Albion  st 
Ld.  Raglan,  Jno.  Bray,  55  N.  Bridge  st 
Ld.  RanclirFe,My.Bailey,  33Redcross  st 
Loughborough  House,  Hy.  Thornton, 

29  Churchgate 
Magazine,  A.  Cummings,  21  Newarkest 
Malt  Shovel,  Wm.  Brown,  8  Lr.  Cbgt 
Mansfield's  Head,  John  Stevenson,  2 

Sandacre  street 
Marlbro's  Head,  Robert  Peberdy,  28 

Welford  road 
Marq.of  Granby,  Rt.  Suttou,  16  Castle  st 
Marquis  of  Hastings,  William   Norton, 

66  Navigation  street 
Marquis  of  Wellington,  Jobn    Crofts, 

69  London  road 
Milton's  Head,  Saml.  Millis,Woodboy  st 
Mitre  &  Keys,  William  Whatton,  26 

Applegate  street 
Nag's  Head,  Geo.  Hill,  19  Highcross  st 
Nag's  Head,  Hy.  Gisborn,  67  Granby  st 
Nag's  Head,  Luke  Brice,  2  Northgate  st 
Nag's   Head   and    Star,   John    Henry 

Smith,  72  Oxford  street 
Neptune,  Thomas  Goss,  16  Dun's  lane 
Newarke  Tavern,  John  Read,  59  Mill  In 
New  Inn,  Wm.  Hollin,  12  Highcross  st 
New  Inn,  SI.  Dickens,  226  Belgrave  gt 
New  Leicester  Inn,  John  Barsby,  68 

Upper  Brunswick  street 
New  Town  Arms,  Robert  Bindley,  17 

Milton  street 
North  Bridge  Inn,  Rd.  Smith,  Frog  isld 
Nottingham  Arms,  Frederick  H.  Law- 
rence, 112  Belgrave  gate 
OldBlack  Horse,  T.Hassall,20  Abbeygt. 
Old  Bowling  Green,  Sarah  Stretton,  44 

Oxford  street 
Old  Cheese,  Jas.  Knight,153  Belgrave  gt 
Old  Dixie  Arms,  Lewis  B.  Abbott,  2 

Curzon  street 
Old  Horse,  Edw.  Clarke,  114  London  rd 
Old   King's  Arms,   John    Stain,    100 

Sanvey  gate 
Old  Mitre,  William  Andrews,  1  Lower 

Redcross  street 
Old  Peacock,  Hy.  Watts,  1  Highcross  st 
Old  Red  Lion,  S.Robinson,  47  Sanvey  gt 
Old  White  Horse,  Mary  Scott,  32  Duke  st 
Orange  Tree,  John  Garner,55  Nortbgt.  st 
Pack  Horse,  John  G  ibbins,  246  Belgv.  gt 
Painters'  Arms,  Thos.  Atkin,  4  Vict,  st 
Peacock,  Eliz.  Hunt,  251  Belgrave  gate 
Pelican,  Hy.  Hughes,  49  Gallowtree  gt 
PiedBull,  John Collison,  105  Highcrs.st 
Pine  Apple,  J.  Markham,  16  Archdn.  In 
Plough,  Wm.  Johnson,  16  Humbst.  gfc 
Porter's  Lodge,  C.  Scott,  36  N.  Bond  st 
Prince  Albert,  John  Fewkes,  1  Upper 

Conduit  street 


Prince    Blucher,    Robert    Spick,    152 

Wellington  street 
Prince  Leopold,  Geo.  Green,  14  Wlfd.  rd 
Prince    Regent,   James    Johnson,    56 

Granby  street 
Princess  Charlotte, C.  Inraan,8  Oxford  st 
Queen,  Wm.  Neale,  28  Southampton  st 
Queen's    Head,   William    Taylor,    12 

Town  Hall  lane 
Railway  Hotel,  J.  Slawson,  Campbell  st 
Railway  Inn, AnnHammond,12Bridge  st 
Rainbow  and  Dove,  Samuel  Cleaver, 

13  Northampton  street 
Ram,  Geo.  Sturgess,  13  St.  Nicholas  st 
Recruiting  Sergeant,  Samuel  Long,  2 

St.  Nicholas  square 
Red  Cow,  Chas.  Crofts,  142  Belgr.  gt 
Red  Lion,  R.Freeman,  45  Highcross  st 
Reindeer,  Joseph  Taylor,  4  Dun's  lane 
RichardIII.,Geo.Fardell,  70  Highcrs.st 
Roebuck,  Danl.  Brown,  46  High  street 
Robin  Hood,  Harriet  Abrain,  19Woodgt 
Robin  Hood  ,Rd.  Rudkin,41Gallowtr.gt 
Rose  &  Crown,  Ths.  Gamble,  31  Crabst 
Rose  and  Crown,  Ellis  P.  Thomas,  92| 

Humberstone  road 
Royal  George,  Thos.  Plant,  9  Charles  st 
Royal  Oak,  John  Thompson,  7  Bridge  st 
Royal  Standard,   Joseph  Benford,  23 

Charles  street 
Russell  Tavern, Thos. Allen,  6 Rutland  st 
Rutland  Arms,  Elizabeth  Johnson,  23 

Horsefair  street 
Sailors'   Return,    Samuel   Glover,    20 

Bridge  street 
Salmon,  Geo.  Dewick,  15  Buttclose  In 
Sanveygate  Tavern,  Joseph  Waterfield, 

72  Sanveygate 
Saracen'sHead,Eliz. Simpson,  8  Hotel  st 
Shakspere's   Head,   William   Peel,    19 

Southgate  street 
Shamrock,   Thos.  Chamberlain,   Royal 

East  street 
Ship,  Edw.  Spawton,  11  Soar  lane 
Sir  Robert  Peel,Wm.Higgs,  50Jarrom  st 
Sir  Thomas  White,  Eliz.  Newell,  34 

Russell  street 
Slaters'  Arms,  Wm.  Foster,  36  Wm.  st 
Spa  Tavern,  Wm.  Eames,  2  William  st 
Spread  Eagle,  Ann  Blood,  2  Church  st 
Stag  and  Pheasant  (posting),  Henry  A. 

Thomson,  6  Humberstone  gate 
Stag's  Head,  Joseph  Watkin,  1  Augus- 
tine Friars 
Star,  Hy.G.  Charlesworth,  3  Belgrave  gt 
Star,  Henry  Flude,  Public  wharf 
StirlingCastle,  Saml.  Pegg,  41  Ruding  st 
Stockdale  Arms,Ths.  Williams,  27East  st 
Sultan  Inn,  Benj.  Shelton,  Public  wharf 
Sun,  Thos.  Allsop,  96  Churchgate 


INNS   AND    BEERHOUSES. 


305 


Swan  -with  -Two  -  Necks,  Mary  Towns- 
end,  46  Granby  street 
Swan  and  Bushes,  Samuel  Bennett,  1 

Infirmary  square 
Talbot,  George  Haddon,  59  Denraan  st 
Talbot,  Geo.  Evans,  19  St.  Nicholas  st 
Ten  Bells,  John  Illston,  33  Sanvey  gt 
Three  Cranes,  Geo.  Hannam,  84  Hum- 

here  tone  gate 
Three  Crowns  Hotel  (posting),   Sarah 

Carter,  2  Horsefair  street 
Tiger,  John  Sands,  14  Northgate  street 
Town  Arms,  John  Sheffield,  18  Pock- 

lington's  walk 
Turk'sHead,  Jas.Wright,  109Welford  rd 
Union,  Ann  Sansom,  120  Wharf  street 
Victoria,  C.  McNealStone,  130  Churchgt 
Vine,  Thos.  Bakewell,  69  Highcross  st 
Vine,  Henry  Tarratt,  14  Vine  street 
Waggon  andHorses,  Edwd.  Sarrington, 

61  Granby  street 
Wardens  Arms,  Jph. Moore,  65Richard  st 
WelcomeInn,Wm.Barratt,23Canningpl 
Wellington  and  Castle,  John  Muggles- 

ston,  36  Granby  street 
WheatSheaf,  Thos.Peberdy,  84 Wheat  st 
Wheat  Sheaf,W.  H.  Nutt,  39Gallowtr.  gt 
WhiteBear,  JohnPicken,  28Thornton  In 
WhiteHartHotel,Ts.Marston,5Haymkt. 
White  Hart,  John  Dilkes,  69  Wharf  st 
White  Horse,  Wm. Brown,  27  Belgr.gt 
White  Swan,  Thos.  Hall,  17  Market  pi 
White  Swan,  J.  Sawbridge,  77  Belgr.Jgt 
White  Lion,  Hy.  Freeman,  22  Market  pi 
William IV.,  Jno. Williams,  60  Colton  st 
Willow  Tree,  Geo.  Penny,  91  Willow  st 
Windmill,  Henry  Webb,  7  Churchgate 
Woodboy,  Fras.  Garner,  5  Woodboy  st 
Woodman'sArms,Hy.Voss,18Rutlandst 
Woodman's  Stroke,  Elizabeth  Arnold, 

19  Wellington  street 
Woolcombers'  Arms,  Henry  Wood,  Lwr. 

Churchgate 
Woolcombers'  Arms,  Geo.  Stone,  Royal 

East  street 
Woolpack,  John  Biggs,  1  West  Bond  st 
World'sEnd,Geo.Vickers,37Frogisland 

BEERHOUSES. 
Adcock  Henry,  48  Northgate  street 
Agar  Charles,  48  Willow  street 
Armstrong  George,  20  Dover  street 
Arnold  Sarah,  58  Highcross  street 
Bagley  Edward,  30  Lower  Churchgate 
Bailey  Thomas,  128  Belgrave  gate 
Ballard  James,  1  Willow  street 
Banton  William,  106  High  street 
Barsby  William,  44  Conduit  street 
Beasley  Anna,  9  Marlborough  street 
Beeby  Thomas,  63  Highcross  street 
Biddies  John,  46  Alexander  street 


Bishop  Geo.  225  Belgrave  gate 
Blastock  Thomas,  106  Wheat  street 
Blatherwick  Sarah,  73  Humberstone  gt 
Bolesworth  Thos.  7  Augustine  Friars 
Bradshaw  John,  116  Churchgate 
Brewin  Robert,  48  Belgrave  gate 
Broome  Samuel,  73  Sanvey  gate 
Brown  Elias,  21  Belgrave  gate 
Burden  Wm.  C.  27  St.  Nicholas  street 
Burdett  John,  26  Halford  street 
Butt  Thomas,  102  Lee  street 
Cattell  Thomas,  156  Belgrave  gate 
Cave  John,  36,  Upper  Charles  street 
Cheney  William,  41  Chatham  street 
Clayton  Thomas,  1  Arnold  street 
Cox  Joseph  H.  174  Belgrave  gate 
Dalby  James,  13  Blackfriars  street 
Curtis  John,  6  George  street 
Davenport  Charles,  61  Welford  road 
Deacon  John,  52  Fleet  street 
Deacon  William,  7  Bowling  green  lane 
Dickinson  Elizabeth,  26  Carriugton  st 
Dorman  Frederick,  69  Bedford  street 
Dudgeon  Benj.  24  York  st.  Welford  rd 
Dunkin  Thomas,  39  Halford  street 
Edgley  Thomas,  Belgrave  gate 
Fewkes  Edwin  A.  2  Providence  place 
Fielding  William,  137  Belgrave  gate 
Flude  William,  54  Braunstone  gate 
Franklin  Robert,  24  Metcalfe  street 
Freestone  John,  21  Talbot  lane 
Furburrow  Richard,  21  Wharf  street 
Garner  Elizabeth,  29  Bedford  street 
Garner  Henry,  2  Russell  square 
Gimson  William,  23  Chatham  street 
Graves  Nathaniel,  46  Oxford  street 
Griffin  Henry,  33  Elbow  lane 
Groves  William,  Lower  Garden  street 
Gunton  Joseph,  16  Carley  street 
Harris  John,  30  Luke  street 
Heath  John,  105  Churchgate 
Herbert  Jeremiah,  15  Mill  lane 
Hyde  Barnard,  108  Wellington  street 
Illston  Joseph,  81  Highcross  street 
Jackson  Job,  Watling  street 
Johnson  Joseph,  15  Millstone  lane 
Juba  Otho,  56  Churchgate 
Juba  James,  21  Grange  lane 
Kenney  George,  1  Foxon  street 
Kin  ton  Thomas,  1  Bridge  street 
Kirk  Thomas,  84  Bedford  street 
Leake  Daniel,  13  Causeway  lane 
Letts  George,  94  London  road 
Ludlam  Mary,  94  Sanvey  gate 
Long  John,  40  York  st.  Welford  road 
Manning  Joseph,  32  Nicholas  street 
Marlow  Thomas,  21  Colton  street 
Merrill  William,  2  Midland  street 
Miles  Charles,  21  Bow  street 
Mills  William,  3  Abbey  gate 

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Moore  John,  13  Alfred  street 
Mortimore  Charles,  13  Upr.  Charles  st 
Morton  Mary  Ann,  9  New  Bond  street 
Murdy  James,  40  Churchgate 
Needham  Matthew,  Coventry  street 
Newton  William,  25  Peel  street 
Nichols  Charles,  47  Asylum  street 
Paul  William,  50  Colton  street 
Phipps  William,  6  Colton  street 
Pilgram  John,  2  Bath  lane 
Piatt  Thomas,  39  Queen  street 
Preston  Milicent,  125  Belgrave  gate 
Rainbow  James,  22  Denman  street 
Read  Elizabeth,  94  Belgrave  gate 
Richards  Hiram,  17  Devonshire  street 
Ross  Thomas  G.  19  Belvoir  street 
Sarson  Charles,  40  Curzon  street 
Sibson  Thomas,  4  Horsefair  street 
Simpson  Edward,  27  Bridge  street 
Spriggs  George,  11  Goswell  street 
Spring  James,  21  Thames  street 
Spurway  John,  29  Grape  street 
Stafford  George,  2  Wilton  street 
Sutton  James,  38  Lower  Hill  street 
Tebbutt  Thomas,  57  Rading  street 
Thurlby  William,  40  Burgess  street 
Toone  William,  1  Southgate  street 
Trivvitt  Hezekiah,  61  Humberstone  gt 
Twiggs  John,  2  Ruding  street 
Walker  Benjamin,  15  Denman  street 
Walker  James,  2  Fleet  street 
Walling  William,  42  Upper  Conduit  st 
Warner  Daniel,  123  Belgrave  gate 
Watts  Jeremiah,  81  High  street 
Wells  William,  22  Luke  street 
White  Benjamin,  4  Harcourt  street 
Wickes  Thomas,  15  Yeoman  street 
Wilson  William,  151  Belgrave  gate 
IRON  AND  BRASS  FOUNDERS, 
ENGINEERS,   &c. 
Clarke  R.  and  G.,  All  Saints'  Open 
Cort  and  Paul,  2  Market  place 
Death  and  Cox,  16  Southgate  street 
Gimson  and  Co.  26  Welford  road 
Illston  George  F.,  Causeway  lane 
Jeesop  Joseph,  11  Canning  place 
Jarratt  Moses,  7  St.  Nicholas  square 
Law  John  and  Son,  Charles  street 
March  William  and  Co.,  St.  Peter's  In 
Pegg  Samuel,  41  Ruding  street 
Pegg  John,  Elbow  lane 
Richards  Wm.  and  Co.  178  Belgrave  gt 
Ride  Joseph,  15  Friars'  causeway 
Ride  Samuel,  Alexander  street 
Sharman  Henry,  Bow  bridge  street 
Ward  Joseph,  Watling  street 
IRONMONGERS. 
(See  also  Braziers,  d'c.) 
Baines  and  Coleman,  9  Cheapside 
Bramley  William  F.  40  Granby  street 


Cort  and  Paul,  2  Market  place 
Gent  Elizabeth,  10  Pike  street 
Gray  Henry,  6  New  Bond  street,  and 

21  Market  place 
Griffin  Robert  Henry,  46  Market  place 
Hunt  and  Pickering,  14  Gallowtree  gt 
Johnson  Thos.  &  Son,  54  Gallowtree  gt 
Keightley  George  Hy.  27  Gallowtree  gt 
Mudford  John  W.  7  Market  place 
Parsons  and  Brown,  63  Market  place 
Pochin  Robert  and  Son,  30£  Granby  st 
Spriggs  John,  17  Northampton  Btreet 
Warner  Thomas  R.  52  Gallowtree  gate 
JEWELLERS,  &o. 
(See  also  Watchmakers.) 
Brewin  Thomas.  14  St.  Nicholas  street 
Birch  William,  37  Granby  street 
Blyth  Thomas,  39  Granby  street 
Cleaver  William,  13  Northampton  street 
Gray  William,  52  Cheapside 
Hammonds  Israel,  6  Market  place 
Jones  Henry,  9  Market  place 
Kempester  John  P.  3$  London  road 
Shaw  James,  3  Cheapside 
Wilkinson  Isaac,  13  High  street 
JOINERS. 
(See  Builders  and  Carpenters.) 
LACE  DEALERS. 
Maskell  George  F.  4  Market  place 
Mowbray  William,  48  Archdeacon  lane 
Partridge  William,  27  High  street 
Peach  John,  25  Town  hall  lane 
Robins  Robert,  2  Granby  street 
Voss  and  Co.  13  Hotel  street 
LAMBS'  WOOL  YARN  MANUFRS. 
(See  Worsted  Spinners.) 
LAND  SURVEYORS. 
(See  also  Architects.) 
Busby  William,  72  Curzon  street 
Dain  M.  J.  (County),  St.  Martin's 
Dew  John,  35  Friar  lane 
Macaulay  Colin  A.  22  Friar  lane 
Miles  Roger  Dutton,  37  Friar  lane 
Miles  Thomas,  87  Friar  lane 
Redman  Thomas,  6  New  street 
Stephens  E.  L.  (borough),  24  Silver  st 

LIBRARIES. 
Browne  Thomas  C.  36  Market  place 
Church  of  England  Institute,  7  Loseby 

lane  ;  J.  Garrett,  librarian 
Leicester  Library,   Granby  street;  F. 

Gowar,  librarian 
Mechanics'  Institution,  New  Hall;  J. 

Johnson,  librarian 
Spencer  J.  &  T.  20  Market  place 
Staines  Elizabeth,  11  Wellington  street 
Temperance  Library,  Granby  street;  A. 

Moulds,  librarian 
Town    Library,    St.    Martin's    West; 

Lucy  M.  Dawson,  librarian 


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Young  Men's  Christian  Assocn.,  1  St. 

Martin's,  East ;  E.  Foster,  librarian 
Young  Women's  Christian  Assocn.,   4 

Hotel  st;  Miss  Chamberlain,  librarian 
LIME  BURNERS,  &c. 
Bowmar  Charles  B.  90  High  street 
Cayless  Charles,  Public  wharf 
Ellis  John  &  Sons,  West  Bridge  wharf 
Harris  Samuel  S.,  West  Bridge 
Sharp  William,  179  Belgrave  gate 
Webb  &  Austin,  Public  wharf 
LOCKSMITHS. 
(See  Whitesmiths.) 
MACHINE  MAKERS. 
Allen  William,  25  Albion  street 
Brailsford  Ann,  15  New  Bridge  street 
Brailsford  Tom,  Oxford  street 
Death  &  Cox,  16  Southgate  street 
Fawkes  George,  29  St.  Nicholas  street 
Gimson  &  Co.  26  Welford  road 
Hopwell  J.  &  Son,  Alexander  street 
Johnson  Kenelm,  Short  street 
Johnson  Thomas,  13  Freeschool  lane 
Lee  and  Co.  70  Churchgate 
Mackew  James,  St.  Peter's  lane 
Postlethwaite  George  Rd.,  Dover  st 
Poyner  James,  Bath  lane 
Poyner  Charles,  38  Southgate  street 
Ride  Samuel,  Alexander  street 
Scott  Henry,  18  Millstone  lane 
Shuttleworth  Daniel,  20  Sycamore  lane 
Tomlin  Edward,  9  Townhall  lane 
Tomlin  Edward,  jun.  5  Applegate  st 
West  William  and  Son  (agricultural), 

5  Rutland  street 
Wigley  John,  10  Peacock  lane 

MALTSTERS. 
Allsop  Charles,  Rawson  street 
Baldwin  William,  Narborough  road 
Bromhead  Richard,  42  Granby  street 
Brown  John,  Pasture  lane 
Crane  Thomas,  Upper  Brunswick  st 
Crow  Benjamin,  41  Sanvey  gate 
Ellis  Robert,  164  Highcross  street 
Else  &  Froane,  14  Loseby  lane 
Everard  William,  45  Southgate  street 
Goodwin  J.  W.  &  Co.  103  Highcross  st 
Harbot  Mary,  25  Upper  Charles  street 
Harrison  George,  2  Haymarket 
Hull  Thomas,  26  Newarke  street 
Johnson  John,  Hinckley  road 
Johnson  Thomas,  49  Southgate  street 
Norton  Thomas,  37  Conduit  street 
Peel  John,  7  Albion  street 
Smith  Thomas,  70  Mansfield  street 
Tacey  Thomas,  18  Blue  Boar  lane  • 
Taylor  William,  189  Belgrave  gate 
Thorpe  James,  31  East  street 
Thorpe  Thomas,  Wellington  street 
Watts  &  Son,  32  High  street 


MARINE  STORE  DEALERS. 
Mansell  Henry,  66  Dover  street 
Marvin  William,  37  Upr.  Brunswick  st 
Quincey  T.  &  Co.,  Grange  lane 
Taylor  Joseph,  4  New  Bond  street 
Thornton  Eliza,  67  Dover  street 
Towers  George,  129  Highcross  street 
Veasey  Benjamin,  4  Grange  lane 
Waddington  George,  12  Albion  street 

MATTRESS  MAKERS. 
Dethick  Henry,  Belgrave  gate 
Hebb  Edwin,  36  Mansfield  street 
Woodford  George,  9  Rutland  street 

MILLINERS. 
Adnutt  Mary,  51  East  street 
Bacon  Eliz.  52  St.  George  street 
Bailey  Jane,  50  Albion  street 
Banton  Elizabeth,  7  Rutland  street 
Bark  Priscilla,  38  Gallowtree  gate 
Barrows  Jane,  6§  St.  James  street 
Bass  Mary  A.  34  Bridge  street 
Bastard  Jane,  31  Newarke  straet 
Bateman  Mary  Ann,  29  Duke  street 
Bates  Elizabeth,  38  Albion  street 
Bennett  Elizabeth,  176 i  Belgrave  gale 
Biggs  Eliza,  4  Church  street 
Billson  Elizabeth,  40  Albion  hill 
Bishop  Harriett,  24  Belvoir  street 
Bithrey  Ann,  65  Lee  street 
Blackwell  Sarah,  13  James  street 
Bolton  Sarah,  17  Queen  street 
Botham  Frances,  16  Chancery  street 
Bower  Elizabeth,  45  Wellington  street 
Bowra  Hannah,  75  Humberstone  gate 
Breward  Sarah,  91  Brunswick  street 
Brewin  Charlotte,  40  Southampton  st 
Brobson  Mary,  15  Stamford  street 
Brown  Emma,  160  Belgrave  gate 
Brown  Mary,  9  Hotel  street 
Brown  Mary  Ann,  2  Gower  street 
Bull  Eliza,  34  Albion  street 
Bull  Elizabeth  A.  49  Benford  street 
Burrows  Ann,  14  Tower  street 
Canner  Ellen,  10  Harcourt  street 
Carrington  Eliza,  11  Archdeacon  lane 
Cart  Jessie,  12  Albion  hill 
Carter  Elizabeth,  8  Elton  street 
Carter  Mary  Ann,  26  High  street 
Carter  &  Thompson,  142  Churchgate 
Chad  wick  Sarah,  90  London  road 
Chamberlain  Fanny,  14  Charles  street 
Chapman  Emma,  30  Carlton  street 
Clarke  Charlotte,  19  Conduit  street 
Clayton  Caroline,  52  Friar  lane 
Cockerill  Mary,  6£  Osborne  street 
Coles  Mary,  47  St.  George  street 
Collier  Elizabeth,  47  High  street 
Collin  Elizabeth,  116  Belgrave  gate 
Constantine  Elizabeth,  6  Russell  s<j 
Cowper  Ann,  82  High  street 
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Cox  Eliza,  52  Southampton  street 
Cox  Rachel  &  Mary,  2  Pelham  street 
Daft  Eliza,  18  Fleet  street 
Daniels  Mary  Ann,  190  Belgrave  gate 
Davis  &  Green,  Hotel  street 
Dennis  Ruth,  80  High  street 
Dove  Mary,  22  King  street 
Draycott  Mary,  67  Colton  street 
East  Emma,  59  High  street 
Ellis  Rebecca,  7  Kent  street 
Ferrar  Ann,  17  Carlton  street 
Fletcher  Susan,  60  Brunswick  street 
Flewitt  Elizabeth,  38  Northampton  st 
Gardiner  Elizabeth,  45  Granby  street 
Gardiner  Sophia,  4  West  Bond  street 
Garland  Mary  J.,  Harcourt  street 
Garner  Mary,  10  Clinton  street 
Glover  Elizabeth,  1  Cheapside 
Goddard  Sophia,  28  Eldon  street 
Goodwin  Sarah  andEliz.,  34Ashwellst 
Grant  Selina,  12  Nichols  street 
Gray  Eliza,  67  Highcross  street 
Gray  Mary,  2  Gravel  street 
Grocock  Mary  A.  80  Humbstn.  road 
Guilford  Elizabeth  A.  50  Lee  street 
Hacket  Lydia,  36  Humberstone  gate 
Hammond  Hannah,  3  Conduit  street 
Hand  Betsy,  14  Lyndhurst  street 
Harding  Harriet,  22  Lawson  street 
Hardy  Mary,  100  Wellington  street 
Harrison  Mary  A.  24  Colton  street 
Harrison  Sarah,  23  South  Church  gate 
Hawkins  Eliza,  53  Churchgate 
Hewitt  Mary  Ann,  13  Marquis  street 
Hewson  Elizabeth,  14  York  street 
Hill  Ann,  24  East  Bond  street 
Hill  Catherine,  26  Welford  road 
Hilton  Elizabeth,  51  High  street 
Hodson  Mary  A.  49  King  street 
Holford  Adelaide,  3  Waterloo  street 
Holland  Mary,  51  East  Bond  street 
Hollins  Eliza,  53  Nichols  street 
Howard  Catherine  and  Sar.  36  King  st 
Hull  Mary,  21  Dover  street 
Hubbard  Sarah  A.  30  Carlton  street 
Humphrey  Selina,  54  Southgate  street 
Hutchinson  Lucetta,  78  Wellington  st 
Hutchinson  Mary,  43  East  street 
Jackson  Ann,  11  Marlborough  street 
Jacques  Elizabeth,  30  East  Bond  street 
Jarratt  Elizabeth,  23  Loseby  lane 
Jennings  Catherine,  31  Sanvey  gate 
Jessop  Fanny,  35  Burton  street 
Johnson  Ann,  7  Stanley  street 
Johnson  Mary,  4  Northgates 
Johnson  Mary  A.,  30  Queen  street 
Jordan  Ann,  118  Highcross  street 
Judge  Sarah,  41  High  street 
Kilbourn  Annie,  32  Tower  street 
Law  Mary  Ann,  7  Dover  street 


Mansell  Harriett,  104  Granby  street 
Mayne  Hannah,  19  Albion  street 
Mee  Sarah,  61  Conduit  street 
Merrall  Harriett,  129  Churchgate 
Miller  Winifred,  43  Churchgate 
Moore  Eliza,  3  Peel  street 
Moorhouse  Maria,  23  East  street 
Morris  Ann,  40  Upper  Charles  street 
Musson  Mary  Ann,  13  Curzon  street 
Musson  Maria,  Clarence  street 
Naylor  Harriet,  162  Belgrave  gate 
Neale  Selina,  19J  Bow  street 
Newton  Elizabeth,  63  Queen  street 
Newton  Sarah,  St.  John  street 
Nichols  Jessie,  7  Rupert  street 
Noble  Priscilla,  Upper  Charles  street 
Nokes  William,  26  Market  place 
Norris  and  Gant,  6  Humberstone  road 
Partridge  William,  27iHigh  street 
Payne  Maria,  92  Wharf  street 
Poole  Elizabeth,  18  Lower  Hill  street 
Porter  Emma,  15  St.  George  street 
Poynton  Martha,  14  Samuel  street 
Price  Sarah,  16£  Clarence  street 
Priestley  Eliza,  4  St.  James'  street 
Quarmby  Anne,  30  Silver  street 
Rawson  Matilda,  63  St.  George  street 
Randall  Eleanor,  54  Wharf  street 
Roberts  Emma,  50  Upper  Brunswick  st 
Sarson  Mary,  20  Carrington  street 
Savage  Eliza,  78  Dover  street 
Shilcock  Ann,  41  Bedford  street 
Smith    Hannah   and   Mary,    82   Wel- 
lington street 
Smith  and  Co.  6  High  street 
Smith  Mary,  4  Haymarket 
Smith  Mary,  35  Duke  street 
Spriggs  Sarah,  47  Duke  street 
Stanton   Selina,  14  Upper  Conduit  st 
Starbuck  Elizabeth,  24  High  street 
Sturgess  Eliz.42  York  street,  Granby  st 
Taylor  Eliza,  11  Charles  street 
Taylor  Rebecca  and  Frances,  29  Chas.st 
Thirlby  Sarah,  Welford  road 
Timson  Elizabeth,  31  Northampton  st 
Turner  Mary,  7  Regent  street 
Turner  Mary,  4£  Waterloo  street 
Turner  Sarah,  67  Curzon  street 
Wallis  Ann,  55  Market  place 
Walton  Mary  A.  6  Upper  Brunswick  st 
Ward  Ruth,  2}  Humberstone  gate 
Ward  Sarah.  33  Queen  street 
Wardle  Peter,  10  Cheapside 
Waterfield  Elizabeth,  61  Humbstn.  rd 
Waters  Mary  Ann,  18  Ash  well  street 
Watson  James,  98  Wharf  street 
Wells  Alice,  101  East  Bond  street 
Wells  Mary  Ann,  19  Dryden  street 
West  Eliza,  27  Wilton  street 
White  Mary  E.  27£  Clarence  street 


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White  Sarah,  6  Church  street 
Williamson  Ann,  27  Regent  street 
Wilson  Harriet,  2  West  Goscote  street 
Winterburn  Elizabeth,  21  Loseby  lane 
Withers  Mary  A.  54  Belgrave  gate 
Withers  Sarah,  19 £  Queen  street 
Woollerton  Sarah,  6  Oxford  street 
Woollerton  Rose,  77  High  street 
Woolley  Sarah,  53  Albion  street 
Wraigbt  Dorah,  31  Conduit  street 
Wright  Elizabeth,  62  Curzon  street 
Wright  Rhoda,  14  Chancery  street 

MILLWRIGHTS. 
Bird  William,  74  Humberstone  gate 
Death  &  Cox,  16  Southgate  street 
Gimson  &  Co.,  26  Welford  road 
Johnson  Thomas,  13  Freeschool  lane 
Law  John  &  Son,  Charles  street 
Ride  Samuel,  Alexander  street 
Ryder  &  Jessop,  11  Canning  place 

MUSIC  SELLERS. 
Deacon  Samuel,  5  Hotel  street 
Knott  Thomas,  20  St.  James  street 
Nicholson  Henry,  14  Halford  street 
Smith  John  A.  13  King  street 
Vernon  James,  3  New  Bond  street 
MUSIC  TEACHERS. 

(Marked  *  are  Tuners  also). 
*Bithrey  Wm.  S.  50  Lower  Hastings  st 
Crow  Edwin,  41  Friar  lane 
Clowes  Anne  M.  10  New  walk 
Deacon  Misses,  5  Hotel  street 
♦Gamble  Cyrus,  21  Belvoir  street 
Hammersley  W.  H.,  Stoneygate 
Lohr  George  A.  34  Belvoir  street 
Nicholson  Henry,  14  Halford  street 
Nicholson  Henry,  jun.  79  Nichols  st 
Oldershaw  Christopher,  24  King  street 
*Pole  James,  5  York  street.  Granby  st 
Scott  Mary,  2  St.  Martin's 
*  Smith  John  A.  13  King  street 
Thomson  Elizabeth,  5  Nichols  street 
Weston  Thomas,  12  Nelson  place 
Wykes  Samuel,  26  Pocklington's  walk 

NAIL  MAKERS. 
Cater  James,  Gas  street 
Dingley  &  Son,  18  Frog  island 
Jackson  George,  Pasture  lane 
Parks  Joseph,  67  Willow  street 
Warner  Thomas  R.  52  Gallowtree  gate 
Wheeler  Robert,  Hopkin's  wharf 
NEEDLE  MAKERS. 

(For  Framework  Knitters). 
Bevans  Samuel,  15  Welford  road 
Charlesworth  Edward,  67  Northgate  st 
Dallison  Charles,  7  Navigation  street 
Ellicock  Joseph,  92  Oxford  street 
Gammage  Henry,  133  Wharf  street 
Godfrey  John,  119  Bedford  street 


Grudgings  Oliver,  15  Harcourt  street 
Hubbard  Benjamin,  26  Asylum  street 
Jeacock  Sarah,  20  Bridge  street 
Jeacock  William,  18  Wharf  street 
Juba  Edward,  60  Wheat  street 
Moore  William,  58  Eaton  street 
Patrick  Thomas,  102  Oxford  street 
Peake  Thomas,  38  Grosvenor  street 
Richardson  Thomas,  32  Cumberland  st 
Rivers  Morris,  48  Southampton  street 
Shipman  Richard,  2  Orchard  street 
Smith  Benjamin,  128  Wharf  street 
Smith  Randal,  74  Mansfield  street 
Smith  John  William,  57  High  cross  st 
Taylor  William,  1  George  street 
Turner  Henry,  30  Wharf  street 
Vernon  John,  17  Wilton  street 
Wright  Samuel,  70  Friar  lane 
NEWS  AGENTS. 
(See  also  Booksellers). 
Adcock  Ann,  39  Albion  street 
Bennett  Charles,  9  Northampton  street 
Bradley  William  P.  42  Welford  road 
Catlin  Richard,  8  St.  George  street 
Catlow  Joseph,  148  High  cross  street 
Clayton  Ann,  10  Welford  road 
Foxon  John,  30  Churchgate 
Mayo  Charles,  63  Oxford  street 
Orton  Joseph,  68  Sanvey  gate 
Parsons  Joseph,  Lower  Redcross  street 
Pearson  William  B.  49  Wharf  street 
Pywell  John,  50  Wellington  street 
Read  Sarah,  42  Charles  street 
Taylor  William,  202  Belgrave  gate 
Underwood  Richard,  97  Sanvey  gate 
White  John,  77  Churchgate 
Windley  Thomas,  101  Belgrave  gate 

NEWSPAPERS. 
Advertiser, 'Wm.  Penn  Cox,  37  Market  pi 
Chronicle,  Thomas  &  James  Thomp- 
son, 73  Cheapside 
Express,  Charles  Cox,  27  Market  place 
Guardian,  Thomas  Berry   Cleveland, 

37 £  Gallowtree  gate 
Journal,  Jackson  &  Foster,  Bowling- 
green  lane 
Mercury,  Sutton  Corkran,  37  Lower 

Charles  street 
Midland  Free  Press,  Windley  &  Scot- 

ney,  17  Belvoir  street 
News,  Jackson  &  Foster,  Bowling-gn.  In 

OPTICIAN. 
Wilson  Thomas,  6  Belvoir  street 
PAINTERS   &  PAPER  HANGERS. 
Allen  James,  2  Brook  street 
Atkin  Thomas,  4  Victoria  street 
Bates  John,  45  High  street 
Bell  Henry,  72  Highcross  street 
Bellamy  Joseph,  1  Wheat  street 


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Booth  Isaac,  75  Highcross  street 
Briggs  John  B.  1  Belgrave  gate 
Burford  William,  2  Belgrave  gate 
Carrington  John,  7  Millstone  lane 
Clare  William,  34  St.  Nicholas  street 
Cooper  Charles,  29  Bridge  street 
Dean  John,  20  Halford  street 
Gibson  Thomas,  14  Craven  street 
Goddard  Thomas  C.  33  Halford  street 
Goodwin  John,  2  Pingle  street 
Green  George,  7  Southgate  street 
Green  Thomas,  43  Lee  street 
Hack  Henry,  20  Welford  road 
Haynes  William,  62  Humberstone  gate 
Heggs  James,  28  Dover  street 
Higginson  &  Son,  16  New  Bond  street 
Hitchcock  Henry  D.  59  Colton  street 
Hull  John,  27  York  street,  Granby  st 
Hurst  William,  10  New  road 
Johnson  Frederick,  33  Bedford  street 
King  Thomas,  27  Freeschool  lane 
Knight  Aaron,  24  Upper  Charles  street 
Lewin  Charlotte,  66  Churchgate 
Ludlam  Charles,  (Coach)  5  Newarke 
Matthews  Thomas,  4  Hotel  street 
Miller  William,  254  Belgrave  gate 
Newman  John,  20  Metcalfe  street 
Pettifor  Edward,  56  Upper  Charles  st 
Price  Thomas,  197  Belgrave  gate 
Randall  Charles,  41  Gray  street 
Rudkin  Benjamin,  22  East  street 
Rudkin  Thomas  S.  Albion  street 
Scott  William,  57  Humberstone  gate 
Smith  Henry,  23  Nichols  street 
Smith  John,  34  Churchgate 
Smith  William,  Blake  street 
Squires  Abraham,  47  Braunstone  gate 
Stannage  George,  20  William  street 
Stevenson  Thomas,  136  Wharf  street 
Tomkins  Joseph,  48  Northampton  st 
Warren  George,  14  Southgate  street 
Wells  Isaac,  14  Upper  Brunswick  street 
Whitmore  W.  &  J.  15  Millstone  lane 
Widdowson  Richard,  8  Applegate  street 
Winks  Frederick,  56  Duke  street 
Winterton  William,  63  Dover  street 
Woodcock  &  Pearson,  57  Churchgate 

PAPER    DEALERS. 
Bedells  Joseph,  Southgate  street 
Coleman  Elizabeth,  18  Blue  Boar  lane 
Green  Henry  and  Son,  Rutland  street 
Parsons  and  Brown,  63  Market  place 
Whitehead  John  &  Sons,  Up.  Brown  st 

PATTEN  MAKERS,  &c. 
Cox  James,  11  Loseby  lane 
Davey  Henry  and  Son,  1  Townhall  In 
Dickson  Alfred,  115  Highcross  street 
Jarratt  Thomas,  235  Belgrave  gate 

PAWNBROKERS. 
Dickinson  Nathaniel,  38  Belgrave  gate 


Jacques  Thomas,  53  Belgrave  gate 
Payne  Isaac,  52  Belgrave  gate 
Pretty  Clement,  4  Loseby  lane 
Rayner  Francis,  152  Belgrave  gate 
Saulsbury  Matthew,  2  Oxford  street 
Skevington  &  Sheffield,  22  St.  Nichl's  st 
Stowe  Frederick  William,  35  High  st 
Taylor  Peter,  20  Haymarket 
Thompson  John,  12    Silver  street,  32 

Belgrave  gate,  and  30  St.  Nicholas  st 
Turner  Wm.  &  Edw.  4  Belgrave  gate 

PHOTOGRAPHERS. 
Booth  Caroline,  75  Highcross  street 
Browne  Thomas  C.  Market  place 
Burton  John,  3  Haymarket 
Davis  and  Durrad,  18  Granby  street 
Fish  Robert  R.  13  Rutland  street 
Moore  James  M.  18  Granby  street 
Snaith  Thomas,  18  London  road 

PHYSICIANS. 
Barclay  John,  4  The  Newarke 
Crane  Joseph  W.  13  Belvoir  street 
Irwin  William  C.  3  Belvoir  street 
Shaw  George,  16  New  street 
Wielobycki  Severin ,  Alma  villas,  Ldn.  rd 

PLASTERERS. 
Armstrong  George,  20  Dover  street 
Bell  Joseph,  41  Slawson  street 
Crew  John,  24 £  Upper  Charles  street 
Hall  Thomas,  49  Braunstone  gate 
Herbert  Thomas,  40  Oxford  street 
Higginson  &  Son,  16  New  Bond  street 
Morrall  John,  58  Dover  street 
Millis  Thomas,  7  Pelham  street 
Shaw  Robert,  8  Clarence  street 
Simpson  Edward,  55  Bedford  street 
Smith  Charles,  25  East  street 
Southorn  Wm.  Jas.  38  Wellington  st 
Thurlby  Edward,  144  Highcross  street 
Waterfield  Joseph,  72  Sanvey  gate 

PLUMBERS  AND  GLAZIERS. 
Adlard  John,  11  Millstone  lane 
Briggs  John  B.  1  Belgrave  gate 
Catlin  Richard,  8  St.  George  street 
Catlin  Richard  Edgar,  22  Highcross  st 
Dean  John,  20  Halford  street 
Fozzard  James,  26  New  Bond  street 
Hill  William,  38  Silver  street 
Johnson  Frederick,  33  Bedford  street 
Lang  Robert,  59  Humberstone  gate 
Lewin  Charlotte,  66  Churchgate 
Matts  Henry,  18  Wellington  street 
Murdin  William,  43  Regent  street 
Murdy  George,  55  Churchgate 
Norman  &  Underwood,  15  Free  Schl.  In 
Read  Hugh,  39  Belgrave  gate 
Shard  Michael,  146  Highcross  street 
Stafford  John,  23  Newarke  street 
Stevenson  Thomas,  136  Wharf  stieet 
Squires  Abraham,  47  Braunstone  gate 


TRADES    AND    PROFESSIONS. 


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Thornton  James,  67  Dover  street 
Tyler  James,  135  Belgrave  gate 
"Whitmore  W.  &  J.  15  Millstone  lane 
Widdowson  Richard,  8  Applegate  st 
Woodcock  &  Pearson,  57  Churchgate 

PORTER  AND  ALE  DEALERS. 

(See  also  Brewers  and  Wine  Merts.) 
Bentley  Joseph,  Sotithgate  street 
Cock  Thomas  G.  10  Horsefair  street 
Gibbs  Henry,  4  Halford  street 
Pollard  John,  Belvoir  street 
Sheffield  James,  57  Humberstone  gate 
Webb  Frederick,  7  Humberstone  gate 

POULTERERS. 
Carter  Thomas,  40  Charles  street 
Partridge  Thomas,  26  Granby  street 
Sturgess  William,  98  High  street 
PRINTERS. 
(See  Booksellers,  d'c.) 
REGISTER  OFFICES. 
(For  Servants). 
Davidson  Jane,  7  St.  Martin's 
Ellmore  J.  H.  27  Silver  street 
Freeman  Mrs.  12  Market  street 
Green  Henry,  3  Southgate  street 
Hall  Mary,  18  Loseby  lane 
Hill  Catherine,  26  Welford  road 
Muggleton  Mary,  51  King  street 
Needham  Susan,  58  Granby  street 
Riley  Sarah,  8  New  street 
Smeeton  Maria,  15  St.  Martin's 
Smith  Maria,  61  Col  ton  street 
ROPE  AND   TWINE    MANU- 
FACTURERS. 
Billson  &  Sons,  133  Belgrave  gate 
Browett  &  Son,  31  High  street 
Colton  William,  5*  Belgrave  gate 
Goodman  John,  17  Highcross  street 
Malkin  Susannah,  24  Bridge  street 
Parry  Daniel,  82  Wharf  street 
Ward  George,  95  Churchgate 
SADDLERS,  &c. 
Banbury  Richard,  2  Peacock  lane 
Brice  John,  6  Granby  street 
Hallam  Joseph,  7  Highcross  street 
Hallam  Sarah,  9  Humberstone  gate 
Hames  Francis,  1  Hay  market 
Hawley  John,  34  Charles  street 
Jordan  William,  118  Highcross  street 
Lawrence  David,  11  Bridge  street 
Oliver  William,  2  Crab  street 
Rodhouse  George,  15  Granby  street 

SAW  MILL  OWNERS. 
Brown  Lawrence,  Mansfield  street 
Clifton  William,  25  Nicholas  street 
Gimson  William,  57  Welford  road 
Jackson  J.  and  W.  168  Belgrave  gate 
Jarrom  Joseph,  20  Millstone  lane 
Sibson  Thomas,  Mansfield  street 
Winter  ton  William,  Upr.  Charles  street 


SEWING  COTTON  MANFRS. 

Clarke  John  Pretty,  King  street 
Cooper  John  S.  &  Co.  15  Haymarket 
Dawson  John  W.  West  street 
Dunmore  William  &  Co.  Dun's  lane 
Hudson  James  &  Sons,  Railway  bldgs 
Raworth  John,  26  Charles  street 
Taylor  J.  and  W.  Mansfield  street 

SHAREBROKERS. 
Davis  John  Henry,  11  Friar  lane 
Holford  and  Jones,  4  Millstone  lane 
Judd  John,  36  Friar  lane 
Williams  John  Heath,  Belvoir  street 

SHOPKEEPERS. 
Abell  John,  17  Taylor  street 
Adcock  Henry,  54  Crab  street 
Adcock  John,  19  Burgess  street 
Addison  James,  49  Grosvenor  street 
Aldridge  John,  90  Wharf  street 
Allcock  James,  23  Laxton  street 
Allen  Henry,  55  Oxford  street 
Allen  John,  37  Grafton  street 
Allen  Samuel,  10  Lower  Churchgate 
Arnold  William,  66  Wellington  street 
Ashton  John,  2  Burgess  street 
Astell  Alice,  53  Braunstone  gate 
Bailey  Thomas,  30  Knighton  street 
Bales  Thomas,  55  Burgess  street 
Bamford  Mary,  53  Colton  street 
Barradale  James,  29  Wellington  street 
Barrows  Ann,  6  Mill  street 
Barsby  John,  36  Stanley  street 
Barton  Ann,  40  Duke  street 
Bates  Wingfield,  12  Marble  street 
Benford  Nathaniel,  31  New  Bridge  st 
Bentley  Charles,  215  Belgrave  gate 
Bentley  John,  114  Wheat  street 
Berridge  Sarah,  62  Brunswick  street 
Berry  David,  48  Deacon  street 
Berry  Thomas,  Sanvey  gate 
Billson  William,  42  Bridge  street 
Bladon  William,  Queen  street 
Blockley  Mary,  114  Bedford  street 
Booth  John,  1  Royal  East  street 
Bowles  Richard,  72  Humberstone  road 
Bramley  Thomas,  30  Pasture  lane 
Breedon  William,  45  Redcross  street 
Brewin  Robert,  48  Belgrave  gate 
Bromhead  Rebecca,  70  Upr.  Charles  st 
Brown  George,  101  Upr.  Brunswick  st 
Brumby  Harriet,  34  Wellington  street 
Buckley  John,  42  Braunstone  gate 
Burrows  Benjamin,  Belgrave  gate 
Burton  Henry,  30  East  Bond  street 
Cable  George,  45  Wharf  street 
Calvert  W.  14  Upper  Charles  street 
Canner  Henry,  116  Highcross  street 
Carter  William,  15  Milton  street 
Catlow  John,  27  Frog  island 
Chatwin  Ann,  32  York  st.  Welford  rd 


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Clark  John,  72  Metcalfe  road 
Clarke  George,  12  Morledge  street 
Clarke  Samuel,  66  Metcalfe  street 
Clayton  John,  37  Bedford  street 
Clifton  Charles,  180  Belgrave  gate 
Coleman  John,  19  Dysart  street 
Coles  Abraham,  2  Milton  street 
Cooper  Francis,  5  Bonner's  lane 
Cooke  Joshua,  100  Belgrave  gate 
Cooper  Isaac,  44  Waterloo  street 
Cooper  Thomas,  41  Dover  street 
Cooper  William,  50  Abbey  street 
Co  well  Jar  vis,  1  Laxton  street 
Cox  Henry,  19  Canning  place 
Coxon  Amos,  59  St.  George  street 
Creswell  Henry,  15  Abbey  street 
Crisp  Jane,  9  Lyndhurst  street 
Culley  Jeremiah,  2  Lr.  Sandacre  street 
Baft  Henry,  26  Orchard  street 
Danson  Samuel,  5  Ruding  street 
Dexter  Mary,  Long  lane 
Draycott  Mary,  22  Soar  lane 
Edgley  John,  252  Belgrave  gate 
Ellis  David,  8  Cart's  lane 
Ellis  William,  28  Humberstone  gate 
Facer  James,  13  Orchard  street 
Felstead  John,  47  Upper  Brunswick  st 
Findley  John,  4  Burton  street 
Fisher  John,  25  St.  Peter's  lane 
Fitchett  Isaac,  Watling  street 
Fowkes  John,  1  Pasture  lane 
Frearson  John,  64  Wharf  street 
Freer  Nehemiah,  180  Wharf  street 
Freestone  Benjamin,  124  Bedford  street 
Friswell  John,  2  Taylor  street 
Gamble  Charles,  Havelock  street 
Gardner  Joseph,  39  Redcross  street 
Garland  Alfred,  45  Churchgate 
Garrett  James,  30  Highcross  street 
Glover  John,  31  Grape  street 
Goddard  Thomas,  236  Belgrave  gate 
Godfrey  John,  15  Conduit  street 
Goodman  William,  1  Great  Holme  st 
Goodman  William,  13  Lr.  Gower  street 
Goodrich  Mary,  44  Jewrywall  street 
Grant  Henry,  5  Nelson  street 
Greasley  George,  Asylum  street 
Green  Ann,  17  Loseby  lane 
Green  George,  4  Laxton  street 
Green  Edward,  46  Upr.  Charles  street 
Green  John,  16  Bridge  street 
Green  William,  20  Wharf  street 
Guilford  John,  48  Lee  street 
Haddon  Thomas,  1  Henshaw  street 
Hall  Thomas,  12  Colton  street 
Hallam  William,  74  Churchgate 
Hammond  John,  6  Carlton  street 
Hand  George,  1  Southgates 
Handford  Thomas,  102  Churchgate 
Hardwick  Charles,  6  York  st.  Granby  si 


Harris  George,  23  Northampton  street 
Harrison  Joseph,  32  Mill  lane 
Harvey  Moses,  52  Braunstone  gate 
Harvey  John,  44  Alexander  street 
Hawley  George,  77  Northgate  street 
Hawley  Purder,  41  St.  George  street 
Heatlie  Louisa,  6  Elbow  lane 
Haywood  John,  61  Denman  street 
Hemming  Joseph,  12  Wharf  street 
Hefford  George,  52  Wellington  street 
Hensworth  John,  5  Hinckley  road 
Hewitt  Moses,  18  Goswell  street 
Hincks  James,  East  street 
Hodgkins  William,  52  Burley's  lane 
Hopkins  Elizabeth,  1  Goodacre  street 
Hough  Frederick,  1  Middle  street 
Hubbard  Samuel,  67  Southgate  street 
Hudson  Samuel,  54  Northgate  street 
Hull  Henry,  138  Wharf  street 
Hurst  Jane,  17  Lower  Brown  street 
Illston  Frederick,  244  Belgrave  gate 
Jackson  William,  30  Lee  street 
Jackson  William,  15  Harding  street 
James  John,  23  Neale  street 
Jarvis  John,  21  East  Bond  street 
Johnson  Charles,  20  Chatham  street 
Johnson  John,  33  Humberstone  gate 
Johnson  Thomas,  82  Wheat  street 
Jones  Elizabeth,  95  Wheat  street 
Jopson  William,  2  Gray  street 
Joyce  William,  40  Brook  street 
Kemp  John,  30  Bonner's  lane 
Kenney  George,  1  Foxon  street 
Kerr  Ann,  30  Upper  Conduit  street 
Kinde  John,  59  Wharf  street 
Knight  George,  33  Burton  street 
Lacy  John,  28  Metcalfe  street 
Langham  Thomas,  28  Thames  street 
Langton  John,  1  Northampton  street 
Lowe  Elizabeth,  41  New  Bridge  street 
Lowe  Thomas,  17  Laxton  street 
Lowe  Thomas,  10  Newarke  street 
Lowerey  Mary,  58  Duke  street 
Ludlani  William,  78  Oxford  street 
Marcer  William,  37  Regent  street 
Marston  Charles,  45  Churchgate 
Martin  Elizabeth,  31  St.  George  street 
Marvin  Alfred,  43  Denman  street 
Marwood  Samuel,  103  East  Bond  st 
Maw  Edwin,  Burley's  lane 
Maw  William,  93  Wharf  street 
Mawby  Joseph,  14  Cobden  street 
Miller  Samuel,  43  Friar  lane 
Mills  William,  12  Providence  place 
Minor  John,  131  Highcross  street 
Moore  Benjamin,  4  Charlotte  street 
Morris  John,  66  Curzon  street 
Morris  William,  3  Harvey  lane 
Nixon  Thomas,  33  Northumberland  st 
Norton  Ephraim,  10  Lwr.  Gower  street 


SHOPKEEPERS. 


818 


Norton  Michael,  15  Wigston  street 
Oram  Thomas,  64  Sanvey  gate 
Orton  Mary  Ann,  18  Samuel  street 
Parker  Thomas,  42  Stanley  street 
Partridge  William,  121  Curzon  street 
Peberdy  Joseph,  32  Richard  street 
Plant  James,  115  Upr.  Brunswick  st 
Piatt  Thomas,  39  Queen  street 
Preston  Daniel,  24  Wharf  street 
Preston  Frederick,  77  London  road 
Preston  Samuel,  27  Eaton  street 
Pjser  Morris,  69  Northampton  street 
Pywell  James,  10  Sparkenhoe  street 
Py well  John,  48  Russell  street 
Read  Thomas,  13  Archdeacon  lane 
Reader  Ann,  29  East  lane 
Richardson  George,  9  Lwr.  Charles  st 
Ridgway  Cath.  56  Upr.  Brunswick  st 
Riley  William,  223  Bel  grave  gate 
Roberts  Isaac,  73  New  Bridge  street 
Bobbins  James,  65  Metcalfe  street 
Roberts  Samuel,  21  Upr.  Brunswick  st 
Rodnight  Richard,  58  Richard  street 
Rowley  William,  76  Archdeacon  lane 
Sabin  John,  8  Russell  square 
Scott  Caroline,  32  New  Bond  street 
Selvidge  Esther,  40  Orchard  street 
Selvidge  George,  7  Burley's  lane 
Sharpe  George,  23  York  street, Welfd.rd 
Sharpe  Robert,  14  Asylum  street 
Shaw  William,  26  Wilton  street 
Shelton  Elizabeth,  28  Milton  street 
Sherwood  Robert,  41  Lwr.  Churchgate 
Sibson  Thomas,  105  Wharf  street 
Slater  James,  11  Rutland  street 
Slater  Jonas,  6  East  Bond  street 
Smith  George,  15  Woodgate 
Smith  John,  18  Russell  square 
Smith  Thomas,  45  Brunswick  street 
Snow  James,  32  Grange  lane 
Southam  Joseph,  16  Burgess  street 
Spence  Henry,  45  Burgess  street 
Spittlehouse  Henry,  93  Willow  street 
Staples  Mary,  8  Lower  Vine  street 
Staynes  Henry,  116  Oxford  street 
Stevens  Mary,  Queen  street 
Sturgess  Ann,  12  Regent  street 
Sturgess  Elizabeth,  70  Northampton  st 
Tailby  Joshua,  Caroline  street 
Tate  Joseph,  19  Crown  street 
Taylor  Ann,  38  Causeway  lane 
Taylor  John  B.  2  New  Bridge  street 
Tew  John,  13  Milton  street 
Thurlby  William,  121  Highcross  street 
Timson  Ann,  13  Taylor  street 
Tomkinson  Elizabeth,  20  Fleet  street 
Toone  Eliza,  30  Causeway  lane 
Turner  Henry,  9  South  Albion  street 
Turner  John,  73  Stanley  street 
Underwood  Lydia,  62  Bedford  street 


Wade  Joseph,  1  St.  George  street 
Walden  Sarah,  4  Carley  street 
Walker  George,  16  Jarrom  street 
Walker  George,  3  St.  Margaret  street 
Walker  James,  50  Baker  street 
Walker  Samuel,  207  Belgrave  gate 
Walton  Alice,  25  Britannia  street 
Webb  John,  29  Highcross  street 
Webster  Charles,  18  Crab  street 
Webster  Thomas,  40  Metcalfe  street 
Webster  Thomas,  18  Marble  street 
Welch  Thomas,  7  Carlton  street 
Wells  John,  28  Luke  street 
Wells  Thomas,  23  Gravel  street 
Weston  Ephraim,  89  Oxford  street 
Weston  Joshua,  26  Crown  street 
Whiting  Ann,  114  Wellington  street 
Wightman  John,  9  Devonshire  street 
Wills  Ruth,  89  Northampton  street 
Wilson  Reuben,  46  Conduit  street1 
Wood  William,  44  Woodboy  street 
Woodward  John,  1  Little  Holme  street 
Wright  Joseph,  16  Charles  street 
Wright  Richard,  12  Northumberland  st 
Wylby  Alexander,  25  Eldon  street 

SILVERSMITHS. 
Birch  William,  37  Gran  by  street 
Cort  and  Paul,  2  Market  place 
Dickinson  Nathl.  38  Belgrave  gate 
Gray  William,  52  Cheapside 
Hammonds  Israel,  6  Market  place 
Johnson  T.  &  Son,  54  Gallowtree  gate 
Shaw  James,  3  Cheapside 
Thompson  J.  10  Silver  street,  32  Bel- 
grave gate,  and  30  St.  Nicholas  st 
SINKER    MAKERS. 
(See  also  Framesmiths  and  Machine 

Makers.) 
Benn  John,  30  Halford  street 
Brown  George  T.  29  Upr.  Charles  st 
Callis  Benjamin,  19  Blue  Boar  lane 
Fox  Henry,  1  Eldon  street 
Gibbins  John,  10  Crab  street 
Henser  Henry,  Havelock  street 
Holmes  Samuel,  19  Kent  street 
Jolly  William,  42  Upper  Charles  street 
Kirby  James  &  Son,  16  Chatham  street 
Rudd  James,  17  Bridge  street 
Smith  William,  9  Freeschool  lane 
Wells  William,  24  Mansfield  street 

SLATERS. 
Barker  Isaac,  6  Arthur  street 
Barradale  Edward,  57  Colton  street 
Bell  Joseph,  41  Slawson  street 
Hall  Thomas,  49  Braunstone  gate 
Herbert  Thomas,  40  Oxford  street 
Higginson  &  Son,  16  New  Bond  street 
Millis  Thomas,  7  Pelham  street 
Shenton  Wm.  &  Edw.  13  Chatham  st 
Simpson  Edward,  55  Bedford  street 


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Thurlby  Edward,  144  Highcross  street 
Waterfield  Joseph,  72  Sanvey  gate 
Wormell  Robert,  10  Oxford  terrace 
Wormell  William,  48  Colton  street 
SMALLWARE    DEALERS. 
(See  Haberdashers.) 
SMALLWARE  MANUFACTURERS. 
(See  also  Serving  Cotton  Manufacturers) 
Bedells  Joseph,  Southgate  street 
Dunmore  William  &  Co.,  Dun's  lane 
Faire  Bros,  and  Porter,  12  Belvoir  st 
SODA  WATER,  LEMONADE,  &c. 

MANUFACTURERS. 
Charlesworth  H.  G.  3  Belgrave  gate 
Clarke,  Nettleship  &  Bailey,  Belvoir 

street,  and  Humberstone  road 
Coltman  William,  10  New  Bond  street 
Cooper  &  Pettifor,  31  Southgate  street 
Lincoln  John  A.  13  Southgate  street 

STAY   MAKERS. 
Bacon  William,  48  Lower  Brown  street 
Brobson  Mary,  15  Stamford  street 
Caldicott  Ann,  24  New  Bond  street 
Cornwell  Joseph,  28  Market  place 
Langridge  Ann,  41  Granby  street 
Moxon  Ann,  4  High  street 
Wallis  Ann,  55  Market  place 
STONE   AND   MARBLE   MASONS. 
Ball  William,  11  Welford  road 
Firn  John,  34  Midland  street 
Harford  Bros.  Humberstone  gate 
Johnson  Henry,  7  Stanley  street 
Johnson  James  H.  21  Rutland  street 
McCracken  John,  Stamford  street 
Parrott  William,  Humberstone  gate 
Ward  Abel,  41  Humberstone  gate 
White  John,  29  Rutland  street 
Yates  Joseph,  36  St.  George  street 

STRAW  HAT  MAKERS. 
Anderson  Ann,  8  New  Bond  street 
Chettle  Ann,  65  Belgrave  gate 
Collier  Charles,  100  High  street 
Curtis  Elizabeth,  67  Wharf  street 
Fitchett  Ann,  89  Curzon  street 
Gamble  Maria,  38  Oxford  street 
Hall  William,  5  Mansfield  street 
Hampson  Matilda,  79  Churchgate 
Henfrey  Martha,  11  Welford  road 
Hill  Ann,  24  East  Bond  street 
Hunt  Patience,  15  Carlton  street 
Hill  Catherine,  26  Welford  road 
Needham  Susan,  58  Granby  street 
Timson  Elizabeth,  31  Northampton  st 
Thompson  Maria,  14  Lower  Churchgt 
Whatton  Emma,  58  Chatham  street 

SURGEONS. 
Anderson  James,  47  East  Bond  street 
Benfield  Thomas  W.  17  Friar  lane 
Bolton  John  A.  1  Campbell  street 
Bowmar  Charles,  6  St.  Martin's 


Buck  John,  Lunatic  Asylum 
Cooper  Alfred,  Welford  place 
Cooper  and  Sidley,  4  Newarke  street 
Crossley  Charles  R.  11  Granby  street 
Denton  Edward  R.  27  Charles  street 
Denton  Jph.  &  Son,  64  Humberst.  gt 
Derington  William,  12  New  walk 
Elliot  Henry,  40  Friar  lane 
Fullagar  Frank,  7  Belvoir  street 
Gutteridge  Richd.  M.D.  25  London  rd 
Hudson  Henry,  88  High  street 
Jackson  Peter  A.  13  London  road 
Kellett  Edwin,  Welford  place 
Kemp  Chas.  G.  (dental),  37  Gallowtr.  gt 
Lankester  Henry,  1  Charles  street 
Lilley  James  H.  10  King  street 
Marriott  Chas.  H.,  M.B.  8  St.  Martin's 
May  Wm.  Henry,  4  St.  Martin's 
Moore  John,  8  Market  street 
Nuttall  Henry,  26  Belgrave  gate 
Paget  Edmund  H.  34  Friar  lane 
Paget  Thomas,  74  High  street 
Rogers  Frederick  John,  Infirmary 
Sidley  Charles  M.  1  Welford  place 
Sloane  John,  M.D.  23  Granby  street 
Thompson  Chas.,  M.D.  35Humbers.  gt 
TAILORS. 
(Marked  *  are  also  Drapers.) 
*Agar  John  P.  38  Archdeacon  lane 
Allen  David,  10  Thornton  lane 
*Annis  John,  26  Market  street 
Argyle  John  Wm.  11  Halford  street 
Atkins  William,  1  St.  Nicholas  street 
Austin  Samuel,  10  Constitution  hill 
*Badder  Henry,  Watling  street 
*Baines  Thomas,  55  Granby  street 
*Baines  Thos.  jun.  9  Southgate  street 
Barker  Thomas,  50  Gt.  Holme  street 
Barradale  Isaac,  22  Wellington  street 
Barradale  James,  29  Wellington  street 
Bates  John,  50  East  Bond  street 
Beck  William,  13  Applegate  street 
Bellamy  Joseph,  17  Luke  street 
*Bellamy  Thomas,  17  Highcross  st 
Bellamy  William,  6  Union  street 
♦Bennett  Wm.  80  Humberstone  gate 
Bennett  William,  22  Bakehouse  lane 
Bennett  William,  38  Chatham  street 
Birch  George,  44  Northampton  street 
Bird  Joseph,  Gas  street 
Bishop  Jabez,  27  Carlton  street 
Blockley  John,  134  Wharf  street 
*Boden  and  Swingler,  15  Hotel  street 
BonsorThomas,  24Highcross  street,  and 

59  Belgrave  gate 
Bowles  Jacob,  11  Bakehouse  lane 
Brewin  John  W.  40  Southampton  st 
Brooks  Edmund,  10  Albion  street 
Brown  John,  142  Highcross  street 
Brown  Samuel,  58  East  Bond  street 


TAILORS    AND    DRAPERS. 


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Burbage  John,  Millstone  lane 
Burdett  John,  37  Silver  street 
Burrell  Charles,  12  Wellington  street 
Bnrrell  Saml.  20  North  Bond  street 
Burton  Edward,  23  Bedford  street 
Burton  Henry,  28  East  Bond  street 
Burton  James,  40  Pasture  lane 
Buswell  Emlin,  19  Queen  street 
Buzzo  Samuel,  48  New  walk 
Carnall  Charles,  17  Clarence  street 
Carnall  John,  8  St.  Peter's  lane 
Castings  Hiram,  14  Belvoir  street 
Chapman  Thomas,  34  Wharf  street 
Chapman  William,  14  Richard  street 
*Chatwin  Edward,  132  Wellington  st 
*Checkley  John,  3  Gallowtree  gate 
Checkley  Thomas,  30  Belgrave  gate 
Checkley  Thomas,  54  Waterloo  street 

*  Clarke  Richard  S.  28  Highcross  st 
Clift  James,  25  Colton  street 
Cooper  William,  110  Northampton  st 
Cornish  George,  44  Causeway  lane 
♦Crawford  George,  40  Gallowtree  gate 
Crawford  John,  2  Elton  street 
Darlow  Thomas,  7  Northgates 
Darlow  Thomas,  37  Vine  street 
Davenport  John,  11  Vine  street 
Dimblebee  Robert,  11  Marquis  street 
Dracott  William,  23  Burton  street 
*Drakeford  Israel,  25  Halford  street 
Drake  John,  13  Pingle  street 
Durant  Charles,  65  Southampton  street 
Eayres  Joseph,  3  South  Albion  street 
Ensor  Edward,  23  Townhall  lane 
Ensor  John,  39  Southgate  street 
Faulkes  Thomas,  29  Gallowtree  gate 
Fielden  William  A.  10  Granby  street 
Fisher  Joseph,  9  Navigation  street 
Flavell  John,  25  Northampton  street 
Foster  Charles,  5  Midland  street 
Frost  Thomas,  25  Raglan  street 
Frost  William,  57  Cobden  street 
Fryer  John,  26  Calais  street 

Fowler  William,  2  Lower  Hill  street 

*  Garner  Joseph,  44  Belgrave  gate 
Gatward  William,  4  Chancery  street 
Gilbert  Jonathan,  13  Lr.  Brown  street 
Goode  John,  11  Blackfriars'  street 
Gray  Thomas,  31  Townhall  lane 
Green  Henry,  3  Southgate  street 
Green  William,  14  Sparkeuhoe  street 
Griffin  Earle,  15  Infirmary  square 
*Hackett  Daniel  T.  53  Charles  street 
Hall  George,  6  Chatham  street 

Hall  Robert,  18  Ruding  street 
*Hallam  William,  1  Colton  street 
Hardy  John,  21  Conduit  street 
Harrison  John,  102  Humberstone  road 
Harrold  George,  13  St.  Peter's  lane 
Harrold  George  A.  19  Gallowtree  gate 


Hayes  George,  17  St.  George  street 
*Headley  Frederick,  92  Rutland  street 
*Healey  William,  32  Charles  street 
Hearn  Henry,  45  Russell  street 
Hepworth  George,  11  Mowbray  street 
Herringshaw  Joshua,  83  Humbstn.  rd 
Hewitt  Thomas,  42  Redcross  street 
Hewitt  William,  28  Fleet  street 
Hill  James,  24  East  Bond  street 
Hodgkin  Charles  B.  13  Ashwell  street 
♦Hodgson  Elijah,  3  Yeoman  street 
♦Hodgson  Joseph,  49  King  street 

*  Holy  oak  William,  42  Humbstn.  gate 
Hopkins  Thomas,  43  King  street 
Horsepool  John,  14  Morledge  street 
Horsepool  Wm.  &  Son,  18  Belvoir  st 
Huggins  Robert,  13  Bonner's  lane 
Humber  Jesse,  28  Neale  street 
Humphrey  Daniel,  7  Sheldon  street 
Hunt  Isaac,  8  Granby  street 
Johnson  John,  14  Sycamore  lane 
Jones  George,  80  Bedford  street 
Joseph  Joseph,  9  Gallowtree  gate 
Kempin  Thomas,  31  Burgess  street 
Kilby  John,  79  Humberstone  road 
Kilby  Thomas,  1  Clarence  street 
Kinzett  James,  27  New  Bond  street 
Kirby  Thomas,  5  Darker  street 
Kirby  Conyers,  26  Conduit  street 
Kirkpatrick  Richard,  15  Causeway  lane 
Knight  John,  3  Calais  street 

Knott  Matthew,  14  Dover  street 
Ladkin  Robert,  49  Up.  Brunswick  st 
Lewis  William,  43 1  Fleet  street 
Levy  Joseph,  Eastgates 
Line  Rev.  James,  37  Vauxhall  street 
Linthwaite  John,  5  Arthur  street 
Lister  George,  40  Fleet  street 
McAlpin  John  Wm.  17  Gallowtr.  gate 
Maddock  Thomas,  6  Duke  street 

*  Manning  F.  34  Granby  street 
Mantle  Robert,  138  Wellington  street 
Marson  William,  11  White  street 
Marston  Henry,  35  Jewrywall  street 
Mason  John,  19  Chatham  street 
Matthews  Robert,  39  Jarrom  street 
McAteer  James,  13  Waterloo  street 
Middleton  Henry,  12  Charlotte  street 
Miles  George,  13  Halford  street 
Mills  Joseph,  35  Humberstone  road 
Monk  Joseph,  11  Union  street 
Morris  Alfred,  96  Willow  street 
*Moxon  Thomas,  19  Horsefair  street 
Nash  George,  72  Dover  street 
Neale  Richard,  15  Russell  square 
*Oram  Edward,  12  King  street 
Newby  Joseph,  55  Causeway  lane 
Padmore  Thomas,  10  Ashwell  street 
♦Parkinson  Thomas,  33  Granby  street 
Payne  John,  22  Lower  Hill  street 


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LEICESTER   DIRECTORY. 


*  Payne  Samuel,  29  New  Bond  street 
♦Pillings  William,  22  Belgrave  gate 
Potter  John,  22  Knighton  street 
Preston  Thomas,  10  Goswell  street 
Price  John,  16£  Clarence  street 
Pyne  James,  48  Friday  street 
Quarmby  Joseph,  30  Silver  street 
Rayner  Jeremiah,  65  Northampton  st 
Read  Charles,  50  Southampton  street 
Read  John,  29  Oxford  street 

♦Read  Robert,  48  Southgate  street 
Reeve  John,  33  Churchgate 
Richards  James,  10  Curzon  street 
Robinson  William,  37  White  street 
Russell  Thomas,  27  Grafton  street 
Sandys  Edward,  20  St.  Nicholas  street 

*  Scott  William,  7  Market  street 
Selby  John,  84  Sanvey  gate 
♦Selby  Samuel,  4  Gallowtree  gate 
*Sharman  and  Son,  35  Cank  street 
Sharman  Henry,  13  Henry  street 
Sharpe  Joseph,  72  High  street 
*Sharpe  Thomas,  14  Haymarket 
Sharpe  Thomas,  12  Dunkirk  street 
Shipley  George,  3  Nichols  street 
Smith  James,  25  Mill  lane 
Smith  William,  8  Buttclose  lane 
Smith  William,  15  Morledge  street 
Tailby  James,  25  Granby  street 
Thornilow  Thomas,  19  Middle  street 
Throsby  Thomas,  140  Wellington  st 
Tilley  George,  3  Canning  street 
Timson  Joseph,  33  East  street 
Turner  Charles,  41  East  street 
Turner  Thos.  14  York  st.  Welford  rd 

*  Underwood  Charles,  4  Union  street 
Underwood  Chas.  R.  36  Brunswick  st 
Ward  William,  41  Silver  street 
*Ward  William,  40  St.  Nicholas  street 
Warner  James,  78  London  road 

*  Warner  Jonathan,  5  London  road 
Warner  William,  62  Wharf  street 
Warren  Thomas,  6  Navigation  street 
Waterfield  Charles,  2  Vine  street 
Waterfield  James,  41  Lee  street 
Whitfield  Henry,  9  Bright  street 
*Wigley  George,  7  Belgrave  gate 
♦Wigley  James,  4  Eastgates 
♦Wilson  William,  17  St.  Nicholas  sq 
Windram  John,  59£  Bedford  street 
*Winterburn  William,  21  Loseby  lane 
Wood  Joseph,  102  Northampton  street 
WToodcock  Charles,  10  Fleet  street 
Woollet  Daniel,  49  Lower  Brown  street 
Yarrow  John,  15  Dover  street 

TALLOW  CHANDLERS. 
Cooper  John,  134  Belgrave  gate 
Dalby  Thomas,  20  Belgrave  gate 
Gilmour  David,  Highcross  street 
Jacques  Robert  {and  wax),  23  Cank  st 


King  William,  Churchgate 
Wheeler  Samuel,  188  Belgrave  gate 
Wykes  William  and  Son,  49  Humber- 
stone  gate 

TANNERS. 
Abell  John,  Frog  island 
Dunce  William,  Frog  island 
Grundon  William,  27  Abbeygate 
Jackson  David,  15  Abbey  gate 
Spencer  Charles,  50  Highcross  street 

TIMBER  MERCHANTS. 
Brown  Lawrence,  Mansfield  street 
Eayrs  Tbomas  &  George,  Plough  yard, 

Humberstone  gate 
Gimson  William,  57  Welford  road 
Glover  Joseph,  50  Queen  street 
Groves  R.  &  Son,  3Pocklington'swalk 
Jackson  John  and  Wm.  168  Belgrave  gt 
Shelton  Benj.  Meadow  Bridge  Dock 
Sibson  Thomas,  jun.  Causeway  lane 
Stirk  Thomas,  66  Rutland  street 
Swain  and  Orton,  77  Sanvey  gate 
Townsend  Samuel,  39  Abbey  street 
Winter  ton  Wm.  37  Upper  Charles  st 

TOBACCONISTS. 
Ayre  Thomas,  32  Gallowtree  gate 
Bradley  William  P.  42  Welford  road 
Chapman  John,  94  High  street 
Coulson  John,  10  Bridge  street 
Finks  Isaac,  69  High  street 
Foxon  John,  29  Gallowtree  gate 
Foxon  John,  30  Churchgate 
Foxon  John,  11  St.  Michael's  square 
Hallam  Jabez  W.  96  Belgrave  gate 
Hipwell  Thomas,  2  Belvoir  street 
Hurst  Thomas,  15  Townhall  lane 
Kinzett  Louisa,  6  Campbell  street 
Langley  Henry,  1  Calais  hill 
Lee  James,  13  Cank  street 
Norton  Joseph,  38  High  street 
Orton  Joseph,  68  Sanvey  gate 
Parker  J.  W.  36  Gallowtree  gate 
Ponsford  Mrs.  31  King  street 
Porter  John,  22  Gallowtree  gate 
Ralphs  Thomas,  26  Belvoir  street 
Skillington  Stephen,  48  Granby  street, 

and  8  Humberstone  gate 
Smith  Ambrose,  43  Highcross  street 
Smith  Edward,  27  Humberstone  gate 
Smith  John,  11  Waterloo  street 
Stone  John,  36  Wellington  street 
Walker  Gerald,  23  Belvoir  street 
Walker  Thomas,  32  Gallowtree  gate 
TOBACCO    PIPE    MANFRS. 
Bennett  Robert,  Free  lane 
Cox  John  James,  59  Bedford  street 
Horry  William,  20  Gravel  street 
Peacock  John,  138  Highcross  street 
T wells  John,  34  Mansfield  street 
Warburton  Joseph,  47  George  street 


TRADES   AND   PROFESSIONS. 


317 


TOY  DEALERS. 
Bellman  Robert,  9  St.  Martin's 
Clifton  Thomas,  49  Granby  street 
Frith  Joseph,  35  Granby  street 
Parker  John  W.  103  High  street 
Vernon  James,  3  New  Bond  street 
Wells  Seth  and  Co.  3  Market  place 

TRIPE  DRESSERS. 
Bills  Charles,  24  Lower  Redcross  st 
Everton  Joel,  29  Townhall  lane 
Green  Henry,  9  Churchgate 
Lakin  Charles,  15  Frog  island 
Marlow  Thomas,  21  Colton  street 
Neale  William,  28  Southampton  street 
Ott  George,  11  East  Bond  street 
Page  John,  38  Welford  road 
Plant  Joseph,  8  Wilton  street 
Sawbridge  Charles,  27  Conduit  street 
Sherwin  James,  49  Belgrave  gate 
Wigginton  James,  60  Wharf  street 
TURNERS  (WOOD,  &c.) 

(And  Bobbin  Manufacturers.) 
Austin  John,  26  Lower  Hill  street 
Carrington  James,  10  Luke  street 
Cattells  Thomas,  156  Belgrave  gate 
Clements  Joseph,  32  Highcross  street 
Coltnian  Thomas,  Gas  street 
Cowper  Nathaniel  A.  Burley's  lane 
Deacon  William,  48  Belgrave  gate 
Elliott  William  K.  20  Applegate  street 
Harkins  William,  5  Cumberland  street 
Holland  Joel,  51  East  Bond  street 
Holland  and  Rogers,  Painter  street 
Johnson  Edward,  4  Northgates 
Madder  John,  2  West  Bond  street 
Lodge  Thomas,  14  Churchgate 
Moore  John,  20  Queen  street 
Preston  John,  60  Churchgate 
Sharpe  George,  23  York  st.  Welford  rd 
Tomson  Daniel,  Causeway  lane 
Wiles  Samuel,  44  East  Bond  street 

UMBRELLA  MAKERS. 
Abbot  John,  94  Churchgate 
Allen  John,  21  Humberstone  gate 
Amatt  Edwin,  20  Bel  voir  street 
UPHOLSTERERS. 
(See  also  Cabinet  Makers.) 
Bucknall  William,  Rathbone  place 
Cox  Charles,  13  St.  Martin's 
Ferrar  Mary  Ann,  15  Marlborough  st 
Greasley  Samuel,  16  London  road 
Green  James,  117  Highcross  street 
Harwood  Joseph,  4  Hotel  street 
Inchley  J.  G.  and  E.  17  St.  Martin's 
Issitt  John  E.  31  Granby  street 
Jesset  James,  Southgate  street 
Johnson  Wm.  &  Sons,  34  Gallowtree  gt 
Whitehead  Susannah,  27  Albion  street 

VETERINARY  SURGEONS. 
Bailey  E.  and  Son,  45  Belgrave  gate 


Burley  William,  35  Rutland  street 
Hack  Matthew,  3  Hotel  street 
Woodcock  and  Hobson,  22  Granby  st. 
and  13  Southgates 

WASTE  DEALERS. 
Bowes  George,  Fleet  street 
Cresswell  Henry,  15  Abbey  street 
Dennis  Samuel,  3  Navigation  street 
Fielding  James,  72  Bedford  street 
Forknall  Jeremiah,  35  Cumberland  st 
Ineson  John,  Lower  Hill  street 
Joyce  Edmund,  5  Green  street 
Mundella  Anthony,  Churchgate 
Pick  John,  85  Wharf  street 
Smith  Charles,  18  Bridge  street 
Smith  Timothy,  3  Byron  street 
Thompson  &  Chamberlain,  Frog  island 
Tighe  Kelley,  7  Harvey  lane 
Waddington  George,  12  Albion  street 
Whiles  George,  120  Churchgate 
Wilby  Moses,  7  Cumberland  street 
WATCH  AND  CLOCK  MAKERS. 

(See  also  Jewellers.) 
Billington  Joseph,  22  Belvoir  street 
Birch  William,  37  Granby  street 
Bosworth  George,  54  Burgess  street 
Brambley  Y/illiam,  49  Causeway  lane 
Brewin  Thomas,  14  St.  Nicholas  street 
Cooper  John,  55  Causeway  lane 
Dilger  Constantine,  66  Wharf  street 
Goodwin  Frederick,  91  Northptm.  st 
Gray  William,  52  Cheapside 
Greathead  Nathaniel,  108  Belgrave  gt 
Henderson  Charles,  35  Market  street 
Jones  Henry  S.  9  Market  place 
Loseby  Edward,  7  Hotel  street 
Lucas  Joseph,  11  New  Bond  street 
Rowland  Joseph,  26  Gallowtree  gate 
Russell  Richard,  27  Churchgate 
Shaw  James,  3  Cheapside 
Smeeton  John,  12  Welford  road 
Stevenson  William  M.  8  Haymarket 
Tustin  Charles,  160  Belgrave  gate 
Wainwright  William,  112  Humbs.  road 
Wilkinson  Isaac,  13  High  street 
Winterhalder  J.  L.  &  Co.  50  Belgv.  gt 

WHEELWRIGHTS. 
Clarke  George,  27  Milton  street 
Cooper  Richard,  25  Buttclose  lane 
Eunis  George,  170  Highcross  street 
Fielding  John,  137  Belgrave  gate 
Gutteridge  William,  47  Bedford  street 
Haseldine  William,  Albion  street 
Mackness  David,  11  Woodgate 
Mackness  Jonathan,  29  Archdeacon  In 
Mackness  William,  The  Hollow 
Markham  Charles,  Kent  street 
Powlett  John,  15  St.  James  street 
Scott  Walter,  15  Thames  street 
Shelton  &  Rudkin,  Meadow  Bdg.  dock 


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Smith  Edwin,  Humberstone  gate 
Tebbutt  Henry,  89  Churcbgate 
Vernon  William,  221  Belgrave  gate 
Waldram  George,  73  Humberstone  rd 

WHIP  MAKERS. 
Brewin  George,  31  Northgate  street 
Hill  John,  Wood  street 

WHITESMITHS, 
Locksmiths,  Bellhangers,  <&c. 
Bown  Henry  P.  57  Granby  street 
Bradshaw  Richard,  28  Wellington  st 
Cooper  John,  67  Belgrave  gate 
Cort  and  Paul,  2  Market  place 
Hill  Thomas,  23  Jarrom  street 
Lewis  Caroline,  49  Highcross  street 
Morris  Charles,  40  Upper  Charles  st 
Oakley  William,  22  Churcbgate 
Perry  William,  18  Newarke  street 
Sarson  Thomas  F.  2  Campbell  street, 

and  25  St.  Nicholas  street 
Scott  Henry,  18  Millstone  lane 
Spencer  Benjamin,  Lower  Churcbgate 
Stevenson  Edward,  17  Upr.  Charles  st 
Steads  William,  6  Redcross  street 
Turner  John,  6  Horsefair  street 
Turner  William,  20  Albion  street 
WINE  AND  SPIRIT  MERCHANTS. 
Allen  John,  2  Gallowtree  gate 
Clarke  John,  5  Humberstone  gate 
Coltman  William,  8  New  Bond  street 
Edwards  James,  9  High  street 
Goodwin  J.  W.  &  Co.  103  Highcross  st 
Goosey  Thomas,  38  Cank  street 
Lane  and  Challis,  11  High  street 
Molt  and  Co.  12  Cheapside 
Peters,  Hall  and  Co.  46  Cank  street 
Pratt  John,  46  Cank  street 
Sarson  John,  11  Hotel  street 
Shenton  Joshua,  24  Silver  street 
Snaith  John,  10  Belgrave  gate 
Thomas  and  Hollingworth,  Market  st 
Thomson  Thomas  H.  11  Horsefair  st 
Wade  George  H.  3  Hotel  street 
Waldram  Wm.  N.  &  Co.  99  High  street 
Watts  &  Son,  32  High  street 

WIRE  WORKERS. 
Baxter  Joseph,  ll£  Belgrave  gate 
Parker  Henry,  18  Northampton  street 

WOOLSTAPLERS. 
Agar  William,  Luke  street 
Bankart  G.  and  J.  E.  33  Wellgtn.  st 


Bottrill  John  and  Son,  3  Talbot  lane 
Branston  Joseph,  Talbot  lane 
Burgess  Brothers,  1  Belvoir  street 
Cridland  Henry,  11  Horsefair  street 
Donisthorpe   George  E.  125  Churchgt 
Ellis  Henry,  Charlotte  street 
Ellis  George  and  Son,  26  Chancery  st 
Gill  Frederick,  17  Bowling  green  lane 
Gill  John,  Clinton  street 
Gittins  Edward,  75  Churchgate 
Hollier  Thomas,  57  Friar  lane 
Iliffe  John,  22  New  Bond  street 
Jacques  James,  Bowling  green  lane 
Jinks  Robert,  Chatham  street 
Marshall  John  E.  13  Horsefair  street 
Nichols  John,  7  Rupert  street 
Popple  ton  Joseph,  26  St.  Nicholas  st 
Rowles  John,  65  St.  Peter's  lane 
Shaw  Thomas,  52  Vauxhall  street 
Thompson  &  Chamberlain,  Frog  island 
Viccars  Samuel,  5  Newarke  street 
Viccars  T.  and  G.  Belvoir  street 
Waddington  John,  73  Churchgate 
Waddington  and  Frith,  Granby  street 

WORSTED  SPINNERS. 
Marked  *  are  LamVs  Wool  Yam,  dec. 

Manufacturers. 
*Baines  George,  Gosling  street 
Barfoot  William,  25  Castle  street 
♦Brewin  &  Whetstone,  Frog  island 
♦Brierley  &  Co.  27  Newarke  street 
Collier  William,  Fuller  street 
Craven  Thomas,  Cardigan  street 
Fielding  &  Johnson,  7  West  Bond  st 
*Forsell  Thomas,  16  Frog  island 
Gill  Henry,  18  Halford  street 
Hollingworth  William,  13  Union  street 
*Oakes  Joshua,  70  Humberstone  gate 
*Oakes  J.  &  W.  3.4  Foxon  street 
*Oram  Thomas,  28  York  st.  Welford  rd 
Pickard  James  E.  Lower  Brown  street 
*Podd  Thomas  &  Co.  Bath  lane 
*Rust  &  Co.  St.  Michael's  square 

*  Smith  E.  &  I.  3  Friars'  causeway 

*  Smith  James,  Sarah  street 
Thompson  &  Chamberlain,  Frog  island 
Whitmore  John  &  Co.  West  bridge 
*Wilby  John,  42  York  st.  Welford  road 

YARN. 

(See  Agents,  Worsted  Spinners,  and 

Seioing  Cotton  Manufacturers.) 


POST  OFFICE  REGULATIONS. 

The  Post  Office  is  in  Granby  street,  and  Mr.  Montague  South  is  the  post 
master.  The  office  opens  at  seven  morning,  in  summer,  and  half-past  seven  in 
winter;  and  closes  at  ten  at  night;  except  on  Sunday,  when  it  closes  at  ten 
morning  for  the  rest  of  the  day.  Money  Orders  are  granted  and  paid  from 
nine  morning  till  six,  and  on  Saturdays  till  eight  evening.  In  connection  with 
the  money  order  department  is  a  Post  Office  Savings  Bank.     (See  page  193.) 


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The  Mails  are  Despatched  to  London,  &c,  at  1  p.m.,  and  at  midnight ; 
to  Melton,  Oakham,  Stamford,  and  Peterborough,  at  6.40  a.m.  and  7.45  p.m.,  ;  to 
Loughborough,  Nottingham,  Derby,  Leeds,  Ashby-de-la-Zouch,  Burton-on- 
Trent,  Birmingham,  Sheffield,  and  the  north  ox  England,  at  12  noon  and  11  p.m. ; 
to  Uppingham,  at  12.45  p.m. ;  and  to  Ireland,  Scotland,  and  the  West  of 
England,  at  7.45  p.m. 

The  first  Delivery  of  Letters  commences  immediately  after  the  opening  of 
the  office,  and  the  second  at  1.40  p.m. 

There  are  Branch  Post  Offices  in  Waterloo  street,  Oxford  street,  Belgrave 
gate,  and  Highcross  street ;  and  Pillar  Letter  Boxes  in  Humberstone  gate, 
Canning  Place,  Church  gate,  and  Braunstone  gate,  and  at  West  Bridge,  Stoney 
gate  and  the  Railway  Station. 

RAILWAY  CONVEYANCE. 

From  the  Midland  Railway  Station,  Campbell  street,  passenger  trains  many 
times  a  day,  to  and  from  London,  Birmingham,  Sheffield,  York,  Leeds,  Hitchin, 
Loughborough,  Derby,  Nottingham,  Newcastle,  Ashby-de-la-Zouch,  Burfcon-on- 
Trent,  Peterborough,  Melton  Mowbray,  Oakham,  Stamford,  &c,  &c. ;  and 
luggage  trains  daily  to  all  parts.  Mr.  George  Smart  is  the  station  master,  and 
G.  P.  Walton,  Horatio  Cox,  and  F.  W.  Robinson,  clerks. 

From  the  West  Bridge  Station  passenger  trains  leave  at  eight  morning 
and  half-past  four  afternoon  for  Glenfield,  Ratby,  Desford,  Merry  lees,  Bagworth, 
and  Coalville  ;  and  coal  trains  several  times  a  day.  Mr.  Richard  Sherwood  is 
the  station  master. 

OMNIBUSES,  MAIL  CARTS,  &c. 

FROM    THE    STAG   AND    PHEASANT   INN,    HUMBERSTONE    GATE. 

To  Hinckley  Station. — An  Omnibus,  through  Earl  Shilton  and  Hinckley, 
Mondays,  Wednesdays,  and  Fridays,  at  8  a.m. ;  arriving  on  return  at  8.45  p.m. 

From  Hinckley. — An  Omnibus,  on  Tuesdays  and  Saturdays,  at  11  a.m., 
returning  at  4|  p.m. 

From  Loughborough. — An  Omnibus,  on  Mondays,  Wednesdays,  and  Satur- 
days, at  11  a.m.,  returning  at  5  p.m. 

To  Rockingham. — Parcels  for  Houghton,  Billesdon,  Skeffingtou,  Tugby, 
Uppingham,  Rockingham,  and  adjacent  places,  forwarded  daily,  by  Mail  Cart, 
if  left  at  the  Office  by  9  p.m. 

To  Melton. — Parcels  for  Syston,  Rearsby,  Melton,  and  neighbouring  vil- 
lages, forwarded  daily,  by  Mail  Cart,  if  left  at  No.  5,  Lwr.  Charles  st.  by  10  p.m. 

Parcels  despatched  from  this  office  to  any  part  of  the  kingdom,  per  Passenger 
Trains,  by  Mrs.  Pettifor,  who  is  also  the  appointed  agent  for  the  delivery  of 
all  goods  received  by  the  same. 

FROM   PARR'S   COACH    REPOSITORY,    HUMBERSTONE    GATE. 

To  Hinckley. — An  Omnibus,  every  Monday,  at  8  a.m.  through  Earl  Shilton, 
arriving  on  return  at  7  p.m. 

CARRIERS  BY  RAILWAY. 

GOODS    DEPARTMENT,    TOP    OF    QUEEN    STREET,    RUTLAND    STREET. 

Goods  received  for  Market  Harborough,  Hitchin,  &c,  until  9  a.m. ;  Rugby, 
Ashby-de-la-Zouch,  Burton-on-Trent,  &c,  until  9.45  a.m. ;  Derby,  Birming- 
ham, Bristol,  and  all  parts  of  the  North,  until  3.30  p.m.  ;  and.  for  London  until 
7.30  p.m.  daily,  by  Messrs.  Chaplin  and  Horne,  agents  to  the  London  and 
North  Western,  in  connexion  with  the  Midland  Railway  Company,  at  their  offices, 
Colton  street,  and  Gallowtree  gate.     Mr.  William  Weare,  agent. 

Goods  received  also  for  the  same  places,  and  at  the  same  hours  as  above,  by 
Messrs.  Pickford  &  Co.,  at  their  Office,  Cank  street.  Messrs.  Joseph  Shelly 
and  George  White,  agents. 

Goods  forwarded  to  Glenfield,  Ratby,  Desford,  and  Merry  lees,  from  the 
West  Bridge  Station. 

Parcels  forwarded  to  all  parts  of  England,  by  Mann's  Despatch,  37,  Silver 
street;  Sutton's  Despatch,  Highcross  street;  Crouch's  Despatch,  Cank  street; 
and  the  Globe  Express,  St.  Martin's. 


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CANAL  CARRIERS. 

WHARVES,    NAVIGATION    STREET. 

The  Grand  Junction  Canal  Company's  Fly  Boats  are  despatched  daily  to 
and  from  London,  Manchester,  Liverpool,  Derby,  Nottingham,  Loughborough, 
Burton,  and  the  principal  intermediate  places.  London  wharves,  Nos.  16,  30, 
31,  and  32,  City  Basin  ;  Chief  Offices,  30,  Wharf  road,  and  136,  London  wall. 
Agent  for  Leicester,  Mr.  C.  Fox. 

W.  Beckett's  Boats  to  and  from  Leicester,  Liverpool,  Manchester,  Lough- 
borough, Shardlow,  Horninglow,  Burton-on-Trent,  Lichfield,  Wheelock,  Mid- 
dlewich,  Runcorn,  Warrington,  the  Staffordshire  Potteries,  and  intermediate 
places  ;  also  Hull,  Gainsborough,  and  Great  Grimsby.  Receiving  Houses,  The 
Bridgewater  Trustees,  Manchester  Basin,  Liverpool ;  The  Bridgewater  Trus- 
tees, Castlefield  Wharf,  Manchester  ;  Messrs.  R.  Furley  and  Co.,  and  Messrs. 
R.  Flower  and  Son,  Hull  and  Gainsborough  ;  and  Messrs.  Fellowes  and  Co., 
Shardlow  and  Cavendish  Bridge. 

CARRIERS  TO  AND  FROM  LEICESTER, 

WITH  the  day  and  time  of  leaving,  and  the  inns  and  public -houses 

which  they  use. 


Allexton,  Woodcock,  Robin  Hood,Wed. 

and  Sat.  3. 
Anstey,  Clarke,  Vine,  Highcross  street, 

Wed.  and  Sat. ;    Crooks,  Fish  and 

Quart,  Wed.  and  Sat.  6  ;  Richardson , 

Globe,  Wed.  and  Sat.  4 ;   Swigden, 

Dog  and  Gun,  Wed.  and  Sat.  6 
Arnesby,  Walker,  Town    Arms,  Wed. 

and  Sat.  4  ;  Freer,  Saracen's  Head, 

Wed.  and  Sat.  4 
Asfordby,  Ward,  Wheat  Sheaf,  Wed. 

and  Sat.  4  ;  Bates,  Fox,  Sat.  4 
AshbyFolville,Lee,George,Wed  &  Sat.4 
Ashby  Magna,Bates,Little  Crown,  Sat.4 
Ashley,  Edgley,  Wellgtn.  Castle,  Sat.  4 
Atherstone,  Carter,  Crown  and  Thistle, 

Loseby   lane,  Mon.  Wed.  &  Sat.  5  ; 

Parsons,  Golden  Lion,  Wed.&  Sat.4 
Aylestone,Turner,Saracen'sHead,daily, 

4 ;    Smith,  White    Swan,    daily,  4 ; 

Towers,  Derby  Arms,  Sat.  4. 
Bagworth,  Johnson,  White  Lion, Sat.4  ; 

Kilham,  Shakspeare's  Head,  Sat.  3 
Barlestone,   Elverston,    Nag's    Head, 

Highcross  street,  Wed.  and  Sat.  4 
Barkby,  Lakin,  Fleur-de-Lis,  Sat.  5  ; 

Sharp,  Wheat  Sheaf,  Sat.  4. 
Barrow-upon-  Soar,    Frier,     Antelope, 

Wed.  and  Sat.  5 
Barsby,  Tebbs,    Stag  and   Pheasant, 

Wed.  3,  and  Sat.  5 
Barton-in-the-Beans,  Houghton,  White 

Lion,  Wed.  and  Sat.  4 
Barwell,  Stonely,  Roebuck,  Wed.  &  Sat. 
Beeby,  Sharpe,  Wheat  Sheaf,  Sat.  4 
Belton,    (Rutland)  Woodcock,    Robin 

Hood,  Wed.  and  Sat.  3 
Billesdon,  Curtis,  Nelson,  Tu.  &  Sat.  4 ; 

Miles,  Nelson,  Mon.Wed.  &  Sat.  3£  ; 

Beestall,  Fox,  Mon.  Wed.  Fri.  and 

Sat.  4  ;  Palmer,  Craven  Arms,  Sat.  3 ; 

Woodcock,  Robin  Hood,  Wed.  &  Sat. 


Birstall,  Full  Moon,  Sat.4;  Hallam, 
Rodney,  Wed.  2 

Blaby,  Clarke,  Saracen's  Head,  Wed. 
and  Sat.  4  ;  Hunt,  Rutland  Arms, 
Wed.  and  Sat.  4  ;  Pegg,  Dog  and 
Gun,  Sat.  4 ;  Willey,  Little  Crown, 
Sat.  4;  Smith,  White  Swan,  daily  4 ; 
Turner,  Saracen's  Head,  daily  4 

Bosworth,  (Husband's)  Cross,  Saracen's 
Head,  Wed.  and  Sat.  3 ;  Corah,  White 
Swan,  Wed.  and  Sat.  4 

Bosworth ,  (Market)  Thornton ,  Fox ,  Wed . 
and  Sat.  4  ;  Hextall,  Nag's  Head, 
Highcross  street,  Wed.  and  Sat.  4 

Braunstone,  Chesterton,  Kiug  Richard 
III.,  Wed.  and  Sat.  4 

Braunstone  (Rutland),  Rawson,  Sara- 
cen's Head,  Sat.  3 

Broughton  Astley,  Underwoorl ,  Rutland 
Arms,  Wed.  and  Sat.  4 ;  Bevin,  Bull's 
Head,  Mon.  and  Sat.  Hill,  Saracen's 
Head,  Wed.  and  Sat.  3 

Bruntingthorpe,  Hunt,  Bull's  Head, 
Sat.  4  ;  Higgs,  White  Swan,  Wed. 
and  Sat.  4 

Burbage,  Hill,  Shakspeare's  Head 
Wed.  and  Sat.  4 

Burrough,  Wheat,  Lion  and  Dolphin, 
Sat.  5 ;  Hornbuckle,  Star,  Sat.  4 ; 
Burbidge,  Star,  Sat.  4 

Burton  Overy,  Mattock,  Wellington 
Castle,  Wed.  and  Sat.  4;  Ward, 
Wheat  Sheaf.  Wed.  and  Sat.  4 

Bushby,  Barker,  Plough,  Wed.  4,  Sat.  5 

Carlton  Curlieu,  Mattock,  Wellington 
Castle,  Wed.  and  Sat.  4;  Ward, 
Wheat  Sheaf,  Wed.  and  Sat.  4 

Claybrooke,  Crown  and  Thistle,  Town- 
hall  In.  Sat.  4;  Cooke,  White  Lion, 
Wed.  and  Sat.  4 

Cold  Newton,  Flint,  Craven  Arms, 
Wed.  and  Sat.  3 


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Cold  Overton,  Tidd,  Bull's  Head,  Sat.  3 
Coleorton,    Alt,   Hare    and  Pheasant, 

Wed.  and  Sat.  4 
Congerstone,  Pike,  Eutland  Arms,  and 

Houghton,  White  Lion,  Wed.  &  Sat. 
Cosby,  Cooke,  White  Lion,  Wed.  &  Sat. 

4  ;  Hull,  Shakespeare's  Head,  Wed. 
andSat.4;  Ward, Hare  andP  heasant, 
Wed.&Sat.;Burbage,Pensioners,Sat.; 
Haynes,  Lord  Rancliffe,  Wed.  &  Sat. 

Cossington,Marshall,  Fox,  Wed.  andSat. 

5  ;  Hardy,  Wheat  Sheaf,  Wed.  &  Sat. 
Coventry,  Toone,  Nelson,  Tu.  Thr.  Sat. 

4 ;  Lunn,  Fox,  Tues.  Thurs.fe  Sat.  4 
Countesthorpe,    Dowell,    Crown    and 

Anchor,  Wed.  and  Sat.  4  ;  Herbert, 

Saracen's  Head,  Wed.  and  Sat.  4  ; 

Hubbard,  Town  Arms,  Wed.  &  Sat.  4 
Cranoe,  Hayes, Lion  &  Dolphin,  Sat.3^; 

King,  Robin  Hood,  Wed.  and  Sat.  4 
Croft,  Davis,  New  Inn,  Wed.  4  ;  White 

Hart,Sat.;  Hedge,  King&Crown,  Sat. 
Cropstone,  Taylor,  Crown  and  Cushion, 

Wed.  and  Sat.  5 
Croxton  (South), Swift,  Windmill,  Sat.  5 
Dalby  (Great), Lee,George,Wed.&  Sat.4 
Desford,  Pool,  Crown  &  Thistle,  Loseby 

In.  Wed.  &  Sat.  5;  Heap,  King  & 

Crown,  Wed.  &  Sat.  4;  Neale,  White 

Lion,  Sat.  4 
Derby,  Tinkler,  Bull's  Hd.  Wed.  &  Sat.5 
Dunton,  Brooks,  Town  Arms,  Wed.  and 

Sat.  4;  Kilpack,  Dog  &  Gun,  Sat.  4 
Easton  Great,   Brown,  Fox,    Sat.    3; 

Ashby,  White  Swan,  Sat.  4 
Enderby,    Charlton,    Peacock,    Mon. 

Wed.  Fri.  and  Sat.  4 ;  Spence,  White 

Lion,  Wed.  and  Sat.  4;   Bradshaw, 

Crown  &  Thistle,  Loseby  lane,  Mon. 

Wed.  &  Sat.  4 ;  Bott,  Queen's  Head, 

Townhall  In.  Wed.  &  Sat.  5 ;  Spence, 

New  Inn,  daily,  6 ;  Brooks,  Golden 

Lion,  Wed.  and  Sat.  4 
Evington,  Wade,  Waggon  and  Horses, 

Wed.  4,  Sat.  5 ;    Marlow,  Saracen's 

Head,  Wed.  3 A,  Sat.  4 
Fleckney,  Iliffe,  Town  Arms,  Sat.  4  ; 

Waklin,  White  Swan,  Wed.  &  Sat.  4 ; 

Sharman,  Bull's  Head,  Mkt.  pi.  Sat.  4 
Frisby,  Marriott,  George,  Sat.  4;  Horn- 
buckle,  Robin  Hood,  Sat.  4 
Frowlesworth,  Cooke,  White  Lion,  Wed. 

and  Sat.  4;   Hill,   Saracen's  Head, 

Wed.  and  Sat.  3 
Foxton,  Mason,  Lion  &  Dolphin,  Sat.  6; 

Woodman,  Castle  Tvrn.  Wed.  &  Sat.  4 
Gaddesby,  Mason,  Robin  Hood,  Sat.  4; 

Lee,   George,    Wed.    and    Sat.    4; 

Burbidge,  Star,  Sat.  4 
Galby,  Wade,  Waggon  &  Horses,  Wed. 


4,  Sat.  5;  Marlow,  Saracen's  Head, 

Wed.  3£,  Sat.  4 

Gilmorton,  Stafford,  Town  Arms,  Wed. 

and  Sat.  4 ;  Wood,  Town  Arms,  Sat.  6 

Glenfield,  Shipley,  King  Richard  III. 

Wed.  and  Sat.  4  ;  Cramp,  Crown  and 

Thistle,  Loseby  lane,  Wed.  &  Sat.  6 

Glenn,  Binley,  Wellington,  Wed.  &  Sat. 

Glooston,  Sumpter,  Pelican,  Wed.  and 

Sat.  3 ;  Tilley,  Plough,  Sat.  4 
Goadby,  Palmer,  Craven  Arms,  Sat.  3 
Groby,  Richards,  Hare  and  Pheasant, 
Wed.  &  Sat.  4 ;  Jordan,  King  Richard 
III.  Wed.  and  Sat.  4;  Jordan,  Hat  & 
Beaver,  Wed.  and  Sat.  4 
Gumley,  Wells,  Pelican,  Sat.  3 
Hallaton,  Sumpter,  Pelican,  Wed.  and 
Sat.  3;  Hayes"  Lion  &  Dolphin,  Sat.3| 
Halstead,  Ward,  Stag  and  Pheasant, 

Wed.  and  Sat.  4 

Harborough  (Mkt.)  Pollard,  Fox,  Sat.  4 

Hinckley,  Hill,  Ram,  Mon.  Wed.  &  Sat. 

4 ;  Toone,  Tu.  Th.  and  Sat.  4 ;  Lunn, 

Fox,  do.  4 ;  Shilton,  Craven  Arms, 

do.  4£ ;  Francis,  Stag  and  Pheasant, 

Tu.  and  Sat.  4£ ;  Hammond,  Queen's 

Head,  Townhall  In.  Mon.Wed.&  Sat.4 

Hoby,  Ward,  George,  Sat.  4;  Oswin, 

Fox,  Sat.  4 
Houghton-on-the-Hill,     Paylin,    Fox, 
Wed.  and  Sat.  3;    Barker,  Plough, 
Wed.  4,  Sat.  5 
Humberstone,  Kilby, Wheat  Sheaf,  Mon. 
Th.  and  Sat.  5 ;   Underwood,  Coach 
and  Horses,  Mon.  Wed.  and  Sat.  3 ; 
Culverwell,  Coach  &  Horses,  do.  3 
Hugglescote,  Barber,  Sarcn's.  Hd.  Sat.4 
Huncote,  Chandler,  Golden  Lion,  Wed. 
and  Sat.  4 ;  Knight,  Hare  and  Phea- 
sant, Wed.  and  Sat.  4 
Hungerton,  Flint,  Craven  Arms,  Wed. 

and  Sat.  3 
Ibstock,  Jacques,  Saracen's  Head,  Sat. 
3;    Newman,  Robin  Hood,  Sat.  3; 
Camp,  Derby  Arms,  Wed.  4 
Illston-on-the-Hill,  Marlow,  Saracen's 

Head,  Wed.  3£,  Sat.  4 
Kegworth,  Tinkler,  Bull's  Head,  Wed. 

and  Sat.  5 

Ke.vham,  Flint,  Craven  Arms, Wd.&  St.3 

Kettering,  Pollard,  Fox,  Sat.  4 

Kibworth,  Knapp,  Robin  Hood,  Mon. 

Wed.  Fri.  and.  Sat ;  Markham,  Blue 

Lion,  Wed.  and  Sat.  4;    Markham 

(late  Deacon),  Pelican,  Mon.  Wed.  & 

Sat.5;  King,RobinHood,Wed.& Sat.4 

Kilby,  Iliffe,  Town  Arms,  Sat.  4;  Asher, 

Rutland  Arms,  Wed.  and  Sat.  4 
Kilworth  North,  Bryan,  Saracen's  Hd. 
Sat.  4;  Bennett,  White  Swan,  do.  4 
X 


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LEICESTER    CARRIERS. 


Kilworth  South,  Wood,  Pelican,  Sat.  3 
Kimcote,  Brown,  White  Swan,  Wed.  & 

Sat.  4 ;  Clowes,  White  Swan,  do.  5 
Kirkby  Mallory,  Belton,Ram,Wd.&  St.3 
Kirby     Muxloe,      Chesterton,     King 

Richard  III.  Wed.  and  Sat.  4 
Knaptoft,  Corah,  Wht.  Swan,Wd.  &  St.  4 
Knighton,  Ward,  White  Swan,  Wed.  & 
Sat.  4 ;  Kind,  Saracen's  Head,  do.  4 
Knossington,  Tidd,  Bull's  Head,  Sat.  3 
Langton  (Tur  mid  Church),  Palmer, 
Wellington   Castle,    Sat.   4;    King, 

Robin  Hood,  Wed.  and  Sat.  4 
Laughton,  Sturgess,  Bull's  Hd.  Sat.  4 
Leir,  Bolton,  White  Swan,  Sat.  4  ;  Hill, 

Saracen's  Head,Wed.&Sat.3 ;  Harris, 

White  Swan,  Sat.  4  ;  White,  Shake- 

spere's  Head,  Wed.  and  Sat.  3 
Littlethorpe,  Reynolds  Peacock,  Wed. 

and  Sat.  5;  Wilson,  Queen's  Head, 

Townhall  In.  Wed.  and  Sat.  5 
Loddington,  Woodcock,  Robin  Hood, 

Wed.  and  Sat.  3 
Loseby,  Flint,  Craven  Arms,  Wed.  Sat. 
Loughborough,    Lovett    and    Crooks, 

Fox,  daily,  6  ;  Tinkler,  Bull's  Head, 

Wed.  and  Sat.  5  ;    Frisby,  Stag  and 

Pheasant,   Mon.  Wed.  and  Sat.   4; 

Richardson,  Star,  Wed.  and  Sat.  4  ; 

Emerson,  Craven  Arms,  M.T.  W.F. 

and  S.  5  ;  Clarke,  Richard  III.  Bel- 

voir  street,  Wed.  and  Sat.  4 
Lubbenham,  Marvel  and  Lamb,  Sat.  4  ; 

Woolman,  Castle  Tav.  Wed.  &  Sat.  4 
Lutterworth,  Rainbow,  Lion  and  Lamb, 

Wed.    and  Sat.   5  ;    Sbarpe,    Bull's 

Head,  Sat.  4 ;  Green,  Saracen's  Head, 

Wed.  and  Sat.  4 
Markfield,  Ward,  Red  Lion,  Wed.  and 

Sat.  5  ;  Gamble,  Hat  and  Beaver,Sat. 

5  ;  Corah,  King  Richard  III.  Wed. 

and  Sat.  4  ;  Chaplin,  Vine,  Highcross 

street,  do.  4 
Medbourne,Burrows,  Wheat  Sheaf,  Sat. 

3  ;  Brown,  Fox,  do.  3 
Melton    Mowbray,    Clarke,    Red  cross 

street,  Tuesday  7  morning 
Mountsorrel,  Emerson,  Craven  Arms, 

M.  T.  W.  F.  and  S.  5  ;    Richardson, 

Star,  Wed.  and  Sat.  4  ;  Summerfield, 

George,  Wed.  and  Sat.  4  ;   Frisby, 

Stag  and  Pheasant,  M.  W.  and  S.  4  ; 

Clarke,  Richard  III.,  Belvoir  street, 

Wed.  and  Sat.  4 
Mowsley,    Hallam,    Saracen's    Head, 

Wed.  and  Sat.  4 ;  Sturgess,  Bull's 

Head,  do.  4 
Nailstone,  Pike,   Rutland   Arms,    and 

Houghton,  White  Lion,  Wed.  &  Sat. 
Narborough,  Reynolds,  Peacock,  Wed. 


and  Sat.  5  ;  Chandler,  Golden  Lion, 
Wed.  and  Sat.  4  ;  Wilson,  Queen's 
Head,  Townhall  In  Wed.  and  Sat.  5  ; 
Haynes,  Lord  Rancliffe,  Wed.  Sat.  4 

Newbold  Verdon,  Ross,  Crown  and 
Thistle,  Loseby  lane,  Wed.  and  Sat. 
4;  Priestnall,  Queen's  Head,  Town- 
hall lane,  Wed.  and  Sat.  4  ;  Godfrey, 
Golden  Lion,  Wed.  and  Sat.  4 ; 
Statham,  Crown  and  Thistle,  Town- 
hall lane,  Sat.  4 

Newton  Burgoland,  Granger,  Biddle's 
yard,  Humberstone  gate 

Newton  Harcourt,  Thompson,  Blue 
Lion,  Sat.  4 

Newtown  Linford,  Greasley,  Bishop 
Blaize,  Causeway  lane,  Sat.  4 

Norton,  East,  Allen,  Nelson,  Tues.  Sat.; 
Woodcock,  Robin  Hood,  Wed.  &  Sat. 

Nottingham,  Lovett  and  Crooks,  Fox, 
daily,  6 

Nuneaton,  Campton,  Fox,  Sat.  3£ 

Oadby,  Harris,  Pelican  and  Nag's  Head, 
London  road,  daily,  4 ;  Norman, 
Wellington,  and  Barley  Mow,  Sat. 

Owston,  Tidd,  Bull's  Head,  Sat.  3 

Peatling,  (Great,)  Hunt,  Bull's  Head, 
Sat.  4 ;  Mawby,  Saracen's  Head, 
Wed.  and  Sat.  4 

Peckleton,  Belton,  Ram,  Wed.  and  Sat. 

3  ;  Archer,  Crown  and  Anchor,  Mill- 
stone lane,  Sat.  4 ;  Barrs,  Nag's 
Head,  Highcross  st.  Sat.  4 

Pickwell,  Wheat,  Lion  &Dolphin,  Sat.  5 

Queniborough,  Whittle,  Cap  and  Stock- 
ing, Wed.  and  Sat.  4  ;  Tebbs,  Stag 
and  Pheasant,  Wed.  3,  Sat  5 

Quorndon,  Brown,  Cap  and  Stocking, 
Wed.  and  Sat.  5  ;  Frisby,  Stag  and 
Pheasant,  M.  W.  and  S.  4  ;  Clarke, 
Richard  III.  Belvoir  st.  Wed.  &  Sat.4 

Ratby,  Cramp,  Crown  and  Thistle, 
Loseby  lane,  Wed.  and  Sat.  5  ;  Kirk, 
Crown  and  Thistle,  Loseby  lane, 
Wed.  and  Sat.  5 ;  Richards,  Hare  and 
Pheasant,  Wed.  and  Sat.  4 

Ratcliffe,  Boulter,  Wheat  Sheaf,  Wed. 
and  Sat.  4 

Rearsby,  Parsons,  Star,  Wed.  &  Sat.  4 

Rolleston,  Palmer,  Craven  Arms,  Sat.  3 

Rotherby,  Bates,  Fox,  Sat.  4 

Rothley,  North,  George,  Wed.  and  Sat. 

4  ;  Rushin,  Cap  aud  Stocking,  Sat.  4 ; 
Daft,  Antelope,  Wed.  and  Sat.  4 ; 
Hunter,  White  Horse,  Bel.gt.  Sat.  4f 

Saddington,  Flint,  Town  Arms,  Wed. 

and  Sat.  4 
Sapcote,  Jesson,   Golden  Lion,  Wed. 

Sat.4 ;  Kirby,  White  Swan,Wed.Sat. ; 

Biddies,  Bull's  Head,  Sat. 


LEICESTER   CARRIERS, 


823 


Saxelby,  Bates,  Fox,  Sat.  4 
Scraptoft,  Flint,  Craven  Arms,  Wed. 

and  Sat.  3 
Seagrave,  Hardy,  Wheat  Sheaf,  Wed. 

and  Sat.  3  ;  Joyce,  Pelican,  Sat.  3 
Shackerstone,  Houghton,  White  Lion, 

Wed.  and  Sat.  4 
Shankton,   Marlow,   Saracen's    Head, 

Wed.  3£,  Sat,  4 
Shamford,  Koe,  Porter's  Lodge,  Sat.  4  ; 

Wilson,  Antelope,  Wed.  3,  Sat.  4 
Shaw  Lane,  Ward,   Red  LioD,  Wed. 

and  Sat.  5 
Shearsby,  Smart,  Saracen's  Head,  Wed. 

and  Sat.  3 
Sheepshed,  Jowett,   Fish  and   Quart, 

Wed.  and  Sat. ;  Parker,  Blue  Lion, 

do.  4  ;  Clarke,  Richard  III.  Belvoir 

street,  Wed.  and  Sat.  4 
Shenton  and  Sibson,  Parsons,  Golden 

Lion,  Wed.  and  Sat.  4 
Shilton,  Earl,  Tibbalds,  Fox,  Tu.  &  Sat. 

5 ;  Bonser,  Crown  &  Thistle,  Loseby 

lane,  Tu.  Th.  and  Sat.  3 ;  Whitmore, 

Hare&Pheasant,Wed.&Sat.4;  Carter, 

Crown  &  Thistle,  Loseby  lane,  Mon. 

Wed.fe  Sat.5 ;  Reynolds,Roebuck,  do. 

5 ;  Taylor,  Crown  &  Thistle,  Loseby 

lane,  Fri.  5 
Sileby,  Marshall,  Fox,  Wed.  &  Sat.  5 ; 

Hardy,  Wheat  Sheaf,  do.  3  ;   Smith, 

Richard  III.  Belvoir  st.  Wed.  &  Sat.  5 
Skeffington,  Curtis,Nelson,Tues.  &  Sat. 
Slawson,King,  Robin  Hood, Wed.  &Sat, 
Smeeton, Markham  (late  Deacon),  Peli- 
can, Mon.   and  Sat.   5  ;  Markham, 

Blue  Lion,  Wed.  and  Sat.  4 
Somerby,  Wheat,  Lion  &  Dolphin,  Sat.  6 
StauntonWyville,  Tilley,  Plough,  Sat.  4 
StokeGolding,  Carter,  Crown  &  Thistle, 

Loseby  lane,  Mon.  Wed.  and  Sat.  5  ; 

Mellor,  Queen's  Head,  Townhall  In. 

Mon.  and  Sat.  4 
Stony  Stanton,  Hunt,  Crown  &  Anchor, 

Millstone  lane,  Wed.  and  Sat.  4 
Stoughton  &  Stretton,  Wade,  Waggon 

and  Horses,  Wed.  4,  Sat.  5 ;  Marlow, 

Saracen's  Head,  Wed.  3£,  Sat.  4 
SuttonCheney,Buswell,Saracen'sHead, 

Sat.  4 ;  Parsons,  Golden  Lion,  Wed. 

and  Sat.  4 
Swinford,  Thomas,  Blue  Boar,  Sat.  2 
Swithland,  Hardy,  Red  Lion,  Wed.  and 

Sat.  5  ;  Taylor,  Crown  and  Cushion, 

Wed.  and  Sat.  5 ;    Broughton,  King 

Richard  III.  Wed.  &  Sat.  4  ;  Preston, 

Hat  and  Beaver,  Sat.  5 
Syston,  Walker,  George,  Ward,  Crown 

&  Thistle,  and  Freeman,  Robin  Hood, 

Wed.  and  Sat.  4 


Thornton,  Johnson,  White  Lion,  Sat.  4; 
Price,  Saracen's  Hd.  Sat.  4;  Tillson, 
Rodney,  Wed.  and  Sat.  4 

Thorpe  Langton,  Edgley,  Wellington 
Castle,  Wed.  and  Sat.  4 

ThorpeSatchville,Lee,George,Wed.Sat 

Thringstone,  Alt,  Hare  and  Pheasant, 
Wed.  and  Sat.  4 

Thrussington,  Boulter,  Wheat  Sheaf, 
Wed.  Sat. ;  Eyrl,  George,  Wed.  Sat. 

Thurcaston,  Morgan,  Windmill,  Sat.  4; 
Taylor,  Crown  and  Cushion,  Wed.  & 
Sat.  5 ;  Broughton,  King  Richard 
III.  Wed.  and  Sat.  4;  Preston,  Hat 
and  Beaver,  Sat.  5 

Thurlaston,  Bott,  Queen's  Head,  Town- 
hall  lane,  Wed.  &  Sat.  5  ;  Cooper, 
Crown  and  Thistle,  Loseby  lane,  Sat. 

5  ;  Tutt,  Globe,  Wed.  &  Sat.  5 
Thurmaston, Wright, White  Horse,  Bel- 
grave  gate,  daily,  2 ;  Freeman,  Robin 
Hood,  Wed.  and  Sat.  4 

Thurnby ,  Barker,  Plough,  Wed.  4,  Sat.  5 

Tilton,Ward,  Stag  and  Pheasant,  Wed. 
and  Sat.  4  ;  Tomlin,  Nelson,  Sat.  3 

Tugby,  Allen,  Nelson,  Tues.  &  Sat.  4  ; 
Smith,  Craven  Arms,  Sat.  4  ;  Wood- 
cock, Robin  Hood,  Wed.  &  Sat.  3 

Twyford,  Lee,  George,  Wed.  &  Sat.  3  ; 
Wheat,  Lion  and  Dolphin,  Sat.  5  ; 
Hornbuckle,  Star,  do.  4 

Ullesthorpe,  Cooke,  White  Lion,  Wed. 

6  Sat.  4 ;  Bolton,  White  Swan,  Sat.  4 
Uppingham,  Allen,  Nelson,  Tu.&Sat.  4 
Walcote,  Cooke,  Little  Crown,  Sat.  4 
Walton,Clowes,WhiteSwan,Wed.&Sat. 

5  ;  Stretton,  Rutland  Arms,  Sat.  4  ; 

Brown,  White  Swan,  Wed.  &  Sat.  4 
Wanlip,Gilbert,  Bell  Hotel,Wed.&Sat.5 
Welford,  Grimbley,  RutlandArms,Wed. 

and  Sat.  4 
Whatton,  Long,  Tinkler,  Bull's  Head, 

Wed.  and  Sat.  5 
Whetstone,  Turner,   Saracen's  Head, 

daily,  4  ;  Hunt,  Bull's  Head,  Mon. 

Wed.  Fri.  and  Sat.  5  ;  Smith,  White 

Swan,  daily,  4 
Whitwick,  Alt,   Hare  and   Pheasant, 

and  Lowe,  Nag's  Head,  Wed.  &  Sat. 
Wigston,  Grant,  Town  Arms,  daily,  4; 

Wright,  Pelican,  do.  4 
Willoughby  Waterless,    Heath,    Blue 

Lion,  Sat.  4 ;  Willey,  Little  Crown, 

Sat.  5 ;  Wortley,  New  Inn,  Wed.  3 ; 

Hubbard,  White  Swan,  Wed.  &  Sat. 

4 ;  Page,  Saracen's  Head,  do.  4 
Wimes would,  Crooks,  Fox,  Wed.  3 
Woodhouse,  Hardy,  Red  Lion,  Taylor, 

Crown  and  Cushion,  and  Broughton, 

King  Richard  III.  Wed.  and  Sat. 
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FBAMLAND  HUNDRED. 

This  Hundred  is  a  fertile  and  highly  picturesque  district,  forming  the 
north-eastern  division  of  Leicestershire,  and  being  of  an  irregular  figure, 
averaging  about  twelve  miles  in  length  and  breadth ;  bounded  on  the 
south-west  by  East  Goscote  Hundred,  on  the  south-east  by  Rutland- 
shire, on  the  north-east  by  Lincolnshire,  and  on  the  north-west  by 
Nottinghamshire.  At  its  northern  extremity  it  is  only  from  two  to  three 
miles  broad,  and  extends  about  six  miles  between  the  counties  of  Not- 
tingham and  Lincoln.  Its  natural  features  are  diversified  by  some  bold 
ranges  of  hills  and  fertile  valleys,  well  stocked  with  game,  and  forming 
the  chief  part  of  the  celebrated  Melton  Hunt.  Two  ranges  of  the  Wolds 
extend  nearly  through  the  centre  of  it,  and  another  stretches  along  its 
eastern  side  southward  from  Croxton  to  Crown  Point,  at  the  junction  of 
this  county  with  those  of  Rutland  and  Lincoln.  The  Vale  of  Belvoir, 
which  extends  along  the  north-western  side  of  this  Hundred,  is  noted 
for  its  rich  pasturage,  and  is  traversed  by  the  Grantham  Canal  in  its 
route  from  the  Trent.  The  rivers  Deven,  Smite,  Eye,  Wreake,  and 
several  tributary  streams,  have  their  sources  here.  The  Eye  falls  into 
the  Wreake  below  Melton,  and  they  are  navigable  to  the  Soar  Naviga- 
tion, near  Syston.  The  Syston  and  Peterborough  Railivay  traverses  the 
southern  part  of  the  Hundred,,  and  has  stations  at  Melton  and  Saxby. 
Melton  Mowbray,  in  the  south-western  part  of  the  district,  is  its  only 
market  town.  On  its  north-eastern  side  is  the  princely  residence  of 
Belvoir  Castle ;  and  its  other  principal  seats  are  Croxton,  Goadby,  and 
Stapleford,  all  having  beautiful  and  well-wooded  parks.  The  soil  varies 
from  a  clayey  to  a  sandy  or  gravelly  loam,  and  the  pasture  lands  are 
celebrated  both  for  fattening  and  dairy  purposes — Withcote,  at  the 
southern  angle  of  the  Hundred,  being  the  place  where  the  original 
Stilton  Cheese  was  made.  A  substratum  of  blue  marl  prevails  in  the 
vale  of  Belvoir,  and  the  hills  on  the  south  side  of  the  vale  are  of  the 
red  sandstone  formation ;  but  those  further  south,  extending  from  Croxton 
southward,  on  the  eastern  side  of  the  Hundred,  and  westward  to  Wal- 
tham-on-the-Wolds,  are  of  the  yellow  limestone  formation,  abounding  in 
fossil  remains,  particularly  shells. 

Framland  Hundred  forms  the  Deanery  of  Framland,  in  the  Arch- 
deaconry of  Leicester,  and  is  in  the  Northern  Parliamentary  Division 
of  Leicestershire.  Its  Petty  Sessions  are  held  at  the  Corn  Exchange, 
Melton  Mowbray,  every  alternate  Tuesday,  and  at  Belvoir  Inn  on  the 
first  Monday  in  each  month.  The  Acting  Magistrates  are  the  Duke  of 
Rutland ;  the  Revs.  F.  J.  Norman,  and  G.  E.  Gillett ;  and  C.  H.  Frewen, 
E.  B.  Hartopp,  M.P. ;  W.  A.  Pochin,  E.  H.  Cheney,  G.  Norman,  H.  C. 
Bingham,  E.  A.  Paget,  H.  C.  Woodcock,  W.  F.  N.  Norton,  T.  D.  Hall, 
and  T.  C.  Beasley,  Esqrs.  F.  J.  Oldham,  Esq.,  of  Melton,  and  William 
Manners,  Esq.,  of  Belvoir,  are  clerks  to  the  magistrates.  E.  H.  M. 
Clarke,  Esq.,  of  Melton,  is  coroner  for  this  part  of  the  county,  and  also 
clerk  to  the  Commissioners  of  Property  and  Income  Tax.  John  Fer- 
gusson,  Esq.,  of  Melton,  is  surveyor  of  taxes.  Mr.  John  Platts,  of 
Melton,  is  superintendent  of  the  county  constabulary  for  the  Melton 
Mowbray  Division,  which  includes  this  Hundred  and  some  of  the  neigh- 
bouring parishes ;  and  there  are  police  stations  at  Asfordby,  Bottesford, 
Croxton  Kerriai,  Dalby  Magna,  Hoby,  Long  Clawson,  Melton  Mowbray, 
Scalford,  Somerby,  Sproxton,  Waltham,  and  Wymondham. 

The  Hundred  of  Framland  was  granted  by  Edward  II.,  in  1283,  to 
Roger  Beler,  for  the  fee-farm  rent  of  100  shillings.    In  the  following 


FRAMLAND   HUNDRED. 


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year  the  grant  was  renewed,  with  the  specification  of  several  small 
annual  rents  called  Palfrey-Silver  of  Beauver,  Wakying -Silver,  Shirefs- 
toth,  and  Frank-pledge.  In  1340,  the  Hundred  was  assessed  £81.  0s.  4d. 
towards  Knighting  Edward  of  Woodstock.  From  the  Bellars  it  passed 
to  the  Swillingtons,  who  held  it  as  parcel  of  the  Honor  of  Somerby,  in 
1428  ;  but  in  1483  it  was  held  by  William  Hastings  as  part  of  the  Honor 
of  Peverel.  The  Hundred  Court,  with  various  ancient  ancient  rents, 
now  belong  to  the  Earl  of  Dysart,  as  lord  paramount ;  but  the  soil  and 
manors  are  held  by  various  owners — many  of  them  by  the  Duke  of 
Rutland. 

The  following  enumeration  of  theparishes,  <&c,  in  Framland  Hundred 
shows  their  territorial  extent,  their  population  as  returned  to  the  Census 
of  1861,  and  the  annual  value  of  their  lands  and  buildings,  as  assessed 
to  the  County  Rate.  The  Hundred  is  mostly  in  Melton  Mowbray  Union, 
and  partly  in  those  of  Grantham,  Oakham,  Billesdon,  and  Bingham,  as 
distinguished  in  the  notes  to  the  following  table  : — 


Tabishes,  Ac. 

Acres. 

Popu- 
lation. 

Annual 
Value. 

Parishes,  &c. 

Acres. 

Popu- 
lation. 

Annual 
Value. 

Ab-Kettleby  parish  .... 

971 

224 

1321 

+Knipton  parish  ....... 

1044 

369 

1638 

Hoi  well  chapelry 

848 

147 

1508 

Melton  Mowbray  par.? 

3750 

4446 

16211 

• Barkestoue  parish  .... 

2065 

411 

2718 

Freeby  chapelry  .... 

920 

126 

2197 

+Belvoir  ex- parochial  J. . 

170 

171 

949 

Welby  chapelry    .... 

1165 

64 

1001 

+Bottesford  parish   . .  \ 

881 

) 

+Muston  parish 

1624 

360 

2031 

Easthorpe  hamlet. .  \ 

4830 

428 

J-8193 

*Overton  (Cold)  parish 

1750 

97 

225G 

Normanton  hamlet  J 

106 

) 

*Plungar  parish 

950 

251 

1319 

Branstone  parish 

1698 

297 

2511 

+Redmile  parish 

1733 

521 

2603 

Broughton  Nether  par. 

2230 

481 

2918 

Saltby  parish    

2325 

292 

1760 

Buckminster  parish. . . . 
Sewstern  chapelry 

1796 

348 

2378 

1403 

117 

1714 

1257 

307 

1624 

Scalford  parish 

2430 

553 

3182 

Burton  Lazars  parish  . . 

2685 

233 

4275 

Somerby  parish    

1628 

506 

2764 

Claxton  Long  parish    . . 

3500 

820 

4940 

Sproxton  parish  

2251 

453 

2322 

1723 

179 

2121 

Stapleford  parish 

Stathern  parish   

2255 

109 

3205 

+Croxton  Kerrial  parish 

3000 

594 

3664 

1986 

524 

3118 

Bescaby  ex-parochial  . . 

900 

20 

1245 

Stonesby  parish  

1391 

271 

1710 

Dalby  Little  parish  .... 

1850 

183 

2357 

Sysonby  parish 

1184 

67 

1813 

Eastwell  parish........ 

1305 

160 

1803 

Thorpe  Arnold  parish. . 

1110 

124 

2279 

1697 

1754 

422 
233 

2536 
2400 

Waltham-on-the-         } 
Wolds  parish. . ....  J 

2750 

672 

Edmonthorpe  parish   . . 

3175 

Garthorpe  parish 

1714 

113 

1855 

*  Withcote  parish 

900 

45 

1098 

Goadby  Marwood  parish 

1566 

195 

2353 

Wyfordby  parish 

800 

80 

I   1902 

Harby  parish 

1988 

655 

2888 

Brentingby  chapelry 

600 

64 

fHarston  parish  

950 

164 

1346 

Wymondham  parish  . . 

2824 

851 

5272 

Kirby  Bellars  parish  * . 

2590 

243 

4182 

Totals 

84,184 

19,470 

119,957 

2  Belvoir  is  partly  in  the  Soke  of  Grantham,  Lincolnshire.  Melton  Mowbray  return  included 
151  persons  in  the  Union  Workhouse.  "  Brentingby  and  Wyfordby"  support  their  poor  as  one 
township,  though  the  former  is  a  chapelry  to  Thorpe  Arnold  parish. 

*  Unions  r—Withcote  is  in  Billesdon  Union,  and  Barkestone  and  Plungar  are  in  Bingliam 
Union,  which  is  mostly  in  Nottinghamshire.  Cold  Overton  is  in  Oakham  Union,  which  is 
mostly  in  Rutlandshire. 

+  The  seven  parishes  marked  thus  t  are  in  Grantham  Union,  which  is  mostly  in  Lincoln- 
shire ;  and  all  the  others  in  the  foregoing  table,  not  distinguished  by  any  mark,  are  in  Melton 
Mewbray  Union. 


AB-KETTLEBY  is  a  pleasant  village  on  an  eminence,  3  miles  N.N.W. 
of  Melton  Mowbray,  and  15  miles  S.E.  of  Nottingham ;  being  on  the 
turnpike  between  the  two  towns,  and  on  the  southern  acclivity  of  the  red- 
sandstone  hills  which  bound  the  vale  of  Belvoir.  Its  parish  includes 
also  Holwell  chapelry,  and  its  township  contains  971a.  2r.  8p.  of  land, 
50  houses,  and  224  inhabitants.  The  Earl  of  Dysart  is  lord  of  the  manor, 
but  the  soil  belongs  mostly  to  H.  C.  Bingham  and  Thomas  Butler,  Esqrs., 
and  Bottesford  Hospital.  At  the  Domesday  Survey,  Gerard  held  here, 
under  Roger  de  Buci,  6  carucates ;  2  ploughs  were  in  demesne,  and  here 


AB-KETTLEBY   PARISH. 


were  7  villans,  4  bordars,  6  socmen;  a  priest  with  5  ploughs,  and  a  meadow 
120  perches  long  by  20  wide.  About  1100,  Richard  Basset  gave  the 
church  to  Laund  Priory.  In  1284,  Robt.  Tateshall,  had  a  grant  of  free 
warren  here,  and  the  parish  was  enclosed  in  1761.  The  Church  (St. 
James)  is  an  interesting  pile  of  great  antiquity,  with  a  square  tower,  con- 
taining three  bells,  and  surmounted  by  a  spire.  It  has  a  nave,  chancel, 
north  and  south  aisles,  and  south  porch,  and  was  restored  and  reseated 
in  1853,  at  a  cost  of  ,£800.  The  pulpit  is  of  carved  oak,  and  there  are 
about  300  sittings.  The  vicarage,  valued  in  KB.  at  £15.  0s.  5d.,  and 
now  at  £297,  has  56a.  2k.  33p.  of  glebe  in  Ab-Kettleby,  and  35a.  3r.  in 
Holwell.  It  is  in  the  patronage  of  Hy.  Corles  Bingham,  Esq.,  of  Wart- 
naby  Hall,  and  incumbency  of  the  Rev.  John  Fairbairn  Johnson,  who 
has  a  neat  and  commodious  Vicarage  House.  The  tithes  were  commuted 
in  1849  for  a  yearly  rent  charge  of  £120.  The  Clerk's  Close,  1a.  38p., 
was  awarded  at  the  enclosure,  in  lieu  of  other  land.  Here  is  a  Wesleyan 
Chapel,  built  in  1843.  The  poor  have  the  following  charities,  viz  : — A 
yearly  rent  charge  of  30s.  out  of  the  parsonage  at  Nether  Broughton,  left 
by  John  Neale,  in  1606,  for  distribution  in  coals ;  £2.  10s.  a  year  from 
Ia.  2r.  25p.,  allotted  at  the  enclosure  in  lieu  of  land  purchased  with  £28 
left  by  John  Steele,  in  1669,  (one-third  for  the  poor  of  Holwell ;)  10s.  a 
year  from  the  Corporation  of  Grantham,  (half  for  Holwell,)  out  of  land  at 
Barrowby,  Lincolnshire  ;  6s.  a  year  out  of  the  Poor's  Close,  in  Nether 
Broughton ;  2s.  6d.  out  of  the  poor  rates,  as  interest  of  £2.  10s.  left  by 
J.  Steele ;  £1.  5s.  a  year  left  by  Mrs.  Stoahes,  out  of  a  farm  here  ;  and 
15s.  a  year  out  of  land  at  Holwell  Mouth,  left  by  Mr.  Dexter,  who  also 
charged  the  same  land  with  10s.  per  annum  for  repairing  the  spring  there. 
The  parish  feast  is  on  July  25th. 

Musson  Arthur,  plumber,  glazier,  and 

vict.  Sugar  Loaf  Inn 
Musson  Charles,  carpenter 
Simpson  Mr  John 
Stevens  Thomas,  wheelwright 
Williamson  Mrs  Jane 


Post  Office    at  Sarah  Goodacre's. 
Letters  arrive  from  Melton  at  8  morn- 
ing, and  are  despatched  at  5^  evening. 
Brewin  John,  miller  and  baker 
Chettle  Dorothy,  shopkeeper 
Dalby  Joseph,  blacksmith 
Fardell  John,  shoemaker 
Freckingham  Richard,  baker 
Goodacre  Sarah,  postmistress 
Hardy  William,  tailor 
Hodgldn  John,  bricklayer 
Johnson  Rev.  John  Fairbairn,  Vicarage 
Main  Joseph,  iarm  steward 
Martin  Thomas,  shopkeeper,  &  carrier 

to  Melton,  Tues.,  &  Nottingham  Sat. 


FARMERS    AND    GRAZIERS. 

(Marked  *  are  Owners.) 


Barnard  John 
•Bates  George 
Brown  Matthew 
♦Freckingham  Rd. 
May  Mary 
*  Musson  Arthur 


Ruddle  James 
♦Smith  William 
Stevens  Thomas 
Tuckwood  Ann 
♦Wells  Thomas 
Wilford  Francis 


Holwell  is  a  small  village,  township,  and  chapelry,  in  Ab-Kettleby 
parish,  picturesquely  situated  on  a  southern  declivity,  3£  miles  N.  by  W. 
of  Melton  Mowbray ;  and  contains  147  inhabitants,  32  houses,  and  848 
acres  of  assessable  land,  of  which  about  half  is  arable.  The  Earl  of 
Dysart  is  lord  of  the  manor,  but  most  of  the  soil  belongs  to  J.  &  Gr. 
Crompton,  H.  C.  Bingham,  and  William  Holmes,  Esqrs.,  and  the  trustees 
of  the  late  H.  V.  Flower,  Esq.  The  Chapel,  which  is  annexed  to  Ab- 
Kettleby  vicarage,  is  a  small  antique  fabric,  with  a  bell  turret,  and  will 
accommodate  100  hearers.  Here  is  a  Wesleyan  Chapel  erected  in  1818, 
and  also  a  chalybeate  spring,  called  Holwell  Mouth.  Besides  about  22s. 
per  annum  from  charities  noticed  with  Ab-Kettleby,  the  poor  have  the 
following  yearly  doles : — 20s.  from  1a.  1r.  8p.,  called  "  The  Poor's  Close;" 
and  13s.  4d.  from  £20  left  by  Mary  Briggs,  in  1771,  and  now  in  the 
Savings'  Bank.    John  Hurst,  sen.  andjun.,  charged  the  Sand-pit  Close, 


HOLWELL   TOWNSHIP.  327 

with  the  yearly  payment  of  10s.  for  a  distribution  of  pious  books,  and 

20s.  for  apprenticing  poor  children  of  Holwell.    This  close  now  belongs 

to  J.  &  G.  Crompton,  Esqrs. 

Clark  William,  farm  steward 

Lowe  Kobert,  joiner 

Musson  William,  vict.  William  IV. 

Sharp  Thomas,  shoemaker 

Steel  Thomas,  joiner 


FARMERS   AND    GRAZIERS. 


Barker  Danl.  Jno. 
Barker  Jno.  Gardr. 
Brown  Thomas 
Brown  William 
Gill  Josiah 


King  Joseph 
Shilcock  John 
Walker  Jph.  sen. 
and  jun. 


BARKESTONE,  or  Barkeston,  a  pleasant  village  in  the  vale  of  Bel- 
voir,  on  the  south  side  of  the  Nottingham  and  Grantham  Canal,  9  miles 
W.  by  S.  of  Grantham,  6£  miles  E.S.E.  of  Bingham,  and  11  miles  N.by 
E.  of  Melton  Mowbray,  has  in  its  parish  411  souls,  and  2064a.  3r.  33p. 
of  fertile  clayey  land,  more  than  half  of  which  is  arable.  The  rateable 
value  of  the  parish  is  .£2718.  8s.  The  Duke  of  Rutland  owns  most  of 
the  soil,  and  is  lord  of  the  manor,  which  was  held  at  the  Conquest  by  the 
Todenei  family,  and  passed  from  them  to  the  Albinis,  and  from  the  latter 
to  Lord  Boos.  It  was  purchased  of  the  Digbys  by  the  Earl  of  Rutland, 
in  1557.  The  Church  (St.  Peter  and  St.  Paul)  was  appropriated  to  Bel- 
voir  Priory,  and  was  enlarged  with  a  new  south  aisle,  thoroughly  repaired, 
and  newly  fitted  with  open  carved  seats  in  1840,  at  the  cost  of  £2364,  of 
which  £1000  was  given  by  the  late  vicar,  £400  by  the  parish,  and  the 
rest  by  subscription.  Most  of  the  nave  was  rebuilt,  but  the  chancel 
remains  in  its  ancient  state,  and  is  separated  by  a  finely  carved  oak  screen, 
with  folding  doors.  There  is  a  tower  at  the  west-end,  containing  four 
bells,  and  surmounted  by  a  spire.  The  organ  was  given  by  the  late  vicar. 
In  the  north  aisle  is  a  fine  marble  monument  in  memory  of  Daniel  Smith, 
the  founder  of  the  free  school.  The  Duke  of  Rutland  is  impropriator  of 
the  great  tithes,  and  patron  of  the  vicarage,  valued  in  KB.  at  £7.  5s.  4d., 
and  now  at  £114.  The  Rev.  Wm.  Lyme  Fowke,  B.A.,  is  the  incumbent, 
and  has  a  handsome  residence  and  59a.  3r.  12p.  of  glebe.  The  living 
was  augmented  with  £200  of  Q.  A.  B.  in  1763,  and  the  tithes  were  com- 
muted at  the  enclosure,  in  1791.  A  farm  of  68a.  in  this  parish  let  for 
£125  a  year,  was  left  in  1703  by  Wm.  Chester,  in  trust  that  the  annual 
rent  should  be  applied  as  follows  : — One-fifth  for  distribution  among  the 
poor  of  Barkeston,  except  7s.  for  two  bibles ;  three-fifths  for  the  poor  of 
Knipton,  Croxton-Kerrial,  and  Buckminster ;  and  the  remaining  fifth  for 
the  poor  of  Burton-on-the-Wolds  and  Harby.  The  Churchwardens  and 
Overseers  of  the  respective  parishes  are  the  trustees.  The  Free  School 
here,  for  this  parish  and  Plungar,  was  founded  by  Daniel  Smith,  who 
built  two  school  rooms  and  a  house,  and  vested  them  in  trustees  in  1830, 
endowing  them  with  the  adjoining  garden,  and  with  a  close  of  11a.  3r.  Up. 
at  Plungar,  now  let  for  £25  a  year.  By  will  in  1834,  he  directed  his 
executors  to  purchase  as  much  stock  as  would  produce  £12.  10s.  per 
annum,  of  which  £10  is  distributed  in  equal  shares  in  the  two  parishes 
among  the  poor,  and  £2.  10s.  is  applied  in  purchasing  books  for  the 
school  library.  In  1849,  the  Rev.  Fdk.  Geo.  Burnaby,  M.A.,  the  late 
vicar,  built  a  new  school  for  boys,  and  a  house  for  the  master,  at  a  cost 
of  £500,  and  endowed  the  school  with  £1000  South  Sea  Stock.  The  old 
schools  are  used  for  girls  and  infants,  and  have  recently  received  a  legacy 
of  £400  Three  per  Cent.  Consols  from  the  trustees  of  the  late  Mr.  John 
Hayes,  of  Leicester,  who  was  born  in  this  parish.  The  free  scholars  are 
appointed  by  the  ministers  and  churchwardens  of  the  two  parishes,  from 
Barkeston  and  Plungar.  They  are  taught  reading,  writing  and  arith- 
metic, and  the  girls  also  sewing.    The  parish  feast  is  on  the  first  Sunday 


328 


BARKESTONE    PARISH. 


after  July  10th.     Post  Office  at  Wm.  Smith's.     Letters  from  Bottesford 

at  10£  morning,  and  are  despatched  at  3£  afternoon. 

Cant  Thomas,  beerhouse  Cant  John 

Elborne  Edward  Pickhaven,  miller  *Cant  Thomas 

Fowke  Kev.Wm.  Lyme,  B.A.,  Vicarage  Elborne EdwardP 

Kellam  Edward,  baker  Henson  Ann 

Musson  Mrs  Elizabeth  *Kitching  John 

Plumley  Henry,  schoolmaster  Marshall  George 

Silverwood  Hugh,  vict.  Chequers  *MarshallMatthew 

Stevens  John,  joiner,  &c.  *Musson  William 

Turner  Edw.  bailiff  to  Duke  of  Rutland  Ross  William 

Watson  John,  vict.  Sun  Wilder s  Mary 

Wilson  Maria,  schoolmistress 


BLACKSMITHS. 

Gilbert  Samuel 
Haskard  Thomas 

BOOT   AND    SHOE- 
MAKERS. 

Bailey  James 


Doubleday  Richard 
Simpson  William 

FARMERS   AND 
GRAZIERS. 

*  are  oioners. 
Bonser  John 


Cant  George 
Hornbuckle  Mary 
Hourd  Thomas 
Kellam  William 
Smith  William 


TAILORS. 

Attewell  John 
Hourd  Thomas 
Watson  John  (and 
draper) 

WHEELWRIGHTS. 

Pulfree  William 
Schofield  James 

CARRIERS 

ToNottnghm.,  Sat. 
Geo.  Cant,  and 
John  &  Thomas 
Hornbuckle 

ToBingham,Thrs. 
Jno.Hornbuckle 


BELVOIR  CASTLE,  the  splendid  seat  of  the  Duke  of  Rutland,  has 
been  mostly  rebuilt  during  the  present  century,  and  occupies  the  crown 
of  a  lofty  eminence  on  the  south  side  of  the  Vale  of  Belvoir,  and  on  the 
north-eastern  verge  of  the  county,  adjoining  Lincolnshire;  12  miles 
N.E.  of  Melton  Mowbray;  18  miles  E.  by  S.  of  Nottingham;  C  miles 
W.S.W.  of  Grantham;  and  28  miles  N.E.  of  Leicester.  Belvote  is  an 
extra-parochial  demesne,  partly  in  the  Soke  of  Grantham,  Lincolnshire, 
and  comprising  171  inhabitants,  and  about  170  acres ;  but  the  pleasure 
grounds,  woods,  and  plantations,  extend  over  more  than  500  acres  in  the 
adjoining  parishes.  It  is  now  rated  as  a  separate  parish  attached  to 
Grantham  Union.  Except  the  inn,  the  houses  are  detached  offices, 
belonging  to  the  Castle,  which  is  by  far  the  most  superb  architectural 
ornament  of  which  Leicestershire  can  boast.  The  cliff  on  which  it 
stands  is  an  abrupt  termination  of  a  lofty  isolated  hill,  the  chief  com- 
ponent of  which  is  red  grit-stone.  The  sides  of  the  hill  are  formed  into 
terraces,  at  various  heights,  diversified  with  shrubs,  whilst  the  base  is 
covered  with  large  forest  trees,  forming  a  complete  woodland,  which 
gives  the  Castle  a  most  imposing  appearance ;  rearing  its  majestic  towers 
and  turrets,  as  it  were,  from  the  midst  of  a  dense-wooded  forest.  The 
present  edifice  is  of  Tudor  architecture,  crowned  and  embattled  in  the 
style  of  the  feudal  ages,  and  occupying  a  large  quadrangular  area.  The 
foundation  of  the  original  castle  is  involved  in  considerable  doubt. 
Leland  was  of  opinion  that  there  was  no  fortress  here  anterior  to  the 
Conquest;  but  after  the  Norman  invasion,  the  elevated  situation  of 
Belvoir  was  of  too  much  importance  to  be  long  neglected,  when  the 
barons  could  secure  their  personal  safety  only  by  the  fortified  strength 
of  their  habitations.  The  Conqueror  gave  it  to  Robert  de  Todenei,  his 
standard  bearer,  who  built  his  castle  on  the  summit  of  the  hill,  and 
obtained  from  it  the  name  of  Robert  de  Belvedeir.  His  successors  took 
the  name  of  Albini.  Of  this  building  there  are  now  no  traces ;  but  the 
great  tower  of  the  present  edifice  is,  no  doubt,  erected  on  the  site  of  the 
original  keep.  The  castle  continued  in  the  Albini  family  till  the  mar- 
riage of  their  heiress  Isabel,  about  1257,  with  Robert  Lord  Roos,  of 
HamlaJce.  During  the  wars  of  the  roses,  Thomas  Lord  Roos  espoused 
the  Lancasterian  cause,  and  was  attainted  in  1401.  The  baronial  lord- 
ship of  Belvoir  and  all  its  members,  with  the  rents  called  castle-guard, 
were  granted  by  Edward  IV.,  in  1407,  to  William  Lord  Hastings,  who 


BELVOIR   CASTLE.  329 

Lelancl  says,  "  coming  hither  upon  a  tyme  to  peruse  the  ground  and  to 
lye  at  the  castel,  was  sodenly  repelled  by  Mr.  Harrington,  a  man  of 
poure  thereaboute,  and  friend  to  the  Lord  Roos;  whereupon  Lord 
Hastings  came  upon  another  tyme,  with  a  strong  poure,  and  upon  a 
raging  wille,  spoillid  the  castel,  defacing  the  rofes,  and  taking  the  leades 
of  them,  wherewith  they  were  all  covirid.  Then  felle  the  castle  to 
ruine,  and  the  timber  of  the  rofes  unkeverit  rotted  away,  and  the  soile 
betwene  the  walles,  at  the  last,  grue  ful  of  elders,  and  no  habitation  was 
there  tyl  of  late  dayes  the  Eyrie  of  Rutland  hath  made  it  fairer  than 
ever  it  was."  The  attainder  being  removed  on  the  petition  of  Lord 
Roos  to  Parliament,  in  the  reign  of  Richard  III.,  the  Castle  and  its 
extensive  domain  reverted  to  his  family.  In  the  latter  part  of  the  15th 
century,  Eleanor,  sister  and  co-heiress,  and  ultimately  sole  heiress  of 
Thomas  Lord  Roos,  carried  Belvoir  in  marriage  to  Sir  Robert  Manners, 
Knight,  whose  family  had  held  large  estates  from  the  time  of  the 
Conquest,  in  Northumberland,  where  their  chief  seat  was  Ethale  or 
Etal  Castle.  Sir  Thomas  Manners,  the  grandson  of  Sir  Robert,  was 
summoned  to  Parliament  as  Lord  Roos,  in  1515,  and  was  created  Earl 
of  Rutland  in  1525.  Having  restored  the  Castle,  which  had  been  in 
ruins  since  Lord  Hastings'  attack,  he  made  Belvoir  his  chief  residence. 
John,  the  eighth  Earl,  attaching  himself  to  the  Parliamentarians  in  the 
Civil  Wars  (see  pages  127  to  132),  involved  his  Castle  in  the  conse- 
quences of  attacks  from  the  royal  army.  It  was  occasionally  garrisoned 
by  each  party,  and  in  the  struggles  for  victory,  the  building  was  nearly 
destroyed.  In  1048,  it  was  surrendered  to  the  Parliamentary  forces, 
and  the  House  of  Commons  ordered  it  to  be  dismantled.  In  1654,  on 
the  petition  of  the  Earl  of  Rutland,  that  in  consequence  of  the  unhappy 
wars,  his  estates  had  been  devastated,  whereby  he  was  reduced  to  great 
straits  for  the  maintenance  of  his  family,  and  that  Viscount  Campden 
had  been  a  principal  instrument  in  the  nun  of  the  petitioner's  castle, 
lands,  and  woods  about  Belvoir,  he  (Viscount  Campden)  being  a  chief 
commander  of  the  royal  garrison  there,  it  was  ordered  by  both  Houses 
of  Parliament,  that  satisfaction  should  be  made  the  Earl  to  the  amount 
of  .£5000,  out  of  Lord  Campden's  estates.  This  Earl  restored  the  Castle 
in  1668,  and  dying  in  1670,  was  succeeded  by  his  third  son,  John 
Manners,  who  a  few  months  previously  had  been  summoned  to  the 
House  of  Peers  by  the  title  of  Baron  Manners,  of  Haddon,  Derbyshire, 
and  was  by  Queen  Anne  advanced  to  the  titles  of  Marquis  of  Graney 
and  Duke  of  Rutland,  in  1703.  He  made  Belvoir  his  chief  seat,  and 
greatly  enlarged  the  Castle,  where  he  spent  a  sort  of  rural  life.  He 
died  in  1711,  when  his  son,  John,  became  the  second  Duke  of  Rutland, 
&c.  The  latter  died  in  1721,  and  was  succeeded  by  his  eldest  son, 
John,  the  third  Duke,  who  was  the  last  of  the  Rutland  family  who 
made  the  ancient  baronial  mansion  of  Haddon  Hall,  in  Derbyshire,  an 
occasional  residence,  though  they  still  keep  it  in  repair,  as  an  interesting 
object  of  antiquity,  and  maintain  the  shooting  box  of  Longshaw,  in  the 
moorlands  of  that  county.  The  third  Duke  built  the  hunting  seat  of 
Croxton  Park,  five  miles  south  of  Belvoir,  about  1730.  He  also  made 
great  improvements  at  Belvoir  about  the  year  1750.  He  died  in  1779, 
and  was  succeeded  by  his  grandson,  Charles,  who  was  made  Lord- 
Lieutenant  of  L-eland,  in  1784,  and  retained  that  high  office  till  his 
death,  in  1787,  when  he  was  succeeded  by  his  eldest  surviving  son, 
John  Henry,  the  late  revered  Duke,  who  was  born  on  the  4th  January, 
1778,  and  died  20th  January,  1857,  in  the  80th  year  of  his  age;  having 
held  the  dukedom  for  the  long  period  of  70  years,  and  the  office  of  Lord- 
Lieutenant  of  Leicestershire  for  more  than  50  years.    He  was  succeeded 


830  BELVOIR   CASTLE. 

by  his  eldest  son,  the  Most  Noble  Charles  Cecil  John  Manners,  the 
present  Duke  of  Rutland,  Marquis  of  Grariby,  Baron  Manners  of 
Haddon,  Lord- Lieutenant  and  Custos  Rotulorum  of  Leicestershire, 
Honorary  Colonel  of  the  Leicestershire  Militia,  &c,  who  was  born  in 
1815,  and  was  M!P.  for  Stamford  from  1837  to  1852,  and  for  the 
Northern  Division  of  Leicestershire  from  1852  till  1857.  His  heir 
presumptive  is  his  brother,  Lord  John  James  Robert  Manners  (born 
1818),  now  one  of  the  parliamentary  representatives  of  the  Northern 
Division  of  Leicestershire.  His  Grace's  other  brother  and  sisters  are 
Lord  George  John  Manners  (of  the  Horse  Guards),  born  1820;  Lady 
Elizabeth  Frederica,  born  1801,  and  married,  in  1822,  to  Andrew  Robt. 
Drummond,  Esq.,  of  Cadlands,  Hampshire ;  and  Lady  Adeliza  Elizabeth 
Gertrude,  born  in  1810,  and  married  in  1848  to  the  Rev.  Frederic  John 
Norman,  B.A.,  rector  of  Bottesford. 

The  late  Duke  of  Rutland  had  expended  at  least  .£200, 000  in  rebuild- 
ing Belvoir  Castle,  and  it  was  estimated  that  .£20,000  more  would  have 
completed  the  work,  when  a  fire  broke  out  on  the  26th  of  October,  1816, 
which  nearly  consumed  the  whole  of  the  extensive  and  stately  building, 
except  the  south-west  and  south-east  fronts.  The  fire  did  not  reach  the 
chapel,  but  most  of  the  costly  furniture,  with  many  valuable  paintings, 
by  the  first  masters,  in  other  parts  of  the  Castle,  were  totally  destroyed. 
The  portraits  of  the  Earls  of  Rutland,  and  of  the  three  first  Dukes,  were 
fortunately  among  those  that  were  saved.  The  Duke's  splendid  design 
of  rebuilding  the  Castle  was  formed  during  his  minority,  the  work  being 
commenced  in  1801.  Soon  after  the  calamitous  fire  in  1816,  he  resumed 
his  plans,  and  erected  on  the  ruins  of  his  mansion  a  Castle  far  superior 
in  size  and  grandeur  to  any  of  its  predecessors.  The  whole  of  the 
building,  since  the  fire,  has  been  constructed  from  the  plans  and  designs 
of  his  Grace's  late  domestic  chaplain,  the  Rev.  Sir  John  Thoroton,  Kt. ; 
and  the  south-east  and  south-west  fronts,  and  such  other  parts  as  were 
left  uninjured  by  the  conflagration,  were  designed  by  Wyatt. 

Belvoir  Castle,  from  the  admirable  natural  advantages  of  its  situation, 
and  from  the  skill  and  taste  which  have  been  displayed  in  adapting  the 
architecture,  both  to  the  site  and  the  importance  of  the  historical  recol- 
lections with  which  it  is  associated,  has  acquired  a  celebrity  by  no 
means  confined  to  England;  for  scarcely  any  foreigner  of  cultivated 
taste,  visiting  this  country,  omits  the  gratification  of  visiting  it.  This 
superb  edifice  is  built  of  limestone  from  Ancaster  and  marl  from  the 
neighbouring  quarries,  and  occupies  the  whole  summit  of  the  hill,  pre- 
senting a  coup  d'ccil  at  once  imposing  and  majestic.  The  most  promi- 
nent features  in  the  north-east  front  are  Norman.  The  great  tower  is  of 
Norman  massiveness  in  the  basement,  first,  and  principal  stories; 
slightly,  but  appropriately,  decreasing  in  its  solid  proportions  towards  the 
turrets  and  battlements,  forms,  in  connexion  with  the  Staunton  and  north 
towers,  and  the  projections  of  the  porch  and  cloister-like  entrance,  on 
the  north-west  side,  a  magnificent  arrangement  of  castellated  architecture. 
The  beautiful  windows  of  the  Elizabeth  Saloon,  in  the  great  tower,  are 
ornamented  with  multiplied  courses  of  zig-zag  mouldings,  and  the 
panelled  buttresses  are  decorated  with  armorial  insignia.  The  corbel 
table  on  this  and  the  north-west,  or  grand  entrance  front,  presents  a 
series  of  elegantly  elongated,  moulded  trefoils ;  but  in  the  other  fronts, 
the  battlements  are  marked  by  a  series  of  segmental  blocks,  which  show 
also  the  parts  which  were  left  untouched  by  the  fire  of  1816.  The 
principal  feature  in  the  north-west  front,  is  the  Grand  Entrance,  forming 
a  highly  decorated  Gothic  archway,  on  each  side  of  which  are  tastefully 
arranged  firelocks,  swords,  and  other  arms,  for  about  120  men.    This 


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entrance  passage  leads  from  the  porch  to  the  Guard  Room,  or  Entrance 
Hall,  which  is  fitted  up  in  the  ancient  baronial  style ;  and  the  stranger 
is  at  once  reminded  of  the  sombre  grandeur  of  the  feudal  ages  by  two 
full-length  figures  of  knights,  in  gilded  armour,  and  by  complete  suits 
and  detached  pieces  of  steel  armour,  banners,  &c,  arranged  in  niches,  or 
against  the  panels.  There  are  also  a  number  of  relics  from  the  field  of 
Waterloo,  and  an  interesting  model  of  the  former  castle  and  its  outworks, 
cut  in  wood,  by  the  Rev.  Mr.  Mounsey.  The  architectural  ornaments  of 
this  grand  apartment,  and  its  vaulted  roof,  are  of  the  most  elaborate 
character,  and  four  of  its  windows  are  enriched  with  beautiful  designs  in 
stained  glass.  Tw^>  fights  of  steps  lead  into  the  Gothic  Gallery,  which  is 
executed  in  the  x:^est  style  of  the  art,  with  windows  of  stained  glass, 
representing  figures  of  the  ancient  barons  of  Belvoir,  in  full  mail.  The 
Grand  Staircase  is  decorated  with  portraits  of  the  nine  Earls  of  Rutland. 
The  Regent's  Gallery,  in  the  south-west  wing,  is  a  magnificent  apart- 
ment, 131  feet  long,  18  feet  2  inches  high,  and  17  feet  8  inches  broad  at 
each  end,  but  forming  in  the  centre  a  semi-rotunda,  41  feet  6  inches  in 
length,  and  35  feet  8  inches  in  breadth.  It  was  temporarily  fitted  up  for 
the  reception  of  George  IV.,  when  Prince  Regent,  and  is  ornamented  in 
compartments,  by  eight  pieces  of  beautiful  gobelin  tapestry,  on  which  are 
delineated,  with  the  brilliancy  of  colouring,  and  the  minute  finish  of  the 
most  accomplished  pencil,  the  adventures  of  Don  Quixote.  Many 
beautiful  paintings  and  finely  executed  marble  busts  decorate  the  walls, 
and  the  furniture  is  of  the  most  costly  description.  In  one  of  the 
cabinets  in  this  room  are  six  or  seven  silver  trowels,  used  by  the  present 
and  two  last  Dukes  in  laying  the  foundation  stones  of  churches  and 
other  public  buildings,  and  there  is  a  curious  chair,  made  from  the 
tree  behind  the  farm  of  La  Haye  Sainte,  close  to  which  the  Duke  of 
Wellington  frequently  took  his  station  during  the  battle  of  Waterloo. 
The  Picture  Gallery,  31  feet  5  in.  high,  25  feet  8  in.  broad,  and  61  feet 
10  in.  long,  is  lighted  from  above  by  a  series  of  windows,  filled  with 
ground  glass.  The  walls  are  appropriately  covered  with  crimson  cloth, 
and  present  a  magnificent  array  of  first-rate  paintings,  by  ancient  and 
modern  masters,  in  the  highest  state  of  preservation.  Among  the 
pictures  are  the  six  sacraments  of  Baptism,  Confirmation,  the  Eucharist, 
Extreme  Unction,  Orders,  and  Matrimony,  by  Poussin.  The  seventh 
sacrament  of  Penance  is  gone,  and  its  place  is  supplied  by  "  John 
baptizing  Christ,"  by  the  same  artist.  This  series  cost  .£3000,  and  is 
the  first  one  painted,  the  only  other  by  this  artist  is  in  the  possession  of 
the  Duke  of  Bridgewater.  There  is  also  a  well  known  and  much  ad- 
mired picture  by  Teniers,  illustrative  of  "  Dutch  Proverbs  ;"  and  some 
fine  family  portraits.  At  the  end  of  the  Regent's  Gallery,  the  Chapel 
is  entered,  which  is  fitted  up  with  great  taste  and  neatness,  and  has  a 
beautifully  painted  altar-piece  by  Murillo,  representing  the  Holy  Family, 
and  insured  for  3000  guineas.  The  gallery  over  the  altar  is  faced  with 
tabernacle  work,  consisting  of  five  canopies.  The  Awaiting  Room, 
formerly  used  as  a  billiard  room,  is  30  feet  4  in.  by  21  feet  G  in.,  and  is 
lighted  chiefly  by  a  lantern  in  the  roof.  It  contains  several  cases  of 
books,  and  some  valuable  paintings.  The  Library  is  47  feet  by  23  feet 
9  inches,  and  18  feet  high.  It  has  a  very  neat  and  unique  appearance, 
being  fitted  up  altogether  with  oak  panel  and  furniture,  and  having  deeply 
recessed  and  elaborately  moulded  windows,  and  a  gilded  panel  roof.  It 
contains  a  number  of  very  valuable  drawings  by  the  most  celebrated 
ancient  masters.  The  number  of  volumes  in  this  and  the  ante-room 
amounts  to  about  7000 ;  and  with  the  exception  of  a  few  modern  works 
of  imagination,  there  is  scarcely  a  volume  that  does  not  possess  great 


332  BELVOIR   CASTLE. 

intrinsic  value.  The  collection  comprises  many  richly  illuminated  manu- 
scripts, and  is  rich  in  divinity,  classics,  and  illustrated  works.  The 
Boudoir  of  the  late  Duchess  is  the  apartment  in  which  she  usually  in- 
dulged in  those  pursuits  congenial  to  her  highly  cultivated  mind.  Its 
windows  command  beautiful  and  extensive  views,  and  its  internal 
character  is  rather  that  of  simple  elegance  than  elaborate  decoration. 
The  ceiling  is  coved,  and  decorated  with  gilded  mouldings  and  cornice. 
Beneath  the  latter,  there  is  a  series  of  classical  designs,  bronzed  on  a 
warm,  salmon-coloured  ground ;  and  in  single  panels  round  the  room 
are  many  repetitions  of  Venus  and  Cupid.  There  are  a  few  first-rate 
gems  of  the  pictorial  art  in  this  room,  intermixed  with  others,  whose  chief 
value  is  of  a  domestic  kind.  The  Ball  Room  or  GrLnd  Corridor  is  one 
of  the  most  imposing  portions  of  the  Castle,  being  designed  from  models 
of  various  parts  of  Lincoln  Cathedral.  It  is  upwards  of  120  feet  long, 
and  about  24  broad.  The  central  portion  is  lighted  by  nine  windows, 
with  multifoil  heads  and  double  lights,  divided  by  transoms.  The 
roof  is  a  groined  vault,  intersected  by  ribs  springing  from  vaulting 
shafts;  and  some  of  the  windows  are  enriched  with  painted  glass. 
That  portion  of  the  corridor  leading  to  the  Grand  Dining  Room,  &c, 
is  so  rich  a  specimen  of  English  architecture,  that  a  mere  descrip- 
tion would  not  do  justice  to  its  beauties.  The  Queens  Drawing 
Room,  formerly  called  the  Green,  or  Assembly  Room,  in  which  the  family 
and  visitors  assemble  previous  to  dinner,  is  only  27  feet  by  24,  and  17£ 
high ;  exclusive  of  the  bay  window,  which  increases  the  width  7£  feet, 
and  commands  a  magnificent  prospect,  extending  over  the  lake  to  the 
village  of  Woolsthorpe,  and  the  splendid  mansion  of  Harlaxton,  in  one 
direction,  and  across  the  vale  and  the  adjoining)  county  of  Lincoln,  in 
another.  The  Chinese  Rooms  are  a  suite  of  apartments,  each  lighted  by 
two  lofty  windows,  and  having  many  decorations,  curiosities,  &c,  of 
genuine  Chinese  workmanship.  The  Elizabeth  Saloon  is  a  beautifully 
imagined  and  well-proportioned  room,  55  feet  by  30^,  and  20  feet  10 
inches  in  height.  It  has  its  name  from  the  late  lamented  Duchess,  who 
designed  it  and  entrusted  the  arrangement  and  superintendence  of  the 
decorations  to  Mr.  Matthew  Wyatt,  who  also  painted  the  ceiling,  and 
sculptured  the  beautiful  marble  statue  of  the  Duchess,  which  is  seen 
immediately  on  entering,  standing  before  a  magnificent  pier  glass,  in  one 
of  the  panels  the  whole  height  of  the  room.  She  is  represented  in  simple 
drapery,  with  sandals.  The  style  of  the  room  is  the  gorgeous  fashion  of 
Louis  Quatorze,  and  the  ceiling  is  divided  into  one  circular,  and  three 
semi-circular  compartments.  In  that  over  the  statue  of  the  Duchess,  is 
painted  Jupiter  with  the  eagle  and  thunder  bolts,  despatching  Mercury 
on  a  mission ;  and  the  others  are  also  filled  with  mythological  subjects, 
painted  in  the  same  style.  The  head  of  Jupiter  is  an  admirable  likeness 
of  the  late  Duke  of  York.  The  Italian  marble  chimney  pieces,  the  grates, 
the  chairs  covered  with  blue  satin  damask,  the  bracket  and  pendant 
chandeliers,  and  the  carved  and  gilded  candelabra  on  black  marble 
pedestals,  are  beautiful  specimens  of  art ;  and  the  walls  are  divided  into 
panels  of  blue  satin  damask  in  gilded  frames,  surmounted  with  a  massive 
cornice.  Fitted  to  the  walls,  in  the  panels,  are  a  number  of  enamels  and 
water  colors,  by  eminent  artists.  Some  of  them  are  perfect  gems.  There 
are  also  two  excellent  portraits  of  the  late  Duke  and  Duchess,  in  pedestal 
frames,  standing  on  either  side  of  the  bay  window.  In  the  Saloon  are 
four  cabinets  of  black  marble,  ebony,  and  gilded  carving,  with  shallow 
panels,  decorated  with  birds  and  fruit  in  Florentine  mosaic,  and  con- 
taining a  number  of  curiosities,  among  which  is  the  key  of  the  Staunton 
Tower  in  a  gold  cup.    Another  beautiful  casket  is  formed  of  rich  com- 


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partments,  designed  and  painted  by  the  late  Duchess,  to  whose  memory 
it  bears  an  inscription.  The  Grand  Dining  Room  is  a  splendid  apartment, 
55  feet  by  31,  and  19  feet  high;  lighted  by  four  spacious  windows,  and 
having  at  each  end  a  shallow  recess,  with  circular  arch  and  broad  pil- 
asters of  Derbyshire  marble.  These  recesses  are  filled  with  plate  glass, 
from  the  ceiling  to  the  sideboards ;  and  there  are  three  similar  recesses 
opposite  the  windows,  and  also  two  elegant  fire-places,  with  chimney- 
pieces  of  statuary  marble,  sculptured  in  the  finest  style  of  the  art.  This 
room  contains  a  number  of  family  portraits ;  and  a  singular  work  of  art, 
by  Matthew  Wyatt,  consisting  of  a  side  table,  apparently  covered  with  a 
white  cloth,  so  admirably  executed  in  marble  that  it  requires  a  very  close 
examination  to  dispel  the  illusion.  The  most  ancient  portion  of  the 
Castle  is  the  first  story  of  the  Staunton  Tower,  which  had  its  name  from 
the  Stauntons,  of  Nottinghamshire,  who  held  of  the  Lords  of  Belvoir  by  the 
service  of  castle-guard.  Thoroton,  the  historian,  says  this  tower  is  yet 
to  be  found  "  sufficiently  guarded  by  the  strength  of  its  own  liquor,  with 
which  the  bottom  of  it  is  usually  replenished."  What  Thoroton  has  thus 
quaintly  alluded  to,  is  still  the  fact ;  for  the  vault  under  the  tower  is  now 
divided  into  wine  bins,  capable  of  holding  16,750  bottles.  The  roof  is  a 
groined  vault,  intersected  with  eight  plain  bevelled  ribs,  springing  from 
the  rock,  or  floor  of  the  cellar ;  and  the  keystone  is  rudely  sculptiu-ed 
with  monograms  of  Longobardic  character.  In  the  other  cellars  are 
many  large  barrels,  one  of  which,  called  after  the  founder  of  the  Castle, 
Robert  de  Todenei,  holds  1300  gallons,  and  was  filled  with  ale  May  16th, 
1815,  when  the  present  Duke  was  born,  and  tapped  when  became  of  age. 
It  would  require  a  volume  to  describe  all  the  rooms,  works  of  art,  and 
other  objects  of  interest  in  this  magnificent  castellated  mansion,  which 
is  only  excelled  by  the  abode  of  Royalty — the  similarly  situated  Castle  of 
Windsor.  The  Pleasure  Grounds  are  very  extensive,  embracing  terraces, 
connected  by  flights  of  steps,  guarded  by  balustrades,  and  adorned  with 
statues ;  fountains  and  ingenious  water- work  machinery ;  shady  avenues, 
terminated  by  Grecian  temples,  Gothic  arches,  statues,  obelisks,  and 
grottoes ;  tasteful  lawns,  gardens,  and  shrubberies ;  an  ornamental  farm  ; 
flourishing  woods  and  plantations ;  and  several  beautiful  gardens.  A  lake 
of  15^a.,  and  a  wood  of  90a.,  with  other  parts  of  the  pleasure  grounds, 
are  in  Woolsthorpe  parish,  Lincolnshire,  near  the  small  river  Deven. 
The  Bastion,  on  the  West  side  of  the  Castle,  commands  the  only  acces- 
sible approach,  and  is  mounted  by  eight  pieces  of  brass  cannon,  which 
would  sweep  a  destructive  fire  over  an  area  of  three-fourths  of  a  circle. 
An  avenue,  called  the  Dukes  Walk,  extends  in  a  winding  direction 
towards  the  west,  for  nearly  three  miles.  On  the  summit  of  Blackberry 
Hill,  is  an  elegant  Mausoleum,  the  first  stone  of  which  was  laid  by  the 
late  Duke  of  York,  March  1st,  1826,  and  the  building  was  consecrated 
by  the  Bishop  of  Lincoln,  in  1828.  After  its  completion,  the  body  of  the 
late  Duchess,  and  those  of  more  than  twelve  others  of  the  Rutland 
family,  including  that  of  the  celebrated  Marquis  of  Granby,  and  those  of 
the  four  Dukes,  were  removed  from  the  vault  at  Bottesford,  to  the  Mau- 
soleum, which  was  designed  by  Wyatt,  and  is  of  Norman  architecture. 
It  consists  of  two  stories.  The  lower  is  supported  by  massive  pillars, 
between  which  are  recesses  for  the  coffins ;  and  the  upper  one  is  enriched 
with  all  the  luxuriant  ornaments  of  the  Norman  style,  with  a  rich  groined 
ceiling,  surmounting  the  whole.  In  a  recess  at  the  eastern  end  of  this 
apartment,  and  lighted  by  an  invisible  window,  is  introduced  a  Statue  of 
the  late  Duchess,  executed  in  Parian  marble,  by  Matthew  Wyatt,  in  the 
act  of  ascending  to  the  skies,  welcomed  by  the  four  children  who  had  died 
before  her.    The  remains  of  the  late  Duke  now  rest  beside  those  of  his 


334  BELVOIB   CASTLE. 

beloved  Duchess.  This  beautiful  structure  is  enveloped  in  a  dense 
grove  of  forest  trees,  which  throws  a  still  and  hallowed  gloom  over  the 
whole  scene.  From  Belvoir  Inn,  on  the  western  side  of  the  hill,  a 
private  railway  extends  about  two  miles  across  the  vale,  to  the  Grantham 
Canal.  Petty  Sessions  are  held  at  this  Inn,  on  the  first  Monday  of  every 
month.  The  dovecote  near  it  stands  on  the  site  of  Belvoir  Priory, 
which  was  founded  about  1076,  by  Robert  Be  Todenei,  for  four  black 
monks  of  the  order  of  St.  Benedict,  as  a  cell  to  St.  Albans.  It  was 
dedicated  to  St.  Mary,  and  was  endowed  by  the  founder  with  the  manor 
of  Horninghold,  four  carucates  and  twenty  acres  in  Belvoir,  and  the 
tithes  of  his  vineyards.  At  the  dissolution,  its  clear  annual  value  was 
<£98.  19s.  5d.,  and  it  was  granted  to  Thomas,  Earl  of  Rutland.  Traces 
of  its  foundation  may  still  be  seen.  In  its  church  were  interred  the 
founder,  three  of  the  Albinis;  several  of  the  De  Roos  family ;  a  D'Ein- 
court ;  a  Staunton ;  and  a  De  Vaux.  Several  ancient  leaden  coffins 
were  removed  to  Bottesford  Church  many  years  ago,  and  are  still  care- 
fully preserved.  According  to  Nichols,  the  priory  church  consisted  of  a 
tower,  nave,  side-aisles,  and  choir,  with  a  presbytery,  and  three  small 
chapels  dedicated  to  St.  Mary,  St.  Nicholas,  and  St.  Osyth ;  and  on  the 
north  side  of  it  were  the  cloisters,  with  the  chapter-house  in  the  centre. 

A  brief  genealogical  account  of  the  successive  owners  of  Belvoir  is 
given  at  page  328,  to  which  may  be  added  the  following  notice  of  some 
of  the  most  distinguished.  By  a  survey  taken  at  the  death  of  Robert  de 
Todenei,  the  first  Norman  lord  of  Belvoir,  it  appears  he  was  in  posses- 
sion of  80  lordships,  many  of  which,  by  uninterrupted  succession,  are 
now  the  property  of  the  Duke  of  Rutland.  His  son,  William  de  Albini, 
was  a  celebrated  warrior,  and  distinguished  himself  at  the  Battle  of 
Tenerchebray,  in  Normandy,  where  Henry  I.  encountered  his  brother, 
Robert  Curthose.  He  obtained  a  royal  grant  for  an  annual  fair  at  Bel- 
voir, to  be  continued  eight  days.  William  de  Albini,  the  third  of  the 
name,  was  a  distinguished  character  in  the  reign  of  Richard  I.,  and  went 
with  him  to  Normandy,  in  1195.  He  was  one  of  the  25  barons  who 
swore  to  the  observance  of  Magna  Gharta  and  the  Charta  da  Foresta, 
sealed  by  King  John,  at  Runnemede.  Afterwards  he  was  engaged  in 
the  barons'  wars,  and  was  taken  prisoner  by  the  King^s  party,  at 
Rochester.  In  1304,  William  de  Roos  was  allowed  to  enclose  100  acres 
in  the  parish  of  Redmile,  under  the  name  of  Belvoir,  or  Bever  Park. 
His  son,  William  Lord  Roos,  was  appointed  Lord  High  Admiral  of  Eng- 
land, in  1342.  Sir  William  de  Roos,  lit.,  held  several  offices  of  state,  and 
was  Lord  High  Treasurer  in  1402.  John,  the  eldest  son  of  the  above, 
succeeded  to  the  estates  in  1414,  and  was  slain,  with  his  brother  Wil- 
liam, at  Bauge,  near  Anjou.  Henry,  the  second  Earl  of  Rutland,  was 
appointed,  by  Philip  and  Mary,  in  1550,  captain-general  of  all  the  forces 
then  going  to  France,  and  also  chief  commander  of  the  fleet.  In 
1559  he  was  made  Lord-Lieutenant  of  Nottinghamshire  and  Rutland. 
Edward,  his  son  and  successor,  was  made  Lord-Lieutenant  of  Lincoln- 
shire, in  1582,  and  Camden  calls  him  "  a  profound  lawyer,  and  a  man 
accomplished  with  all  polite  learning."  John,  the  fourth  Earl,  was 
constituted  Constable  of  Nottingham  Castle,  and  Lord-Lieutenant  of 
that  county,  in  1587.  Roger,  the  fifth  Earl,  was  a  friend  and  associate 
of  the  Earl  of  Essex,  and  accompanied  him  into  Ireland,  and  was  sub- 
sequently engaged  with  him  in  his  hair-brained  attempt  to  raise  an 
insurrection  in  London,  and  to  seize  the  queen's  person;  for  which 
offence  he  was  confined  to  the  Tower  till  the  end  of  Elizabeth's  reign. 
Francis,  the  sixth  Earl,  was  a  great  traveller,  and  was  appointed  to 
several  great  offices  of  state.    By  his  second  marriage  he  had  two  sons, 


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who,  according  to  a  monument  at  Bottesford  Church,  were  murdered  by 
"  wicked  practice  and  sorcery."  As  illustrative  of  the  folly  and  supersti- 
tion of  the  times,  it  may  be  amusing  to  explain  this.  Joan  Flower  and 
her  two  daughters,  who  were  servants  at  Belvoir  Castle,  having  been 
dismissed  the  family,  in  revenge,  made  use  of  all  the  enchantments, 
spells,  and  charms,  that  were  at  that  time  supposed  to  answer  their 
malicious  purposes.  Henry,  the  eldest  son,  died  soon  after  their  dismis- 
sal ;  but  no  suspicion  of  witchcraft  arose  till  five  years  after,  when  the 
three  women,  who  are  said  to  have  entered  into  a  formal  contract  with 
the  devil,  were  accused  of  "  murdering  Lord  Henry  Roos,  by  witchcraft, 
and  torturing  the  Lord  Francis  his  brother,  and  Lady  Catherine  his 
sister."  After  various  examinations  before  Lord  Francis  Willoughby, 
of  Eresby,  and  other  magistrates,  they  were  committed  to  Lincoln  gaol. 
Joan  died  at  Ancaster,  on  her  way  thither,  by  wishing  the  bread  and 
butter  she  eat  might  choke  her  if  guilty.  The  two  daughters  were  tried 
before  Sir  Henry  Hobart,  Chief  Justice  of  the  Common  Pleas,  and  Sir 
Edward  Bromley,  one  of  the  barons  of  the  Exchequer ;  confessed  their 
guilt,  and  were  executed  at  Lincoln,  March  11,  1618-19.  George,  the 
seventh  Earl,  was  knighted  in  1599,  for  his  bravery  against  the  rebels  in 
Ireland,  and  succeeded  his  brother  in  1632,  and  died  in  1641.  He  was 
honoured  with  a  visit  from  Charles  I.,  in  1634.  John,  the  eighth  Earl, 
in  the  wars  between  Charles  I.  and  his  Parliament,  espoused  the  cause 
of  the  latter,  as  noticed  at  page  329,  and  his  castle  was  early  taken  pos- 
session of  by  the  royalists.  After  a  long  siege,  the  royal  garrison  sur- 
rendered the  castle  to  the  parliamentarian  forces,  on  February  3,  1648, 
when  it  was  stipulated  that  the  garrison,  and  Sir  Gervase  Lucas,  the 
governor,  should  have  liberty  to  march  away  to  Lichfield,  with  their 
horses  and  arms,  with  colours  flying,  drums  beating,  matches  lighted, 
and  muskets  laden  with  bullets.  John,  the  ninth  Earl,  was  created 
Marquis  of  Granby  and  Duke  of  Rutland,  in  1703,  as  noticed  at  page  329. 
John,  the  celebrated  Marquis  of  Granby,  was  the  eldest  son  of  the 
third  Duke  of  Rutland  (see  p.  329),  and  was  born  in  1721.  Entering 
early  into  the  army,  he  raised  a  regiment  for  his  Majesty's  service,  in 
the  rebellion  of  1745.  He  was  afterwards  colonel  of  the  Horse  Guards 
(Blues),  and  was  made  lieutenant-general  in  1759,  when  he  went  as 
second  in  command  (under  Lord  George  Sackville)  of  the  British  troops 
co-operating  with  the  King  of  Prussia.  Being  present  at  the  Battle  of 
Minden,  he  received  the  thanks  of  Prince  Ferdinand  of  Brunswick.  On 
Lord  Sackville's  resignation,  the  Marquis  was  appointed  chief  in  com- 
mand of  the  British  troops,  which  office  he  retained  during  the  rest  of 
the  seven  years'  war,  and  both  they  and  he  gained  honour  at  the  battles 
of  Warburgt  in  1760  ;  of  Kirchdenkern,  in  1761 ;  and  at  Grebenstein 
and  Homburg,  in  1762.  After  four  years'  warm  services,  he  was 
rewarded  with  the  post  of  master  of  the  ordnance,  in  1763 ;  and  was 
promoted,  in  1766,  to  the  rank  of  commander-in-chief.  He  resigned  this 
office  in  January,  1770,  and  died,  much  regretted,  on  the  19th  of  October 
following,  nine  years  before  his  father.  His  popularity  as  a  military 
hero  is  shewn  by  the  frequent  occurrence  of  his  portrait  as  a  sign  for 
inns  and  taverns,  in  all  parts  of  England.  He  represented  Cambridge- 
shire in  Parliament,  was  a  privy  councillor,  and  married  the  eldest 
daughter  of  the  Duke  of  Somerset.  His  son  Charles  succeeded  as  the 
fourth  Duke  of  Rutland,  as  already  noticed.  His  youngest  son,  Lord 
Robert  Manners,  was  lieutenant  of  the  Victory,  in  Admiral  Keppel's 
engagement,  July  27th,  1778,  and  was  made  post-captain  on  the  day  after 
the  defeat  of  the  Spanish  fleet,  in  1780.  At  the  close  of  this  year,  he 
went  to  the  West  Indies,  as  captain  of  the  Resolution,  in  which  he  dis- 


336  BELVOIR   CASTLE. 

tinguished  himself  in  the  action  with  the  French  off  the  Chesapeake,  in 
1781 ;  and  also  in  that  off  St.  Kitt's,  when  he  was  one  of  the  seconds 
to  Commodore  Affleck,  in  1782.  In  the  memorable  action  off  Dominica, 
in  the  latter  year,  he  had  an  arm  broken,  and  was  wounded  in  both  legs, 
one  of  which  was  amputated ;  but  he  survived  only  a  few  days,  and,  by  his 
express  desire,  his  remains  were  committed  to  the  deep.  Falling  in  the 
bed  of  honour,  he  became  one  of  the  three  heroes,  to  whom  their  grateful 
country  decreed,  by  its  representatives,  a  monument  to  be  placed  among 
the  national  worthies,  in  Westminster  Abbey.  This  monument  is  by 
Nollekens,  and  his  two  compeers  in  honour  are  Captain  Blair  and  Captain 
Bayne.  The  late  Duke  of  Rutland  was  visited  at  Belvoir  by  the  Prince 
Regent,  in  January,  1814 ;  by  Queen  Adelaide,  in  December,  1839 ;  and 
by  Queen  Victoria  and  Prince  Albert,  in  December,  1843.  His  grace 
was  a  liberal  patron  of  the  fine  arts,  and  was  highly  respected  by  his 
numerous  tenantry  in  this  and  other  counties. 

His  Gkace   the   Duke   of  Rutland,   Belvoir   Castle,  and  Chevcley  Park, 
Cam  b  ridge  shire . 


Akerman  James,  head  groom 
Brook  William,  house  steward 
Cattle  John,  private  bailiff,  Castle  farm 
Challands  Samuel,  stonemason,  &c. 
Cochrane  Thomas,  architect  and  clerk 

of  the  works 
Cooper  James,  huntsman 
Doubleday  George,  blacksmith 
Fletcher  Win.  dep.land  agt ;  h  Knipton 
Green  John,  land  agent ;  h  Knipton 
Harrison  John,  farmer  &  vict.  Peacock 


Hill  Mrs  Elizabeth,  housekeeper 
Holling  Henry,  poultryman 
Ingram  William,  gardener      J\ 
Mansell  Thomas,  gamekeeper 
Mules    Rev.    Philip,    B.D.    domestic 

chaplain ;  h  Knipton  Cottage 
Orpwood  Joseph,  cook 
Parker  Jas.  forester,  Reservoir  Cottage 
Sharpe  Jas.  gamekeeper ;  h  Barkeston 
Sickler  Henry,  groom  of  the  chambers 
Wright  John,  farm  bailiff 


BOTTESFORD,  a  large  and  well-built  village  in  the  vale  of  Belvoir, 
and  on  the  banks  of  the  small  river  Deven,  is  in  the  north-eastern  apex 
of  the  county,  extending  between  Nottinghamshire  and  Lincolnshire, 
about  a  mile  N.  of  the  Canal,  and  on  the  Nottingham  and  Grantham 
turnpike,  seven  miles  W.  by  N.  of  the  latter,  and  sixteen  miles  E.  of 
the  former  town.  It  is  about  four  miles  N.  of  Belvoir  Castle,  and  its 
parish  contains  4830a.  2it.  4£p.  of  fertile  land,  of  the  gross  annual  value 
of  ,£8193.  8s.,  and  1415  inhabitants,  of  whom  428  are  in  Easthorpe 
hamlet,  on  the  south-west  side  of  the  river,  and  106  in  Normanton 
hamlet,  which  extends  three  miles  north  from  Bottesford  to  Normanton 
Thomes  and  the  Tfiree  Shire  Bush,  at  the  junction  of  the  three  counties. 
The  Duke  of  Rutland  is  lord  of  the  manor  and  owner  of  part  of  the  soil, 
and  the  rest  belongs  to  Captain  Charles  Norris,  Mrs.  Bemrose,  Miss 
Bartram,  Thomas  Vincent,  and  A.  Healy,  Esqrs. ;  the  trustees  of  the 
late  Richard  Kettleborrow,  Esq. ;  Wyggeston's  Hospital,  in  Leicester; 
the  Poor  of  Dorking,  Surrey ;  William  Ravell,  Francis  Vincent,  and 
William  Stafford,  Esqrs.,  and  several  other  small  proprietors.  The  tithes 
were  commuted  at  the  enclosure,  in  1770,  for  an  allotment  of  750  acres, 
and  the  soil  is  chiefly  a  strong  clay,  with  a  portion  of  sand.  The  manor 
anciently  called  Bottlesford  or  Bocklesford  has  been  held  by  the  owners 
of  Belvoir  since  the  time  of  the  Norman  Conquest.  The  Church  (St. 
Mary)  is  a  large  and  handsome  cruciform  structure,  exhibiting  the  early 
English,  the  decorated,  and  the  perpendicular  styles  of  architecture,  and 
consisting  of  a  nave,  a  spacious  chancel,  two  aisles,  south  porch,  and 
north  and  south  transepts,  with  a  square  tower  at  the  west  end  containing 
a  fine  peal  of  six  bells,  and  surmounted  by  a  handsome  octagonal 
crocketed  spire,  rising  to  the  height  of  222  feet,  of  which  the  tower 


BOTTESFORD    PARISH.  337 

measures  87  feet.  The  tenor  bell  weighs  27  cwt,  and  there  are  in  the 
steeple  the  remains  of  chimes  which  used  to  play  every  three  hours. 
The  nave  was  new  roofed  in  1740,  and  the  south  transept  in  1841,  and 
the  church  was  thoroughly  restored,  new  roofed,  and  reseated,  and  had 
new  windows  inserted  and  the  western  arch  opened  in  1847,  at  a  cost  of 
c£2300,  raised  by  rate  and  subscription.  In  1859,  a  new  organ  was 
erected  at  a  cost  of  ^£240,  and  the  spire  was  repaired  and  a  lightning 
conductor  affixed  at  a  cost  of  .£70,  also  raised  by  rate  and  subscription. 
Most  of  the  seats  are  free  and  open  at  the  ends,  and  the  pulpit  is  of 
finely  carved  oak,  dated  1631.  The  font,  which  is  octagonal  and  rudely 
sculptured,  stands  on  four  heavy  balusters.  The  chancel,  which  is  the 
most  ancient  part  of  the  church,  was  probably  built  about  1100,  and  for 
some  time  served  as  the  nave  of  the  parish  church.  The  remainder  of 
the  building  was  erected  by  the  De  Roos  family  between  the  years  1350 
and  1480.  The  chancel  is  60  feet  long  and  27  broad,  and  underwent 
considerable  alterations  and  repairs  in  the  early  part  of  the  16th  century, 
under  the  direction  of  Thomas,  the  first  Earl  of  Rutland,  for  the  recep- 
tion of  the  coffins  and  monumental  remains  of  his  ancestors,  which  he 
removed  from  Belvoir  Priory  and  other  monastic  foundations  after  the 
dissolution.  The  first  Earl  of  Rutland  was  interred  in  the  vault  which 
he  formed  under  this  chancel  in  1543,  and  it  continued  to  be  the  burial- 
place  of  the  Manners  family  till  the  completion  of  the  Mausoleum  at 
Belvoir  in  1828-9,  when  the  remains  of  the  late  Duchess  of  Rutland,  the 
four  Dukes,  the  celebrated  Marquis  of  Granby,  and  of  several  other 
members,  were  removed  to  that  splendid  dormitory,  as  noticed  at  page 
333.  Some  of  the  ancient  monuments  are  so  much  mutilated  that  they 
cannot  now  be  clearly  identified.  A  small  figure  in  armour  and  mantle 
is  supposed  to  be  the  effigy  of  Robert  de  Todenei,  the  first  Norman  lord 
of  Belvoir.  In  the  middle  of  the  chancel  floor,  near  the  altar  rails,  is  a 
beautiful  alabaster  altar  tomb,  upon  which  are  recumbent  effigies  of  the 
first  Earl  of  Rutland  and  his  Countess,  the  former  dressed  in  the  appro- 
priate robes  of  the  garter,  with  his  head  resting  on  a  helmet,  and  his 
feet  against  an  unicorn,  and  the  latter  resting  her  head  on  two  embroidered 
pillows.  On  the  north  side  of  the  tomb  are  figures  of  their  six  daughters, 
and  on  the  south  side  those  of  their  five  sons  and  another  daughter.  At 
the  west  end  of  the  tomb  is  a  statue  of  a  sixth  son,  and  at  the  east  end 
are  figures  of  two  other  daughters.  Near  this  is  another  alabaster 
monument  in  memory  of  Henry,  the  second  Earl  of  Rutland  and  his 
Countess,  the  former  of  whom  is  represented  in  plate  armour,  with  a 
collar  and  George  hanging  down  almost  to  his  waistband,  and  the  latter 
in  her  robes,  with  her  head  resting  on  a  scroll.  Effigies  of  their  daughter 
and  two  sons  kneel  upon  the  tomb,  and  above  it  is  a  canopy  on  heavy- 
wrought  pillars.  On  the  south  side  of  the  chancel  is  a  large  monument 
with  the  figures  of  Edward,  the  third  Earl  of  Rutland,  and  his  Countess, 
he  bareheaded  in  his  robes,  ruff,  and  armour,  and  she  in  ermine  robes, 
high  toupee,  ruff,  embroidered  sleeves,  &c,  with  one  daughter  kneeling 
at  her  feet.  A  long  inscription  records  the  Earl's  titles,  and  the  various 
offices  of  state  which  he  held.  Against  the  north  wall  is  the  monument 
of  John,  the  fourth  Earl,  whose  effigy  is  in  armour,  with  a  coronet  and 
ruff,  a  mat  under  his  head,  and  a  bull  at  his  feet.  By  his  side  is  his 
lady,  in  ermine  mantle,  with  a  lion  at  her  feet.  At  their  head  is  a  lady 
kneeling,  at  their  feet  the  eldest  son  bareheaded,  in  plate  armour;  and  in 
front  of  the  tomb  are  three  sons  and  two  daughters,  all  kneeling.  On 
the  same  side  of  the  chancel  is  the  monument  of  Roger,  the  fifth  Earl, 
and  his  Countess,  the  former  represented  in  plate  armour,  with  a  peacock 
at  his  feet,  and  the  latter  with  her  feet  on  a  porcupine.     The  last  and 

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838  BOTTESFORD   PARISH. 

most  magnificent  of  this  series  of  monuments  is  against  the  south  wall 
of  the  chancel,  and  commemorates  Francis,  the  sixth  Earl  of  Rutland, 
his  two  wives,  and  the  two  children  who  died  by  "  wicked  practices  and 
sorcery!'  (See  page  335.)  All  that  a  combination  of  various  coloured 
marbles,  painting, -gilding,  and  sculpture  can  effect,  is  here  displayed. 
The  Earl  rests  between  his  two  wives  on  a  marble  sarcophagus,  with 
his  head  on  an  embroidered  pillow,  and  his  feet  resting  against  a  pea- 
cock. At  their  head  is  a  female  kneeling  in  the  attitude  of  prayer,  and 
above  the  entablature  of  the  lower  arcade  are  two  black  horses,  and  a 
smaller  arcade  of  similar  character.  The  other  more  modern  monuments 
are  of  a  wholly  different  character  from  any  of  the  preceding.  One 
consists  of  a  beautiful  pedestal,  on  which  stands  a  colossal  figure  of 
statuary  marble  in  Roman  costume,  representing  George,  the  seventh  Earl 
of  Rutland,  who  died  in  1641.  Another  is  in  memory  of  John,  the 
eighth  Earl,  and  his  Countess,  who  are  both  represented  in  a  standing 
posture,  with  Roman  drapery,  an  urn  between  them,  and  two  cherubs 
above.  Banners,  pieces  of  armour,  escutcheons,  &c,  are  hung  on  the 
walls  and  from  the  roof  of  the  chancel.  The  door  of  entrance  into  the 
family  vault  is  of  cedar.  The  coffins  which  remain  in  the  vault  are 
numerous,  and  are  distinguished  by  inscriptions  on  brass  plates.  In 
the  church  were  formerly  chantries  dedicated  to  St.  Peter,  St.  Mary, 
and  St.  John.  The  Rectory,  valued  in  K.B<  at  £51.  4s.  lid.,  and  now 
at  £1000,  has  a  handsome  residence,  and  750  acres  of  land  in  lieu  of 
tithes.  The  Duke  of  Rutland  is  patron,  and  the  Rev.  Frederic  John 
Norman,  B.A.,  is  the  incumbent;  and  in  1848  married  Lady  Adeliza 
Gertrude  Elizabeth  Manners,  daughter  of  the  fifth  and  sister  of  the 
present  Duke  of  Rutland.  The  Rev.  Sir  John  Thoroton,  M.A.,  who  was 
rector  of  Bottesford  from  1782  till  1820,  and  was  for  twenty-three  years 
the  domestic  chaplain,  the  valued  friend,  and  the  faithful  companion  of 
the  late  Duke  and  Duchess  of  Rutland,  was  knighted  by  George  IV. 
when  Prince  Regent,  and  it  is  to  him  that  Belvoir  Castle  owes  much  of 
its  architectural  beauty. 

Bottesford  has  four  Dissenting  Chapels,  belonging  to  the  Independents, 
Particular  Baptists  (built  1789),  and  the  Wesleyan  and  Primitive 
Methodists ;  a  Police  Station,  built  in  1842  ;  an  ancient  Cross,  probably 
erected  by  Lord  De  Roos  about  the  year  1400 ;  and  a  Water  Mill,  on 
the  river  Deven.  The  annual  feast  is  on  the  second  Sunday  after  Sept. 
29th.  The  School  was  built  in  1855,  at  a  cost  of  £900,  on  land  given 
by  the  Duke  of  Rutland,  in  lieu  of  the  old  school  adjoining  the  church, 
which  was  built  about  150  years  ago  by  the  second  Duke  of  Rut- 
land, and  taken  down  in  1861.  It  is  endowed  with  31a.  3r.  29p.  of  land, 
awarded  at -the  enclosure,  in  lieu  of  two  oxgangs,  purchased  in  1730 
with  £240  left  for  the  education  of  poor  children,  in  1711  and  1726,  by 
Abel  Ligonier  and  Anthony  Ravell.  The  land  is  let  for  £35  per  annum, 
and  the  remainder  of  the  school  expenses,  amounting  to  about  £130  per 
annum,  are  defrayed  by  subscription  and  the  children's  pence.  A  station 
on  the  Syston  and  Peterborough  Railway  was  opened  here  on  the  15th 
July,  1851.  The  Earl  of  Rutland's  Hospital,  or  Bede  House, 
is  a  stone  building,  containing  14  bedrooms,  one  common  room,  and  a 
kitchen ;  and  attached  to  it  is  a  small  orchard.  It  was  founded  by 
Roger,  Earl  of  Rutland,  who,  by  will  dated  1612,  endowed  it  with  land 
at  Muston,  and  directed  his  son,  the  next  Earl,  to  finish  the  hospital 
which  his  mother  had  commenced,  for  six  poor  persons  to  be  taken  out  of 
the  servants  at  Belvoir.  The  charity  has  been  augmented  by  successive 
Earls  and  Dukes  of  Rutland,  and  the  number  of  almspeople  from  time 
to  time  increased.    The  endowment  now  consists  of  277a.  1r.  23p.  of 


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land,  at  Muston;  78a.  2r.  37p.,  at  Ab-Kettleby;  60a.  1r.  8p..  at  Bottes- 
ford ;  and  3a.  10p.  at  Long  Clawson.  These  lands  are  let  for  about 
.£600  per  annum,  to  which  is  added  the  interest  of  about  .£1000,  derived 
from  the  savings  of  income.  The  number  of  pensioners  now  consists 
of  ten  resident  and  six  non-resident  poor  men,  who  have  been  servants 
or  tenants  of  the  Duke  of  Rutland.  Each  receives  in  monthly  payments 
.£23.  16s.  8cl.  per  annum ;  and  14  of  them  have  blue  cloth  gowns  every 
alternate  Easter,  and  are  supplied  with  all  necessary  coals,  linen,  bed- 
ding, and  furniture.  A  matron  who  cleans  the  house,  and  cooks  and 
washes  for  the  pensioners,  is  allowed  a  yearly  salary  of  ^£20.  Here  is 
another  almshouse,  called  Fleming's  Hospital,  founded  in  1620,  by 
the  Rev.  Samuel  Fleming,  a  late  rector,  for  four  poor  widows,  to  take 
place  after  the  death  of  his  sister.  Since  the  enclosure,  the  endowment 
has  consisted  of  75a.  3r.  25p.  of  land,  in  this  parish,  let  for  =£160  per 
annum;  several  quit-rents,  producing  £2.  6s.  2d.  a  year,  and  the 
dividends  of  ,£252.  15s.  3d.  Three  per  Cent.  Consols,  of  which  .£200 
were  accumulated  from  a  legacy  of  ,£50,  left  by  Mary  Griffin,  in  1765. 
The  number  of  almswomen  was  increased  from  four  to  six,  in  1827. 
They  are  appointed  by  the  trustees,  and  each  receives  25s.  per  month, 
and  an  allowance  of  coals  yearly.  In  1690,  Thomas  White,  Bishop  of 
Peterborough,  gave  to  the  poor  of  Bottesford  <£240,  to  be  laid  out  in 
land,  .£10  of  the  rent  of  which  he  willed  should  be  distributed  on  the 
14th  of  December,  by  the  churchwardens  and  overseers,  in  the  church 
porch,  to  20  poor  persons,  upwards  of  40  years  of  age,  who  could  repeat 
the  Lord's  Prayer,  Apostles'  Creed,  and  Ten  Commandments,  without 
changing  a  word  or  making  a  mistake.  The  land  belonging  to  this 
charity  now  consists  of  36a.  Ik.  34p.,  in  Normanton,  let  for  .£46  a  year. 
In  the  absence  of  trustees,  the  rector  has  the  sole  management  of  this 
charity,  and  after  paying  .£10  a  year  for  distribution  among  the  poor,  he 
retains  the  surplus  for  his  own  use,  in  accordance  with  the  donor's  will. 
The  poor  parishioners  have  the  interest  of  .£62,  left  by  an  unknown 
donor ;  20s.  a  year  out  of  a  close  in  Acrelands  lane,  left  by  Thos.  Bean, 
in  1734;  ,£2.  19s.  3d.,  as  the  interest  of  £!59.  5s.,  left  by  Ann  Bend,  in 
1822,  and  vested  in  the  Grantham  and  Nottingham  turnpike ;  £2. 17s.  9d. 
as  the  interest  of  .£100,  given  by  Miss  Hough,  and  £5.  15s.  6d.  as  the 
interest  of  .£200  given  by  a  person  named  Twinberry.  Here  are  also 
about  100  allotment  gardens  of  about  quarter  of  an  acre  each,  belonging 
to  the  Duke  of  Rutland  and  the  rector,  and  let  to  the  poor  at  rents 
amounting  to  14s.  or  15s.  a  year,  including  rates  and  taxes.  Here  are 
also  a  Clothing  Club,  a  Medical  Club,  a  Penny  Bank,  a  Post  Office 
Savings  Bank,  and  a  Lending  Library  containing  nearly  300  volumes. 

Post  Office  at  Thomas  Pickering's,  High  street.  Letters  arrive  from  Notting- 
ham at  7.20  morning,  and  are  despatched  at  6  evening.  Money  Orders  are 
granted  and  paid  from  9  morning  till  5.20  evening  ;  and  the  Post  Office  Savings' 
BanJc  is  open  during  the  same  hours. 

Marked  1,  are  in  High  street;  2,  Church  street;  3,  Queen  street;  4,  Back 
street;  5,  Chapel  street;  6,  Easthorpe,  and  7  at  Normanton. 


5  Baker  Eev.  Henry  Martin,  curate 
Barnsdale  William,  corn  factor 
Bartram  Miss  Margt.  ||  1  Bemrose  Mrs  A. 
3  Bend  Eleanor,  straw  bonnet  maker 
1  Booker  Daniel,  commission  agent 
Bradley  Mrs  Isabella 

1  Campkin  James,  schoolmaster 

2  Curtis  Mrs  Hanh.&My.boardg.school 


1  GoodsonMrThos.  ||  1  Harvey  Mr  Jas. 
1  GordonCharlesHalford,insurance  agfc 

5  Goulson  Joseph,  gardener 

6  Hammond  George,  station  master 
5  Haynes  Edward,  parish  clerk 

3  Hudson  John  Fisher,  cabinet  maker 
5  James  Mrs  Sar.  ||  1  Mai  thy  Mr  Geo. 
1  Lewty  James,  watch  &  clock  maker 
y2 


340 


BOTTESFORD    PARISH, 


Norman  Rev.  Frederick  John,  B.A. 
rector  and  rural  dean,   and   Lady 
Adeliza  Elizabeth  Gertrude,  Eectory 
Norris  Mary,  schoolmistress 
Norton  Rev.  Jas.  (P.  Meth.)  The  Green 
Odam  John,  cooper,  The  Green 
1  Oliver  Mr  Thos.  ||  Owen  Mr  Joseph 
Page  William,  letter  carrier 
Pickering  Thomas,  ironmonger,  and 
insurance  agent,  Post  Office 
PickworthMrs  ||  1  Shipley  Mr  Danl. 
Sherwin  George,  saddler,  &c. 
Smith  John,  police  constable 
Spalton  William,  cattle  dealer 
3  Spencer  William,  wheelwright 
1  Taylor  Elizabeth,  straw  bonnet  rnkr. 
3  Taylor  John,  police  sergeant 
5  Walker  Mrs  Abgl.  ||  5  Wright  Miss  My. 

5  Walker  John  Grafton,  revenue  officer 
1  Wellbourn  William,  bookseller,  in- 
surance   agent,   highway  surveyor, 
and  rate  collector 

1  Wood  James,  chimney  sweeper 

3  Wood  Wm.  blacking  mfr.  &news  agt. 

INNS  AND  TAVERNS. 
1  Black  Bull,  William  Barrand 
3  Granby,  Joseph  Johnson 

6  Red  Lion,  Francis  James 

1  Rutland  Arms,  MaryReynolds 

BAKERS. 

1  Hardy  John 


4  Lane  John 

5  Widdowson  SI. 

1  Woodcock  Jas. 

BEERHOUSES. 

2  Marshall  Wm. 

6  Martin  William 

BLACKSMITHS. 

2  James  Hh.&  Son 

3  Tinley  Joseph 
1  Watts  William 

BOOT  &  SHOEMKRS. 

Norris  Eliz.  &  Son 
3  Riley  William 
1  Rose  George 
6  Smith  William 


5  Taylor  Robert 

BRICK   MAKERS. 

5  Challands  Wm. 

6  Hoe  Thomas 

BRICKLAYERS. 

6  Walker  William 
1  Winn  John 

BUILDERS. 

Challands  Wm. 
Robinson  James 

BUTCHERS. 

Daybell  William 
Jackson  Thomas 
Jackson  William 
1  Riley  James 

COAL    DEALERS. 

3  Ay  re  Edward 


1  Brewitt  William 
6  Martin  William 
6  May  Thomas 
3  Tinley  Joseph 

CORN    MILLERS. 

Barnsdale  William 
6  Hickson William 

(and     maltster) 

Water  Mill 
Page  Thomas 
3  Robinson  James 

DRAPERS. 

Marriott  Robert 
1  Nixon  Henry 
1  Wheat  John 

FARMERS  &  GRZRS. 

(*  are  Owners.) 
6*  Bennett  John 
Daybell  Wm.&Dl. 
6*Duffin  John 
4*Duffin  Jno.  jun. 
Goodson  Enoch 
1  Goodson  James 
7*  Guy  Daniel 
7*Hodson  John 
6  Hoyte  John 
4*  Jackson  Henry 
James  Edw.&Hy. 
Lamb  Josiah 
Lord  George 

6  Marriott  Thos. 
7*Marshall  Thos. 

7  Marshall  T. jun. 
6  May  Thomas 

6  Norris  Joseph 
1  Norris  Henry 
*Orton  Francis 
l*Pickering  Thos. 

7  Porter  George 
*Ravell  Matthias 
1  Ravell  William 
Roberts  Jno.  WharJ 
6  Scrimshaw  Thos 
6  Smith  William 

I  6  Spalton  Thomas 
l*Vincent  Francis 


7  Whitehead  Geo. 

GROCERS,     &C 

Garner  John 
Geeson  Richard 
Geeson  Thomas 
Hand  William 
King  Samuel 
Marriott  Robert 
6  Martin  William 
1  Moore  John  (and 

druggist.) 
1  Nixon  Henry 
3  Richards  Thos. 
1  Riley  James   (& 
earthenwr.  dlr.) 
1  Sutton  John  (& 
fellmonger) 

3  Tinley  John 

1  Watts  William 
1  Wheat  John 

JOINERS,  &C 

5  Challands  Wm. 
1  Lamb  John 

4  Norris  Francis 

3  Robinson  James* 

PLUMBERS  &  GLZRS. 

4  Guy  Cornelius 
1  Miller  Francis 

SURGEONS. 

1  Singleton  Jona- 
than Felix 
1  Wright  James 

TAILORS. 

5  Brewster  Wm. 
1  Edwards  Robt. 
lLeatherland  Wm. 

6  Lee  Walter 
Lee  William 

3  Richards  Thos. 
3  Wood  William 

carriers. 
To  NcivarJc  Wed. 
and  GranthamSat. 
Martin  William 
Page  Ann 


BRANSTQNE,  a  pleasant  village,  8  miles  N.N.E.  of  Melton  Mow- 
bray, near  the  small  river  Deven,  and  a  large  reservoir  for  supplying  the 
Grantham  canal,  has  in  its  parish  57  houses,  297  inhabitants,  and 
1098a.  1r.  of  land,  mostly  arable,  and  of  a  red  soil,  with  ironstone 
intermixed.  The  Duke  of  Rutland  owns  the  soil,  and  is  lord  of  the 
manor,  which,  in  108C,  was  held  by  Ralph  de  Crophull,  under  the  Bishop 
of  Lincoln.  From  the  Crophulls,  it  passed  to  the  Devereux  family,  and 
from  them  to  the  Hartopps,  who  sold  it  in  1065  to  the  Earl  of  Rutland. 
The  Church  (St.  Cuthbert)  is  a  neat  structure,  with  a  tower  containing 
three  bells  and  surmounted  by  a  spire.  It  was  repaired  and  newly 
seated  in  1840,  at  the  cost  of  i;253,  and  the  chancel  was  reseated  a  few 
years  ago  at  the  expense  of  the  rector.    A  small  window  at  the  west  end 


BRANSTON    PARISH. 


341 


is  filled  with  beautiful  stained  glass.  The  organ  was  given  by  the  late 
incumbent.  The  rectory,  valued  in  K.B.  at  ,£15.  10s.  4d.,  and  now  at 
.£350,  is  in  the  patronage  of  the  Duke  of  Rutland,  and  incumbency  of 
the  Rev.  George  Sloane  Stanley,  B.A.,  who  has  here  a  handsome  resi- 
dence and  76a.  1r.  30p.  of  old  glebe,  besides  land  awarded  in  1766,  in 
lieu  of  tithes.  Here  is  a  National  School,  built  in  1843  at  the  cost  of 
£427.  10s.,  and  attended  by  about  80  children.  Attached  to  it  is  a  small 
Lending  Library  containing  about  60  volumes.  The  parish  feast  is  on 
the  Sunday  before  Old  Michaelmas  day.  The  nearest  railway  station 
is  at  Bottesford ;  and  there  is  a  foot  post  daily  from  Denton,  arriving  at 
11£  morning  and  returning  at  1£  afternoon. 


Barnes  William,  blacksmith 
Ckamberlin  John,  wheelwright 
Foster  Thomas,  tailor,  Post  Office 
Grocutt  Richd.  baker  and  shopkeeper 
Holmes    John  Quenby,  butcher    and 

victualler,  Wheel 
Lowe  John,  vict.  Square  dc  Compasses 
Lowe  Robert,  joiner  and  baker 
Moss  Ellen  Julius  L.  schoolmistress 
Smart  William,  shoemaker 
Stanley  Rev.  Geo.  Sloane,  B.A.Rectory 
Thornton  James,  parish  clerk 


Wright  William,  blacksmith 


FARMERS. 

Barnes  John 
Bell  Ellen 
Chowler  William 
Draper  George 
Gould  Thomas 
Guy  Edward 
Kitchen  William 
Pyzer  John 
Stafford  William  "I 
Braunstn.Lodge  J* 


Steele  Geo.  Lings 
Steele  Robert 
Sumner  Ann 
Swain  George 

CARRIER. 

Berry  Wm  .to  Gran- 
tham Sat.  and 
Melton,  Tues. 


BROUGHTON  (NETHER,)  on  the  Nottingham  and  Melton  Mow- 
bray road,  6  miles  N.N.W.  of  the  latter  town,  is  a  picturesque  village  and 
parish,  nearly  surrounded  by  the  hills  which  form^the  Vale  of  Belvoir. 
It  has  107  houses,  481  inhabitants,  and  2236a.  In.  of  fertile  clayey  land, 
well  adapted  for  pasturage.  The  Hon.  Philip  Pleydell  Bouverie  is  lord 
of  the  manor  and  owner  of  a  great  part  of  the  soil,  and  the  rest  belongs 
to  David  New,  George  Urry,  and  Thomas  Black,  Esqrs.,  and  several 
smaller  owners.  The  Rev.  W.  G.  Sawyer  and  the  Hon.  Philip  Pleydell 
Bouverie  are  alternate  patrons  of  the  rectory,  valued  in  K.B.  at 
£11.  5s.  7-|d.,  and  now  at  £397.  The  Rev.  John  Noble  is  the  incumbent, 
and  has  266a.  1r.  37p.  of  land,  awarded  at  the  enclosure,  in  1764,  in  lieu 
of  all  the  tithes.  The  Church  (St.  Mary)  has  a  tower  and  three  bells  ; 
and  here  is  a  Wesley  anChapel,  built  in  1839,  and  a  small  National  School, 
built  in  1845,  and  chiefly  supported  by  the  rector.  The  Poofs  Land, 
1a.  2r.  21p.,  let  for  .£4,  was  allotted  at  the  enclosure  in  lieu  of  land  pur- 
chased in  1682,  with  £'40  left  by  Saml.  Wray,  and  Thos.  Wright.  The 
poor  have  also  the  interest  of  £5  left  by  an  unknown  donor. 

Post  Office  at  Benjamin  Payne's.  Letters  airive  from  Melton  at  10.J 
morning,  and  are  despatched  at  3 J  afternoon. 


Bennett  (Annie)  and  Hopkins  (Fanny) 

boarding  and  day  school 
Bowley  James,  baker 
Bowley  William,  corn  miller 
Brex  William,  parish  clerk 
Burro ws  Sarab,  schoolmistress 
East  John,  beerhouse 
Goodbourn  Thos.  lace  agent 
Hammersley  Charles,  policeman 
Harvey  Charles,  vict.  Red  Lion 
Hodget  Richard,  blacksmith 
Lovett  Edward,  tailor 
Marston  Henry  George,  hawker 
Milnes  Matilda,  bonnet  maker 


New  David  Esq.  The  Grange 
Noble  Rev.  John,  rector  and  rural  dean 
Peters  Thomas,  brick  and  tile  maker 
Spence  Chpr.vict.^we/tor  and  Horseshoe 

FARMERS  &  GRAZRS. 


Bowley  James 
Green  Joseph 

BRICKLAYERS. 

Barnes  James 
Milnes  Charles 

BUTCHERS. 

Binks  John 
Drake  Thomas 


*  Are  owners. 
♦Bishop  Matthew 
*Bissell  Joseph 

Wright 
♦Bowley  William 
Branston  Mary 
Burrows  William 
Crafts  John 
♦Drake  Thomas 


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BROUGHTON  NETHER. 


Godber  Robert 
Greaves  John 
Greaves  Thomas 
*Grice  John 

*  Harvey  Charles 
*Hatton  William 

*  Hopkins  George 
*Lovett  John 
Marriott  William 
*New  David 


Shellon  Robert 
Smith  Henry 
Urry  Hannah 
Wakeling  Luke 
Weldon  John 
Whitaker  Jonathan 
Wilford  John 
Willoughby  Wm. 
*Wooclrofle  Thos. 
♦Wright  John 


GROCERS,  &C. 

Elliott  Elizabeth 
Grice  Maria 
Lovett  William 
Skinner  John 
Smith  Ann 
Wakeling  Thomas 

JOINERS. 

Lowe  Thomas 
Pick  Thomas 


Wilford  John 

SHOEMAKERS. 

Bailey  Frederick 
Brooks  John 
Payne  Benjamin 

carrier. 
Smith  Geo.  to  Mel- 
ton, Tu.&Nottgm. 
Wed.  and  Sat. 


BUCKMINSTER,  a  pleasant  village  on  the  eastern  side  of  a  range 
of  the  Wold  hills,  adjoining  Lincolnshire,  10  miles  E.N.E.  of  Melton 
Mowbray,  and  S.  by  W.  of  Grantham,  has  in  its  township  77  houses, 
348  inhabitants,  1795a.  3r.  6p.  of  land,  having  a  red  marl  on  the  hills 
and  a  clayey  soil  in  the  vale.  Its  parish  includes  also  Sewstern  clmpelry. 
Messrs.  John  Marshall  and  Richard  Reeves,  and  the  representatives  of 
the  late  Mr.  Arthur  Marshall,  have  land  in  Buckminster ;  but  the  manor 
and  the  greater  part  of  the  soil  belong  to  the  Earl  of  Dysart,  of  Buck- 
minster Park,  which  is  situated  on  the  north  side  of  the  village,  and 
contains  a  large  and  handsome  Grecian  mansion,  built  in  1798,  by  Sir 
W.  Manners,  Bart.,  who  was  created  a  baronet  in  1793,  and  was  heir- 
apparent  to  the  Earl  of  Dysart  and  Lord  Huntingtower,  of  Scotland, 
titles  which  were  created  in  the  Tollemache  family,  in  1643.  Simon  de 
Buckminster  held  the  manor  in  1297,  and  it  was  afterwards  held  by  the 
Digbys,  Aliens,  Cav^s,  and  Hartopps,  the  latter  of  whom  sold  it  in  1702 
to  Lord  Wm.  Manners.  On  the  death  of  his  grandmother,  the  late 
Countess  of  Dysart,  the  present  Right  Hon.  Sir  Lionel  William  John 
Tollemache  succeeded  as  Earl  of  Dysart  and  Lord  Huntingtower..  He 
was  born  in  1794,  and  married,  in  1819,  Eliza,  daughter  of  the  late 
Colonel  S.  Toone,  of  Keston  Lodge.  His  son,  the  Hon.  Wm.  Lionel 
Felix  Tollemache,  commonly  styled  Lord  Huntingtower,  was  born  in 
1820,  and  married  in  1851  the  daughter  of  Sir  Joseph  Burke,  Bart.,  of 
Glinsk  Castle,  Galway.  The  park  and  plantations  comprise  351  acres.  In 
a  field  called  the  Grange,  on  the  south  side  of  the  village,  are  some  traces 
of  a  religious  house  which  belonged  to  Kirby  Bellars  Priory,  to  which 
the  church  was  appropriated  till  the  dissolution,  when  the  advowson  and 
rectory  were  given  to  Wm.  Cavendish,  the  confidential  servant  of 
Cardinal  Wolsey.  The  Church  (St.  John)  is  a  fine  ancient  structure, 
consisting  of  nave,  chancel,  side  aisles,  and  tower.  The  latter  contains 
four  bells,  and  is  surmounted  by  a  spire,  which  was  struck  by  lightning, 
August  9th,  1843,  and  received  considerable  damage,  but  has  been  sub- 
stantially repaired.  The  church  was  partly  reseated  in  1854,  but  there 
are  no  sittings  in  the  south  aisle.  The  great  tithes  were  commuted  in 
1849,  for  £390,  and  the  small  tithes  for  £4  per  annum.  The  Earl  of 
Dysart  is  impropriator  of  the  former  and  patron  of  the  vicarage,  which, 
with  Sewstern  chapelry  annexed,  was  valued  in  1535  at  £8.  7s.  3£d., 
and  is  now  worth  £101  per  annum.  The  Rev.  James  Lawson,  M.A.,  is 
the  incumbent,  and  has  a  good  residence  and  82a.  1r.  31p.  of  glebe. 
The  Church  Land,  12a.  1r.  18p.,  is  let  for  £18  a  year,  which  is  applied 
in  repairing  the  church.  Here  is  a  National  School,  built  in  1841,  with 
a  house  for  the  teacher,  chiefly  at  the  expense  of  the  late  Felix 
Tollemache,  Esq.  The  poor  of  the  whole  parish  have  £25.  4s.  a  year 
from  Chester's  Charity,  noticed  with  Barkeston  at  page  327.  Those  of 
Buckminster  have  the  interest  of  £20  derived  from  the  bequest  of  Mary 
Elston.    The  annual  feast  is  on  the  Sunday  after  Old  Midsummer  day. 


LEICESTER   DIRECTORY. 


343 


Post  Office  at  Wm.  Porter's.  Letters 

arrive  and  are  despatched  at  10  morning 

via  Colsterworth. 

Earl  of  Dysart  and  Lord  Hunting- 
tower,  Buchninster  Park ;  and 
Ham  House,  Surrey 

Adcock  John,  rate  collector,  baker,  and 
victualler,  Blue  Cow 

Ash  George,  butcher  and  grocer 

Bartram  William,  chairmaker 

Benson  Wm.  brick  and  tile  maker 

Brown  John  and  Edward,  tailor,  &c 

Burton  John,  farm  bailiff 

Coy  Thomas,  parish  clerk 

Lawson  Bev.  James,  M.A.  Vicarage 

Lewis  Bobert,  grocer 

Manners  Alfred,  land  agent  to  the  Earl 
of  Dysart 

Manners  Henry  Alfred,  office  clerk 


Marshall  Mrs  Eleanor 

North  Henry,  veterinary  surgeon  and 

vict.  Blue  Bull 
Pepper  John,  gardener 
Porter  John,  butcher 
Porter  William,  office  clerk 
Priest  John,  master  National  School 
Senescall  Thomas,  office  clerk 
Smith  Isaac,  cattle  dealer 
Stevens  Thomas,  shoemaker  and  grocer 
Weston  Thomas,  saddler 
Wildgoose  Richard,  office  clerk 
Woollerton  William,  shoemaker 


FARMERS. 

*  are  owners. 
♦Adcock  John 
*  Bartram  William 
Exton  John 


Glassup  Joseph 
Hack  Matthew 
Hand  Thomas 
♦Marshall  John 
*  Spencer  John 


Sewstern,  a  village,  township,  and  chapelry,  in  the  parish  of  Buck- 
minster,  and  about  a  mile  S.  of  that  village,  occupies  a  bold  eastern 
declivity  of  the  Wold  hills,  bounded  on  the  east  by  Lincolnshire,  and 
distant  ten  miles  E.  by  N.  of  Melton  Mowbray.  It  contains  67  houses, 
307  inhabitants,  and  1257a.  1r.  of  land,  extending  southward  to  Blue 
Point,  near  the  junction  of  this  county  with  those  of  Rutland  and  Lin- 
coln. The  Earl  of  Dysart  owns  most  of  the  soil  and  is  lord  of  the 
manor,  which  has  a  strong  clayey  soil.  Thomas  Marshall  and  William 
Jackson,  Esqrs.,  Mrs.  Stowe,  and  a  few  smaller  owners,  have  land  here. 
The  ancient  Chapel  was  demolished  many  years  ago,  and  the  curacy 
consolidated  with  the  vicarage  of  Buckminster ;  but  a  neat  Chapel  of 
Ease  was  built  by  subscription  in  1842,  in  the  Elizabethan  style,  at  a 
cost  of  .£650.  It  has  sittings  for  140  hearers,  and  a  small  cupola,  con- 
taining one  bell.  The  tithes  were  commuted  in  1841,  the  rectorial  for 
.£300,  and  the  vicarial  for  £4  per  annum.  Here  is  a  Wesleyan  Chapel, 
erected  in  1820  by  subscription.  Sewstern  participates  in  the  National 
School  at  Buckminster.  A  yearly  rent-charge  of  £G  out  of  12a.  of  land 
left  by  Thomas  Bury  in  1723,  is  divided  among  five  poor  widows,  except 
15s.  for  a  sermon  on  St.  Thomas's  day,  and  5s.  for  the  parish  clerk. 
The  feast  is  on  the  Sunday  after  October  10th.  There  is  a  foot  post 
daily  from  Colsterworth  at  ten  morning. 


Almond  John,  cattle  dealer 
Bartram  John,  chair  maker 
Cramp  William,  joiner 
Day  Thomas  Martin,  miller 
Ewin  William,  tailor 
Exton  Thomas,  cattle  dealer 
Goodacre  William,  cattle  drover 
Grice  John,  thrashing  machine  owner 
Harvey  George,  horse  dealer 
Harvey  William,  mole  catcher 
Holmes  Rev.  Henry  Cautley,  M.A.  cu- 
rate of  Stainby,  Lincolnshire 
Hudson  George,  blacksmith 
Leadenham  Edward,  thrashing  machine 
Marston  James,  wheelwright     [owner 
Pogson  John,  gentleman 
Rimmingtoa  Thomas,  horse  dealer 


Robinson  George,  butcher 
Shields  William,  higgler 
Townsend  Charles,  joiner 

INNS  AND  TAVERNS. 
Blue  Dog,  Richard  Grice 
Red  Lion,  Elizabeth  Challands 
Waggon  and  Horses,  William  Burrows 


BAKERS. 

White  John 
Woollerton  Sarah 

FARMERS  &  GRZRS. 

*  are  owners. 
*  Almond  John 
Barber  William,  \ 
SewsternGrange ) 
Burrows  William 
Chambers  Thomas 


Christian  Robert 
Doubleday  Henry 
Doubleday  John 
Exton  Thomas 
Grice  Richard 
Herring  Ann 
*RimmingtonJno. 
Royce  Joseph 
Royce  Mark 
Standland  William 


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SEWSTERN    CHAPELRY. 


Taylor  George 
T  braves  Samuel 
Tinkler  Elias 
♦Tinkler  William 
Townsend  George 


Ward  John 

GROCERS,  &C. 

Grocut  Isaac  (and 

draper) 
Parker  Mary 


Robinson  Andrew 

SHOEMAKERS. 

Harvey  William  . 
Robinson  Andrew 
Robinson  Samuel 


Carriers  toMelton 
Tues.  and  Gran- 
tham Sat. 
Bartrara  Joseph 
Dunmore  William 


BURTON-LAZARS,  a  village  on  the  Oakham  road,  near  a  branch 
of  the  small  river  Eye,  two  miles  S.S.E.  of  Melton  Mowbray,  has  in  its 
parish  52  houses,  233  inhabitants,  and  2684a.  2r.  32p.  of  land,  mostly 
in  pasturage.  Sir  William  Edmund  Cradock  Hartopp,  Bart.,  of  Sutton 
Coldfield,  has  an  estate  here;  but  Edward  B.  Hartopp,  Esq.,  M.P.,  of 
Little  Dalby,  is  lord  of  the  manor;  and  he  and  the  Rev.  E.  B.  Sparke 
own  about  1500  acres  here,  which  they  formerly  held  on  lease  from  the 
Bishop  of  Ely,  to  wdiose  see  the  manor  was  granted  in  1599.  The 
Church  is  an  ancient  structure,  with  a  remarkably  short  tower,  contain- 
ing two  bells ;  and  was  restored,  and  a  new  chancel  built  in  1850,  at  the 
expense  of  the  lord  of  the  manor  and  the  subscriptions  of  the  parish- 
ioners. The  nave  is  of  the  style  of  the  latter  part  of  the  twelfth  century, 
or  semi-Norman,  with  early  English  and  decorated  work  added.  The 
aisles  are  of  the  decorated  period,  and  there  are  chantry  chapels,  and  a 
font  of  the  time  of  Richard  II.  The  living  is  a  curacy,  which  has  been 
consolidated  with  Melton  Mowbray  vicarage  since  the  Reformation,  when 
the  curate  was  allowed  a  stipend  of  £5.  The  parish  has  the  distinctive 
part  of  its  name  from  a  richly  endowed  Lazak  or  Leper's  Hospital, 
which  was  founded  here  in  1135  by  Roger  de  Mowbray,  aided  by  a 
general  collection  throughout  England,  for  a  master  and  eight  sound 
brethren  of  the  order  of  St.  Augustine,  as  well  as  several  poor  leprous 
brethren,  to  whom  he  gave  here  two  carucates  of  land,  a  house,  mill,  &c. 
The  hospital  was  dedicated  to  the  Blessed  Virgin  and  St.  Lazarus,  and 
all  the  inferior  houses  in  England  were  in  some  measure  subject  to  its 
master,  as  he  was  also  master  of  the  Lazars  at  Jerusalem  Hospital, 
belonging  to  the  Knights  of  St.  John  of  Jerusalem,  in  England.  Its 
clear  yearly  revenue  was  ,£265.  10s.  2d.  at  its  dissolution  in  1535,  when 
its  possessions  were  granted  to  the  Earl  of  Warwick  and  the  Duke  of 
Northumberland.  It  stood  on  a  hill  near  a  sjjring,  which  was  in  such 
high  repute  for  the  cure  of  scorbutic  affections  that  a  bathing-room  was 
built  adjoining  it  in  17G0,  but  was  taken  down  in  1849  by  the  lord  of  the 
manor,  and  the  spring  was  arched  over,  and  is  now  covered  with  soil. 
Considerable  benefit  is  said  to  have  been  derived  from  the  water,  which 
was  impregnated  with  muriate  of  soda  and  sulphuretted  hydrogen  gas. 
Here  is  a  small  School,  built  of  brick  in  1835  by  E.  B.  Hartopp,  Esq. 
The  parish  feast  is  on  the  Sunday  after  July  2Cth.     Post  from  Melton. 


Boswell  John,  gamekeeper 

Brown  Thomas,  shoemaker  &  par.  clerk 

Cluer  Joseph,  blacksmith 

James  Samuel,  shopkeeper 

Kitchen  John,  vict.  Plough 

Pepper  George,  joiner 

farmers  &  grzrs.    Benskhi  Robert  ' 


Austin  John 
Benskin  Mary 


Campion  John 
Dickman  Philip 


Dobney  Robert 
Ecob  Thomas 
Falstead  Samuel 
Garton  Samuel 
Hack  Richard 
Hack  William    * 
James  Samuel 
Knott  Robert 
Large  Reuben 


Mayfield  William 
Sapcoat  William 
Scott  Thomas 
Walker  Joseph    • 
Ward     William 

Whitworth 
Whatton  Mary 
Wright  Robert    ' 
Wright  Thomas  ' 


CLAXTON,  or  LONG  CLAWSON,  as  it  is  now  commonly  designated, 
is  a  long  straggling  village  and  parish,  with  several  neat  houses,  in  the 
south-western  part  of  the  vale  of  Belvoir,  6  miles  N.  by  W.  of  Melton 
Mowbray,  and  13  miles  S.E.  by  E.  of  Nottingham.    It  comprises  172 


CLAXTON,    OR    LONG    CLAWSON. 


345 


houses,  820  inhabitants,  and  about  3500  acres  of  land,  bounded  on  the 
south  by  a  range  of  the  Wold  hills,  in  which  the  river  Smite  has  its 
source,  about  3  miles  south  of  the  village  ;  on  the  west  side  of  which  is 
an  eminence,  called  Slyborough  Hill.  The  parish  was  enclosed  in  1779, 
and  the  soil  is  chiefly  clay.  The  Duke  of  Rutland  is  lord  of  the  manor ; 
but  a  great  part  of  the  soil  belongs  to  Fredk.  P.  Newcome,  Esq.,  Messrs. 
Thomas  Hallam,  John  Cragg,  Wm.  and  J.  T.  Coleman,  and  J.  and  G. 
Crompton,  and  several  resident  owners.  Since  the  Conquest,  the  manor 
has  been  a  member  of  Belvoir,  and  part  of  it  was  held  by  Croxton  Abbey 
and  Belvoir  Priory.  The  Church  (St.  Remigius)  is  a  fine  ancient  struc- 
ture, with  a  square  tower,  containing  six  bells.  The  tithes  were  com- 
muted for  land  at  the  enclosure.  The  living  is  a  discharged  vicarage, 
valued  in  KB.  at  .£9.  10s.  2d.,  and  now  at  .£200  per  annum,  arising  from 
121a.  On.  4p.  of  glebe.  The  Rev.  Thomas  Mitchell,  M.A.,  is  patron  and 
incumbent,  and  has  a  substantial  vicarage  house  adjoining  the  church- 
yard, which  he  repaired  and  enlarged  in  1859.  In  the  village  is  a  Wes- 
leyan  Chapel,  built  in  1840,  at  a  cost  of  ,£1300  ;  and  a  Baptist  Chapel, 
built  in  1845.  The  Fuee  School,  is  a  brick  building  erected  in  1849, 
at  a  cost  of  .£300,  and  now  attended  by  about  80  children.  It  formerly 
occupied  part  of  the  church,  on  the  north  side  of  the  chancel,  and  is  en- 
dowed with  39a.  2b.  of  land,  at  Frisby- on- the- Wreak,  let  for  ,£67  a  year, 
and  left  by  John  Garton,  in  1793.  It  has  also  £1.  5s.  a  year  from  the 
following  charities,  and  .£4.  4s.  9^d.  as  the  interest  of  .£106,  left  by  Mary 
Briggs,  in  1792.  The  master  and  his  wife  receive  .£62.  10s.  per  annum, 
for  which  they  are  required  to  teach  as  many  children  of  the  parish  as 
apply  for  instruction.  The  sum  of  <£81,  given  by  the  Duke  of  Rutland 
and  others,  was  laid  out  in  1741,  in  the  purchase  of  two  acres  of  land  at 
Nether  Broughton,  now  let  for  £b. 10s.  per  annum,  of  which  twenty-five 
shillings  is  paid  to  the  school ;  and  the  remainder  is  distributed  among 
the  poor,  on  St.  Thomas's  da}'.  The  poor  have  also  20s.  a  year  out  of 
Mill  field,  left  by  Ann  Kirby ;  20s.  out  of  Mitchell  Land,  left  by  Edward 
Wright,  in  1732  ;  and  the  interest  of  £50  left  by  the  Rev.  Wm.  Chamber- 
lay  ne.  Half  of  the  latter  is  distributed  in  bibles  and  prayer-books.  The 
parish  feast  is  on  the  Sunday  after  Old  Michaelmas  day. 


Foot  Post  from  Melton  at  9£  mora 
ing,  returning  at  4  afternoon. 
Blagdeii  Mrs  Elizabeth 
Bonser  William,  plumber  and  glazier 
Caunt  Mr  Thomas 
Doubleday  Edward,  F.L.S.,  F.R.C.S., 

London,   and  F.R.C.P.,  Edinburgh, 

physician,  Dovecote  House 
Green  John,  bread  and  flour  seller 
Harby  John,  wheelwright 
Jackson  Mr  William 
Jesson  Mrs  Dorothy 
Littler  Robert,  veterinary  surgeon 
Miller  Thomas,  hawker 
Mitchell  Rev.  Thomas,  M.A.  Vicarage 
Newcome  Frederick  Pern,  solicitor 
Shelton  Wm.  gardener  and  seedsman 
Shuttleworth  Mrs  Sarah  Eleanor 
Swain  John  Moore,  surgeon 
Swain  John  and  George,  ale,  porter, 

and  spirit  merchants 
Watchorn  Chas.  master  of  Free  School 

INNS   AND    TAVERNS. 

Crown  and  Plough,  John  Pears 


Royal  Oak,  Rebecca  Draper 
Star,  James  Huckerby 


BAKERS. 

Caunt  Robert 
Green  George 
Green  Wm.  Fdk. 
Preston  William 

BEERHOUSES. 

Miller  Francis 
Wilford  William 

BLACKSMITHS. 

Corner  Thomas 
Peck  William 
Rowbotham  Wm. 

BOOT  &  SHOE  MKRS. 

Brown  John 
Brown  Luke 
Copley  Samuel 
Kelham  John 
Richmond  Rich  ard 

BUTCHERS. 

Doublday  SI.  jun. 
Pears  John 


CORN    MILLERS. 

Shilcock  John 
Stokes  William 

FARMERS  &  GRAZRS. 

*  Are  owners. 
Bailey  Richard 
Brown  Luke 

*  Coleman  John  T. 

*  Coleman  William 
Cooke  _Thomas 

*  Cooke  William 
Daft  Stephen 
Doubleday  Edw. 
Doubleday  James 
Doubleday  SI.  sen. 
Harrison  William 
Hart  Richard 
*Hart  Thomas 
*Hebb  Henry 
♦Hind  James 
Hoe  Markham 
Hoyles  John 


340 


CLAATON,    OR    LONG    CLAWSON. 


Marriott  James 
Milnes  John 
NewcomeThs.sen. 
Newcome  Ths.  jun. 
Robinson  J.  &  G. 
*ShuttleworthS.E. 
♦  Shilcock  John 
+  Stokes  William    - 
Stokes  William 
*Wilford  William 


*Wood  Elizabeth 
Wright  William 

GROCERS  AND  SHOP- 
KEEPERS. 

Barnard  Elizabeth 
Burnham  William 
DoubledayJokn  ) 
(and  draper)  } 
Green  George 


Swain  Jno.  &  Geo. 

(and  drapers) 
Wilson  William 

joiners,  &c. 
Cox  Thomas 
Mann  Robert 

SADDLERS,    &C 

Dolby  John  Newill 
Gibson  George 
Hart  John 


TAILORS. 

Marson  William 
Morris  William 
Wileman  Joseph 
CARRiERstoMelton , 
Ta.,  &  Notting- 
ham, Wed.&  Sat. 
Jesson  Jehn 
Kelham  Thomas 


COSTON,  a  small  village  and  parish,  on  the  banks  of  a  rivulet,  7| 
miles  E.N.E.  of  Melton  Mowbray,  has  81  houses,  179  inhabitants,  and 
1723a.  2k.  of  fertile  land ;  having  a  clayey  soil,  except  on  the  east,  where 
it  is  bounded  by  a  yellow  limestons  ridge  of  the  Wold  hills,  dividing  it 
from  Buckminster.  The  Earl  of  Dysart  is  lord  of  the  manor,  formerly  held 
by  the  Tuftons  and  Phelps,  and  anciently  by  the  Ferrers,  Berkeleys,  &c. ; 
but  a  small  part  of  the  soil  belongs  to  Mr.  W.  Fablin.  At  the  Domes- 
day survey,  Henry  Ferrers  held  9  carucates ;  and  here  were  11  ploughs 
in  demesne,  2  bondmen,  12  socmen,  10  villans,  and  1  bordar,  with  7 
ploughs  ;  a  mill,  and  100  acres  of  meadow.  The  Hall,  which  was  a  seat 
of  the  Phelp  family,  is  now  in  ruins.  The  Church  (St.  Andrew)  is  an 
ancient  structure,  with  a  tower,  spire,  and  two  bells.  It  was  restored  in 
1846,  and  a  new  chancel  erected  at  a  cost  <£800,  chiefly  contributed  by  the 
rector.  The  seats  are  open  at  the  ends,  and  of  varnished  deal,  except  those 
in  the  chancel,  which,  as  well  as  the  pulpit,  are  of  carved  oak.  The  east 
window  is  of  stained  glass,  containing  in  the  centre  a  figure  of  the  patron 
saint,  and  in  the  other  compartments,  medallions  illustrative  of  various 
passages  in  his  life.  The  rectory,  valued  in  KB.  at  .£16.  6s.  3d.,  and  now 
at  i'334,  was  appropriated  to  Tutbury  Priory,  but  is  now  in  the  patronage 
of  the  Lord  Chancellor,  and  incumbency  of  the  Hon.  and  Rev.  John 
Sandilands,  M.A.,  who  is  brother  and  heir  presumptive  of  Lord  Tor- 
phichen,  of  Calder  House,  Midlothian.  He  has  a  good  residence,  on  a 
pleasant  eminence,  and  36a.  2r.  of  glebe.  The  parish  feast  is  on  the 
second  Sunday  after  the  19th  of  September.  The  tithes  were  com- 
muted in  1845  for  ,£320  per  annum. 

Post  Office  at  John  Cawthorne's. 
Letters  arrive  from  Melton  at  10  J  morn- 
ing, and  are  despatched  at  3^  afternoon. 
Bailey  Charles,  joiner,  &c. 
Burbidge  William,  shoemaker 
Cawthorne  John,  parish  clerk 
Cawthorne  Job,  vict.  White  Swan 
Cnnnington  Henry,  coachman 
Gilford  Henry,  cattle  dealer 
Sandilands  Hon.  and  Rev.  John,  M.A. 

rector,  Rectory 


Williamson  Mark,  corn  miller 

Rose  Thomas 


FARMERS   AND 
GRAZIERS. 

Bates  Thomas 
Briston    Samuel 

(and  grocer) 
Dobney  Richard 
Fardell  Richard 
George  Frederick 
Hand  Jane 


Royce  William 
Wakefield  John 
Watchorn  Richard 
Watchorn  Timothy 
Watchorn  Willm. 
Carrier  to  Melton 
every   Tuesday, 
Rose  William 


CROXTON  KERRIAL,  or  Croxton  Kyriel,  is  a  pleasant  village,  on 
a  bold  declivity  of  the  Wold  hills,  3  miles  S.  by  E.  of  Belvoir  Castle, 
and  9  miles  N.E.  of  Melton  Mowbray;  and  has  in  its  parish  594  souls, 
and  about  4000  acres  of  land,  mostly  an  indifferent  red  marl,  and  the 
surface  hilly ;  but  more  than  2200  acres  are  arable.  The  parish  was  en- 
closed in  1766,  when  the  vicarial  tithes  were  commuted  for  193  acres.  All 
the  rest  belongs  to  the  Duke  of  Rutland,  the  lord  of  the  manor,  who  has 
a  hunting  seat,  called  Croxton  Park,  built  by  John,  the  third  Duke  of 
Rutland,  about  1730,  with  extensive  stables,  near  one  of  the  sources  of 


CROXTON   KERRIAL.  347 

the  Deven,  about  2  miles  S.W.  of  Croxton  village,  and  7f  miles  N.E.  of 
Melton  Mowbray ;  but  it  is  now  in  rains,  and  part  of  the  stabling  has 
been  taken  down.  The  Park  comprises  777  acres,  of  which  about  400 
are  in  the  extra-parochial  liberty  of  Bescaby.  It  has  extensive  woods, 
plantations,  and  fish  ponds.  Horse  Races  are  held  in  the  Park  yearly, 
in  the  last  week  in  March,  or  first  week  in  April.  They  were  established 
about  50  years  ago,  and  are  highly  popular,  being  numerously  attended 
by  the  gentlemen  of  the  Melton  and  neighbouring  hunts.  The  principal 
stakes  are  the  Granby  Handicap,  the  Gold  Cup,  the  Billesdon  Coplow 
Stakes,  the  Farmers'  Plate,  the  Melton  Plate,  and  the  Scurry  Stakes ; 
and  the  sport  is  usually  of  the  first  order,  most  of  the  horses  being 
highly  bred  hunters,  attached  to  the  Quorn,  Belvoir,  and  Cottesmore 
hounds.  Queen  Victoria  and  the  late  Prince  Consort,  whilst  guests  at 
Belvoir  Castle,  met  the  Duke's  hounds  in  this  Park,  Dec.  6th,  1843,  and 
threw  off  at  Melton  Spinney.  In  1086,  Croxton  was  held  by  the  King, 
and  had  24  carucates,  and  two  ploughs  in  the  demesne,  5  bondmen,  22 
villans,  and  2  bordars,  with  2£  ploughs;  30  socmen,  with  8  ploughs,  30 
acres  of  meadow,  and  2  mills.  Soon  afterwards,  William  the  Conqueror 
gave  it  to  Robert  Malet,  Baron  of  Eye ;  but  King  Stephen  gave  it  to  his 
natural  son,  William,  Earl  of  Montaigne,  &c.  In  the  18th  and  14th 
centuries,  it  was  held,  mostly  under  the  abbey,  by  the  Criol,  Ciiriel,  or 
Kyriel  family.  Croxton  Abbey,  which  stood  on  the  Bescaby  side  of 
the  Park,  was  founded  about  1150,  by  William,  Earl  of  Mortaigne,  Par- 
carius  de  Linus,  and  Sir  Andrew  Lutterel,  for  White  Canons,  or  Pre- 
monstratensians.  It  was  dedicated  to  St.  John  the  Evangelist,  and  was 
richly  endowed  by  subsequent  benefactors.  Its  church  was  a  large  and 
handsome  structure,  sometimes  called  St.  John  de  Voile.  The  bowels  of 
King  John,  who  died  at  Newark,  were  buried  here,  after  the  abbot,  who 
had  been  the  King's  physician,  had  embalmed  his  body,  prior  to  its  being- 
sent  to  Worcester.  The  clear  annual  revenue  of  the  Priory  was  .£385. 
0s.  lOd.  at  the  dissolution,  in  1534,  when  it  was  granted  to  the  Earl  of 
Rutland.  When  excavating  for  stone  near  one  of  the  fish  ponds  in  the 
Park,  some  years  ago,  a  stone  coffin,  ornamented  with  a  griffin's  head, 
was  found ;  also  vestiges  of  a  large  oven,  and  some  fragments  of  a  tes- 
selated  pavement;  and  nearer  to  Bescaby,  are  traces  of  several  large 
buildings.  About  half  a  mile  east  of  Croxton  village,  are  traces  of  a  long 
entrenchment,  supposed  to  have  been  thrown  up  during  the  civil  wars, 
when  Belvoir  Castle  was  the  bone  of  contention  between  the  Royalists 
and  Parliamentarians.  The  parish  Church  (St.  John)  has  a  nave, 
chancel,  side  aisles,  south  porch,  and  a  fine  square  tower  adjoining  the 
chancel,  crowned  by  eight  pinnacles,  and  containing  five  bells.  The 
seats  are  of  oak,  with  finely  carved  ends,  except  in  the  galleries,  erected 
in  1823  and  1836,  for  the  singers  and  Sunday  scholars.  The  living  is  a 
discharged  vicarage,  valued  in  K,  B.  at  £7.  14s.  7d.,  and  now  at  .£300 
per  annum,  having  193a.  in  lieu  of  tithes.  The  Duke  of  Rutland  is 
patron,  and  the  Rev.  John  Taylor  is  the  incumbent,  and  has  a  good 
residence.  The  Rev.  George  Crabbe,  the  poet,  was  presented  to  this 
living  in  1813.  In  the  village  is  a  Wesleyan  Chapel,  built  in  1834;  and  a 
National  School,  built  in  1844,  at  a  cost  of  .£330,  and  attended  by  100 
boys  and  girls,  of  whom  16  of  the  former  are  taught  free,  in  consideration 
of  £'15  a  year,  derived  as  follows.  In  1711,  Wm.  Smith  left  £100  to  be 
laid  out  in  land,  for  the  education  of  poor  children  of  Croxton.  This 
sum,  with  £1000  left  to  Knossington  Hospital,  was  laid  out  in  the  pur- 
chase of  land  at  Hose.  On  the  termination  of  an  expensive  suit  in 
Chancery,  in  1815,  it  was  ordered  that  £5  a  year  should  be  paid  to  the 
schoolmaster  by  the  Hospital  trustees,  together  with  arrears,  amounting 


348 


CEOXTON    KERRIAL. 


to  £60,  now  lent  at  4  per  cent,  interest.  The  schoolmaster  has  also  M 
a  year,  as  interest  of  £100  left  by  Anthony  Good,  in  1796.  Edward 
Hallam,  in  1683,  left  £100,  the  yearly  proceeds  to  be  divided  as  follows : 
— one- sixth  to  the  minister,  one- sixth  to  the  children  catechised,  and 
four-sixths  to  the  poor.  The  legacy  was  laid  out  in  the  purchase  of  14a. 
2r.  of  land,  now  let  for  £16.  16s.  a  year,  which  is  distributed  on  Candle- 
mas day.  This  parish  has  £25.  4s.  a  year  from  Chester's  Charity  (see 
page  327),  and  7s.  of  it  is  distributed  in  bibles,  and  the  rest  in  money 
among  the  poor  on  St.  Thomas's  day.  It  has  also  the  interest  of  £150 
new  three  per  cent,  stock,  left  by  Ann  Parnham,  for  the  education  of  six 
poor  children.  The  interest  of  £250,  similarly  invested,  is  divided 
amongst  the  poor  widows  of  the  parish.  The  poor  parishioners  also 
have,  or  ought  to  have,  6s.  a  year,  left  by  Edward  Rimington,  out  of  land 
at  Stonesby;  the  interest  of  £10,  left  by  Rachel  Ashbourne,  and  a  yearly 
rent-charge  of  £15,  out  of  land  at  Wykeham-cum-Chadwell,  left  in  1831, 
by  George  Ashbourne,  for  six  poor  old  men,  who  have  not  received  paro- 
chial relief  within  12  months  preceding.  The  parish  feast  is  on  the 
Sunday  after  Old  Michaelmas  day. 

Post  Office,  at  John  Larrad's.  Let- 
ters arrive  from  Grantham  at  10£  morn- 
ing, and  are  despatched  at  3  A  afternoon. 
Berry  Robert,  stonemason 
Dent  John,  park  keeper 
Fowler  Robert,  upholsterer 
Golling  Mary  Elizabeth,  vict.  Fox 
Hoult  Feargus,  policeman 
Houlton  Thos.  maltster  &  vict.  Peacock 
Larrad  John,  schoolmaster 
Lee  Eliza,  corn  miller 
Parker  Jas.  forester,  Reservoir  Cottage 
Ratcliffe  Sarah  Ann,  schoolmistress 
Taylor  Rev.  John,  Vicarage 
Wright  John,  park  bailiff 
Wright  Uriah,  castrator 

BAKERS. 

Fox  William 
Lee  Eliza 
Ward  Edward 

BLACKSMITHS. 

Cobley  George 


Edlin  Robert 

BOOT  &  SHOEMKRS. 

Bass  Edward 
Bass  William 
Farnsworth  Robert 
Knott  Thomas 


CARPENTERS. 

Goodacre  William 
Hutchin  James 
Wildman  Thomas 

grocers,  &c. 
Dewey  Charles 
Fox  William 
Ward  Edward 

FARMERS    AND 
GRAZIERS. 

Ashburn    George 

Blackwell  Lodge 
Barnes  William 
Gould  William 
Handley  William 
Hillam  William 
Hind  William  (and 

butcher) 
Kitching  John 
Mount  Thomas 


Mount    William, 
Heath  Lodge 

Parnham  John 

Riley  John 

Shipman  Thomas, 
Croxton  Lodge 

Tipping  John 

Tipping  Matthew 

Wilders  Joseph  \ 
Musson  J 

TAILORS. 

Hague  George 
Sherwin  Edward 
Smith  John 

WHEELWRIGHTS. 

Jackson  John 
Preston  William 

Carrier  to  Gran- 
tham, Fox  Wm. 
Wed.  and  Sat. 


Bescaby,  or  Beskaby,  is  an  extra-parochial  manor,  7  miles  N.E.  by  E. 
of  Melton  Mowbray,  containing  one  farm-house,  20  inhabitants,  and 
about  900  acres  of  land,  of  which  more  than  400  form  part  of  Croxton 
Park.  The  whole  belongs  to  the  Duke  of  Rutland,  and  was  formerly  the 
demesne  of  Croxton  Priory,  near  which  there  stood  here  some  extensive 
buildings,  traces  of  which  are  still  extant,  near  the  place  called  the 
Friars'  Walk.  In  1382,  Wm.  Furnival  held  the  manor,  with  view  of 
frank-pledge,  as  of  the  honor  of  Winton.  The  farm  is  occupied  by  Mr. 
John  Edward  Bright;  and  Mr.  Edward  Bright  is  agent  to  the  Accidental 
Death  and  County  Fire  and  Provident  Life  Assurance  Offices. 

DALBY  (LITTLE)  is  a  village  and  parish,  four  miles  S.  by  E.  of 
Melton  Mowbray,  containing  35  houses,  183  inhabitants,  and  1850  acres 
of  land,  generally  hilly,  and  having  a  strong  blue  clayey  soil.  It  has  a 
chalybeate  spring,  and  it  is  said  that  Mrs.  Orton,  a  farmer's  wife  here, 
was  the  first  who  made  Stilton  cheese,  about  the  year  1730  ;  but  priority 
in  this  manufacture  was  claimed  by  others  in  this  neighbourhood,  as 


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already  noticed.  Edward  Bouchier  Hartopp,  Esq.,  one  of  the  parlia- 
mentary representatives  of  the  Northern  Division  of  the  county,  is  lord 
of  the  manor  and  owner  of  most  of  the  soil.  He  resides  at  the  Hall,  a 
large  and  handsome  mansion,  in  a  small  park,  built  by  one  of  his  family 
in  the  reign  of  Elizabeth  ;  but  the  west  wing  was  added  in  1682  ;  the 
east  wing  in  1816 ;  and  the  centre  was  rebuilt  in  1838.  At  the  domes- 
day  survey,  Robert  held  under  Goisfrid  de  Wirce  4^  carucates  ;  1  plough 
was  in  the  demesne ;  4  socmen,  5  villans,  and  1  bordar,  had  2  ploughs ; 
there  were  10  acres  of  meadow.  Roger  held  under  Henry  Ferrers  5 
carucates,  belonging  to  his  manor  of  Somerby ;  16  socmen,  with  a  priest, 
had  6  ploughs ;  and  here  were  40  acres  of  meadow.  The  manor  was 
afterwards  held  in  several  fees,  under  Valle  Dei  Abbey,  Lincolnshire, 
Castle  Donington,  and  the  Mowbray,  Tateshall,  and  other  families.  In 
1399,  the  Duke  of  Norfolk  held  the  manor,  and  in  1484  it  was  held  by 
John  Brookesby  ;  but  most  of  the  land  and  the  advowson  passed  to  the 
Hartopps  in  the  reign  of  Elizabeth.  The  Church  (St.  James)  is  a  hand- 
some structure  in  a  mixed  style  of  architecture.  The  tower,  forming  a 
sort  of  composite  Gothic,  containing  three  bells,  was  rebuilt  by  the  Rev. 
S.  Hartopp,  LL.B.,  a  late  rector,  and  the  remainder  of  the  church  was 
rebuilt,  and  a  new  transept  added,  by  E.  B.  Hartopp,  Esq.,  in  1852. 
The  pulpit  is  of  exquisitely  carved  oak,  and  the  windows  of  the  chancel, 
transepts,  and  baptistry,  are  filled  with  beautiful  stained  glass.  The 
north  door  is  exquisite,  and  the  chancel  arch  and  many  other  parts  are 
exceedingly  good.  The  vicarage,  valued  in  K.B.  at  £9,  and  now  at 
.£263  per  annum,  is  in  the  incumbency  of  the  Rev.  John  Fitzrichard 
Hinde,  B.A.,  who  has  a  good  residence,  and  61a.  2r.  20p.  of  glebe.  The 
vicarial  tithes  yield  about  £230  per  annum,  and  the  great  tithes  belong 
to  E.  B.  Hartopp,  Esq.,  as  impropriator  and  patron.  The  School  is  a 
neat  brick  building,  erected  by  E.  B.  Hartopp,  Esq.,  and  attended  by 
about  30  children.  The  interest  of  £20,  left  by  Francis  Ellaby,  is  paid 
for  schooling  poor  children  ;  the  interest  of  £15,  left  by  Judith  and  John 
Briggs  and  another,  is  distributed  among  the  poor  parishioners ;  and  the 
interest  of  £10,  left  by  George  Bunney,  is  given  in  bread  to  ten  of  the 
poorest  inhabitants  who  attend  divine  service  on  Christmas  day.  Post 
from  Melton  Mowbray. 


Hartopp  Edward  Bouchier,  Esq.  M.P. 

Little  Dalby  Hall 
Clarke  Ann,  schoolmistress 
Farley  James,  farm  steward 
Hall  Thomas,  house  steward,  Hall 
Hinde  Rev.   John  Fitzrichard,   B.A., 

vicar,  Vicarage 


Mantle  Mills,  tailor 
Mantle,  Thomas,  tailor  and  shopkeeper 
fakmers  &grazrs.  I  Haseldine    Andw. 
Barnes  John  White  Lodge 

Bunney  William     !  Wild  Jph.  Grange 
Goodson  Richard   |  Wild  Thomas 
PearsGeo  WestLge 


EAST  WELL,  a  small  village,  on  a  bold  southern  declivity,  near  the 
chief  source  of  the  river  Deven,  eight  miles  N.N.E.  of  Melton  Mowbray, 
has  in  its  parish  34  houses,  160  inhabitants,  and  1304a.  3r.  24p.  of  land, 
having  a  clayey  soil  in  the  lower  grounds,  and  a  red  marl  on  the  hills. 
The  manor  was  held  by  the  Mowbrays,  Dukes  of  Norfolk,  and  other 
families,  and  was  purchased  by  Rowland  Eyre,  in  1631,  whose  family 
resided  at  the  Hall.  The  whole  parish  was  purchased  of  the  Eyres  by 
the  late  Duke  of  Rutland,  but  the  Earl  of  Dysart  is  lord  paramount. 
The  Church  (St.  Michael)  has  a  nave,  chancel,  side  aisles,  and  a  tower 
containing  two  bells.  It  was  reseated  and  thoroughly  restored  by  the 
rector  in  1861,  and  contains  60  sittings,  all  of  which  are  free.  The 
rectory,  valued  in  K.B.  at  £9.  12s.  Id.,  and  now  at  £400,  has  36a.  of 
glebe.    The  Lord  Chancellor  is  patron,  and  the  Rev.  Edward  Bullen  is 


850  EASTWELL   PARISH. 

the  incumbent,  and  has  a  handsome  residence,  which  was  rebuilt  in  1837, 
at  a  cost  of  =£1000.  Here  is  a  small  Roman  Catholic  Chapel,  built  about 
64  years  ago,  by  the  late  Duke  of  Rutland,  in  lieu  of  one  at  the  Hall, 
which  was  destroyed  after  his  Grace  purchased  the  estate.  Attached  to 
it  is  a  commodious  residence  for  the  priest;  and  the  School  in  connection 
with  it  was  erected  in  1838  by  the  late  Canon  Joseph  Bick,  a  former 
priest.  The  master  has  £20  a  year  from  property  left  by  the  late  John 
Exon.     The  Chapel  is  licensed  for  marriages. 

Post  Office  at  William  Gillian's.      Letters  arrive  from  Waltham  at  10  k 
morning,  and  are  despatched  at  4  afternoon. 

Bullen,  Rev.  Edward,  rector,  Rectory 
Gillian  William,  shoemaker 
Hallard,  John,  Catholic  schoolmaster 


Hubbersty,  Rev.  Nathan,  M.A.  Hall 

Sumner  Mrs  Frances 

Swale  Rev.  Henry  (Roman  Catholic) 


FARMERS   AND    GRAZIERS. 

Dixon  Jane  I  Jackson  Anthony 
Goodson  Thomas      Swain  George 

Holmes     Edward  i  Turner  Martin 
(and  grocer) 


EATON,  a  pleasant  village,  in  the  vale  south  of  the  Wold  hills,  bound- 
ing the  vale  of  Belvoir,  8^  miles  N.E.  by  N.  of  Melton  Mowbray,  has  in 
its  parish  92  houses,  422  inhabitants,  and  1696a.  2r.  4p.  of  land.     The 
soil  is  various,  being  a  fertile  clay  in  the  vale,  and  a  red  loam,  with  some 
little  sand,  on  the  hills.     The  Duke  of  Rutland  is  lord  of  the  manor  and 
owner  of  most  of  the  soil,  and  the  rest  belongs  chiefly  to  Thomas  Sills, 
Octavius  N.  Simpson,  Nicholas  E.  Hirst,  and  John  Rodgers,  Esqrs.,  the 
two  latter  of  whom,  as  impropriators,  hold  the  land  allotted  in  lieu  of 
the  great  tithes,  at  the  enclosure,  in  1769.     In  the  reign  of  Henry  III., 
the  church  was  appropriated  to  Leicester  Abbey ;  and  until  the  dissolu- 
tion, Croxton  Abbey,  the  Knights  Templar,   and  Laund  Priory,  had 
lands  here.   In  1086,  Hugh  de  Grentemaisnell  held  the  manor  under  the 
Countess  Judith  ;  and  here  was  a  wood,  160  perches  long,  and  80  broad. 
Here  is  a  mill  on  the  main  source  of  the  Deven.   The  Church  (St.  Denis) 
consists  of  a  nave,  north  and  south  aisles,  and  chancel,  with  a  tower 
at  the  west  end,  containing  four  bells,  and  surmounted  by  a  spire.    The 
pillars  and  arches  dividing  the  nave  from  the  aisles,  and  also  the  tower, 
are  in  the  Norman  style  of  architecture,  and  on  the  north  side  of  the 
church  are  some  good  specimens  of  early  English  work.     The  living  is 
a  discharged  vicarage,  valued  in  K.B.  at  £ri.  lis.  2d.,  and  now  at  £83 
per  annum,  having  55a.  of  glebe,  mostly  allotted  in  lieu  of  tithes  at  the 
enclosure,  and  partly  purchased  with  c£200  of  Q.A.B.,  obtained  by  lot,  in 
1772 ;  and  12a.  of  glebe  in  Wymondham  parish.     The  Lord  Chancellor 
is  patron,  and  the  Rev.  John  Haddelsey  Williams,  M.A.,  is  the  incum- 
bent, and  has  a  good  residence,  erected  in  1854.     The  Wesleyans  have  a 
chapel  here,  built  in  1823 ;  and  the  Wesleyan  Reformers  occupy  a  wooden 
building,  erected  in  1850.     Here  is  a  small  School,  supported  by  sub- 
scription, and  attended  by  about  40  children.     The  Church  Close,  14a. 
3b.  36p.,  let  for £21,  was  allotted  for  the  repairs  of  the  church  at  the 
enclosure,  when  four  acres  were  allotted  for  getting  stone  and  gravel  for 
the  reparation  of  roads,  and  for  the  use  of  the  poor  for  herbage  and  fuel. 
These  four  acres  are  in  two  closes,  let  for  about  £±  per  annum,  exclusive 
of  the  gravel  pit,  in  which  many  human  bones  and  the  handles  of  coffins 
have  been  found.    The  poor  have  £o.  15s.  3d.  a  year  from  the  dividends 
of  .£200,  three  and  a  half  per  cent,  reduced  annuities,  purchased  with 
i!200,  left  by  Ann  Bates,  in  1823.     The  parish  feast  is  on  the  Monday 
before  June  17th. 

Post  from  Grantham.     The  receiving  box  is  at  Robert  Lord's.    Letters 
arrive  at  12  noon,  and  are  despatched  at  1  afternoon. 


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351 


Gibson  John,  harness  maker 

Kemm  Nathaniel,  registrar  of  births, 

deaths,  and  marriages 
Lowe  William,  victualler,  Windmill 
Pearson  Benjamin ,  parish  clerk 
Penn  Emily,  schoolmistress 
Pratt  Kichard,  stonemason 
Swain  Fanny,  corn  miller 
Thorold  Thomas,  baker 
Williams  Eev.  John  Haddelsey,  M.A. 

vicar,  Vicarage 


BLACKSMITHS. 

Kealey  Kobert 
Wright  William 

BUTCHERS. 

Christian  John 


Rodgers  Thomas 

CARPENTERS. 

Lord  Robert 
Lowe  William 
Widdowson  Wm. 


FARMERS. 

Bailey   Richard, 

(and  seed  mert.) 
Beastall  Thomas 

Matthew 
Cheshire  Richard 
Glenn  John 
Guy  Andrew 
Morris  Mary 
Rodgers  John 
Shelton  Misses 
Shipman  William, 

Eaton  Lodge 
Thorold  Samuel 
Throssell  Charles 

grocers,  &c. 
Throssell  Eliz. 


White  John 
Widdowson  Wm. 

SHOEMAKERS. 

George  John 
Shelton  William 
Watchorn  James 

TAILORS. 

Coulson  George 
Pick  Christopher 
White  John  (and 
draper) 

CARRIERS 

To  Melton,  Tues., 
and   Grantham, 
Saturday 
Harrison  John 
Pick  Christopher 


EDMONDTHORPE,  a  village  and  parish,  near  the  Melton  and 
Oakham  canal,  six  miles  N.  of  Oakham,  and  eight  miles  east  of  Melton 
Mowbray,  has  49  houses,  233  inhabitants,  and  1753a.  3r.  8p.  of  land,  of 
which  94a.  is  woodland,  and  about  500  acres  arable.  The  soil  is  chiefly 
clay,  with  a  mixture  of  red  loam,  and  in  some  parts  rocky.  It  belongs 
chiefly  to  Wm.  Ann  Pochin  and  Wm.  Blake,  Esqrs. ;  and  the  former  is 
lord  of  the  manor,  and  resides  at  the  Manor  House,  a  fine  old  mansion, 
in  a  small  park.  The  manor  was  anciently  held  by  the  Ferrers,  Earls 
of  Derby,  and  afterwards  by  the  Tibtoft,  Scrope,  Berkele}7-,  and  Smith 
families,  the  latter  of  whom  sold  it  to  W.  Pochin,  Esq.,  in  1762.  The 
Church  (St.  Michael)  has  a  nave  with  aisles,  a  chancel,  and  a  tower  with 
three  bells,  and  contains  some  marble  tablets  in  memory  of  the  Smiths. 
It  has  sittings  for  about  300  hearers,  all  of  which  are  free,  and  those  at 
the  west  end  of  the  church  are  new,  and  open  at  the  ends.  The  north 
aisle  was  newly  roofed  in  1858,  at  a  cost  of  £400,  raised  by  a  rate ;  and 
a  new  clock  was  placed  in  the  tower,  in  1860,  at  the  expense  of  the  lord 
of  the  manor.  The  rectory,  valued  in  KB.  at  £14.  12s.  8^d.,  and  now 
at  £630,  is  in  the  patronage  of  the  Lord  Chancellor,  and  incumbency  of 
the  Rev.  Wm.  Bryan  Killoch,  B.A.,  who  has  a  good  residence,  built  in 
1849,  at  a  cost  of  £1800.  The  tithes  have  been  commutted  for  £480 
per  annum ;  and  the  glebe  is  58a.  2r.  12p.  in  Edmondthorpe,  and  16a. 
at  Wymondham.  In  1720,  Sir  Edward  Smith  left  £200  to  be  laid  out 
in  land,  the  rent  to  be  applied,  as  far  as  necessary,  in  repairing  the 
south  aisle  of  the  church,  and  the  overplus  to  be  distributed  among  the 
poor,  at  the  discretion  of  the  lord  of  the  manor.  In  1735,  £72  of  this 
sum  was  laid  out  in  the  purchase  of  land  at  Great  Ponton,  now  worth 
above  £10  a  year,  but  it  is  not  known  what  became  of  the  rest  of  this 
legacy.  The  sum  of  £48,  derived  from  the  arrears  of  rent  due  from  this 
land,  was  laid  out  in  1838,  in  erecting  the  School.  The  same  donor 
also  gave  (in  1687)  a  yearly  rent-charge  of  £10,  out  of  land  at  Deeping 
St.  James,  for  distribution  among  the  poor  of  Edmondthorpe ;  but  it  is 
subject  to  a  deduction  of  £2  for  drainage  tax,  &c.  Here  is  a  handsome 
pump,  with  cast-iron  covering,  erected  by  the  lord  of  the  manor  for  the 
use  of  the  inhabitants.  The  parish  feast  is  on  the  Sunday  after  Old 
Michaelmas  Day.  Whissendine  station,  on  the  Syston  and  Peterborough 
Railway,  is  in  this  parish,  about  a  mile  and  a  half  S.W.  of  the  village. 
Foot-post,  from  Oakham,  at  11  morning,  returning  at  five  afternoon. 

Brown  William,  shoemaker  I  Killoch  Rev.   William    Bryan,    M.A. 

Hollings  William,  farm  bailiff  |     rector,  Rectory 


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EDMONDTHORPE    PARISH. 


Lister  George  Edmund,  schoolmaster 
Mackinder  Draper,  gentleman 
Pochin  Wm.  Ann,  Esq.  Manor  House 
Pollard  Robert,  parish  clerk  and  sexton 
Sleath  Thomas,  grocer;  and  carrier  to 
Melton  every  Tuesday 


Spriggs  Wm.  Whissendme  station  mr. 
Tett  Thomas,  highway  surveyor,  and 

rate  collector 
farmers  &  grzrs.  I  Mackinder  Jno.D. 
Cross  Catherine      j  Turner  Francis 
Hack  Hannah  i  Watchorn  Richard 


GARTHORPE,  a  small  village,  with  a  mill,  on  one  of  the  sources  of 
the  river  Eye,  six  miles  E.  by  N.  of  Melton  Mowbray,  lias  in  its  parish 
23  houses,  113  inhabitants,  and  1714a.  1r.  28  p.  of  land,  geuerally  flat, 
and  mostly  a  clayey  soil,  with  a  little  gravel.  The  Earl  of  Dysart  owns 
all  the  land,  and  is  lord  of  the  manor,  which  was  anciently  called 
Oadtorp,  and  was  held  by  various  families,  as  parcel  of  the  Honor  of 
Leicester.  The  Church  (St.  Mary)  has  a  tower  and  three  bells ;  and 
the  living  is  a  discharged  vicarage,  valued  in  K.  B.  at  i£7.  5s.  2d.,  and 
now  at  .£150  ;  but  the  vicarial  tithes  were  commuted,  in  1839,  for 
£169.  4s.,  and  the  rectorial  tithes  for  <£230.  The  Earl  of  Dysart  is 
impropriator  of  the  latter,  and  patron  of  the  vicarage,  now  held  by  the 
Rev.  James  Procter,  but,  being  sequestrated,  the  Rev.  Chas.W.  Ferrall, 
M.A.,  officiates,  and  occupies  the  Vicarage  House,  a  commodious 
residence,  which  was  rebuilt  in  1847,  and  has  been  recently  enlarged. 
Here  are  25a.  3r.  10p.  of  glebe  land.  The  Church  land,  18a.  3r.  3p., 
was  mostly  awarded  at  the  enclosure,  in  1675,  and  has  for  a  long  period 
been  held  by  the  lord  of  the  manor,  who  keeps  the  church  in  repair. 
The  dividends  of  .£66.  3s.  4d.,  Three  per  Cent.  Consols,  purchased  with 
£60  left  by  John  Miles,  in  1770,  and  the  Rev.  —  Turnor,  in  1785,  is 
paid  to  the  parish  clerk  for  taking  charge  of  the  Sunday  school.  The 
poor  have,  or  ought  to  have,  the  interest  of  £5,  left  by  Wm.  Hubbard, 
in  1681.     The  parish  feast  is  on  the  Sunday  before  Sept.  19th. 

Pepper  Francis,  beerhouse 
Priestman  Frederick  Shield,  miller 
Procter  Rev.  James,  vicar  ;  h  London 

FARMERS. 

William  Allsop,  William  Pacey,  and 
James  Rudkin 


Foot-post  from  Melton  at  11  morn- 
ing, returning  at  4  afternoon. 
Dewey  Henry,  shoemaker 
Ferrall  Rev.  Charles  W.,  M.A.  curate, 

Vicarage 
Harley  William,  shopkeeper 


GOADBY  MARWOOD,  five  miles  N.N.E.  of  Melton  Mowbray,  is 
a  picturesque  village  and  parish,  in  a  pleasant  vale,  bounded  by  two 
bold  ranges  of  the  Wold  hills.  It  contains  33  houses,  195  inhabitants, 
and  1565a.  2r.  24p.  of  land,  which  is  generally  a  fertile  clay,  except  on 
the  north-western  hills,  which  separate  it  from  the  Vale  of  Belvoir, 
where  a  red  marl  prevails.  The  Duke  of  Rutland  is  lord  of  the  manor 
and  principal  owner  of  the  soil ;  and  the  remainder  belongs  to  H.  C. 
Bingham,  Robert  Day,  and  T.  B.  Charlton,  Esqrs.  The  Hall,  a  hand- 
some mansion,  in  a  small  park,  is  the  seat  of  George  Norman,  Esq. 
G.  Bellairs,  Esq.,  is  patron,  and  the  Rev.  Stevenson  Gilbert  Bellairs, 
M.A.,  incumbent  of  the  rectory,  valued  in  1535  at  £16,  and  now  at 
.£500.  The  Church  is  an  ancient  structure,  dedicated  to  St.  Denis,  and 
was  erected  about  1280.  The  font  and  the  south  aisle  are  of  the 
decorated  period,  probably  about  1320.  They  are  the  most  beautiful 
parts  of  the  church,  and  are  well  worth  the  notice  of  the  lover  of  archi- 
tecture. The  Rev.  Francis  Peck,  M.A.,  the  historian,  is  buried  in  the 
south  aisle  of  this  church.  Here  is  a  good  Rectory  House,  and  35a. 
3r.  20p.  of  glebe.  The  tithes  were  commuted,  in  1843,  for  £429.  18s. 
per  annum.  The  manor,  anciently  called  Outhebi,  and  sometimes  Oun- 
deby,  was  successively  held   by  the  Wirce,   Mowbray,   Maureward, 


GOADBY    MARWOOD. 


353 


Hastings,  Beaumont,  Villiers,  Lowe,  and  Wyche  families,  the  latter  of 
whom  sold  it,  in  1765,  to  the  Duke  of  Rutland.  A  handsome  ScJwol 
was  erected  here  in  1861  by  the  rector,  at  a  cost  of  .£300,  and  is  a  great 
ornament  to  the  village.  The  Poors  Land  comprises  11a.  3r.  16p.,  in 
Harby,  purchased,  in  1702,  with  £120,  which  had  been  left  to  the 
poor  by  various  donors.  It  is  let  for  £24  a  year,  which  is  distributed 
in  coals  and  money  by  the  churchwardens  and  overseers. 

Skellett  Charles,  shopkeeper 

Waite  Robert,  shoemaker  &  par.  clerk 

Wright  John,  farm  bailiff 

Hallam  Edward 


Foot  Post  from  Waltham  at  ten  morn- 
ing; returning  at  4|  afternoon. 
Bellairs  Rev.  Stevenson  Gilbert,  M.A. 

rector,  Rectory 
Brewin  John,  stonemason 
Brutnell  Thomas,  carpenter 
Chamberlain  Matthew,  tailor 
Cook  William,  thrashing  machine  onr. 
Norman  George,  Esq.  Goadby  Hall 


FARMERS. 

Carter  John 
Ellaby     Simpson, 
Bellemere  Lodge 
Elson  John  ■ 
Goodwin  John 


Huckerby  Mary 
Rowbotham  Thos. 
Walker      Samuel, 

White  Lodge 
Watson  Henry 


HARBY,  a  considerable  village,  pleasantly  situated  in  the  Vale  of 
Belvoir,  on  the  south  side  of  the  Grantham  Canal,  eight  miles  N.  of 
Melton  Mowbray,  and  twelve  miles  S.E.  by  E.  of  Nottingham,  has  in 
its  parish  655  inhabitants,  and  1988a.  2r.  12p.  of  land,  of  which  880a.  are 
arable,  975a.  pasturage,  46^-a.  fox  cover  and  plantations,  8^a.  canal,  and 
the  remainder  roads.  The  soil  is  chiefly  a  heavy  clay,  and  the  surface 
flat.  The  Duke  of  Rutland  is  lord  of  the  manor,  anciently  called  Herdebi, 
but  part  of  the  land  belongs  to  Thomas  Manners,  Esq.,  and  Messrs. 
John  Orson,  Andrew  Shipman,  Henry  Smith,  and  John  Whittle.  The 
manor  has  been  held  by  various  families,  and  was  sold  by  Andrew 
Collins  in  1642  to  the  Earl  of  Rutland,  though  part  of  it  was  held,  in 
1086,  by  Robert  de  Todenei,  the  first  Norman  lord  of  Belvoir.  The 
Church  (St.  Mary)  is  principally  in  the  perpendicular  style,  and  has  a 
square  tower,  containing  four  bells  and  a  clock.  The  latter  was  given 
by  the  Duke  and  Duchess  of  St.  Albans,  in  commemoration  of  their  mar- 
riage, which  was  solemnized  here  May  29th,  1839.  They  also  gave  £30, 
which  is  invested  at  interest  for  the  use  of  the  poor.  The  interior  of 
the  church  was  fitted  up  with  a  new  pulpit  and  sittings  in  1834,  and  the 
stove  was  the  gift  of  E.  B.  Hartopp,  Esq.,  in  1841.  The  font,  which 
stands  in  the  nave,  is  in  the  decorated  st}de.  The  rectory,  valued  in 
K.B.  at  £20,  and  now  at  ,£469  per  annum,  is  in  the  patronage  of  the 
Duke  of  Rutland,  and  incumbency  of  the  Rev.  Manners  Octavius  Nor- 
man, B.A.,  who  has  a  neat  residence  and  459a.  3r.  9p.  of  land,  awarded, 
in  lieu  of  tithes,  at  the  enclosure  in  1790,  when  16a.  2r.  35p.  were  allotted 
for  the  repairs  of  the  church,  and  are  now  let  for  £28. 10s.  to  five  cottagers. 
The  National  School  is  a  handsome  stone  building,  erected  in  1860,  at  a 
cost  of  nearly  £1000,  raised  by  subscription  and  grants.  It  is  attended 
by  about  90  children.  Here  is  also  a  Wesleyan  Chapel,  built  in  1847,  at 
a  cost  of  £400,  principally  contributed  by  Mr.  John  Orson,  who  also 
gave  the  site.  On  the  canal  is  a  wharf,  with  large  granaries,  built  in 
1836.  The  poor  have  about  £8.  8s.  a-year  from  Chester  s  Charity, 
noticed  at  page  327 ;  and  the  interest  of  £10  left  by  the  Rev.  John  Major 
in  1739,  and  £20  left  by  Mrs.  Ann  Orson  in  1846.  The  parish  feast  is 
on  the  Sunday  after  September  19th. 


Post    Office    at   Henry   Lamin's. 
Letters  arrive  from  Waltham  at  a  quar- 
ter to  12  morning,  and  are  despatched 
at  a  quarter  to  3  afternoon. 
Dickmau  William,  plumber  and  glazier 


Furmidge  Samuel,  corn  dealer 
Gibson  John,  bricklayer 
Gregg  Samuel,  boat  owner 
Hall  Edmund,  blacksmith 
Jackson  John,  butcher 


354 


HARBY   DIRECTORY, 


Major  Henry,  schoolmaster 

Norman  Eev.  Manners  Octavius,  B.A. 

rector,  Rectory 
Sisson  Samuel,  hawker 
Wesson  George,  parish  clerk 

Lamin  John 


BAKERS. 

Baguley      George 

and  William 
Lamin  Henry 

BOOT&SHOEMAKERS 

Elliott  George 
Monks  James 
Williams  Thomas 

BRICK   AND    TILE 
MAKERS. 

Coy  William 
Hoe  William 

COAL   DEALERS. 

Bonser  Henry 
Furmidge  Samuel 
Haywood  John 

CORN    MILLERS. 

Bonser  Henry 
Drake  Robert 


FARMERS. 

Baguley  Thomas 
Barlow  John 
Barnes  William 
Bonser  Henry 
Burke  Robert 
Cook  William 
Freck  James 
FreckJas.&Thos. 
Gibson  John 
Goodson  Robert 
Harwood  William 
Haywood  John 
Hay  wood  John  ,j  un 
Haywood  Thomas 
Jackson  Matthew 
Kemp  William 
Lamin  Henry 


Lamin  Thomas  (& 

maltster) 
Marshall  John 
Orson  John 
Rosling  Jonathan 
Shipman  William 
Watchorn  William 
Whittle  John 
Whittle  John,  jun. 

grocers,  &c. 
Dickman  Joseph 
Dickman  William 
Freck  Jas.&Thos. 
Gibson  John 
Lamin  Henry 

inns,  <fcc. 
Marquis  ofGranby, 

Wm.  Watchorn 
Nag's  Head,  John 

Whittle,  sen. 
White  Hart,  John 

Haywood,  jun. 


JOINERS. 

Hitchcock  John  (<fc 

wheelwright) 
Musson  John 
Musson  Samuel 

STEAM    THRASHING 
MACHINE  OWNERS. 

Hall  Edmund 
Lamin  Henry 
Moulds  John 

TAILORS. 

Welsh  Alfred 
Wesson  James 
Widdo  wsonMatt  w . 
(and  draper) 

WHARFINGERS. 

Bonser  Henry 
Furmidge  Samuel 

Carriers  to  Mel- 
ton  Tues.    and 
Nottingham  Sat. 
Kemp  Thomas 
Starbuck  Samuel 


HARSTON,  a  pleasant  village  on  the  south  sf!|e  of  the  grounds  of 
Belvoir  Castle,  six  miles  W.S.W.  of  Grantham,  halt  in  its  parish  164 
inhabitants  and  950  acres  of  land,  adjoining  Lincolnshire,  and  having  a 
hilly  surface  and  a  soil  partly  clay  and  partly  red  loam,  resting  on  iron- 
stone. It  belongs  mostly  to  Sir  Glynne  Earl  Welby- Gregory,  Bart., 
and  the  Duke  of  Rutland,  the  latter  of  whom  is  lord  of  the  manor,  which, 
at  the  Conquest,  was  held  by  the  King  as  part  of  Croxton  manor.  Thos. 
Calvert  Beasley,  Esq.,  has  a  handsome  residence  here,  beautifully 
situated.  The  Church  (St.  Michael)  was  rebuilt  in  1822,  and  is  a  small 
structure  in  the  Norman  style  of  architecture,  consisting  of  a  nave  and 
tower  with  three  bells.  It  was  considerably  improved  in  1856,  at  the 
expense  of  the  rector's  lady  and  T.  C.  Beasley,  Esq.  The  living  is  a 
discharged  rectory,  valued  in  K.B.  at  £8.  Is.  7d.,  and  now  at  ^£282.  It 
has  40a.  of  glebe,  and  the  tithes  were  commuted  in  1843  for  i£229  per 
annum.  The  Lord  Chancellor  is  the  patron,  and  the  Rev.  John  Earle 
Welby,  M.A.,  is  the  incumbent,  and  has  a  good  residence,  built  in  1831, 
at  a  cost  of  ^1200,  and  commanding  extensive  views.  The  parish  was 
enclosed  in  1789,  and  has  a  National  School,  built  in  1835,  at  a  cost 
of  £80. 


Foot  Post  from  Woolsthorpe  at  9 \  a.m., 

returning  at  2|  afternoon. 
Beasley  Thomas  Calvert,  Esq. 
Brice  Robert,  farmer  ;  h  Grantham 
Brice  Stephen,  relieving  officer,  and 

registrar  of  births  and  deaths 
Cattle  John,  farm  bailiff  to  Duke  of  R. 
Jenkinson  John,  shopkeeper  &  par.  elk. 
Lowther  John  Osborne,  farmer 


Lowther  Mrs  Lucy 
Morton  Rev.  James  R.  M.A.  curate 
Starbuck  Amy,  schoolmistress 
Travis  Thomas,  shopkeeper,  and  car- 
rier to  Grantham  every  Saturday 
Welby  Rev.  John  Earle,  M.A.  rector 
of  Harston,   West    Allington,    and 
Stroxton,  Rectory 


HOSE,  a  village  pleasantly  situated  in  the  Vale  of  Belvoir,  on  the 
banks  of  a  rivulet,  half  a  mile  S.  of  the  Grantham  Canal,  and  7  miles  N. 
of  Mel  ton  Mowbray,  has  in  its  parish  477  inhabitants,  and  2296a.  Or.  20i\ 
of  land,  intersected  by  the  canal,  on  which  here  is  a  wharf;  and  bounded 


HOSE    PARISH. 


855 


on  the  north  by  Nottinghamshire.  The  soil  is  chiefly  a  fertile  clay,  and 
the  surface  flat.  The  Duke  of  Rutland  is  lord  of  the  manor,  formerly 
called  Hoives,  or  Hoclies  ;  but  a  great  part  of  the  soil  belongs  to  Thos. 
D.  Hall,  John  and  George  Crompton,  and  Samuel  Burton,  Esqrs.,  Miss 
Elizabeth  Linney,  and  several  smaller  proprietors.  In  1743,  it  was 
held  as  part  of  Seagrave  manor,  and  several  rjortions  of  it  were  held  by 
Belvoir  Priory,  Leicester  Abbey,  and  Croxton  Abbey.  The  Church  (St. 
Michael)  is  an  ancient  structure,  with  a  tower  containing  five  bells, 
and  finely  mantled  with  ivy.  The  living  is  a  discharged  vicarage, 
valued  in  KB.  at  4*7.  2s.  6d.,  and  now  at  £'105,  being  augmented  with 
£200  of  Q.A.B.  in  1808,  and  having  46a.  of  glebe.  The  Rev.  John 
Bradshaw,  M.A.,  of  Granby,  is  incumbent,  and  the  Duke  of  Rutland  is 
patron,  and  also  impropriator  of  the  rectorial  tithes,  which  were  com- 
muted (as  well  as  the  small  tithes)  for  allotments  of  land,  at  the  en- 
closure hi  1792.  The  Baptist  Chajiel  here,  built  in  1818  and  enlarged 
in  1841,  is  licensed  for  marriages.  The  National  School,  on  the  south 
side  of  the  church,  was  built  by  subscription,  in  1845,  and  attached  to  it 
is  a  house  for  the  master.  The  school  is  not  used  at  present.  The  poor 
have  a  yearly  rent-charge  of  20s.  out  of  the  Town  Close,  left  by  Robt. 
Hichling,  in  1720 ;  and  the  interest  of  £65,  left  by  Wm.  Shilcock  and 
other  donors,  and  now  vested  with  Wm.  Shilcock,  Esq.,  of  the  Grange, 
to  whose  family  there  are  four  monumental  tablets  in  the  church.  The 
parish  feast  is  on  the  Sunday  before  Michaelmas. 


Foot  Post  from  Melton  Mowbray  at 
a  quarter  before  eleven  morning,  re- 
turning at  a  quarter  before  four  after- 
noon. 

Burnett  John,  joiner  and  builder 
Corner  Robert,  blacksmith 
Glenn  Wm.  bricklayer  and  stone  cutter 
Huckerby  Francis,  parish  clerk 
Huckerby  Thomas,  beerhouse 
Lamin  William,  maltster 
Musson  Elizabeth,  boarding  school 
Reynolds  John,  inland  revenue  officer 
Shilcock  Mr  Robert 
Stokes  Reuben,  joiner,  &c. 
Wilson  John,  coal  dealer 


BAKERS. 

Hives  George 
Mantle  John 

BOOT  &  SHOEMKRS. 

Mantle  Henry,  jun 
Spencer  John 


StokesChristopher 
Wilford  James 

BUTCHERS. 

Pears  James 
Stubbs  Joseph 


FARMERS  &  GRAZRS 

*  Are  owners. 
Barlow  Robert 

*  Burnett  John 
*Burton  SI.  Villa 

*  Corner  Robert 
Goodson  Fanny 
Hallam  Henry 
Hourd  Elizabeth 
♦Hourd  Joseph  i 
Huckerby  Frank 
Huckerby  Thomas 
*Lamin  Esther 
Lamin  Sarah 
Lamin  William 
Musson  Thomas 
Rouse  James 
Rouse  John 
♦Shilcock  Henry 
*ShilcockWilliam, 

Grange     * 


Stevenson  Joseph 
Mount  Pleasant 
Stokes  John 
Stubbs  Joseph 
Sumner  Catherine 

GROCERS,  &C. 

Mantle  Henry 
Mantle  Henry,  jun 
Marriott  William 

PUBLIC    HOUSES. 

Black  Horse,  Jas. 

Pears. 
Rose  and  Crown, 

Mary  Ann  Nail 

TAILORS. 

GarrattJno.(&dpr) 
Jesson  Edward 
Carrier  to  Melton 

Tu.&toNottgm. 

Wed.  and  Sat. 
Bissill  Edward 


KIRBY  BELLARS  is  a  pleasant  but  scattered  village  and  parish,  on 
the  south  side  of  the  navigable  river  Wreak,  2£  miles  W.  by  S.  of 
Melton  Mowbray.  It  comprises  243  inhabitants,  and  2590  acres  of  land, 
chiefly  a  fertile  clay  with  a  flat  surface,  and  belonging  to  Sir  Henry 
Bromley,  Bart.,  Sir  Robert  Burdett,  Bart.,  the  Rev.  Wm.  Seddon, 
Messrs  P.  Rippin,  W.  Inett,  Henry  Black,  John  Hensley,  Edward 
Chandler,  and  George  Gibson,  and  Mrs.  Wartnaby.  The  Rev.  William 
Seddon  is  lord  of  the  manor,  which  was  anciently  held  by  the  Beler  or 
Bellar  family.  A  Priory  for  regular  canons  of  the  Augustine  order, 
was  founded  here  as  a  chantry  by  Roger  Beler,  in  1320,  for  a  warden  and 
12  chaplains,  but  was  converted  into  a  priory  by  his  widow,  in  1359.  It 
was  valued  at  the  dissolution  at  .4.178.  7s.  lOd.  per  annum,  and  its  site 

z2 


356 


KIRBY    BELLARS. 


was  granted  to  John,  Lord  Grey  of  Pirgo.  In  1604,  the  estate  here, 
formerly  belonging  to  the  priory,  was  held  by  E.  La  Fountaine,  from 
whom  it  passed  to  Sir  Charles  Sedley,  and  from  him  to  the  Burdetts. 
Kirby  Park,  now  occupied  by  a  farmer,  was  used  as  a  hunting  seat  by 
the  late  Sir  Francis  Burdett,  who  is  said  to  have  written  here  under 
an  ash  tree,  one  of  his  reform  letters,  previous  to  the  great  Manchester 
Meeting  of  August  16th,  1819,  popularly  called  the  "  Peterloo  Massacre." 
For  writing  this  letter  he  was  tried  at  Leicester,  and  imprisoned  three 
months  in  the  King's  Bench.  The  tree  was  struck  by  lightning  about 
twenty  years  ago,  and  a  young  beech  tree  now  grows  upon  its  site.  The 
Church,  dedicated  originally  to  St.  Mary,  but  on  becoming  conventual 
to  St.  Peter,  is  a  large  and  handsome  fabric,  with  a  tower  containing  five 
bells,  and  surmounted  by  a  tall  broach  spire.  At  the  west  end  of  the 
south  aisle  is  a  handsome  stained  glass  window,  erected  by  Mrs. 
Johnson  to  the  memory  of  her  father,  the  late  Rev.  Edward  Manners,  of 
Goadby  Marwood.  The  north  aisle  is  gone,  and  the  chancel  was  new 
roofed  in  1820,  and  contains  several  neat  monuments,  and  two  ancient 
effigies  of  the  Beler  family.  Here  is  also  a  churchyard  cross.  The 
living  is  a  perpetual  curacy,  not  in  charge,  and  valued  at  .£84.  Sir 
Robert  Burdett,  Bart.,  is  patron,  and  the  Rev.  John  Fox,  of  Great  Dalby, 
is  the  incumbent.  From  1722  to  1810,  the  curacy  was  augmented  with 
.£800  of  Q.A.B.,  which  was  laid  out  in  land.  The  glebe  now  consists  of 
2a.  at  Kirby,  4a.  at  Oadby,  4a.  at  Sileby,  and  15a.  at  Uppingham.  The 
parish  feast  is  on  the  Sunday  after  August  15th.  Asfordby  Station,  on 
the  Syston  and  Peterborough  Railway,  is  near  this  village,  and  about 
eight  trains  stop  here  daily. 

Post  from  Melton.  Letters  arrive  Brewitt  Thomas  B. 
at  8 1  morning,  and  are  despatched  at  Sanham  House 
6  evening,  Chandler  William, 

Allen  Charles,  station  master  Chandler's  Lodge 

Bowley  John,  joiner  and  shopkeeper       Chandler  Wm,jun. 
Fox  William,  police  sergeant  Manor  House 

Gibson  Mr  John  ||  Pick  Miss  Joanna    Coley  Robert  (and 
Killick  George,  Esq.  Kirby  Hall  parish  clerk) 

Masters  George,  vict.  Flying  Childers    Doubleday     Wm. 
Wartnaby  Mrs  Ann,  Kirby  Cottage  Flendell  Lodge 

farmers  &  grazrs.  I  Austin  William         Gilson  Joseph 
Adcock  Sus.  Park  I  Blount  Ann  Gilson  Mary 


Hemsley  Maria 
Jackson  Richard 
Lloyd  William     • 
Meadows  Thomas, 

Cream  Lodge 
Priestman  William 
Soames  John 
Walker  John 
Watts  Thos.  Wm. 
*Wild  John 
♦Williamson  Geo. 


KNIPTON,  a  very  neat  village  on  the  banks  of  the  small  river  Deven, 
in  the  picturesque  vale,  a  little  south  of  the  woody  hill  and  pleasure 
grounds  of  Belvoir  Castle,  10  miles  N.E.  by  N.  of  Melton  Mowbray, 
and  7  miles  S.E.  of  Grantham,  has  in  its  parish  360  inhabitants,  and 
1044a.  2r.  2r.  of  land,  chiefly  sandy  and  hilly.  In  one  of  the  sources 
of  the  Deven  a  Reservoir  of  52  acres  is  formed,  for  supplying  the 
Grantham  Canal,  to  which  the  water  passes,  in  one  part,  through  an 
arched  conduit,  three  miles  in  length.  The  Duke  of  Rutland  is  lord  of 
the  manor  and  owner  of  most  of  the  soil,  and  the  rest  belongs  chiefly 
to  the  Rev.  Charles  Heycock.  Here  are  several  good  houses,  one  of 
which  is  occasionally  occupied  by  the  Right  Hon.  Lord  Forester,  whose 
principal  seats  are  at  Willey  Park,  Brosely,  and  Ross  Hall,  Salop.  Here 
are  also  extensive  and  handsomely  built  Kennels,  erected  by  the  late 
Duke  of  Rutland,  in  1802,  but  enlarged  in  subsequent  years,  and  now 
occupied  by  a  pack  of  fox  hounds  belonging  to  the  present  Duke.  In 
the  season,  these  hounds  are  hunted  five  days  a  week,  and  they  have 
other  Kennels  at  Ropsley,  Lincolnshire.     In  1086,  the  King  held 


KNIPTON   PARISH.  357 

Knipton  (Cnipeton)  as  part  of  the  manor  of  Croxton,  and  it  had  8  caru- 
cates,  6  bovates,  and  2  ploughs  in  the  demesne  ;  4  bondmen,  10  villans ; 
4  bordars  and  10  socmen  with  4  ploughs ;  6  mills,  and  13  acres  in  meadow. 
In  1204,  Leicester  Abbey  held  the  manor,  with  a  mill.  In  1513, 
Edward  Watson  held  the  manor  and  the  advowson,  and  they  were  pur- 
chased in  1602,  by  Roger,  fifth  Earl  of  Rutland.  The  Church  (All 
Saints)  is  an  ancient  structure,  with  a  nave,  chancel,  north  aisle,  south 
porch,  and  a  tower  containing  three  bells.  It  was  thoroughly  repaired 
and  new  roofed  in  1845-6,  when  it  was  fitted  up  with  new  seats  with  cast 
iron  ends,  in  imitation  of  carved  oak.  Four  windows  which  had  been 
blocked  up  for  ages  were  re-opened,  as  also  was  the  arch  which  separates 
the  tower  and  nave.  The  pulpit  is  constructed  of  stone,  and  was  given 
by  Lord  John  and  Lady  Adeliza  Manners,  in  1844.  In  the  chancel  are 
a  few  neat  monumental  tablets.  The  living  is  a  rectory,  valued  in  K.B. 
at  .£16. 12s.  3£d.,  and  now  at  £295  per  annum,  in  the  patronage  of  the 
Duke  of  Rutland,  and  incumbency  of  the  Hon.  and  Rev.  Archibald 
George  Campbell,  M.A.,  who  is  a  son  of  the  late  and  brother  of  the 
present  Earl  of  Cawdor,  and  has  a  handsome  residence  near  the  church, 
and  50  acres  of  glebe.  The  tithes  were  commuted  at  the  enclosure  in 
1797.  Here  is  a  Baptist  Chapel,  erected  in  1700  ;  and  a  handsome 
National  School,  built  by  the  Duke  of  Rutland  in  1850.  Adjoining  it  is 
a  good  house  for  the  master,  built  by  subscription  in  1854.  Here  is  also 
a  handsome  pump,  erected  by  the  Duke  of  Rutland,  in  1862,  and  enclosed 
with  a  rustic  fence,  covered  with  ornamental  Staffordshire  tiles.  The 
poor  have  £25.  4s.  a  year  from  Chester's  Charity,  noticed  at  page  327, 
and  it  is  distributed  in  coals  and  money,  except  24s.  in  bibles. 

Post  from  Grantham  at  10 1  morning, 
returning  at  2  afternoon.    Receiving 
Box  at  Edward  Senescall's. 
Arnold  John,  shoemaker 
Campbell   Hon.    and   Kev.    Archibald 

George,  M.A.  rector,  Rectory 
Castle  Jesse,  schoolmaster 
Claie  Mr  Henry 
Clarke  John,  grocer  and  mason 
Clay  Robert,  baker 

Fletcher  William,  assistant  land  agent 
Forester  Rt.  Hon.  Lord,  Knipton  Lodge 
Golling  Wm.  jun.  stonemason 
Green  John,  land  agent  to  the  Duke  of  I  Bissill  Ann 

Rutland  j  Haines  Elizabeth 

Hart  Thomas,  harness  maker 


Jenkinson  Wm.  vict.  Rutland  Arms 
Leake  John,  shopkeeper  and  tailor 
Mules  Rev.  Philip,  B.D.  chaplain  to 
the  Duke  of  Rutland,  Knipton  Cottage 
Parkes  Robert,  clerk  and  sexton 
Pratley  Elizabeth,  draper 
Ringrose  Mrs  Alice,  maltster 
Roberts  Jas.  surgeon,  Knipton  House 
Senescall  Edward,  grocer  and  baker 
Towers  Thos.  carpenter,  horse  letter,  & 
carrier  to  Grantham,  Wed.  and  Sat. 
Tyler  Sarah,  beerhouse 

Holmes  Henry 
Holmes  William 
Ringrose  Alice 


MELTON  MOWBRAY,  which  gives  name  to  a  large  Union  and  the 
celebrated  Melton  Hunt,  and  has  latterly  attained  considerable  celebrity 
for  its  manufacture  of  porJe  pies,  is  a  pleasant  and  well-built  Market 
Town,  with  many  handsome  houses,  good  inns,  well  stocked  shops,  and 
one  of  the  finest  churches  in  the  county.  It  is  pleasantly  seated  on  the 
banks  of  the  small  river  Eye,  in  a  fertile  open  vale,  15  miles  N.E.  of 
Leicester,  10  miles  N.W.  of  Oakham,  16  miles  S.W.  of  Grantham, 
and  105  miles  N.N.W.  of  London.  The  river  Eye  joins  the  Wreak, 
near  Melton,  and  they  were  made  navigable,  with  the  aid  of  artificial 
cuts,  from  the  town  to  the  Soar  Navigation,  near  Syston,  under  Acts  of 
Parliament  passed  in  1791  and  1800  .This  is  called  the  Melton  Moivbray 
and  Leicester  Navigation.  A  Railway  was  formed  in  1846  from  Melton, 
to  join  the  Midland  Railway  at  Syston,  11  miles  S.W.  of  the  town.  It 
was  extended  in  1847  to  Stamford,  to  join  the  line  extending  from  that 


358  MELTON   MOWBRAY. 

town  to  Peterborough,  in  connexion  with  the  Great  Northern  Railway, 
and  the  various  linesjraversing  the  Eastern  Counties.  Melton  Mow- 
bray Parish  comprises  the  three  townships  of  Melton,  Freely,  and 
Welby,  which  contain  together  5010  acres  of  fertile  land,  and  had  3937 
inhabitants  in  1841,  4033  in  1851,  and  4030  in  1801.  Freeby  and 
Welby  are  chapelries,  and  the  parishes  of  Burton  Lazars  and  Sysonby 
are  curacies  annexed  to  the  vicarage  of  Melton.  Melton  Mowbray 
Township  has  3750a.  of  land,  and  the  soil  is  generally  a  black  sandy 
loam,  inclining  to  clay,  having  a  plentiful  substratum  of  gravel.  It  had 
only  1700  inhabitants  in  1801,  but  in  1831  they  had  increased  to  3350, 
in  1841  to  3740,  and  in  1851  to  4434,  consisting  of  2184  males  and 
2250 females,  living  in  843  houses;  besides  which,  there  were  83  un- 
occupied houses  in  the  township  when  the  census  was  taken.  This 
return  included  151  persons  in  the  Workhouse  of  Melton  Mowbray 
Union.  In  1801,  the  population  of  Melton  Township  was  4440,  and  the 
number  of  houses  954.  Melton  is  one  of  the  'polling  places  for  the 
Northern  Division  of  Leicestershire.  The  town  sent  members  to  Par- 
liament in  1337  and  1338 ;  but  it  has  long  derived  its  chief  attraction  and 
prosperity  from  being  the  central  rendezvous  of  the  Melton  Hunt,  which 
is  unquestionably  the  most  celebrated  in  the  kingdom,  and  comprises  an 
extensive  range  of  fine  sporting  country,  in  this  and  the  adjacent  parts 
of  the  counties  of  Nottingham,  Rutland,  and  Lincoln.  The  town  is 
thronged  with  nobility  and  gentry  during  the  fox-hunting  season,  which 
commences  the  first  week  in  November,  and  closes  about  the  end  of 
March,  with  the  Croxton  Park  Races.  (See  page  347.)  The  principal 
hounds  hunted  here  are  the  Belvoir,  Quorn,  Atherstone,  and  Cottesmore 
Packs.  The  Earl  of  Wilton,  Viscount  Newport,  the  Hon.  Hy.  Amelius 
Coventry,  Count  Gustavus  Bathyani,  Wm.  Geo.  Craven,  Esq.,  Francis 
Grant,  Esq.,  R.A.,  and  some  others,  have  neat  houses  here;  and  the 
numerous  other  nobility  and  gentry  who  visit  this  fox-hunting  metro- 
polis, find  ample  accommodation  at  the  hotels,  inns,  &c,  and  maintain 
sumptuous  tables  at  several  subscription  clubs.  Egerton  Lodge,  the 
Earl  of  Wilton's  hunting  seat,  has  a  beautiful  garden  in  front,  tastefully 
laid  out  with  walks,  grass-steps,  and  shrubs. 

The  town  is  approached  by  an  elegant  bridge  of  five  arches,  erected  in 
1832,  and  is  about  half  a  mile  in  length.  It  is  well  lighted  with  Gas 
from  Works  erected  in  1834,  in  .£20  shares.  A  Local  Government 
Board  has  recently  been  established  under  the  powers  of  the  Public 
Health  Act  of  1848  and  the  Local  Government  Act  of  1858,  and  has 
already  carried  into  effect  several  necessary  sanitary  measures.  An  ex- 
tensive and  efficient  system  of  drainage  is  now  being  constructed,  and 
the  Board  has  borrowed  £3000  of  the  Atlas  Insurance  Company,  at  five 
per  cent.,  to  be  repaid  by  equal  instalments  in  thirty  years.  The  present 
members  of  the  Board  are  Messrs.  N.  Whitchurch,  T.  Ward,  H.  Wool- 
house,  J.  Bishop,  T.  Hickson,  J.  Towne,  W.  Aclcock,  W.  Sharman,  and 
G.  Fitton.  T.  H.  Kinton,  Esq.,  is  their  treasurer;  W.  Latham,  Esq., 
clerJt;  E.  L.  Stephens,  Esq.,  engineer;  and  Mr.  R.  W.  Johnson,  surveyor, 
insjyector,  and  collector.  Melton  Mowbray  County  Court  is  held  once 
a  month  in  the  Corn  Exchange.  Mr.  Sergeant  Miller  is  judge ;  Fredk. 
J.  Oldham,  Esq.,  registrar ;  Mr.  John  Marshall,  high  bailiff,  and  J.  H. 
Dixon,  assistant  bailiff.  The  bankruptcy  business  of  this  district, 
which  does  not  come  within  the  jurisdiction  of  the  County  Court,  is 
taken  to  Nottingham,  which  is  a  sub-court  in  the  Birmingham  District 
Court  of  Bankruptcy,  in  which  Leicestershire  is  included.  The  Town 
Estate,  derived  chiefly  at  the  enclosure  of  the  parish,  under  an  act 
passed  in  1700,  produces  about  £750  a  year,  which  is  appropriated  to 


MELTON    MOWBRAY.  359 

paving,  watching,  lighting,  and  improving  the  town,  and  the  support  of 
the  bridges,  fire  engines,  and  several  free  schools,  under  the  management 
of  twelve  feoffees,  and  two  town  wardens  chosen  annually  by  the  in- 
habitants. Owing  to  the  scarcity  of  flags,  the  footpaths  are  generally 
pitched  with  boulders,  but  the  principal  streets  are  clean  and  commo- 
dious. The  Corn  Exchange  is  a  lofty  and  spacious  room,  which  is  occa- 
sionally let  for  concerts,  lectures,  &c.  It  belongs  to  a  company  of 
shareholders,  and  was  first  opened  in  January,  1855.  The  Market  place 
is  a  small  square  area,  and  the  Market,  held  every  Tuesday,  is  well 
supplied  with  corn,  fat  and  lean  stock,  and  all  sorts  of  provisions.  Here 
are  six  annual  fairs  for  horses,  cattle,  &c,  which  are  held  on  the  Monday 
and  Tuesday  after  January  17th;  second  Tuesday  in  April;  Whit- 
Tuesday  ;  August  21st ;  September  29th ;  and  October  24th.  That  in 
Whitsun  week  is  also  a  great  pleasure  fair.  Petty  Sessions  are  held  in 
the  Corn  Exchange,  every  alternate  Tuesday,  as  noticed  at  page  324 ; 
and  there  is  a  small  Police  Station  in  King  street,  built  in  1843,  in  con- 
nection with  the  county  constabulary  force.  Mr.  John  Platts  is  the 
superintendent,  and  here  are  two  police  constables.  The  Fire  Engine 
House  is  in  Nottingham  street,  and  keys  are  kept  at  the  Police  Station 
and  at  other  places  in  the  town.  Parishes  subscribing  ten  shillings  per 
annum,  are  entitled  to  the  free  use  of  the  engines  in  all  cases  of  fire. 
Melton  Rifle  Corps  was  established  in  1860,  and  is  the  3rd  Company  of 
the  Leicestershire  Regiment.  Its  members  have  attained  considerable 
proficiency,  and  several  of  them  have  gained  prizes  in  various  rifle  con- 
tests. E.  H.  M.  Clarke,  Esq.,  is  Captain;  F.  J.  Oldham,  Esq.,  Lieu- 
tenant; and  W.  Adcock,  Esq.,  Ensign. 

The  Town  Wardens  for  the  time  being  are  lords  of  the  manor  of  Mel- 
ton Mowbray,  but  part  of  the  soil  belongs  to  the  Earl  of  Bessborough, 
Viscount  Palmerston,  Sir  Glynne  Earle  Welby- Gregory,  Bart.,  General 
Reeve,  Wymondham  Grammar  School,  the  Town  Wardens ;  and  William 
Blake,  J.  W.  Norris,  Robert  Sikes,  and  Stephen  Miller,  Esqrs.,  and 
several  smaller  owners.  In  ancient  writings  the  manor  is  called  Medel- 
tune,  Meltone,  and  afterwards  Melton  Mowbray,  from  its  early  lords.  In 
the  reign  of  Edward  the  Confessor,  the  lordship  of  Melton,  originally  of 
very  great  extent,  was  held  by  Lewrie  Fitz  Leivin,  and  was  the  chief  of 
27  lordships  which  William  the  Conqueror  bestowed  on  Goisfrid  de 
Wirce,  in  whose  time  the  town  had  a  weekly  market,  and  here  wTere 
7  hides,  1  carucate,  and  1  bovate ;  with  4  ploughs  and  4  bondmen  in  the 
demesne ;  20  villans,  14  bordars,  and  2  priests,  with  6£  ploughs  ;  a  rent 
of  20s.  from  the  market ;  2  mills,  20  acres  of  meadow,  and  a  wood  40 
perches  long  and  40  wide.  From  Goisfrid,  the  honour  or  barony  of 
Melton  passed  to  Nigel  de  Albini,  whose  son,  by  order  of  Henry  I., 
assumed  the  name  of  Mowbray.  Thomas  de  Mowbray,  the  seventh 
Baron  Mowbray  by  writ,  and  the  twelfth  by  tenure,  was  created  Duke  of 
Norfolk  and  Earl  Marshal,  in  1400.  By  his  marriage  with  Anne, 
daughter  of  John,  Duke  of  Norfolk,  in  1477,  the  manor  and  honor  of 
Melton  passed  to  Lord  Berkeley.  In  1553,  the  manor  was  granted  to 
William  Betts  and  Christopher  Draper ;  but  it  was  restored  to  Lord 
Berkeley  in  1579.  John  Withers  held  it  in  1606,  and  afterwards  John 
Hudson,  who  sold  it  in  1688  to  John  Coke.  By  marriage  with  Char- 
lotte Coke,  it  passed  in  1750  to  Matthew  Lamb,  Esq.,  an  ancestor  of  its 
late  owner,  Viscount  Melbourne.  Matthew  Lamb,  Esq.,  was  an  eminent 
conveyancer  of  Lincoln's  Inn,  and  was  created  a  baronet  in  1755.  He 
is  described  in  the  act  passed  in  1760,  for  enclosing  2000  acres  of  common 
fields  and  pastures  in  Melton,  as  lord  of  the  honor  and  manor,  and  pro- 
prietor of  a  considerable  part  of  the  soil.    He  died  in  1768..  and  was 


8G0  MELTON    MOWBRAY. 

succeeded  by  his  son,  Sir  Periston  Lamb,  who  was  created  Baron  Mel- 
bourne of  Ireland,  in  1770,  and  Viscount  in  1781;   and  in  1815  he  was 
created  an  English  peer  by  the  title  of  Baron  Melbourne  of  Melbourne, 
in  the  county  of  Derby.     In  1828.  he  was  succeeded  by  his  son  William, 
the  second  Viscount  Melbourne,  who  was  born  in  1779,  and  was  one  of 
the  most  distinguished  statesmen  of  the  present  century.     This  noble- 
man died  in  1848,  and  was  succeeded  by  his  brother,  Frederick  James, 
the  third  and  last  Viscount,  who  died  in  1853,  when  his  titles  became 
extinct,  and  his  estates  descended  to  his  sister,  formerly  Countess  Cow- 
per,  but  now  Viscountess  Palmerston  ;  but  the  manor  of  Melton  was  sold 
in  1850  to  the  feoffees  of  the  town  estate  for  the  sum  of  .£650.     During 
the  civil  wars,  a  severe  battle  was  fought  near  Melton  between  Sir  Mar- 
maduke  Langley,  who  commanded  the  royalists,  and  a  party  of  the 
parliamentary  troops,  under  Colonel  Rossiter,  as  noticed  at  page  129. 
About  the  middle  of  the  seventeenth  century,  several  tradesmen  s  tokens 
were  issued  in  the  town ;  whence  Nichols  infers  that  the  place  was  then 
distinguished  for  "  considerable  traffic."     In  1653,  and  some  other  years 
of  the  Commonwealth,  the  publication  of  banns  was  announced  at  the 
market  cross,  and  the  marriage  ceremony  was  performed  by  two  justices 
of  the  peace.     Here  was  a  manor  oven,  fourteen  feet  in  diameter,  the 
possessor  of  which,  in  the  time  of  Sir  Matthew  Lamb,  endeavoured  to 
compel  all  the  inhabitants  to  bake  their  bread  in  it ;  but  the  townspeople 
refused  to  comply,  and  established  another  oven  of  larger  dimensions. 
There  was  a  small  Priory  at  Melton,  valued  at  the  dissolution  at  the 
clear  annual  value  of  *^85.  15s.  5d.,  and  granted,  with  the  advowson,  to 
John  Dudley,  Earl  of  Warwick.     The  advowson  afterwards  passed  to 
Lord  Howe,  who  sold  it  to  Peter  Godfrey,  Esq.     The  town  has  given 
birth  to  several  eminent  men,  among  whom  were  the  following: — viz., 
John  de  Kirhby,  Bishop  of  Ely  and  lord-high- treasurer  of  England,  and 
keeper  of  the  great  seal,  in  the  latter  part  of  the  thirteenth  century ; 
William  de  Melton,  Archbishop  of  York,  lord-high-treasurer,  &c,  who 
died  in  1340  ;  and  John  Henley,  a  distinguished  clergyman,  who,  posses- 
sing a  prolific  pen  and  a  flippant  tongue,  wrote  and  descanted  with  great 
freedom  on  almost  every  popular  subject  of  the  day,  and  obtained  the 
appellation  of  Orator  Henley.   He  was  the  son  of  the  vicar  of  Melton,  and 
was  born  on  the  3rd  of  August,  1092.     After  taking  his  degree,  he  was 
for  some  time  master  of  the  Grammar  School  of  his  native  town ;  but, 
being  of  an  aspiring  disposition,  and  inflated  with  an  immoderate  notion 
of  his  own  powers,  he  went  to  London,  and  became  for  a  while  a  popular 
preacher ;   but  his  arrogance  and  fulsome  praises  of  himself  soon  dis- 
gusted all  his  friends ;  and  at  length,  in  a  fit  of  disappointment,  he  flung 
up  the  lectureship  and  benefice  which  he  had  obtained,  and  took  a  room 
near  Lincoln's  Inn  Fields,  London,  contiguous  to  the  great  Catholic 
chapel,  and  called  it  "  The  Little  Catholic  CJiapel."    By  quaint  and  occa- 
sionally witty  advertisements  and  handbills,  he  announced  his  lectures, 
and  generally  attracted  great  audiences.     The  prices  of  admission  were 
sixpence  and  one  shilling  each  person.     A  syllabus  of  his  lectures  was 
also  given,  containing  a  long  list  of  the  various  topics  on  which  he  pro- 
posed to  descant  during  a  whole  course.     When  Lord  Chesterfield  was 
secretary  of  state,  Henley  was  arrested,  and  brought  before  the  privy 
counsel ;  but,  careless  and  unabashed,  he  there  indulged  in  his  usual 
freedom  of  language,  and  was  at  length  dismissed  with  a  reprimand. 
Among  other  public  characters  whom  he  attacked,  was  Alexander  Pope, 
who  retaliated  in  that  severe  satirical  poem  of  his  called  the  "  Dunciad." 
Henley  died  in  1756,  and  his  collection  of  MS.  lectures,  common-place 
books,  sermons,  &c,  amounting  to  about  200  vols.,  was  sold  by  auction, 


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in  1759.  A  number  of  skeletons,  and  various  Anglo-Saxon  antiquities, 
consisting  of  pottery,  beads  of  various  sizes  and  materials,  spear  heads, 
&c.,  have  been  found  on  the  high  ground  on  the  north  side  of  the  town. 
The  skeletons  lay  in  rows  three  or  four  feet  apart,  with  their  heads 
towards  the  west,  and  appeared  to  have  belonged  to  tall  and  powerful 
men. 

The  parish  Church,  dedicated  to  St.  Mary,  is  one  of  the  largest  and 
handsomest  in  the  count}r.  It  exhibits  various  styles  of  architecture,  and 
is  peculiar  in  its  symmetrical  proportions ;  but  its  interior  is  disfigured 
by  unsightly  pews  and  galleries ;  and  some  of  its  roofs,  windows,  pin- 
nacles, &c,  have  been  barbarously  spoiled  by  the  churchwardenship  of 
the  eighteenth  century.  It  has  of  late  years  undergone  considerable 
repairs,  and  an  effort  is  now  being  made  to  collect  the  necessary  funds 
for  a  complete  restoration  of  this  magnificent  building,  under  the  able 
superintendence  of  G.  G.  Scott,  Esq.,  R.A.  It  is  a  cruciform  structure, 
consisting  of  nave,  aisles,  transepts,  chancel,  tower  in  the  centre  contain- 
ing eight  bells,  and  a  handsome  porch  at  the  west  end.  The  latter  is  a 
peculiar  feature  in  the  building,  and  has  an  elegant  doorway,  with  ogee 
arch ;  also  two  niches  on  each  side,  two  ornamented  windows,  and  four 
singular  openings  in  the  walls  which  have  recently  been  injudiciously 
glazed,  but  which  formerly  had  gratings  and  shutters,  and  were  probably 
used  as  confessional  windows  for  the  lepers  who  passed  through  the  town 
on  their  way  to  the  hospital  at  Burton  Lazars.  Above  this  porch  is  the 
large  western  window,  consisting  of  five  lights,  with  four  lofty  mullions, 
and  some  decorated  tracery.  This  window  was  in  1850  filled  with  stained 
glass  by  Wailes,  at  the  cost  of  Edward  H.  M.  Clarke,  Esq.  Over  the 
aisles  is  a  continued,  and  almost  connected,  series  of  clerestory  windows, 
of  three  lights  each,  said  to  have  been  inserted  in  the  reign  of  Elizabeth, 
when  the  church  was  heightened.  The  whole  church  is  crowned  with 
an  embattled  parapet,  and  at  each  angle  is  a  crocketed  pinnacle.  The 
tower  consists  of  two  stories  above  the  church,  of  good  proportion  and 
handsome  architecture.  In  the  lower  story,  which  is  a  most  beautiful 
specimen  of  the  early  English  st}de,  are  three  lancet-shaped  windows  in 
each  face,  with  long  slender  columns,  having  central  bands,  and  plain 
circular  capitals.  In  these  windows  the  dog-tooth  ornament  prevails  ; 
and  at  the  angles  of  the  tower  are  three-quarter  columns.  The  upper 
story  is  of  a  different  and  later  stjde  of  architecture,  dating  about  1500, 
and  the  summit  is  adorned  with  eight  purfled  pinnacles,  and  a  richly 
perforated  and  embattled  balustrade.  At  the  north-east  angle  is  a  circular 
staircase,  projecting  beyond  the  square  of  the  tower.  The  nave  is  divided 
from  the  aisles  by  six  high  pointed  arches  on  each  side,  springing  from 
four  clustered  columns ;  and  the  transepts  have  aisles,  arches  with 
columns,  &c.  The  transepts  measure  117  feet  in  length,  by  38  feet  in 
breadth;  from  the  western  door  to  the  chancel  is  113  feet;  the  chancel 
is  51  feet  long,  by  21  feet  in  width;  and  the  nave  is  56  feet  wide.  Leland 
calls  it  "a  faire  paroche  church,  sumtime  an  hospital  and  cell  to  Lewis 
in  Sussex."  On  the  north  side  of  the  chancel  is  an  embattled  vestry, 
with  the  date  of  1532  over  its  eastern  window.  Here  are  some  fragments 
and  figures  of  painted  glass.  Among  the  monumental  inscriptions  is  one 
to  Robert  Hudson,  Esq.,  citizen  of  London,  who  was  born  here  in  1578, 
and  founded  the  hospital  adjoining  the  church  in  1640.  Several  other 
members  of  the  Hudson  family  were  interred  here.  In  the  south  aisle, 
commonly  called  Digbys  aisle,  is  an  effigy  of  a  cross-legged  knight,  in  a 
round  helmet  of  mail,  with  a  band,  his  shield  on  his  left  arm,  bearing  a 
lion  rampant.  Over  him,  in  modern  characters,  is  painted  "This  is  the  Lord 
Hamon  Beler,  brother  to  the  Lord  Moivbray."    In  the  same  aisle  is  a 


362  MELTON    MOWBRAY. 

large  tomb  of  Purbeck  Marble  in  memory  of  Sir  John  Digby  and  his  two 
wives,  but  it  has  been  robbed  of  its  brasses.  Not  far  from  it  is  an 
alabaster  tomb  with  the  recumbent  effigy  of  a  lady,  her  head  supported 
by  two  angels,  and  two  dogs  at  play  at  her  feet.  It  is  not  certainly 
known  who  is  intended  to  be  commemorated  by  it,  but  it  is  generally 
ascribed  to  the  widow  of  Robert  de  B urges,  who  held  lands  here  in  the 
time  of  Richard  II.  The  church  has  undergone  many  repairs  during 
the  present  century,  with  a  judicious  regard  to  the  original  style  of 
architecture.  A  new  east  window  has  been  recently  inserted  at  a  cost  of 
about  £100,  and  it  has  been  filled  with  stained  glass  by  Wailes,  at  the 
expense  of  Robert  Day,  Esq.,  M.D.,  of  Wymondham.  This  beautiful 
window  represents  the  Parables  of  the  Sower,  the  Pearl  of  Great  Price, 
the  Good  Fish  and  Bad,  the  Pharisee  and  the  Publican,  and  the  Good 
Shepherd.  It  also  represents  the  Prodigal  Son  and  the  Good  Samaritan, 
each  occupying  five  compartments.  At  the  west  end  of  the  south  tran- 
sept is  a  curious  old  window,  filled  with  coloured  glass  or  scrapwork  by 
the  late  Dr.  Ford.  In  the  same  transept  is  a  very  fine  window  filled  with 
stained  glass  by  Hardman,  of  Birmingham,  to  the  memory  of  the  wife  of 
the  late  John  Keal,  M.D.,  of  Melton.  It  contains  large  figures  of  St. 
Luke,  St.  Paul,  St.  James,  and  St.  John.  There  are  also  several  small 
windows  of  stained  glass  in  the  porch,  given  by  the  late  Mr.  Clarke,  and 
a  head  of  St.  John  the  Baptist  over  the  south  doorway,  given  by  Colonel 
Wyndham.  The  organ  is  a  fine  powerful  instrument,  built  by  Gray,  in 
1832.  The  living  is  a  vicarage,  with  Freeby  and  Welby  chapelries,  and 
Burton  Lazars  and  Sysonby  curacies  annexed  to  it,  valued  in  K.B.  at 
£1G.  9s.,  and  now  at  £580  per  annum.  The  tithes  were  commuted  at  the 
enclosure  in  1700.  Thos.  Frewen,  Esq.,  is  patron,  and  the  Rev.  R.  F. 
Croughton,  incumbent.  The  Rev.  Wm.  M.  Colles,  M.A.,  is  curate,  and 
the  Revs.  Wm.  Hy.  Oakley,  B.A.,  and  C.  T.  Baines,  assistant  curates. 
Wm.  Whalley  is  clerk,  and  John  Brown,  sexton. 

The  Catholic  Chapel,  in  Sherard  street,  was  built  in  1840,  from  a 
design  by  Pugin,  and  will  seat  200  hearers.  The  large  east  window  is 
filled  with  beautiful  stained  glass,  representing  the  patron  saint,  St.  John 
the  Baptist,  with  the  two  principal  benefactors  to  the  building,  kneeling 
at  his  feet,  and  the  altar  and  baptismal  font  are  of  exquisite  work- 
manship. The  Rev.  James  Birmingham  is  the  priest.  The  Wesley  an 
Chapel,  in  Sagecross  street,  was  built  in  1808  at  a  cost  of  £1500,  and  en- 
larged in  1827.  The  Revs.  Jas.  Catlow  and  Fredk.  Hart  are  the  ministers. 
It  is  licensed  for  marriages,  as  also  is  the  Independent  Chapel,  in  Chapel 
street,  which  was  built  in  1822,  at  a  cost  of  £2000,  and  is  now  under  the 
ministry  of  the  Rev.  Joseph  Twidale.  The  latter  contains  an  organ 
purchased  in  1857  for  .£120,  and  has  GOO  sittings,  and  a  large  burial 
ground.  In  Goodricke  street  is  a  Primitive  Methodist  Chapel,  built  in 
1835  at  a  cost  of  £040,  and  having  room  for  350  hearers.  The  Rev. 
Wm.  Watts  is  the  minister.  The  Calvinist  Chapel  on  Timber  hill 
is  a  small  building,  formerly  used  as  an  infant  school.  The  parish 
churchyard  being  crowded  with  graves,  a  large  Burial  Ground  was 
formed  in  King  street,  and  consecrated  Oct.  3rd,  1845.  Sunday  Schools 
and  Religious  Societies  are  supported  by  the  congregations  of  the 
church  and  chapels,  as  well  as  several  day-schools  and  charitable  in- 
stitutions. In  the  town  is  a  good  Library  and  News  Room.  Here 
is  also  a  Mechanics  Institution,  which  was  established  May  1st,  1845, 
and  numbers  more  than  100  members.  It  has  a  library  and  news 
room  at  Mr.  Aris's  in  the  Market  place.  The  members  pay  6s.  each  per 
annum,  and  Mr.  John  Morley  is  treasurer,  and  Mr.  Wm.  Hy.  Griffey, 
secretary.    The  Young  Mens  Christian  Association  is  in  connection  with 


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the  Mechanics'  Institution  and  uses  the  same  rooms.  Mr.  Thompson  is 
its  secretary.  The  Amateur  Musical  Society  meets  every  Tuesday  and 
Friday  evening,  from  eight  to  ten  o'clock,  in  the  Auction  Rooms,  Church 
street,  Mr.  W.  P.  Mills  is  the  conductor.  The  Savings  Bank  at  the  Corn 
Exchange,  in  Nottingham  street,  was  opened  in  1837,  and  its  deposits 
amount  to  upwards  of  .£43,000.  It  is  open  every  Tuesday,  from  twelve 
to  one,  and  every  alternate  Monday  evening,  from  seven  to  eight  o'clock. 
The  number  of  depositors  is  about  1930,  and  the  number  of  accounts  that 
have  been  opened  since  its  commencement  is  4350.  Mr.  R.  W.  Johnson 
is  the  secretary.  Here  are  also  a  Penny  Savings'  Bank  and  a  Post  Office 
Savings'  Bank.  The  "Medical  Club,  and  Provident  Society  for  Melton 
Mowbray  and  the  Neighbourhood,"  were  established  in  1841,  and  are  sub- 
scribed to  by  about  1580  adults  and  children,  of  about  27  parishes,  who, 
for  trifling  payments,  are  provided  with  medical  and  surgical  aid.  The 
Duke  of  Rutland  is  patron,  and  E.  B.  Hartopp,  Esq.,  M.P.,  president  of 
these  useful  institutions ;  and  the  Revs.  G.  Stanley  and  W.  M.  Colles, 
M.A.,  are  honorary  secretaries.  A  Garden  Allotment  Society  was  formed 
here  in  1846,  and  has  a  large  plot  of  land  near  Sysonby,  which  is  let  to 
the  poor  on  moderate  terms.  Here  are  several  lodges  of  Odd  Fellows, 
Friendly  Societies,  <&c,  and  also  a  Temperance  Society,  and  a  Licensed 
Victuallers  Association.  The  large  room  at  Hudson's  Bedehouse  is  now 
occupied  by  the  Museum  and  the  Permanent  Library.  The  former  con- 
tains a  good  collection  of  curiosities,  including  a  number  of  Saxon  remains 
discovered  at  Saxby  and  Sysonby ;  and  the  latter  was  founded  in  1847, 
and  comprises  a  large  and  valuable  collection  of  books.  The  same  room 
contains  an  excellent  and  extensive  Clerical  Library. 

The  Free  Schools  occupy  a  large  brick  building  in  King  street, 
erected  about  1795,  by  the  feoffees  and  town  wardens,  who  support  them 
out  of  the  revenues  of  the  Town  Estate.  There  was  a  free  school  here 
as  early  as  1347.  The  Church  Free  Schools  occupy  the  front  of  the 
building,  and  are  attended  by  about  150  boys  and  180  girls,  the  former 
being  in  the  upper  and  the  latter  in  the  lower  room.  The  British  Schools 
occupy  the  back  part  of  the  building,  and  are  under  the  management  of 
Dissenters.  They  are  attended  by  about  135  boys  in  the  upper  and  120 
girls  in  the  lower  room.  Both  the  schools  are  open  to  all  the  children 
of  the  parish  of  the  age  of  six  years  and  upwards,  but  children  from  the 
country  pay  2d.  each  per  week.  An  Infant  School  was  built  in  1853  at 
a  cost  of  .£370,  on  land  given  by  W.  Latham,  Esq.,  in  Little  London, 
for  the  purpose  of  instructing  young  children  previous  to  their  being 
admitted  into  the  church  schools,  who  pay  1^-d.  per  week  each,  unless 
there  are  two  or  more  from  one  family,  when  they  pay  Id.  each.  There 
is  a  good  library  in  connexion  with  the  church  school. 

Hudson's  Bede  House,  an  ancient  two-story  building  at  Burton  end, 
opposite  the  church,  contains  one  large  room  and  twelve  small  bedrooms, 
and  was  founded,  in  1G41,  by  Robert  Hudson,  who  also  left  £4.  14s.  Od. 
a-year,  out  of  the  rectory  of  Melton,  to  be  dispensed  as  follows : — 20s.  to 
the  vicar  for  a  sermon  on  the  Tuesday  after  Twelfth-day;  2s.  fid.  to  the 
clerk;  20s.  for  refreshments  ;  and  £2.  12s.  for  a  weekly  distribution  of 
Is.  worth  of  bread.  For  building  the  almshouse  for  six  poor  aged  men 
he  left  <£200,  and  for  its  endowment  a  yearly  rent-charge  of  £15.  6s.  8d. 
out  of  the  said  rectory,  to  be  applied  as  follows : — £2.  3s.  4d.  to  each  of 
the  almspeople,  20s.  for  repairing  the  building,  16s.  8d.  for  a  supper  for 
the  almspeople,  and  10s.  to  one  of  them  for  reading  prayers.  A  codicil 
to  his  will  declares  that  he  had  built  the  almshouse,  and,  after  revoking 
the  bequest  of  ,£200,  grants  a  further  yearly  sum  of  .£3  out  of  the  rectory 
to  buy  coals  for  the  almspeople.    From  1745  to  1779,  the  endowment 


8C4  MELTON   MOWBRAY. 

was  augmented  with  .£150,  left  by  Mary  Reeve,  Anthony  Wadd,  and 
Mary  Briggs.  This  sum,  with  .£100  accumulations,  was  laid  out  in  the 
purchase  of  £396.  16s.  6d.  three  per  cent,  consols.  At  the  enclosure  the 
almshouse  received,  in  lieu  of  conimonright,  an  allotment  of  3a.  in 
Orgar  Leys.  The  present  yearly  income  of  the  charity  is  £66.  15s.  2d., 
derived  as  follows: — .£23.  Is.  2d.  from  William  Blake,  Esq.,  as  owner  of 
the  impropriate  tithes  of  Melton,  and  in  consideration  of  several  sums 
charged  thereon ;  .£6  from  the  above-named  3a.  of  land ;  ,£6.  10s.  as  the 
rent  of  the  almshouse  garden ;  and  .£31.  4s.  as  the  rent  of  six  of  the 
rooms  held  by  the  trustees  of  Storer's  Charity.  Each  of  the  six  alms- 
men receives  .£2.  12s.  quarterly. 

Stoker's  Almshouse  : — In  1720,  Henry  Storer,  of  Frisby-on-the- 
Wreak,  bequeathed  certain  lands  and  tenements  in  that  parish  and 
Melton,  for  the  benefit  of  the  poor  of  Melton,  in  such  manner  as  his 
trustees  should  think  fit.  By  a  deed  enrolled  in  Chancery  in  1740,  the 
surviving  trustees  conveyed  the  estate  left  by  the  donor  to  other  trustees, 
together  with  an  oxgang  of  land,  at  Nether  Broughton,  which  they  had 
purchased  with  surplus  rents,  upon  trust  for  the  support  of  six  other 
poor  men  or  women  to  be  placed  in  Hudson's  Bedehouse.  In  1771,  the 
charity  was  augmented  with  .£50,  left  by  Mary  Briggs  ;  and  in  1827,  the 
trustees  purchased  of  the  trustees  appointed  under  an  Act  of  the  7th 
George  IV.  to  sell  certain  parts  of  the  TowTn  Estate  of  Melton,  600  square 
yards  of  land  in  Rutland  street,  upon  which  they  built  a  New  Alms- 
house, consisting  of  three  houses  under  one  roof,  each  of  which  com- 
prises two  sitting-rooms  and  four  bedrooms,  and  is  occupied  by  two 
almspeople,  who  are  allowed  2s.  each  per  week.  The  six  almswomen 
placed  by  this  charity  in  Hudson's  Almshouse  are  allowed  quarterly 
stipends  of  £2.  12s.  each.  The  yearly  income  of  Storer's  Charity  is 
^192,  of  which  about  ,£140  arises  from  houses  and  buildings  in  the 
town,  and  the  rest  from  land  at  Frisby  and  Nether  Broughton.  The 
erection  of  the  New  Hospital  cost  about  .£700  and  the  site  <£152,  both 
of  which  sums  were  borrowed,  but  the  debt  has  since  been  liquidated. 
Messrs.  Thomas  Ward,  N.  Whitchurch,  Thomas  Hickson,  George  Mar- 
riott, Vincent  Wing,  Robert  Brown,  and  John  Day  are  trustees  for  both 
Hudson's  and  Storer's  Almshouses,  and  the  funds  have  latterly  been 
indiscriminately  applied  in  aid  of  each  other. 

Benefactions. — In  1604,  Thos.  Hartopp  charged  his  lands  in  Freeby 
and  Eye-Kettleby  with  the  yearly  rent  of  20s.  for  the  poor  of  Melton, 
and  it  is  distributed  in  bread.  In  1765,  Ann  Hewitt  left  .£20  to  be  used 
in  supplying  the  poor  with  coals  at  cost  price.  This  sum  was  augmented 
to  .£50  by  the  gifts  of  a  Mr.  Fountaine  and  Elizabeth  Henley,  and  that 
sum  is  employed  yearly  for  the  above-named  purpose.  In  1686,  Abigail 
Smith  left  land  at  Sysonby,  now  let  for  £9,  in  trust  to  employ  the  rents 
yearly  in  apprenticing  poor  boys  of  Sysonby  and  Melton.  In  1693, 
Roger  Waite  charged  a  house  in  Church  lane  with  the  yearly  payment 
of  52s.  for  a  weekly  distribution  of  Is.  worth  of  bread  among  the  poor  of 
Melton  by  the  churchwardens.  In  1612,  William  Hickson  charged  a 
house  and  land  here,  now  belonging  to  Mr.  J.  Parke,  with  20s.  a-yearfor 
the  poor.  In  1686,  James  HicJcson  left  <£50  to  the  churchwardens  and 
overseers,  in  trust,  to  distribute  the  interest  yearly,  on  St.  Thomas's 
Day,  among  the  poor,  and  it  is  now  lodged  in  the  Savings'  Bank.  In 
1732,  Sir  Richard  Rayncs  gave  a  house  in  Nottingham  street  and  a  close 
of  land,  in  trust,  for  clothing  six  poor  boys  attending  the  free  school,  and 
supplying  them  with  books.  The  land  was  exchanged,  at  the  enclosure, 
for  5a.  1r.  5p.,  which  is  let  with  the  house  for  ^55  per  annum.  About 
20  boys  are  now  recipients  of  this  charity.    Each  is  chosen  for  three 


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years,  and  receives  annually  a  suit  of  blue  clothes,  two  pairs  of  blue 
stockings,  a  blue  worsted  cap,  one  pair  of  half-boots,  one  pair  of  bands, 
and  two  shirts,  and  wears  a  silver  badge  bearing  the  donor's  name.  If 
he  conducts  himself  properly  during  the  three  years,  he  is  presented  with 
a  bible  and  prayer-book.  The  present  trustees  are  General  Reeve,  Col. 
Reeve,  and  Thomas  Ward,  Esq.  In  1738,  Mary  Green  left  <£50  for  the 
use  of  the  poor,  and  it  was  vested  in  <£67.  0s.  7d.  three  per  cent,  consols. 
The  dividends  are  distributed  by  the  vicar.  Ten  poor  persons  of  Melton 
have  30s.  yearly  from  Colonel  Reeve,  of  Leadenham,  as  the  interest  of 
.£30  left  by  Thomas  and  William  Reeve  in  1756  and  1762.  Three  single 
women,  of  the  age  of  60  or  upwards,  receive  ,£5  each  yearly  as  the 
interest  of  ,£300  left  by  John  Bourn  in  1756.  The  interest  of  <£70,  lent 
on  mortgage  at  five  per  cent.,  and  left  by  Mary  Brig g a  in  1771,  is  dis- 
tributed'as  follows  : — 20s.  in  bibles  among  poor  boys,  and  <£2.  10s.  in 
coals  at  Christmas,  by  the  vicar  and  churchwardens,  who  are  also  trus- 
tees of  .£180.  9s.  new  three  and  a-half  per  cent,  annuities,  purchased,  in 
1826,  with  ^£200  left  by  Seth  Hose  to  be  applied  in  supplying  the  poor 
with  coals.  The  poor  have  also  the  following  yearly  doles,  viz.: — 
,£1.  18s.  2d.,  left  by  Joseph  Noble  and  others  ;  .£3,  left  by  Thomas  Clarke; 
£3.  4s.,  left  by  Lady  Elizabeth  Norman ;  M.  2s.  4d.,  left  by  John  Day; 
and  £6,  left  by  Ann  Day. 

Eye  Kettleby  is  a  small  hamlet,  near  the  confluence  of  the  Eye  and 
Wreak,  about  a  mile  W.S.W.  of  Melton  Mowbray,  and  in  that  township. 
It  comprises  about  378a.,  mostly  the  property  of  Sir  Wm.  E.  C.  Hartopp. 
Fkeeby,  a  small  village,  township,  and  chapelry,  in  the  parish,  and 
3^  miles  E.N.E.  of  Melton  Mowbray,  contains  26  houses,  126  in- 
habitants, and  920  acres  of  land,  mostly  a  light  clay,  and  the  surface 
hilly,  rising  from  a  tributary  stream  of  the  river  Eye.  Sir  Wm.  E .  C.  Har- 
topp, Bart.,  owns  most  of  the  soil,  and  is  lord  of  the  manor,  which  was 
sold,  in  1598,  by  the  Earl  of  Rutland  to  Thomas  Hartopp,  Esq.,  and 
was  held  in  1086  by  Goisfrid  de  Wirce.  The  Church  or  chapel  is  an 
ancient  structure,  with  a  finely  embattled  tower,  crowned  by  four  pin- 
nacles, and  containing  three  bells.  The  curacy  is  consolidated  with  the 
vicarage  of  Melton  Mowbray,  and  the  Rev.  Wm.  Hy.  Oakley,  B.A.,  of 
Sysonby,  officiates.  Here  is  a  Sunday  school ;  and  also  a  small  Inde- 
pendent Chapel,  occasionally  used  by  Wesley ans,  in  which  Dr.  Watts  is 
said  to  have  preached.  The  poor  have  20s.  a  year,  left  by  an  unknown 
donor  out  of  land  at  Sewstern,  belonging  to  the  Earl  of  Dysart. 

Farmers,  &c. — Thos.  and  Wm.  Coy, 
Francis  Heap,  Francis  Holmes,  Wm. 
Kawlings,  John  and  William  Spreckley, 
William  Smith,  and  John  Tydd. 


Chamberlain  Henry,  gamekeeper 
Holmes  William,  parish  clerk 
Pepper  Thomas,  joiner 
Taylor  Mrs  Georgiana 

Welby,  a  township  and  chapelry  of  scattered  farm-houses,  in  the 
parish,  and  from  2  to  3  miles  N.W.  of  Melton  Mowbray,  has  only  64 
inhabitants  and  1165  acres  of  land,  chiefly  clay,  with  some  gravel,  and 
the  surface  rather  hilly.  Sir  Glynne  Earle  Welby- Gregory,  Bart.,  owns 
most  of  the  soil,  and  is  lord  of  the  manor,  which  was  held  in  1751,  by 
Cheverton  Hartopp,  and  passed  in  marriage  to  Lord  Howe,  who  sold  it 
to  Peter  Godfrey,  Esq.  A  large  Osiery  bed  here  was  formerly  a  fish-pond. 
The  Church  is  a  small  ancient  building  without  aisles,  and  has  a  small 
gabled  tower  containing  one  bell,  at  the  west  end.  The  chancel  has  a 
good  east  window  of  early  perpendicular  work,  and  windows  of  a  similar 
character  on  each  side.  In  1862,  a  new  open  roof  was  placed  over  the 
nave,  and  new  windows  were  inserted  similar  to  those  in  the  chancel. 
At  the  same  time,  a  new  south  doorway  and  porch  were  erected.    The 


366  WELBY   CHAPELRY. 

curacy  is  consolidated  with  Melton  Mowbray  vicarage,  and  the  Rev. 
Chas.  Thos.  J.  Baines  officiates. 

Farmers. — Robert  and  Thos.  Barnes,  Wm.  Collett  (Potter  Hill),  Henry  T. 
Hanbury  (Nevj  Lodge),  Jasper  Houghton,  and  William  Mackley. 

MELTON  MOWBRAY  UNION  comprises  56  parishes,  of  which 
35  are  in  Frarnland  Hundred;  18  in  East  Goscote  Hundred;  one 
(Broughton  Sulney)  in  Nottinghamshire ;  and  two  (Burrough  and  Pick- 
well)  in  Gartree  Hundred.  It  comprises  an  area  of  153  square  miles, 
and  had  20,133  inhabitants  in  1861.  The  total  annual  average  expendi- 
ture of  the  56  parishes  on  the  poor,  during  the  three  years  preceding  the 
formation  of  the  Union,  was  ^9700.  The  expenditure  of  the  Union  in 
1838,  was  .65793  ;  in  1840,  .£4895.  9s.;  and  in  the  year  ending  March, 
1862,  <£8248.  lis.  6d.  Three  guardians  are  elected  yearly  for  Melton, 
and  one  for  each  of  the  other  55  parishes,  and  they  meet  at  the  Work- 
house every  alternate  Thursday  morning.  The  Union  Wokkhouse  was 
built  in  1836,  at  the  cost  of  about  ^£6000,  and  has  room  for  250  inmates, 
but  has  seldom  more  than  half  that  number.  It  is  a  neat  and  very  com- 
modious building,  pleasantly  situated  on  the  east  side  of  Melton  Mow- 
bray, and  divided  into  several  wards,  with  spacious  yards.  A  hospital, 
with  room  for  thirty  patients,  was  added  in  1847,  at  a  cost  of  .£500.  The 
Rev.  Charles  Thomas  Johnson  Baines  is  the  chaplain ;  Mr.  George  and 
Mrs.  Mary  Ann  Rigbey,  master  and  matron;  Fredk.  J.  Oldham,  Esq., 
is  Union  Clerk  and  Superintendent  Registrar;  Messrs.  Jno.  Higgs 
Lee  and  Henry  Darman  are  the  relieving  officers ;  Harry  James  Davis, 
Esq.,  of  Leicester,  is  auditor;  Saml.  and  Cath.  Rushton  are  teachers  of 
the  schools ;  and  Thomas  Woodcock,  porter.  The  Union  is  divided  into 
four  medical  districts,  of  which  Messrs.  N.  and  R.  Whitchurch,  J.  M. 
Swain,  J.  H.  Maryon,  and  Hy.  Douglas  are  surgeons.  The  Registrars 
of  Births  and  Deaths  are — Mr.  Slater  Willis,  for  Melton  district;  Mr. 
John  Higgs  Lee,  for  Someroy  district;  Mr.  Henry  Darman,  jun.,  for 
Waltham  district,  and  Mr.  N.  Kemm  for  Clawson  district.  Mr.  John 
Towne,  of  Melton,  and  Mr.  N.  Kemm,  of  Eaton,  are  registrars  of  mar- 
riages. The  Independent,  Wesleyan,  and  Catholic  chapels  at  Melton, 
the  Baptist  chapel  at  Hose,  the  Catholic  chapel  at  Eastwell,  the  Wes- 
leyan chapel*  at  Hoby,  and  the  Independent  chapel  at  Hose,  are  licensed 
for  marriages. 


MELTON    MOWBRAY    DIRECTORY. 


The  Post  Office  is  at  the  corner  of  Market  place  and  Cheapside,  and  Miss 
Ann  Wright  is  the  postmistress.  Letters  are  delivered  at  half-past  seven  morn- 
ing and  four  afternoon,  and  Francis  Pears  is  the  town  letter  carrier.  Mails 
are  despatched  to  all  parts  several  times  a  day,  except  on  Sundays,  when  there 
is  but  one  despatch  at  seven  o'clock  in  the  evening.  Money  Orders  are  granted 
and  paid  from  nine  morning  till  six  evening,  and  the  Post  Office  Savings'  Bank 
is  open  during  the  same  hours. 


Miscellany  of  Gentry,  Clergy,  Partners  in  Firms,  and  others  not  arranged  in 

the  succeeding  Classification  of  Trades  and  Professions. 
Adcock  George,  gent.  Burton  end  |  Baker  Miss  Susannah,  Burton  end 


Adcock  Geo.  jun.  brewer;  h  Sherard  st 
AdcockWm.  brewer ;  h  Egerton  brewery 
Anderson  Mr  Joseph,  Churchyard 
Arbour  Mr  Thomas,  Thorpe  end 


Bampfield  Mrs  Eliz.  Mount  pleasant 
Batley  Rd.  toll  collector,  Nottgham.  rd 
Batthyani  Count  Gu3tavus,  Old  Club 
Batty  Mrs  Susannah,  Thorpe  end 


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Baylis  George,  cook,  Park  terrace 
Betts  George,  rope  and  twine  maker, 

High  street 
Bickley  Mr  Henry,  Mount  pleasant 
Bickley  Mr  John  Cutler,  Thorpe  end 
Birmingham   Rev.   James    (Catholic), 

Goodricke  street 
Bishop  Mr  Joseph,  Nottingham  street 
Bishop  Matthew,  stay  maker,  Queen  st 
Braisby  Mrs  Ann,  Mount  pleasant 
Brewster  Mrs  Ann,  Ann  street 
Brown  John,  sexton,  Church jard 
Brown  Robert,  currier ;  h  Cardigan  ter 
Campion  Mrs  Alice,  Sherard  street 
Cotton  Rev.  James  (Wes.),  King  street 
Clarke  Mrs  Sarah,  Burton  end 
Clifford  Richard,  agent,  Church  street 
Cobley  Mrs  Amy,  King  street 
Cobley  Jas.  road  surveyor,  Nottgm.  ctg. 
Colles  Rev.  William,  M.A.  curate  and 

surrogate,  Vicarage 
Corner  Mrs  Mary,  Church  street 
Coventry  Hon.Hy.Amelius,  Ccw<?n£n/.H$ 
Craven  Wm.GeorgejEsq.and  LadyMary 

Catherine,  Craven  Lodge 
Crosher    John    Thorpe,    hosier,    &c. 

(Tebbutt&C);  h  Cornhill 
Croughton    Rev.    Robert    Fleetwood, 

M.A.  vicar  (non-resident) 
Crowden  Mrs  Sarah,  Rutland  terrace 
Darley  Wm.  music  dealer,  Cornhill 
Darman  Miss,  Scalford  road 
Day  Miss  Mary  Jane,  Burton  end 
Dickinson  Mr  Joseph,  Mount  pleasant 
Dixon  John,  bailiff,  Bentley  lane 
Dixon  Mrs  Sarah,  Nottingham  street 
Eason  Thomas  Brewster,  seedsman ;  h 

Churchyard 
Eason  Wm.  seedsman  ;  h  Cheapside 
E  ger  ton  TheHon .  Seymour ,  Eg  ert  onLge 
Eardell  Thos.  horsebreaker,  Thorpe  end 
FergussonJno.tax  surveyor,  Scalford  rd 
Ferneley  Claude  Lorraine,  artist,  Elgin 

Lodge,  Scalford  road 
Fountain  Mrs  Eliz   Scalford  road 
Floar  Mr  Thomas,  Southern  lane 
Grant  Francis,  Esq.  R.A.  The  Lodge 
Grey  de  Wilton,  Lord,  Egerton  Lodge 
Grimbley  Thos.  brushmaker,  Sherard  st 
Hallam  John,  pipe  maker,  Rutland  st 
Hardy  George,  policeman,  New  street 
Hart  Rev.  Fredk.  (Wes.)  Timber  hill 
Hawkes  Fredk.  horse  dealer,  King  st 
Hawksley  Wm.  nail  maker,  Sherard  st 
Hawley  Mrs  Sarah,  Mount  pleasant 
Hickson  Thomas,  bank  agent,  High  st 
Hill  Mr  Owen,  Scalford  road 
Hives  Mrs  Harriet,  Chapel  street 
Hutton  Mrs  Mary,  Woodville  Cottage 
Johnson  Mrs  Ann,  High  street 


Johnson  Mrs  Sarah,  Nottingham  st 
JuddChas.  letter  carrier,  Little  London 
Keeling  Thomas,  manager,  Gas  Works 
King  Mr  Robert,  King  street 
Latham  Miss  Sarah,  Park  terrace 
Leadbetter  John,  grocer ;  h  Burton  end 
Leadbetter  Mr  William,  Sherard  street 
LeadbetterWm.Austin, grocer;  hMktpl 
Lightfoot  Misses,  Burton  end 
Lineker  Mr  Abraham,  Mill  lane 
Manchester  Mrs  Sarah,  Ann  street 
Marrott  Mrs  Ann,  Thorpe  end 
Marshall  John,  high  bailiff,  King  st 
Marsh  all  Sarah,  servants'  register  office, 

Leicester  street 
May  field  Mrs  Rebecca,  Burton  end 
Mayfield  Thos.  grocer ;  h  High  street 
Mayfield  Wm.  Geeson  ;  h  Burton  end 
Miles  Wm.  agent  to  Blind  Asylum,  and 

pianoforte  dealer,  High  street 
Minkley  Thomas,  postman,  Thorpe  end 
Morris  Mrs  Mary,  Thorpe  end 
Newport,  Right  Hon.  Viscount,  M.P. 

Newport  Lodge,  Scalford  road 
Norris  Jas.  revenue  officer,  Leicester  st 
Oldham  Mr  Joseph,  Burton  end 
Page  Mrs  Jane,  Rutland  terrace 
Platts  John,  police  superintdnt.  King  st 
Platts  Mr  Thomas,  Rutland  street 
Preston  Mrs  Frances,  High  street 
Purser  Mrs  Alice,  Corn  hill 
Quinn  James,  supervisor,  Bentley  lane 
Richardson  Wm.  postman,  Tempc.  ter 
Rignell  Mrs  Sarah,  Chapel  street 
Rippin  Mrs  Elizabeth,  Thorpe  road 
Rowbotham  William,  artist,  Cheapside 
Sansom  John,  furniture  broker,  New  st 
Scatchard  George,  grazier,  Pall  mall 
Sharpe  Mrs  Ann,  Queen  street 
Sikes  Mrs  Mary,  Thorpe  end 
Sikes  Robert,  farmer,  Thorpe  end 
Smith  Wm.  cattle  dealer,  Bentley  ter 
Tebbutt  Henry  Henton,  hosier  (T.  and 

Crosher) ;  h  Scalford  road 
Thompson  Wm.  cattle  dlr.  Bentley  ter 
Till  Hannah,  toy  dealer,  Burton  end 
Tindale  Mrs  Mary,  High  street 
Tinson  Thomas,  sewerage  contractor 

and  well  sinker,  Ann  street 
Tuxford  Mrs  Mary,  Sherard  House 
Twidale  Rev.  Jph.(Indt.)Wycliffe  cottg. 
Ward  Jacob,  clogger,  Nottingham  st 
Ward  Joseph,  case  maker,  Union  street 
Ward  Mr  Thomas,  Mount  pleasant 
Warner,  Mrs  Ann,  Mount  pleasant 
Watts  Rev.Wm.  (P.Meth.)  Melbourne  st 
Whitehouse  Edw.  gun  maker,  High  st 
Whittle  Mrs  Mary,  Leicester  street 
Willis  John,  station  master;  h  Mel- 
bourne cottage 


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Wilton,  Eight  Hon. Earl  of,  EgertonLge 
Wing  Vincent,  Esq.  Park  terrace 
Wright  Miss  Sarah,  Park  terrace 
ACADEMIES  AND  SCHOOLS. 
{Marked  *  take  Boarders.) 
*Foster  Ann  Elizabeth,  Leicester  st 
*  Fowler  Elizabeth,  Market  place 
Free  British  Schools,  King  st ;  Wm. 

Henry  Griffey  and  Isabella  Carr 
Free  Church  Schools,  King  st;  George 

Kitson  and  Sophia  M.  Pugh 
"Holmes  Rev.   Charles  Allison,  B.A. 

Sherard  street 
Infant  School,  Little  London,  Emma 
Pearce  Davis 

ACCOUNTANTS. 
Allen  John,  Leicester  street 
Campion  William,  Churchyard 
Miles  Joseph,  Thorpe  end 
Minkley  George,  Nottingham  street 
Willis  Slater,  Nottingham  street 

ARCHITECT  AND  SURVEYOR. 
Johnson  Robert  Winter,  Burton  end 

ATTORNEYS. 
Clarke  Edward  Henry  Maior  (coroner 
and  clerk  to  commissioners  of  taxes), 
Sherard  street 
Latham  William  (deputy  coroner),  Not- 
tingham street 
Oldham  Fredk.  Jennings  (union  clerk, 
supt.  regr.,  clerk  to  magistrates,  and 
regr.  of  County  Court),  High  street 
Sikes  Thomas  Boyfield,  Thorpe  end 

AUCTIONEERS. 
Burton  Langley,  Burton  end 
Shouler  William,  Burton  end 
BAKERS  AND  FLOUR  DEALERS. 
Barnes  Robert,  Thorpe  end 
Bass  George,  Rutland  street 
Batty  Matilda,  Nottingham  street 
Christian  Thomas  Jackson,  Sherard  st 
Cotton  John,  King  street 
Dickinson  John,  Nottingham  street 
Gamble  John,  New  street 
Howett  Henry,  Church  street 
Howett  William,  Burton  end 
Irons  William,  Scalford  road 
Moore  William,  Timber  hill 
Priestman  Jobs,  Scalford  road 
Priestman  William  Scott,  King  street 
Southgate  John,  Norman  street 
Sturgess  John,  Cheapside 
Turner  Robert,  King  street 
Wood  George,  Chapel  street 

BANKERS. 
Leicestershire  Banking  Co.  (on  London 
and   Westminster   Bank),    Thomas 
Hickson,  agent 
Paget  T.  &  T.  T.  Nottingham  street, 
Tuesdays  only  (on  Glyn  &  Co.) 


Pares'  Leicestershire  Banking  Co.  Mar- 
ket street,  Tuesdays  only  (on  Smith, 
Payne,  &  Smiths) 
Stamford,  Spalding,  and  Boston  Bank- 
ing Co.  High  st.  Tuesdays  only  (on 
Barclay  &  Co.) 
Savings'  Bank,  Nottingham  st.  (open 
Tuesdays  12  to  1,  and  every  alternate 
Monday  evening  from  7  to  8),  Robert 
W.  Johnson,  secretary. 
Penny  Savings  Bank,  Nottingham  st. 
(open  Monday  evenings  from  6  to  7) 
Post  Office  Savings  Bank,  Market  pi. 
(open  daily  from  9  morn,  till  6  even.) 
BASKET  MAKERS. 
Valentine  Lorenzo,  Sherard  street 
Whalley  Charles,  Nottingham  street 
Whalley  Thomas,  Nottingham  street 

BILL  POSTERS. 
Caunt  Thomas,  Little  London 
Tyler  Frederick,  Sagecross  street 

BLACKSMITHS. 
Hinman  William,  Mill  lane 
Lowden  George,  Sherard  street 
Payne  Thomas,  Leicester  street 
Pearson  Charles,  Nottingham  street 
Sharpe  John,  Sherard  street 
BOOKSELLERS,    PRINTERS, 
STATIONERS,  &c. 
Darley  William,  Corn  hill 
Hubbard  Anne,  Market  place 
Towne  John,  Market  place 

BOOT  AND  SHOE  MAKERS. 
Bailey  John,  Thorpe  end 
Brown  John,  Timber  hill 
Cooke  Thomas,  Nottingham  street 
Crofts  William,  Thorpe  end 
Dobney  Richard,  Thorpe  end 
Eagers  William,  Market  place 
Jackson  George,  Thorpe  end 
Mackley  James,  King  street 
Manton  Thomas,  Church  street 
Minkley  John,  Scalford  road 
Palmer  Robert,  Sherard  street 
Sarson  John,  Pall  Mall 
Sheffield  James,  Sagecross  street 
Starbuck  John,  Queen  street 
Tinson  Turner,  Sherard  street 

BRAZIERS  AND  TINNERS. 
Cart wright  William,  Market  place 
Littler  John,  Ross  street 
Manchester  Sarah,  Market  place 
Peasgood  Thomas,  Timber  hill 
Smart  William,  Sherard  street 
Tebbs  Robert,  Market  place 

BREWERS. 
Adcock  Wm.  &  Geo.  Egerton  Brewery 

(and  Sherard  street  on  Tuesdays) 
Rowland  Thos.  (agent),  Nottingham  st 
Tyler  William,  Nottingham  street 


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BRICK  AND  TILE  MAKERS. 
Fetch  Thomas,  King  street 
Miles  John,  Timber  hill 
Wakerley  John,  Temperance  terrace 

BRICKLAYERS. 
Dixon  William,  Chapel  street 
Fast  John  Jones,  Burton  end 
Herring  Joseph,  Melbourne  street 
Herring  William,  Rutland  street 
Ormond  John,  sen.  Victoria  place 
Wakerley  John,  Temperance  terrace 
Wilford  John,  Southern  lane 
Wood  Thomas,  Melbourne  street 

BROKERS  (FURNITURE,  &c.) 
Ostler  Griffiths,  Bentley  lane 
Samson  John,  Chapel  street 

BUTCHERS. 
Aing  Alban,  Nottingham  street 
Baker  Thomas,  New  street 
Barker  John,  Market  place 
Barker  William,  Market  place 
Cartwright  Charles,  Sherard  street 
Geesing  Robert,  King  street 
Hickman  Benjamin,  Burton  end 
Rippin  George,  Church  street 
Snow  Thomas,  Sherard  street 
Somes  Thomas,  Corn  hill 
Stafford  John,  Sherard  street 
Walker  Sarah,  Scalford  road 
Whittle  Edward,  Market  place 
Yeoman  Thomas  Marriott,  King  street 

CABINET  MAKERS. 
Burton  Langley,  Burton  end 
Jibb  John,  Thorpe  end 
Manchester  Thomas,  King  street 
Scoles  Charles,  Sherard  street 
Wartnaby  John,  Church  street 

CART  OWNERS. 
Black  William,  Burton  end 
Breward  David,  Bentley  lane 
Canner  Henry,  Rutland  terrace 
Hill  James,  Burton  end 
Hill  Joseph,  Scalford  road 
Smith  Thomas,  Bentley  lane 
Wainer  William,  Mill  lane 
Wilmot  Joseph,  Rutland  terrace 

CHEESE  FACTORS. 
Colin  Henry,  Burton  end 
Eason  William  and  Son,  Cheapside 
Wayiield  William  Geeson  and  Thomas, 

Burton  end 
Tuxford  and  Nephews,  Sherard  street 
CHEMISTS  AND  DRUGGISTS. 
Attenburrow  James,  Pall  Mall 
Betts  William,  Cheapside 
Coleman  Benjamin  Brown,  Sherard  st 
Ellaby  John,  Market  place 
Greasley  John,  Burton  end 
Leadbetter  and  Son,  Market  place 
Wing  Thomas  Newton,  Market  place 


CHIMNEY  SWEEPERS. 
Basford  Edward,  Timber  hill 
Newham  William,  Anchor  hill 
Newham  William,  jun.,  Norman  street 

CHINA,  GLASS,  &c,  DEALERS. 
Clifford  Richard,  Church  street 
Drury  William,  New  street 
Goodacre  Henry,  Market  place 
COACH  BUILDERS. 
Hill  John,  Sherard  street 
Tyler  William,  Nottingham  street 

COAL  DEALERS. 
Breward  Richard,  New  street 
Dickinson  Guydo,  Railway  station  and 

Cardigan  terrace 
Draper  James,  Bentley  lane 
Ellis  and  Everard,  Railway  station 
Jennings  William, Wharf  &  Thorpe  end 
Johnson  Philip,  Burton  end 
Scorror  Henry,  Wharf 
Smith  Thomas,  Nursery  place 
Willis  William,  Railway  station 
Wyles  Joseph,  Railway  station 
CONFECTIONERS. 
Dickinson  John,  Nottingham  street 
Howett  Henry,  Church  street 
Howett  William,  Burton  end 
Langham  William,  Nottingham  street 
Manchester  Mary,  King  street 
Marshall  Sarah,  Leicester  street 
Roberts  Henry,  Nottingham  street 
Sturgess  John,  Cheapside 
Taylor  William,  Leicester  street 
Ward  Thomas,  Sherard  street 

COOPERS. 
Cavill  Thomas  Pickering,  Park  lane 
Thompson  Charles,  High  street 
CORN  FACTORS  AND  DEALERS. 
Harrington  William,  King  street 
Posnett  William,  Queen  street 
Scorrer  Henry,  Wharf 
Wyles  Joseph,  Railway  station ;  h  Park 

terrace 

CORN  MILLERS. 
Barnes  William,  Scalford  road 
Johnson  Philip,  Burton  end 
CURRIERS  AND  LEATHER  CTRS. 
Brown  Robert  and  Sons,  Cheapside 
Easom  John,  Leicester  street 
Saunders  William,  Sherard  street ;  h 

Southern  Lodge 
Towne  George,  Southern  cottage 
Waite  Thomas  and  John,  Scalford  road 

CUTLER. 
Bryan  Benjamin,  Market  place 

DAIRY  MEN. 
Anderson  John,  Thorpe  end 
Anderson  Thomas,  Marketplace 
Bakewell  John,  Pall  Mall 
Canner  Henry,  New  street 

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Clements  James,  Pall  Mall 
Cooke  Gideon,  Leicester  street 
Dickinson  Edward,  Nottingham  street 
Peters  Robert,  Leicester  street 
Shilcock  Sarah,  Pall  mall 
Turville  William,  Norman  street 
Waite  William,  New  street 
Whalley  Ann,  Pall  MaU 
DYERS. 
Barson  Sarah,  King  street 
Pirvin  Edward,  Pall  Mall 

EATING  HOUSES. 
Ansell  William,  Church  street 
Sturgess  John,  Cheapside 
Taylor  William,  Leicester  street 

FARMERS  AND  GRAZIERS. 
Adcock  Thomas  Pickard,  King  street 
Baker  Robert  Frederick,  Burton  end 
Black  Henry,  Eye  Kettleby 
Copley  Joseph,  Thorpe  end 
Cross  Thomas,  Old  Guadaloupe 
Miller  Stephen,  Ncio  Guadaloupe 
Sikes  Robert,  Thorpe  end 
Watson  Thos.High  st.  &  Eye  Kettleby 
Woodhouse  Henry,  Burton  end 
Wright  Charles  Spinney  Lodge 
Wright  Michael,  Bentley  lane 
FELLMONGERS  AND  TANNERS. 
Fetch  Thomas,  King  street 
Towne  George,  Southern  cottage 
Widdowson  Robert,  Nottingham  street 

FIRE  AND  LIFE  OFFICES. 
Accidental  Death,  E.  Bright,  Cheapside 
Agricultural  Cattle  and  Hailstorm,  S. 

Willis,  Nottingham  street 
Albion  Life,  J.  P.  Taylor,  Sherard  st 
Argus  Life,Leadbetter  &  Son, Market  pi 
Atlas,  George  Fitton,  Market  place 
British  Empire  Mutual,  J.  Marshall, 

King  street 
British  Life,  J.  F.  Gibson,  High  street 
Ch.  of  England,  G.  Kitson,  Market  pi 
Clerical,  Medical,  and   General  Lile, 

Henry  Colin,  Burton  end 
County  &  Provdt.  E.  Bright,  Cheapside 
Crown,  R.  Goodacre,  Burton  end 
Eagle  Life,  ?•  B.  Easom,  Cheapside 
English  and  Scottish  Life  and  Loan, 

E.  H.  M.  Clarke,  Sherard  street 
European  Life,  W.  Cartwright,  Mkt.  pi 
Globe,  S.  Warren,  Sherard  street 
Hope  Mutual  Life  and  Honesty  Guar- 
antee, Thos.  Hickson,  High  street 
Lancashire,  T.  B.  Easom,  Cheapside 
Life  Association  of  Scotland,  William 

Darley,  Corn  hill 
Liverpool  and  London,  J.  Miles,  Rose 

cottage 
London  Assce.  J.  Gray,  Burton  end 
Manchester  Fire,  J.  Morley,Rutland  st 


Medical  and  Family  Endowment,  F. 

J.  Oldham,  High  street 
Midland  Counties    Life,   E.   Wright, 

Sysonby 
Norwich  Union,  J.  Towne,  Market  pi 
Phoenix  Fire,  T.  Baker,  Market  place 
Professional    Life,     W.     H.    Stones, 

Nottingham  street 
Promoter  Life,  W.  Latham,  Nottgm.  st 
Protestant,  J.  Dickinson,  Scalford  road 
Provincial  Fire,  W.  Shouler,Burton  end 
Provincial  Plate  Glass  Co.,T.B.Easom, 

Cheapside 
Royal,  T.  N.  Wing,  Market  place 
Royal  Farmers,  S.  Willis,  Nottgm.  st 
Scottish  Amicable  Life,  J.  Dickinson, 

junior,  Nottingham  street 
Scottish  Equitable  Fire,  J.  Dickinson, 

senior,  Scalford  road 
Scottish  Equitable  Life,  William  Betts, 

Cheapside 
Sovereign  Life,  Wm.  Short,  Market  pi 
Star,  John  Morley,  Rutland  street 
Sun,  T.  P.  Adcock,  King  street 
United  Kingdom  Temperance  and  Pro- 
vident Institution,  T.Large,Markt.  pi 
Unity  Fire,  J.  Dickinson,  Nottgm.  st 
West    of   England,   Leadbetter     and 

Son,  Market  place 
Western  Life,  W.  Shouler,  Burton  end 
West  of  England  Fire  and  Life,  Messrs 

Leadbetter  and  Son,  Market  place 
Western  Life,  Wm.  Shouler,  Burton  end 

FISHMONGERS. 
Dickinson  Edward,  Nottingham  street 
Dickinson  Guydo,  Nottingham  street 

GARDENERS. 
Denman  Thomas,  Rutland  terrace 
Dobson  Thomas,  Scalford  road 
Evans  Noah,  Scalford  road 
Farthing  Thomas,  Pigeon  row 
Holden  George,  Pall  Mall 
Kirby  John,  Rutland  street 
Lee  William,  New  street 
Mason  Robert,  King  street 
Shilcock  David,  Back  street 

GREEN  GROCERS. 
Baxter  John,  Rutland  terrace 
Dixon  Thomas,  Timber  hill 
Dobson  Thomas,  Scalford  road 
King  John,  Bentley  lane 
Lee  William,  New  street 
Mason  Robert,  King  street 
Roberts  Henry,  Nottingham  street 
Sharpe  William,  King  street 
GROCERS  AND  TEA  DEALERS. 
Attenburrow  James,  Pall  Mall 
Barker  Josiah  North,  Market  place 
Bass  George,  Rutland  street 
Brown  Edward,  Sherard  street 


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Coleman  Benjamin  Brown,  Sherard  st 
Drake  Henry,  Burton  end 
Easom  William  &  Son,  Cheapside 
Ellaby  John,  Market  place 
Fitton  George,  Market  place 
Freckingkam  Stephen,  Norman  street 
Greasley  John,  Burton  end 
Howell  William,  Burton  end 
Irons  William,  Scalford  road 
Johnson  William,  Market  place 
Leadbetter  and  Son,  Market  place 
Leake  John  Brown,  Nottingham  street 
Mayfield  Wm.  G.  &  Thos.,  Burton  end 
Mills  William  Peter,  Sherard  street 
Morley  John,  Rutland  street 
Fetch  Joseph,  Sherard  street 
Priestman  Charles,  Thorpe  end 
Robinson  Samuel,  Thorpe  end 
Rowland  Thomas,  Thorpe  end 
Wing  Thomas  Newton,  Market  place 
Wyles  James,  Burton  end 

HAIRDRESSERS. 
Aris  William,  Market  place 
Linnett  Joseph,  Burton  end 
Rimmington  James,  Leicester  street 
Roberts  John,  Nottingham  street 
Short  William,  Market  place 
HABERDASHERS. 
Callis  Samuel,  King  street 
Fardell  Misses,  Market  place 
Robinson  Samuel,  Thorpe  end 
Tebbutt  and  Crosher,  Corn  hill 
Ward  Joseph,  Leicester  street 
Ward  Mary,  King  street 
Whalley  William,  Nottingham  street 

HATTERS  AND  HOSIERS. 
Collins  William,  Cheapside 
Tebbutt  and  Crosher,  Corn  hill 
HOTELS,  INNS,  AND  TAVERNS. 

(Marked  *  have  Livery  Stables.) 
♦Bell  and  Swan,  Robert  McLachlan, 

Corn  hill 
Black  Horse,  Wm.  Felstead,  King  st 
Black  Moor's  Head,  Edward  Whittle, 

Market  place 
Black  Swan,  Chas.  F.  Boyce,  Sherard  st 
Boat,  Richard  Staniland,  Burton  end 
Bricklayers'  Arms,  Samuel  Marshall, 

Timber  hill 
Crown,  Richard  Goodacre,  Burton  end 
EightBells,Wm. Overton, Nottingham  st 
Fox,  Thomas  Linton,  Leicester  street 
♦George  Hotel  (posting),  John  Selby, 

High  street 
George  and  Dragon,  Jasper  Houghton, 

Burton  end 
Golden    Fleece,     Charles    Cawthorn, 

Leicester  street 
Half  Moon,  Robert  Redgate,  Notting- 
ham street 


Harborough  Arms,  Lucy  Mason,  Bur- 
ton end 
King's  Head,  James  Bolderson,  Not- 
tingham street 
Lord  Nelson,  Thos.  Sands,  Leicester  st 
Malt  Shovel,  Cath.Darman,  Thorpe  end 
Marquis  of  Granby,  Thomas  Freeling, 

Sherard  street 
Noel's  Arms,  James  Canner,  Burton  end 
Old  Bishop  Blaize,  Mrs  Matthews,  Sher- 
ard street 
Old  Generous  Briton, Hy. Moore,  Kingst 
Peacock,  William  Robinson,  Sherard  st 
Railway,  William  Taylor,  Burton  end 
Red  Lion,  Joseph  Sumner,  Burton  end 
Rutland  Arms,  Wm.  Thirlby,  King  st 
Star,  Raynor  Wright,  High  street 
Swan  &  Salmon,  Joseph  Woods,  Highst 
Three  Crowns,  Matthew  Fardell,  Sher- 
ard street 
Wheat  Sheaf,  William  Hill,  Thorpe  end 
*White  Lion,  Charles  Beeby,  Notting- 
tingham  street 

BEERHOUSES. 
Gilson  John,  Bentley  lane 
Gutteridge  John,  Scalford  road 
Hand  Nathaniel,  Pall  Mall 
Hardstaff  John,  Queen  street 
Harrington  William,  King  street 
Haseldine  Robert,  Thorpe  road 
Miles  James,  Pall  Mall 
Sturgess  John,  Cheapside 
Taylor  Charles,  Rutland  street 
Turville  William,  Timber  hill 
Tyler  William,  Nottingham  street 

IRONMONGERS. 
Garner  William,  Cheapside 
Gray  John  Clemenson,  Burton  end 
Sharman  Warren,  Sherard  street 
Tyler  Elizabeth,  Market  plaee 
JOINERS  AND  CARPENTERS. 
(Marked  *  are  Builders.) 
♦Barnes  Charles,  Thorpe  end 
Brookhouse  Samuel,  Thorpe  road 
*Fast  John  Jones,  Burton  end 
Glover  Robert,  Pall  mall 
*Gray  John  C,  Burton  end 
Shipley  Thomas,  Leicester  street 
Wartnaby  John,  Church  street 
LINEN   &  WOOLLEN   DRAPERS. 
Baker  and  Son,  Market  place 
Barker  Richard,  Market  place 
Gibson  John  Frow,  High  street 
Hickson  Josiah,  Market  place 
Marriott  George,  South  parade 
Tebbs  George,  Market  place 
Weaver  Samuel,  jun.  Sherard  street 

MALTSTERS. 
Adcock  William  and  George,  juu.  Eger- 
ton  Brewery 

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MELTON    MOWBRAY. 


Sturgess  John,  Cheapside 

Tyler  William,  Nottingham  street 

MILLINERS,  &c. 
Adcock  Maria,  Rutland  terrace 
Caldwell  Mary  Ann,  Nottingham  street 
Durance  Amelia,  Pall  mall 
Everett  Frances,  New  street 
Fardell  Mary  and  Eliz.  Thorpe  end 
Groocock  Louisa,  Sagecross  street 
Hodgett  Elizabeth,  King  street 
Langham  Abigail,  Nottingham  street 
Marriott  George,  South  parade 
Miller  Elizabeth  and  Mary  Anne,  Bur- 
ton end 
Morrison  Martha,  Thorpe  road 
Pears  Isabella,  Church  street 
Sharpe  George,  Market  place 
Sheffield  Elizabeth,  Sagecross  street 
Ward  Jane,  Church  street 
Washbourne  Mary  Anne,  Chapel  street 
Willows  Mary,  Queen  street 
Wyles  Maria  and  M.  A.  Burton  end 
PLUMBERS,  PAINTERS,  AND 

GLAZIERS. 
(Marked  *  are  Painters  only.) 
Anderson  John,  Market  place 
*Caunt  George,  Little  London 
Everett  William,  New  street 
♦Hare  Edwin,  Park  street 
*Henfrey  Thomas,  Burton  end 
Littlewood  Joseph,  Leicester  street 
Mather  John,  King  street 
*Rowbotham  William,  Cheapside 
*  Taylor  John  Rippin,  Sherard  street 
Ward  Thomas,  Sherard  street 
Wiles  John,  Burton  end 

PORK  PIE  MAKERS. 
Colin  Henry,  Burton  end 
Dickinson  John,  Nottingham  street 
Dickinson  John,  Scalford  road 
Evans  Enoch,  Thorpe  end 
Sturgess  John,  Cheapside 

SADDLERS. 
Day  William,  High  street 
Frearson  William,  Nottingham  street 
Gibbs  Edward,  Market  place 
Gibbs  Richard  Fisher,  Cheapside 
Whitaker  Thomas,  Nottingham  street 

SEEDSMEN. 
Easom  William  &  Son,  Cheapside 
Lee  William,  New  street 
Mayfield  Wm.  G.  &  Thos.  Burton  end 

SHOPKEEPERS. 
Austin  Edward,  Pall  Mall 
Goodwin  Elizabeth,  Sherard  street 
Moore  William,  Timber  hill 
Priestman  John,  Scalford  road 
Randall  William,  Timber  hill 
Shields  Francis,  Thorpe  end 
Southgate  John,  Norman  street 


STONE  MASONS. 
Fast  John  Jones,  Burton  end 
Hayes  George,  Southern  lane 
Weaver  SI.  (&  builder),  Sagecross  st 

STRAW  BONNET  MAKERS. 
Henfrey  Catherine,  Leicester  street 
Hodgett  Elizabeth,  King  street 
Manton  Rebecca,  Church  street 
Miller  Elizabeth  &  Jane,  Burton  end 
Smart  Jane,  Sherard  street 
Willows  Mary,  Queen  street 

SURGEONS. 
Barwis  Thos.  Leonard  Barber,  High  st 
Parratt  Henry,  Sherard  street 
Stones  William  Henry,  Nottingham  st 
Whitchurch  &  Barwis,  High  street 
Whitchurch  Nathl.  (W.  &  B.)  High  st 
Whitchurch  Reuben,  M.D.,  Thorpe  end 
Willows  John,  Queen  street 
TAILORS. 
(♦  are  Woollen  Drapers  also.) 
*Anderson  Thomas,  Market  place 
Austin  Samuel,  New  street 
Davie  Percy,  Nottingham  street 
Gaudern  John  James,  Bentley  lane 
Goodacre  Henry,  Market  place 
♦Hopkins  William,  Nottingham  street 
Lawson  William,  Church  yard 
Line  John,  Wharf 
Priestman  Charles,  Thorpe  end 
♦Selby  William,  High  street 
♦Southgate  John,  Sherard  street 
♦Starbuck  George,  Sherard  street 
Wainer  John,  King  street 
Wesson  Thomas,  Scalford  road 
Wright  George,  Leicester  street 
TALLOW  CHANDLERS. 
Barker  Josiah  North,  Market  place 
Leake  John  Brown,  Nottingham  street 
Mayfield  Wm.  G.  &  Thos.  Burton  end 

TIMBER  MERCHANTS. 
Barnes  Charles,  Thorpe  end 
Fast  John  Jones,  Burton  end 
Gray  John,  sen.  Burton  end 

TURNERS. 
Ashwell  William,  Thorpe  end 
Cooke  Gideon,  Leicester  street 
Langham  William,  Nottingham  street 

VETERINARY  SURGEONS. 
Brown  Samuel,  Scalford  road 
Reynolds  John,  Thorpe  end 
Rowland  Thomas,  Nottingham  street 
WATCH  AND  CLOCK  MAKERS. 
Large  Thos.  Market  pi. ;  h  Little  Lond. 
Orson  Rasin,  Corn  hill 
Sharman  Warren,  Sherard  street 
Smith  Stephen,  Nottingham  street 

WHEELWRIGHTS. 
Barnes  Charles,  Thorpe  end 
Gutteridge  John,  Scalford  road 


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Hill  John,  Sherard  street 

Tyler  William,  Nottingham  street 

WHITESMITHS,  &c. 
Ashwell  William,  Thorpe  end 
Cooke  Gideon,  Leicester  street 
Dobney  Thomas,  Leicester  street 
Overton  William,  High  street 
Sharman  Warren,  Sherard  street 
Tyler  Elizabeth,  Market  place 

WINE  &  SPIRIT  MERCHANTS. 
Adcock  Thomas  Pickard,  King  street 
Bishop  George,  Market  place 
Fardell  Matthew,  Sherard  street 
Freeling  Thomas,  Sherard  street 
Peach  Ellen,  Cheapside 
KAILWAY. 

The  Station  on  the  Syston  and  Pe- 
terborough Branch  of  the  Midland 
Railway,  is  on  the  south  side  of  the 
town,  at  Burton  end.  Mr.  Jno.  Willis 
is  the  station  master,  and  Francis 
Whittle,  Thomas  Millard,  and  Thomas 
Chambers,  are  the  clerks.  Passenger 
Trains  run  each  way  five  times  a  day, 
and  Goods  Trains  several  times  a  day. 
OMNIBUSES,  &c. 

An  Omnibus  from  the  George  Hotel, 
meets  every  train  to  convey  passengers 
to  and  from  all  parts  of  the  town. 

An  Omnibus  from  Mr.  Guydo  Dick- 
inson's, to  Grantham,  every  Wednes- 
day and  Saturday,  at  eight  morning. 

A  Spring  Cart  from  Mr  Thos.  Bil- 
son's,  to  Grantham,  every  Wednesday 
and  Saturday  morning  at  seven. 

A  Mail  Gig  to  Leicester,  every  even- 
ing (except  Sunday),  at  seven,  from  the 
Swan  and  Salmon. 

CARRIERS  BY  RAILWAY. 

The  Midland  Company  daily  to  all 
parts.  Mr  John  Selby,  of  the  George 
Hotel,  is  agent  lor  the  delivery  of 
small  parcels ;  and  Mr  Guydo  Dick- 
inson is  agent  for  collecting  and  de- 
livering heavy  goods. 
CARRIERS  FROM  THE  INNS,  &c. 

ifgT  Unless  otherwise  expressed,  they 
arrive  on  Tuesday  morning,  and  depart 
in  the  afternoon. 
Ab  Kettleby,  Martin,  King's  Head; 

March,  Half  Moon ;    Taylor,   Star ; 

and  Copley,  Bell  and  Swan 
Asfordby,  Bates,  Eight  Bells ;  Eyrie, 

Fox ;  and  Bonsor,  Half  Moon 
Ashby,  Swift,  Noel's  Arms 
Barrow,  Leaverland,  Marq.  of  Granby 
Barsby,  Hollingshead  and  Swift,  from 

Noel's  Arms 
Belvoir    and    Braunstone,    Barnes, 

Bishop  Blaize 


Brentingby,    Ashwell,    Crown ;     and 

White,  Noel's  Arms 
Brooksby,  Ward,  Fox ;  Oswin,Hf.  Moon 
Broughton  (Upper),  Marsh,  Half  Moon 
Broughton  (Nether),  Taylor,  Star 
Buckminster,  Dunmore  and  Bartram, 

from  Peacock 
Burrow,  May  field,  Fox 
Clawson,  Kelham,  Half  Moon;    and 

Jesson,  White  Lion 
Colsterworth,  Briggs,  Black  Swan 
Coston,  Rose,  Bishop  Blaize 
Croxton  Kerrial,  Pick,  Marq.  Granby 
Croxton  (South),  Swift,  Noel's  Arms 
Dalby  (Great),  Swift,  Noel's  Arms; 

Maxfield,  Fox;  and  Austin,  Crown 
Dalby  (Little),  Wheat,  Crown 
Dalby  (Old),  Marriott,  White  Lion; 

and  Bonsor,  Half  Moon 
Eastwell  and  Eaton,  Harrison,  Half 

Moon ;  and  Pick,  King's  Head 
Edmondthorpe,  Sleath,  Granby 
Frisby,  Marriott,  Fox;    Oswin,  Half 

Moon ;  Hornbuckle,  Black's  Head 
Gaddesby,  Mason,  Fox 
Garthorpe,   Dunmore   and  Bartram, 

from  the  Peacock 
Goadby  Marwood,  Woodcock,  Black's 

Head ;     Pick,   King's   Head ;     and 

Harrison,  Half  Moon 
Grimston,  Marriott,  White  Lion  ;  and 

Bonsor,  Half  Moon 
Gunby,  Shield,  Fox 
Harby,  Kemp,  Half  Moon ;  and  Star- 
buck,  White  Lion 
Hickling,  Copley,  from  the  Bell 
Hoby,  Ward,  Fox;  Oswin,  Half  Meon; 

and  Eyrie,  from  Fox 
Hose,  Bissell,  from  the  Star 
Hungerton  &  Keyham,  Ward,  George 

and  Dragon 
Kirby,  Oswin,  Hf.  Moon  ;  &  Smith,  Fox 
Knossington,  Tidd,  George  &  Dragon 
Leicester,    Clarke,    Golden   Fleece ; 

and  Hornbuckle,  Black's  Head 
Market  Overton,  Kettle,  Crown ;  and 

Faulks,  Half  Moon 
Owston,  Tidd,  George  and  Dragon 
Plungar,  Morris,  White  Lion 
Rearsby,  Ward,  Golden  Fleece;   Par- 
sons, Geo.  &  Dragon ;  Austin,  Crown 
Rotherby,    Oswin,  Half  Moon ;    and 

Parsons,  George  and  Dragon 
Saltby,  Thurlby  and  Duffin,  Peacock 
Saxby,  Rose,  Bishop  Blaize 
Saxelby,  Bates,  Eight  Bells 
Scalford,  Glover,  White  Lion ;  Dar- 

rance,  Black's  Head;   Pick,  King's 

Head ;    Starbuck,  White  Lion  ;   and 

Woodcock,  Black's  Head 


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MELTON   MOWBRAY. 


Scraptoft,  Ward,  George  &  Dragon 
Sewstern,  Dunmore  &  Bartram,  Peack. 
Six  Hills,  Smith,  from  the  Fox 
Somerby,  Wheat,  Crown ;  and  Ticld, 

Greorge  and  Dragon 
Stapleford,  Ashwell,  from  the  Crown 
Sproxton,  Pick,  from  Marq.  of  Granby 
Stathern,  Woodcock,  Black's  Head ; 

and  Poyzer,  White  Lion 
Stonesby,  Brewster,  George  &  Dragon ; 

and  Thurlby,  Marquis-  of  Granby 
Syston,  Ward  &  Clarke,  Golden  Fleece ; 

and  Hornbuckle,  Black's  Head 
Teigh,  Kettle,  from  the  Crown 
Thorpe    Arnold,    Brewster,    George 

and  Dragon 


Thorpe  Satchville,  Austin,  Crown 
Thrussington,  Eyrie,  from  Fox 
Twyford,  Ward,  George  and  Dragon; 

and  Austin,  Crown 
Waltham,  Brewster,  George  &  Dragon ; 

Thurlby,  Granby;    Barnes,  Bishop 

Blaize ;  and  Smith,  Black  Swan 
Whissendine  and  Wyfordby,  Ashwell, 

Crown ;  and  White,  Noel's  Arms 
Woolsthorpe,  Barnes,  Bishop  Blaize 
Wycombe,  Pick.  King's  Head" 
Wymeswould,  Smith,  from  the  Fox 
Wymondham,  James,  Crown  (on  Tues. 

Thurs.  and  Sat.) ;  Clarke,  Blk.  Swan ; 

Hickman,   Bishop  Blaize ;    Sleath, 

Granby ;  and  Ketile,  Crown 


MUSTON,  or  Musson,  a  neat  village  on  the  banks  of  the  river 
Deven,  in^the  vale  of  Belvoir,  1£  mile  E.N.E.  of  Bottesford,  and  Si- 
miles W.  by  N.  of  Grantham,  has  in  its  parish  82  houses,  360  inhabi- 
tants, and  1623a.  3r.  20p.  of  land,  adjoining  Lincolnshire,  and  chiefly  a 
strong  clay,  extending  southward  to  the  Grantham  Canal.  The  Duke 
of  Rutland  is  lord  of  the  manor,  but  part  of  the  soil  belongs  to  Montague 
Earle  Welby,  Esq.,  Bottesford  Hospital,  and  a  few  smaller  owners. 
The  manor  was  held  by  Owston  Abbey,  and  was  granted  at  the  dissolu- 
tion to  the  Earl  of  Rutland?  The  Church  (St.  John)  is  a  large  and 
handsome  structure,  consisting  of  a  nave,  chancel,  side  aisles,  and  two 
porches,  with  a  tower  at  the  west  end,  crowned  by  a  spire,  and  con- 
taining four  bells.  A  handsome  font  was  given  by  the  parishioners  in 
1850.  The  churchyard  adjoins  the  river  Deven,  and  is  shaded  by  rows 
of  fine  elms.  Crabbe,  the  poet,  was  presented  to  the  rectory  in  1798, 
and  in  the  church  is  a  marble  tablet  in  memory  of  his  wife.  The  rectory, 
valued  in  K.B.  at  ,£15.  13s.  l^d.,  and  now  at  ^£433  per  annum,  is  in  the 
patronage  of  the  Lord  Chancellor,  and  incumbency  of  the  Rev.  George 
Gordon,  M.A.,  who  has  a  good  residence,  and  27a.  2r.  36p.  of  glebe, 
and  is  also  rector  of  Whittington,  near  Chesterfield.  The  Free  School 
was  built  by  the  late  Duke  of  Rutland,  in  1841,  and  is  supported  by  the 
rector,  who  pays  the  schoolmistress,  and  finds  books  and  paper  for  the 
scholars.  Here  is  a  small  Chapel  belonging  to  the  Methodist  Free  Church, 
and  built  in  1802.  The  poor  have  5s.  a  year  out  of  Middlebeck's  Close, 
left  by  Robert  Cragg,  in  1683.  The  parish  feast  is  on  the  Sunday 
before  St.  Peter's  Day. 


Post  Office  at  William  Norman's. 
Letters  arrive  from  Bottesford  at  8.40 
morning,  and  are  despatched  at  4.45 
afternoon. 

Aukland  Richard,  joiner,  &c. 
Gordon  Rev.  George,  M.A.  Rectory 
Hornbuckle  Thomas,  shoemaker 
Hoyte  Frances,  schoolmistress 
Johnson  Mary,  shopkeeper 
Lord  Thomas,  blacksmith 
Lord  William,  blacksmith  &  coal  dealer 
Norman  William,  grocer  and  baker 
Passimadge  Robert,  tailor 
Simon  Robert,  grocer,  &c. 
Smith  Mary,  vict.  Wheat  Sheaf 


Tinker  Robert,  clerk  and  sexton 
Topps  Robert,  butcher 
Topps  William,  baker 


fakmers. 
Calcraft  William 
Goodson  Israel 
Hicks  on  William  ; 

h  Easthorpe 
Hoyte  William 
Oliver  John 
Oliver  Thomas  (& 

owner) 
Padget  Boyfield 
Padget  Robert 
Reed  John 


Smith  Mary 
Tinley  Elizabeth 
Vickerstaff  Thos. 

CARRIERS. 

To  Grantham,  Sa- 
turday 
Geeson  Thomas 
Staines  William 
Topps  Robert  (and 
to  Newark,  Wed- 
nesday) 


FRAMLAND    HUNDRED.  375 

OVERTON  (COLD,)  a  small  village  and  parish,  adjoining  Rutland- 
shire, four  miles  W.N.W.  of  Oakham,  has  97  souls,  and  about  1750  acres 
of  land,  chiefly  clay,  with  some  gravel,  and  the  ground  hilly.  Thomas 
Frewen,  Esq.,  is  lord  of  the  manor  and  owner  of  the  soil,  and  resides 
generally  at  Brickwall,  Northiam,  Sussex,  and  occasionally  at  Overton 
Hall,  a  neat  mansion  in  a  small  park  on  the  north  side  of  the  village. 
John  Frewen  Turner,  Esq.,  the  late  lord  of  the  manor,  who  resided  at 
the  Hall,  purchased  the  estate  of  the  St.  John  family,  and  founded  here, 
at  the  cost  of  more  than  £2000,  in  1826,  an  Asylum  for  Female  Orphans, 
in  which  20  poor  orphan  girls  are  maintained  and  educated.  In  1820, 
the  same  benevolent  gentleman  founded  another  valuable  charity  at 
Sapcote.  The  Hall  is  still  the  residence  of  Mrs.  Eleanor  Frewen 
Turner,  and  near  it  is  a  beautiful  lake  or  fish-pond  half-a  mile  in  length. 
The  grounds  are  well  laid  out,  and  contain  some  line  elm  trees.  The 
Church  (St.  John)  consists  of  nave  with  aisles,  and  chancel,  and  contains 
an  organ  given  by  the  late  Mrs.  Mary  Turner.  At  the  west  end  of  the 
south  aisle  is  the  burial  place  of  the  Frewen  family.  The  rectory,  valued 
in  K.B.  at  £19.  12s.  2d.,  and  now  at  ,£330  per  annum,  has  45a.  2r.  37p. 
of  glebe,  and  a  yearly  rent-charge  of  ,£269,  awarded  in  1839  in  lieu  of 
tithes.  Thomas  Frewen,  Esq.,  is  patron,  and  the  Rev.  William  Young 
Nutt  is  the  incumbent,  and  has  a  good  residence. 

Post  from  Oakham.  Letters  arrive 
at  8.20  morning,  and  are  despatched  at 
6.20  evening. 

Nutt  Kev.  William  Young,  Rectory 
Taylor  Jane  Eliza,  governess,  Asylum 
Turner  Mrs  Eleanor  Frewen,  Hall 
West  Jane  Hannah,  matron,  Asylum 


FARMERS    AND    GRAZIERS. 


Exton  John 
Exton  William 
Freeman  Joseph 
Grant  Frank 
Pougher J.  Grange 
Kiekmond  John 


Saunders    Francis 

Meadows 
Trotter  James 
Turville  John 
Wright  May 


PLUNGAR,  a  village  and  parish,  on  the  Nottingham  and  Grantham 
Canal,  in  the  Vale  of  Belvoir,  10  miles  N.  by  E.  of  Melton  Mowbray, 
and  5  miles  S.W.  of  Bottesforcl,  has  251  inhabitants,  and  956a.  Or.  37p. 
of  land,  chiefly  a  fertile  clay,  and  the  surface  flat.  There  is  a  mineral 
spring  here,  but  the  water  has  not  been  analysed.  The  Duke  of  Rutland 
is  lord  of  the  manor ;  but  part  of  the  soil  belongs  to  Messrs.  George 
Wells,  Richard  Pell,  Wm,  and  John  Caunt,  and  a  few  smaller  owners. 
In  some  ancient  writings,  it  is  called  Plungarth,  and  the  manor  has  been 
held  by  the  owners  of  Belvoir  Castle  from  an  early  period.  The  Church 
(St.  Helen,  or  Holy  Cross)  has  a  tower  and  two  bells,  and  was  repaired 
in  1829,  when  the  clock  was  given  by  Daniel  Smith.  In  1856,  it  was 
restored  and  reseated,  a  new  stone  pulpit  was  erected,  the  south  aisle 
was  rebuilt  and  enlarged,  a  new  vestry  was  added,  and  warming  apparatus 
was  fitted  up,  chiefly  at  the  cost  of  the  Rev.  F.  G.  Burnaby,  M.A.,  a  late 
vicar.  The  tithes  and  moduses  were  commuted  for  land  at  the  enclosure, 
in  1791.  The  living  is  a  discharged  vicarage,  valued  in  K.B.  at  £9. 10s., 
and  now  at  .£136  per  annum,  being  augmented  with  £600  of  Q.A.B.  from 
1722  to  1810.  The  Duke  of  Rutland  is  patron,  and  the  Rev.  Wm.  Saml. 
Shipley,  B.A.  and  S.C.L.  is  the  incumbent,  and  has  60  acres  of  glebe. 
A  vicarage  house  is  about  to  be  erected  by  subscription  and  aid  from. 
Q.A.B.  Here  is  an  Infant  School,  erected  in  1839,  by  the  Rev.  F.  G.  Bur- 
naby, at  which  six  poor  children  are  educated  free  in  consideration  of  ,£20 
left  by  Thomas  Wilson,  and  £20  left  by  a  deceased  relative  of  the  late  vicar. 
Plungar  is  entitled  to  send  scholars  to  Smith's  Free  School,  at  Barkestone, 
as  noticed  at  p.  327.  The  poor  have  15s.  a  year  out  of  Mrs.  Guy's  estate, 
left  by  Richard  Guy  in  1699,  and  Wm.  Gibbins,  at  an  unknown  date. 
The  Weslegans  have  a  chapel  in  the  village.  The  parish  feast  is  on  the 
Sunday  after  May  13th. 


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PLUNGAR    DIRECTORY, 


Post  from  Bottesford  at  eleven  morn- 
ing, returning  at  a  quarter  before  three 
afternoon. 

Bishop  Mary,  schoolmistress 
Bonsor  Thomas,  auctioneer 
Brewster  William,  pig  jobber 
Caborn  Kichard,  shoemaker 
Green  Benjamin,  wheelwright 
Miller  Mary,  coal  dlr.  &  vict.  Anchor 
Miller  Robert,  butcher 
Miller  Thomas,  coal  dlr.  &  boat  owner 
Pell  Richard,  coal  dealer 
Shipley  Rev.  Wm.  Saml.  B.A.  vicar 


Stevenson  Joseph,  clerk  and  sexton 
Watchorn  Daniel,  tailor 
Watchorn  Isaac,  shoemaker 
Worthington  Elizabeth,  draper 


FARMERS  &  GRZRS. 

*  Are  owners. 
♦Caunt  John 
*Caunt  Wm.  Hy. 
Kirk  Ts.sen.  &jun. 
Mann  George 
Miller  William 
•Pell  Richard 
*Wells  George 


Wright  James 

grocers,  &c. 
Braithwaite  Benj. 
Green  Benjamin 
Welbourn  Thomas 

CARRIER. 

Morris  William,  to 
Melton,  Sat.  and 
Nottingham  Tu. 


REDMILE,  a  neat  and  well-built  village,  with  a  wharf  on  the  Gran- 
tham Canal,  is  seated  in  the  finest  part  of  the  Vale  of  Belvoir,  2  miles  S. 
by  W.  of  Bottesford,  9  miles  W.  of  Grantham,  and  13  miles  N.N.E.  of 
Melton  Mowbray.  Its  parish  contains  521  souls,  and  1782a.  2r.  26p.  of 
land,  chiefly  a  fertile  clay.  The  Duke  of  Rutland  owns  most  of  the  soil, 
and  is  lord  of  the  manor,  which  was  anciently  called  Bedmild,  and  has 
been  held  by  the  owners  of  the  Castle  of  Belvoir,  since  the  time  of  the 
Conquest.  At  a  place  called  All  Hallows,  on  the  Nottingham  road,  are  the 
foundations  of  an  ancient  building,  supposed  to  have  been  a  religious 
house.  The  Church  has  a  tower,  spire,  and  three  bells,  and  was  repewed 
in  1827.  It  has  several  neat  mural  tablets,  and  on  the  north  side  of  the 
chancel  is  a  Sunday  school  and  vestry.  The  rectory,  valued  in  K.B.  at 
£12.  9s.  2d.,  and  now  at  ,£450  per  annum,  is  in  the  patronage  of  the 
Duke  of  Rutland,  and  incumbency  of  the  Rev.  John  Healy,  B.A.,  who 
has  a  handsome  residence,  built  in  1820,  at  a  cost  of  £1000,  and  315  acres 
of  land,  allotted  at  the  enclosure  in  1793,  in  lieu  of  tithes.  The  National 
School,  which  is  attended  by  about  40  children,  was  built  in  1839,  at  the 
expense  of  the  late  rector,  except  the  site  and  timber,  which  were  given 
by  the  Duke  of  Rutland.  The  Primitive  Methodists  have  a  chapel  here, 
built  in  1828.  The  parish  feast  is  on  the  Sunday  after  Old  St.  Peter's 
day.  The  poor  have  the  interest  of  £10,  left  by  William  Sills  ;  a  yearly 
rent  charge  of  5s.  out  of  Mill  Close,  left  by  Thomas  Furmidge ;  and  the 
interest  of  £10,  left  by  John  Shilcock,  in  1838. 

Post  from  Bottesford  at  10  morning,    boot  &  shoemkrs. 

j  Carr  Ebenezer 
j  Carr  John 
:  Munks  Thomas, 

(&  parish  clerk) 
Pearce  James 

I  FARMERS  &    GRZRS. 

*  Are  Owners. 


returning  at  3.45  afternoon. 


Burrows  William,  pensioner 

Cant  William,  saddle  &  harness  maker 

Carlile  William,  corn  miller 

Carter  Mrs  Margaret 

Carver  Fras.  blksmth.&vict.  Windmill 

Clower  John,  coal  dlr.  &  vict.  Peacock    Birch  Richard 

Crofts  Robert,  plumber  and  glazier        |  *Bissell  William 

Crofts  William,  plumber  and  glazier      ;  Clower  John 

Healy  Rev.  John,  B.A.  Rectory  \  Lovett  Richard 

Parr  Frances,  schoolmistress  J  *Mackley  Robert 

Parr  Mr  Richard,  senior  Parr  Richard,  jun. 

Patchett  William,  baker  Parr  William 

Roberts  William,  watchman  at  Belvoir    Stevenson  Thomas 

Sharpe  Joseph,  sexton  Stockwell  William 

Stevenson  Thomas,  butcher  Wilders  Stephen 

Swaine  Ann,  dressmaker  grocers. 

Tinkler  Samuel,  schoolmaster  Copley  John 

Ward  William,  watchman  at  Belvoir       Jarvis  George 

Roberts  Edward 


Silverwood  Robert 

PLUMBERS  &  GLZRS. 

Crofts  Robert 
Crofts  William 

TAILORS. 

King  Philip  (and 

shopkeeper) 
Silverwood  Robert 

WHEELWRIGHTS. 

Hand  Joseph 
Mackley  William 
Roberts  Wm.  jun. 

CARRIERS. 

Copley  John,  to 
Nottingham  and 
Grantham,  Sat. 
&  Newark,  Wed. 

Roberts  Edwd.  to 
Bingham  Thur. 
and  Grantham, 
Saturday 


PRAMLAND    HUNDRED. 


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SALTBY,  a  village  above  the  chief  branch  of  the  river  Eye,  on  a 
bold  declivity  of  the  Wolds,  3£  miles  E.  by  N.  of  Waltham-on-the- 
Wolds,  and  9  miles  N.E.  by  E.  of  Melton  Mowbray,  has  in  its  parish 
59  houses,  292  inhabitants,  and  2325a.  1r.  2p.  of  land,  mostly  clay 
and  partly  moor,  and  extending  eastward  to  Saltby  Heath,  on  the 
borders  of  Lincolnshire.  It  has  a  chalybeate  spring,  and  the  soil 
and  manor  belong-  to  the  Duke  of  Rutland,  who  is  also  impropriator 
of  the  rectory,  and  patron  of  the  discharged  vicarage,  which  is  annexed 
to  that  of  Sproxton  (See  p.  380).  All  the  tithes  were  commuted  for 
land,  at  the  enclosure,  in  1771.  The  Church  (St.  Peter)  is  an  ancient 
fabric,  in  the  perpendicular  style,  with  a  square  tower.  It  was  fitted  up 
with  new  open  benches  in  1850,  and  has  2a.  1r.  1p.  of  land  for  its  repa- 
ration, allotted  at  the  enclosure,  when  2r.  17p.  were  awarded  to  the  parish 
clerk  ;  and  2a.  to  provide  stone  for  the  roads  and  herbage  for  the  poor. 
The  latter  is  now  wholly  occupied  in  garden  plots  by  the  poor.  The 
Wesley  ans  have  a  chapel  here,  which  was  enlarged  in  1845.  The  parish 
feast  is  on  the  Sunday  after  Old  St.  Peter's  day.  The  church  was 
appropriated  to  Drax  Priory,  in  Yorkshire,  and  the  vicarage  was  aug- 
mented with  a  parliamentary  grant  of  £'200  in  1803.  Roger  de  Busli 
held  the  manor  in  1086,  and  it  was  afterwards  held  by  Croxton  Abbey, 
and  was  granted  at  the  dissolution  to  the  Earl  of  Rutland. 


Post  from  Waltham  at  11|  morning. 
Allen  William,  stonemason 
Ash  John,  thrashing  machine^owner 
Charity  William,  gamekeeper 
Claxton  James,  clerk  and  sexton 
Coupland  Robert,  shoemaker 
Edlin  John,  shoemaker 
Jackson  Richard,  grocer 
Mount  Wm.  grocer  &  vict.  Nag's  Head 
Steans  Samuel,  wheelwright 
Woollerton  George,  farm  bailiff 


FARMERS  &  GZRS. 

Marked  *  are  own- 
ers, and  t  live  on 
the  Heath. 

♦Allen  Thomas  » 

Annis  Ellen 

Ash  William 

Cobley  Elizabeth 

j Dickinson  Wm. 


+ Marshall     John 

Boyfield 
Mount  Matthew 
*  Tipping  George 
+Tipping  John 
Carriers  to  Mel- 
ton, Tues.,  and 
Grantham,  Sat. 
Duffin  John 
Thurlby  William 


SAXBY,  on  the  main  branch  of  the  river  Eye  and  the  Oakham  canal, 
5  miles  E.  by  N.  of  Melton  Mowbray,  is  a  pleasant  village  and  parish, 
comprising  23  houses,  117  inhabitants,  and  1403  acres  of  land,  mostly  in 
pasturage,  with  a  stiff  clayey  soil,  on  a  substratum  of  gravel  and  clay. 
The  parish  rises  by  a  gentle  acclivity  from  the  low  grounds  near  the 
river,  which  are  sometimes  flooded  in  wet  seasons.  The  Countess  of 
Harborough  owns  all  the  soil,  and  is  lady  of  the  manor,  which,  for  some 
ages  after  the  Conquest,  was  held  by  the  Ferrers,  and  afterwards  by  the 
Earls  of  Lancaster,  and  the  Chaworths,  the  latter  of  whom  gave  part  of 
it  to  Laund  Priory.  About  thirty  years  ago,  a  number  of  spear  heads, 
bosses,  buckles,  beads,  &c,  apparently  of  Saxon  workmanship,  were 
found  in  the  parish.  The  Church  (St.  Peter)  was  rebuilt  in  1789,  by  the 
fifth  Earl  of  Harborough,  and  is  a  handsome  structure,  in  the  Italian 
style,  with  a  lofty  spire  and  three  bells.  The  living  is  a  discharged 
rectory,  valued  in  KB.  at  £o,  and  now  at  <£168  per  annum,  with  the 
vicarage  of  Stapleford  annexed  to  it,  in  the  gift  of  the  Countess  of  Har- 
borough, and  incumbency  of  the  Rev.  John  13.  Hildebrand,  B.A.,  of 
Kibworth,  for  whom  the  Rev.  William  Hildebrand,  B.A.,  officiates  here 
and  at  Stapleford.  The  Rectory  House  is  a  fire-proof  stone  building, 
occupied  by  the  curate,  and  erected  by  the  late  Earl  of  Harborough,  in 
lieu  of  one  which  was  burnt  down.  Here  are  40  acres  of  glebe.  The 
parish  feast  is  on  the  Sunday  after  July  11th.  Saxby  railway  station  is 
about  half  a  mile  S.W.  of  the  village,  but  in  Freeby  parish. 


378 


SAXBY    DIRECTORY, 


Post  from  Melton  Mowbray  daily 
Hildebrand  Rev.  William,  B.A.  curate, 

Rectory 
Miller  Miss  Frances 
Penniston  John,  clerk  and  sexton 


Watton    Joseph,   land  agent    to    the 
Countess  of  Harborough 
FARMERS  AND  GRAZIERS. 

John  Groves,  Robert  Kirkby,  Thomas 
Mftrkfeam,  and  John  Pears 


SCALFOKD,  a  salubrious  and  pleasant  village,  3^  miles  N.  by  E.  of 
Melton  Mowbray,  is  picturesquely  seated  between  two  rivulets  which 
flow  from  the  hills  on  the  south  side  of  the  vale  of  Belvoir  to  the  river 
Wreak.  It  has  several  copious  springs,  one  of  which  delivers  46  gallons 
per  minute.  Its  parish  contains  124  houses,  553  inhabitants,  and  2429a. 
3b.  13p.  of  land,  including  Goldsmith  Orange,  Cumberland  Orange,  and 
other  scattered  farms.  The  soil  is  chiefly  clay,  but  there  is  some  little 
sand,  and  a  small  quantity  of  moorland.  The  lower  grounds  are  subject 
to  inundation  from  the  Scalford  brook,  which  unites  with  the  Wreak,  a 
little  below  the  village.  The  Duke  of  Rutland  is  lord  of  the  manor, 
which  was  purchased  by  the  second  duke,  of  John  Cumbray,  in  1765, 
and  at  the  Conquest,  was  held  by  Ralph  Pepin,  under  Robert  de  Buci. 
A  great  part  of  the  soil  belongs  to  Mrs.  Eliza  Marriot,  J.  B.  Crompton, 
Esq.,  Mr.  Thomas  Morris,  Mr.  William  Kirk,  Mrs.  Mary  Ann  Morris, 

H.  C.  Bingham,  Esq.,  Rev.  Williams,  Mrs.  Sarah  Dixon,  E.  H. 

M.  Clarke,  Esq.,  Mr.  R.  Sharp,  and  several  smaller  proprietors.  In 
1303,  William  Revell  had  a  grant  of  a,  fair,  market,  and  free  warren  here. 
Robert  Vitallis  gave  the  church  to  Daventry  Priory,  and  part  of  the 
land  to  St.  Andrew's  Priory,  Northampton.  The  parish  was  enclosed  in 
1765,  when  all  the  tithes  were  commuted  for  allotments  of  land.  The 
Church  (St.  Egehvin  the  Martyr)  is  a  fine  ancient  fabric;  but  the  chancel 
was  rebuilt  in  1845  by  the  late  Duke  of  Rutland,  as  impropriator,  and 
the  church  was  thoroughly  restored,  at  a  cost  of  .£1150,  in  1849,  when  a 
new  organ  was  erected.  The  tower  contains  three  bells  and  a  clock. 
His  Grace  is  also  patron  of  the  vicarage,  valued  in  K.B.  at  £8.  Is.  10id., 
and  now  at  £'335  per  annum.  The  Rev.  Thomas  F.  Salmon,  B.A.,  is 
the  incumbent,  and  has  210  acres  of  glebe,  and  a  handsome  residence, 
built  in  1842,  at  a  cost  of  £1200.  A  Wesleyan  Chap>el  was  built  here  in 
1844,  in  lieu  of  the  old  one,  which  was  given  for  a  parish  school,  by  Mr. 
Thomas  Webster.  The  school  was  rebuilt  in  1861,  at  a  cost  of  £150, 
and  is  attended  by  upwards  of  a  hundred  children  of  both  sexes.  It  is 
supported  by  subscription  and  the  children's  pence.  Here  is  also  a 
Primitive  Methodist  Chapel,  built  in  1835.  At  the  enclosure,  11a.  3r. 
34p.  of  land,  in  the  Redearth  field,  Mawbrook  field,  and  Gorse  pasture, 
were  allotted  to  the  overseers  and  church- wardens,  for  getting  stone 
and  gravel  for  the  roads,  and  the  herbage  for  the  benefit  of  the  poor 
parishioners.  This  land  is  now  let  for  about  £18  a  j^ear,  which  is  mostly 
applied  in  schooling  poor  children.  In  1835,  John  Morris,  Esq.,  left 
£100  for  the  relief  of  the  poor,  and  it  is  now  vested  in  Debentures  at  4| 
per  cent,  per  annum.  The  poor  have  also  £2.  10s.  a  year,  as  the  rent  of 
Ia.  3r.  of  meadow  land,  at  Loddington,  left  by  John  Moore ;  the  interest 
of  £30,  given  by  an  unknown  donor ;  and  a  yearly  rent-charge  of  20s.,  out 
of  the  Town  close,  in  Hose,  the  donor  of  which  is  also  unknown.  Part 
of  the  poor's  land  is  let  in  allotments  to  labourers,  and  the  Duke  of 
Rutland  lets  seven,  and  the  vicar  twelve  acres  of  land  to  poor  tenants, 
who  cultivate  them  by  spade  husbandry,  and  pay  rents  averaging  about 
•  >5s.  per  acre. 

Post  Office  at  Thomas  Goodacre'a.    Letters  arrive  from  Melton  at  10J 
morning,  and  are  despatched  at  3.45  afternoon. 


SCALFORD    DIRECTORY. 


879 


Brewin  John,  stonemason 
Chamberlain  William,  wheelwright 
Goodacre  Thomas,  schoolmaster 
Harby  William  Jackson,  beerhouse 
Lock  John,  lace  agent 
Love  Alice,  schoolmistress 
Morris  Mrs.  Elizabeth 
Oswin  Henry,  cattle  dealer 
Sate&w-Rer.Thos.  Frith,  B.A.  Vicarage 
Sharp  Richard,  maltster 
Webster  Thomas,  gentleman 
Wilson  William,  brick  and  tile  maker 
Wright  John,  gardener 

INNS  AND  TAVERNS. 
Black  Horse,  Mary  Roberts 
King's  Arms,  Francis  Pettifor 
Plough,  Henry  Coley 

bakers.  I  Harby  Thomas 

Kilby  Joseph  !  Hardy  Richard 

Roberts  Thomas  butchers. 

Watchorn  William  !  Holmes  John 

blacksmiths.      j  KirkWm.  Thomas 
Harby  W.  Jackson  |       carpenters. 
Hewerdine  Wm.     j  Hewerdine  Thos. 
boot  &  shoemkrs.  J  Musson  John 
Austin  George        j  Wilford  William 


CORN  MILLERS. 

Kilby  Joseph 
Roberts  Thomas 
Rose  William 

FARMERS  &  GRZRS. 

*  are  owners. 
Carter  John,  Wolds 

Lodge 
Cross  John 
Goodson  Richard, 

Manor  House 
Gill    Josiah,  Old- 
fields  Lodge;  h 
Holwell 
Gumley  Daniel 
Hardy  Rd.    Cum- 
berland Lodge 
Harris  Thomas 
Holmes  John 
Huckerby  Samuel 
Kirk  William 
KirkWm.  Thomas 
Marriott  Elizabeth 
Marriott  Henry  • 
Roberts  Jonathan 
Sharp  Richard 


Steans  Francis 

Teat  William 

Ward  David,  Maw- 
brook  Lodge 

Wells  John 

Whittle    James, 
Nether  Hall 

Whittle  L.    Gold- 
smiths'' Grange 

Whittle     Thomas, 
DebdaWs  Lodge 

Wilford  Edmund 

Wilford  Elizabeth 

Wilford  William 

GROCERS. 

Burbidge  Edward 

Moody 
Parker  Thomas 

TAILORS. 

Fox  William 
King  John 

CARRIERS, 

To  Melton,    Tues. 

and  Saturday. 
Durance  James 
Glover  Thomas 


SOMERBY,  six  miles  S.  by  E.  of  Melton  Mowbray,  and  W.  by  N.  of 
Oakham,  is  a  pleasant  village  and  parish,  with  several  handsome  man- 
sions and  good  houses.  It  contains  118  houses,  506  inhabitants,  and 
1G28a.  of  land.  The  soil  is  partly  a  red  marl  and  partly  clay,  and  the 
surface  hilly.  William  Fabling,  Esq.,  of  Burleigh-on-the-Hill,  is  lord 
of  the  manor,  which  was  held  successively  by  the  Tateshall,  Beler, 
Swillington,  Lister,  Dickenson,  and  Cheselden  families  ;  but  part  of  the 
soil  belongs  to  General  Fludyer,  the  Rev.  G.  A.  Burnaby,  M.A.,  Henry 
W.  Forester,  Esq.,  J.  D.  Barnard,  Esq.,  Miss  Mary  Bullock,  J.  H.  Bul- 
lock, Esq.,  Brazenose  College,  Oxford,  E.  B.  Hartopp,  Esq.,  M.P.,  and 
several  smaller  owners.  Somerby  Grove,  a  neat  mansion  with  tasteful 
grounds,  is  the  seat  of  J.  D.  Barnard,  Esq. ;  and  the  Hall,  a  large  man- 
sion with  a  finely  wooded  lawn,  is  the  seat  of  the  Rev.  G.  A.  Burnaby, 
M.A.  Another  large  residence  is  occupied  by  Henry  W.  Forester,  Esq. 
The  parish  was  enclosed  in  1760,  when  all  the  tithes  and  moduses  were 
commuted  for  allotments  of  land.  The  rectory  was  appropriated  to 
Nuneaton  Priory,  and  in  1534  Langley  Nunnery  had  the  advowson  of 
the  vicarage.  The  Church  (All  Saints)  is  a  fine  antique  fabric  with  a 
spire,  three  bells,  and  a  clock.  It  is  about  to  undergo  a  thorough  resto- 
ration. The  plans  include  a  new  arcade  on  the  south  side  to  match  the 
fine  arcade  on  the  north  side,  new  roofs  to  the  aisles,  new  benches, 
pulpit,  and  reading  desk,  opening  out  the  tower  arch,  removal  of  the 
galleries,  new  windows,  and  renovation  of  existing  windows.  The  tower 
is  placed  between  the  nave  and  chancel,  and,  as  there  are  no  transepts, 
it  has  a  rather  singular  appearance.  The  living  is  a  discharged  vicarage, 
valued  in  K.B.  at  ,£6.  16s.  8d.,  and  now  at  £230,  having  103a.  of  glebe 
here  and  68a.  in  Burrough.  The  Rev.  Gustavus  Burnaby,  of  Bedford, 
is  patron,  and  the  Rev.  Septimus  Rolleston  is  the  incumbent.  Here  is 
a  Wesleyan  Chapel,  built  in  1842  ;  and  a  School,  built  in  the  same  year. 
"  Somerby  Association  for  the  Prosecution  of  Felons"  is  supported  by  the 


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SOMERBY   PARISH. 


gentry  and  farmers  of  the  neighbourhood.  The  parish  feast  is  on  the 
second  Sunday  in  June.  The  Town  Estate  was  conveyed  to  new 
feoffees  in  the  15th  of  Charles  II.,  and  has  been  vested  from  a  much 
earlier  period  for  the  repairs  of  the  roads,  church,  bridges,  &c,  and  for 
the  use  of  the  poor ;  and,  since  the  enclosure,  it  has  consisted  of  about 
18a.  of  land,  two  houses,  and  a  blacksmith's  shop,  let  at  rents  amounting 
to  £41  per  annum,  of  which  about  £30  is  applied  in  schooling  poor 
children.     The  poor  have  a  yearly  rent-charge  of  £2,  left  by  John  Gobert. 

INNS  AND  TAVERNS. 


Post  Office  at  Mary  Ann  Floar's. 
Letters  arrive  from  Oakham  at  9  morn- 
ing, and  are  despatched  at  5  afternoon. 

Adcock  Mr  John  ||  Burton  Mrs  Eliz. 
Andrews  Benjamin,  beerhouse 
Barnard  John  Dawson,  Esq.  The  Grove 
Barnet  John,  baker,  &c. 
Burnaby  Rev.  Gustavus  Andrew,  M.A. 

canon  of  Middleham ;  rector  of  St. 

Peter  Martin,   Bedford ;   surrogate, 

&c.  Somerby  Hall 
Cole  Adam,  linen  draper,  &c. 
Corbidge  William,  hawker 
Forester  Hy.  W.  Esq.  Somerby  House 
Humberston  Mr  Robert 
Hunt  John,  saddler 
Jackson  John,  surgeon 
Mason  John,  gardener 
Miles  James,  bricklayer 
Robinson  Christopher,  butcher 
Rolleston  Rev.  Septimus,  vicar 
Shilcock  William,  cattle  salesman 
Taylor  Andrew,  schoolmaster 


Rose  and  Crown,  John  Yates 
Three  Crowns,  John  Preston 

BLACKSMITHS.  GROCERS,  &C 

Adcock  William 
Billson  William 

BOOT  &  SHOEMKRS. 

Lane  John 
Meadwell  Thomas 

FARMERS  &   GRZRS. 

*  are  owners. 
♦Bullock  Jn.Healy 
Burbidge  John 
♦Freeman  Joseph 
Freeman  Thomas 
Leake  William 
Meydwell  William 
Pougher  Mrs 


Preston  John 
Richardson  Benj. 
Robinson  Chpr. 
Searle  Richard 
*Skerritt  Robert 
*Vellam  Thomas 


AndrewsBenjamin 
(and  druggist) 

Corbidge  Wm.jun. 

Plant  Wm.Ellaby, 
(and  druggist) 

JOINERS. 

Dale  John 
Hubbard  William 

STONEMASONS. 

Hayes  James 
Kitchen  Wm.  (and 
parish  clerk) 

TAILORS. 

Watkinson  George 
Webster  George 
Wright  Joseph 

CARRIER. 

William  Wheat  to 
Melton  Tues.  & 
Leicester  Sat. 


SPROXTON,  a  pleasant  village,  on  the  western  declivity  of  the  Wold 
ridge,  overlooking  the  river  Eye,  9  miles  E.N.E.  of  Melton  Mowbray, 
and  4  miles  E.  of  Waltham-on-the- Wolds,  has  in  its  parish  85  houses, 
453  inhabitants,  and  2260a.  3k.  21p.  of  land.  The  soil  is  partly  clay, 
with  some  little  peat  moss ;  but  the  eastern  side  is  cultivated  heath, 
adjoining  Lincolnshire.  The  yellow  limestone  and  brown  sandstone  are 
found  here.  The  Duke  of  Rutland  is  lord  of  the  manor,  which  was 
purchased  of  the  Smiths,  about  1020,  and  was  for  a  long  period  held  by 
a  family  of  its  own  name,  one  of  whom  had  a  grant  of  free-warren,  in 
1256.  Part  of  the  soil  belongs  to  the  Earl  of  Dysart,  Thos.  Mayfield, 
Esq.,  George  Tipping,  Esq.,  and  several  residents.  The  Church  (St. 
Bartholomew)  is  an  ancient  edifice,  with  a  tower  and  three  bells,  and 
stands  at  some  distance  from  the  village.  It  is  principally  in  the  per- 
pendicular style,  and  the  roof  was  repaired  in  1860.  The  tithes  were 
commuted  for  land,  at  the  enclosure,  in  1771 ;  and  the  living  is  a  dis- 
charged vicarage,  valued  in  K.B.  at  £7.  4s.  4d.,  and  now  at  .£282  per 
annum,  with  that  of  Saltby  annexed  to  it.  It  was  augmented  with  £200 
of  Q.A.B.  in  1794,  which  has  been  expended  in  purchasing  six  acres  of 
land  at  Twyford.  The  Duke  of  Rutland  is  patron,  and  the  Rev.  Chas. 
Wm.  Jph.  Johnston,  M.A.,  is  the  incumbent,  and  has  here  79  acres 
of  glebe,  and  a  beautifully  situated  residence,  which  was  built  in  1800, 
and  is  surrounded  by  tasteful  pleasure  grounds,  in  which  are  an  ancient 
cross  well  worth  the  notice  of  the  antiquary,  and  a  hermitage  built  by 
a  late  vicar,  and  now  picturesquely  covered  with  ivy.    Here  is  a  small 


SPBOXTON    PARISH. 


381 


Wesleyan  Chapel,  built  in  1800  ;  and  a  School  erected  in  1800.  The 
latter  will  accommodate  60  children,  and  is  principally  supported  by  the 
vicar  and  the  Duke  of  Rutland.  The  Gravel  and  Stone  Pits,  now  forming 
2a.  of  garden  ground,  were  allotted  at  the  enclosure,  and  are  occupied 
rent  free  by  about  20  poor  parishioners.  The  interest  of  £36,  left  by 
Joseph  Kirlcby,  in  1830,  is  applied  in  buying  books  for  the  Sunday 
scholars.  The  interest  of  .£19.  19s.,  left  in  1847,  by  Henry  Hunt,  is 
given  away  in  flannel  to  poor  and  elderly  men.  The  poor  ought  also 
to  have  the  interest  of  ,£100,  left  by  Mr.  Pick  in  1842,  to  be  distributed 
in  coal  and  bread  on  December  26th ;  but  this  legacy  has  not  yet  been 
received.     The  parish  feast  is  on  Whit- Sunday. 


Post  from  Waltliam  at  10  morning. 
Burgin  Newton,   grocer,   baker,    and 

rate  collector 
Coy  Thomas,  farm  bailiff 
Everitt  Wm.  thrashing  machine  owner 
Hand  Ellen,  draper 
Hand  Thomas,  wheelwright 
Harrison  Samuel,  policeman 
Hunt  Miss  Jane 
Jackson  William,  schoolmaster 
Johnston,  Rev.  Charles  Wm.  Joseph, 

M.A.  vicar,  Vicarage 
Mount  Richard  Ward,  corn  miller 
Pratt  George,  stonemason 
Walter  William,  corn  miller 
Weston  George,  clerk  and  sexton 


BLACKSMITHS. 

Lawrence  Thomas 
Wyer  John 

BOOT  &  SHOEMKRS. 

Hunt  John 


Pratt  Ambrose 
Pulford  Francis 

FARMERS  &  GRZRS. 

*  Are  owners. 
Allen  Richard 


*Annis  Ellen 
Burgin  Newton 
Burgin  William 
Burgin  Wm.  j«n 
*Coy  Henry 
*Coy  John  ;  house 

Leicester 
Everitt  William 
♦Glenn  Demetrius 
♦Glenn  John  Hy. 

*  Glenn    Joseph, 

Kirkby 

*  Glenn  William 
Hand  John 
♦Hand  John  (and 

butcher) 
Jackson  Sarah 
Johnson  My. Susan 
Moulds  Wm.  (and 

lime  burner) 
Roadley  Howard 


Stockwell  Henry 

INNS  AND  TAVERNS. 

Crown,  Jph.Wright 
Three  Horse  Shoes 
Thos.  Lawrence 
joiners,  &c. 
Birch  Robert 
Birch    Valentine 
(&  beerhouse) 
Wright  Joseph 

TAILORS. 

Hunt  Henry    (and 

draper) 
Paling  William 

(and  grocer) 
Watchorn  Samuel 

Carrier. 
John  Pick,  to  Mel- 
ton,   Tues.    and 
Grantham  Sat. 


STAPLEFORD,  a  scattered  village  on  the  south  side  of  the  river 
Eye  and  the  Oakham  Canal,  4  miles  E.  of  Melton  Mowbray,  has  in 
its  parish  28  houses,  109  inhabitants,  and  about  2255  acres  of  land,  chiefly 
a  fertile  blue  clay,  with  some  beds  of  gravel.  The  Countess  of  Har- 
borough,  widow  of  the  last  Earl  of  Harborough,  is  owner  of  the  soil  and 
lady  of  the  manor,  and  resides  at  Staplefokd  Hall,  a  fine  ancient 
mansion,  in  a  beautiful  park  of  820  acres,  mostly  in  this  and  partly  in 
two  adjoining  parishes.  The  hall  stands  on  the  highest  ground  in  the 
park,  and  consists  of  three  distinct  parts,  erected  at  different  periods. 
The  most  ancient  was  raised  by  Thomas  Sherard,  Esq.,  in  1500,  as 
appears  by  a  date  on  the  eastern  front.  Another  inscription  states,  that 
"  William  Lord  Sherard,  Baron  of  Letrym,  repaired  this  building,  An.  Do. 
1633."  This  part  of  the  house  displays  a  curious  specimen  of  the  English 
domestic  architecture  of  the  age.  It  has  square  headed  windows,  with 
mullions,  and  is  ornamented  with  fifteen  statues  in  niches,  besides  several 
coats  of  arms  and  pieces  of  sculpture,  in  basso  relievo.  The  statues  are 
intended  to  represent  different  persons,  ancestors  or  founders  of  the 
family;  and  six  of  them  are  inscribed  with  the  following  names: — 
Schirard,  Lord  of  Chelterton  ,  King  William  the  Conqueror  ;  Gilbert  de 
Clare,  Earl  of  Gloucester;  Bertram,  Lord  Verdon ;  Walter  de  Lacy, 
Baron  of  Trim,  and  Earl  of  Ulster  ;  and  James  de  Brabanzon,  the  great 
warrior.  The  parish  adjoins  Rutlandshire  on  the  south,  and  is  skirted 
on  three  sides  by  the  small  river  Eye,  which  flows  through  the  park, 
which   is  well  wooded  and  has  extensive  gardens.     The  manor  of 


882  EARLS   OF   HARBOROUGH. 

Stapleford  was  held  by  Henry  de  Ferrers,  who  had  here,  in  1080,  14 
camcates,  with  5  ploughs;  4  bondmen,  23  villans,  4  bordars,  and  23 
socmen,  with  13  ploughs ;  2  mills,  and  130  acres  of  meadow.  In  1325, 
Roger  Beler  held  it,  and  in  1402  it  passed  in  marriage  with  Agnes 
Hauberk  to  Robert  Sherard,  Esq.,  the  great  ancestor  of  the  Earls  of 
Harborough.  Bennet  Sherard,  third  Batlon  Sherard  in  Ireland,  was 
created  Baron  Harborough  in  1714 ;  Viscount  Sherard  of  Stapleford,  in 
1718;  and  Earl  of  Harborough,  in  the  county  of  Leicester,  in  1719. 
He  died  in  1732,  when  the  Viscountcy  became  extinct,  but  the  Baronies 
and  Earldom  passed  to  his  cousin  and  heir,  Philip  Sherard.  The  Rt. 
Hon.  Robert  Sherard  succeeded  his  father  as  the  sixth  Earl  of  Har- 
borough, &c,  in  1807,  and  was  born  in  1797.  He  died  in  1859  without 
issue,  when  the  earldom  became  extinct,  but  the  barony  descended  to 
Philip  Castell  Sherard  of  Glatton,  Huntingdonshire,  the  present  Baron 
Sherard,  as  representative  of  the  third  son  of  the  first  baron,  The 
Church  (Saint  Mary)  stands  in  the  park,  at  a  short  distance  from  the 
hall,  and  has  a  square  tower,  containing  six  bells,  and  a  clock,  with 
chimes,  playing  four  times  a  day.  It  was  rebuilt  in  1783,  by  the  fourth 
Earl  of  Harborough,  and  contains  the  vault  and  several  fine  monuments 
of  the  family.  Among  them  is  one  by  Rysbrack,  in  memory  of  the  first 
Earl  of  Harborough,  whose  effigy  is  represented  in  Roman  costume, 
with  one  arm  reclining  on  a  cushion,  and  the  other  directed  towards  the 
figure  of  his  lady,  who  is  displayed  with  a  naked  infant  sitting  on  her 
knee.  An  inscription  records  his  titles,  and  says  he  was  many  years, 
and  to  the  time  of  his  death,  Lord  Lieutenant  and  Custos  Rotulorum  of 
the  county  of  Rutland,  and  Lord  Warden  and  Justice  in  Eyre  north  of 
the  Trent.  He  died  in  1732,  aged  55.  In  the  middle  of  the  nave  is  a 
brass  plate,  on  which  are  engraved  outline  figures  of  Geoffrey  and  Joan 
Sherard,  dated  1490.  He  is  represented  in  armour,  his  head  resting  on 
a  helmet,  and  his  feet  on  a  greyhound,  with  large  sword  and  spurs.  On 
the  same  plate  are  figures  of  seven  boys  and  seven  girls,  with  four  shields 
of  arms.  An  elegant  marble  altar-tomb  bears  recumbent  effigies  of  Wm. 
Lord  Sherard  and  his  lady.  He  died  in  1G40  ;  and  on  each  side  of  the 
tomb  are  three  sons  in  armour,  and  a  daughter  kneeling  on  a  cushion, 
with  another  son  on  a  cushion  in  the  middle.  A  handsome  tablet  has 
recently  been  erected  to  the  memory  of  the  late  Earl.  The  benefice  is 
a  discharged  vicarage,  consolidated  with  the  rectory  of  Saxby,  as  noticed 
at  page  377.  The  tithes  were  commuted  at  the  enclosure,  in  1772.  The 
Countess  supports  a  School,  and  clothes  many  of  the  children.  Bennet, 
first  Earl  of  Harborough,  who  died  in  1732,  charged  his  manor  of 
Stapleford,  with  the  yearly  payment  of  £48,  for  equal  division  among 
six  poor  men  of  the  age  of  55  or  upwards,  to  be  elected  by  the  lord  of 
the  said  manor  for  the  time  being,  from  the  parishes  of  Stapleford,  Gunby, 
Stainby,  Sauceby,  Whissendine,  and  Leigh ;  and  he  further  charged  the 
manor  with  providing  a  blue  cloth  coat  gown  every  third  year  for  each 
of  the  six  poor  men,  and  with  the  support  and  repairs  of  the  Hospital, 
which  he  directed  his  executors  to  construct,  for  the  residence  of  the 
said  poor  men,  in  the  house  which  he  had  built  as  a  dog-kennel,  in 
Stapleford.  For  converting  this  building  into  six  tenements,  he  left 
£100.  In  1791,  Robert,  Earl  of  Harborough  and  his  son,  by  deed  poll, 
enrolled  in  Chancery,  augmented  the  endowment  of  this  Hospital  with 
a  rent-charge  of  £100  per  annum,  out  of  the  manor  of  Stapleford,  and 
increased  the  number  of  almspeople  to  eight,  each  of  whom  has  £4.  12s. 
8d.  per  quarter.  The  hospital  is  a  handsome  building,  thatched  with 
reeds,  and  was  enlarged  in  1836,  previous  to  which  two  of  the  almsmen 
resided  in  another  building.    They  are  chosen  by  the  Countess  of  Har- 


STAPLBPORD   PARISH.  383 

borough,  and  have  either  been  old  servants  in  her  family,  or  inhabitants 

of  some  of  the  six  parishes  before  mentioned. 

Right  Hon.  Countess  of  Harborough,  farmers. 

Stapleford  Hall.  DobneyRd  &Thos.  I  Veasey  Martin 

Gent  Thomas,  gamekeeper  Hack    George,   .     Taylor    Thomas, 

Sims  William,  clerk  and  sexton  Jericho  Lodge         Stapleford Ldge. 

Hack  Robert  Hy.  ■  |  Whyman  Robert 


STATHERN,  a  large  village  on  the  south  side  of  the  vale  of  Belvoir, 
5^  miles  N.  by  W.  of  Waltham-on-the-Wolcls,  and  9  miles  N.  by  E.  of 
Melton  Mowbray,  has  in  its  fertile  parish  124  houses,  524  inhabitants, 
and  1986a.  1r.  25p.  of  land,  chiefly  clay,  and  in  meadows  and  pastures, 
except  about  500a.  arable,  and  119a.  2r.  Op.  in  plantations,  on  the  hill 
south  of  the  village.  Here  are  two  lace  manufactories,  and  most  of  the 
poor  families  rent  garden  allotments.  The  roads  and  causeways  are  in 
good  repair,  and  the  springs  yield  much  better  water  than  those  of  any 
other  part  of  the  vale.  The  Nottingham  and  Grantham  Canal  skirts 
the  north  side  of  the  parish.  A  great  part  of  the  soil  belongs  to  the 
Duke  of  Rutland,  and  to  the  Wright,  Shipman,  and  other  families.  The 
manor  and  advowson  were  sold  in  the  reign  of  Henry  VIII.  to  Lord 
Mordaunt,  who  sold  them,  in  1516,  to  Henry  Hornby,  by  whom  they 
were  given  to  Peter  House  College,  Cambridge,  but  in  1861,  the  whole 
of  the  copyhold  land  in  the  parish  was  made  freehold,  by  the  payment 
of  a  sum  of  money  to  the  Master  and  Fellows  of  the  College.  The 
rectory,  valued  in  K.B.  at  .£16.  3s.  l^d.,  and  now  at  £566  per  annum, 
has  342  acres  of  land,  awarded  at  the  enclosure,  in  1793,  in  lieu  of 
tithes.  The  Rev.  George  Ray,  M.A.,  is  the  incumbent,  and  has  a  large 
residence,  with  pleasant  grounds.  The  Rev.  George  Grabbe,  the  poet, 
resided  here  for  some  time.  The  Church  (St.  Guthlake)  is  an  ancient 
structure,  with  a  tower  and  four  bells.  New  communion  rails  and  altar- 
table  were  provided,  and  a  new  vestry  built,  in  1845,  at  the  expense  of 
the  rector,  who  built  a  National  School  in  the  same  year.  The  Church 
Land,  allotted  at  the  enclosure,  is  16a.  Ir.  30p.,  let  for  £37. 18s.,  including 
the  rent  of  a  small  piece  occupied  by  the  canal.  The  Rev.  Chas.  Lonsdale, 
partly  in  consideration  of  £50  given  by  Jane  Still  and  the  Rev.  Anthony 
Perne,  left  £100  New  South  Sea  Stock  to  the  rector  and  churchwardens, 
for  schooling  poor  children.  In  1660,  Wm.  Hand  left  £40,  half  for  re- 
pairing the  causeways,  and  half  for  the  poor,  and  it  was  laid  out  in  the 
purchase  of  a  house  and  3  acres  of  land,  at  Carcoulston,  which  was  let 
in  1785,  on  a  building  lease  for  61  years,  at  £2.  17s.  per  annum.  The 
property  now  comprises  two  houses,  and  as  the  lease  expired  in  1846,  it 
now  yields  to  the  charity  about  £18  a  year.  The  poor  have  £1.  15s.  a 
year,  left  by  Geo.  Dixon,  in  1682 ;  and  10s.  a  year,  left  by  Richard  Guy, 
in  1699.  These  sums  are  now  paid  in  six  different  rent-charges,  out  of 
land,  &c,  in  the  parish,  and  distributed  by  the  churchwardens  and  over- 
seers, at  Christmas.  The  schoolmaster  had  10s.  a  year  out  of  Case  lane 
Close,  left  by  Joseph  Westby,  in  1734 ;  and  the  poor  have,  for  a  weekly 
distribution  of  bread,  a  yearly  rent- charge  of  52s.,  out  of  Bramble  Close, 
left  by  Richard  Cooke,  in  1702.  The  parish  feast  is  on  the  Sunday  after 
May  12th.     The  Wesleyans  have  a  chapel  in  the  village. 

Post  from  Waltham  at  Hi  morning 
returning  at  3.45  afternoon. 
Barke  Mrs  Elizabeth 


Beck  George,  farm  bailiff 
Braithwaite  George,  butcher 
Briggs  William,  policeman 


Clarke  Peter,  surgeon 

Jackson  Miss  Elizabeth 

Levesley  Benjamin,  beerhouse 

Machin  John,  cattle  dealer 

Ray  Rev.  George  M.A.  rector,  Rectory 

Rowbotham  William,  watchmaker 


384 


STATHEEN   DIRECTORY. 


Shipman  William,  maltster 
Sumner  Mr  Thomas 
Wilson  John,  schoolmaster 


BAKERS,    &C. 

Martin  Mary  Ann 
Musson  Richard 
Poyzer  Thomas 

BLACKSMITHS. 

Elliott  William 
Jackson  Thomas 

BOOT  &  SHOEMKRS. 

Haskard  Thomas 
Pick  Michael 
Poyzer  John,  (and 

parish  clerk) 
Wilf  ord  Frank 

BRICKLAYERS. 

Pearson  Philip 
Screeton  Thomas 


CORN    MILLERS. 

Hardy  Thomas 
Poyzer  Thomas 

FARMERS  &    GRZRS. 

*  are  owners. 
*  Alderman  Willm. 
*Bampton  James 
♦Barke  Robert 
Braithwaite  Geo. 
Fowler  William 
Greensmith  John 
♦Jackson  Jarvis 
♦Levesley  Benj. 
Littler  William 
*Mason  Mary 
Miller  John 


Rule  Thomas 
*  Shipman  Andrew 
♦Shipman  Henry 
♦Shipman  John 
Sumner  John 

GROCERS. 

Braithwaite  Elenr. 

(and  draper) 
Hall  Thomas 
Haskard  Gregory 
PalethorpeThomas 

(and  draper) 
Poyzer  Thomas 
Scrimshaw  Wm. 
Shipman  William 

INNS  AND  TAVERNS. 

King's  Arms,  Wm. 

Greensmith 
Plough,  Ed.Barnes 


Red  Lion,  Ann 
Barke 

JOINERS,  &C. 

Everett  Thomas 
Jackson  James 
Poyzer  Thomas 

LACE    MANUFRS. 

Braithwaite  Elnr. 
Braithwaite  Geo. 

TAILORS. 

Hardy  George 
Poyzer  John 
Poyzer  Robert 

CARRIERS 

To  Melton,  Tues. 

&   Nottingham, 

Sat.  Poyzer  Isc. 

&  Woodcock  Isc. 
To  Grantham,  W. 

&  S.  Hall  Thos. 


STONE  SB  Y  is  a  small  village  and  parish,  1\  mile  E.  of  Waltham- 
on-tlie- Wolds,  and  6^  miles  N.E.  of  Melton  Mowbray.  It  comprises  61 
houses,  271  inhabitants,  and  1390a.  3r.  Up.  of  fertile  land,  partly  clay 
and  partly  red  loam,  and  traversed  by  one  of  the  tributary  streams  of 
the  Eye.  The  Duke  of  Rutland  is  lord  of  the  manor,  which  lie  pur- 
chased, of  the  Meres  family ;  but  a  great  part  of  the  soil  belongs  to  the 
Earl  of  Dysart,  the  Rev.  M.  O.  Norman,  Mr.  John  Love,  Mr.  Joseph 
Westerdale,  and  several  other  proprietors.  The  Church  (St.  Peter)  has 
a  tower  and  three  bells.  The  font  is  a  fine  specimen  of  Norman  sculp- 
ture. The  tithes  were  commuted  at  the  enclosure  in  1780,  and  the 
benefice  is  a  discharged  vicarage,  valued  in  KB.  at  =£5.  0s.  7|d.,  and  now 
at  .£130.  It  was  augmented  with  £600  of  Q.A.B.  from  1776  to  1809. 
The  Rev.  George  Sheppard  is  impropriator  and  patron ;  and  the  Rev. 
George  Pidcock,  B.A.,  of  Grantham,  is  the  incumbent,  for  whom  the 
Rev.  Charles  Shaw,  B.A.,  of  Waltham,  officiates.  The  School  is  attended 
by  about  30  children,  and  was  built  by  subscription  in  1850,  at  a  cost  of 
£250.  Here  is  a  Wesley  an  Chapel,  erected  in  1847 ;  and  also  a  brick 
and  tile  manufactory,  belonging  to  the  Duke  of  Rutland,  where  drain 
pipes  are  made  for  the  use  of  his  tenantry.  The  Church  Land,  allotted 
at  the  enclosure,  is  1a.  29p.  The  poor  have  the  interest  of  £10,  left  by 
Thomas  Reeve  in  1756,  and  of  £20,  left  by  an  unknown  donor.  The 
parish  feast  is  on  the  Sunday  after  Old  Midsummer  day. 

Cobley  John  i  Westerdale  Richd. 

*Gascoigne  Thos.  I  Wright  William 
Hand  George  carrier.--To  Mel- 

♦Haywood  Joseph        ton,   Tues.   and 


Avery  Miss  Ann 

Cobley  George,  butcher 

Geeson  Edward,  shoemkr.  &  skopkpr 

Hewerdine  John,  victualler,  Fox 

Kettle  Robert,  shopkeeper 

Love  Mr  John,  senior 

farmers. — (*Are  owners.) 
*Beehy  William      I  *Burgin  John 
Burdett  George      J  *Burgin  Joseph 


♦Killingley  Thos. 
Love  John 
Snowdin  John 
Stains  Solomon 


Grantham,  Sat. 
Brewster  Henry 

Post   from  Wal- 
tham daily 


SYSONBY,  a  small  parish  on  the  north  side  of  the  Wreak  and  Eye 
Navigation,  one  mile  W.  of  Melton  Mowbray,  has  only  11  houses,  67 
inhabitants,  and  1184a.  2k.  of  fertile  land,  mostly  a  strong  clay.  The 
Earl  of  Dysart  is  lord  paramount,  but  Viscountess  Palmerston  is  owner 
of  about  half  of  the  soil,  which  was  purchased  of  the  Pates,  and  the  rest 


SYSONBY   PARISH.  385 

belongs  to  the  Earl  of  Bessborough,  in  Ireland,  whose  ancestor,  Brabazon 
Ponsonby,  the  first  earl,  was  created  an  English  peer  in  1749,  by  the 
title  of  Baron  Ponsonby  of  Sysonby,  and  occasionally  resided  here.  The 
Right  Hon.  John  William  Ponsonby  succeeded  to  these  titles  in  1844, 
and  died  in  1847,  when  he  was  succeeded  by  his  son,  the  present  earl, 
whose  seats  are  Roehampton,  Surrey,  and  Bessborough  House,  Kil- 
kenny. The  Church  is  a  small  ancient  building,  supposed  to  have  been 
erected  in  the  thirteenth  century,  and  the  living  is  a  curacy,  consolidated 
with  the  vicarage  of  Melton  Mowbray.  The  poor  parishioners  are 
entitled  to  a  share  of  Smith's  Charity,  as  noticed  at  page  364.  In  June, 
1859,  a  number  of  human  bones,  several  spear  heads,  and  the  boss  of  a 
shield  made  of  iron,  a  ring,  and  part  of  a  brass  buckle,  were  found  here 
by  some  men  who  were  digging  for  gravel. 

Farmers  and  Graziers. — Lucy  Bailey,  William  K.  Gaskell,  Sysonby  House  ; 
Lucy  Hack,  Samuel  Hind,  Ann  Orson,  Ann  Waite,  Edmund  "Wright,  and  Wm. 
Wright. 

THORPE-ARNOLD,  a  village  and  parish,  1*  mile  N.E.  by  E.  of 
Melton,  has  25  houses,  124  inhabitants,  and  1110  acres  of  land,  watered 
by  one  of  the  branches  of  the  river  Eye.  The  soil  is  partly  sand.  In 
1445,  Lord  Zouch  forfeited  the  manor  by  fighting  on  the  side  of  Richard 
III.  at  Bosworth  Field.  The  Duke  of  Rutland  is  now  lord  of  the  manor, 
but  the  Earl  of  Dysart,  the  trustees  of  Ravenstone  Hospital,  and  several 
smaller  owners,  have  estates  here.  The  Church  (St.  Mary)  is  a  very 
ancient  fabric,  with  a  tower  and  three  bells,  and  was  formerly  appro- 
priated to  Leicester  Abbey.  The  font  is  circular,  and  evidently  of  Saxon 
workmanship.  The  vicarage,  valued  in  K.B.  at  <£6.  17s.  8£d.,  and  now 
at  .£400  per  annum,  with  the  curacy  of  Brentingby  annexed  to  it,  has 
40  acres  of  glebe  and  a  good  residence  with  a  beautiful  prospect  to  the 
west.  The  Duke  of  Rutland  is  impropriator  and  patron,  and  the  Rev. 
Malkin  Mills  incumbent.  The  school  was  erected  in  1861,  at  a  cost  of 
.£200,  and  will  accommodate  about  50  children.  The  tithes  were  com- 
muted in  1848  for  £258  per  annum. 


Brown  Thomas,  clerk  and  sexton 
Mills  Rev.  Malkin,  vicar,  Vicarage 

farmers.  I  Anderson  Thomas; 

Clayton  John  h  Melton 


Burbidge  Edward 

Moody 
Garner  Thomas 
Goodson  James 


Gunby  George 
Love  Joseph 
Scorror  Henry 


WALTHAM-ON-THE-WOLDS,  a  considerable  and  well-built  vil- 
lage, with  a  Post  Office,  occupies  a  bold  eminence  on  the  Grantham  and 
Melton  Mowbray  road,  five  miles  N.  E.  of  the  latter,  and  eleven  miles 
S.W.  of  the  former  town.  It  has  several  neat  houses,  and  is  noted  for 
the  shows  of  its  Agricultural  Society  and  for  its  great  annual  fan-,  on  the 
18th  and  19th  of  September,  for  horses  and  cattle.  The  first  is  the  great 
show  day  for  horses,  and  the  fair  is  attended  by  many  buyers  and  sellers 
from  a  great  distance.  There  was  formerly  a  market  here.  The  parish 
had  137  houses  and  672  inhabitants  in  1861,  and  comprises  2756a.  1r. 
23p.  of  land,  partly  clay  and  partly  a  red  marl,  with  an  understratum  of 
limestone,  which  is  got  and  burnt  here.  The  Duke  of  Rutland  owns 
nearly  all  the  soil  except  the  glebe,  and  is  lord  of  the  manor,  which  was 
held  at  the  Conquest  by  Hugh  cle  Grentemaisnell,  and  then  comprised 
16  carucates  with  11  ploughs,  two  in  the  demesne ;  24  socmen,  1  villan, 
and  1  bordar,  with  6  ploughs ;  1  knight,  with  7  bordars,  3  bondmen,  1 
bondwoman,  and  1£  ploughs  ;  and  100  acres  of  meadow.  Afterwards  a 
great  part  of  it  belonged  to  Croxton  Abbey,  and  was  granted  at  the 
dissolution  to  the  Earl  of  Rutland.  The  Church  (St.  Mary)  stands  on 
a  bold  acclivity  above  the  road,  and  is  approached  by  a  flight  of  steps. 

2b 


386  WALTHAM-ON-THE-WOLDS. 

It  is  a  fine  ancient  structure  in  the  early  English  style,  consisting  of  a 
nave  and  aisles,  a  chancel,  transepts,  and  a  tower  rising  from  the  centre 
containing  five  bells,  and  surmounted  by  a  lofty  spire.  It  was  re-pewed 
in  1838  at  the  cost  of  .£300,  and  has  since  received  several  repairs.  On 
panels  round  the  vestry  are  painted  the  names  and  crests  of  many  of 
the  rectors  since  1200.  The  chandelier  in  the  middle  aisle  formerly 
belonged  to  Grantham  Church,  and  was  given  by  Mrs.  Morgan,  who 
also  gave  a  new  face  for  the  clock  in  1833.  The  churchwardens'  accounts 
from  1608  are  preserved,  and  amongst  them  are  several  entries  relating 
to  the  civil  wars,  when  levies  were  made  here  both  for  the  royalist  and 
parliamentarian  troops.  The  rectory,  valued  in'  K.B.  at  £19.  4s.  lid., 
and  now  at  £483,  has  a  handsome  residence  in  the  Tudor  style  which 
was  built  in  1833,  and  commands  extensive  prospects.  The  Duke  of 
Rutland  is  patron,  and  the  Rev.  Gr.  E.  Gillett,  M.A.,  is  the  incumbent, 
and  also  one  of  the  rural  deans  of  Framland.  The  glebe  is  about  420 
acres,  mostly  allotted  at  the  enclosure  of  the  parish  in  1766  in  lieu  of 
tithes.  Here  is  a  Wesleyan  Chapel,  built  in  1843  at  a  cost  of  £270. 
The  Duke  of  Rutland  is  patron  of  the  Waltham  Agricultural  Association, 
which  is  supported  by  a  numerous  list  of  subscribers,  but  in  1862  was 
amalgamated  with  that  at  Leicester  under  the  title  of  the  Leicestershire 
and  Waltham  Agricultural  Association,  (see  page  183.)  Queen  Victoria 
and  Prince  Albert,  on  their  return  from  Belvoir  Castle,  December  7th, 
1843,  changed  horses  here  at  the  Royal  Horse  Shoes.  A  mine  of  iron 
ore  was  discovered  by  Mr.  James  Alexander  Knipe  in  1858,  a  little  north 
of  the  village,  but  it  has  not  yet  been  worked,  owing  to  the  great  expense 
of  conve}Ting  the  ore  to  Melton,  which  is  the  nearest  railway  station.  A 
National  School  for  the  accommodation  of  more  than  100  children,  with 
class  room  and  master's  house,  was  built  here  in  1844-'5  in  lieu  of  a 
smaller  one  erected  in  1833.  In  1771,  George  Noble,  partly  in  satisfac- 
tion of  £20  left  by  Joseph  Noble,  gave  5a.  Ik.  32p.  of  land,  at  Wymond- 
ham,  for  the  schoolmaster  of  Waltham,  and  it  is  now  let  for  £5.  10s.  per 
annum.  Thomas  Baker  left  £15  to  the  school,  but  it  is  lost.  Derived 
from  various  Benefactions  for  the  poor  and  school  there  is  now  standing, 
in  the  names  of  the  Rector  and  other  trustees,  £816  three  per  cent,  con- 
sols, of  which  £280  was  left  by  Anthony  Forman,  in  1796,  to  pay  yearly 
.£4.  4s.  to  the  schoolmaster,  £2.  2s.  to  the  singers,  and  £2.  2s.  for  dis- 
tributions of  bread  among  the  poor.  £213.  6s.  8d.  of  the  above-named 
stock  was  derived  from  a  legacy  of  ,£200  four  per  cent,  stock  left  by  Jane 
Greenfield  in  1802.  The  dividends  of  this  portion  (£6.  8s.)  are  dispensed 
as  follows  : — £3.  4s.  to  the  schoolmaster,  10s.  6d.  to  the  Sunday  school, 
and  £'2.  13s.  6d.  in  distributions  of  bread  to  the  aged  poor  attending 
church  on  Sundays.  The  remaining  £322.  13s.  4d.  of  the  above-named 
stock  was  purchased  with  the  bequests  of  Edward  Bunnis  and  Dichinson 
Bastall:  £29.  16s.  Id.,  in  1691 ;  Thomas  Forman,  £31. 19s.  8d.,  in  1818; 
James  Clarke,  £23.  17s.  7d.,  in  1820  ;  Thomas  Shaw,  £55.  4s.,  in  1835  ; 
John  Lowe,  £20,  in  1841 ;  and  Mrs.  Thomas  Shaw,  £50  ;  except  £11. 16s. 
purchased  with  money  derived  from  the  sale  of  timber  on  Noble's  Charity 
Land,  and  £2100  invested  by  the  rector  in  1845  as  a  repair  fund  for  the 
schoolhouse.  The  Clock  Winders  and  Bell-Ringers  Lands  were  ex- 
changed at  the  enclosure  in  1767,  the  former  for  3r.  8p.,  and  the  latter 
for  5a.  3r.  16p.  in  Filling's  Field.  The  two  allotments  are  free  from 
tithes  and  land  tax,  and  are  let  for  .£11.  16s.  per  annum,  which  is  paid 
to  the  man  who  looks  after  the  clock,  keeps  the  church-yard  fence  in 
repair,  and  rings  the  parish  bell  "  at  four  o'clock  in  the  morning,  and 
eight  in  the  evening." 


WALTHAM-ON-THE-WOLDS, 


387 


Post   Office  at  John   Robinson's. 
Letters  arrive  from  Melton  at  9  morn- 
ing, and  are  despatched  at  5  evening. 
Letters  are  sent  from  here  by  foot  post 
to  the  surrounding  villages. 
Bailey  Matthew,  cooper 
Ball  Edwin,  schoolmaster 
Clark  Ann,  schoolmistress 
Darman  Henry,  relieving  officer,  and 

registrar  of  births  and  deaths 
Dolby  William,  saddler 
Gillett  Rev.  Gabriel  Edwards,   M.A. 

rector  and  rural  dean,  Rectory 
Lovett  Samuel,  postman 
Morrison (Jno.)  &  Tinkler  (Edw.)bldrs. 
Morrison  Thomas,  plumber  &  glazier 
Pears  John,  chemist  and  druggist 
Robinson  John,  maltster  and  miller, 

Post  Office 
Shaw  Rev.  Chas.B.  A.  curate  of  Stonesby 
Shaw  Miss  Frances 
Swift  Rev.  James  Shewing,  B.A.  curate 
Wainer  Miss  Elizabeth 

INNS  AND  TAVERNS. 
George  and  Dragon,  Thos.  Welborn 
Granby's  Head,  Joseph  Johnson 
Royal  Horse  Shoes,  John  Hutchins 
The  Wheel,  Joseph  Chester 

Watkin  John 

BLACKSMITHS. 

Hornbuckle  Thos. 


BAKERS. 

Kellam  George 
Matthews  Eliza 


Peat  Thomas 

BUTCHEKS. 

Kellam  Charles 
Matthews  Charles 
Preston  Thomas 

CARPENTERS. 

Bishop  John 
Chester  George 
Kellam  George  (& 
wheelwright) 

FARB1ERS&GRAZRS. 

Allen  Richard 
Baker  John 
Carter  John  Thos. 
Chamberlain  John 
Chester  George  ' 
Cook  William 
Dolby  Thomas 
Hickling  Robert 
Johnson  Joseph 
Johnson  William 
Lock  John 
Lord  William 
Munton  William 
Musson  George 
Pears  John 
Rippin  Philip 
Shipman  William 

grocers,  &c. 
Harvey  JohnThos. 

Lewis  (&  drapr.) 


Hickling  Robert 
Hickman  Henry 
Hornbuckle  Thos. 
Kellam  Mark 
Matthews  Eliza 
Snell  Robert,  (and 
parish  clerk) 

LIME   BURNERS. 

Harding  Charles 
Munton  William 

SHOEMAKERS. 

Hubbard  Arthur 
Kellam  Arthur 
Matthews  William 
Snell  John 

STONEMASONS. 

Clarke  Augustine 
Tinkler  Edward 
Tinkler  Thomas 

BURGEONS. 

Heathcote  Ralph 
Maryan  Jas.  Hy. 

TAILORS. 

Coulson  William 
Harvey  Jno.  T.  L. 
Smith  Philip 

CARRIER. 

Smith    Philip,    to 
Melton,  Tues. 


WITHCOTE  parish,  5  miles  W.S.W.  of  Oakham,  and  10  miles  S. 
by  E.  of  Melton,  is  a  detached  south-eastern  member  of  Framland 
Hundred,  adjoining  Rutlandshire,  and  containing  only  45  inhabitants, 
and  about  800  acres  of  land,  chiefly  a  rich  clay  with  some  red  loam,  and 
the  surface  hilly.  The  first  Stilton  Cheese  is  said  to  have  been  made 
hereby  Mrs.  Pick.  There  are  now  no  remains  of  Smivey  Castle,  which 
stood  in  this  parish,  and  was  demolished  in  the  Barons'  wars.  Withcote 
Hall,  a  large  and  commodious  mansion,  with  extensive  gardens  and 
pleasure  grounds,  is  the  seat  of  Frederick  Palmer,  Esq.,  who  owns  all 
the  soil,  and  is  lord  of  the  manor,  which  has  been  held  by  various 
families,  and  passed  from  the  Johnsons,  by  entail,  in  1754,  to  Edward 
Palmer,  Esq.  He  is  also  patron  of  the  rectory,  valued  in  K.B.  at 
.£11.  16s.  8d.,  and  now  at  ,£131,  in  the  incumbency  of  the  Rev.  Charles 
Samuel  Palmer.  The  Church  is  in  the  pleasure  grounds,  near  the  Hall, 
and  is  a  neat  structure,  with  beautiful  stained  glass  in  all  its  windows, 
representing  the  Apostles,  &c.  Messrs.  Thomas  Marshall  and  Harding 
Talbot  are  the  only  two  farmers  in  the  parish. 


WYFORDBY,  or  Wyverby,  on  the  north  side  of  the  river  Eye,  and 
the  Oakham  Canal,  3  miles  E.  of  Melton  Mowbray,  has  in  its  parish 
only  80  souls,  and  about  800  acres  of  land,  exclusive  of  Brentingby 
Chapelry,  which  is  united  with  it  as  a  township  for  the  support  of  the 
poor  and  roads.  The  soil  is  chiefly  a  blue  clay,  and  belongs  mostly  to 
Sir  Wm.  E.  C.  Hartopp,  Bart.,  the  lord  of  the  manor,  which  was  held 
by  Roger  de  Busli,  in  1086,  but  has  been  held  by  the  Hartopps  since 
1643.    The  Church  (St.  Mary)  is  an  ancient  edifice,  built  in  the  thirteenth 

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388  WYFORDBY   PARISH. 

century,  with  a  tower  and  two  bells ;  and  the  rectory,  valued  in  KB.  at 
.£6,  and  now  at  <£192  per  annum,  has  about  64a.  of  glebe.  Sir  Wm.  E. 
C.  Hartopp  is  patron,  and  the  Rev.  Wm.  Henry  Oakley,  B.A.,  is  the 
incumbent,  and  has  a  neat  residence,  built  in  1781.  A  small  National 
School  was  built  here  in  1841.    The  parish  feast  is  on  Whit- Sunday. 

Oakley  Rev.  Wm.  Henry,  B.A.,  rector 

of  Wyfordby,  curate  of  Freeby  and 

surrogate,  Rectory. 
Chamberluin  Robert,  parish  clerk 
Yates  Mary  Ann,  schoolmistress 


FARMERS    AND   GRAZIFRS. 


Barnes  William 
Hubbard  Jane 
Kettle  John 


Parr  William 
Smith  Edward 
Smith  Francis 


Brentingby,  a  small  chapelry  2£  miles  E.  of  Melton  Mowbray, 
adjoins  Wyfordby,  and  is  united  with  it  for  the  support  of  the  poor, 
though  its  curacy  is  annexed  to  the  vicarage  of  Thorpe  Arnold.  It 
contains  only  64  souls,  and  about  600  acres,  mostly  belonging  to  Sir 
Wm.  E.  C.  Hartopp,  Bart.,  the  lord  of  the  manor.  The  Chapel  is  a  small 
antique  fabric,  with  a  tower  and  two  bells,  but  no  burial  ground.  The 
old  Manor  House  was  thoroughly  repaired  in  1846.  Here  was  formerly 
a  chalybeate  spring,  said  to  resemble  that  at  Scarborough. 

Farmers  and  Graziers  : — William  Strong  Briggs,  Manor  House ;  Francis 
Freckingham,  Wm.Hickson,  Wm.  Goodburn,  Wm.  Granby,  and  Stephen  Poole. 

WYMONDHAM,  a  considerable  and  well-built  village,  with  a  Post 
Office,  is  pleasantly  situated  7  miles  E.  of  Melton  Mowbray,  and  N.  of 
Oakham,  on  the  banks  of  one  of  the  rivulets,  which  contribute  to  the 
formation  of  the  river  Eye.  Its  parish  had  624  inhabitants  in  1821,  and 
851  in  1861 ;  and  comprises  2823a.  3r.  1p.  of  fertile  land,  mostly  clay 
and  partly  a  red  loam.  The  Countess  of  Harborough  is  lady  of  the 
manor,  but  a  great  part  of  the  soil  belongs  to  the  Earl  of  Dysarfc,  Dr. 
Day,  and  a  few  smaller  owners.  In  1086,  Ansfrid  held,  under  Robert  de 
Buci,  3£  carucates,  with  one  plough  in  the  demesne  ;  and  here  were  5 
villans,  4  socmen,  and  2  bordars,  with  2  ploughs ;  and  30  acres  of 
meadow.  The  manor  was  afterwards  held  by  the  Earls  of  Lancaster, 
and  in  1403,  it  was  held  by  Roger  le  Scrope.  Henry  Berkeley  sold  it 
in  1630  to  the  Sedleys,  who  sold  it  to  the  Tuftons,  of  whom  it  was  pur- 
chased by  Sir  Richard  Ellys.  By  marriage  it  passed  to  the  Earl  of 
Buckinghamshire,  who  sold  it  in  1770  to  the  Earl  of  Harborough.  The 
Church  (St.  Peter)  is  a  large  and  handsome  cruciform  structure,  consisting 
of  a  nave,  chancel,  aisles,  transepts,  and  south  porch,  with  a  fine  square 
tower  rising  from  the  centre,  and  crowned  by  a  lofty  spire.  In  the  tower 
is  a  good  clock,  and  an  excellent  peal  of  six  bells.  The  interior  has  a 
very  neat  appearance,  being  repewed  with  oak  in  1832  by  the  late  rector, 
and  having  a  gallery  at  the  west  end,  with  a  small  organ  purchased  by 
subscription,  in  1841.  There  was  a  chantry  in  the  church,  endowed 
with  M.  12s.  4d.  per  annum.  The  rectory,  valued  in  KB.  at  <£12,  and 
now  at  .£557.  10s.  per  annum,  has  59a.  12p.  of  glebe,  and  the  tithes  have 
been  commuted  for  ^557.  10s.  per  annum.  The  Lord  Chancellor  is 
patron,  and  the  Rev.  Wm.  Buckland  Lott,  B.A.,  is  the  incumbent,  and 
has  a  handsome  Rectory  House,  built  in  1829,  near  the  site  of  the  old 
one.  The  parish  feast  is  on  the  Sunday  after  Old  St.  Peter's  day.  Here 
is  an  Independent  Chapel,  built  in  1840,  at  the  cost  of  .£800,  including 
the  minister's  house.  The  Free  School,  a  stone  building  adjoining  the 
church-yard,  was  founded  in  1637,  by  Sir  John  Sedley,  who  left  <£400  to 
be  laid  out  in  land,  for  the  support  of  a  schoolmaster  to  be  nominated 
by  his  heirs.  The  land,  &c,  purchased  with  this  legacy,  in  the  parish 
of  Melton  Mowbray,  was  exchanged  at  the  enclosure  in  1761,  and  now 


WYMONDHAM    PARISH. 


389 


consists  of  70  acres,  let  for  ,£148  per  annum ;  and  a  yearly  rent-charge 
of  £3,  out  of  the  Bell  Hotel.  The  estate  is  vested  in  the  following 
trustees,  viz.,  the  Rev.  J.  G.  Beresford,  and  Messrs  Henry  Needham, 
Wm.  Mann,  and  Wm.  Kirk.  The  average  number  of  scholars  is  about 
30,  and  the  only  charges  made  to  such  as  belong  to  Wymondham,  are 
Is.  for  admission,  and  Is.  per  quarter  for  cleaning  the  school  and  firing. 
Such  as  require  it  are  taught  Latin  and  Greek,  as  well  as  English  reading, 
writing,  and  arithmetic.  A  Wesleyan  chapel,  built  here  in  1841,  was 
purchased  by  Dr.  Hay,  and  is  now  a  School  for  girls  and  infants.  The 
mistress  has  the  interest  of  £'500,  left  in  1850,  by  the  late  Mrs.  Anne 
Day,  and  the  children's  pence.  The  poor  ought  to  have  the  interest  of 
£50,  left  by  Robert  Hurst,  in  1789,  but  it  has  been  lost. 


Post  Office   at  William   Payne's. 

Letters  arrive  from  Oakham  at   10£ 

morn.,  and  are  despatched  at  4^  aft. 

Barratt  William,  gentleman 

Bonser  Henry,  plumber  and  glazier 

Danks  John,  police  sergeant 

Day  Robert,  Esq.  M.D. 

Devine  Rev.  John  (Independent) 

Douglas  Henry,  surgeon 

G-oodson  Mr  John 

Johnson  John  Newton,  highway  sur- 
veyor, collector,  and  insurance  agent 

Large  John,  beerhouse 

Large  Robert,  veterinary  surgeon 

Lee  Philip,  clerk  and  sexton 

Lott  Rev.  Wm.  Buckland,  B.  A.  Rectory 

Mayhew  Hannah,  schoolmistress 

Miller  Mr  William 

Needham,  Mrs  Charlotte 

Orson  Mrs  Alice 

Payne  Wm.  watchmaker,  Post  Office 

Pick  Misses  Sarah  and  Alice 

Price  Mary,  dressmaker 

Rimmington  Geo.  Hubbard,  traveller 

Robinson   Rev.  William  King,   M.A. 
master  of  Grammar  School,  Rookery 

West  Mr  Thomas 

INNS  AND  TAVERNS. 

Angel,  Farmer  Hewitt 

Hunter's  Inn,  George  Lee,  jun. 

Three  Horse  Shoes,  Mary  Hurd 


Lee  Richard,  jun. 
Thompson  Edwin 

BLACKSMITHS. 

Bryan  Frederick 
Hayes  Francis 


BOOT  &  SHOE  MKRS. 

Dobney  Robert 
George  Ralph 
Hickman  George 
Johnson  Richard 

BUTCHERS. 

Baker  Henry 


Bowder  John 
Needham  Rowland 
Watchorn  Samuel 

CATTLE  DEALERS. 

Holland  Frederick 
Pettifor  John 
Smith  Charles 

COAL  DEALERS. 

Bennett  Ts.&  Sons 
Hickman  Fredk. 
Worthin  gtonThos . 

CORN    MILLERS. 

Bennett  and  Sons 

(&  corn  factors) 
Bowder  Henry 

FARMERS  &  GRZRS. 

*  are  owners. 
Baker  Robert 
Brown   Edward, 

Mount  Pleasant 
♦Buttress    Jehn  • 

(and  maltster) 
Cobb  William 
Cooper  Joseph 
Coulston  John 
Dunmore  John 
*Kirk  William 
Lee  George,  sen. 
*  Mann  William 
*MannWm.jun. 
Marriott  Michael 
Needham  Henry 
Pick  George 
Rippin  Stephen 
Smith  Charles 
Watchorn  Samuel 
Wilson  Edmund 
Wright  John 


GROCERS,  &C 

Birtchnell  Thomas 

Garnham  Edward 

Wm.  (&  draper) 

Kirk  John  Henry 

JOINERS. 

Birtchnell  Thomas 
Wesson  John 
Whiles  Thomas 

STEAM    THRASHING 
MACHINE    OWNERS. 

Clarke  Thomas 
Coulston  John 
WilliamsonGeorge 
Wilson  Edmund 

STONEMASONS. 

Lee  George,  jun. 
Lee  Richard,  sen. 
Gilbert  Christopr. 
Price  Edward 

TAILORS. 

*  are  Drapers. 
♦Brown  Thomas 
Brown  William 
*Stimson  (Joseph 
Faulkes)       and 
Baker    (Robert) 
Wade  Joseph 

WHEELWRIGHTS. 

Baker  Robert 
Birtchnell  James 
Wilcocks  Thomas 

CARRIERS 

To  Melton,  Tues. 
Clarke  John 
Hickman  Fredk. 
Jarvis  James  (and 
onThurs-.&Sat.) 


390 


WEST  GOSCOTE  HUNDRED 

Is  in  the  Northern  Parliamentary  Division  of  Leicestershire,  and  forms 
the  north-western  portion  of  the  county,  extending  westward  and  north- 
ward from  Leicester  to  the  boundaries  of  Derbyshire  and  Nottingham- 
shire. It  is  the  most  populous  of  the  six  hundreds  of  Leicestershire, 
including  the  towns  of  Loughborough,  Ashby -de-la-  Z 'ouch,  Castle  Doning- 
ton,  Kegworth,  Mountsorrel,  Sheepshed,  and  some  populous  villages, 
where  the  monotonous  click-clack  of  the  stocking -frame  and  lace  machine 
frequently  salutes  the  ear.  Stocking  frames  are  very  numerous,  but  lace 
machines  in  and  about  Loughborough  are  much  less  prevalent  than 
formerly.  The  whole  hundred  is  in  the  Archdeaconry  of  Leicester,  and 
forms  the  Deanery  of  Ackley.  It  comprises  more  than  83,000  statute 
acres,  forming  a  picturesque  district  of  an  irregular  triangular  figure, 
measuring  on  each  of  its  three  sides  about  twenty  miles,  and  bounded  on 
the  south  by  Sparkenhoe  Hundred,  on  the  north-west  by  Derbyshire, 
and  on  the  east  and  north-east  by  East  Goscote  Hundred  and  part  of 
Nottinghamshire.  Its  chief  markets  are  Loughborough,  Ashby-de-la- 
Zouch,  and  Leicester.  The  latter  borough  adjoins  its  south-east  angle, 
and  its  western  extremity  terminates  at  the  junction  of  this  county  with 
those  of  Derby,  Stafford,  and  Warwick.  The  navigable  Elver  Soar  and 
the  Midland  Railway  run  along  or  near  the  whole  of  its  eastern  boun- 
dary from  Leicester  to  Syston,  Sileby,  Barrow-on-Soar,  Loughborough,  and 
Kegworth,  where  there  are  Railway  Stations ;  and  the  Leicester,  Ashby- 
de-la-Zoucli,  and  Burton  Railway  traverses  its  southern  boundary,  and 
has  in  connection  with  it  several  railways  from  the  numerous  coal  and  lime 
works  and  stone  quarries  in  this  district  and  the  adjacent  parts  of  Derby- 
shire. For  about  six  miles,  at  its  northern  angle,  this  hundred  is 
bounded  by  the  River  Trent,  which  receives  the  Soar  and  the  Derwent 
near  Sawley.  At  Moira  is  a  mineral  spring,  the  water  of  which  is  con- 
veyed to  baths  at  Ashby,  and  possesses  a  larger  proportion  of  active 
saline  ingredients  than  sea  water.  Charnwood  Forest,  which  occupies 
a  large  portion  of  this  hundred  between  Ashby  and  Mountsorrel,  com- 
prises about  18,000  acres,  and  was  enclosed  under  an  Act  passed  in  1808, 
but  the  award  was  not  signed  till  1829.  Before  its  enclosure  it  was  a 
rugged  wilderness,  and  on  one  of  the  highest  of  its  rocky  hills,  near 
Whitwick,  has  been  built  St.  Bernard's  Abbey,  which  is  occupied  by  a 
community  of  Cistercian  Monks.  Many  rivulets  have  their  sources 
among  the  craggy  hills  and  rocky  dells  of  this  forest,  and  flow  in  every 
direction  through  the  lower  and  more  fertile  parts  of  this  hundred,  which 
are  prolific  both  in  corn  and  grass,  especially  in  the  vales  of  the  Soar 
and  Trent,  and  on  the  celebrated  Dishley  Farm,  which  has  long  been 
distinguished  for  its  breed  of  horned  cattle,  sheep,  and  swine.  In  the 
hundred  are  many  handsome  seats,  the  principal  of  which  are  Castle 
Donington  Park,  Bradgate  Park,  Swithland  Hall,  Beaumanor,  and 
Coleorton  Hall. 

East  and  West  Goscote  originally  formed  one  hundred,  which  was 
divided  in  1340.  The  lord  paramountcy  of  the  whole  hundred  and  baili- 
wick of  Goscote  was  held  by  the  Segraves  in  the  13th  century,  and  after 
passing  to  the  Mowbray  and  other  families,  it  was  conveyed,  in  1660,  by 
the  Earl  of  Berkeley  to  the  Earl  of  Stamford,  who  sold  it,  in  1667,  to 
Ralph  Dison.  In  1731,  it  was  sold  by  Ralph  Wells  to  Joseph  Danvers, 
Esq.,  of  Swithland,  with  whose  descendant,  the  Earl  of  Lanesborough. 
it  still  remains.    Petty  Sessions  for  the  district  are  held  weekly  at 


WEST    GOSCOTE    HUNDRED. 


391 


Leicester  on  Saturday,  and  at  Loughborough  on  Thursday,  and  once  a 
fortnight  at  Ashbij. 

The  following  enumeration  of  the  parishes,  &c.,  in  West  Goscote 
Hundked,  shows  their  territorial  extent,  their  population  in  1861,  and 
the  annual  value  of  their  lands  and  buildings,  as  assessed  to  the  County 
Kate : — 


Tarishes,  Ac. 


Acres. 

Popu- 
lation. 

Annual 
Value. 

£ 

680 

734 

2400 

250 

34 

341 

6300 

6241 

20000 

1114 

627 

1572 

247 

857 

1539 

2131 

1622 

6153 

2770 

1280 

4627 

1385 

73 

1778 

1210 

31 

1500 

1118 

405 

2450 

1176 

1027 

J-781 

2286 
1646 

1804 

648 

3700 

1822 

352 

1773 

799 

106 

1500 

599 

139 

1000 

lfi<33 

834 
338 

1-4041 

1230 

9 

1000 

465 

35 

670 

1750 

626 

2714 

1880 

667 

2700 

3573 

2445 

8205 

1270 

38 

2089 

100 

12 

392 

1292 

1112 

3153 

2115 

1773 

5368 

470 

46 

700 

558 

11 

875 

Parishes,  &o. 


Acres. 

Popu- 
lation. 

240 

24 

900 

40 

1730 

186 

1334 

385 

4015 

10830 

550 

58 

476 

67 

3911 

502 

881 

351 

1190 

352 

800 

595 

1079 

270 

1230 

942 

181 

896 

529 

80 

4530 

15R9 
200 

5217 

3726 

1211 

230 

786 

236 

289 

102 

1096 

255 

890 

177 
18 

1118 

248 

427 

113 

1500 

104 

1200 

117 

1906 

779 

3378 

3759 

1549 

1275 

1500 

1404 

86,371 

51,666 

Annual 
Value. 


JAnstey  parish 

iAnstey pastures, ex  par. 

*Ashfy-de-la  Zouch  par. 
*Blackfordby  chapelry 

JBarrow-upon-Soarll     1 

(part  of)  parish J 

+ Mountsorrel  N.end.ch 
t  Quorndon  chapelry . . 
JWoodhous°  chap.  \ 
JM  apple  well  hamlet  >■ 
JWoodhouse  Eaves  j 

tBeaumanor  extra-par. 

^Beaumont  Leys,  ex-par. 

tBplgrave  (part  of)  par. II 
JBirstall  chapelry    . . 

■f-Belton  parish 

+Gracedieu  township 

?Breedon-ou-the-Hill  p. 
*StauatonHarold  twp. 

gTorjge  hamlet 

§  Wilson  hamlet 

*Worthington  chap.  1 
*Newbold  liberty  ..  i 

tBradgate  Park  ex-par. 

•f-Charley  extra-par.  .... 

*Coleorton  parish 

JDiseworth  parish    .... 

gDonington  Castle  par. 

+Garendon  ex-parochial 

JGilroe  extra-parochial 

+Hathern  parish 

JKegworth  parish 

Jlsley  Walton  chapelry 

JLangley  Priory  ex-par. 


^Leicester  Frith  ex-par. 
^Leicester  Abbey  ex-par. 
JLockington  parish. . . . 

f>Hernington  twp 

•KLoughborough  parish 

+Knight  Thorpe  twp. 

•f-Woodthorpe  twp.  . . 
tNewiown  Linford  par. 
*Osgathorpe  parish  . . 
*Packington  (pt.  of)  par. 

*Snibston  chapelry. . 
*Ravenstone  (part)  par. 
tRothley  (part  of)  par.ll 

JMountsorrelS.end  c. 
JRothley  Temple  ex-p. 
*SealNeth.&Overpr.  ) 

*Donisthorpe(pt.)h.  J 
+Sheepshed  parish  .... 
*Swepstone  parish  .... 

*Newton  Burgoland . . 
*Newton  Nethercourt. 

tSwithland  parish 

f  Thorpe  Acre  parish    ) 

+Dishley  chapelry  | 
JThurcaston  parish    , , 

+Cropston  township 
tUlverscroft  extra-par. 

tWanlip  parish    

fWhatton,  Long, par... 
*Whitwick  parish    .... 

*Swannington  chap. 

*Thringston  chap.  . . 


£ 

405 
2420 
3200 
2278 
29797 
1060 

907 
3238 
1500 

■  4000 

1871 

2382 

959 

1097 

•  5600 
8474 

•  4250 


1757 

1732 

744 

1441 

1865 
3122 
8574 
5000 
4600 


Totals 


Unions.— Those  marked*  are  in  Ashby- de-la- Zouch  Union;  Jin  Shardlow  Union,  which  is 
mostly  in  Derbyshire;  fin  Loughborough  Union;  and  I  in  Barrow-upon-Soar  Union,  which 
has  its  workhouse  at  Rothley. 

II  Parts  of  Barrow-upon-Soar,  Bclgrave,  and  Bothley  parishes  are  in  East  Goscote  Hundred; 
and  parts  of  Packington,  Ravenstone,  and  Donisthorpe  are  in  Derbyshire.  Mountsorrel  North 
and  South  Ends  are  two  separate  townships,  but  form  one  connected  village  and  chapelry. 
Ashby  de -la- Zouch  includes  Alton  Orange,  Moira,  and  part  of  the  village  of  Woodville.  Lough- 
borough township  includes  Burleigh  Manor.  Whitwick  includes  Coalville  and  the  Abbey  of 
Mount  St,  Bernard, 


LOUGHBOROUGH. 

Loughborough,  the  largest  manufacturing  and  market  town  in  the 
county,  except  Leicester,  has  been  greatly  improved  and  extended 
during  the  present  century,  and  is  pleasantly  situated  on  the  western  side 
of  the  Soar  Navigation  and  the  Midland  Railway,  11  miles  N.  by  W.  of 
Leicester,  15  miles  S.  by  W.  of  Nottingham,  17  miles  S.E.  of  Derby,  and 
108  miles  N.N.W.  of  London,  to  which  it  was  a  great  thoroughfare  for 
coaches,  vans,  &c,  from  the  north,  before  the  opening  of  the  railway,  on 
which  it  has  a  commodious  Station,  i  It  is  a  polling  place,  and  the  principal 


392  HISTORY   OP   LOUGHBOROUGH. 

place  of  election  for  the  Parliamentary  representatives  of  the  Northern 
Division  of  Leicestershire ;  and  gives  name  to  a  large  Poor  Law  Union. 
The  navigation  of  the  river  Soar  is  brought  close  to  the  east  side  of  the 
town,  by  a  canal,  cut  about  1776,  and  communicates  directly  with  the  Trent, 
and  with  Leicester  and  the  Union  Canal.  A  tramway  extending  about 
2|-  miles  westward,  to  Broadhurst  Hill,  formerly  connected  the  town  with 
Charnwood  Forest  Canal,  which  was  formed  about  40  years  ago,  but  was 
never  used  and  has  long  been  dry.  Few  towns  experienced  a  more  rapid 
increase  during  the  first  thirty  years  of  the  present  century  than 
Loughborough ;  and  for  this  increase  it  is  indebted  to  the  manufacture 
of  worsted  hosiery,  introduced  by  the  late  Joseph  Paget,  Esq.,  and 
Mr.  John  Cook; — to  the  spinning  of  mohair,  a  patent  for  which  was 
obtained  by  the  late  Mr.  Cartwright;  to  the  great  increase  of  cotton 
hosiery ; — and  chiefly  to  the  introduction  of  the  lace  or  bobbin  net  machine, 
by  Messrs.  Heathcoat  and  Lacey,  in  1809.  Mr.  John  Heathcoat  was 
originally  a  framesmithj  at  Hathern,  and  many  years  a  working  setter- 
up  of  machinery,  at  Nottingham.  In  1809,  he  procured  a  14  years'  patent 
for  his  improved  twist  lace  frame,  which  was  commonly  called  the  Lough- 
borough Machine,  because  it  was  first  brought  into  extensive  use  here, 
in  a  large  factory  built  by  him  and  his  partner ;  but  owing  to  the 
great  damage  done  to  their  machinery  by  the  Luddites,  in  1811-'2,  they 
removed  their  establishment  to  Tiverton,  in  Devonshire.  After  that 
period,  they  continued  to  let  their  patent-right  for  high  rents  and  pre- 
miums to  numerous  speculators ;  and  after  the  expiration  of  the  patent, 
in  1823,  when  the  invention  was  thrown  open  to  the  public,  so  lucrative 
was  the  trade,  that  nearly  every  one  in  Nottingham  and  Loughborough, 
who  had  capital  at  command,  were  anxious  to  invest  it  in  Bobbin  Net 
Machines,  in  the  manufacture  of  which  hundreds  of  mechanics  from 
other  parts  of  the  kingdom  found  ample  employment  for  several  years  at 
exorbitant  wages ;  and  houses,  machines,  and  factories,  increased  with 
amazing  rapidity  in  the  two  towns  ;  but  this  overspeculation,  in  a  few 
years,  so  overstocked  the  markets,  that  after  the  commercial  panic  of 
1820,  machines  which  had  cost  from  £400  to  ,£500  each,  were  sold  for 
less  than  £100  ;  and  they  are  now  made  on  the  best  principles  for  less 
than  half  the  amount  that  was  charged  for  those  which  were  hurried 
together  in  the  bustling  years  of  1824  and  1825.  The  bobbin  net,  or 
twist  lace  manufacture,  of  which  Nottingham  is  the  chief  seat,  has  of 
late  years  greatly  declined  at  Loughborough;  but,  in  addition  to  the 
hosiery,  several  new  articles  have  been  introduced  here,  among  which 
are  silk  velvet,  broad  and  narrow  figured  satin,  and  elastic  velvet  cuffs  and 
trimmings,  for  which  Messrs.  Unsworth  and  While  obtained  a  patent  in 
1835;  and  the  manufacture  of  elastic  neb  fabrics  has  been  recently  com- 
menced. There  are  in  the  town  and  its  vicinity,  many  stocking  frames 
and  framesmiths;  two  worsted  mills,  mo.  iron  foundry,  a  celebrated  bell 
foundry,  two  dyeing  establishments,  several  maltkilns,  four  banks,  several 
corn  mills ;  and  commodious  wharves,  at  which  much  business  is  done  in 
corn,  coal,  timber,  &c.  Messrs.  John  Taylor,  &  Co.,  the  celebrated  bell 
founders,  (lat^of  Oxford.)  have  a  large  establishment  in  Cherry  orchard, 
erected  in  f^ff^Sfii^y^e  the  successors  of  the  well-known  firm  of 
Watts,  Eayre  and  Arnold,  of  Leicester  and  St.  Neots,  which  was  estab- 
lished more  than  two  hundred  years  ago.  They  rank  high  in  cam- 
panalogy,  having  at  the  great  exhibition,  in  1851,  obtained  the  only 
prize  medal  given  for  bells,  with  a  mark  of  special  approbation,  although 
more  than  100  bells  were  exhibited  from  various  nations. 

Loughborough  Parish,  which  in  1838  was  divided  into  two  ecclesias- 
tical districts,  comprises  the  townships  of  Loughborough,  Knight  Tliorpe 


HISTORY   OF   LOUGHBOROUGH.  893 

and  Woodthorpe,  which  contain  about  5800  acres  of  land,  and  had 
10,955  inhabitants  in  18G1.  Woodthorpe  has  only  67  and  Knight 
Thorpe  58  inhabitants.  The  total  population  of  the  parish  was  4603, 
in  1801;  7494,  in  1821 ;  10,969,  in  1831;  10,170,  in  1841;  and  11,339, 
in  1851,  so  that  there  was  a  decrease  of  384  souls  during  the  succeeding 
ten  years.  In  1546,  the  population  was  only  1500.  Loughborough 
Town sm^omprises  most  of  the  parish,  having  10,830  mhabitants,  mm*s(>* 
1861,  ana^bou^lolS  acres  of  land.  The  soil  is  various,  in  some  parts 
clay,  and  m  others  gravelly,  but  the  lower  ground  comprise  a  fine  tract 
of  rich  meadows,  especially  on  the  east  side  of  the  town,  where  they  are 
insulated  by  the  canal  and  the  river  Soar,  and  traversed  by  the  railway. 
The  principal  landed  proprietors  are — Thomas  Cradock,  Esq.  of  Quorn 
Court  {lord  of  the  manor) ;  W.  P.  Herrick,  Esq.,  of  Beaumanor ;  W.  Paget, 
Esq.,  of  Sutton  Bonington ;  Henry  Warner,  Esq.,  of  The  Elms;  E.  C. 
Middleton,  Esq.,  of  The  Grove ;  A.  L.  Phillipps,  Esq.,  of  Oarendon  Parle ; 
and  E.  Warner,  Esq.,  of  Quorn  Hall. 

Loughborough  Union  comprises  the  parishes  and  townships  of 
Loughborough,  Belton,  Charley,  Dishley,  Garendon,  Hathern,  Knight 
Thorpe,  Long  Whatton,  Sheepshed,  and  Woodthorpe,  in  West  Goscote 
Hundred ;  Burton-on-the-Wolds,  Cotes,  Hoton,  Prestwold,  and  Wimes- 
wold,  in  East  Goscote  Hundred ;  and  Costock,  East  Leake,  West  Leake, 
Normanton,  Rempstone,  Stanford,  Sutton  Bonington,  Thorpe-in-the- 
Glebe,  Willoughby,  and  Wysall,  in  Nottinghamshire.  It  comprises 
an  area  of  42,570  acres,  and  had  24,210  inhabitants  in  1861,  consisting 
of  11,787  males,  and  12,423  females,  living  in  5947  houses,  besides  which 
there  were  in  the  union  385  uninhabited  houses,  and  22  building  when 
the  census  was  taken.  About  5000  of  its  population  are  in  its  Notting- 
hamshire parishes  and  townships.  The  expenditure  of  the  whole  union 
in  the  year  ending  Lady-day,  1861,  was  .£9607.  The  Workhouse  is  a 
spacious  brick  building,  on  the  Derbvrpad.  ereclie)<JjLnl838  fc^^acost.of 
about  £7000.  It  has  room  for  375  innmfesJ7  Btt£»  guarchWslufe^iosen 
annually  for  Loughborough  township,  three  for  Sheepshed,  and  one  for  .  ^ 
each  of  th?6*r^^ 

registration  districts.  Loughborough  District  comprises  Loughborough, 
Woodthorpe,  Knight  Thorpe,  Charle)^,  Dishley  -  cum  -  Thorpe  -  Acre, 
Sheepshed,  Belton,  Hathern,  Long  Whatton,  Bardon,  and  Garendon. 
Leake  District  comprises  all  the  other  places,  and  they  are  all  in  Not- 
tinghamshire, except  Wimeswold,  Hoton,  Preston,  Cotes,  and  Burton- 
on-the-Wolds.  Mr.  John  Coates  of  Woodgate  is  union  cleric  and 
superintendent  registrar,  and  H.  J.  Davis,  Esq.,  of  Leicester,  auditor. 
Mr.  John  and  Mrs.  Wilson  are  master  and  matron  of  the  worlcfiouse,  the 
Rev.  J.  B.  Ottley,  of  Thorpe  Acre,  chaplain,  and  W.  G.  Palmer,  Esq., 
house  surgeon.  The  Relieving  Officers  are  Mr.  Robt.  Judd,  of  Derby  road, 
for  Loughborough  District,  and  Mr.  Robert  Coates,  of  East  Leake,  for 
L,ealie  District.  Mr.  Samuel  Lee,  of  Holland  street,  is  Registrar  of 
Marriages,  and  the  Registrars  of  Births  and  Deaths  are  Mr.  Samuel 
Lee,  of  Holland  street,  for  Loughborough  District,  and  Mr.  W.  P.  Brown, 
of  Wimeswold,  for  Leake  District. 

The  Manor  of  Loughborough  was  held  by  five  thanes  in  the  time 
of  King  Edward  the  Confessor,  and  at  the  Domesday  Survey,  in  1806, 
it  was  held  by  Earl  Hugo,  under  whom  Roger  held  8  carucates ;  Ralph, 
3£ ;  Godric,  3£ ;  Hugo,  3^ ;  and  Roger,  £  a  carucate ;  and  there  were 
five  ploughs  in  the  demesne ;  eight  villans,  15  socmen,  and  16  bordars, 
with  12£  ploughs ;  two  mills,  of  10s.  value ;  45  acres  of  meadow;  and  a 
wood,  seven  furlongs  long  and  three  broad.  In  1227,  Hugh  Despencer 
had  a  grant  of  the  manor,  with  a  fair  on  the  eve  day  and  morrow  of  St. 


394  HISTORY   OF   LOUGHBOROUGH. 

Peter  ad  Vinciila,  and  a  market  on  Thursday ;  and  his  men  were  to  be 
quitted  from  all  county  suits,  &c.  In  1228,  he  had  a  grant  of  another 
fair  to  be  held  on  November  2nd.  The  disfavour  of  Hugh  le  Dispenser, 
in  Edward  II.  s  reign,  caused  Edward  III.  to  bestow  this  and  several 
adjacent  manors  on  Lord  Beaumont.  In  1387,  Richard  II.  being  at 
Nottingham  Castle,  held  a  Marshalsea  here  for  six  days.  On  the 
attainder  of  Lord  Beaumont  in  1463,  Edward  IV.  granted  the  manor  to 
his  chamberlain,  Lord  Hastings ;  but  in  1483  it  was  again  in  possession 
of  a  Beaumont,  Francis  Lord  Lovel,  who  was  killed  in  the  battle  of  Stoke, 
in  1487,  when  it  reverted  to  the  crown,  and  was  afterwards  granted  to 
William  Lisle,  alias  Beaumont,  Lord  Bardolph,  and  in  1509  was  secured 
in  dower  to  his  widow,  then  married  to  John  de  Vere,  Earl  of  Oxford. 
On  her  death,  in  1527,  it  was  granted  to  Thomas  Grey,  Marquis  of 
Dorset,  from  whom  it  descended  to  the  Duke  of  Suffolk,  who  was 
attainted  in  1554,  when  the  manor  was  granted  to  Sir  Edward  Hastings, 
Kt,  who  in  1558  was  created  Baron  Hastings  of  Loiiyhborough.  He 
was  the  second  son  of  the  first  Earl  of  Huntingdon,  and  at  the  death  of 
Queen  Mary  he  laid  down  his  honours  and  retired  to  an  almshouse 
which  he  had  himself  founded  at  Stoke  Pogis,  in  Buckinghamshire, 
where  he  died  without  issue,  and  the  title  became  extinct.  In  1575,  the 
manor  and  advowson  were  granted  by  Queen  Elizabeth  to  Henry,  third 
Earl  of  Huntingdon,  who  in  1584,  at  the  Queen's  request,  settled  the 
advowson  on  Emmanuel  College,  Cambridge,  to  which  it  still  belongs. 
On  the  death  of  the  27th  Earl  of  Huntingdon,  in  1789,  the  manor  of 
Loughborough  passed  to  his  nephew,  Lord  Rawdon,  afterwards  Earl  of 
Moira,  who,  in  1801,  sold  his  estates  here  to  various  purchasers,  and 
the  manor  to  T.  Denning,  Esq.,  on  whose  death,  in  1847,  it  became  the 
property  of  Thomas  Cradock,  Esq.,  of  Quorn  Court.  In  1780,  Alexander 
Wedderburn  was  created  Baron  Loughborough,  of  Loughborough,  in  the 
county  of  Leicester;  and  in  1795,  Baron  Loughborough,  in  the  county 
of  Surrey.  The  former  title  became  extinct  on  his  death,  but  the  latter 
is  now  held  by  the  Earl  of  Rosslyn,  and  is  in  courtesy  borne  by  his 
eldest  son.  Courts  Leet  and  Baron  for  the  manor  are  held  yearly  in 
October  at  the  King's  Head  Hotel,  when  the  constables,  headboroughs, 
meadowreeves,  &c,  are  appointed.  William  J.  Woolley,  Esq.,  is  steward 
of  the  manor  courts. 

In  the  Saxon  era,  Loughborough  was  a  Royal  vill,  and  Leland,  in 
1539,  says: — "  The  hole  toune  of  Leircester  at  this  tyme  is  builded  of 
tymbre ;  and  so  is  Loughborow  after  the  same  rate.  The  toune  of 
Loughborow  is  yn  largeness  and  good  building  next  to  Leyrcester  of  all 
the  markette  tounes  yn  the  shire,  and  hath  in  it  a  4  faire  strates  or  mo 
well  pavid.  The  paroche  chirche  is  faire.  Chapelles  or  chirches 
beside  yn  the  toune  be  none.  At  the  South  Est  ende  of  the  chirche  is  a 
faire  house  of  tymber,  wher  ons  king  Henry  VII.  did  lye.  The  great 
stream  of  Sore  river  lay  as  I  stoode  on  the  left  hand  of  the  toune  within 
lesse  than  a  quarter  of  a  mile  of  it,  and  thereabout  went  Loughborow 
water  into  Sore."  Burton,  in  1622,  says — "  This  town  is  great  and  large, 
well  seated  by  reason  of  the  wood  and  water,  adorned  with  many  fair 
buildings,  and  a  large  church  ;  and  well  may  challenge  the  second  place 
of  accomptin  this  county,"  and  Camden,  in  1586,  calls  it  "  the  largest  and 
best  built  town  in  the  county  next  to  Leicester."  It  is  now  a  large  and 
well  built  town,  containing  a  number  of  good  streets  and  a  spacious 
market  place,  lined  with  handsome  shops  and  houses.  It  is  well  paved, 
drained,  and  lighted,  and  although  it  has  a  few  old  thatched  buildings 
still  left  to  remind  us  of  its  ancient  days,  it  has  made  rapid  strides  in 
improvement  since  the  commencement  of  the  present  century,  but  more 


HISTORY   OF   LOUGHBOROUGH.  895 

especially  in  the  last  ten  years,  during  which  a  complete  system  of 
drainage  has  been  effected,  most  of  the  streets  have  been  repaved,  the 
Grammar  School,  the  Town  Hall  and  Corn  Exchange,  the  County  Police 
Station,  the  Dispensary  and  many  good  houses  and  shops,  have  been 
built ;  the  cemetery,  with  its  beautiful  chapels,  has  been  formed,  and  the 
fine  old  parish  church  of  All  Saints  has  been  exquisitely  restored.  These 
numerous  and  costly  improvements  reflect  the  greatest  credit  on  the  taste 
and  liberality  of  the  inhabitants.  Loughborough  occupies  by  far  the 
most  agreeable  situation  in  the  county,  and  has  in  its  neighbourhood  a 
variety  of  pleasing  walks  and  drives,  and  many  beautiful  landscapes ; 
especially  in  Charnwood  Forest  and  Quorn  Wood.  The  air  is  pure  and 
salubrious,  and  the  water  which  is  obtained  from  springs,  though  in 
some  parts  hard,  is  generally  good  and  wholesome.  The  parish  register 
gives  evidence  that  Loughborough  is  very  favourable  to  longevity  at  the 
present  time  as  well  as  in  past  generations.  At  Christmas,  1861,  charity 
was  distributed  to  ten  poor  widows  whose  average  age  amounted  to 
86£  years,  and  to  twenty  widowers  whose  average  age  was  72  years. 
Before  the  opening  of  the  railwa}7,  in  18-39,  more  than  thirty  coaches, 
and  a  still  larger  number  of  other  public  conveyances,  daily  passed 
through  the  town.  Being  in  the  centre  of  a  fertile  and  highly  cultivated 
district,  the  town  has  an  abundant  daily  supply  of  vegetables,  and  though 
it  has  no  public  waterworks,  the  inhabitants  have  a  plentiful  supply  of 
the  pure  beverage  of  nature  from  numerous  Wells  and  Pumps.  As 
afterwards  noticed,  the  inhabitants  are  relieved  of  local  taxation  for 
the  support  of  the  bridges  and  the  poor  to  the  amount  of  about  .£600  a 
year,  arising  from  estates  which  have  been  long  vested  for  the  support 
of  a  Grammar  and  other  Free  Schools,  the  payment  of  such  taxes 
and  charges  as  tend  to  the  ease  and  relief  of  the  poor,  and  for  other 
public  uses. 

In  1551,  this  town  suffered  much  from  a  peculiar  disease  called  the 
swat,  or  sweating  sickness,  which  generally  carried  off  its  victims  in  one 
day.  From  1555  to  '59,  there  died  here  of  the  plague  and  other  diseases, 
295  persons.  In  1564,  the  assizes  were  held  here,  in  consequence  of  the 
plague  being  at  Leicester.  This  fatal  malady  prevailed  here  at  different 
subsequent  periods,  and  carried  off  many  of  the  inhabitants,  of  whom  no 
fewer  than  500  are  said  to  have  died  in  1609,  and  numbers  are  said  to 
have  encamped  outside  the  town  at  the  "  Cabin  Lees,"  to  avoid  infection. 
In  1579,  a  man  was  killed  by  a  lioness  then  being  exhibited  in  the  town. 
In  1622,  there  was  a  great  fire  which  burnt  many  houses,  and  in  1666 
three  other  great  fires  occurred  here,  the  first  of  which  happened  in 
October  and  consumed  fifty  dwelling  houses,  a  number  of  barns,  stables, 
malt  kilns,  stacks,  &c,  and  a  large  quantity  of  corn,  malt,  and  hay. 
During  the  civil  war  between  the  king  and  parliament,  Loughborough 
suffered  considerably.  The  gallant  Colonel  Henry  Hastings  having 
received  his  title  of  baron  from  the  town,  was  of  itself  sufficient  to  excite 
the  fury  of  the  Parliamentarians.  The  King  was  here  in  1643,  and 
again,  with  his  army,  in  1645  on  his  march  from  Ashby  to  Leicester. 
In  the  latter  year  the  town  was  plundered  by  the  Parliamentarians,  the 
rector  ejected  from  his  living,  and  the  church  was  used  as  a  barrack  for 
soldiers,  and  afterwards  purified  by  the  inhabitants  burning  frankincense 
therein.  In  the  same  year  there  fell  a  strange  storm  of  hail  which  did 
much  damage  to  the  town  and  to  the  corn  in  the  neighbourhood.  Some 
of  the  hailstones  were  as  large  as  small  hen's  eggs,  and. the  least  as  big 
as  musket  balls.  In  Queen  Anne's  reign,  a  coach  and  four  horses,  con- 
veying Miss  Palmer  from  Wanlip  into  Nottinghamshire,  was  hurried 
away  by  the  stream  in  crossing  the  Soar  near  Stanford,  and  the  lady, 


896  HISTOEY   OF   LOUGHBOROUGH. 

coachman,  and  horses  were  drowned.  There  were  violent  thunderstorms 
here  in  1735, 1747,  and  1780.  In  the  former  year  so  great  a  flood  was 
caused,  that  the  water  was  a  yard  high  in  the  market  place ;  and  in  1734 
a  slight  earthquake  was  felt.  In  1761,  another  great  fire  burnt  down 
thirteen  houses  in  about  an  hour.  In  1759,  an  act  was  passed  for  enclos- 
ing the  open  fields,  &c,  in  the  lordship  or  liberty  of  Loughborough,  and 
for  the  commutation  of  the  tithes ;  and  the  town  has  since  derived  con- 
siderable benefit  in  its  general  trade  and  markets,  from  the  enclosure 
and  cultivation  of  that  extensive  tract  called  Charnwood  Forest,  lying 
to  the  south  and  west.  Two  rivulets  run  from  the  Forest  to  the  town, 
which  was  anciently  called  Lucteburn,  or  Loughburn,  probably  from 
there  being  a  large  lough  or  pool  near  the  confluence  of  these  two  rivulets 
with  the  Soar,  where  the  ground  is  still  low,  and  liable  to  inundation  in 
wet  seasons.  Nichols,  however,  derives  the  name  of  the  town  from  Leire , 
the  ancient  name  of  the  Soar,  from  which  Leicester  or  Leircester  took 
its  name,  and  says  it  was  originally  called  Leireborough.  The  two 
ancient  corn  mills  on  the  river  are  supposed  to  stand  on  the  sites  of 
those  mentioned  in  Domesday  Book,  and  an  extensive  rabbit  warren 
which  formerly  existed  here,  is  still  remembered  in  the  name  of 
Coneries  passage. 

John  Howe,  M.A.,  chaplain  to  Oliver  Cromwell,  was  born  at  Lough- 
borough, on  the  17th  May,  1630.  His  father  was  for  some  time  minister 
of  the  parish,  but  was  ejected  by  Archbishop  Laud  (who  had  previously 
given  him  the  living),  for  the  leaning  he  manifested  to  the  principles  of 
the  Puritans.  Of  the  place  where  young  Howe  was  educated  we  have 
no  record,  save  that  it  was  in  some  part  of  Lancashire,  but  at  an  early 
age  he  was  sent  to  Christ  College,  Cambridge,  and  there  obtained  the 
degree  of  B.A. ;  after  which  he  removed  to  Brazen-nose  College,  Oxford, 
where  he  became  Bible  clerk  in  1648,  and  took  his  bachelor's  degree  in 
1649.  He  distinguished  himself  by  great  diligence  and  high  attainments, 
and  was  at  length  elected  fellow  of  Magdalene  College.  In  1652,  he  took 
the  degree  of  M.A.,  and  was  soon  afterwards  ordained,  and  settled  at 
Great  Torrington,  in  Devonshire,  where  his  ministiy  was  much  esteemed. 
The  circumstances  of  liis  introduction  to  Cromwell  are  somewhat  sin- 
gular. Having  some  business  in  London,  curiosity  led  him  to  the 
chapel  at  Whitehall,  where  the  observant  Protector  soon  perceived  him, 
and  being  struck  with  his  appearance,  sent  to  request  to  speak  with  him 
at  the  conclusion  of  the  service.  After  some  conversation  he  desired 
him  to  preach  before  him  on  the  following  Sunday,  which  Mr.  Howe 
modestly  declined,  but  the  Protector  would  take  no  denial,  and  sent  a 
minister  to  Torrington  at  his  own  expense  to  supply  his  place.  Cromwell 
was  so  pleased  with  his  sermon  that,  after  much  difficulty,  he  prevailed 
upon  him  to  become  his  household  chaplain,  in  which  capacity  he  con- 
stantly employed  his  influence  with  the  Protector  on  behalf  of  good  men 
of  all  parties,  so  much  so,  that  Cromwell  once  said  to  him,  "You  have 
obtained  many  favours  for  others,  but  I  wonder  when  the  time  is  to  come 
that  you  will  move  for  anything  for  yourself  and  family."  After  the 
death  of  Cromwell,  Mr.  Howe  became  chaplain  to  his  son  and  successor, 
Richard,  on  whose  deposition,  he  returned  to  Great  Torrington,  where 
he  continued  quietly  and  zealously  to  perform  his  pastoral  duties  till  the 
passing  of  the  act  of  uniformity,  when  he  was  ejected  from  his  living, 
exposed  to  great  hardship,  and  occasionally  imprisoned.  In  1671,  he 
was  appointed  chaplain  to  Lord  Massarene,  and  removed  with  his 
family  to  Antrim,  in  Ireland,  where  he  remained  about  four  years,  when 
he  removed  to  London,  having  been  invited  to  take  charge  of  a  congre- 
gation meeting  in  Silver  street.    After  some  years  he  removed  to 


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Utrecht,  where  he  frequently  had  audiences  with  the  Prince  of  Orange, 
afterwards  William  III. ;  hut  in  1687  he  again  returned  to  London,  and 
died  there  in  1705,  at  the  age  of  seventy-five.  His  works,  which  are 
very  numerous,  have  been  the  admiration  of  learned  men  of  all  parties, 
and  are  among  the  most  choice  writings  of  the  old  divines. 

Dr.  Richard  Pulteney  was  born  here,  Feb.  17th,  1730.    Whilst  at 
school,  he  formed  a  taste  for  natural  history,  and  devoted  his  hours  of 
relaxation  to  the  study  of  plants.     Having  served  an  apprenticeship 
to  an  apothecary,  he  first  settled  in  business  at  Leicester,  where  religious 
animosities  retarded  his  practice ;  but  he  sought  consolation,  and  found 
it  in  the  study  of  botany,  which  he  wished  to  render  an  object  of  more 
general  attention  than  it  hitherto  had  been.    On  this  subject,  he  in  1750, 
commenced  a  correspondence,  which  continued  many  years,  with  the 
Gentleman's  Magazine.     The  "  Sleep  of  Plants,"  on  which  he  wrote  two 
essays  in  that  magazine,  he  afterwards  treated  more  scientifically  in  the 
Philosophical  Transactions.     He  obtained  a  Doctor's  degree  from  the 
University  of  Edinburgh,  in  1764;  soon  after  which,  having  ineffectually 
endeavoured  to  obtain  an  establishment  in  London,  he  commenced  prac- 
tice as  a  physician  at  Blandford,  in  Dorsetshire,  where,  by  his  exemplary 
private    and  professional  conduct,  he  soon  acquired    reputation  and 
affluence.     Having  hitherto  confined  his  literary  undertakings  to  de- 
tached and  occasional  essays,  in  1781  he  appeared  before  the  public  as 
a  regular  author,  by  the  publication  of  his  "  General  Views  of  the 
Writings  of  Linnaeus ; "  the  reception  and  effect  of  which  were  fully 
adequate  to  his  wishes.     Sanctioned  by  the  approbation  of  all  who  were 
conversant  on  the  subject,  the  work  soon  attracted  general  notice ;  the 
labours  of  Linnaeus,  and  the  sciences  to  which  they  related,  became  more 
correctly  understood,  and  the  doctor  found  himself  among  the  first  of 
Linnaean  scholars,  and  philosophical  naturalists.      The  work  had  an 
extensive  sale  in  this  kingdom,  and,  being  translated  into  French,  ac- 
quired great  celebrity  on  the  Continent.    Thus  encouraged,  he  undertook 
a  more  original  and  laborious  performance,  entitled  "  Historical  and 
Biographical  Sketches  of  the  Progress  of  Botany  in  England,  from  its 
Origin  to  the  Introduction  of  the  Linnaean  System,"  which  was  published 
in  1790.     Besides  these  literary  labours,  in  which  his  reputation  was 
more  immediately  involved,  he  furnished  copious  communications  on 
the  subject  to  various  contemporary  authors.    Among  other  publications 
of  repute,  Dr.  Aikin's  "England  Delineated;"  Mr.  Gough's  edition  of 
"  Hutchins's  Dorsetshire ; "  and  Mr.  Nichols's  "  History  of  Leicester- 
shire,"   acquired  from  his  pen  some   ample   and  valuable   materials. 
Having  been  admitted  a  member  of  many  scientific  societies,  and  having 
exercised  the  medical  profession  forty  years,  he  died  the  13th  of  October, 
1801,  and  was  buried  at  Langton,  about  a  mile  from  Blandford.     An 
elegant  tablet  to  his  memory  was  erected  by  his  widow  in  Blandford 
church.     A  good  portrait  of  him  is  given  by  Mr.  Nichols.     Dr.  Maton 
has  also  furnished  the  public  with  a  well-written  scientific  memoir  of  Dr. 
Pulteney,  prefixed  to  which  is  another  portrait  of  him. 

The  Right  Rev.  George  Davys,  D.D.,  the  present  Bishop  or 
Peterborough,  was  born  in  1780,  in  the  old  house,  formerly  the  resi- 
dence of  Lord  Hastings,  but  now  much  modernized  and  divided  into 
cottages,  which  stands  opposite  the  church  gates,  and  is  probably  that 
spoken  of  by  Leland,  in  which  Henry  VII.  once  slept.  Dr.  Davys  is 
son  of  the  late  John  Davys,  Esq.,  and  was  educated  at  the  Grammar 
School  of  this  town,  and  at  Christ  College,  Cambridge,  of  which  last  he 
became  a  fellow.    He  was  tenth  wrangler  in  1803,  and  was  for  some 


898  HISTORY   OF   LOUGHBOROUGH. 

years  preceptor  to  Her  Majesty,  when  Princess  Victoria ;  and  Dean  of 
Chester.     In  1839,  he  was  enthroned  Bishop  of  Peterborough,  p^^i  (djtdt^-ui  /£,/f^ 

The  County  Poltce  Station  in  Woodgate  is  a  handsome  brick 
building,  erected  in  1860,  at  a  cost  of  .£2500,  paid  out  of  the  county 
rates.  It  comprises  houses  for  the  superintendent  and  a  sergeant ;  a 
house  of  detention  or  lock-up,  with  eight  cells,  for  the  temporary  confine- 
ment of  prisoners;  magistrates'  rooms,  clerks'  offices,  &c.  &c.  The 
county  magistrates  hold  Petty  Sessions  here,  for  the  Loughborough 
Division,  every  iffftj^sday,  and  William  J.  Woolley,  Esq.,  is  their  clerk. 
Mr.  Samuel  Hague  is  superintendent  of  the  county  constabulary  for  this 
division,  and  there  are  about  twenty  police  constables,  of  whom  seven, 
including  one  sergeant,  are  stationed  in  the  town. 

The  Market  Place  is  a  spacious  oblong  area,  surrounded  by  good 
houses  and  well- stocked  shops,  with  handsome  plate-glass  fronts.  At 
its  west  end  is  a  large  open  space  called  Fishpool  Head.  Formerly  here 
was  a  market  cross,  replaced,  in  1742,  by  a  butter  and  poultry  cross,  near 
which  stood  the  stocks  and  whipping  post.  These  have  long  since  been 
removed,  together  with  a  block  of  houses  that  stood  detached  at  the 
south-east  angle  of  the  market  place,  and  the  ancient  Court  Chamber, 
built  in  1688,  which  stood  at  the  other  end.  The  weekly  Market,  on 
Thursday,  is  well  supplied  with  corn,  cattle,  and  all  sorts  of  provisions, 
and  on  Saturday  there  is  a  market  for  meat  and  vegetables.  Eight 
annual  fairs  are  held  here  for  cattle,  sheep,  cheese,  &c,  on  February 
14th,  March  24th  and  28th,  April  25th,  Holy  Thursday,  August  12th, 
September  30th,  and  November  13th. 

The  Town  Hall  and  Corn  Exchange  form  a  large  and  handsome 
stone  building  in  the  Market  place,  in  the  Palladian  style  of  architecture, 
erected  in  1855-'56,  at  a  cost  of  £8000,  raised  by  shares  and  subscrip- 
tions. The  Town  Hall  contains  on  the  ground  floor  a  large  lecture  room, 
39  feet  long  by  30  feet  "vv^g^^ch\^  seat  300  persons ;  and  two  other 
rooms  occupied  by  the^^^iW^^^Twnv^f^Und  the  Subscription  News 
Room.  The  Victoria  Room,  which  will  seat  600  persons,  occupies  the 
whole  of  the  upper  story,  is  approached  by  a  somewhat  inconvenient 
flight  of  stone  steps,  and  is  69  feet  long  by  39  feet  wide.  It  is  lighted  by 
three  handsome  cut-glass  chandeliers,  and  is  elegantly  fitted  up  with 
curtains,  settees,  and  chairs.  The  annual  Dispensary  Ball,  which  is 
always  attended  by  the  elite  of  the  nobility  and  gentry  of  the  county,  is 
held  here.  The  Corn  Exchange  occupies  the  rear  of  the  building,  and 
is  a  large,  lofty,  and  well  lighted  room,  80  feetJxmj^nd  44  feet  wide,<rcvU£4e*tJMf*«# 
containing  43  stands,  which  are  let  to  the^rmoroy  &'c,  at  two  guineas 
each  per  annum.  During  the  restoration  of  All  Saints'  Church,  divine 
service  was  regularly  celebrated  in  this  room.  Mr.  James  Gough  is  the 
corn  inspector,  and  James  Hurst,  Toivn-halljceemr. 

The  County  Court  is  held  at  the j^Towtf  Hatf; once  a  month.  Lough- 
borough County  Court  District  comprises  the  parishes,  townships,  and 
hamlets  of  Barrow-on-Soar,  Bardon,  Beaumanor,  Belton,  Breedon-on- 
the-Hill,  Burton-on-the-Wolds,  Castle  Donington,  Cavendish  Bridge, 
Charley,  Cotes,  Dishley,  Diseworth,  Garendon,  Gracedieu,  Hathern, 
Hemington,  Hoton,  Isley  Walton,  Kegworth,  Knight  Thorpe,  Langley, 
Lockington,  Long  Whatton,  Loughborough,  Mapplewell,  Mountsorrel, 
Prestwold,  Quorndon,  Seagrave,  Sheepshed,  Sileby,  Thorpe,  Tonge, 
Walton- on-the- Wolds,  Wilson,  Woodhouse,  Woodhouse  Eaves,  Wood- 
thorpe,  and  Wymeswold,  in  Leicestershire;  and  Costock,  Kingstone, 
Leake,  Normanton-on-Soar,  Ratcliff-on-Soar,  Rempstone,  Stanford,  Sut- 
ton Bonington,  Thorpe-in-thc-Glebe,  Willoughby,  Wysall,  and  Zouch, 
in  Nottinghamshire.     Mr.  Serjeant  Robert  Miller,  of  London,  is  the 


HISTORY   OP   LOUGHBOROUGH.  399 

judge ;  and  Thomas  Heath,  Esq.,  of  Warwick,  treasurer.  The  County 
Court  Office  is  in  Baxtergate,  and  Beauvoir  Brock,  Esq.,  is  registrar ; 
Mr.  Samuel  Langton  Jones,  high  bailiff;  and  Thomas  Potter  and 
Charles  Kidger,  sub-bailliffs.  Under  the  new  Bankruptcy  Act,  all  bank- 
ruptcies under  ,£300  are  brought  into  the  County  Court,  but  all  above 
that  sum  are  carried  to  Nottingham,  which  is  a  sub-court  in  the  Bir- 
mingham District  Court  of  Bankruptcy,  which  includes  Leicestershire. 

The  Board  of  Health  was  formed  in  1850  under  the  powers  of  the 
Public  Health  Acts  of  l848-'9,  and  consists  of  twelve  members,  who  are 
elected  by  the  ratepayers,  and  meet  on  the  first  Monday  evening  of  every 
month  at  the  Town  Hall.  One-third  of  them  go  out  of  office  annually 
on  the  25th  of  March.  The  Board  has  expended  £8000  in  efficiently 
draining  the  town,  and  £3000  in  paving  the  streets.  Of  these  sums 
^7800  are  still  owing,  and  will  be  gradually  paid  off  out  of  the  rates. 
The  present  members  of  the  Board  of  Health  are  Messrs.  Richard  Crosher 
(chairman) ;  Frederick  Thirlby,  Thomas  W.  Lacey,  Henry  Jelley,  Geo. 
Heafford,  John  Tyler,  Thomas  Clarke,  I.  B.  Dobell,  Henry  Warner, 
Wilham  Grimes  Palmer,  Thomas  Pickworth,  and  Isaac  Onion.  William 
John  Woolley,  Esq.,  of  Sparrow  hill,  is  clerk  to  the  Board  ;  Mr.  William 
Henry  Hull,  surveyor;  Mr.  Jesse  Coope,  sanitary  inspector;  and  Mr. 
Jabez  Jarratt,  sen.,  collector  of  rates. 

The  Burial  Board,  established  in  18 5 G,  consists  of  nine  members, 
who  are  elected  by  the  ratepayers,  and  meet  on  the  first  Tuesday  of  every 
month  at  the  Cemetery  Lodge.  One-third  of  them  go  out  of  office  every 
year,  The  Cemetery,  formed  in  1856-'7,  occupies  seven  acres  of  land, 
in  an  elevated  situation  on  the  Leicester  road,  about  a  mile  from  the 
Market  place.  It  has  a  level  surface,  and  is  prettily  laid  out  and  planted. 
Its  walks  are  gravelled,  and  in  summer  an  abundance  of  flowers,  which 
are  carefully  tended,  add  much  to  its  beauty.  Nearly  in  the  centre  of 
the  ground  are  two  elegant  chapels,  built  of  blue  limestone  with  bath 
stone  dressings.  They  are  connected  by  three  lofty  arches,  from  the 
centre  one  of  which  springs  a  beautiful  turret  and  spire  rising  to  the 
height  of  90  feet.  The  whole  forms  a  very  handsome  building  in  the 
decorated  style  of  architecture,  highly  enriched  with  exquisitely  carved 
pinnacles  and  other  ornaments,  and  remarkable  for  its  light,  airy,  and 
graceful  appearance.  The  lodges,  board-room,  and  dead  houses  are 
built  of  brick,  with  stone  dressings,  in  the  Tudor  style.  From  the 
entrance  gates,  which  are  of  ornamental  ironwork,  a  charming  view  of 
the  Forest  hills  is  obtained  through  the  three  arches  of  the  chapels. 
The  ground  is  surrounded  by  a  boundary  wall  of  brick  surmounted  by 
an  iron  palisade,  and  about  one-half  of  it,  with  one  of  the  chapels,  was 
consecrated  by  the  Bishop  of  Peterborough  on  the  25th  of  August,  1857. 
The  other  chapel  and  the  unconsecrated  portion  of  the  ground,  except  a 
small  part  reserved  for  Roman  Catholics,  is  used  by  Dissenters.  The 
total  cost  of  the  cemetery  was  about  £7200,  of  which  the  sum  of  £1400 
was  paid  for  the  land.  This  sum  was  borrowed  by  the  Burial  Board  on 
security  of  the  parish  poor  rates,  from  which  the  interest  and  one-twen- 
tieth of  the  principal  are  paid  yearly,  in  accordance  with  the  Act  of 
Parliament.  The  rectors  of  the  two  ecclesiastical  parishes,  or  their 
curates,  officiate  in  the  consecrated,  and  any  of  the  dissenting  ministers 
in  the  unconsecrated  part.  The  number  of  interments  since  the  opening 
of  the  cemetery  to  the  end  of  1861  was  825,  of  which  more  than  two- fr  }«*«*£  U*< 
thirds  were  in  the  consecrated  portion.  The  present  members  of  thew*0'3s",s" 
Burial  Board  are  E.  C.  Middleton,  Esq.  (chairman)  ;  Edward  Warner, 
Esq.,  B.  Brock,  Esq.,  George  Wragg,  Esq.,  and  Messrs.  John  Clarke, 
Joseph  Foulds.  Thomas  Pickworth,  J.  S.  Frisby,  and  John  N.  Smith. 


400  HISTORY  OP  LOUGHBOROUGH. 

William  Henry  Toone,  Esq.,  of  Leicester  road,  is  their  clerk,  and  also 
registrar  of  the  cemetery ;  and  Thomas  Milner  is  the  cemetery  keeper, 
and  resides  in  the  lodge. 

The  Gas  Works  were  originally  established  by  Mr.  Livesey,  of  Lon- 
don, about  45  years  ago ;  and  after  being  worked  by  him  about  seven 
years,  were  sold  to  a  company  of  shareholders  with  a  capital  of  ^8000, 
raised  in  £6  shares,  who  .erected  the  present  works  in  Greenclose  lane, 
Derby  rM^Co^suto^e^arged  at  the  rate  of  -&>fjer  100Q  cubic ^,iU«i 
footr-auflCthe  public  lamp's*  aTe~T!ghted  under  contract  with  tli^JEfoard  of***,,"u**<*^ 
Health.     Thomas  Cradock,  Esq.,  of  Sparrow  hill,  is  clerk  to  the  Gasrt^w4%)1i^1 
Company  ;  and  Mr.  Alexander  C.  Fraser  manager  of  the  works. 

The  Agricultural  Association  for  the  protection  and  encouragement 
of  agriculture,  and  the  reward  of  industrious  and  meritorious  servants 
and  labourers  in  husbandly,  was  established  in  1839,  and  is  supported 
by  a  numerous  list  of  the  nobility,  gentry,  farmers,  &c,  of  the  neigh- 
bourhood. It  holds  an  annual  exhibition  in  October,  when  the  prizes 
and  premiums  are  awarded,  and  has  a  library  of  the  most  popular  and 
useful  works  on  agriculture.7^ ^^^^^,W^^^%' president ;  Mr. 
Daniel  Cartwright,  secretary ;  and  Mr.  J.  H.  Gray,  of  the  Market  place, 
librarian. 

The  Horticultural  Society,  established  in  1857,  holds  its  annual 
exhibition  in  Julyv^^crVrie^^-^¥obud  of  the-Grammar  School,-  and  is 
supported  by  all  the  principal  families  of  the  district.  William  P.  Her- 
rick,  Esq.,  is  president ;  and  Mr.  William  Robinson,  jun.,  secretary. 

The  Permanent  Library  in  the  Town  Hall  comprises  more  than 
4000  volumes  in  every  department  of  literature,  besides  all  the  popular 
reviews  and  magazines.  It  was  commenced  in  1826,  and  is  held  in 
shares  of  45s.  each,  and  every  shareholder  pays  an  annual  subscription 
of  15s.  Subscribers  who  are  not  shareholders  pay  10s.  or  20s.  per 
annum,  according  to  the  number  of  volumes  they  wish  to  have  out  at  one 
time.     Mr.  S.  L.  Jones  is  the  secretary,  and  Mrs,  Hurst  librarian. 

The  Subscription  News  Room  in  the  Town  Hall  -is  well  supplied 
with  London  and  provincial  newspapers  and  periodicals.  It  was  for- 
merly for  many  years  at  the  Plough  Inn,  and  was  called  the  '«  Coffee 
Room."  Subscribers  in  the  town  pay  2ls.,  and  those  living  in  the 
country  10s.  6d.  per  annum.  E.  C.  Middleton,  Esq.,  is  treasurer ;  and 
Mr.  T.  W.  Marshall,  secretary. 

The  Literary  and  Philosophical  Society,  established  in  1848,  holds 
its  lectures  fortnightly  in  the  Town  Hall  from  October  to  May.  It  is  in 
a  very  flourishing  condition,  and  is  a  source  of  great  instruction  and 
recreation  to  the  inhabitants.  It  inaugurated  its  removal  to  the  Town 
Hall,  on  the  completion  of  that  building,  by  a  large  and  interesting 
exhibition  of  choice  pictures,  works  of  art,  objects  of  natural  history, 
curiosities,  antiquities,  &c,  lent  for  the  occasion  by  the  neighbouring 
nobility  and  gentry  and  the  townsmen.  It  has  a  numerous  list  of  mem- 
bers, who  pay  5s.  each  per  annum.  C.  W.  Packe,  Esq.,  M.P.,  is  the 
president ;  Mr.  T.  W.  Marshall,  treasurer ;  and  Messrs.  J.  Spanton  and 
E.  Goadby,  honorary  secretaries. 

The  Vocal  Union  was  established  in  1858,  and  meets  at  the  Town 
Hall  under  the  direction  of  Mr.  J.  B.  Cramer.  An  Amateur  Choral 
Society  meets  in  the  Wesleyan  Schoolroom,  Rectory  place. 

The  Oddfellows  Hall,  on  Sparrow  hill,  is  a  neat  and  commodious 
building  erected  in  1822  for  a  Theatre,  but  purchased  and  adapted  to  its 
present  purpose  in  1856,  at  a  cost  of  upwards  of  .£400,  by  the  Sovereign 
Lodge  of  the  Manchester  Unity.  It  is  occasionally  let  for  public  meet- 
ings, &c,  and  a  Lodge  of  Druidesses  also  meets  in  it.     The  Good  Sama- 


HISTORY   OF   LOUGHBOROUGH.  401 

ritan  Lodge  of  Oddfellows  meets  at  the  Volunteer  Inn,  and  there  is  a 
Lodge  of  Druids  at  the  Plough,  and  one  of  Foresters  at  the  Ciicket 
Players. 

The  Dispensary  or  Infirmary,  in  Baxtergate,  was  established  in  1819 
for  the  relief  of  the  sick  poor  of  the  town  and  neighbourhood,  and  is 
supported  by  voluntary  subscriptions  and  donations  and  the  profits  of  an 
annual  Ball.  This  excellent  charity  formerly  occupied  a  house  at  the 
other  end  of  Baxtergate,  but  in  1862  it  was  removed  to  the  present 
handsome  and  convenient  edifice,  erected  by  the  munificence  of  W.  P. 
Herrick,  Esq.,  and  Miss  Herrick,  of  Beaumanor,  at  a  cost  of  about 
.£5000.  The  building  is  of  white  brick,  with  stone  quoins  and  dressings, 
in  the  Italian  style,  and  contains  accommodation  for  16  in-patients.  It 
is  72  feet  long  by  55  feet  wide.  The  lower  floor  consists  of  apartments 
for  the  house  surgeon  and  matron,  surges,  consulting  and  waiting  rooms, 
two  men's  wards,  and  kitchen  and  scullery ;  the  upper  comprises  two 
wards,  five  separate  bedrooms,  operating  and  consulting  rooms,  laundry 
and  baths.  Dr.  Peach  is  physician ;  J.  H.  Eddowes,  Esq.,  M.D.,  and 
T.  Sowerby,  Esq.,  surgeons;  Mr.  Richard  Morris,  house  surgeon;  Mr. 
Edwin  Goadby,  dispenser ;  and  Mr.  S.  L.  Jones,  secretary. 

The  Savings'  Bank,  in  Baxtergate,  is  under  the  presidency  of  the 
Duke  of  Rutland.  It  is  vested  in  ten  trustees,  and  placed  under  the 
management  of  many  of  the  principal  gentlemen  of  the  town  and 
neighbourhood.  Its  deposits  on  the  20th  November,  1861,  amounted  to 
dB42,886. 19s.  8d.,  belonging  to  1921  depositors,  and  58  Charitable  and  15 
Friendly  Societies.  The  interest  paid  is  £2.  17s.  Id.  per  cent,  per 
annum,  and  the  bank  is  open  every  Monday  and  Thursday,  from  eleven 
to  one  o'clock.     Mrs.  Sarah  Ann  White  is  the  secretary. 

The  Post  Office  Savings'  Bank,  in  Baxtergate,  is  open  daily,  except 
Sunday,  from  nine  morning  till  six  evening,  for  the  reception  of  deposits 
or  the  repayment  of  money.  Interest  at  the  rate  of  £2.  10s.  per  annum  is 
allowed,  and  any  sum  not  less  than  one  shilling  is  received,  but  not  more 
than  £30  in  one  year  can  be  paid  by  one  depositor. 

The  Rifle  Corps  was  formed  in  1859,  and  is  the  6th  company  of  the 
Leicestershire  Regiment  of  Volunteers.  It  comprises  about  80  members, 
who  have  their  head  quarters  at  the  Barracks,  which  were  built  about 
20  years  ago,  but  have  been  seldom  occupied.  The  band  consists  of  18 
persons,  and  is  supported  by  subscription.  A  handsome  silver  bugle, 
worth  35  guineas,  was  presented  to  the  corps,  in  July,  1861,  by  Mrs.  E. 
C.  Middleton,  on  behalf  of  the  ladies  of  the  town  and  neighbourhood, 
who  had  subscribed  for  that  purpose.  J.  H.  Eddowes,  Esq.,  M.D.,  is 
the  lieutenant  commanding;  I.  B.  Dobell,  Esq.,  ensign;  Rev.  Henry 
Fearon,  B.D.,  chaplain;  and  W.  G.  Palmer,  Esq.,  surgeon. 

The  ancient  Parish  Church,  dedicated  to  All  Saints,  is  a  large  and 
noble  structure,  occupying  a  commanding  situation  on  the  north  side  of 
the  town,  and  conspicuous  from  the  railway,  and  all  parts  of  the  adjacent 
country.  Its  plan  is  symmetrical ;  and  it  consists  of  a  nave,  with  a 
single  aisle  on  the  north  and  a  double  aisle  on  the  south  side,  a  cleres- 
tory, long  chancel,  north  and  south  transepts,  south  porch  with  parvise, 
and  western  tower.  It  exhibits  various  styles  of  architecture,  and  con- 
tains some  excellent  early  decorated  work  in  the  porch,  roofs,  and  some 
of  the  windows,  but  the  chancel,  clerestory,  and  tower,  are  chiefly  of  the 
perpendicular  period.  The  nave  is  81  feet  long,  23  feet  6  inches  wide, 
and  45  feet  high  to  the  cornice.  It  is  of  four  bays,  with  quatrefoil 
columns,  having  deeply  cut  mouldings,  and  very  fine  lofty  arches.  The 
roof  is  of  carved  oak,  and  very  handsome.  The  clerestory  contains  on 
each  side  eight  perpendicular  three-light  windows,  and  is  surmounted 

2c 


402  LOUGHBOROUGH   PARISH   CHURCH. 

by  battleinented  parapets,  with  docketed  pinnacles.  The  chancel,  which 
inclines  slightly  to  the  south,  to  symbolize  the  leaning  of  our  Saviour's 
head  on  the  cross,  is  42  feet  long,  23  feet  6  inches  wide,  and  27  feet 
3  inches  high  to  the  cornice.  It  has  a  beautiful  decorated  east  window 
of  five  lights,  with  geometrical  tracery  in  the  head ;  two  transomed  per- 
pendicular three-light  windows  in  the  north  wall;  and  three  similar 
windows,  and  an  ancient  doorway,  now  closed,  in  the  south  wall.  It  also 
contains  fine  sedilia  for  three  priests,  and  a  piscina,  and  has  an  elegant 
high-pitched  open  timber  roof,  with  coved  ceiling,  having  moulded  ribs 
and  carved  bosses.  Over  the  lofty  chancel  arch  is  a  small  window,  and 
under  the  westernmost  window  of  the  chancel  is  aJow^$P$fridow,  for- 
merly provided  with  a  wooden  shutter  only.  The  use  of  this,  and  similar 
apertures  in  many  other  churches,  has  never  been  accurately  determined, 
but  it  is  generally  supposed  that  they  were  used  for  confessing  persons 
afflicted  with  contagious  disorders,  who  could  not  be  permitted  to  enter 
the  church.  The  vestry  was  originallyonjhe  npr&  side  of  the  chancel, 
but  the  foundations  alone  remain^^^'mc^mient  v^utftk  provlffictfnfr^ 
a  low  Bcroon  aorooo  ono  ond  of  tho  oouth  tranoopt.  The  north  and  south 
aisles  are  each  62  feet  long,  and  13  feet  6  inches  wide.  A  mural  painting, 
representing  Moses  and  Aaron  supporting  the  ten  commandments,  has 
been  recently  discovered  in  the  former.  The  outer  south  aisle  adds  much 
to  the  fine  internal  appearance  of  the  church.  It  is  divided  from  the 
south  aisle  by  quatrefoil  columns,  and  is  only  9  feet  wide.  It  consists  of 
two  bays  only,  owing  to  the  projections  of  the  south  porch  and  transept. 
A  small  two-light  perpendicular  window,  lately  uncovered  in  the  south 
wall  of  this  aisle,  and  totally  at  variance  with  the  design  of  the  rest  of 
the  wall,  has  given  rise  to  much  speculation.  It  is  close  to  one  of  the 
large  windows,  and  is  now  left  exposed  to  view,  but  is  panelled  instead 
of  being  glazed.  The  south  transept  contains  a  piscina  in  the  east  and 
an  ajnbrjtfin  the  south  wall,  and  two  of  its  buttresses  have  fine  niches, 
which  do  not  appear  to  have  ever  held  statues.  In  the  east  wall  of  the 
north  transept  there  is  also  a  piscina.  The  south  porch  is  11  feet  long 
by  9  feet  wide,  and  over  it  is  a  muniment  room  or  par&se.  The  tower 
is  at  the  west  end  of  the  nave,  with  which  it  communicates  by  a  lofty 
arch,  permitting  the  fine  west  window  to  be  seen.  It  is  29  feet  6  inches 
square,  and  105  feet  high,  to  the  top  of  the  parapet.  It  is  of  perpendicular 
architecture,  and  consists  of  four  stages.  The  west  side  contains  in 
the  first  stage  a  handsome  doorway,  surmounted  by  a  label,  over  which, 
and  filling  the  second  stage,  is  a  splendid  five-light  window,  with  richly 
moulded  jambs,  on  which  are  sculptured  the  armorial  bearings  of  the 
various  county  families  who  contributed  to  the  erection  of  the  tower. 
The  third  and  fourth  stages  contain  panelled  work  and  windows.  The 
north  and  south  sides  have  panelled  work  in  the  first  stage,  and  a  clock 
in  the  second,  and  are  uniform  with  the  west  side  in  the  other  two  stages. 
There  is  a  niche,  which  formerly  contained  a  statue,  near  the  top  of  the 
first  stage  on  the  south  side,  and  a  newel  staircase  at  the  north  east 
corner.  The  buttresses  are  canopied,  and  the  tower  is  surmounted  by  a 
fine  battlement  of  rich  pierced  quatrefoils  in  two  heights,  forming  an 
indented  battlement.  It  has  also  eight  pinnacles,  which  it  is  intended  to 
remove ;  and  contains  an  excellent  peal  of  eight  bells,  which  were  cast 
in  1840,  by  Mr.  Taylor,  the  well  known  bell-founder  of  this  town,  chiefly 
out  of  the  old  peal  of  six  bells  cast  by  Eayres  in  1756.  The  tenor  weighs 
24  cwt,  and  is  in  key  D.€  The  principal  part  of  the  church  appears 
to  have  been  built  in  the  early  part  of  the  fourteenth  century,  and  the 
tower  and  clerestory  about  the  middle  of  the  sixteenth  century.  Many 
subsequent  changes  and  alterations  were  made,  and  in  the  middle  of  the 


LOUGHBOROUGH   PARISH   CHURCH,  403 

eighteenth  century,  the  building  was  filled  with  unsightly  pews  and 
galleries,  and  in  various  other  ways  disfigured. 

The  decayed  state  of  many  parts  of  the  stonework  and  the  inconvenient 
arrangement  of  the  seats,  combined  with  the  improved  taste  of  the  present 
age  and  the  commendable  pride  of  the  townspeople  in  their  magnificent 
church,  caused  a  committee  to  be  formed  about  ten  years  ago  for  the 
purpose  of  taking  measures  for  its  restoration.  The  services  of  that 
celebrated  architectfjG.  Gilbert  Scott,  3£c%,  R.A.,  F.S.A.,  having  been 
called  in,  and  a  liberal  list  of  subscriptions  obtained, .the  work  was  com- 
menced July  19th,  1860,  agi(j  ^c  £££L  fl°3r^  CompleTeaX^xlie  amount 
expended^  «eari^  £90o6^rMmi!iW'hi,'^fxo  '  flooto  ration  ctf  the  tower>"** <$£*§ 
which  io  doforrod  for  a  time,  but  will  l-oaL  about  1:1000.  The  gTound^XJ****^ 
round  the  church  has  been  excavated  to  the  depth  of  the  original  ground  n£im> ■,«&**£ 
line,  the  foundations  have  been  underpinned  with  brickwork  in  cement|^^^?2 
upon  a  wide  bed  of  concrete,  and  drains  have  been  formed  to  carry  ofi>tX^w^i*wi 
the  water  from  the  roofs  and  surface.  The  masonry  of  the  nave,  aisles,**!***4*^  ** 
and  transepts  has  been  nearly  all  renewed,  except  the  interior  jambs  and 
arches  of  the  windows,  which  have  been  carefully  restored.  The  old 
brick  mullions  of  the  windows  have  been  replaced  with  new  moulded 
tracery  taken  from  the  original  detail.  The  arches  of  the  nave  have 
been  carefully  restored,  and  the  north-west  pillar  of  the  transept  rebuilt. 
The  windows  of  the  chancel  have  been  repaired,  and  the  old  perpendicular 
window  at  the  east  end  has  been  replaced  by  the  present  decorated 
window.  The  roofs  of  the  nave,  aisles,  and  transepts  have  been  restored 
to  their  original  form ;  a  new  roof  has  been  placed  on  the  chancel,  in  place 
of  the  previous  low-pitched  roof ;  and  a  new  panelled  ceiling  has  been 
fixed  in  the  tower.  The  roofs  are  of  English  oak,  and  have  been  all 
covered  with  new  lead.  The  floors  of  the  aisles  are  laid  with  encaustic 
tiles,  and  the  whole  of  the  fittings  of  the  interior  of  the  church  are  new 
and  of  wainscot  oak.  The  seats  are  open  benches  of  uniform  design, 
and  will  accommodate  nearly  1000  Dei-sons.  About  800  ol^he  sittings 
are  free.  The  communion  table  is  offfioautiful  alabaetor,  supported  on  an 
iron  framowork  oxquioitoly  wrought  with  vine  leaves  and  grapca.  The 
ancient  and  massive  silver  communion  service  belonging  to  this  church 
was  stolen  in  1857.  It  was  worth  more  than  .£150,  and  consisted  of  two 
large  flagons,  two  chalices,  two  salvers,  two  silver  plates,  and  a  large 
salver  on  which  the  rest  used  to  stand.  These  were  the  gifts  of  Mrs. 
Wilson,  John  Oldershaw,  Bartholomew  Hickling,  and  Mrs.  Alt.  In 
June,  1862,  a  fine  ancient  silver  communion  cup  was  presented  to  the 
church  by  R.  Chichester,  Esq.,  of  Barnstaple/;  The  organ  is  placed  in 
the  north  transept,  and  was  built  in  1791.  It  was  greatly  enlarged  by 
the  late  John  Cartwright,  Esq.,  at  a  cost  of  ^150,  and  has  been  recently 
furnished  with  a  new  case  and  otherwise  improved  at  a  cost  of  <£200. 
There  are  no  monuments  in  the  church  worthy  of  notice,  but  a  few  old 
brasses  still  remain,  ruse  v£-urfUt4,  ****■  *,  z^u<r*+  £a4z*-<^4e*ip*tr~. 

The  benefice  is  a  rectory,  valued  in  KB.  at  <£40.  13s.  3d.,  and^  1831 
at  <£1886,  chiefly  arising  from  the  glebe,  comprising  -42fr*°acres  in 
Loughborough  township,  and  50  acres  in  Knight-Thorpe.  Since  the 
death  of  the  late  rector,  in  1848,  the  living  has  been  only  worth  about 
.£1000  per  annum,  as  part  of  the  income  now  goes  to  the  rector  of  the 
parish  of  Emmanuel,  which  has  been  formed  out  of  this  parish.  The 
Master  and  Fellows  of  Emmanuel  College,  Cambridgg^Jire the  .patrons ; 
and  the  Rev.  Henry  Fearon,  B.D.,  who  is  alsoysSSgoT  TOaffftftf'  an 
honorary  canon  of  Peterborough,  is  the  present  rector.  The  Rev. 
Frederic  Thorpe  Pearson,  M.A.,  is  curate  ;  Mr.  J.  B.  Cramer,  organist; 
and  John  Twells,  clerk.    The  Rectory  House,  near  the  church,  is  a  very 

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404  HISTORY   OF   LOUGHBOROUGH. 

ancient  building,  with  modern  additions  to  the  front,  surrounded  by  a 
pleasant  garden.  It  contains  several  noble  rooms,  and  an  excellent 
library  of  old  divinity,  accumulated  by  late  rectors  and  left  to  the  living 
in  perpetuity.  Dr.  Bright,  who  was  afterwards  Dean  of  St.  Asaph,  and 
left  a  small  endowment  to  the  church,  and  Dr.  Bickham,  Archdeacon  of 
Leicester,  who  gave  a  large  collection  of  books  to  the  living,  were 
formerly  rectors  of  Loughborough.  There  are  no  day  schools  attached 
to  All  Saints  Church,  their  place  being  supplied  by  the  Lancasterian 
schools  of  Burton's  charity  and  the  evening  schools  of  Clarke's  charity  ; 
but  there  are  well  attended  Sunday  schools,  held  in  the  Lancasterian 

school-rooms.  ^,Hi&w^^.#^r3WJM 

Emmanuel  Church,  wmen^vas  opened  ni  the  Autumn  of  1837^was 
built  to  supply  the  great  lack  of  church  room  which  had  long  been 
felt  by  the  greatly  increased  population  of  the  town.  Its  erection  was 
owing  chiefly  to  the  liberality  and  indefatigable  exertions  of  the  Rev. 
Wm.  Holme,  B.D.,  the  late  rector  of  All  Saints,  who,  in  conjunction 
with  the  patrons  and  the  Ecclesiastical  Commissioners,  divided  the  parish 
ecclesiastically  into  two  distinct  parishes ;  so  that  since  his  decease  in 
1848,  there  have  been  two  rectors ,  one  of  All  Saints  having  five-eighths, 
and  the  other  of  the  "  Parish  of  Emmanuel,"  having  three-eighths  of  the 
income  of  the  former  benefice.  The  church  is  a  large  structure  in  the 
dobaood  style  of  Gothic  architecture,  built  of  Derbyshire  stone,  and  cal- 
culated to  seat  1O00  persons,  -exoluoivc  of  ohiMsea.  Upwards  of  800 
of  the  sittings  are  free,  in  consideration  of  .-62000  given  by  the  Incorpo- 
rated Society  for  promoting  the  building  and  enlarging  of  churches. 
xVnother  .£2000  were  given  by  the  late  rector ;  £1000  by  the  patrons ; 
and  £500  by  the  late  Miss  Tate ;  and  the  total  cost  of  the  edifice  was 
about  £7000.  It  has  a  lofty  tower,  and  one  bell,  and  was  commenced 
in  October,  1835,  and  consecrated  September  6th,  1837.  f  It  stands  on 
the  western  side  of  the  town,  near  Forest  road.  The  Rectory,  valued  at 
.£722,  is  in  the  patronage  of  the  Master  and  Fellows  of  Emmanuel 
College,  Cambridge,  and  incumbency  of  the  Rev.  Robert  James  Bunch, 
B.D.,  who  is  also  an  honorary  canon  of  Peterborough.  He  has  a  hand- 
some Rectory  Mouse  on  the  Forest  road,  erected  in  1851,  at  a  cost  of  £2QaO,vft+&UJLju 

pleasure  grounds  and  garden.     In  1861,  the  parish  of  Emmanuel  con-&£fy,utm' 
tained  4555  souls. 

The  National  Schools  for  Emmanuel  parish  are  attended  by  about 
60  boys,  60  girls,  and  300  infants.  The  Boys  School,  in  Bedford  square, 
was  built  in  1838,  by  the  late  rector  of  Loughborough,  the  Rev.  William 
Holme,  B.D.     It  is  endowed  with  £30  per  annum,  from  money  in  the  | 

funds,  given  by  the  late  Miss  Tate,  of  Burleigh ;  who  also  erected  a  OirVs 
School  near  it,  which  she  endowed  with  £54  per  annum.  The  trustees 
of  these  schools  are  the  two  rectors  for  the  time  being,  the  church- 
wardens, the  owners  of  Burleigh,  Beaumanor,  and  Prestwold  estates, 
and  the  rectors  of  Kegworth  and  Thurcaston.  The  Infant  School,  in 
Victoria  street,  is  a  brick  and  stone  building,  in  the  Tudor  style,  built  by 
subscription  and  grants,  in  1852,  at  a  cost  of  £706,  and  enlarged  in  1857, 
at  a  further  cost  of  £640. 

The  Roman  Catholic  Chapel,  in  Ashby  road,  is  a  handsome  brick 
structure,  cemented  in  imitation  of  stone,  in  the  Italian  style,  and  was 
built  in  1833,  at  the  cost  of  about  £5000,  including  the  purchase  of  the 
site  and  burial  ground,  and  the  erection  of  the  school  and  priests'  house. 
It  is  served  by  the  Fathers  of  the  ''Institute  of  Charity,"  a  religious 
order  founded  about  30  youaa  Qgffiry  the  celebrated  Abbate  Rosmini. 
The  Revs.  Andrew  Egan  and  Henry  Clarke  are  the  priests.     The 


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HISTORY    OF   LOUGHBOROUGH.  405 

Unitarian  Chapel,  in  Warner's  lane,  Churchgate,  was  built  in  1744, 
and  is  under  the  ministry  of  the  Rev.  John  Jas.  Bishop.  The  congrega- 
tion of  this  chapel  was  originally  Presbyterian,  but  many  years  ago 
became  Unitarian,  ~  The., Friends'  Meeting  House,  in  Dead  lane,  is 
an  old  hmim^im^a^^^Wmd.  The  Wesleyan  Chapel,  in 
Leicester  road,  is  a  neat  brick  building,  which  was  erected  in  1828,  at 
the,  cos.t  of  j^ 000,  and  will  seat  about  1200  persons.  It  has  Sunday 
sch&#fs$i$l  1ibr^rfes^o']m3o1:li  the  congregation  and  the  scholars.  The 
Rev.  John  Bonser  and  Rev.  J.  Broadbent  are  the  ministers.  The 
Primitive  Methodist   Chapel,  in  the   Rushes,  is  a  small  building, 

he  Revs.  Unarles  Henry  Botlen  ancFThtfnias  I^icRels  are  its  ministers. 
The  New  Connexion  Methodist  Chapel  is  a  good  brick  building,  in 
Woodgate,  erected  hi  1851,  at  a  cost  of  £1000,  and  now  under  the  ministry 
of  the  Rev.  W.  J.  Fennel.  A  congregation  which  has  seceded  from  this, 
and  styles  itself  the  United  Methodist  Free  Church,  meets  for  worship  in 
the  Oddfellows'  Hall.  The  Independent  Chapel,  in  Ashby  place,  is  a 
neat  brick  building,  erected  in  1828,  at  a  cost  of  £1600,  and  it  was 
enlarged  and  improved  in  1853,  and  has  now  room  for  500  hearers. 
New  school-rooms  were  built  in  1860,  at  a  cost  of  .£480,  for  the  accommo- 
dation of  400  Sunday  scholars,  and  there  is  an  excellent  library  in  con- 
nection with  them.     The  Rev.  Joseph  Mason  is  the  minister.,  v The 

•  woodg^oSPtetfar 


General  Baptist  Chapel,  in  Woodgate,  Awiltse  at  #0u  persons,  Mid  is 
very  old.  Large  school-rooms  were  attached  to  it  in  1856,  at  a  cost  of 
.£'700.  It  is  under  the  ministry  of  the  Rev.  Giles  Hester.  The  General 
Baptist  Chapel,  in  Baxtergate,  is  a  handsome  brick  edifice,  capable  of 
seating  1250  hearers,  and  built  in  1828,  at  the  cost  of  .£3300.  Infant 
and  Sunday  schools,  and  libraries  for  the  congregation  and  scholars,  are 
connected  with  this  chapel,  which  is  now  under  the  ministry  of  the  Rev. 
E.  Stevenson.  The  Particular  Baptist  Chapel,  at  Sparrow  hill,  was 
built  in  1817,  at  the  cost  of  about  £1300,  enlarged  with  a  gallery  in  1828, 
at  the  cost  of  £250,  and  repaired  in  1856,  at  a  cost  of  £100.  It  has 
sittings  for  800  hearers,  and  is  now  under  the  pastoral  care  of  the  Rev. 
Thos.  Bumpus.  Adjoining  it  is  a  Sunday  school,  built  in  1836,  at  the 
cost  of  £200.  The  Calvinistic  Chapel,  in  Beehive  lane,  is  a  small 
building  without  any  regular  minister. 

The  Convent  of  the  Sisters  of  Providence  of  the  Institute  af  Cha- 
rity, is  dedicated  to  "  Our  Lady  of  Dolours,"  and  forms  a  long  range  of 
buildings  near  Park  lane,  erected  in  1850,  and  considerably  enlarged  in 
1856.  It  is  of  red  and  white  brick,  with  stone  dressings,  in  the  early 
English  style  of  architecture,  and  its  boundary  walls  enclose  about  3i 
acres,  tastefully  laid  out  as  pleasure  grounds  and  gardens.  It  is  the 
mother  house  of  the  order  in  England,  and  from  it  nuns  are  sent  to 
Rugby,  Cardiff,  and  Newport,  in  Wales,  where  there  are  also  convents 
of  the  same  order.  The  community  consists  of  upwards  of  thirty  nuns, 
who  teach  gratuitously  about  200  poor  children,  under  government 
inspection,  in  a  school-room  within  the  enclosure.  They  also  conduct  a 
Boarding  School,  which  is  in  high  repute,  and  to  which  young  ladies 
are  sent  from  all  parts  of  the  kingdom  and  from  the  continent. 

BURTON'S  SCHOOLS  AND  CHARITY.— Thomas  Burton,  by 
deed  of  feoffment,  in  1495,  conveyed  to  several  trustees  all  his  lands  and 
tenements  in  Loughborough,  Willoughby,  Hardby,  Statham,  and  Thrus- 
sington ;  but  there  is  no  declaration  of  trust  in  this  deed.  In  1569,  on 
the  petition  of  the  inhabitants,  it  was  ordered  by  the  Court  of  Chancery, 
that  twelve  substantial  men  of  Loughborough  should  be  chosen  feoffees 
of  the  aforesaid  premises.    By  an  indenture  of  feoffment,  in  1597,  the 


406  HISTORY   OF^LOUGHBOROUGH. 

said  premises,  with  other  lands,  &c,  at  Long  Whatton,  Hoton,  Prestwold, 
Burton,  and  Great  Leake,  and  a  yearly  rent  of  .£4  out  of  land  at  Sutton 
Bonington,  were  conveyed  to  new  feoffees,  upon  trust,  that  the  yearly 
profits  thereof  should  he  applied  towards  the  relief  of  the  Poor  of  Lough- 
borough, towards  making  and  repairing  fifty  arches  of  bridges  in  and 
about  the  town ;  and  towards  the  support  of  a  free-school,  and  the  pay- 
ment of  fifteen s,  taxes,  musters,  ivars,  and  other  common  charges  of  the 
inhabitants.  It  was  declared  by  the  same  deed  that  the  rents  of  the 
estates  should  be  gathered  by  a  bridgemaster,  to  be  chosen  yearly  by  the 
substantial  inhabitants,  and  to  dispose  of  the  rents  to  such  of  the  before- 
named  uses  as  he  should  think  fit.  By  a  decree  of  the  Commissioners  of 
Charitable  Uses,  in  1631,  new  feoffees  were  appointed,  and  it  was  ordered 
that  they  should,  by  the  hands  of  the  bridgemaster,  employ  the  rents  for 
the  maintenance  of  the  free-school,  bridges,  and  highways,  and  for  other 
good  and  charitable  uses ;  and  that  the  bridgemaster  should  be  chosen 
one  year  by  the  twelve  feoffees,  and  another  year  by  the  substantial 
inhabitants  ;  and  should  give  security  to  the  rector  and  churchwardens 
for  the  faithful  discharge  of  his  duty.  By  another  decree,  for  the  pur- 
pose of  rectifying  abuses  of  the  trust,  in  1652,  it  was  ordered  that  the 
rents  should  in  future  be  applied  to  the  support  of  the  free- school  and 
bridges,  and  to  the  payment  of  such  taxes  and  charges  as  tend  to  the 
ease  and  relief  of  the  poor  of  the  town  ;  and  that  the  overplus  should  be 
yearly  paid  to  the  churchwardens  and  overseers  of  the  poor,  and  should 
be  by  them  employed  towards  apprenticing  poor  children,  and  the  relief 
of  the  poor  of  the  town.  At  the  enclosure  of  the  parish  of  Lough- 
borough, under  an  Act  passed  in  1759,  an  allotment  of  30a.  3r.,  in  the 
Forest  lane  Common,  was  awarded  to  the  feoffees  of  these  charity  estates, 
in  trust,  for  the  parishioners  to  pasture  their  cattle  upon  it,  as  well  as 
upon  all  the  lanes  and  public  roads  to  be  set  out  by  virtue  of  the  said 
act.  By  the  same  award,  dated  1760,  the  feoffees  received  small  allot- 
ments, in  lieu  of  other  lands  and  right  of  common  belonging  to  the 
charity  estates,  some  portion  of  which  are  supposed  to  have  formed  the 
endowment  of  a  chantry  in  the  parish  church.  In  1838,  the  estates  held 
by  the  feoffees  were  of  the  yearly  value  of  <£1412.  13s.  3d.,  of  which  £"660 
were  derived  from  property  in  the  parish  of  Loughborough,  comprising 
about  150  acres  of  land,  and  about  30  houses,  and  the  remainder  from 
lands  and  buildings  in  Hoton,  Hardby,  East  Leake,  Long  Whatton, 
Statham,  Thrussington,  Willoughby,  and  Belton.  Of  the  30a.  allotted  at 
the  enclosures,  24a.  2r.  7p.  are  now  let  in  garden  plots,  at  the  rate  of  41.  10s. 
per  acre,  to  about  100  tenants.  These  are  called  the  Forest  Garden 
Allotments,  and  afford  healthy  and  beneficial  employment  for  the  opera- 
tives and  labourers  of  the  parish.  From  1831  to  1836,  about  <£600  of 
the  income  were  paid  over  yearly  to  the  overseers,  and  applied  with  the 
poor  rates  ;  and  other  large  sums  were  spent  in  building  and  repairing 
bridges,  forming  and  maintaining  roads,  &c. ;  but  the  feoffees  being 
anxious  to  apply  the  whole  of  the  income  to  charitable  purposes,  the 
Charity  Commissioners,  in  1837,  certified  the  case  to  the  Attorney- 
General,  that  he  might  establish  a  New  Scheme  for  the  future  application 
of  the  income.  Until  1844,  the  feoffees  expended  about  £600  per  annum 
in  supporting  four  schools,  viz.,  a  Grammar  School,  free  only  for  Latin 
and  Greek ;  a  Second  School,  sometimes  called  the  High  School,  free  for 
66  boys,  to  learn  reading,  writing,  and  arithmetic  ;  and  two  Lancasterian 
Schools,  open  freely  to  about  250  boys  and  80  girls.  All  these  schools 
were  then  held  in  separate  rooms  in  one  building,  in  Churchgate,  which 
was  erected  in  1825,  at  the  cost  of  £1500,  in  lieu  of  the  old  school-house, 
which  stood  in  All  Saints"  churchyard.    The  Grammar  School  being 


burton's  charity  schools.  407 

only  free  for  instruction  in  Latin  and  Greek,  was  of  but  little  benefit  to 
the  middle  and  lower  classes,  and  the  feoffees  required  the  Rev.  Thomas 
Stephenson,  the  late  master,  either  to  resign  his  office  or  extend  the 
benefits  of  the  school  to  arithmetic,  English  composition,  geography, 
mathematics,  &c.  He  refused  compliance  with  either  of  these  requests, 
and  did  not  resign  his  office  till  1844,  when  he  retired  on  a  life  pension 
of  £80  per  annum.  After  his  resignation,  no  other  master  was  appointed 
to  the  Old  Grammar  School ;  but  a  good  commercial  school,  called  the 
High  School,  was  supported  by  the  feoffees,  in  addition  to  the  three 
lower  schools ;  and  the  surplus  income  was  accumulated  for  the  exten- 
sion of  the  Charity,  under  a  New  Scheme,  which  they  obtained  from  the 
Court  of  Chancery,  in  1849.  Among  the  provisions  of  this  New  Scheme 
are  the  following  : — That  there  shall  be  twelve  Trustees  of  the  Charity, 
appointed  by  the  Court  of  Chancery  from  among  the  residents  in  the 
parish  of  Loughborough,  or  within  three  miles  thereof,  who  are  possessed 
of  real  property  of  the  clear  yearly  value  of  £30,  or  of  personal  property 
worth  £1000.  When  their  number  is  reduced  to  seven,  the  surviving 
trustees  are  to  send  a  list  of  qualified  persons,  from  which  the  Court  of 
Chancery  is  to  select  five  new  trustees.  A  Receiver  of  the  rents  and 
revenues  of  the  Charity  is  appointed  by  the  trustees,  and  is  allowed  for 
his  trouble  £5  per  cent,  upon  all  moneys  collected  by  him.  He  has  to 
deposit  his  receipts  with  a  banker,  to  keep  the  accounts  of  the  Charity, 
and  to  attend  the  meetings  of  the  trustees.  The  New  Scheme,  with  the 
sanction  of  the  Court  of  Chancery,  empowered  the  trustees  to  erect  a 
new  Grammar  and  Commercial  School,  with  a  house  for  the  head  master, 
at  the  cost  of  not  more  than  £7800  ;  also  to  expend  a  sum  not  exceeding 
£2000  in  the  erection  of  a  New  Girls'  School ;  and  to  lay  out  £400  in 
enlarging  and  altering  the  old  school  premises,  now  used  wholly  as  the 
Boys'  and  Girls'  Free  Schools,  commonly  called  the  Lancasterian  Schools. 
When  the  funds  are  sufficient,  they  have  power  to  lay  out  not  more  than 
£1000  in  the  erection  of  a  New  Girls'  Lancasterian  School,  and  to 
appropriate  the  old  premises  solely  as  the  Boys'  Lancasterian  School. 
The  old  school  premises  were  enlarged  in  1859.  One  of  the  rooms  was 
the  Old  Grammar  School,  where  the  present  Bishop  of  Peterborough 
(Dr.  Davys),  one  of  Her  Majesty's  early  preceptors,  and  the  late  Dr. 
Shaw,  fellow  of  Christ's  College,  Cambridge,  were  pupils. 

The  Grammar  and  Commercial  School,  and  the  Head  Master's 
House,  were  finished  in  1852,  at  the  cost  of  about  £7600,  of  which  £6000 
were  borrowed  on  security  of  the  charity  estates,  at  interest  not  exceeding 
five  per  cent,  per  annum,  and  to  be  repaid  by  the  accumulation  of  one 
third  of  the  yearly  income  of  the  charity.  These  large  and  handsome 
buildings  are  in  the  Tudor  style,  of  red  and  black  brick,  with  quoins  and 
dressings  of  Caen  stone.  They  stand  near  the  Leicester  road,  on  the 
south  side  of  the  town,  within  the  new  School  Grounds,  which  extend 
over  about  fifteen  acres  of  the  charity  land,  and  have  been  tastefully  laid 
out  by  the  Trustees  since  1850,  for  the  use  of  the  school,  and  as  a  Free 
Park  for  the  recreation  of  the  inhabitants.  The  planting  of  these 
grounds,  and  laying  them  out  in  ornamental  pleasure  grounds,  fine 
gravel  walks,  &c,  cost  about  £500.  The  grounds  are  not  kept  in  excel- 
lent order,  but  the  trees  are  thriving ;  and  after  some  years,  few  towns 
will  have  as  fine  a  public  park  or  nobler  avenues  of  trees  than  Lough- 
borough. In  summer  evenings,  these  walks  are  often  enlivened  by  the 
musical  strains  of  the  Loughborough  Band,  and  here  the  Horticultural 
Society  holds  its  annual  show.  A  streamlet  supplies  a  small  artificial 
lake;  and  there  is  a  handsome  Porter's  lodge,  with  entrance  gates, 
besides  wicket  gates  at  the  three  other  angles.    The  School  is  a  hand- 


408  HISTORY   OF    LOUGHBOROUGH. 

some  building,  consisting  of  a  square  tower,  two  spacions  school  rooms, 
with  embayed  class  rooms,  a  board  room,  a  library  room,  and  a  fine 
entrance  hall,  with  a  beautiful  pavement  of  Minton's  encaustic  tiles. 
Connected  with  it  by  a  corridor  is  the  Head  Master's  House,  a  large 
and  handsome  dwelling  in  the  same  style,  with  accommodation  for  thirty 
boarders,  and  having  tasteful  pleasure  grounds  and  garden.  If  this 
mansion  had  been  erected  at  the  other  end  of  the  School,  it  would  have 
enjoyed  a  sunny  aspect,  and  commanded  extensive  prospects  of  the 
Charnwood  Hills.  The  School  was  opened  in  August,  1852,  and  the 
first  staff  of  masters  consisted  of  the  Rev.  John  George  Gordon,  LL.D. ; 
the  Rev.  Thomas  White,  M.A.;  and  Messrs.  C.  E.  Warner  and  A.  M. 
Selss.  The  Rev.  James  Wallace,  M.A.,  is  the  present  head  master ;  the 
Rev.  Joseph  Laxton  Kitchen,  B.A.,  second  master ;  Mr.  John  Spanton, 
commercial  master ;  M.  Frederic,  French  master ;  and  Mr.  John  Scott, 
agricultural  master.  The  yearly  salaries  paid  by  the  trustees  are,  £200 
to  the  first,  .£120  to  the  second,  and  £100  to  the  third  master ;  but  these 
salaries  are  augmented  out  of  the  head-money  paid  by  the  boys,  each  of 
whom  paj7s  20s.  per  quarter.  There  are  usually  about  75  scholars,  so 
that  the  head-money  amounts  to  about  £300  per  annum,  of  which  one 
quarter  is  carried  to  the  general  account  of  the  Trustees,  one  half  is  paid 
to  the  head  master,  and  the  remaining  fourth  part  is  divided  between 
the  second  master  and  the  commercial  master.  The  head  master  has 
also  the  free  use  of  the  School  House,  and  is  allowed  to  take  as  many  as 
thirty  boarders,  who  pay  the  same  head-money  as  the  day  scholars,  and 
from  £40  to  £60  a  year  for  board,  &c.  All  boys  between  the  ages  of 
8  and  18  years,  being  able  to  read  and  write,  and  being  certified  by  two 
respectable  householders  to  be  of  good  moral  conduct,  are  eligible  for 
admission  to  this  excellent  School,  with  the  sanction  of  the  Trustees. 
The  elegant  octagonal  Lecture  Hall,  originally  intended  to  be  built  at 
the  south  end  of  the  school,  is  not  likely  to  be  erected.  After  the  annual 
examination  of  the  scholars  by  a  graduate  of  one  of  the  English  Univer- 
sities, pjrizes  are  awarded  to  the  meritorious  boys ;  and  there  are  two 
exhibitions  of  £30  a  year  each,  to  Jesus  College,  Cambridge.  The 
Trustees  may  also  appoint  one  or  two  assistant-masters,  with  yearly 
salaries  of  £80  each.  The  course  of  instruction  embraces  all  the  usual 
classical  and  mathematical  branches,  with  commercial  subjects  com- 
bined ;  and  the  study  of  agricultural  chemistry  has  recently  been  intro- 
duced, under  the  patronage  of  the  neighbouring  land- owners,  and  the 
local  Agricultural  Association. 

The rm#£& Girls'  School,  founded  by  the  Trustees  of  Burton's  Charity, 
pursuant  to  the  New  Scheme  obtained  in  1849,  occupies  a  large  house 
in  Rectory  place,  rented  by  the  Trustees  who,  as  soon  as  their  funds 
will  allow  the  expenditure,  intend  to  erect  a  handsome  and  commodious 
building  for  this  valuable  branch  of  the  Trust ;  their  new  scheme  per- 
mitting them  to  expend  in  that  desirable  object  a  sum  not  exceeding 
.£2000.  For  weekly  payments  of  from  Is.  to  Is.  6d.  per  week,  this  school 
affords  to  gills  of  the  middle  classes,  a  superior  English  education, 
including  music,  singing,  needlework,  French,  &c.  The  Trustees  pay 
yearly  salaries  of  £100  to  the  head  mistress,  and  £50  to  the  second  mis- 
tress ;  and  when  necessary  they  may  appoint  assistant  mistresses  at  £30 
per  annum  each.  The  head  and  second  mistresses  have  also  a  share  of 
the  payments  of  the  scholars,  one-half  of  which  is  applied  in  purchasing 
books  for  the  school  library,  and  for  prizes  to  be  distributed  at  the  annual 
examination  of  the  pupils.  Miss  Charnock  is  the  head  mistress,  and  Miss 
Roberts  the  second  mistress,  and  they  have  generally  about  forty  pupils. 


burton's  charity  schools.  409 

The  Trustees  may  admit  to  this  school  any  orphan  or  other  poor  girl  as 
a  free  scholar. 

The  Boys'  and  Girls'  Lancasterian  Schools,  in  Churchgate,  were 
established  in  1828,  by  the  Feoffees  of  Burton's  Charity,  on  the  Lan- 
casterian plan,  and  now  occupy  the  whole  of  the  old  school  premises,  as 
already  stated ;  and  have  been  lately  enlarged.  These  schools  are  highly 
beneficial  to  the  poorer  classes  of  the  town  and  parish,  and  are  now  under 
Government  Inspection,  and  attended  by  about  SO 0  boys  ancLSOO  girls, 
who  pay  only  from  Id.  to  3d.  per  week  each.  The  children  of  widows 
are,  however,  entirely  free,  as  also  are  all  the  children  above  two  from  one 
family.  There  are  two  masters  of  the  Boys'  School,  one  of  whom  has  a 
yearly  salary  of  .£80,  and  the  other  .£70.  The  mistress  of  the  Girls' 
School  has  a  salary  of  £50  per  annum.  These  stipends  are  augmented 
from  the  weekly  payments  of  the  scholars ;  each  of  the  masters  having 
one-third  of  the  money  paid  by  the  boys,  and  the  mistress  having  one- 
half  of  the  girls'  payments.  The  remainder  of  the  children's  payments 
is  applied  in  the  purchase  of  prizes  for  distribution  among  the  meritorious 
scholars  at  the  annual  Easter  examination.  Though  still  called  Lan- 
casterian,  these  schools  are  now  conducted  on  the  system  of  the  British 
and  Foreign  School  Society.  The  Boys  are  taught  reading,  writing, 
arithmetic,  drawing,  English  grammar,  &c. ;  and  the  Girls,  reading, 
writing,  arithmetic,  and  needlework.  Messrs.  Jas.  Benj.  Caulfield  and 
Thos.  Abbott  Carvill  are  the  masters  of  the  Boys'  School ;  and  Miss 
Elizabeth  Fowkes,  mistress  of  the  Girls'  School. 

Burton's  Charity  Property,  according  to  a  schedule  contained  in 
the  Report  of  Win.  Brougham,  Esq.,  in  184G,  then  yielded  an  annual 
income  of  £1742.  lGs.  0d.,  of  which  £825. 16s.  0d.  arose  from  150a.  3r.  20p. 
of  land,  and  about  30  houses,  &c,  in  Loughborough  parish;  ,£118 
from  a  farm  at  Long  Whatton ;  £148.  15s.  from  about  52  acres  of  land 
at  Hoton  ;  £50.  10s.  from  a  house  and  26a.  13p.  of  land  at  Statham  ; 
£2b.  10s.  from  21a.  1r.  30p.  of  land  in  Belton  parish ;  £284  from  the 
Nag's  Head  Inn  and  31a.  3r.  15p.  of  land  at  Harby ;  £101  from  a  house 
and  50a.  3r.  15p.  of  land  at  Thrussington ;  <£237  from  two  houses  and 
96a.  2r.  8p.  of  land  at  Sutton  Bonington  ;  .£37.  10s.  from  a  house,  two 
cottages,  and  16a.  12p.  of  land  at  East  Leake ;  and  £114.  15s.  from  a 
farm  of  81a.  3r.  37p.  at  Willoughby-on-the- Wolds.  The  annual  income 
has  since  increased  about  £100  ;  and  is  altogether  applied  to  the  fore- 
going educational  institutions.  There  are,  however,  above  thirty  old 
almshouses,  belonging  to  this  charity,  which  are  let  at  nominal  rents  to 
poor  persons.  The  present  Trustees  of  Burton's  Charity  are  the 
Rev.  Hy.  Fearon,  B.D.,  and  Wm.  Paget,  E.  C.  Middleton,  John  Smith, 
John  Watson,  W.  P.  Herrick,  E.  Warner,  W.  E.  White,  Henry  Jelley, 
and  George  Wragg,  Esqrs. 

Bartholomew  Hickling,  in  1683,  left,  after  the  decease  of  his  wife, 
two  closes  and  a  "half-yard"  land,  in  Loughborough,  in  trust,  to  raise 
out  of  the  rents  the  clear  yearly  sum  of  £10,  of  which  he  directed  £4  to 
be  paid  to  a  mistress  for  teaching  20  poor  girls  to  read,  and  the  remainder 
to  be  applied  in  providing  them  with  books  and  clothing.  And  he  left 
another  half-yard  land,  and  directed  the  rent  to  be  applied  in  buying 
bibles  for  poor  children  of  this  and  several  other  parishes.  He  also  left 
a  house,  in  Swan  street,  for  the  relief  of  such  poor  people  as  the  trustees 
should  think  proper  objects  of  charity.  The  School  and  Bible  Charities 
are  vested  in  the  same  trustees,  and  yield  £80.  13s.  Id.  per  annum, 
arising  from  about  50  acres  of  land.  In  1850,  the  trustees,  with  an 
accumulation  of  unapplied  income,  erected  a  school  and  a  house  for  the 


410  LOUGHBOROUGH   CHABITIES. 

mistress  on  the  Ashby  road.  They  form  a  neat  brick  building,  in  the 
Elizabethan  style,  with  a  good  play-ground  attached.  There  is  accom- 
modation for  about  80  poor  girls,  20  of  whom  are  clothed  and  educated 
for  three  years  at  the  expense  of  the  charity.  The  house,  in  Sivan  street, 
given  for  the  poor,  was  let  in  1807,  on  a  thirty  years'  lease,  for  £10.  10s. 
per  annum ;  the  lessee  covenanting  to  take  it  down  and  build  two  new 
houses  upon  the  site,  and  these  are  now  let  for  about  .£35  a  year;  besides 
which,  the  charity  has  21s.  a  year  from  a  plot  of  land  allotted  to  it  at  the 
enclosure.  This  is  vested  with  the  trustees  of  Elizabeth  Thornton's 
Charity,  at  Mountsorrel,  and  appears  to  have  been  long  improperly 
blended  with  that  charity. 

John  Htckltng,  in  1677,  gave  all  his  lands,  &c,  in  Seagrave,  and  two 
acres  in  Loughborough,  in  trust,  to  apply  the  rents  in  apprenticing  poor 
children  of  Loughborough,  except  10s.  a  year  for  the  poor  of  Seagrave. 
Since  the  enclosure,  the  property  belonging  to  this  charity  has  consisted 
of  61a.  2r.  9p.  of  land,  at  Seagrave,  let  for  ,£65 ;  and  2  acres  in  the 
Nether  Meadow,  Loughborough,  let  for  £5.  10s.  per  annum.  It  is 
vested  with  the  trustees  of  Bartw.  Hickling's  Charity,  who  apply  the 
whole,  except  the  aforesaid  yearly  sum  of  10s.,  in  apprentice  fees  of  from 
£5  to  £8  each. 

Joseph  Clarke,  in  1717,  left  land  for  schooling  poor  children  of 
Loughborough,  and  it  was  exchanged  at  the  enclosure  for  7a.  1r.  13p., 
now  let  for  £2 5  per  annum,  which  is  applied  by  the  rector  and  church- 
wardens of  All  Saints',  to  the  support  of  an  evening  school  for  young  men 
and  girls,  and  to  provide  books  for  their  use. 

John  Dawson,  in  1678,  left  £100  for  the  poor,  and  in  lieu  of  it,  his 
executor,  Joseph  Dawson,  gave  a  yearly  rent-charge  of  £6,  out  of  land 
now  called  Speed's  Park,  and  at  the  same  time,  gave  a  house,  in  Church- 
gate  street,  and  directed  the  rent  thereof  to  be  applied  in  apprenticing 
poor  boys.  This  house  now  consists  of  two  tenements,  let  for  about  £14= 
a  year,  to  which  is  added  £2  a  year,  as  the  rent  of  an  allotment  awarded 
to  them  at  the  enclosure.  Out  of  the  yearly  rent-charge  of  £6,  the  poor 
have  a  monthly  distribution  of  13s.  worth  of  bread.  The  rest  of  the 
income  is  applied  in  apprentice  fees.  John  Fowler,  in  1680,  gave 
iU00  to  be  invested  for  apprenticing  poor  bo3'S  yearly,  and  it  was  laid 
out  in  the  purchase  of  4  acres,  now  let  for  £15,  to  which  is  added 
18s.  7d.,  as  the  rent  of  an  allotment,  awarded  at  the  enclosure.  Wm. 
Hawley,  in  1690,  left  for  ten  poor  widows  the  interest  of  £20,  now 
vested  with  the  feoffees  of  Burton's  charities.  In  1715,  Wm.  Mansfield 
gave  to  the  rector  and  feoffees  of  Loughborough,  a  yearly  rent-charge  of 
40s.,  out  of  his  house  and  land,  at  Kegworth,  in  trust,  for  distribution 
among  20  poor  widowers.  Nicholas  Wolland,  at  some  date  unknown, 
left  for  distribution  in  bread,  on  Good-Friday,  a  yearly  rent-charge  of 
13s.  4d.,  and  it  is  now  paid  out  of  two  houses,  in  Churchgate  and  Biggin 
street.  In  1676,  Thomas  Palmer  gave  out  of  Palmer's  Leys,  a  yearly 
rent  of  £2,  for  the  aged  poor  of  the  town,  and  it  is  usually  given  to  forty 
poor  widows. 

In  1680,  the  Rev.  John  Somerville  devised  the  lands,  which  he  had 
bought  of  John  Welch,  in  Loughborough,  for  apprenticing  poor  children, 
at  the  discretion  of  the  rector  and  churchwardens,  and  it  now  consists  of 
7a.  3r.  39p.,  let  for  £28  a  year.  The  same  donor  also  left  the  lands  he 
had  purchased  of  Mr.  Dawson,  and  £200  to  be  invested  in  other  land, 
and  the  rents  of  the  whole  to  be  applied  towards  the  maintenance  of  one 
or  two  youths  of  Loughborough,  at  Jesus  College,  Cambridge.  Dr.  French, 
who  was  the  master  of  this  college  in  1830,  refused  to  furnish  the 
Charity  Commissioners  with  any  information  relating  to  these  Scholar- 


LOUGHBOROUGH   CHARITIES.  411 

ships,  or  the  present  value  of  the  estate  given  for  their  endowment,  to 
which  4a.  2r.  21p.  of  land  was  allotted  at  the  enclosure. 

John  Storer,  in  1713,  left  land  and  tenements,  at  and  near  Biggin, 
or  Brigg  end  street,  to  be  applied  in  distributions  of  bread  and  clothing 
among  the  poor.  Since  the  enclosure,  this  charity  estate  has  consisted 
of  8  houses,  let  for  £54;  27a.  29p.,  let  in  small  plots,  at  rents  amounting 
to  £115.  7s.  8d. ;  and  2a.  2r.  14p.,  let  for  £9.  2s.  9d.  The  total  yearly 
income,  amounting  to  £178. 10s.  5d.,  is  disposed  of  as  follows : — .£52  in  a 
weekly  distribution  of  100  sixpenny  loaves  among  the  aged  poor ;  and 
the  residue,  after  paying  for  repairs  and  incidental  expenses,  is  given  in 
clothing  to  the  poorest  boys  and  girls  of  the  town,  between  the  ages  of  7 
and  12,  three  weeks  before  Martinmas,  when  the  number  of  recipients  is 
usually  upwards  of  100. 

The  Rev.  George  Bright',  rector  of  Loughborough,  gave  .£200  to 
purchase  land,  and  directed  the  rents  thereof  to  be  applied  to  the  use  of 
a  qualified  person  to  read  prayers  every  morning,  in  the  parish  church. 
The  land  purchased  is  8  acres,  called  the  Prayer  Piece,  and  now  let  for 
.£30  a  year,  which  is  received  by  the  rector,  who  attends  either  himself 
or  by  his  curate,  at  the  church  every  morning,  to  read  prayers  if  there 
should  be  a  congregation. 

Mrs.  Mary  Attenborough,  who  died  5th  June,  1855,  gave  £100  to 
be  divided  into  ten  equal  portions,  and  one  portion  to  be  given  away 
each  year  on  Christmas  Eve,  to  poor  widows  of  Loughborough,  until  all 
were  expended.  This  charity  will  consequently  be  extinct  in  1865.  The 
same  lady  also  left  £100,  with  similar  conditions,  to  the  poor  of  East 
Leake,  Notts.,  and  £100.  12s.  lid.  to  the  Loughborough  Dispensary. 


fi^^lCm^U .mile  S.W.  of  the  town^i^ffie'seSt  of  Chas.  Sutton, 
Esqi,Aana  lsm^dughborough  township,  which  comprises  several  other 
pleasant  seats,  and  several  scattered  farms,  extending  three  miles  S.W. 
to  Loughborough  Paries,  on  the  N.E.  side  of  Charnwood  Forest.  Bur- 
leigh contains  about  374  acres,  and  in  1688  it  was  described  as  a  park, 
held  by  Sir  Wm.  Jesson.  From  about  1700  till  a  few  years  ago  it  was 
the  seat  of  the  Tate  family. 

KNIGHT-THORPE,  a  township  in  the  parish,  and  1%  mile  N.W.  of 
Loughborough,  has  only  58  inhabitants,  and  about  550  acres  of  land, 
which  was  enclosed  in  1779,  and  belongs  chiefly  to  A.  L.  Phillipps,  Esq., 
the  lord  of  the  manor,  which  has  been  held  by  many  different  families 
since  the  Norman  Conquest,  and  is  now  occupied  mostly  by  Thomas 
Brooke  Miller,  Esq.,  Thorpe  Cottage ;  Edward  Ambrose  Harley  and 
Richard  Swinfen,  farmers ;  and  Thomas  Van  Smith,  victualler,  Black 
Horse  Inn.  V  fcu**  'HjU^Xta-kk  C&^XZt  ^ce-  pty  &fi> 

WOODTHORPE,  1£  mile  S.  and  in  the  parish  of  Loughborough,  is 
a  township,  though  commonly  called  a  hamlet.  It  contains  only  07 
souls,  and  about  476  acres  of  land,  belonging  to  W.  P.  Herrick,  Esq., 
the  lord  of  the  manor,  which  was  enclosed  in  1662. 


Campbell  Miss  Ann  ||    Hind  Mr  John 
Langham  Joseph,  nurseryman 
Langham  Samuel,  victualler,  Buffalo's 
Head  and  Garland 


Farmers. — Thomas  Bramley,  Joseph 
Marsh,  Elizabeth  Martin,  James 
Pepper,  and  John  Renals 


412 


LIST   OF  STREETS,   LANES,   &c,   IN   LOUGHBOROUGH. 


Albert  place,  Albert  st 
Albert  street,  Bedford  st 
Aldgate,  Pinfold  gate 
Angel  yard,  Marketplace 
Ashby  road,  Swan  street 
Barrow  st.  Leicester  road 
Baxtergate,  High  street 
Bedford  square,Wardsend 
Bedford  street,Bedfordsq 
Beehive  square,  Woodgt 
Biggin  st.  High  st.   (an- 
ciently Brigg  end  st.) 
Bridge  street,  Derby  road 
Bryan's  yard,  Market  pi 
Buckhorn  square,  Spring 

gardens 
Burleigh  field  and  Hall, 

Ashby  road 
Burton  street,  Victoria  st 
Canal  side,  Derby  road 
Chapman  st.  Cherry  orcd. 
Cobden  st.  Cherry  orchd. 
Conery,  Spring  gardens 
Churchgate,  High  street 
Cradockst.  Cherry  orchd. 
Dead  lane,  Bridge  street 
Derby  road,  Swan  street 
Devonshire  sq.  Wardsend 
Factory  place,  Salmon  st 


Fennel  st.  Churchgate 
Forest  lane,  Wardsend 
Freehold  st. Cherry  orchd. 
George  yard,  Market  pi 
Greenclose  lane,   Rushes 
Gregory  street,  King  st 
Hastings  st.  Ashby  road 
High  street,  Market  pi 
Holborn  hill,  William  st 
Holland  st.  Wellington  st 
Hudson  st.  Cherry  orchd. 
Hume  st.  Cherry  orchard 
John  street,  Bridge  street 
King  st.  Leicester  road 
Leicester  road,  King  st 
Market  place,  High  st 
Market  street,  Market  pi 
Meadow    lane,    Spring 

gardens 
Mill  street,  Ashby  road 
Moira  street,  Barrow  st 
Moor  lane,  Woodgate 
Murfin's  yard,  Wardsend 
North  st.  Nottingham  rd 
Nottingham  rd.  North  st 
Orchard,  Ashby  place 
Park  row,  Park  lane 
Park  street,  Victoria  st 
Peel  street,  Cherry  orchd. 


Pinfold    gate,   row,   and 

terrace,  Aldgate 
Pinfold  st. Cherry  orchard 
Pinfold  terrace,  Pinfold  st 
Pleasant  row,Leicester  rd 
Railway  station  &  terrace, 

Nottingham  road 
Regent  street,  Mill  st 
Rushes,  Ashby  road 
Russell  st.  Cherry  orchd. 
Salmon  street,  Bridge  st 
Seward's  row,  Ashby  rd 
Sidney  terrace,  Park  lane 
South    fields    and    lane, 

Leicester  road 
South  street,  Woodgate 
Sparrow  hill,  Stanford  rd 
Spring  gardens,  Welling- 
ton street 
Stanford  rd.  Sparrow  hill 
Steeple  row,  Churchgate 
Swan  street,  Churchgate 
Union  street,  Regent  st 
Victoria  street,  Bedford  sq 
Victoria  villas,  Victoria  st 
Wardsend,  Forest  lane 
Wellington  st.  Barrow  st 
William  st.  Holborn  hill 
Woodgate,  Pinfold  gate 


LOUGHBOROUGH    DIRECTORY. 


The  following  ALPHABETICAL  DIRECTORY  contains  the  Addresses  of 
all  the  Inhabitants,  except  Journeymen  and  Labourers,  arranged  in  the 
order  of  Surnames,  and  is  followed  by  another  arrangement,  classified 
under  the  heads  of  Trades  and  Professions  ;  after  which  will  be  found  the 
Post  Office  Regulations  and  the  Public  Conveyances. 

The  CONTRACTIONS  used  are  such  as,  it  is  hoped,  will  be  readily  under- 
stood :  those  most  frequently  used  are  the  usual  abbreviations  of  Christian 
names ;  and  bdg.  for  bridge ;  bldgs.  buildings ;  ct.  court ;  fmktr.  frame- 
work knitter ;  fmsmith.  framesmith ;  gt.  gate ;  hs.  house ;  In.  lane ;  rd. 
road  ;  st.  street ;  sq.  square  ;  whsman.  warehouseman. 


Abbey  Robert,  butcher,  Baxtergate 
Abbott  John,  bookseller,  printer  &  pub- 
lisher of  the  Loughborough  News, 
Market  place 
Abrahart  Edward,  tailor,  Ashby  place 
Adcock  George,  whsman.  Woodgate 
Adams  John,  druggist,  Market  place 
Adland  Sml.  Scott,  cabinet  mkr.  Mill  st 
Ainsworth  Wm.  hosiery  mfr.  Moira  st 
Aiasworth  Wm.  tailor,  Churchgate 


Allsop  James,  farmer,  and  John  Thos. 

butcher,  North  street 
Amatt  John   Harley,    draper,    Market 

place ;  h  Leicester  road 
Angrave  Ann,  baker,  Leicester  road 
Augrave  &  Peniston,  drapers,Marketpl 
Angrave  William ;  h  Market  place 
Apple  Mr  John  David,  Nottingham  rd 
Archer  Amos,  tailor,  Market  place 
Archer  Mr  Francis  Chas.  Victoria  st 


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413 


Argyle  Thomas,  tailor,  Pinfold  gate 
Armstrong  Alfred,  rieedlemkr.  Woodgt 
Armstrong  Henry,  brazier,  Market  pi 
Armstrong  John,  hairdsr.  Ashby  pi 
Armstrong  Mrs  Miriam,  Pinfold  gate 
Armstrong  Thos.  needlemkr.Pinfold  gt 
Armstrong  Thomas,  hair  dresser  and 

umbrella  maker,  Fishpool  head 
Arrowsmith  Thomas,  jobber,  Regent  st 
Aslett  and  Dawson,  drugts.  Market  pi 
Aslett  Wm.  Stacey ;   h  Wymesivold 
Astill  David,  post  master,  Baxtergate 
Astill  Hy.  oil  and  colourman  and  ale 

and  porter  merchant,  Baxtergate 
Attenborough  Mary,  brazier,  Swan  st 
Bailey  Mr  John,  Albert  place 
Bailey  John,  shopkpr.  Wellington  st 
Bailey  Martha  Ward,  vict.  Saracen's 

head,  Swan  street 
Bailey  Samuel,  schoolmr.  Workhouse 
Bailey  Thomas,  tailor,  Victoria  street 
Bailey  William,  brushmkr.  Churchgate 
Baker  Mr  William,  Leicester  road 
Bakewell  Mrs  Eliz.  Hanh.  Barrow  st 
Bakewell  Thomas  Luke,  sinker  maker 

and  vict.  Mundy  Arms,  Sparrow  hill 
Bakewell  William,  hatter,  Market  pi 
Bakewell  William  Wells,  vict.  Royal 

George,  North  street 
Baldwin  Benjamin,  watchmkr.  jeweller, 

optician,  &c.  Market  place 
Baldwin  George,  draper,  Market  place 
BaleyDanl.vict.CrossKeys,Leicester  rd 
Ball  Eliza  Ann,  baker,  Leicester  road 
Ball  James,  baker,  Mill  street 
Ball  James,  draper,  Market  place 
Ball  Mr  Joseph,  Eegent  street 
Barker  Geo.  C.  basket  mkr.  Baxtergt 
Barker  John,  builder,  Derby  road 
Barker  Thomas,  builder,  Forest  lane 
Barker  William,  clerk,  Leicester  road 
Barnsdale  Joseph  Rouse,  wharfinger, 

Derby  road 
Barradale  Joseph,  shoemaker,  Mill  st 
Barradale  Thos.  blacksmith,  South  st 
Barradale  Wm.  blacksmith,  Ashby  pi 
Barratt  James,  glazier,  Ashby  road 
Barrow  Mrs  Ann,  Ashby  road 
Barrowcliff  Henry,  farmer,  Parks 
BarrowclifF  Mrs  Isabella,  Albert  place 
Barrowcliff  Marmaduke,  Albert  place 
Barson  Ann,  dress  maker,  Churchgate 
Barson  Fdk.  hairdsr.  &  toy  dlr.  High  st 
Barson  William,  hosiery  dlr.  Churchgt 
Barwick  John,  haberdasher  and  lace 

dealer,  Market  place 
Basford  George,  shoemaker,  Swan  st 
Basford  Joseph,  shopkeeper,  NortJi  st 
Basford  William,  shoemaker  and  haber- 
dasher, Swan  street 


Bass  John  Austin,  baker  and  shop- 
keeper, Wellington  street 
Bass  Wm.brush  mkr.  oilman, &c. High  st 
Bates  Edwin,  butcher,  Swan  street 
Bates  George,  vict.  Old  Talbot,  Mill  st 
Bates  John,  shoemaker,  Pinfold  street 
Beeby  John,  shoemaker,  Holland  street 
Beck  George,  cooper,  Woodgate 
Belton  Charles,  shopkeeper  and  brush 

manufacturer,  Moor  lane 
Bennett  Alice,  milliner,  Baxtergate 
Bennett  Thomas,  druggist,  High  street 
Bent  Joseph,  shopkeeper,  Pinfold  gate 
Bent  Lois,  shopkeeper,  Bedford  square 
Bent  Robert,  hairdresser,  Ashby  place 
Bentley  James,  hawker,  Albert  place 
Berridge  Wm.  comiss.  agent,  Woodgate 
BerringtonMiss  Mary  Ann,  Derby  road 
Berrington  Thomas,  agent  to  Lough- 
borough Navigation  Co.  Canal  bank 
Berrington  William,  tailor,  Moor  lane 
Biddies  Henry,  sexton  of  Emmanuel 

Church,  Sidney  terrace 
Biggs  Harry,  beerhouse,  Meadow  lane 
Billson  William,  butcher,  Ashby  place 
Billson  Wm.  warehouseman,  Bedford  st 
Binch  William  John,  grocer,  Swan  st 
Bird  John,  lace  manufr.  Moor  lane 
Birkin  John,  blacksmith,  Rushes 
Birkin  Joseph,  blacksmith  and  beer- 
house, Ward's  lane 
Birkin  Luke,  mechanic,  Albert  street 
Bishop  Elizabeth,  baker,  Sparrow  hill 
Bishop  George,  tailor,  High  street 
Bishop  Rev.  John  James  (Unitarian,) 

Ashby  road 
Bishop  Thos.  pork  butcher,  Sparrow  hill 
Bishop  Thomas,  news  agent,  North  st 
Black  Joseph,  hosiery  mfr.  Wellington  st 
BlackJoseph,jun.hosiery  manufacturer, 
&  vict.  Crown  &  Thistle, Sparrow  hill 
Blakeman  Henry,  draper,  Market  place 
Bland  Joseph,  clerk,  Leicester  road 
Bland  William,  grocer,  Sparrow  hill 
Blood  John,vict.Dog&  Gun,  Bedford  sq 
Blunt  John,  cooper,  South  street 
Blunt  Robert,  cooper,  Pinfold  gate 
Blunt  Thomas,  manager,  Rectory  place 
Boden    Rev.    Charles    Henry    (Prim. 

Meth.),  Sparrow  hill 
Bohan  Patrick,  rag  dealer,  Bridge  st 
Bolesworth  Mrs  Sophia,  Forest  lane 
Bolger  William,  schoolmaster,  Ashby  rd 
Bombroffe  Mrs  Emma,  Gregory  street 
Bombrofie  James,  brickmaker,  Park  In 
BonserRev.John,B.A.(Wes.)Rectorypl 
Booth  Ann,  milliner,  Churchgate 
Booth  Francis,  printer  (j)  Gregory  st 
Booth  Wm.Lewel.cabinetmkr.Baxtergt 
Bowley  Thos.  Prince,  grocer,  Market  pi 


414 


LOUGHBOROUGH   DIRECTORY. 


Bradford  Mr  James,  Park  street 
Bradley  John,  cowkeeper,  Queen  street 
Brad  well  Francis  and  Son,  saddlers 

and  harness  makers,  Market  place 
Bramley  Henry,  tailor,  Woodgate 
Brandon  William,  station  master,  Not- 
tingham road 
Branston  William,  draper,  North  street 
Braund  George,  hosiery  nifr.  Woodgate 
Brewin  William,  whsman.  Pinfold  gate 
Brice  John,  saddler,  Fishpool  head 
Brighonse  John,  manager,  Albert  street 
BrileyJn.&Co.provisiondlrs.Woodgate 
Broadbent  Rev.  John  (Wesleyan) ,  Lei- 
cester road 
Brock  Beauvoir,  solicitor,  and  registrar 
of   County   Court,    Baxtergate ;    h 
Lime  Hurst 
Bromhead  Chas.  saddler,  Baxtergate 
Bromhead  Henry,  shoemaker,  Churchgt 
Bromhead  John,  grocer,  Leicester  road 
Brookes  Mrs  Mary,  Southfield  House 
Brooks  Wm.  vict.  Greyhound,  North  st 
Brown  Edw.  baker  &  maltster,  Ashby  pi 
Brown  Jane,  beerhouse,  Churchgate 
Brown  Jesse,  gun  maker,  Mill  street 
Brown  John,  warehouseman,  Mill  st 
Brown  Webster,  whsman.  Sparrow  hill 
Brumby  Henry,   fishmonger  and   cab 

proprietor,  Churchgate 
Brunt  Joseph,  tailor,  draper,  and  pawn- 
broker, Market  place 
Brunt  Joseph,  tailor,  Churchgate 
Bryan  Henry,  flour  dealer,  Baxtergate 
Bryan   Charlotte,  (Executors  of)  wine 

and  spirit  merchants,  Market  place 
Bryan  Thomas  Arthur,  wine  merchant ; 

h  Market  place 
BuckJno.binder.Churchgt ;  hVictoria  st 
Bull  Benj.  warehouseman,  Sparrow  hill 
Bumpus  Rev.  Thomas,  Meadow  lane 
Bunch  Rev.  Robt.  Jas.  B.D.,  rector  of 
Emmanuel    parish,   hon.   canon   of 
Peterborough,  and  surrogate,    Em- 
manuel Rectory,  Forest  lane 
Burkill  Thomas,  manager,  Nottgm.  rd 
Burrows  Miss  Mary,  Leicester  road 
Burrows  Mr  Richard,  Baxtergate 
Bussey  Mrs  Ann,  Victoria  street 
Callis  Eliza  and  Mary,  confectr.High  st 
Capp  Charles  Hacker,  wine  and  spirit 

merchant,  Market  place 
Capp  Miss  Mary,  Leicester  road 
Capp  Mary  Ann,  cowkpr.  Southfield  rd 
Carpmail  William,  farmer,  Ashby  road 
Carter  Robert,  fmktr.  Beehive  lane 
Carter  Wm.  china,  &c.  dealer,  Swan  st 
Cartledge  Mr  Henry,  Nottingham  road 
Cartwright  Mr  Daniel,  Leicester  road 
Cartwright  Mrs  Margaret,  Victoria  villa 


Cartwright  and  Warners,  spinners,  and 
patent  angola   and  merino  hosiery 
manufacturers,  Nottingham  road 
Cartwright  William    Ambrose,   ware- 
houseman, Leicester  road 
Carvill  Thomas  Abbott,  master  of  the 

Lower  School,  Churchgate 
Cashmore    Luke,   needle  maker    and 

haberdasher,  Mill  street 
Cater  James,  hairdresser  and  umbrella 

maker,  Baxtergate 
Cattell  Eliz.  wood  turner,  Baxtergate 
Caulfield  James  Benjamin,  master  of 

the  Upper  School,  Churchgate 
Cayles  Reuben,  farmer,  Canal  bank 
Chad  wick  Sarah,  cowkeeper,  Albert  st 
Chapman  Mrs  Catherine,  Leicester  rd 
Chapman  John,  draper,  High  street 
Chapman  Thompson,  victualler,  Plough 

Hotel,  Market  place 
Chapman  William,  carrier,  Churchgate 
Charlesworth  Jas.  overlooker,  North  st 
Charles  worth     Thomas    John,    wool- 
stapler,  Rectory  cottage 
Charnock  Ellen,  mistress  of  the  Upper 

School,  Rectory  place 
Cheatle  Richard,  clerk,  Churchgate 
Chester  Danl.  needle  mkr.  Sparrow  hill 
Chester  Joseph  and  Son,  auctioneers, 

Churchgate 
Chester  Joseph,  corn  and  flour  dealer  & 
agrtl.  machine  owner,  Fishpool  head 
Chester  Thos.  Jph.shopkpr.Leicester  rd 
Chester  William,  draper,  High  street 
Chester  William,  grocer,  Churchgate 
Chesterton   Thomas,   vict.   and  brush 
maker,  Prince  of  Wales,  Churchgate 
Christopher  William,  sweep,  Mill  st 
Clarke  Augustus  Wm.  grocer,  North  st 
Clarke  Mrs  Catherine,  Devonshire  sq 
Clarke  Charles,  victualler, Wheat  Sheaf, 

Bedford  square 
Clarke  Edw.  earthenw.  dlr.  Fennel  st 
Clarke  Edw.  Geo.  shopkpr.  Bridge  st 
Clarke  Elizabeth,  school,  Leicester  rd 
Clarke  George,  shopkeeper,  Churchgt 
Clarke  George,  postman,  Canal  bank 
Clarke  Rev.  Hy.  (Catholic),  Ashby  rd 
Clarke  Jabez,  painter,  Devonshire  sq 
Clarke  John,  butcher,  Market  place 
Clarke  John,  grocer  (Crosher  &  C), 

Market  place 
Clarke  Robert,  sweep,  Sparrow  hill 
Clarke    Thomas,   dyer  and  finisher, 

Devonshire  square 
Clarke  William,  butcher,  Woodgate 
Clarkson  Edward,  fmktr.  Meadow  lane 
Claypoole,  Diggle,  &  Hardy,  bleachers 

and  finishers,  Wardsend 
Claypoole  Hy.  pawnbkr.  Devonshire  sq 


LOUGHBOROUGH   DIRECTORY. 


415 


Clements  Samuel,  saddler,  High  sfc 
Clemerson  Henry,  auctioneer,  Mill  st 
Coates  John,  union  elk.  supt.  regr.  & 

asst.  elk.  to  magistrates,  Woodgate 
Coddington  George,  baker,  Regent  st 
Collins  Edward,  foreman,  Derby  road 
Collins  Jph.  pipe  maker,  Wellington  st 
Coltman  Hiram,  foreman,  Derby  road 
Cooke  John,  cashier,  Victoria  street 
Cooke  Mrs  Mary,  Meadow  lane 
Coope  Jesse,  solr.  and  sanitai'y  inspr. 

to  Board  of  Health,  Devonshire  sq 
Cooper  Charles,  hairdresser,  Woodgate 
Cooper  Hy.  vict.  Green  Man,  Swan  st 
Cooper  John,  tailor,  Pinfold  street 
Cooper  John,  shoemaker,  Mill  street 
Cooper  Joseph,  hatter,  Mill  street 
Cooper  Thos.  Josiah,  beerh.  Derby  rd 
CooperWm.vict.  Royal  Oak,Leicester  rd 
Co-operative  Store,  Sparrow  hill;  Wm. 

Goodwin,  manager 
Corah  William,  joiner,  High  street ;  h 

Leicester  road 
Cotton  Wm.  hosiery  mfr.  Factory  st 
Cox  Jane,  beerhouse,  Mill  street 
Cox  John,  eating  house,  Baxtergate 
Cradock  Ferdinando  Rt.  gent.Pinfoldgt. 
Cradock  Thos.  solicitor  (C.  &  Woolley), 
clerk  to  Charnwood  Enclosure  Com- 
missioners, and  to  Gas  &  Navigation 
Co.'s,  Sparrow  hill ;  h  Quorn  Court 
Cradock  &  Woolley,  solrs.  Sparrow  hill 
Cragg  Frederick,  farmer,  Forest  lane 
Cramer  John  Baptist,  music  professor 

and  organist,  Fennel  street 
Cramp  Alfred,  greengrocer,  Leicester  rd 
Cramp  John,  greengrocer,  Factory  st 
Cramp  Thomas,  gardener,  Regent  st 
Crane  Jas.  travg.  draper,  Leicester  rd 
Crawford  Edward,  brush  manufacturer 

and  oilman,  Swan  street 
Crawford  Geo.  rope  &  twine  mfr.  Swan  st 
Creswell  George,  gent.  Leicester  road 
Creswell  William,  painter,  Churchgate 
Crofts  Robert,  shopkeeper,  Woodgate 
Crosher  &  Clarke,  grocers,  Market  pi 
Crosher  Jph.  coal  merchant,  North  st 
Crosher  Rd.  gcr. ;  h  Forest-field  House 
Cross  Ann,  milliner,  &c.  Mill  street 
Cumberland  Ambrose,  grocer,  Market  pi 
Cumberland  &  Co.  confectrs.  Swan  st 
Cumberland  John,  farmer,  Pocketgate 
Cumberland  Francis,  farmer,  Parks 
Cumberland  Jph.  shopkpr.  Victoria  st 
Cumberland  Rt.  tobacconist,  Market  pi 
Cunningham    John,     spar    ornament 

manufacturer,  Churchgate 
Dakin  Daniel,  painter,  High  street 
Dakin  Eliz.  &  Sarah  Maria,  fancy  re- 
pository, Leicester  road 


Dakin  Isaac,  traveller,  Leicester  road 
Dakin  Louisa,  milliner,  High  street 
Dakin  Samuel,  fruiterer,  Wardsend 
Darby  John,  framesmitb,  Pinfoldgate 
Davison  Robt.  confectr.  Devonshire  sq 
Dawes  William,  clerk,  Leicester  road 
Dawson  Wm.  Henry,  druggist  (Aslett 

&  D.)  ;  h  Market  place 
Dean  Charles,  baker,  Leicester  road 
Dean  Clementina,  school,  Leicester  rd 
Dean  William,  hosiery  mfr.  Fennel  st 
Dennis  John,  warehouseman,  Baxtergt 
Dennis  William,  foreman,  Victoria  st 
Dewberry  Jane  Ann,  victualler,  White 

Lion,  Swan  street 
Dewberry  Mrs  Sarah,  Derby  road 
Dewberry  Sarah,  dressmkr.  Canal  bank 
Dexter  John,  joiner,  North  street 
Dexter  Robert,  botanist,  Devonshire  sq 
Dexter  William,  shoemaker,  Mill  st 
Dickens  James,  cowkeeper,  Dead  lane 
Diggle  James,  bleacher  (Claypoole  & 

Co.) ;  h  Wardsend 
Diggle  Saml.  spirit  merchant,  Swan  st 
Diggle   William,    coal   merchant   and 

victualler,  Blue  Boar,  Rushes 
Dobell  Isaac  Blount,  wine  and  spirit 

merchant,  Market  place 
Dobney  Thomas,  farmer  and  butcher, 

Churchgate 
Dobson  Mary,  dressmaker,  Moor  lane 
Dougherty  Henry,  vict.  Bull's  Head 

Hotel,  High  street 
Doughty  Mrs  Louisa,  Regent  street 
Diury  Thos.  confectioner,  Sparrow  hill 
Earp  Edwin,baker  &  corn  miller,  Swan  st 
Evans  John,  sinker  maker,  Woodgate 
Evans  Mrs  Melina,  Regent  street 
Eddowes  John  Henry,  M.D.  surgeon, 

Market  place 
Egan  Rev.  Andrew  (Cath.),  Ashbyroad 
Elliott  John,  shopkeeper,  Regent  street 
Elliott  Saml.  tailor  &  draper,  Market  pi 
Ellis  Joseph,  shoemaker,  Sparrow  hill 
Farmer  John,  hat  manufr.  Baxtergate 
Farmer  Samuel,  farmer,  Churchgate 
Farrer  John,  druggist,  Swan  street 
Farrer  John,  shoemaker,  Bedford  sq 
Faulkes    William,    vict.    Marquis    of 

Granby,  Woodgate 
Fearon    Rev.   Henry,    B.D.   rector  of 

Loughborough,  hon.  canon  of  Peter- 
borough, rural  dean,  and  surrogate, 

The  Rectory 
Ferguson  Rt.travg.  draper,  Leicester  rd 
Fernley  James,  photographer,  Baxtergt 
Fieldsend  Robert,  draper,  High  street 
Fisher  Henry,  plumber,  (fee.  Churchgate 
Fisher  Elijah,  blacksmith,  North  st 
Fisher  John,  shoemaker,  Ashby  place 


416 


LOUGHBOROUGH   DIRECTORY. 


Fisher  Joseph,  beerhouse  and  frame- 
smith,  Ashby  place 
Fisher  Thomas,  shoemaker,  Churchgt 
Fisher  William,  blacksmith,  Woodgate 
Fisher  Wm.  &  Son,  painter,  Churchgate 
Flavell  Miss  Emma,  Leicester  road 
Flavill  Hy.  shopr.  &  house  agt.Baxtergt 
Flavill  Mr  Samuel,  Hudson  street 
Ford  William,  framesmith,  Moira  st 
Forman  Henry,  shoemaker,  Mill  street 
Forsbury  Mr  John,  Leicester  road 
Fosbrooke  Miss  Rebecca,  Leicester  rd 
Foulds  Joseph,  gentleman, Park  cottage 
Foulds  William,  beerhouse,  Hume  st 
Fowkes  Elizabeth,mistress  of  the  Lower 

School,  Churchgate 
Franey  John,  tailor,  Mill  street 
Fraser  Alexander    C.    manager    Gas 

Works ;  h  Leicester  road 
Freak  Arthur,  wheelwgt.  Fishpool  head 
Frederick  M.  French  master,Bedford  sq 
Freeman  and  Perkins,  hosiery  dealers, 

Devonshire  square 
Frisby  Joseph,  ironmonger  and  seeds- 
man, Market  place 
Frisby  Joseph  Stevenson  (Samuel  and 

Son)  ;  h  Ashby  place 
Frisby  Misses,  Verandah  Cot.  Dead  In 
Frisby  Samuel,  and  Son,  ironfounders, 

ironmongers,  &c.  Meadow  lane  and 

Market  place 
Frisby  Samuel  (S.  &  Son);  h  Ashby  rd 
Frisby  Thomas,  butcher,  Baxtergate 
Frisby  Thomas,'bus  owner,  Pinfoldgate 
Frisby  Wm.  horse  breaker,  Regent  st 
Fulford  George,  wheelwright,  Regent  st 
Gadsby  James,  vict.  Stag  and  Pheasant, 

North  street 
Gains  Mrs  and  Misses,  Regent  street 
Gains  Thomas,  clothes  dlr.  Churchgate 
Gamble  Misses,  milliners,  Swan  street 
Gamble  George, shoemaker,Churchgate 
Garton  Edward,   veterinary   surgeon, 

Leicester  road 
Garton  John,  porter,  North  street 
Garton  Joseph,  draper,  Market  place 
Gaultier  Henry,  scripture  reader,  and 

Mrs  Jane,  boardg.  school,  Victoria  st 
Gee  Ann,  eating  house,  Mill  street 
Gee  Mary,  shopkeeper,,  Queen  street 
Gee  William,   coal  merchant,    Canal 

Wharf;  h  Regent  street 
GibsonReuben,tollcollector,Caualbank 
Gibson  Thomas,  shoemaker,  Mill  street 
Gilbsrt  William,  baker,  Baxtergate 
Giles  Joseph,  solicitor,  High  street ;  h  I 

Cedar  cottage,  Forest  lane 
Gimson   Charles  (Luke  and  Son)  ;  h 

Leicester  road 
Gimson  Josiah,  whsman.  Leicester  rd 


Gimson  Luke  and  Son,  hosiery  manu- 
facturers, Pinfoldgate 
Ginever  Mrs  Isabella,  Victoria  street 
Goadby  Catherine,  school,  and  Edwin, 

dispenser,  Leicester  road 
Godber  Thos.  hosiery  mfr.  Cradock  st 
Goddard  John,  shoemaker,  Sparrow-hill 
Goodacre   John,    linen  manufacturer, 

Cherry  orchard  ;  h  Baxtergate 
Goode  William,  tailor,  Woodgate 
Goodier  Joshua,  tailor,  Mill  street 
Godkin  Henry,  warehouseman,  Woodgt 
Goodman  James,  coach  bldr.  Pinfoldgt 
Goodman  William,  police-sergt.  Woodgt 
Goodrich  Charles,  needle  mkr.  Mill  st 
Goodrich  Edward,  cooper,  Ashby  place 
Gough  Thomas,  rev.  officer,  Peel  street 
Graves  Henry,  vict.  Boat,  Meadow  In 
Gray  John  Henry,  bookseller,  printer, 
and  publisher  of  the  "  Loughborough 
Monitor"  Market  place 
Green  Mrs  Mary,  Leicester  road 
Green  Thomas,  milliner,  &c.  High  st 
Green  Thomas,  hosiery  mfr.  Cradock  st 
Greensmith  Thos.  vict.  Angel,  Baxtergt 
Greenwood  John  Walter,  vict.  King's 

Head  Hotel,  High  street 
Greenwood  Samuel,  shoemkr.  Rushes 
Greeves  Mrs  Ann,  Victoria  street 
Gregory  Mrs  Ann,  Forest  lane 
Gregory  LewisBirch,managr.Leicstr.rd 
Gretton  Mrs  Annie,  Bedford  square 
Griffin  Mrs.  High  street 
Griffiths  Mary,  milliner,  Churchgate 
Grimbley  William,  shopkr.  Meadow  In 
Grudgings  Daniel,  needle  mkr.  Woodgt 
Grundy  Henry,  painter,  Baxtergate 
Grundy  James,  gardener,  Baxtergate 
Grundy  Thomas,  sexton,  Steeple  row 
Grundy  Samuel,  shopkr.  Sparrow  hill 
Gutteridge  John,  gardener  and  share- 
broker,  Burleigh  field 
Gutteridge  Jph.  horse  dlr.  Chapman  st 
Hack  Henry,  painter,  Leicester  road 
Hack  Richard,  shoemaker,  Sparrow  hill 
Hadden  John,  tailor,  Bedford  square 
Hague  Samuel,  police  supt.  Woodgate 
Halford  Elizabeth,  tripe  dealer,Woodgt 
Hall  Francis,  basket  maker,  Churchgt 
Hall  Misses,  Jane  &  Mary,  Meadow  In 
Hallam  Mrs  Ann,  Wardsend 
Hammond  John,  corn  dealer  and  seeds- 
man, High  street 
Hammond  John  Edw.  butcher,  Mill  st 
Hammond  Mrs  Kate,  Ashby  road 
Handford  Thomas,  watch  mkr.  Mill  st 
Handley  George,  maltster,  Sparrow  hill 
Handley  Robert,  maltster,  Pinfoldgate 
Hands  John,  shopkeeper,  Baxtergate 
Harding  Elizabeth,  milliner,  Hume  st 


LOUGHBOROUGH   DIRECTORY. 


417 


Harding  James,  builder,  Hume  street 
Harding  James,  cabinet  mkr.  Mill  st 
Harding  Wm.  shopkpr.  Wellington  st 
Hardy  Henry,  vict.  Albion,  Canal  bank 
Hargreaves  John,   victualler,    Golden 

Fleece,  Fishpool  head 
Hart  Miss  Elizabeth,  Church  gate 
Harley  Mrs  Elizabeth,  Derby  road 
Harridge  Hy.  vict.  Old  Griffin,  Ashby  pi 
Harriman    Charles,    machinist,     Not- 
tingham road 
Harris  William,  pawnbroker,  Market  pi 
Harrison     Francis     Crisp,     assistant 

surgeon,  Pinfoldgate 
Harrison  Robert,  hairdsr.  Baxtergate 
Harrold  EwenBaillie,Esq.Burleighfield 
Harrold  Thomas,  shoemkr.  Regent  st 
Harrold  Mary,  grocer,  Bedford  street 
Hart  Mr  Anthony,  Derby  road 
Hartwell  Jno.  marine  store  dlr.Woodgt 
Harvey  Joseph,  surveyor,  Mill  street 
Hatfield  Mrs  Martha,  Gregory  street 
Haworth  Abraham,  corn  factor  (Jack- 
son &  Co.) ;  h  Fennel  street 
Hawkins  Mrs  Sarah,  Moor  lane 
Hayes  John,  shopkeeper,  Woodgate 
Heane   Ellen    and    Elizabeth,    dress- 
makers, Southfield  road 
Heane  Henry  G.  shoer.  Sparrow  hill 
Heafford   George,    Ann,    and    Henry, 

dyers  and  finishers,  John  street 
Henshaw  Christopher,  cowkpr.  North  st 
Henshaw  William,  cooper,  Churchgate 
Henson  John,  game  dealer,fishmonger, 

and  pork  butcher,  Swan  street 
Henson  John,  cooper  and  vict.  Three 

Tuns,  Churchgate 
Henson  Miss  Mary,  North  street 
Hester  Rev.  Giles  (Bapt.)  Park  cottage 
Heward  Edw.  shopkeeper,  Albert  st 
Hewett  Samuel,  hairdresser,  North  st 
Hewett  Wm.  tailor,  Freehold  street 
Hey  wood  Jph.  machinist,  King  street 
Hibbins  Wm.  shoemkr.  Church  street 
Hickling  John,  shopkeeper,  Churchgt 
Hickman  John,  ale  and  porter  agent, 

and  Eliz.  milliner,  Bedford  square 
Hilton  Eliz.  vict.  Red  Lion,  Biggin  st 
Hine&Mundella,hosierymfrs.Factoryln 
HobsonJph.vict.RailwayInn,Nottgmrd 
HodderHy.Rayner,drugt.Fishpoolhead 
Hole  Richard,  Esq.,  Quorndon  villa 
Holland  Jas.  beerhouse,  Barrow  street 
Hollis  William,  sweep,  North  street 
Hood  Henry,  cattle  dealer,  Churchgate 
Hood  James,  hosiery  mfr.  Wellgtn.  st 
Hood  John  Burton,  butcher  and  farmer, 

North  street 
Hopkins  John,  beerhouse,  Forest  road 
Hopkins  Mary,  shopkeeper,  Rushes 


Horden  Henry  ,revenue  officer,Baxtergt 
Hoult  Jno.sextou  of  cemetery,Pinfoldgt 
Hubbard  James,   needle    maker    and 

small  ware  dealer,  Mill  street 
Hubbard  Jas.vict.ThreeCrowns,Northst 
Hubbard  John,  shoemaker,  Bedford  sq 
Hucknall  &  Wilson,  solicitors,Barrow  st 
Hucknall  Alfred  ;  h  Barrow  street 
Hudson  Jas.  yarn  spinner,  Freehold  st 
Hudson  Mrs  Sarah,  Factory  street 
Hudson  William,  gardener,  Albert  st 
Hughes    Henry,  engineer  and  timber 

merchant,  Derby  road  ;  h  Regent  st 
Hull  and  Chester,  builders  and  agricul- 
tural machine  makers,  Barrow  st 
Hull  Reuben,  grocer,  Sparrow  hill 
Hull  Rd.  vict.  Old  Neptune,  Market  pi 
Hull  Thos.  warehouseman,  Cobden  st 
Hull  Thos.  Pollard,  clerk,  Churchgate 
Hull  Wm.  Hy.  stone  &  marble  mason, & 

surv.  to  Board  of  Health, Leicester  rd 
Hunt  Henry,  shoemaker,  Woodgate 
Hunt  Jas.  woolstapler,  Derby  road  ; 

h  Regent  street 
Hunt  Lester,  town  crier,  Sparrow  hill 
Hunt  Samuel,  surgeon,  Churchgate 
Hunt  and, So werby,  surgeons,  Churchgt 
Hunt  Thomas,  shopkeeper,  Rushes 
Hurst  James,  keeper,  Town  Hall 
Hutchinson  Wm.  surgeon,  Baxtergate 
Hyde  Mr  Alfred,  Moor  lane 
Jackson  &  Co.  corn  factors,  Nottgm.rd 
Jackson  John  Thomas  (J.  &  Co.) ;  h 

Nottingham  road 
Jackson  Samuel,  auctioneer,  land  agt. 

&c.,Town  Hall ;  h  Nottingham  road 
Jackson  Thomas,  painter,  Regent  st 
Jacques  James,   woolstapler,  Rectory 

place  ;  h  Birstall  hill  House 
Jacques  John,  shopkeeper,  Rushes 
James  Charles,  butcher,  Sparrow  hill 
James  James,  shoemaker,  Baxtergate 
James  Robt.  painter  &  grocer,Bridge  st 
Jarratt  Jabez,   assessor   of  taxes,  and 

coir,  to  Board  of  Health,  Bedford  sq 
Jarratt  Jabez,  jun.  vestry  clerk  and 

poor  rate  collector,  Albert  place 
Jarratt  John,  reporter,  Bedford  square 
Jarratt  Mrs  Julia,  shopkpr.  Ashby  pi 
Jelley  Mr  Joseph,  Ashby  road 
Jelley   Hy.  &   Co.  elastic   web   mfrs. 

Derby  road  ;    h  Victoria  street 
Johnson     James,     machine     builder, 

Southfield  road 
Johnson  Wm.  earthenware  dlr.  Mill  st 
Jolly  Thos.  watchmaker,  Baxtergate 
Jones  Samuel  Langton,  high  bailiff  of 

County  Court,  Meadow  lane 
Jones  William,  foreman,  Albert  street 
Judd  Rt.  relieving  officer,  Derby  road 
2d 


418 


LOUGHBOROUGH   DIRECTORY. 


Keau  John  Law,  accountant,  Askby  rd 
Keenan  John,  marine  store  dlr.  Kuskes 
Keightley  James    Hind,    wharfinger, 

Nottingham  road 
Kidger  Mrs  Ann  Lambert,  Albert  place 
Kidger  John,  butcher,  Ashby  road 
Kendrick  Thos.  coal  dealer,  Pinfold  gt 
King  John,  watchmaker,  Market  place 
King  Jokn,  butcher,  High  street 
King  William   Henry,   vict.   Admiral 

Nelson,  Market  place 
Kirk  and  Son,  cabinet  makers,  Mill  st 
Kirk  John  ;  h  Mill  street ;  John,  jun. ; 

h  Albert  street 
Kirk  John,  cowkeeper,  Ashby  read 
Kirk  Joseph,  bank  clerk,  Mill  street 
Kitchen  Rev.  Jph.  Laxton,  B.A.  second 

master  of  Grammar  School,  Regent  st 
Lacey  Betsy,  dressmaker,  Churchgate 
Lacey  Jas.  Smith,  shoemkr.  Market  pi 
Lacey  Robert,  shopkeeper,  Regent  st 
LaceyWm.  gent.  Bowling  green  cottage 
Lander  Joseph,  grocer,  High  street 
Lander  Robert,  gent.  Leicester  road 
Larard  Edward,  shoemaker,  Moor  lane 
Lawtey  George,  hairdresser,  Churchgt 
Lawtey  John,  hat  manufr.  Churchgate 
Lawtey  John,  shopkeeper,  Barrow  st 
Lee  Samuel,  registrar  of  births,  deaths, 

and  marriages,  &  printer,  Holland  st 
Lee   Thomas  William,   reporter    and 

deputy  registrar,  Ashby  road 
Levers  Geo.  shopkeeper  &  baker,Rushes 
Limb  Eliz.  wine  &  spirit  mert.Market  pi 
Lindsey  Thos.  nail  and  patten  maker, 

Mill  st.  and  shopkeeper,  Woodgate 
Lister  Isaac,  shopkeeper,  Woodgate 
Lockwood   Charles,  tax   collector  and 

rent  agent,  Barracks 
Lockwood  Joseph,  basket  maker,Mill  st 
Lomas  Mrs  Eliza  Ann,  Leicester  road 
Lovett  and  Crookes,  carriers,  South  st 
Lovett  Sarah,  hosier,  Mill  street 
Lowe  Thomas,  beerhouse,  Wellington  st 
Luckman  Wm.  shopkeeper,  Ashby  road 
Main  Richard,  coal  dealer,  Barrow  st 
Main  William,  builder,  Barrow  street 
March  William,  engineer  (Hughes  and 

M.) ;  h  Derby  road 
Mardon  Herbert,  baker,  North  street 
Marsden  William,  foreman,  Victoria  st 
Marshall  John,  postman,  Meadow  lane 
Marshall  Thomas  Whittle,  Market  place 
Martin  John,  grocer,  Mill  street 
Martin  William,  builder,  Barrow  street 
Mason  Miss  Ann,  Baxtergate 
Mason  Rev.  Jph.  (Indpt.)  Ashby  road 
Mason  Miss  Mary,  Baxtergate 
Mason  Sarah  Ann,  milliner,  Churchgt 
Matsou  George,  painter,  Red  Lion  yard 


Matthews  Jane,  gardener,  Nottgm.  road 
Matthews  William,    butcher,    Market 

place  ;  h  Ashby  place 
Meayes  William,  beerhouse,  Wardsend 
Mee  George,  framesmith,  Bakehouse 

lane  ;  h  Pinfold  gate 
Mee  John,  butcher,  Churchgate 
Mee  John,  shopkeeper  and  beerhouse, 

Pinfold  street 
Mellors  Henry,  whsman.  Albert  place 
Merchant  Wm.  whsman.  Churchgate 
Merrishaw  John,  confectioner  and  tem- 
perance hotel  keeper,  High  street 
Messenger  Thomas  Goode,  plumber, 

hydraulic  engineer,  &c.  High  street 
Michell  Wm.  Daniel,  assistant  surgeon, 

Ashhy  road 
Middleton,  Cradock,   and   Middleton, 

bankers,  Market  place 
Middleton  Edw.  Chatterton,  and  Edw, 

William    Cradock,    Esqrs.   bankers, 

Laurel  grove,  Ashby  road 
Middleton  Jno.AUeyne,  gent.  Regent  st 
Miller  Henry,  sweep,  Salmon  street 
Miller  Samuel,  shopkpr.  Ashby  road 
Mills  George,  shoemaker,  Ashby  place 
Mills  Jap.  commiss.  agent,  Baxtergate 
Mills  William,  bricklayer,  Salmon  st 
Mitchell  James,  overlooker,  Woodgate 
Mitchell  Reuben,  joiner,  North  street 
Moore  David,  plumber,  &c.  Swan  st 
Moore  James,  grocer,  Market  place 
Moore  Jno.  agt.  to  Canal  Co.  Canal  wf. 
Morley  Joseph,  shopkeeper,  King  st 
Morris  John,  grocer  &  baker,  Queen  st 
Morris  Rd.  house  surgeon,  Dispensary 
Morris  William,  shoemaker,  Regent  st 
Morris  William,  tailor,  Holland  street 
Mosley  Mr  William,  Tallyho  Hall 
Moss  George,  butcher,  Wellington  st 
Moss  John,  butcher,  High  street 
Moss  William,  builder,  Pinfoldgate 
Mowbray  Thomas,  beerhouse,  John  st 
Moxon  Nathaniel,  draper,  Market  place 
Mundy  Miss  My.  Bower  cottg.  Ashby  rd 
Neale  Marmaduke,  farmer,  Dead  lane 
Neale  William,  shoemaker,  Ashby  pi 
Needham  Mrs  Elizabeth,  Park  street 
Needham  Seth,  hosiery  mfr.  Queen  st 
Newham  John,  butcher,  Swan  street 
Newman  Edw.  manager,  Southfield  rd 
Newman  John,  hosiery  dlr,  High  st 
Newton  Benjamin,  sweep,  Baxtergate 
Nickels  Rev.  Thos.  (P.  Meth.)  Derby  rd 
Noble  Mrs  Mary  Ann,  High  street 
Norman  William,  carrier,  Wardsend 
North  Chas.  travg.  confecr.  Baxtergate 
North  James,  gent.  Pinfoldgate 
North  Josiah,  hosiery  mfr.  Cradock  st 
North  Samuel,  traveller.  Bedford  sq 


LOUGHBOROUGH    DIRECTORY: 


119 


Norton  Emma,  mistress  of  Hickling's 

School,  Ashby  road 

Nottingham  arid  Notts.  Banking  Co. 

Market  pi.;  Thos.  O.Whitlock,  agent 

Onion  Isaac  and  Sons,  engineers  and 

hosiery  manufacturers,  Regent  street 

Onion  Isaac,  jun;  h.  Ashby  road;  and 

John  ;  h.  Regent  street 
Onion  Zach.  cowkeeper,  Regent  street 
Onion  Zach.  jun.  engineer,  Regent  st 
Oram  Samuel,  staymaker,  Ashby  place 
Oram  Thomas,  butcher,  High  street 
Oram  Thomas,  jun.  butcher,  Wardsend 
Orgil  Francis,  gent.  Victoria  street 
Oliver  My.  Ann,  school,  Greenclose  In 
Paget  John  and  Mary,  druggists   and 

grocers,  Churchgate 
Paget  T.  &  T.  T.  bankers,  High  street 

(on  Thursdays) 
Paget  Wm.  &  Arth.  hosiery  mfrs.  Mill  st 
Painter  Joseph,  baker,  Churchgate 
Palfrey  man  Eliz.  schoolmrs.  Victoria  st 
Palfreyman  Fdk.  house  agt.  Hastings  st 
Palfreyman  Jno.  cabinet  mkr.  Hastings 

street ;  h.  Victoria  street 
Palfreyman  Sarah,  victualler,  Generous 

Briton,  Ashby  road 
Palfreyman  Wm.  shopkpr.  Regent  st 
Pallett  Thos.  lace  mfr.  Bakehouse  lane 
Pallett  Wm.  commiss.  agt.  Cradock  st 
Palmer  Elizabeth,  bookseller,  High  st 
Palmer  Mrs  Sarah,  Leicester  road 
Palmer  Wm.  Fras.  Esq.  Island  House 
Palmer  Wm.  Grimes,  surgeon,  High  st 
Pares'     Leicestershire     Banking    Co. 

Market  place  (on  Thursdays) 
Park  William,  millwright,  Sparrow  hill 
Parkinson  Mrs  Mary  Ann,  Victoria  st 
Partridge  John,  brazier,  Baxtergate 
Pearson  Rev.  Frederick,  M.A.,  curate 

of  All  Saints,  Fennel  street 
Peberdy  John,    auctioneer   and    corn 

factor,  Devonshire  square 
Peck  John,  grocer,  North  street 
Peel    George,    victualler,    Cricketers' 

Arms,  Fishpool  head 
Peet  Mrs  Elizabeth,  Bedford  square 
Pegg  John,  wood  turner  and  furniture 

dealer,  Mill  street 
Peniston    Edward,    draper,   (Angrave 

and  Co.) ;  h  Doncaster 
Perkins  Eliz.  hosiery  dlr.  Devonshire  sq 
Perkins  Frederick,  solicitor,  Mill  street ; 

h  Derby  road 
Perkins  Geo.  hosiery  mfr.  Cradock  st 
PerkinsWm.  hosiery  mfr.Devonshire  sq 
Phipps  Elizabeth,  beerhouse,  Rushes 
Phipps  Sarah  &  Mary,  milliners  and 

straw  hat  makers,  Market  place 
Phipps  Thomas,  beerhouse,  North  st 


I  Phipps  William,  flour  dlr.  Barrow  street 
Pickworth  Thos.  lace  mfr.  Factory  st 
Pilling  Thos.  lace  mfr.  Factory  street 
Platts  Jas.  warehouseman,  Leicester  rd 
Platts  William  S.  warehsman.  Albert  pi 
Plowright  John,  warehsmr*.  Regent  st 
Polkey  Jph.  marine  store  dlr.  Rushes 
Polkey  Mr  William,  Hume  street 
Polkey  William  Limbert,  elk.  Hume  st 
Poole  Wm.  blksmith.  Mill  st ;  h  Rushes 
Porter  Andrew,  vict.  New  Inn,Baxtergt 
Porter  Thomas,  blacksmith,  Pinfoldgt 
Potter  Frances,  shopkr.  Wardsend 
Potter  Thomas,  bailiff,  Meadow  lane 
Potter  William,  bailiff,  Mill  street 
Price  Charles,  framesmitb,  Regent  st 
Pritchard  Fdk.  tobacco  dlr.  Leicester  rd 
Pritchard  John,  rope  mfr.  Swan  street 
Radford  Benj.  baker,  Fishpool  head 
Railway  Co's.  goods  office,  Baxtergate 
Ramsay  Samuel,  butcher,  High  street 
RatclifTe  Mr  Robert,  Ashby  place 
Ratcliffe  Robert,  jun.   hosiery  manu- 
facturer, Mill  street ;  h  Ashby  place 
Read  Edward,  wheelwright,  Moira  st ; 

h  Pinfoldgate 
Redrup  George,  brewer,  Derby  road 
Renals  Joseph,  shoemaker,  Moira  st 
Repton  George,  shoemaker,  Cobden  st 
Revill  Wm.  White,  miller,  Meadow  In 
Rhodes  Mrs  Maria,  Cobden  street 
Richards  William,  butcher,  Churchgt 
Richardson  Harry,  cowkeeper,  Baxtergt 
Richardson  James,  tailor,  Baxtergate 
Richardson  John,  fmsmith.  Wardsend 
Roberts  Mrs  Henrietta,  Churchgate 
Roberts  Joseph,  victualler,  Hare  and 

Hounds,  Wardsend 
Roberts  Robt.  grocer,  Swan  street 
Roberts  &  Walpole,  masons,  Churchgt 
Robinson  William  &  Son,  nursery  and 

seedsmen,  Market  place 
Robinson  Thomas  Ryland,  and  William, 

jun. ;  h  Leicester  road 
Rossell  Elizabeth,  fancy  dyer,  Mill  st 
Rossell  John,  farmer,  Bedford  square 
Rowbotham  Charles,  tailor,  Victoria  st 
Rowbotham  Edm.  earthw.  dlr.  Churchgt 
Rowland  John,  shoemkr.  Swan  street 
Rowland  William,  builder  and  cabinet 

maker,  Victoria  street 
Rowland  Wm.  vety.  surgeon,  Pinfold  st 
Rushforth  Mr  Charles,  High  street 
Rushforth  Elizabeth   and  Sarah  Jane, 

lace  dealers,  High  street 
Russell  Lewis,  shopkr.  Woodgate 
Russell  Samuel,  manager,  Meadow  In 
Salmon  Joseph,  broker,  North  street 
Sanders  John,   wine   and  spirit  mer- 
chant, and  gun  maker,  High  street 
2d2 


Jt20 


LOUGHBOROUGH    DIRECTORY. 


Sault  William,  builder,  Moor  lane 
Savage  Chas.  cabinet  mkr.  Kegent  st 
Saville  John,  elk.  of  works,  Leicester  rd 
Savings'  Bank,  Baxtergate,  Mrs  Sarah 

White,  secretary 
Scoffield  Edward,  agt.  to  burial  society  ; 

and  Millicent,  school,  Woodgate 
Scott  John, agricultural  master  at  Gram- 
mar School ;  h  Leicester  road 
Screaton  John,  bricklayer,  Pinfoldgate 
Setchell  William,  baker,  North  street 
Seward  Mrs  Frances,  Leicester  road 
Seward  William  Angrave,  currier,  and 
coal,  lime,  and  salt  merchant,  High  st 
Sharpe  Benjamin,  baker,  Rushes 
Sharpe  John,  postman,  Albert  street 
Sharpe  William,  saddler,  Fishpoolhead 
Sharpe  William,  farmer,  Park  lane 
Sharpe  William,  shopkeeper,  North  st 
Sharrad    William    Cradock,     general 

dealer,  Churchgate 
Sherwin  Wm.  shopkeeper,  Wellington  st 
Simmonds  Caleb,  boat  owner,  Rushes 
Skelton  Mary,  shopkeeper,  North  street 
Smedley  Geo.  farmer  &  beerhs.  Rushes 
Smedley  Joseph,  coal  and  timber  dealer, 

Canal  wharf 
Smith  Abraham,  builder,  Sparrow  hill 
Smith  Frank,  clerk,  Factory  street 
Smith  Geo.  vict.  Half  Moon,  Pinfold  st 
Smith  George,  shoemaker,  Holland  st 
Smith  John,  butcher,  Churchgate 
Smith  John,  brickmaker,  Bedford  street 
Smith  John  James,  joiner,  Hume  street 
Smith  John  Newbold,  timber  merchant ; 

h  Regent  cottage,  Derby  road 
Smith  John,  and  Son,  corn,  timber,  and 

slate  merchants,  Derby  road 
Smith  Joseph,  farmer,  Meadow  lane 
Smith  Richard,vict.  Peacock,  Factory  st 
Smith  William,  timekeeper,  Pinfoldgate 
Snape  Edward,  shoemaker,  Russell  st 
Sowerby  Thomas,  surgeon,  Churchgate 
Spanton  John,  commercial  master  of 

Grammar  School ;  h  Park  lane 
Speed  Robert,  joiner  and  vict.  Plough, 

Biggin  street 
Speight  William,  saddler,  Bull's  Head 

yard ;  h  Pinfoldgate 
Spencer  Henry,  beerhouse  keeper  and 

horse  dealer,  Swan  street 
Spencer  Henry,  wheelwright,  Ashby  pi 
Spencer  James,  beerhouse  keeper  and 

tailor,  Pinfoldgate 
Spencer  James,  tailor,  Regent  street 
Spencer  John,  china,  &c.  dlr.  High  st 
SquiresGeorge,shopkeeper,Pinfoldgate 
Squires  Mrs  Catherine,  Albert  place 
Stain  Thomas,  printer  and  bookseller, 
Baxtergate 


Start  Edward,  butcher,  Pinfoldgate 
Start  Joseph,  and  Soe,  joiners  and  chair 

makers,  Ashby  road 
Start  Maria,  servts'.regr.  office,  Ashby  rd 
Start  Thomas,  vict.  Old  Flying  Horse, 

Pinfoldgate 
Stafford  Matthew,  vict.  Old  Wind  Mill, 

Sparrow  hill 
Stevens  John  Vice,  grocer  and  tallow 

chandler,  Baxtergate 
Stevenson  Edward,  draper,  Market  pi 
Stevenson  Mary,  clothes  dealer,  Millst 
Stokes  John,  gardener,  Moira  street 
Street  Joseph,  pipe  maker  and  shop- 
keeper, Pinfoldgate 
Stubs  Samuel,  tailor,  Baxtergate 
Sudbury  John,  joiner,  Moor  lane 
Sudbury  William,  joiner  and  vict.  Castle 

Inn,  Baxtergate 
Sutton  Daniel,  tailor,  Ashby  place 
Sutton  (Elizabeth), and  Henshaw  (Eliza- 
beth), milliners,  High  street 
Sutton  James,  shoemaker,  Bedford  st 
Sutton  Saml,  agricl.  implt.  mkr.  Millst 
TammsBros.agrcl.implt.mkrs.Baxtergt 
Tansley  Joseph,  whsman.  Russell  street 
Tansley  William,  vict.  White  Horse, 

Bedford  square 
Taylor  Mrs  Amelia,  Leicester  road 
Taylor  Mrs  Annie,  Leicester  road 
Taylor  Benjamin, builder,  Regent  street 
Taylor  John,  baker,  Wardsend 
Taylor  John  and  Co.    bell  founders, 

Cobden  street 
Taylor  John  William  (J.  and  Co.)  ;  h 

Chapman  street 
Taylor  Mrs  Mary,  Bedford  square 
Taylor  Robert  butcher  (Tyler  and  Tay- 
lor) ;  h  Market  place 
Taylor  Thomas,  aurist,  oculist,  dentist, 

&c.  Ashby  road 
Tebbutt  Charles,  cashier,  Sparrowhill 
Tebbutt  Miss  Harriet,  Woodgate 
Tebbutt  Richard,  baker,  Pinfold  street 
Tebbutt  Wm.  plumber,  &c.  Leicester  rd 
Timperley  Abraham,  nail  mkr.  Mill  st 
Timperley  Wm.  nail  maker,  Mill  st 
Thirlby  Elizabeth  and  Martha,  Berlin 
repository,  and  Christian  Knowledge 
Society's  depot,  Market  place 
Thirlby  Frederick,  grocer,  Biggin  st 
Thompson  Elizabeth,  shopkpr.  North  st 
Thornton  James,  tailor,  Ashby  place 
Till  Geo.  vict.  George  IV.  Regent  st 
Till  Joseph,  builder,  and  clerk  of  Em- 
manuel church,  Wardsend 
Till  Thomas,  fmktr.  Wardsend 
Tillson  Joseph,  confectioner,  Churchgt. 
Timm  William,  shoemaker,  Ashby  rd 
Timms  John  George,  grocer,  Swan  st 


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Tinkler  William,  carrier,  Ashby  place 
Tomlinson  Misses,  Leicester  road 
Tomlinson  William,  gent.  Leicester  rd 
Tomlinson  Wm.  traveller,  Victoria  st 
Tooley  Richard,  beerhouse,  Rushes 
Toone  Henry  &  William  Henry,  soli- 
citors, Leicester  road 
Toone  Henry,  solicitor ;  h  Leicester  rd 
Toone  Wm.  Henry,  solicitor  and  clerk 

to  Burial  Board ;  h  Woodhouse  Eaves 
Topley  Sar.  boarding  school,  Rectory  pi 
Towers  Hy.  schoolmaster,  Wardsend 
Trueman  Thos.  hairdresser,  North  st 
Tucker  Gilbert  &  Son,  brick  makers, 

Bedford  street 
Tuckwood  John,  shoemkr.  Leicester  rd 
Twells  Edward,  draper,  Churchgate 
T wells  Elizabeth,  milliner,  Baxtergate 
Twells  John,  shopkeeper,  Pinfoldgate 
Tyler  Henry,  butcher,  Swan  street 
Tyler  James,  shopman,  Fennel  street 
Tyler  John,  butcher  (T.  &  Taylor); 

h  Derby  road 
Tyler    John,    farmer,    maltster,    and 

butcher,  Rushes 
Tyler  &.  Taylor,  butchers,  Market  pi 
Tyler  William,  baker,  Sparrowhill 
Underwood  Wm.  beerhouse,  Baxtergt. 
Varney  William,  joiner,  Baxtergate 
Vevers   Miss  Maria  Catherine   Lucy, 

Victoria  street 
Vickers  Thos.  Hy.  grocer,  Ashby  road 
Vickors  George,  shoemaker,  Dead  lane 
Waddelow    Matthew,   ale   and  porter 

agent,  High  street 
Wakefield  Wm.  sbopkeeper,  North  st 
Wakerley  John,  tailor,  Rushes 
Wale  John,  baker,  Salmon  street 
Wale  William,  baker,  Mill  street 
Walker  Robert,  shoemaker,  Salmon  st 
Wallace  Rev.  James,  M.A.  head  master 

of   the    Grammar  and  Commercial 

School,  Leicester  road 
Wallis  Sarah,  needle  maker,  Woodgate 
Walls    Richard,   victualler,    Duke    of 

York,  Nottingham  road 
Walley  Sl.vict.  Bishop  Blaize,Woodgt. 
Ward  Ambrose,  currier,  Derby  square 
Ward  Henry,  tailor,  Regent  street 
Ward  John,  shopkeeper,  Bedford  sq 
Ward  Lavinia  &  Co.  hosiery  and  shoe 

dealers,  Fiskpool  head 
Ward  Robert,  shoemaker,  Swan  street 
Wardle  John,  hosiery  mfr.  Ashby  place 
Wardle  Wm.  fmwktr.  Meadow  lane 
Warner  Edward,  hosiery  manufacturer, 

(Cartwright&W.);  h  QuomdonHall 
Warner  Henry,  hosiery  manufacturer, 

(Cartwright  and  W.) ;  h  The  Elms 
Warner  &  Sudbury,  builders,  Baxtergt 


Warner  Thomas  (W.  &  Sudbury),  and 

vict.  Rose  and  Crown,  Baxtergate 
Warren  Chas.  Rt.  supervisor,  Park  In 
Warren  Thos.  &  John,  coach  builders, 

High  street 
Waterlield  Thos.  wheelwright,  Baxtergt 
Watts  John,  cabinet  maker,  Derby  sq 
Watson  John,  gentleman,  Rectory  pi 
Watson  Misses,  Churchgate 
Webster  James,  cabinet  mkr.  Baxtergt 
Webster  Mrs  Miriam,  Ashby  road 
Wells  Jno. Scott,  hosiery  mfr.  Rectory  pi 
West  James,  painter,  Moira  street 
West  Wm.  beerhouse,  Ashby  place 
Whatton  Mrs  Mary  Ann,  Barrow  street 
Wheatley  Samuel,  joiner,  North  street 
While  Thomas,  corn  miller,  Low  mill 
While  Miss  Maria,  Low  mill 
Whitby  John,  postman,  Regent  street 
White  Edwd.  Parkinson,  Sparrow  hill 
White  Edward  William  (F.  &  E.  W.)  ; 

h  Fairfield  House 
White  Frank  and  Edward  Wm.  hosiery 

manufacturers,  Woodgate 
White  Frank  (F.  &  E.  W.);  h  Cham- 
wood  Cottage 
White  Miss  Hannah,  Albert  place 
White  John  Wright,  Wellington  street 
White  Mrs  Mary,  Fairfield  House 
White  Mrs  Sarah,  secretary,  Savings' 

Bank,  Baxtergate 
White  Thomas,  shopkeeper,  Churchgt 
White  Wm.  shoemaker,  Sparrow  hill 
Whitehead  James,  shopkpr.  Pinfold  st 
Whitlock  Thomas  Oliver,  bank  agent, 

Market  place 
Withers  John,  basket  maker,  Moira  st 
Whyman  William  and  John,  cutlers, 

George  yard 
Widdowson  John,  basket  mkr  .Woodgate 
Widdowson  Jph.  basket  mkr.  Swan  st 
Wilcocks  Charles,  shopkpr.  Bedford  sq 
Wilcocks  Wm.  shopkpr.  North  street 
Wilkinson,  Mrs  Elizabeth,  Fennel  st 
Wilmot  John,  pork  butcher,  Swan  st 
Wilson  Jesse,  bookkpr.  Leicester  road 
Wilson  John,  master,  UnionWorkhouse 
Wilson  Langford,  solicitor  (Hucknall 

and  W.) ;  h  Barrow  street 
Wilson  Wm.  woolsorter,  Victoria  street 
Winslow  Richd.  traveller,  Meadow  lane 
Wisher  John,  music  dealer,  Baxtergate 
Withers  George,  vict.  Ram,  Rushes 
Wood  Elizabeth,  shopkpr.  Churchgate 
Wood  Thomas,  rope  maker,  Dead  lane 
Wood  Wm.  shoemaker  and  collector  of 

market  tolls,  Baxtergate 
Woodcock  Thomas,  tailor,  &c.  High  st 
Wooding  Cornelius,  tobacconist,  news 

agent,  and  bill  poster,  Churchgate 


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Woodroffe  James,  watch  mkr.  Swan  st 
Woodward    Joseph,   victualler,    King 

William  IV.  Pinfoldgate 
Woolley  Wm.  Jno.  solr.  (Cradock  &W.), 

and.  clerk  to  magistrates,  Board  of 

Health,  &c. ;  h  Barroic-on-Soar 
Wootton  Juda,  victualler,  Volunteer, 

Devonshire  square 
Wragg  George,  gent.  Britannia  villa 


Wright  John,  toll  collector,  Ashby  rd 
Wright  Thos.  victualler,   Old  English 

Gentleman,  Ashby  road 
Yates  Wm.vict.  Pack  Horse,  Woodgate 
Yateman   Thomas,    victualler,   White 

Swan,  Wellington  street 
York  Charles,  hairdresser,  Rushes 
York  Mrs  Caroline,  Woodgate 


CLASSIFICATION  OF  TKADES  AND  PEOFESSIONS. 


ACADEMIES  AND  SCHOOLS. 

{Marked  *  take  Boarders.) 
Burton's  Charity  Schools.     Jas.  Benj. 
Caulfield,  Upper;  and  Thos.  Abbott 
Carvill,   Lower,    Churchgate  :    and 
Ellen    Charnock,     Upper,    Rectory 
place ;  and  Elizabeth  Fowkes,  Lower, 
Churchgate 
Clarke  Elizabeth,  Leicester  road 
Dean  Clementina,  Leicester  road 
Emmanuel  Schools,  Henry  Towers  and 
Sarah  Till  (Miss  Tate's),  Wardsend  ; 
and  Elizabeth  Palfreyman,  (Infants1) 
Victoria  street 
*Gaultier  Mrs  and  Miss,  Victoria  road 
Goadby  Catherine,  Leicester  road 
*  Grammar  and  Commercial   School, 
Leicester  road,  Rev.  Jas.  Wallace, 
M.A.  head  master;  Rev.  J.  L.  Kit- 
chen, B.A.secon d  master ;  J.Spanton, 
commercial  master;   M.  Frederick, 
French  master;     and  John   Scott, 
agricultural  master. 
Hickling's   Charity   Schools,     Emma 

Norton,  Ashby  road 
Oliver  Mary  Ann,  Derby  square 
Roman  Catholic,  Wm.  Bolger,  Ashby  rd 
*Sisters  of  Charity,  Convent,  Park  In 
Scoffield  Millicent,  Woodgate 
*Topley  Sarah,  Rectory  place 
AGRICUL.    IMPLEMENT   MKRS. 
Fisher  and  Wheatley,  North  street 
Hull  and  Chester,  Barrow  street 
Onion  Isaac  and, Son,  Regent  street 
Sutton  Samuel,  Mill  street ' 
Tamms  Brothers,  Baxtergate 

ALE  AND  PORTER  AGENTS. 
Astill  Henry,  Baxtergate 
Flavill  Henry,  Baxtergate 
Hickman  John,  Bedford  square 
Waddelow  Matthew,  High  street 

ATTORNEYS. 
Brock  Beauvoir,  (registrar  of  County 

Court,)  Baxtergate 
Coope  Jesse,  (sanitary  inspector  to  the 
Board  of  Health,)  Devonshire  square 


Cradock  and  Woolley,  Sparrow  hill 
Giles  Joseph,  High  street 
Hucknall  and  Wilson,  Barrow  street 
Perkins  Frederick,  Mill  street 
Toone    Henry    and    William   Henry, 
Leicester  road.     (W.  H.  is  clerk  to 
Burial  Board.) 

AUCTIONEERS. 
Chester  Joseph  and  Son,  Churchgate 
Clemerson  Henry,  Millgate 
Jackson  Samuel,  Townhall 
Peberdy  John,  Devonshire  square 
BAKERS  AND  FLOUR  DEALERS. 
Angrave  Ann,  Leicester  road 
Ball  Eliza,  Leicester  road 
Ball  James,  Mill  street 
Bass  John  A.  Wellington  street 
Bishop  Elizabeth,  Sparrow  hill 
Brown  Edward,  Ashby  place 
Earp  Edwin,  Swan  street 
Gains  Joseph,  Churchgate 
Harrold  Mary,  Bedford  street 
Gilbert  William,  Baxtergate 
|  Levers  George,  Rushes 
|  Mardon  Herbert,  North  street 
j  Morris  John,  Queen  street 
I  Painter  Joseph,  Churchgate 
Ranford  Benjamin,  Fishpool  head 
Setchell  William,  North  street 
Sharpe  Benjamin,  Rushes 
Taylor  John,  Wardsend 
Tebbutt  Richard,  Pinfoldgate 
Tyler  William,  Sparrowhill 
Vickers  Thomas  Henry,  Ashby  road 
Wale  John,  Salmon  street 
Wale  William,  Mill  street 

BANKS. 
Middleton,    Cradock,   and    Middleton 
(draw  on  Barnett,  Hoares,  and  Co.) 
Market  place 
Nottingham  &  Notts.  Banking  Co.  High 
st.  (draw  on  London  &  Westminster) ; 
Thomas  0.  Whitlock,  manager 
Paget  T.  &  T.  T.  Leicester  Bank,  High 
street,  on  Thursdays  only  (draw  on 
Glyn  &  Co.) 


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Pares'  Leicestershire  Banking  Co.  Mar- 
ket place,  on  Thursdays  only  (draw 
on  Smith,  Payne,  &  Smiths) 
Savings''  Bank,  Baxtergate  (open  Mod. 
and   Thurs.  from   11  to   1),    Sarah 
White,  secretary. 
Post  Office  Savings'  Bank,  Baxtergate, 
(open  from  9  morning  till  6  evening) 
BASKET  MAKERS. 
Barker  George,  Baxtergate 
Hall  Francis,  Churchgate 
Lockwood  Joseph,  Mill  street 
Widdowson  John,  Woodgate 
Widdowson  Joseph,  Swan  street 
Withers  John,  Moira  street 

BLACKSMITHS. 
Barradale  Thomas,  Wardsend 
Barradale  William,  Ashby  place 
Birkin  John,  Rushes 
Birkin  Joseph,  Wardsend 
Fisher  Elijah,  North  street 
Fisher  William,  Woodgate 
Poole  William,  Mill  street 
Porter  Thomas,  Pinfoldgate 
Tamms  Brothers,  Baxtergate 

BOOKSELLERS,    PRINTERS, 
STATIONERS,  &c. 
Abbott  John,  Market  place 
Gray  John  Henry,  Market  place 
Lee  Samuel  (printer  only)  Holland  st 
Palmer  Elizabeth,  High  street 
Stain  Thomas,  Baxtergate 

BOOT  AND  SHOE  MAKERS. 
Barradale  Joseph,  Mill  street 
Basford  George,  Swan  street 
Basford  William,  Swan  street 
Bromhead  Henry,  Churchgate 
Dexter  William,  Mill  street 
Fisher  Thomas,  Churchgate 
Hack  Richard  (ivholesale),  Sparrow  hill 
Hibbins  William,  Churchgate 
Hubbard  John,  Bedford  square 
James  James,  Baxtergate 
Lacey  James  Smith,  Market  place 
Larard  Edward,  Moor  lane 
Morris  William,  Regent  street 
Renals  Joseph,  Moira  street 
Rowland  John,  Swan  street 
Walker  Robert,  Salmon  street 
Ward  Robert,  Swan  street 
Wood  William,  Baxtergate 

BRAZIERS  AND  TINNERS. 
Armstrong  Henry,  Market  place 
Attenborough  Mary,  Swan  street 
Frisby  Joseph,  Market  place 
Frisby  Samuel  and  Son,  Market  place 
Partridge  Johrj,  Baxtergate 

BREWER. 
Redrup  George,  Derby  road 


BRICKLAYERS. 
I  Barker  John  (and  slater  and  plasterer,) 
Derby  road 
Main  William,  Barrow  street 
Martin  William,  Barrow  street 
Mills  William,  Salmon  street 
Moss  William,  Pinfoldgate 
Sault  William,  Moor  lane 
Screaton  John,  Pinfoldgate 
Taylor  Benjamin,  Regent  street 
Wright  Thomas,  Ashby  road 
BRICK  MAKERS. 
Barker  Thomas,  Forest  lane 
Bombroffe  James,  Middle  park 
Smith  John,  Park  lane 
Tucker  Gilbert  and  Son,  Park  lane 
BRUSH  MAKERS  AND  DEALERS. 
Astill  Henry,  Baxtergate 
Bailey  William,  Churchgate  *- 

Bass  William,  High  street 
Chesterton  Thomas,  Churchgate 
Crawford  Edward,  Swan  street 
BUILDERS. 
(See  also  Joiners  and  Bricklayers.) 
Barker  John,  Derby  road 
Barker  Thomas,  Forest  lane 
Main  William,  Barrow  street 
Moss  William,  Pinfoldgate 
Rowland  William,  Victoria  street 
Warner  and  Sudbury,  Baxtergate 

BUTCHERS. 
Abbey  Robert,  Baxtergate 
Allsop  John  Thomas,  North  street 
Bates  Edwin,  Swan  street 
Billson  William,  Ashby  place 
Clarke  John,  Market  place 
Clarke  William,  Woodgate 
Dobney  Thomas,  Churchgate 
Frisby  Thomas,  Baxtergate 
Hammond  John  Edward,  Mill  street 
Hood  John  B.  North  street 
James  Charles,  Sparrow  hill 
Kidger  John,  Ashby  road 
King  John,  High  street 
Matthews  William,  Market  place 
Mee  John,  Churchgate 
Moss  George,  Wellington  street 
Moss  John,  High  street 
Newham  John,  Swan  street 
Oram  Thomas,  Wardsend 
Oram  Thomas,  sen.  High  street 
Ramsey  Samuel,  High  street 
Richards  William,  Churchgate 
Smith  John,  Churchgate 
Start  Edward,  Pinfoldgate 
Tyler  Henry,  Swan  street 
Tyler  and  Taylor,  Market  place 
CABINET  MAKERS. 
Adlord  Samuel  Scott,  Mill  street 
Booth  William  L.  Baxtergate 


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Harding  James,  Mill  street 
Hull  and  Chester,  Barrow  street 
Kirk  and  Son,  Mill  street 
Palfrey  man  John,  Hastings  street 
Savage  Charles,  Regent  street 
Smith  Abraham,  Sparrow  hill 
Start  Joseph  and  Son,  Ashby  road 
Warner  and  Sudbury,  Baxtergate 
Watts  John,  Derby  square 
Webster  James,  Baxtergate 
Wheatley  Samuel,  North  street 

CHEMISTS  AND  DRUGGISTS. 
Adams  John,  Market  place 
Aslett  and  Dawson,  Market  place 
Bennett  Thomas,  High  street 
Farrar  John,  Swan  street 
Hodder  Henry  R.  Fishpool  head 
Paget  John,  Churchgate 

*    CHIMNEY  SWEEPERS. 
Christopher  William,  Mill  street 
Clark  Robert,  Sparrow  hill 
Hollis  William,  North  street 
Miller  Henry,  Salmon  street 
Newton  Henry,  Baxtergate 
CHINA,  GLASS,  AND  EARTHEN- 
WARE    DEALERS. 
Carter  William,  Swan  street 
Johnson  William,  Mill  street 
Russell  Lewis,  Woodgate 
Spencer  John,  High  street 

COACH  BUILDERS. 
Goodman  James,  Pinfoldgate 
Warren  Thomas  and  John,  High  street 
COAL  MERCHTS.  AND  DEALERS. 
Crosher  Joseph,  Nottingham  road 
Dizzle  William,  Rushes 
Gee  William,  Canal  Wharf,  Rushes 
Goodman  Thomas,  Nottingham  road 
Kendrick  Thomas,  Pinfold  gate 
Seward  William  A.  Nottingham  road 
Simmonds  Wm.  Canal  wharf,  Rushes 
Smedley  Joseph,  Canal  wharf,  Rushes 

CONFECTIONERS. 
Collis  Eliza  and  Mary,  High  street 
Cumberland  &  Co.  Swan  street 
Davison  Robert,  Devonshire  square 
Merrishaw    John    (and     Temperance 

Hotel  keeper,)  High  street 
Tillson  Joseph,  Churchgate 

COOPERS. 
Beck  George,  Woodgate 
Blunt  Robert,  Pinfoldgate 
Goodrich  Edward,  Ashby  place 
Henshaw  "William,  Churchgate 
Henson  John,  Churchgate 

CORN  MERCHANTS. 
Bryan  Henry,  Baxtergate 
Chester  Joseph,  Fishpool  head 
Cook  John,  Victoria  street 
Hammond  John,  High  street 


Jackson  &  Co.,  Nottingham  road 
Peberdy  John,  Devonshire  square 
Sharp  Benjamin,  Rushes 
Smith  John  &  Son,  Derby  road 

CORN  MILLERS. 
Cooper  James,  Upper  mill 
Revill  Wm.  White,  Meadow  lane 
While  Thomas,  Lower  mill 
CURRIERS  &  LEATHER  CUTRS. 
Chapman  William,  Churchgate 
Seward  William  Angrave,  High  street 
Ward  Ambrose,  Derby  square 

DRAPERS. 
Amatt  John  H.  Market  place 
Angrave  and  Peniston,  Market  place 
Baldwin  George,  Market  place 
Ball  James,  High  street 
Blakeman  Henry,  Market  place 
Braunstone  William,  North  street 
Chapman  John,  High  street 
Chester  William,  High  street 
Garton  Joseph,  Market  place 
Moxon  Nathaniel,  Market  place 
Pickworth  Thomas,  Market  place 
Stevenson  Edward,  Market  place 
Twells  Edward,  Churchgate 

DYERS  AND    TRIMMERS. 
Clarke  Thomas,  Wardsend 
Heafford  George,  Ann,  &  Hy.,  John  st 

FARMERS  AND  GRAZIERS. 
Allsop  James,  North  street 
Barrowcliff  Henry,  Parks 
Bradley  John,  Queen  street 
Capp  Mary  Ann,  Old  Bell  foundry 
Cay  less  Reuben,  Canal  bank 
Chapman  Catherine,  Leicester  road 
Cragg  Frederick,  Forest  lane 
Cumberland  Francis,  Parks 
Cumberland  John,  Parks 
Dobney  Thomas,  Churchgate 
Farmer  Samuel,  Churchgate 
Garner  John  and  Samuel,  The  Moors 
Tyler  John,  Rushes 
Henson  Isaac,  Model  farm 
Jeffels  Matthew,  Parks 
Key  William,  Parks 
Keightley  James  Hind,  North  street 
Lander  James,  Parks 
Lander  Thomas,  Parks 
Neal  Marmaduke,  Dead  lane 
North  James,  Pinfoldgate 
Rossell  John,  Bedford  square 
Sharp  William,  Parks 
Smedley  George,  Rushes 
Smith  Joseph,  Meadow  lane 
Wartnaby  Joseph,  Parks 

FIRE  AND  LIFE  OFFICES. 
Accidental,  W.  Berridge,  Woodgate 
Atlas,  J.  H.  Gray,  Market  place 
British  Equitable,  J.  Mills,  Baxtergate 


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Briton  Life,  J.  Newman,  High  street 
Guardian,  J.  H.  Amatt,  Market  place 
Imperial  Fire,  J.  Mills,  Baxtergate 
Manchr.  Fire,  B.  Baldwin,  Market  pi 
Midland  Counties, South  &Son,Derbyrd 
Notts.  &  Derbs,  T.  O.Whitlock,  High  st 
Phoenix  Fire  and  Pelican  Life,  W.  H. 

Toone,  Leicester  road 
Royal,  William  Rowland,  Victoria  st 
Royal  Exchange,  F.  Perkins,  Mill  st 
Scottish   Amicable  Life,   B.  Baldwin, 

Market  place 
Scottish  Union,  J.  Abbott,  Market  pi 

and  W.  Berridge,  Woodgate 
Standard  Life,  E.P.  White,  Sparrow  hill 
Sun,  D.  Cartwright,  Leicester  road 
Whittington  Life,  B.  Baldwin  Mkt.  pi 

FISHMONGERS. 
Brumby  Henry,  Churchgate 
Dakin  Samuel,  Wardsend 
Henson  John,  Swan  street 

FRAME  SMITHS. 
Bakewell  Thomas  Luke,  Sparrow  hill 
Darby  John,  Pinfoldgate 
Fisher  Joseph,  Ashby  place 
Ford  William,  Moira  street 
Mee  George,  Bakehouse  lane 
Price  Charles,  Regent  street 

FURNITURE  BROKERS. 
Clemerson  Henry,  Mill  street 
Harding  James,  Mill  street 
Kirk  &  Son,  Mill  street 
Pegg  John,  Mill  street 
Salmon  Joseph,  North  street 
Sharrad  William  C.  Churchgate 
Watts  John,  Derby  square 
GARDENERS  AND  SEEDSMEN. 
Cramp  Thomas,  Regent  street 
Fisher  John,  Bridge  street 
Gills  John,  Burleigh  fields 
Gutteridge  John,  Burleigh  fields 
Matthews  Henry,  Leicester  road 
Matthews  Jane,  North  street 
Peel  John,  Fishpool  head 
Phipps  Thomas,  North  street 
Robinson  William  &  Son,  Market  pi 

GREENGROCERS. 
Cramp  Alfred,  Leicester  road 
Cramp  John,  Factory  street 
Dakin  Samuel,  Wardsend 
Grundy  James,  Baxtergate 

GROCERS  AND  TEA  DEALERS. 
Binch  William  John,  Swan  street 
Bland  William,  Sparrow  hill 
Bowley  Thomas  Prince,  Market  place 
Bromhead  John,  Leicester  road 
Chester  William,  Churchgate 
Crosher  &  Clarke,  Market  place 
Cumberland  Ambrose,  Market  place 
Ferguson  Robert,  Leicester  road 


Hull  Reuben,  Sparrow  hill 
Lander  Joseph,  High  street 
Martin  John,  Mill  street 
Merrishaw  John,  High  street 
Moore  James,  Market  place 
Paget  Mary,  Churchgate 
Peck  John,  North  street 
Roberts  Robert,  Swan  street 
Stevens  John  Vice,  Baxtergate 
Thirlby  Frederick,  Biggin  street 
Tiinms  George,  Swan  street 

HABERDASHERS. 
B arson  William,  Churchgate 
Basford  William,  Swan  street 
Barwick  John,  Market  place 
Cashmore  Luke,  Mill  street 
Dakin  Eliz.  &  Sarah  M.  Leicester  rd 
Gamble  Emma  &  Lucy,  Swan  street 
Griffiths  Mary,  Churchgate 
Hubbard  James,  Mill  street 
Newman  John,  High  street 
Perkins  Elizabeth,  Devonshire  square 
Sharrad  William  C.  Churchgate 
Thirlby  Eliz.  &  Martha,  Market  place 
Ward  Lavinia  &  Co.  Fishpool  head 

HAIRDRESSERS. 
Armstrong  John,  Ashby  place 
Armstrong  Thomas,  Fishpool  head 
Barson  Frederick,  High  street 
Bent  Robert,  Ashby  place 
Cater  James,  Baxtergate 
Cooper  Charles,  Woodgate 
Harrison  Robert,  Baxtergate 
Hewett  Samuel,  North  street 
Lawty  George,  Churchgate 
Trueman  Thomas,  North  street 
York  Charles,  Rushes 

HATTERS. 
Bakewell  William,  Market  place 
Braund  George,  Woodgate 
Cooper  Joseph,  Mill  street 
Farmer  George,  Baxtergate 
Lawty  John,  Churchgate 

HOSIERY  MANUFACTURERS. 
Black  Joseph,  Wellington  street 
Black  Joseph,  jun.  Sparrow  hill 
Cartwright  &  Warners,  Nottingham  rd 
Cotton  William,  Factory  street 
Dean  William,  Fennel  street 
Gimson  Luke  &  Son,  Pinfoldgate 
Godber  Thomas,  Cradock  street 
Green  Thomas,  Cradock  street 
Hine  &  Mundella,  Factory  street 
Hood  James,  Wellington  street 
Lovett  Sarah,  Mill  street 
Needham  Seth,  Queen  street 
Onion  Isaac  &  Sons,  Regent  street 
Paget  William  &  Arthur,  Mill  street 
Perkins  George,  Cradock  street 
Perkins  William,  Devonshire  square 


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LOUGHBOROUGH    DIRECTORY. 


Ratcliffe  Robert,  Mill  street 
Wardle  John,  Ashby  place 
Wells  John  Scott,  Rectory  place 
White  Frank  &  Edward  Wm.Woodgate 

HOTELS,  INNS,  &  TAVERNS. 
Albion,  Henry  Hardy,  Canal  bank 
Anchor,  John  Sanders,  High  street 
Angel,  Thos.  Greensmith,  Baxtergate 
Bishop  Blaize,  Saml.  Walley,  Woodgt 
Blue  Boar,  William  Diggle,  Rushes 
Boat,  Henry  Greaves,  Meadow  lane 
Bull's  Head  and  Anchor  Hotel,  Henry 

Dougherty,  High  street 
Cricket  Players,  Geo.  Bell,  Fishpool  hd 
Cross  Keys,  Daniel  Baley,  Leicester  rd 
Crown  &  Thistle,  Jph.  Black,  Sparrow  hi 
Dog  &  Gun,  John  Blood,  Bedford  sq 
Duke  of  York,  Rd.Walls,  Nottingham  rd 
Flying  Horse,  Thos.  Start,  Pinfoldgate 
Generous   Briton,   Sarah   Palfreyman, 

Ashby  road 
George  IV.  George  Till,  Regent  street 
Golden    Fleece,     John     Hargreaves, 

Fishpool  head 
Green  Man,  Henry  Cooper,  Swan  st 
Greyhound,  William  Brookes,  North  st 
Griffin,  Harry  Harridge,  Ashby  place 
Half  Moon,  George  Smith,  Pinfold  gt 
King's     Head    Hotel,    John    Walter 

Greenwood,  High  street 
King  William  IV.  Joseph  Woodward, 

Pinfold  gate 
Lord  Nelson,  Wm.  Hy.  King,  Mkt.  pi 
Marq.  of  Granby,  Wm.  Faulkes,  Woodgt 
Mundy  Arms,  Thomas  Luke  Bakewell, 

Sparrow  hill 
Neptune,  Richard  Hull,  Market  place 
New  Inn,  Andrew  Porter,  Baxtergate 
Old  English  Gentleman,  Thos.  Wright, 

Ashby  road 
Old  Castle,  Wm.  Sudbury,  Baxtergate 
Pack  Horse,  William  Yates,  Woodgate 
Peaceck,  Richard  Smith,  Factory  street 
Plough   Hotel,    Thompson  .Chapman, 

Market  place 
Prince  of  Wales,  Thomas  Chesterton, 

Churchgate 
Railway  Tavern,  Joseph  Hobson,  Rail- 
way station 
Ram,  George  Withers,  Rushes 
Red  Lion,  Eliz.  Hilton,  Biggin  street 
Rose  and  Crown,  Thos.  Wm.  Warner, 

Baxtergate  [North  street 

Royal  George,  Wm.  Wells  Bakewell, 
Royal  Oak,  Wm.  Cooper,  Leicester  rd 
Saracen's  Head,  Martha  Ward  Bailey, 

Swan  street 
Stag  &  Pheasant,  Jas.  Gadsby,  North  st 
Talbot,  George  Bates,  Mill  street 
Three  Crowns,  Jas.  Hubbard,  North  st 


Three  Tuns,  John  Henson,  Church  gt 
Union,  Robert  Speed,  Biggin  street 
Volunteer,  Juda  Wootton,  Devonsh.  sq 
Wheat  Sheaf,  Chas.  Clarke,  Bedford  sq 
White  Horse,  Wm.  Tansley,  Bedford  sq 
White  Lion,  Jane  Ann  Dewbery ,  Swan  st 
White  Swan,  Thomas  Yateman,  Wel- 
lington street 
Windmill,  Matth.  Stafford,  Sparrow  hill 

BEERHOUSES. 
Biggs  Harry,  Meadow  lane 
BirkiQ  Joseph,  Wardsend 
Brown  Jane,  Churchgate 
Cooper  Thomas  Josiah,  Derby  road 
Cox  Jane,  Mill  street 
Fisher  Joseph,  Ashby  place 
Foulds  William,  Hume  street 
Holland  James,  Barrow  street 
Hopkin  John.  Forest  road 
Lowe  Thomas,  Wellington  street 
Me  ayes  William,  Wardsend 
Mee  John,  Pinfold  street 
Mowbray  Thomas,  John  street 
Phipps  Elizabeth,  Rushes 
Phipps  Thomas,  North  street 
Roberts  Joseph,  Wardsend 
Srnedley  George,  Rushes 
Stevenson  Thomas,  Derby  road 
Spencer  Henry,  Swan  street 
Spencer  James,  Pinfold  gate 
Tooley  Richard,  Rushes 
Underwood  William,  Baxtergate 
West  William,  Ashby  place 

IRON  AND  BRASS  FOUNDERS. 
Frisby  Samuel  and  Son,  Market  place 

IRONMONGERS. 
Clemerson  Henry,  Mill  street 
Frisby  Joseph,  Market  place 
Frisby  Samuel  and  Son,  Market  place 

JOINERS. 
Corah  William,  High  street 
Harding  James,  Mill  street 
Harding  James,  junior,  Hume  street 
Hull  and  Chester,  Barrow  street 
Kirk  and  Son,  Mill  street 
Mitchell  Reuben,  North  street 
Palfreyman  John,  Hastings  street 
Rowland  William,  Victoria  street 
Speed  Robert,  Biggin  street 
Smith  Abraham,  Sparrow  hill 
Smith  John  Jasper,  Hume  street 
Start  Joseph  and  Son,  Ashby  road 
Varney  William,  Baxtergate 
Warner  and  Sudbury,  Baxtergate 
Webster  James,  Baxtergate 
Wheatley  Samuel,  North  street 
LACE  DEALERS  AND  MANUFRS. 
Barwick  John,  Market  place 
Bird  John  (manufr.),  Factory  street 
Booth  Ann,  Churchgate 


TRADES    AND    PROFESSIONS. 


427 


Green  Thomas,  High  street 

Pilling  Thomas  (manufr.),  Factory  st 

Rushforth  Eliz.  &  Sarah  Jane,  High  st 

MALTSTERS. 
Brown  Edward,  Ashby  place  \ 
Handley  George,  Sparrow  bill- 
Handley  Robert,  Pinfold  gate 
Hohson  Joseph,  Nottingham  road 
Redrup  George,  Derby  road 
Smith  John  and  Son,  Derby  road 
Tyler  John,  Rushes 
MILLINERS  &  DRESS  MAKERS. 
Barson  Ann,  Churchgate 
Bennett  Alice,  Baxtergate 
Booth  Ann,  Churchgate 
Cooper  Ann,  Baxtergate 
Cross  Ann,  Mill  street 
Dakin  Louisa,  High  street 
Gamble  Emma  and  Lucy,  Swan  st 
Green  Thomas,  High  street 
Gregg  Matilda,  Churchgate 
Hack  Catherine,  Sparrow  hill 
Harding  Elizabeth,  Hume  street 
Hean  Eliz.  &  Ellen,  Southfield  road 
Hickman  Elizabeth,  Bedford  square 
Lacey  Betsey,  Churchgate 
Mason  Sarah  Ann,  Churchgate 
Perkins  Elizabeth,  Fishpool  head 
Phipps  Sarah  and  Mary,  Market  place 
Sutton  and  Henshaw,  High  street 
Taylor  Miss,  Leicester  road 
Twells  Elizabeth,  Baxtergate 
Varney  Rachel,  Baxtergate 
Wallace  Louisa,  Bedford  square 
Haddon  Joseph,  Dead  lane 
Lindsey  Thomas,  Mill  street 
Timperley  Abraham,  Mill  street 
Timperley  William,  Mill  street 

NEEDLE  MAKERS  (FRAME). 
Armstrong  Alfred,  Woodgate 
Armstrong  Thomas,  Pinfoldgate 
Cashmore  Luke,  Mill  street 
Chester  Daniel,  Sparrow  hill 
Grudgings  Daniel,  Woodgate 
Goodrich  Charles,  Mill  street 
Hubbard  James,  Mill  street 
Wallis  Sarah,  Woodgate 

NEWSPAPERS. 
Loughborough    Monitor     (Thursday), 

J.  H.  Gray,  Market  place 
Loughborough  Neics  (Thursday),  John 
Abbott,  Market  place 
PAINTERS  AND  GILDERS. 
Clarke  Jabez,  Devonshire  square 
Dakin  Daniel,  High  street 
Cresswell  William,  Churchgate 
Fisher  William  and  Son,  Churchgate 
Grundy  Henry,  Baxtergate 
Hack  Henry,  Leicester  road 
Jackson  Thomas,  Regent  street 


James  Robert,  Bridge  street 

Mats  on  George,  Red  Lion  yard 

West  James,  Moira  street 
PATTEN  AND  CLOG  MAKERS. 

B  as  ford  William,  Swan  street 

Lindsey  Thomas,  Mill  street 
PAWNBROKERS,, 

Brunt  Joseph,  Market  place 

Harris  William,  Market  place 

Claypool  Henry,  Devonshire  square 
PLUMBERS  AND  GLAZIERS. 

Barratt  James,  Ashby  road 

Fisher  Henry,  Churchgate 

Messenger  Thomas  Goode  (and  patent 
horticultural  builder),  High  street 

Moore  David,  Swan  street 

Tebbutt  William,  High  street 

REGISTER  OFFICES  FOR 
SERVANTS. 

Hall  Francis,  Churchgate 

Start  Maria,  Ashby  road 
Stain  Thomas,  Baxtergate 

ROPE  AND  TWINE  MAKERS. 
Crawford  George,  Swan  street 
Pritchard  John,  Swan  street 
Wood  Thomas,  Dead  lane 
SADDLERS  &  HARNESS   MKRS. 
Bradwell  and  Son,  Market  place 
Brice  John,  Fishpool  Head 
Bromhead  Charles,  Baxtergate 
Clements  Samuel,  High  street 
Sharp  William,  Fishpool  head 
Speight  William,  Bull's  Head  yard 
SEEDSMEN. 
(See  also  Gardeners,  dc.) 
Frisby  Joseph,  Market  place 
Hammond  John,  High  street 
Robinson  Wm.  and  Son,  Market  place 
SHOPKEEPERS. 
(Dealers  in  Groceries,  Flour,  dc.) 
Bass  John  Austin,  Wellington  street 
Basford  Joseph,  North  street 
Belton  Charles,  Moor  lane 
Bent  Joseph,  Pinfoldgate 
Bent  Lois,  Bedford  square 
Bland  William,  Sparrow  hill 
Clarke  Augustus  William,  North  street 
Clarke  Edward  George,  Bridge  street 
Clarke  George,  Churchgate 
Collins  Rebecca,  Woodgate 
Crofts  Robert,  Woodgate 
Chester  Thomas  Joseph,  Leicester  road 
Flavill  Henry,  Baxtergate 
Gee  Mary,  Queen  street 
Grimbley  William,  Meadow  lane 
Grundy  Samuel,  Sparrow  hill 
Hands  John,  Baxtergate 
Harrold  Mary,  Bedford  square 

I  Harding  William,  Wellington  street 

I  Hayes  John,  Woodgate 


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LOUGHBOROUGH   DIRECTORY. 


Hickling  John,  Churchgate 
Hopkins  Mary,  Bushes 
Hunt  Thomas,  Rushes 
Jacques  John,  Rushes 
James  Robert,  Bridge  street 
Jarratt  Julia,  Ashby  place 
Kettleband  Elizabeth,  Churchgate 
Larard  Edward,  Moor  lane 
Lawty  John,  Barrow  street 
Levers  George,  Bushes 
Lindsay  Thomas,  Woodgate 
Lister  Isaac,  Woodgate 
Luckman  William,  Ashby  road 
Mardon  Herbert,  North  street 
Mee  John,  Pinfold  street 
Miller  Samuel,  Ashby  road 
Morris  John,  Queen  street 
Morley  Joseph,  King  street 
Palfrey  man  William,  Begent  street 
Potter  Frances,  Wardsend 
Bussell  Lewis,  Woodgate 
Sharp  Benjamin,  Bushes 
Sharp  William,  North  street 
Shelton  Mary,  North  street 
Sherwin  William,  Wellington  street 
Squire  George,  Pinfold  gate 
Street  Joseph,  Pinfoldgate 
Stevenson  Mary,  Queen  street 
Sutton  Daniel,  Ashby  road 
Thompson  Elizabeth,  North  street 
Taylor  John,  Wardsend 
T wells  John,  Pinfoldgate 
Vickers  Thomas  Henry,  Ashby  road 
Wakefield  William,  North  street 
Ward  John,  Bedford  square 
White  Thomas,  Churchgate 
Wilcock  Charles,  Bedford  square 
Whitaker  James,  Pinfoldgate 
Wilcocks  William,  North  street 
Wood  Eliza,  Churchgate 

SINKEB   MAKEBS. 
Bakewell  Thomas  Luke,  Sparrow  hill 
Evans  John,  Woodgate 

STAY  MAKEBS. 
Milner  Mrs.  Cemetery  Lodge 
Oram  Samuel,  Ashby  place 
STONE  AND   MARBLE  MASONS. 
Hull  William  Henry,  Leicester  road 
Boberts  and  Walpole,  Churchgate 

SURGEONS. 
Eddowes  John  Henry,  M.D.  Market  pi 
Hunt  and  Sowerby,  Churchgate 
Hutchinson  William,  Baxtergate 
Morris  Richard,  Dispensary 
TAILORS. 

(*  Are  Drapers  also.) 
Abrahart  Edward,  Ashby  place 
♦Ainsworth  William,  Churchgate 
*  Archer  Amos,  Market  place 
Argyle  Thomas,  Pinfoldgate 


I  Berrington  William,  Moor  lane 
I  Bishop  George,  High  street. 
Bramley  Henry,  Woodgate 
♦Brunt  Joseph,  Market  place 
Brunt  Joseph,  Churchgate 
*Elliott  Samuel,  Market  place 
Franey  John,  Mill  street 
Goodier  Joshua,  Mill  street 
Hewett  William,  Freehold  street 
Bichardson  James,  Baxtergate 
Spencer  James,  Pinfoldgate 
Spencer  James,  Begent  street 
Stubbs  Samuel,  Baxtergate 
Sutton  Daniel,  Ashby  road 
Thornton  James,  Ashby  place 
Wakerley  John,  Bushes 
*  Woodcock  Thomas,  High  street 
TALLOW  CHANDLERS. 
Stevens  John  Vice,  Baxtergate 
Thirlby  Frederick,  Biggin  street 
TIMBEB  MERCHANTS. 
Barnsdale  Joseph  Bouse,  Derby  road 
Hughes  Henry,  Derby  road 
Smedley  Joseph,  Canal  wharf 
Smith  John  and  Sons,  Derby  road 

TOBACCONISTS. 
Bishop  Thomas,  North  street 
Cumberland  Robert,  Market  place 
Pritchard  Frederick,  King  street 
Wooding  Cornelius,  Churchgate 

TOBACCO    PIPE    MAKERS. 
Collins  Joseph,  Barrow  street 
Street  Joseph,  Pinfoldgate 

TUBNEBS,  (WOOD,  &c.) 
Cattell  Elizabeth,  Baxtergate 
Hull  and  Chester,  Barrow  street 
Pegg  John,  Mill  street 
Start  Joseph  and  Son,  Ashby  road 
VETERINARY  SURGEONS. 
Gaston  Edward,  Leicester  road 
Rowland  William,  Pinfoldgate 
WATCH  AND  CLOCK  MAKERS. 
Baldwin  Benj.  (&  optician,)  Market  pi 
Handford  Thomas,  Mill  street 
Jolly  Thomas,  Baxtergate 
King  John,  Market  place 
Woodroffe  James,  Swan  street 

WHABFINGERS. 
(See  also  Carriers  and  Coal  Merchants.) 
Barnsdall  Joseph  B.  Derby  road 
Canal   Company,  Derby  road ;    John 

Moore,  agent 
Keightley  James  Hind,  Nottingham  rd 
Smith  John  and  Son,  Derby  road 

WHEELWRIGHTS. 
Freak  Arthur,  Fishpool  head 
Fulford  George,  Regent  street 
Read  Edward,  Moira  street 
Spencer  Henry,  Orchard 
Waterfield  Thomas,  Baxtergate 


LOUGHBOROUGH   DIRECTORY. 


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WINE  AND  SPIRIT  MERCHANTS. 
Bryan  Charlotte  (Executors   of,)  Mar- 
ket place 
Capp  Charles  Hackler,  Market  place 
Dobell  Isaac  Blount,  Market  place 


Limb  Elizabeth,  Market  place 
Sanders  John,  High  street 

WORSTED  SPINNERS. 
Cartwright  and  Warners,  Nottingham  rd 
Hudson  James,  Freehold  street 


POST  OFFICE  REGULATIONS. 

The  Post  Office  is  in  Baxtergate,  and  Mr.  David  Astill  is  the  postmaster. 
The  office  open3  at  7 4  morning  and  closes  at  10  night,  except  on  Sundays, 
when  it  closes  at  10  morning  for  the  rest  of  the  day.  Money  Orders  are  granted 
and  paid  from  9  morning  till  6,  and  on  Saturdays  till  7|  evening.  In  con- 
nection with  the  money  order  department  is  a  Post  Office  Savings''  Bank 
(see  p.  401.) 

The  Mails  are  Despatched  to  Leicester  at  6  a.m.,  11.44  a.m.,  and  10  p.m.  ; 
to  London,  Nottingham,  Derby,  &c,  at  11.45  a.m.  and  10  p.m. ;  and  to  Scot- 
land, Ireland,  Wales,  and  the  North  of  England  at  7.55  p.m. 

The  first  Delivery  of  Letters  commences  at  7  a.m.,  and  the  second  at  half- 
past  one  p.m.  There  are  Pillar  Letter  Boxes  in  the  Market  place,  and  on  the 
Leicester  and  Derby  roads. 

RAILWAY  CONVEYANCE. 

From  the  Midland  Railway  Station,  Nottingham  road,  passenger  trains 
run  many  times  a  day  to  London,  Leicester,  Derby,  Nottingham,  Peterborough, 
&c. ;  and  luggage  trains  daily  to  all  parts.  Mr.  Wm.  Brandon  is  the  station 
master,  and  Wiiliam  Dawson,  Joseph  Bland,  and  Frank  Smith  are  clerics. 

OMNIBUSES 
To  and  from  the  Railway  Station  to  meet  every  train,  convey  passengers  to  any 
part  of  the  town.     There  are  also  omnibuses  to  Nottingham  and  to  Leicester, 
every  Monday,  Wednesday,  and  Saturday  at  8  morning,  and  to  Whitwick  every 
Tuesday. 

CARRIERS  TO  AND  FROM  LOUGHBOROUGH, 

With  the  day  and  time  of  leaving,  and  the  Inns  and  Public  Houses 

which  they  use. 


Ashby-de-la-Zouch,     Gadsby,    Griffin 

Inn,  Mon.  and  Sat.  4 
Bagworth,  Johnson,  Volunteer,Thurs.  4 
Barrow,  Giles, New  Inn,  daily,  4 ;  Frier, 

Pack  Horse,  Thurs.  5 ;  Musson,  Mar- 
ket place,  daily,  4  ;  Lovett,  Rose  and 

Crown,  daily,  3 
Belton,  Varnham,  Saracen's  Head,  Th. 

5  ;  White,  Nag's  Head,  Thurs.  4 
Broughton,  Wakerley,  Castle,  Thurs.  4 
Burton,  Chamberlain,  Rose  and  Crown, 

daily,  6 
Castle  Donington,  Cbettle,    Saracen's 

Head,Ths.4;  Ward, Green Man,Ths.4 
Coalville,  Holloway,  Griffin  Inn,  Thurs. 

and  Sat.  4| ;  Lowe,  White  Lion,  Mon. 

and  Fri.  3 
Derby,  Tinkler,  Ashby  place,  Tues.  and 

Fri.  5  a.m. 
Disewortb,  Atkin,  Nag's  Head,  Thurs.  4 
Hathern,  Bennett,  Saracen's  Head,Tb.  4 
Hoton,  Crooks,  Rose  and  Crown,  daily,4 
Hoby,  Ward,  Unicorn,  Thurs.  4  ;  Os- 

win,  Red  Lion,  Thurs.  4 
Ibstock,  Garfoet,  Dog  and  Gun,  Thurs.  4 
Kegworth,  Mee,  Saracen's  Head.  Thurs. 

4,  Sat.  3 ;  Young,  Nag's  Hef,d,  Ths.  4 


Leake,  Gunn,  Rose  and  Crown,  Thurs. 
4 ;  Hallam,  Rose  and  Crown,  daily,  4 ; 
Cooke,  Red  LioD,  Thurs.  4  ;  James, 
Unicom,  Thurs.  4  ;  Hardstaff,  Sara- 
cen's Head,  Thurs.  4| 

Leicester,  Emmerson,  Nelson  Inn,  Mon. 
Tues.  Wed.  Fri.  and  Sat.  \  to  9  a.m. ; 
Frisby,  Mill  street,  Mon.  Wed.  and 
Sat.  9  a.m. ;  Lovett  and  Crooks, 
Ward's  end,  daily,  9  a.m. ;  Tinkler, 
Ashby  place,  Wed.  and  Sat.  9  a.m. 

Long  Whatton,  Wilkins,  White  Lion, 
Thurs.  4 

Markfield,  Gamble,  Dog  &  Gun,  Ths.  4 

Melboume,Fisher,Saracen'sHead,Th.5 

Mountsorrel,  Richardson,  Pack  Horse, 
Thurs.  5  ;  Summerfield,  Cross  Keys, 
Thurs.  5 

Normanton,  Barrowcliffe,  Unicorn,  Ths. 
and  Sat.  4 ;  Hardstaff,  Saracen's 
Head,  Thurs.  4£ 

Nottingham,  Faulkes,  Cross  Keys,  Mon. 
Wed.  and  Sat.  8£  a.m. 

OldDalby,  Marriott,  Unicorn,  Thurs.  4; 
Bonser,  Red  Lion,  Thurs.  4 

Osgathorpe,  Billing,  Saracen's  Head, 
Ths.  4 ;  King,  Green  Man,  Thurs.  4£ 


480 


LOUGHBOROUGH    CARRIERS, 


Queniborough,  Sarson,  Saracen's  Head, 
Thurs.  4 

Quorndon,  Brown,  Pack  Horse,  Thurs.  5; 
Briggs,  Market  place,  daily,  4 ;  Lo- 
vett,  Market  place,  daily,  4 

Rempstone,  Haywood,  Bed  Lion,  Tues. 
Thurs.  and  Fri.  4 

Sheepsked,  Pallett,  The  Griffin,  Thurs. 
and  Sat.  4  ;  Parker,  Green  Man,  Wed. 
and  Sat.  7,  Thurs.  4  ;  Sharpe,  Sara- 
cen's Head,  Tues.  Thurs .  and  Sat.  4 

Sileby,  Gamble,  Pack  Horse,  Thurs.  U 

Seagrave,  Hardy,  Rose  &  Crown,  Thurs. 
4;  Joyce,  Unicorn,  Thurs.  4 

Sutton  Bonington,  Rossell  and  Hard- 
staff,  Saracen's  Head,  Thurs.  4£ 

Thornton,  Johnson  ,Dog  &  Gun,Thurs.4 

Thringstone,  Gough,  Griffin  Inn ,  Thurs. 
4  ;  Holloway,  Griffin,  Ths.  &  Sat.  4J  ; 
Lowe,  White  Lion,  Mon.  and  Fri.  3 

Thrussington,  Earl,  and  Boulter,  Uni- 
corn, Thurs.  4 


Ulverscroft,  Whitcroft,  Dog  and  Gun, 
Thurs.  4 

Whitwick,  Holloway,  Griffiu  Inn, Thurs. 
and  Sat.  4| ;  Lowe,White  Lion, Mon. & 
Fri.  3  ;  Lydall,  White  Lion,  Sat.  5 

Woodhouse,  Taylor,  Marquis  of  Granby, 
Thurs.  5  ;  North,  Cross  Key3,  Ths.  5 

Woodhouse  Eaves,  Whatnall,  Golden 
Fleece,  Tues.  Thurs.  and  Sat.  4 

Willoughby,  Goodacre,  Unicorn,  Thurs. 
4  ;  Wakerley,  Castle,  Thurs.  4 

Walton,  Topley,  Unicorn,  Tues.  Thurs. 
and  Sat.  4 

Wymeswold,  Mills,  Rose  and  Crown, 
Thurs.  4  ;  Smith,  do. ;  Crooks,  daily, 
4  ;  Utting,  Unicorn,  daily,  4  ;  Un- 
derwood, do.  Thurs.  4  ;  Clarke,  do. 
Thurs,  4  ;  Bewick,  Castle,  daily,  4 

Wysall,  Crooks,  Rose  and  Crown,  Mon. 
Wed.  and  Sat.  4;  Eggleston,  New 
Inn,  Thurs.  4 


ANSTEY,  one  of  the  most  salubrious  villages  in  the  county,  is 
picturesquely  situated  in  the  vale  of  a  rivulet  four  miles  N.W.  of  Lei- 
cester, and  has  in  its  parish  about  680  acres  of  land,  188  houses,  and  734 
inhabitants.  A  large  number  of  the  inhabitants  are  employed  by  Mr. 
Wm.  Moore  in  the  wholesale  manufacture  of  boots  and  shoes,  and  many 
persons  from  Leicester  and  other  places  take  up  their  residence  here 
during  the  summer  months.  It  is  within  the  Peculiar  Jurisdiction  of 
Groby,  and  is  parcel  of  the  Earl  of  Stamford  and  Warrington's  manor  of 
Groby ;  but  a  great  part  of  the  soil  belongs  to  the  Rev.  Robt.  Martin, 
Sir  Cornwallis  Ricketts,  Bart.,  Mr.  Samuel  Burchnall,  Miss  Ann  Roby, 
and  a  few  smaller  owners.  The  soil  is  fertile  and  mostly  freehold,  and 
the  commons  were  enclosed  and  the  tithes  commuted  under  an  Act  passed 
in  1761.  In  1086,  Hugh  de  Grentemaisnell  held  here  two  carucates  and 
4  ploughs ;  and  here  were  4  bondmen,  13  villans,  and  3  bordars,  with  2 
ploughs;  8  acres  of  meadow;  and  two  woods,  one  a  mile  long  and  half- a 
mile  broad,  and  the  other  80  perches  long  and  40  broad.  Leicester 
Abbey  and  Ulverscroft  Priory  held  lands  here  from  the  13th  century  till 
their  dissolution.  The  parish  was  anciently  called  Hanstigie  or  Anstige, 
and  is  watered  by  a  rivulet  which  flows  northward  to  the  Soar,  and  has 
on  its  banks  many  rich  pastures.  The  Church  (St.  Mary)  was  a  very 
ancient  structure,  but  it  was  all  taken  down,  except  the  tower,  in  1845, 
and  rebuilt  on  a  larger  scale  in  the  decorated  style  of  the  14th  century, 
solely  at  the  expense  of  the  Rev.  Richard  Waterfield,  B.D.,  the  present 
highly  esteemed  incumbent.  It  was  finished  in  May,  1846,  and  consists 
of  a  nave  and  chancel,  with  north  and  south  aisles;  and  the  interior  is 
neatly  fitted  up,  and  has  sittings  for  500  hearers,  but  the  old  edifice  had 
only  room  for  about  200.  The  exterior  has  a  striking  appearance,  the 
Avails  and  buttresses  being  of  random  granite,  with  black  pointing  and 
light  freestone  dressings,  richly  carved  pinnacles,  &c.  The  south  door 
is  particularly  chaste  and  rich  in  appearance,  and  the  whole  fabric 
reflects  great  credit  on  Messrs.  Broadbent  and  Hawley,  the  architects 
and  builders.  The  fine  old  tower,  though  the  most  ancient  part  of  the 
former  church,  is  still  preserved,  and  contains  five  bells.  The  benefice 
is  consolidated  with  the  rectory  of  Tiiurcatrton,  which  see.    Here  is  a 


ANSTEY    PARISH. 


Weslcyan  Chapel,  built  in  1797 ;  a  Primitive  Methodist  Chapel,  built  in 
1840  ;  an  Independent  Chapel,  formerly  a  warehouse,  but  purchased  for 
its  present  use  in  1861,  at  a  cost  of  i!130  ;  and  a  National  School,  erected 
in  1833.  The  parish  is  entitled  to  send  12  free  scholars  to  Hill's  Free 
School,  at  Thurcaston,  and  has  about  32a.  of  land,  which  is  let  for  ^£40 
a  year,  and  was  mostly  allotted,  at  the  enclosure,  in  lieu  of  other  land, 
which  had  been  vested  in  trust  from  an  early  period,  for  the  reparation 
of  the  roads,  bridges,  and  the  church.  The  greater  portion  of  this  trust 
estate  was  given,  in  1376,  by  John  Leverych,  of  Leicester,  under  the  name 
of  "  certain  lands  in  the  fields  of  Anstey  in  Wolfdale" ;  and  the  Brere  yard 
was  given  by  Thomas  Martyn  and  Wm.  Hachet,  in  1490.  The  family  of 
Martin,  who  have  been  settled  here  for  centuries,  have  ever  since,  with 
others,  been  trustees  of  this  property.  In  1669,  John  Brown  left  for 
the  poor  of  Anstey  a  yearly  rent-charge  of  6s.  8d.  now  paid  out  of  three 
cottages.  They  have  also  a  share  of  Sir  N.  Wright's  and  other  charities, 
noticed  with  Thurcaston ;  ,£10.  8s.  7d.  from  ,£600  Stock  left  by  Mary 
Heard,  as  noticed  with  Newtown-Linford ;  and  a  yearly  rent-charge  of 
12s.,  left  by  Peter  Roe,  in  1681,  for  distributions  of  bread  on  Christmas- 
day  and  Good  Friday. 

Post  from  Leicester.    Letters  arrive  at  8|  morning,  and  are  despatched  at 
5£  evening.    Here  is  a  pillar  letter  box. 

Skertchley  Joseph,  surgeon 
Smith  Job,  wheelwright 


Bagshaw  Rev.  Henry  S.  curate 

Bates  Edward,  baker 

Brewin  Edward,  gent.  Anstey  Frith 

Burchnall  Samuel,  brewer,  maltster,  and 
hop  merchant 

Burgess  Hannah,  vict.  Coach  &  Horses 

Cook  James,  hosiery  manufacturer 

Cramp  William,  vict.  Crown 

Dolman  Francis,  corn  miller 

Elliott  Henry,  shoemaker 

Hughes  Eliz.  vict.  Old  Hare  d'  Hounds 

Jenkinson  John,  schoolmaster,  parish 
clerk,  and  registrar  of  births  &  deaths 

Lygo  Thomas,  blacksmith 

Martin  Rev.  Robt.  M.A.  vicar  of  Ratby 
and  Breedon,  minister  of  Newtown 
Linford,  and  commissary  of  the  Pe- 
culiar of  Groby,  Anstey  Pastures 

Moore  William,  boot  and  shoe  manuftr. 

Richardson  James,  framework  knitter 

Roby  Miss  Ann  ||  Simpson  Dnl.  builder 


Wright  William,  framework  knitter 


BEERHOUSES. 

Elliott  Mary 
Lennard  Samuel 

CARPENTERS. 

Baum  Edward 
Grundy  Richard 

FARMERS  &  GRZRS. 

Astill  James 

Burchnall  Thomas 

Little  Samuel,  An- 
stey Pastures 

Lovett  Henry 

Matts  Geo.  Shipley 

Perkins  George  (& 
butcher) 

Pickering  Joseph 
(and  butcher) 

Tabberer  John 


Wain  Sarah 
Wood  James 

SHOPKEEPERS. 

Clark  Joseph 
Elliott  Mary 
Geary  George 
Leavesley  William 
Richards  William 

TAILORS. 

Willett  Frederick 

Willett  John  (and 
draper, and  ale  & 
porter  dealer) 

Carriers  to  Lei- 
cester Wed.  and 
Saturday 

Clark  James 

Crooks  James 


ANSTEY  PASTURES,  separated  from  Anstey  by  a  rivulet,  is  an 
extra-parochial  liberty,  3^-  miles  N.W.  of  Leicester,  containing  6  houses, 
34  inhabitants,  and  about  250  acres  of  land,  belonging  to  the  Rev.  Robert 
Martin,  M.A.,  vicar  of  Ratb.y  and  Breedon,  and  minister  of  Newtown- 
Linford,  who  resides  at  the  Hall,  a  commodious  mansion,  with  pleasant 
grounds.  It  was  anciently  part  of  the  forest  or  Frith  of  Leicester,  be- 
longing to  the  Duchy  of  Lancaster,  and  was  granted,  in  the  27th  of 
Elizabeth,  to  Thomas  Martyn  and  others,  on  a  lease  of  31  years  :  but 
was  purchased,  in  the  reign  of  James  I.,  by  Robert  Martyn,  of  Anstey, 
whose  descendents  have  ever  since  been  seated  here.  Its  ancient  boundary 
is  described  as  extending  from  Anstie  and  Cowe-gate,  along  the  old  pale 
of  Leicester  Frith,  to  Groby-gate,  and  along  the  "  newe  ditch,"  to  the 
poole  called  "  Woodcocke  well."    The  only  farmer  here  is  Mr.  S.  Little. 


432 


ASHBY-DE-LA-ZOUCH. 

Ashby-de-la-Zouch,  a  handsome  and  highly  salubrious  market  town 
and  watering  place,  celebrated  for  its  saline  baths,  and  the  extensive 
remains  of  its  once  formidable  and  famous  baronial  Castle,  has  been 
greatly  improved  during  the  present  century,  and  is  pleasantly  situated 
on  the  banks  of  one  of  the  sources  of  the  river  Mease,  on  the  north-western 
side  of  Leicestershire  ;  about  1%  mile  from  the  boundary  of  Derbyshire, 
115  miles  N.N.W.  of  London,  17|  miles  W.N.W.  of  Leicester,  13  miles 
S.  of  Derby,  22  miles  S.W.  of  Nottingham,  and  9  miles  S.E.  of  Burton- 
upon- Trent.  It  is  encompassed  by  rich  pastures,  and  in  its  hamlets  and 
the  surrounding  parishes  are  extensive  collieries,  which  are  connected  by 
tramways  with  the  Leicester  and  Burton  Railway,  which  has  a  handsome 
station  on  the  south  side  of  the  town,  near  the  ivanhoe  Baths.  This  line 
is  a  branch  of  the  Midland  Railway,  and  was  opened  March  1st,  1841), 
and  connects  the  town  with  the  great  net  work  of  railways  which  now 
overspreads  the  country  in  every  direction.  The  Ashby  Canal,  which 
was  cut  under  an  act  passed  in  1794,  and  commences  at  the  reservoir  on 
Ashby  Wolds,  more  than  three  miles  west  of  the  town,  extends  south- 
ward to  the  Coventry  Canal,  and  was  sold  to  the  Midland  Railway  Com- 
pany, in  1816,  for  ^110,000,  as  noticed  at  page  54.  It  has  still  a  con- 
siderable traffic,  and  its  wharves  at  Ashby  are  occupied  by  the  Moira 
Colliery  Company.  Ashby-de-la-Zouch  is  a  Polling  Place  for  the 
Northern  Parliamentary  Division  of  Leicestershire,  and  the  head  of  a 
large  Union,  formed  by  the  Poor  Law  Commissioners.  Its  parish  is  the 
largest  in  the  county,  comprising  7414  acres  of  land,  extending  more 
than  four  miles  westward  to  the  boundary  of  Seal  parish.  It  is  divided 
into  two  townships,  viz. — Ashby-de-la-Zouch,  containing  6300  acres  and 
6240  inhabitants ;  and  Blackfordby  Chapelry,  which,  includes  Boothorpe 
Hamlet,  in  Seal  parish,  and  has  627  inhabitants  and  about  1114  acres. 
Blackfordby,  as  afterwards  noticed,  is  about  two  miles  W.N.W  of  the 
town.  Ashby  Township,  from  the  distance  of  one  to  four  miles  west  of 
the  town,  is  a  hilly  district,  called  Ashby  Wolds,  and  its  soil  is  various, 
being  partly  sand  and  partly  gravelly  loam,  but  the  greater  part  is  a 
fertile  clay.  Lead,  limestone,  and  ironstone  are  found  abundantly  in 
the  neighbouring  parishes,  and  excellent  coal  is  got  in  the  Wolds,  at  the 
depth  of  250  to  300  yards.  The  Colliery,  which  is  worked  by  the  Exe- 
cutors of  the  late  George,  Marquis  of  Hastings,  under  the  name  of  the 
Moira  Colliery  Company,  is  about  3|-  miles  W.  of  Ashby,  near  the  small 
village  of  Moira  and  the  Moira  Paths,  whence  the  mineral  water  is 
conveyed  to  the  Ivanhoe  Baths,  on  the  west  side  of  the  town,  as  after- 
wards noticed.  John  Thomas  Woodhouse,  Esq.,  the  celebrated  mining 
engineer,  is  the  manager  of  this  valuable  and  extensive  colliery,  and  a 
visit  to  it  will  well  repay  the  stranger.  Ashby  township  also  includes 
Alton  Orange,  a  detached  part  of  the  parish,  containing  about  250  acres; 
the  farms  of  Pr estop  Park,  Old  Paries,  &c,  and  part  of  the  large  village 
of  Woodville,  or  Wooden  Box,  which  is  partly  in  Derbyshire,  and  has 
an  excellent  bed  of  fire  clay,  which  is  extensively  manufactured  into 
earthenware  and  fire  brides,  and  large  quantities  of  it  are  sent  away  for 
the  use  of  iron  founders.  The  ancient  hamlets  of  Kilwardby  and  Cales, 
or  Calais,  now  form  part  of  the  town  ;  but  those  of  Woodcote,  Balcroft, 
Swartcliffe,  and  Glen,  named  in  some  old  writings,  are  now  unknown. 
In  1801,  the  township  had  only  2674  inhabitants;  but  in  1831,  they  had 
increased  to  3937  ;  in  1831,  to  4400 ;  in  1841,  to  5208 ;  in  1851,  to  5691; 


ASHBY-DE-LA-ZOUCH.  433 

and  in  1861,  to  6211.  More  than  4000  are  resident  in  the  town,  and  the 
remainder  in  the  hamlets  and  scattered  farms.  The  present  rateable 
annual  value  of  the  township  is  £20,826,  viz.:— The  town,  £7126;  the 
Wolds,  £5964 ;  Alton  Grange,  £606  ;  and  the  remainder,  £7130.  The 
open  fields  were  enclosed  in  1761,  and  the  Wolds  in  1800,  when  all  the 
tithes  were  commuted  for  land. 

The  Town  has  for  many  years  been  remarkable  for  its  high,  bracing, 
and  invigorating  atmosx>here,  and  possesses  a  considerable  share  of 
internal  and  local  beauty,  having  been  greatly  improved  during  the 
last  forty  years,  by  the  erection  of  the  Ivanhoe  Baths,  Royal  Hotel, 
Rawdon  Terrace,  Prior  Park  Houses,  Shrubbery  Terrace,  Highfield 
House,  Trinity  Church,  the  Town  Hall  and  Market  House,  and  other 
handsome  buildings ;  the  establishment  of  Gas  and  Water  Works,  and 
of  a  general  system  of  drainage,  and  the  formation  of  a  new  street  from 
Market  street  to  the  Green.  During  the  same  period,  many  of  the  old 
houses  have  been  rebuilt,  so  that  the  town  has  now  a  modern  appear- 
ance. Market  street  and  Kilivardby  street  form  one  wide  and  handsome 
street,  which  was  considerably  improved,  some  years  ago,  by  the  removal 
of  the  ancient  stone  cross,  which  stood  nearly  in  the  centre,  and  by 
repaving  and  flagging  the  causeways.  The  other  principal  streets  are 
Bath  street,  Church  street,  Wood  street,  and  Ivanhoe  road.  The  town 
has  many  good  inns,  taverns,  and  well-stocked  shops,  and  possesses 
several  fine  springs  of  excellent  water,  distinguished  by  the  names  of 
Holy  Well,  Lyon's  Well,  Perring's  Well,  &c.  The  inhabitants  are  chiefly 
engaged  in  general  trade,  and  consequently  the  town  is  free  from  the 
noise  and  effluvia  of  a  populous  manufacturing  place ;  but  hosiery  and 
earthenware  are  made  to  a  small  extent.  The  Market,  held  on  Satur- 
day, is  well  supplied  with  meat,  poultry,  butter,  eggs,  vegetables,  and 
fruit.  The  four  annual  Fairs,  at  which  there  are  generally  good  shows 
of  horses  and  cattle,  are  held  on  Shrove  Monday,  Easter  Tuesday,  Whit 
Tuesday,  and  November  10th.  Here  is  also  a  statute-fair  for  hiring 
servants,  on  the  Tuesday  after  September  21st.  A  constable  and  two 
headboroughs  are  appointed  yearly  at  the  Court  Leet,  which  is  held  at  the 
Queen's  Head.  Petty  Sessions  are  held  by  the  neighbouring  magistrates 
every  fortnight,  at  the  Police  Station,  a  good  building  of  brick,  with 
stone  dressings,  in  Ivanhoe  road,  which  was  erected,  in  1862,  at  a  cost 
of  about  .£2000.  The  magistrates  usually  attending  are  the  Rev.  J.  M. 
Echalaz,  and  W.  W.  Abney,  Thos.  Mowbray,  Geo.  Moore,  and  Geo. 
Thos.  Mowbray,  Esqrs.  William  Pettit  Dewes,  Esq.,  is  their  clerk. 
The  police  force  stationed  here  consists  of  an  inspector  (Mr.  Thomas 
Ward),  a  sergeant,  and  eight  men.  The  Town  Hall  and  Market 
House  form  one  building,  presenting  a  handsome  stone  front  to  Market 
street.  It  has  a  large  gateway  in  the  centre,  with  a  reading  room  on 
one  side,  a  refreshment  room  on  the  other,  and  a  large  room  for  public 
meetings  above.  The  Market  House  extends  backward  to  Ivanhoe 
road,  and  is  100  yards  long  and  12  wide.  It  contains  22  butchers'  shops, 
and  numerous  stalls  for  fruit,  &c,  and  is  covered  with  a  light  roof  of 
glass  and  iron.  The  land  is  leased  from  the  Marquis  of  Hastings,  and 
the  building  was  erected  in  1857  by  a  company  of  shareholders,  at  a 
cost  of  £4000,  raised  in  £10  shares.  The  Gas  Works,  in  Derby  lane, 
were  established  in  1834,  and  considerably  enlarged  and  improved  in 
1859.  The  Company's  capital  is  £3300,  in  110  shares  of  £30  each,  and 
gas  is  sold  to  consumers  at  from  5s.  to  6s.  per  1000  cubic  feet.  Mr. 
Thos.  Davenport  is  secretary  to  the  company,  and  Mr.  John  Boden, 
manager  of  the  Works.  The  Local  Board  of  Health  was  formed  in 
1852,  under  the  provisions  of  the  Public  Health  Acts ;  and  the  sanitary 

2e 


434  ASHBY-DE-LA-ZOUCH. 

arrangements  which  it  has  since  so  ably  carried  out,  have  greatly 
improved  the  town,  and  reduced  considerably  the  rate  of  mortality.  The 
town  has  been  efficiently  drained,  and  Water  Works  have  been  estab- 
lished, so  that  the  inhabitants  have  now  an  abundant  supply  of  the  pure 
beverage  of  nature.  The  water  is  pumped  by  a  steam  engine  of  ten- 
horse  power,  from  the  Gillwiska  brook,  to  a  tank  capable  of  containing 
30,000  gallons,  at  the  top  of  a  brick  tower,  60  feet  high,  on  an  elevation 
at  the  west  end  of  the  town.  Adjoining  the  tower  is  a  service  reservoir, 
60  feet  in  diameter,  which  will  hold  150,000  gallons.  The  local  board 
consists  of  nine  members,  one-third  going  out  of  office  annually,  and  it 
has  already  spent  about  .£8000,  borrowed  on  loan,  and  repaid  by  instal- 
ments out  of  the  special  district  rates.  William  Dewes,  Esq.,  is  clerk 
to  the  board,  and  Mr.  John  Salisbury,  surveyor  and  sanitary  inspector. 
The  Burial  Board  was  formed  in  1857,  and  consists  of  nine  members, 
one-third  going  out  yearly.  The  Cemetery  comprises  about  two  acres 
of  land,  delightfully  situated  on  a  gentle  eminence  at  the  west  side  of  the 
town,  near  the  Water  Works  tower.  It  is  prettily  laid  out  and  planted, 
and  commands  extensive  and  charming  views  of  the  town  and  sur- 
rounding country.  It  was  formed  in  1858,  at  a  cost  of  £1100,  and  about 
one-fourth  of  it  is  consecrated.  There  are  no  chapels,  and  service  is 
consequently  performed  at  the  churches  and  chapels  in  the  town.  Mr. 
John  Salisbury  is  clerk  and  surveyor  to  the  burial  board,  and  laid  out  the 
cemetery.  Ashby  County  Court  District  comprises  all  the  parishes 
and  townships  in  the  Union,  with  the  addition  of  Breedon-on-the-Hill. 
The  court  is  held  monthly  at  the  Town  Hall,  and  Mr.  Sergt.  Robt.  Miller 
is  judge,  Chas.  Saunders  Dewes,  registrar,  and  Mr.  W.  Bostock,  high 
bailiff.  The  Ferrers  and  Ivanhoe  Lodge  of  Freemasons  (No.  1081) 
meets  in  the  Town  Hall,  on  the  Monday  after  each  full  moon.  It  was 
constituted  in  February,  1859,  and  regularly  consecrated  in  the  following 
October  by  the  Rt.  Hon.  Earl  Howe,  G.C.H.,  Prov.  Grand  Master, 
assisted  by  the  Provincial  Grand  Lodge  of  Leicestershire.  The  Ivanhoe 
Lodge  (No.  631)  which  was  established  here  in  1836,  was  closed  in  1841, 
and  forfeited  its  warrant.  Earl  Ferrers  was  appointed  the  first  master 
of  the  new  lodge,  but  died  before  the  warrant  was  obtained,  when  the 
late  highly  esteemed  Edward  Mammatt,  Esq.,  who  was  totally  blind,  was 
elected  in  his  stead.  There  are  lodges  of  Oddfellows  at  the  Waggon  and 
Old  George  Inns.  The  Hastings  Company  of  Rifle  Volunteers  is 
the  8th  of  the  Leicestershire  Regiment,  and  was  formed  in  1860.  Its 
depot  is  in  Upper  Church  street,  and  the  uniform  is  of  dark  grey 
cloth,  with  scarlet  facings.  Alex.  Hadden,  Esq.,  is  captain;  H.  E. 
Smith,  Esq.,  lieutenant;  P.  Dicken,  Esq.,  M.D. ,  surgeon ;  Rev.  John 
Denton,  M.A.,  chaplain  ;  and  Wm.  Rudkin,  drill  sergeant.  The  Savings' 
Bank,  in  Mill  lane,  was  opened  in  1818 ;  and  on  the  20th  November, 
1861,  had  deposits  amounting  to  £35,853,  belonging  to  1352  depositors, 
and  forty-five  charitable  and  eight  friendly  societies.  Mr.  John  D. 
Hextall  is  secretary,  and  the  bank  is  open  every  Saturday  from  11  to  12 
o'clock.  The  Theatre,  in  Bath  street,  was  built  by  Mr.  Bennett,  the 
comedian,  in  1828,  and  will  hold  about  £50,  at  the  usual  prices ;  but  it 
is  seldom  used.  The  Library,  News  Room,  and  Literary  and  Scien- 
tific Institution,  occupies  rooms  at  the  Town  Hall,  and  has  about  150 
members.  The  library  contains  more  than  2000  volumes ;  and  instructive 
and  interesting  lectures  are  given  during  the  winter  season.  Mr.  C. 
Matthews  is  treasurer,  and  Mr.  G.  Orchard,  honorary  secretary.  Here 
is  also  a  Young  Men's  Mutual  Improvement  Society.  The  Ashby 
Agricultural  Society  was  amalgamated  with  the  Sparkenhoe  Farmers' 


ASHBY-DE-LA-ZOUCH.  435 

Club  in  1854.    The  annual  exhibition  is  held  in  September,  and  Mr. 
Thomas  Davenport  is  secretary. 

Ashby  is  celebrated  as  the  birth-place  of  the  pious  and  learned  Joseph 
Hall,  Bishop  of  Norivich,  to  which  see  he  was  translated  from  Exeter. 
This  distinguished  prelate  was  commonly  styled  the  Christian  Seneca, 
from  his  sententious  manner  of  writing.  He  was  born  in  1574,  at 
Prestop  Park,  and  died  in  1050.  His  literary  works  are  copious,  and 
occupy,  exclusive  of  his  satires,  five  volumes  in  folio  and  quarto.  Few 
prelates  of  the  English  church  have  left  to  posterity  a  fairer  reputation 
than  Bishop  Hall.  Living  in  troublous  times,  and  often  placed  in  cir- 
cumstances extremely  trying  to  his  temper  as  a  man,  and  his  faith  and 
patience  as  a  Christian,  he  manifested  throughout  the  whole  of  a  long 
and  chequered  life,  the  greatest  singleness  of  heart,  mildness  of  temper, 
and  purity  of  intention.  The  merits  of  his  writings  are  general  chaste- 
ness,  and  terseness  of  composition,  a  rich  vein  of  fancy,  fine  pathos, 
delicate  satire,  a  spirit  of  fervent  practical  piety,  and  views  of  futurity, 
always  elevating  and  sublime;  his  defects  are  those  of  his  time,  quaintness 
of  language,  and  occasional  involution  and  obscurity  of  style.  Dr.  John 
Bainbridge,  a  celebrated  astronomer  and  mathematician,  was  born  here 
in  1582.  The  late  Edward  Mammatt,  Esq.,  who  was  born  here  in  1807, 
and  died  23rd  April,  1800,  was  totally  blind  from  his  seventh  year  ;  yet, 
in  spite  of  this  sad  deprivation,  by  great  energy  of  character,  rare  talents, 
and  a  cheerful  disposition,  he  raised  himself  to  a  high  position  in  the 
ranks  of  the  learned,  and  pushed  his  way  successfully  through  life.  His 
indomitable  energy  never  succumbed  to  difficulties,  and  he  was  successful 
in  everything  he  undertook.  His  brilliant  lectures  on  electricity,  geo- 
logy, pneumatics,  astronomy,  and  anatomy,  will  long  be  remembered 
with  pleasure  by  all  who  had  the  good  fortune  to  hear  them ;  and  the 
wonder  is,  how  he  could  possibly  obtain  so  thorough  a  knowledge  of 
so  many  sciences  without  the  aid  of  sight.  He  was  an  accomplished 
musician,  and  presided  at  the  organ  of  the  parish  church  for  more  than 
forty  years.  He  was  a  thorough  man  of  business,  and  successfully 
managed  the  affairs  of  the  Burton  Brewery  Company,  and  filled  many 
of  the  public  offices  in  his  native  town.  His  inventive  genius  produced 
an  instrument  that  answered  the  two-fold  purpose  of  writing  letters  and 
musical  characters,  for  which  the  Society  of  Arts  awarded  him  a  gold 
medal.  So  retentive  was  his  memory,  that  whatever  he  once  heard, 
whether  of  objects  ever  so  remote,  or  of  subjects  ever  so  abstruse,  he 
never  forgot  it.  For  some  years  he  was  editor  of  a  literary  and  scientific 
publication  called  the  The  Analyst.  In  order  to  perpetuate  the  estima- 
tion in  which  he  was  held  by  his  townsmen,  and  as  a  tribute  due  to 
departed  genius  and  a  life  of  singular  usefulness,  a  memorial  window  is 
about  to  be  placed  in  the  chancel  of  the  parish  church,  and  the  sum  of 
,£150  has  already  been  collected  for  that  purpose. 

Though  Roman  Coi?is  have  been  found  here,  there  is  no  record  of  the 
town  prior  to  the  Norman  Conquest.  In  1818,  some  labourers,  working 
in  a  field  at  the  north  end  of  the  town,  perceived  the  ploughshare  strike 
against  the  brass  rim  of  a  large  Roman  urn,  filled  with  coins ;  and  on 
further  search  found  a  second,  but  smaller,  filled  also  with  coins,  all 
issued  in  the  reigns  of  the  Emperors  of  the  third  century.  The  field 
in  which  these  antiquities  were  found  is  within  a  short  distance  of  the 
line  of  the  Roman  road,  Via  Devana,  which  passed  from  Colchester  to 
Chester,  and  remains  of  which  have  been  discovered  at  Willesley,  within 
a  mile  of  the  town.  The  name  of  the  town  was  anciently  Ascebi  or  Essebi, 
and  afterwards  Ashby,  till  the  reign  of  Henry  II.,  when  the  manor 

2e2 


436  ASHBY-DE-LA-ZOUCH. 

having  passed  to  the  family  of  Zouch,  it  took  its  present  appellation  of 
Ashby -de-la- Zouch,  which,  however,  has  been  variously  written,  and  is 
spelled  "  Ashebiedelasowche  "  in  a  survey  of  the  church  property,  in  the 
reign  of  Edward  VI.  The  Marquis  of  Hastings  is  now  lord  of  the 
manor  and  owner  of  a  great  part  of  the  soil,  and  the  rest  belongs  to 
Lady  Edith  Maude  Abney-Hastings,  the  Rev.  R.  Duckworth,  the 
trustees  of  the  Grammar  School,  and  Alex.  Hadden,  Edw.  A.  Holden, 
and  Hy.  Brown,  Esqrs.,  and  several  smaller  owners.  Fredk.  Thynne, 
Esq.,  of  London,  is  manor  steward  and  land  agent  to  the  Marquis 
of  Hastings.  The  town  is  said  to  have  been  partly  destroyed  by 
fire,  in  1753.  Some  workmen  employed  in  repairing  a  fish  pond  at 
Millstone  Gutter,  on  the  Wolds,  in  1781,  found  about  450  ancient 
English  coins  in  a  small  leaden  box,  chiefly  silver  pennies  of  King 
Stephen,  and  some  of  the  first  three  Henries.  Part  of  the  latter 
were  cut  into  halves  and  quarters,  to  serve  the  purpose  of  halfpennies 
and  farthings.  At  the  Domesday  Survey,  (1086,)  the  Manor  of  Ashby 
was  held  by  Ivo,  under  Hugh  de  Grentemaisnell,  and  he  had  here 
14  carucates  and  10  ploughs,  one  in  the  demesne;  and  here  were  2 
servants,  8  villans,  6  socmen,  4  bordars,  and  a  priest,  with  6  ploughs ; 
and  a  wood  1  mile  and  160  perches  long,  sufficient  for  the  maintenance  of 
100  hogs.  Soon  afterwards,  the  manor  passed  to  Robert  de  Belmeis, 
whose  brother,  Philip,  gave  lands  and  the  church  at  Ashby  and  the 
chapel  at  Blackfordby  to  Lilleshull  Abbey,  Shropshire.  Philip's  only 
daughter  and  heiress  carried  the  manor  in  marriage  to  Alan  la  Zouch, 
descended  from  Eudo,  one  of  the  Dukes  of  Brittany.  His  son  and 
successor,  William,  was  the  first  Baron  Zouch  of  Ashby,  by  tenure,  and 
died  in  1199.  Roger,  the  next  Baron,  accompanied  King  John  to 
Poictou,  and  was  succeeded  by  Alan,  the  third  Baron,  who,  in  1260, 
obtained  a  grant  for  a  market  here  on  Saturday,  and  an  annual  fair  ; 
and  had  a  grant  of  free  warren  in  1262.  His  grandson,  Alan,  was 
summoned  to  Parliament,  in  1299,  but  dying  without  male  issue,  he 
left  the  manor  of  Ashby  to  his  relative,  Wm.  Mortimer,  who  assumed  the 
name  of  Zouch.  In  1399,  it  passed  to  Sir  Hugh  Burnell,  K.G. ;  and  in 
1460,  it  was  held  by  the  Earl  of  Ormond,  who  was  beheaded  and 
attainted  in  1460.  In  the  following  year  the  manor  of  Ashby  was  granted 
by  Edward  IV.  to  Sir  Wm.  Hastings,  Kt.  who  was  summoned  to 
Parliament  as  Baron  Hastings  of  Ashby -de-la- Zouch,  and  obtained 
the  King's  license,  in  1474,  to  impark  3000  acres  of  land  and  wood 
in  this  parish,  2000  acres  in  Bagworth  and  Thornton,  and  2000 
more  in  Kirby,  with  liberty  of  free  warren  in  them  all.  He  was 
also  licensed  to  erect  a  Castle  of  lime  and  stone  at  each  of  those 
places ;  and  that  which  he  erected  here  was  the  chief  seat  of  his 
descendants  for  two  centuries.  Fuller  says,  "such  was  the  power 
of  this  exalted  peer,  that  he  had  no  less  than  2  lords,  9  knights,  and  58 
esquires,  with  20  gentlemen  of  note,  that  were  retained  by  indenture 
during  their  lives  to  take  his  part  against  all  persons  whatsoever  within 
the  realm,  their  allegiance  to  the  King  only  excepted."  Having  dis- 
pleased Richard  III.,  he  was  hastily  ordered  to  be  beheaded,  in  1483, 
by  that  treacherous  monarch,  who,  however,  allowed  his  widow  and  son 
(then  a  minor)  to  retain  his  estates.  His  grandson,  George,  the  third 
Baron  Hastings,  was  created  Earl  of  Huntingdon  in  1529,  and  sat  on  the 
trial  of  Anne  Boleyn.  His  son,  Francis,  the  second  Earl,  sat  on  the  trial 
of  the  Duke  of  Somerset,  and  was  buried  in  1560,  in  Ashby  church, 
where  there  is  a  magnificent  tomb  to  his  memory.  Henry,  the  third 
Earl  of  Huntingdon,  was  one  of  the  peers  appointed  to  guard  the  unfor- 
tunate Mary,  Queen  of  Scots,  and  she  was  for  a  short  time  confined  in 


ASHBY-DE-LA'ZOUCH.  437 

the  castle  here.  He  was  succeeded,  in  1595,  by  his  son,  Sir  George,  the 
fourth  Earl,  who  was  made  Lord  Lieutenant  of  Leicestershire  and  Rut- 
land, by  James  I.,  who  was  several  times  sumptuously  entertained  at  the 
castle  here.  Henry,  the  sixth  Earl,  in  1017,  obtained  a  license  to  keep 
yearly  two  fairs  at  Ashby,  on  Whit-Tuesday  and  St.  Bartholomew's  day, 
with  a  court  of  pie- powder  to  be  held  by  the  manor  steward  during  the 
said  fairs.  He  died  in  1043,  leaving  two  sons  actively  engaged  in  the 
cause  of  Charles  I.,  the  younger  of  whom  was  created  Baron  Hastings  of 
Loughborough,  as  noticed  at  page  394.  The  eldest,  Ferdinando,  sixth 
Earl  of  Huntingdon,  of  the  Hastings  family,  was  much  involved  in  debt 
by  his  loyalty  in  the  civil  wars,  and  was  succeeded  by  Theophilus,  his 
half  brother,  who  died  in  1740.  On  the  death  of  Francis,  the  tenth  Earl, 
in  1798,  without  issue,  the  earldom  lay  dormant  nearly  thirty  years ;  but 
the  baronies  of  Hastings,  Hungerford,  Peverill,  &c,  descended  to  his 
sister  Elizabeth,  who  was  married  to  Lord  Rawdon,  afterwards  created 
Earl  of  Moira,  in  Ireland.  Her  son,  Francis  Rawdon,  assumed  the  name 
of  Hastings,  succeeded  his  father  as  Earl  Moira,  and  was  created  Earl 
of  Rawdon  and  Marquis  of  Hastings,  in  1810  ;  previous  to  which  he  had 
been  created  Baron  Rawdon  of  Rawdon,  in  Yorkshire.  He  was  a  highly 
distinguished  military  commander,  and  was  appointed  Governor-General 
of  India,  in  1812,  and  remained  in  that  high  office  till  he  requested  to  be 
recalled,  owing  to  his  declining  health,  in  1822.  He  was  appointed 
Governor- General  of  Malta,  in  1824,  and  died  there  in  November,  1820. 
He  was  succeeded  by  his  only  surviving  son,  George  Augustus  Francis 
Hastings,  the  second  Marquis  of  Hastings,  who  married  the  Baroness 
Grey  de  Ruthyn,  in  1831,  and  died  in  1844,  when  he  was  succeeded  by 
his  eldest  son,  Paulyn  Reginald  Serlo  Rawdon- Hastings,  who  was  born 
in  1832,  and  died  in  1851,  when  he  was  succeeded  by  his  brother,  the 
Rt.  Hon.  Henry  Weysford  Charles  Plantagenet  Rawdon-Hastings,  the 
present  Marqujs  of  Hastings,  Earl  of  Rawdon,  Viscount  Loudoun, 
Earl  of  Moira,  Baron  Grey  de  Ruthyn,  Baron  of  Botreaux,  Hungerford, 
Molines  and  Hastings,  &c.  He  was  born  July,  1842,  and  is  consequently 
in  his  twenty-first  year ;  and  is  under  the  guardianship  of  Earl  Howe. 
He  succeeded  to  the  barony  of  Grey  de  Ruthyn,  on  the  death  of  his 
mother,  in  1858,  and  was  appointed  a  Cornet  in  the  Leicestershire 
Yeomanry  Cavahy,  in  1800.  He  is  patron  of  ten  livings,  and  his  prin- 
cipal seats  are  Castle  Bonington  Park,  in  this  county,  and  Loudoun 
Castle,  in  Ayrshire. 

The  Castle  of  Ashby-de-la-Zouch,  which  was  long  the  seat  of  baronial 
splendour,  and  of  which  there  are  still  extensive  remains,  on  a  slight 
eminence  on  the  south  side  of  the  town,  was  built,  as  already  stated,  by 
the  celebrated  William,  Lord  Hastings,  in  the  reign  of  Edward  IV.,  no 
doubt  on  the  site,  and  partly  with  the  remains  of  a  smaller  structure  of 
Saxon  or  early  Norman  origin.  It  was  built  in  the  military  Gothic  style 
of  the  15th  century,  and  had  three  large  and  well  wooded  parks,  viz.,  the 
Great  Park,  which  was  ten  miles  in  compass ;  Prestop  Park,  for  fallow 
deer ;  and  the  Little  Park,  at  the  back  of  the  house,  for  red  deer.  It 
was  composed  chiefly  of  brick  and  stone,  and  was  of  great  strength  and 
importance  during  the  intestine  wars.  The  rooms  were  spacious  and 
magnificent,  and  attached  to  them  wTas  a  costly  private  chapel.  The 
chief  parts  of  the  building  were  two  lofty  Towers  of  immense  size ;  one 
containing  the  "large  hall,  great  chambers,  bed  chambers,"  and  other 
offices;  and  the  other,  called  the  Kitchen  Tower,  " was  an  entire  kitchen 
of  so  large  dimensions  as  is  scarcely  to  be  paralleled,  over  which  were 
divers  fine  rooms."  Part  of  the  walls  of  both  these  towers  and  the  chapel 
are  still  standing,  and  display  a  grand  and  interesting  mass  of  nuns. 


438  ASHBY-DE-LA-ZOUCH. 

The  mutilated  walls  are  of  great  thickness,  and  are  richly  decorated  with 
door-ways,  chimney-pieces,  windows,  coats  of  arms,  and  other  devices. 
From  the  cellar  of  the  Kitchen  Tower  is  the  entrance  to  a  subterraneous 
passage,  250  yards  in  length,  communicating  with  the  Great  Tower,  and 
also  with  a  strong  triangular  stone  building,  called  the  Mount  House. 
This  house  is  inhabited,  and  near  it  were  several  tumuli,  the  last  of  which 
was  levelled  about  80  years  ago.  Adjoining  the  chapel  are  the  remains 
of  a  large  apartment  called  "Mary  Queen  of  Scots  Boom,"  though  she 
suffered  only  a  very  brief  portion  of  her  long  imprisonment  at  Ashby. 
In  the  civil  ivars  between  Charles  I.  and  Parliament,  this  castle  was 
deeply  involved,  being  garrisoned  for  the  lung,  besieged  by  the  parlia- 
mentary forces,  and  ultimately  evacuated  and  dismantled  by  capitulation  ; 
though,  being  never  actually  conquered,  the  garrison  had  obtained  the 
name  of  Maiden.  (See  p.  127  to  132.)  The  Manor  House  adjoins  the 
Castle,  and  was  built  about  26  years  ago.  It  is  a  large  and  handsome 
stone  mansion,  of  Tudor  architecture,  with  a  beautiful  lawn  and  pleasure 
grounds,  and  belongs  to  the  Marquis  of  Hastings,  but  is  now  held  on 
lease  by  Chas.  Townsend,  Esq.  The  grand  Tournament,  which  Sir 
Walter  Scott,  in  his  admirable  Romance  of  Ivanhoe,  describes  as  taking 
place  at  Ashby,  in  the  12th  centuiy,  has  induced  considerable  anxiety  in 
the  minds  of  some  of  the  visitors,  to  discover  the  field  of  combat  where 
the  Disinherited  Knight,  "riding  straight  up  to  the  central  pavilion, 
struck,  with  the  sharp  end  of  his  spear,  the  shield  of  Brian  de  Bois 
Ouilbert,  till  it  rung  again,"  in  that  "Gentle  and  Free  Passage  of  Arms," 
which  ended  in  the  death  of  four  knights  and  the  maiming  of  more  than 
thirty  others,  some  of  whom  afterwards  died  of  their  wounds. 

The  Parish  Church,  dedicated  to  St.  Helen,  is  an  ancient  stone  fabric, 
consisting  of  a  handsome  nave,  chancel,  and  aisles,  with  a  fine  square  tower, 
containing  a  peal  of  eight  well-toned  bells.  In  1829,  the  interior  underwent 
considerable  alteration,  and  was  re-pewed  and  the  number  of  sittings 
increased  by  the  erection  of  galleries  on  the  north  and  south  sides.  These 
improvements  cost  about  ,£1200.  The  churchyard  was  considerably 
improved  in  1861,  at  a  cost  of  £80.  The  organ  is  a  powerful  instrument, 
built  in  1771,  by  Hornbuckle,  and  was  improved  and  repaired  in  1862, 
at  a  cost  of  about  £90.  Under  the  western  gallery  is  preserved  an  ancient 
finger  pillory,  said  to  have  been  used  for  the  punishment  of  disorderly 
persons  during  divine  service.  The  chancel  is  sj)acious,  and  on  each 
side  of  it  is  a  chapel ;— that  on  the  north  is  converted  into  a  vestry,  from 
which  a  newel  staircase  leads  to  the  domus  inclusa,  an  apartment  for  a 
priest  resident  within  the  walls  of  the  Church ;  and  the  other  is  the 
burial  place  of  the  Hastings  family.  Among  its  monuments  is  a  large 
and  costly  altar-tomb  bearing  recumbent  effigies  of  Francis,  second  Earl 
of  Huntingdon,  and  his  Countess.  Here  is  also  a  mural  monument  in 
memory  of  the  9th  Earl  of  Huntingdon,  surmounted  by  a  beautifully 
executed  bust  by  Rysbrack,  of  the  Countess  Selina,  who  died  in  1791,  and 
is  well  known  for  her  piety  and  philanthropy,  and  for  the  erection  and 
patronage  of  numerous  chapels  throughout  the  kingdom,  called  after  her 
name.  This  chapel  also  contains  monuments  to  the  memory  of  the  7th  Earl 
Huntingdon,  and  the  2nd  and  3rd  Marquises  of  Hastings.  In  the  wall  of 
the  north  aisle  is  a  recumbent  effigy  of  a  pilgrim,  under  an  ogee  shaped  arch. 
The  figure  is  bare-headed  and  clothed  in  the  sclavine,  the  peculiar  garb 
of  pilgrims.  The  feet  rest  upon  a  dog,  and  the  head  upon  two  tasseled 
cushions.  The  pilgrim's  broad  brimmed  hat,  ornamented  with  an  escallop 
shell,  showing  that  he  has  travelled  beyond  sea,  lies  partly  under  his 
right  shoulder.  His  string  of  beads,  scrip  and  staff  are  all  represented, 
and  also  the  collar  of  SS.  which  indicates  that  he  was  a  man  of  dis- 


ASHBY-DE-LA-ZOUCH.  489 

tinction ;  but  who,  it  is  impossible  to  determine,  though  it  is  conjectured 
to  be  Thomas,  third  brother  of  William,  Lord  Hastings,  who  died  about 
the  middle  of  the  15th  century.  At  the  east  end  of  the  north  aisle,  in 
the  gallery,  is  a  very  curious  bust  of  Mrs.  Margery  Wright,  who  left  .£42 
to  provide  gowns  for  certain  poor  people,  as  noticed  at  page  443  ;  she  is 
represented  wearing  a  high  crowned  hat,  beneath  which  is  a  plain  cap, 
and  around  her  neck  a  large  frill.  Over  her  gown  she  appears  to  have 
a  kind  of  mantle,  and  her  hands  are  encased  in  a  small  muff.  The  ex- 
pression of  the  features  is  that  of  simplicity  and  kindness.  This  monu- 
ment was  erected  in  1G31,  eight  years  after  Mrs.  Weight's  death.  Dur- 
ing the  alterations  of  the  church  in  1829,  several  incised  monumental 
slabs  of  alabaster  were  discovered  in  the  floor,  and  the  most  perfect  one 
is  now  to  be  seen  in  an  upright  position,  against  the  south  wall,  at  the 
east  end  of  the  south  aisle.  It  represents  Robert  Mundy  and  his  two 
wives,  in  the  costume  of  the  early  part  of  the  16th  century,  in  the  attitude 
of  prayer,  and  surmounted  by  a  triple  canopy.  Near  this  monument  a 
piscina  is  still  visible  in  the  wall.  The  benefice  is  a  discharged  vicarage, 
valued  in  K.B  at  £14.  10s.  4d.,  and  now  at  £417.  It  was  augmented 
in  1737,  with  £200  of  Q.A.B.,  and  £200  given  by  the  Earl  of  Huntingdon. 
The  Marquis  of  Hastings  is  impropriator  and  patron,  and  the  Rev.  Mar- 
maduke  Vavasour,  M.A.,  is  the  incumbent,  and  has  about  150a.  of  glebe 
in  this  parish,  and  33a.  at  Whitwick.  The  Vicarage  House  was  rebuilt  in 
1783,  by  the  late  Rev.  John  Prior,  B.D.,  but  has  been  greatly  improved 
by  the  present  vicar.  It  has  a  library,  which  was  given  by  the  Rev.  R.  Bate, 
and  contains  some  scarce  and  valuable  books.  As  already  noticed,  the  tithes 
were  commuted  at  the  enclosures,  in  1708  and  1800.  The  Rev.  Walter 
Tyrrell  is  curate ;  C.  S.  Dewes,  Esq.,  organist ;  and  Wm.  Canner,  clerk. 
'  Trinity  Church,  at  the  west  end  of  the  town,  is  a  handsome  struc- 
ture of  early  English  architecture,  and  has  upwards  of  900  sittings,  more 
than  half  of  which  are  free.  The  first  stone  was  laid  by  Earl  Howe, 
Aug.  25th,  1838,  and  the  edifice  was  consecrated  by  the  Bishop  of  Peter- 
borough, Aug.  13th,  1840.  It  was  built  from  a  design  by  H.  J.  Stevens, 
Esq.,  of  Derby,  and  cost  about  £4000,  raised  by  subscription,  collections, 
and  a  grant  from  the  Society  for  building  and  enlarging  churches.  The 
spire  was  added  chiefly  at  the  expense  of  E.  M.  Green,  Esq.,  who  gave 
and  collected  the  sum  necessary  for  that  purpose.  A  further  sum  was 
also  raised  as  an  endowment  fund.  By  an  order  in  Council,  dated  9th 
March,  1860,  a  separate  district  was  assigned  to  Trinity  Church,  com- 
prising all  that  part  of  the  parish  lying  west  of  Gillwiska  brook,  except 
the  hamlet  or  chapelry  of  Blackfordby,  and  containing  a  population  of 
about  2000  souls.  It  was  previously  a  chapel  of  ease  to  the  mother  church. 
In  the  latter  part  of  the  same  year,  a  commodious  parsonage  house  was 
erected,  at  a  cost  of  £1400,  on  about  half  an  acre  of  ground  near  the 
church,  given  by  the  Marquis  of  Hastings.  The  Ecclesiastical  Commis- 
sioners contributed  £780,  and  the  rest  was  raised  by  subscription.  The 
perpetual  curacy,  valued  at  £180  per  annum,  is  in  the  patronage  of  the 
vicar,  and  incumbency  of  the  Rev.  John  Denton,  M.A. 

The  Independent  Chapel,  in  Kilwardby  street,  was  built  in  1825,  at 
the  cost  of  £1700,  on  the  site  of  the  one  erected  in  1725.  The  front  is 
cemented,  but  has  a  stone  portico  of  the  Doric  order.  The  interior  has 
sittings  for  450  hearers  ;  and  at  the  back  of  the  building  is  a  vestry  and 
school-rooms.  The  Rev.  Thomas  Mays  is  the  minister,  and  has  a  resi- 
dence in  front  of  the  chapel,  purchased  by  the  congregation,  which  dates 
its  origin  from  about  1662.  The  Wesleyan  Chapel,  which  has  about 
500  sittings,was  built  in  1820  ;  but  a  hired  building,  on  the  opposite  side 
of  the  street,  had  been  occupied  by  methodists  nearly  from  the  time  of 


440  ASHBY-DE-LA-ZOUCH. 

their  founder.  The  General  Baptist  Chapel,  in  the  Cattle  Market, 
was  erected  in  1862,  at  a  cost  of  .£1500,  including  the  purchase  of  the 
site.  It  is  a  neat  structure  of  brick,  with  stone  facings,  and  a  small 
portico.  It  has  galleries  on  three  sides,  and  will  accommodate  about 
500  persons.  Attached  to  it  are  Sunday  schools,  &c.  The  Primitive 
Methodist  Chapel,  in  Mill  Lane,  was  purchased  in  1862,  for  .£325,  of 
the  General  Baptists,  by  whom  it  was  built  in  1817. 

Sunday  Schools  are  attached  to  the  churches  and  chapels,  and  the 
various  congregations  contribute  to  Bible,  Missionary,  and  other  Asso- 
ciations for  the  propagation  of  religion.  The  Depot  of  the  Christian 
Knowledge  Society  is  in  Market  street,  and  Miss  White  is  the  agent.  The 
Clerical  Library  is  at  Mr.  Barker's.  The  "  Ashby  Church  of  England 
Friendly  Society"  was  established  in  1844,  and  is  supported  by  a 
numerous  list  of  honorary  members,  under  the  presidency  of  the  Vicar. 
It  has  above  £500  invested  in  the  funds ;  and  for  small  monthly  contri- 
butions, the  benefited  members  are  provided  with  pecuniary  relief  and 
medical  assistance  during  sickness,  and  with  a  pension  of  Is.  a  week  for 
life  after  the  age  of  65.  Females  are  eligible  to  become  members.  P. 
Dicken,  Esq.,  M.D.,  and  F.  Bangham,  Esq.,  are  the  surgeons  of  this 
useful  institution,  and  Mr.  W.  W.  Postlethwaite  is  the  secretary.  Here 
are  also  a  Lying-in-Charity,  and  a  Clothing  Club. 

Ivanhoe  Baths  : — The  spring  from  which  these  Baths  are  supplied 
is  at  Moira  Colliery,  about  three  miles  W.  of  the  town,  and  was  dis- 
covered in  1805,  during  the  progress  of  the  coal  working,  at  the  depth 
of  about  700  feet,  and  although  at  first  small,  it  continues  to  flow  in 
various  parts  of  the  mine,  and  yields  about  200  gallons  per  hour.  A 
portion  of  the  water  was  analysed  by  an  eminent  chemist  of  London, 
and  found  to  contain  saline  and  other  valuable  ingredients  to  the  amount 
of  2536  grains  per  gallon,  in  the  following  proportions : — muriate  of  soda, 
1904 ;  muriate  of  magnesia,  208  ;  muriate  of  lime,  168 ;  sulphate  of  soda, 
128 ;  sulphate  of  lime,  72  ;  carbonate  of  lime,  40 ;  and  carbonate  of 
iron,  16.  The  beneficial  qualities  of  the  water,  and  the  abundance  of 
the  supply,  led,  soon  after  the  discovery  of  the  spring,  to  the  erection  of 
the  Moira  Baths,  and  a  commodious  Hotel,  near  the  colliery.  But 
these  and  several  subsequent  erections  near  the  spring,  were,  after  the 
lapse  of  a  few  years,  found  insufficient  for  the  accommodation  of  the 
numerous  visitors,  and  consequently  methods  were  devised,  and  finally 
adopted  by  the  Marquis  of  Hastings  and  his  agent,  for  conveying  the 
water  to  Ashby,  and  building  there  the  Ivanhoe  Baths,  which  are 
pleasantly  situated  on  the  west  side  of  the  town,  and  nearly  surrounded 
by  tasteful  walks  and  pleasure  grounds.  They  are  of  the  Grecian-Doric 
order,  and  are  built  of  freestone  obtained  in  the  parish.  The  front 
measures  200  feet,  and  is  ornamented  by  a  colonnade,  composed  of  32 
handsome  fluted  columns.  The  apartments  and  baths  for  the  ladies 
form  the  south  wing,  and  those  for  the  gentlemen  the  north  wing.  Each 
department  has  six  baths,  and  the  gentlemen's  also  a  large  swimming 
bath.  The  centre  of  the  building  is  surmounted  by  a  dome,  which  gives 
light  to  an  exquisitely  finished  Pump  Room,  52  feet  by  27,  richly 
ornamented  in  the  Grecian  style;  and  on  either  side  of  it  are  Card 
Booms.  An  ornamental  Fountain  of  spring  water  plays  in  front  of  the 
Pump  Room  ;  and  the  jet  rising  from  an  elegant  vase,  and  falling  into  a 
circular  basin,  has  a  very  pleasing  and  cooling  effect.  At  a  short  dis- 
tance from  the  Baths,  and  contiguous  to  the  pleasure  grounds,  is  the 
Royal  Hotel,  a  large,  commodious,  and  handsome  building,  of  the 
same  order  of  architecture,  built  in  1826  by  shareholders  of  £500  each; 
but  afterwards  purchased  by  the  Marquis  of  Hastings.    Visitors  may 


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also  be  accommodated  with  board  and  lodgings  at  the  Baths,  at  the 
Queen's  Head,  and  other  Inns,  and  at  the  houses  of  many  of  the 
respectable  inhabitants. 

The  Saline  Bathing  Infirmary,  in  Bath  street,  was  established  in 
1854,  to  obtain  for  the  Poor  the  great  advantages  afforded  by  the  Saline 
Baths  in  Rheumatic,  Cutaneous,  and  Scorbutic  Diseases.  A  building, 
formerly  used  as  a  factory,  was  purchased  and  fitted  up  at  a  cost  of  <£400. 
It  contained  four  baths,  eight  beds,  and  a  sitting  room ;  and  was 
exclusively  for  male  patients  ;  but,  in  18G1,  a  female  ward,  with  14 
beds,  and  an  additional  sitting  room,  were  added,  at  a  cost  of  nearly  £330. 
Each  patient  pays  5s.  per  week,  which  includes  baths,  board,  and 
lodgings ;  and  the  institution  is  supported  by  a  numerous  list  of  sub- 
scribers.    Mrs.  Willshee  is  the  housekeeper. 

The  Free  Grammar  School,  now  conducted  in  two  departments, 
under  four  masters,  for  the  gratuitous  instruction  of  the  boys  of 
Ashby-de-la-Zouch  in  Latin,  Greek,  and  all  the  branches  of  an  English 
education,  occupies  a  large  building,  erected  in  1807,  in  Lower  Church 
street,  00  feet  in  length  and  two  stories  high ;  and  the  headmaster  has  a 
good  house,  which  was  considerably  enlarged  in  1844,  and  in  which  he  is 
allowed  to  accommodate  twelve  boarders.  The  exact  origin  of  this 
valuable  charity  is  involved  in  some  obscurity,  but  the  most  probable 
opinion  is,  that  it  was  founded  by  certain  Commissioners,  who,  under 
the  statute  of  the  1st  of  Edward  VI.,  endowed  it  with  lands  and  tene- 
ments which  had  long  been  appropriated  to  superstitious  uses.  The 
Earl  of  Hunting  (Jon  was  one  of  these  Commissioners,  and  has  been 
generally  considered  the  founder  of  the  school,  which  he  afterwards  (in 
1507)  largely  endowed,  and  conveyed  to  eight  trustees  for  the  support  of 
an  able  master,  to  instruct  youth  and  infants  in  good  manners  and 
learning.  In  1580,  the  trustees  became  possessed  of  certain  tenements, 
called  Day-Bell  Houses,  out  of  which  the  sexton  had  £2  a  year,  for 
ringing  the  church  bell  every  morning  till  1808.  Under  the  enclosure 
acts  in  1708  and  1800,  several  allotments  were  awarded  to  the  school,  in 
lieu  of  other  lands  and  commonrights,  amounting  to  28a.  2r.  39p.,  in  the 
Lion  Well  Field,  the  Great  Field,  and  the  Horse  Common ;  and  to 
28a.  3r.  lOr.  on  Ashby  Wolds.  The  school  endowment  now  comprises 
about  100  houses,  cottages,  and  other  buildings  in  the  town,  and  more 
than  70a.  of  land,  let  at  rents  producing  a  yearly  income  of  about  .£1200, 
exclusive  of  the  head-master's  house.  With  respect  to  the  government 
of  the  school,  no  particular  rules  were  laid  down  at  the  time  of  its 
foundation  ;  but  in  1575,  certain  statutes  and  orders  were  prepared  and 
signed  by  the  Earl  of  Huntingdon.  Owing  to  the  long  leases  granted 
in  1594,  the  yearly  income  of  the  school  was  only  about  £20  for  more 
than  a  century  after  its  foundation ;  though  it  appears  to  have  attained 
considerable  celebrity  about  the  commencement  of  the  17th  century. 
Lilly,  the  astrologer,  in  his  account  of  his  life  and  times,  states  that  he 
was  sent  to  be  instructed  here,  in  1013,  by  one  John  Brinslcy,  who  bred 
up  many  scholars  for  the  universities.  It  appears,  however,  to  have 
shortly  after  declined,  and  for  some  time  to  have  discontinued,  in  conse- 
quence of  the  school  building  having  been  pulled  down  by  the  roj^al 
army  in  1043.  The  school  and  master's  house  were  afterwards  rebuilt, 
by  subscription,  and  the  school  rose  again  into  great  repute,  under  the 
Rev.  Samuel  Shaw,  who  was  appointed  master  in  1008,  and  had  often 
about  100  boys  under  his  care,  and  many  of  them  boarders  from  London 
and  other  distant  places.  He  was  one  of  the  clergymen  who  was  ejected 
for  nonconformity,  and  preached  in  the  school,  to  large  congregations,  on 
Sundays.     Since  his  time,  the  salaries  of  the  masters  have  been  raised 


442  ASHBY-DE-LA-ZOUCH. 

with  the  increase  of  the  rents,  pursuant  to  several  decrees  of  the  Court 
of  Chancery;  the  last  of  which  was  made,  20th  July,  1859,  in  answer  to 
the  application  of  the  Rev.  M.  Vavasour  and  the  six  other  surviving 
trustees.  The  following  yearly  salaries  are  now  paid,  viz. : — £220  to  the 
head  classical  master;  £100  to  the  usher,  or  second  classical  master ; 
£120  to  the  head  English  master ;  and  £80  to  the  assistant  English 
master.  The  head  English  master  has  also  a  good  residence  and  the 
assistance  of  four  pupil  teachers.  The  trustees  are  also  paying  at  the 
present  times  pensions  of  £90  per  annum,  to  the  late  head  English 
ma*iter,  and  £40  per  annum  to  the  late  assistant  English  master.  All 
boys>of  Ashby  parish,  whether  of  rich  or  poor  parents,  are  admissahle 
as  free  scholars,  without  any  expense,  and  are  provided  with  the  requisite 
books  and  stationery.  At  the  annual  midsummer  examinations,  the 
trustees  give  prizes  to  the  amount  of  £25,  to  the  most  deserving  boys. 
The  Grammar  School  is  in  the  lower  story,  and  has  about  40  scholars. 
The  English  school  is  in  the  upper  room,  and  has  about  180  scholars. 
The  charity  is  vested  with  14  trustees,  and  the  Marquis  of  Hastings  is 
the  visitor.  The  trustees  have  power,  under  the  will  of  Francis  Ashe, 
dated  1G54,  of  nominating  a  minister  of  the  Church  of  England,  with  a 
salary  of  £20  a  year,  to  preach  a  weekly  lecture  in  the  parish  church. 
By  the  same  will  an  exhibition  of  £50  a  year,  at  Emmanuel  College, 
Cambridge,  was  founded  for  bo}Ts  of  Ashby  and  Derby  Free  Grammar 
Schools,  alternately.  The  estate  charged  with  these  payments  com- 
prises about  587  acres  of  land,  in  Norfolk,  and  is  possessed  by  the 
Master  and  Fellows  of  the  said  college. 

The  Blue  and  Green  Coat  Schools,  in  Lower  Church  street,  have 
been  united  for  a  long  period,  under  one  master,  and  are  now  held  in  a 
room,  capable  of  accommodating  150  scholars  and  adjoining  to  which  is 
a  house  for  the  master ;  but  the  premises  being  in  a  dilapidated  condition 
and  in  an  unhealthy  and  inconvenient  situation,  a  new  and  enlarged 
school-room,  with  master's  house  attached,  is  about  to  be  obtained  on  a 
a  better  site  on  the  Green.  The  Blue  Coat  School  was  founded,  and 
for  some  time  supported  solely  by  the  subscriptions  of  the  inhabitants, 
who  gave  £45  for  the  original  school-house,  in  1721,  and  vested  it  with 
13  trustees.  It  was  endowed  with  a  yearly  rent-charge  of  40s.  by  the  Rev. 
Thos.  Bate,  in  1728.  With  the  donations  and  bequests  of  I.  Dawson, 
L.  Piddocke,  Lady  Francis  Hastings,  and  others,  and  unapplied 
subscriptions,  property  has  been  at  various  periods  purchased  by  the 
trustees,  and  now  consists  of  land  in  Whitwick,  Charnwood  Forest, 
Barwell,  and  Donisthorpe,  let  for  £48.  6s.  fid.  per  annum;  £484. 15s.  3d. 
three  per  cent,  consols,  producing  about  £15  per  annum  ;  a  yearly  rent- 
charge  of  £2  out  of  lands  at  West  Broughton  ;  £150  in  the  Ashby  bank, 
and  £100  invested  in  the  Savings'  Bank,  so  that  the  present  revenue  of 
the  charity  is  about  £75  per  annum.  The  trustees  pay  the  master  a 
yearly  salary  of  £20,  for  teaching  20  poor  boys  of  the  parish,  and  they 
expend  the  surplus  in  providing  the  scholars  with  blue  coats,  waistcoats, 
and  trousers,  and  caps  and  bands,  as  often  as  the  funds  arc  sufficient. 
The  Green  Coat  School  was  founded  in  1700,  by  Alderman  Newton, 
of  Leicester,  as  noticed  with  his  other  charities  at  page  199,  with  an 
endowment  of  £20  per  annum  for  schooling  and  clothing  25  boys  of  poor 
parents  of  the  Established  Church  of  England,  residing  in  the  parish  of 
Ashby-de-la-Zouch.  The  vicar  and  churchwardens,  as  trustees  of  this 
school,  receive  the  yearly  rent  charge  of  £20,  left  by  the  founder,  from 
the  Charity  Trustees  of  Leicester.  The  school  has  also  £4.  10s.  3d. 
yearly  out  of  the  vicar's  glebe  at  Whitwick,  as  interest  of  £90.  5s.  8d. ; 
and  £5.  5s.  a  year,  as  interest  of  £105,  lent  to  the  churchwardens.    These 


ASHBY-DE-LA-ZOUCH.  443 

sums  were  derived  from  ten  years'  arrears  of  the  rent  charge,  which  the 
Corporation  of  Leicester  had  refused  to  pay  from  1784  to  1794.  Thus  the 
total  yearly  income  of  the  green-coat  part  of  the  school  is  ,£35.  15s.  3d., 
of  which  the  master  has  .£20,  for  teaching  the  25  boys,  who  are  clothed 
in  green,  and  provided  with  caps  and  bands  as  often  as  the  funds  Avill 
admit.  The  free  scholars  of  both  colours  are  instructed  gratuitously  in 
reading,  writing,  and  arithmetic,  and  provided  with  stationery  and  books ; 
and  the  master  is  allowed  to  take  other  scholars. 

Langley's  School. — In  1695,  Wm.  Langley  devised  his  college  lease 
of  lands,  in  Diseworth,  to  be  sold,  and  the  proceeds  applied  in  schooling 
12  poor  boys  or  girls  of  Ashby,  and  six  boys  of  Diseworth.  In  1812, 
the  property  was  sold  for  <£380,  which  is  invested  in  land,  and  the 
proceeds  devoted  to  the  object  designed  by  the  donor.  Mr.  Langley  was 
a  Nonconformist,  and  the  trustees  of  this  charity  are  the  trustees  of  the 
Independent  chapel.  In  1858,  the  school  was  placed  on  a  broader  basis, 
and  in  addition  to  the  18  children  on  the  foundation,  others  are  admitted 
by  payment  of  a  small  weekly  sum.  The  school  is  held  in  a  room 
attached  to  the  independent  chapel.  The  National  and  Infant 
Schools,  in  Back  lane,  were  built  by  subscription,  in  1830,  on  land 
given  by  the  Marquis  of  Hastings,  and  are  attended  by  about  120  girls 
and  110  infants. 

Charities  for  the  Poor. — Twelve  trustees  hold  property  which 
yields  .£85  a  year,  commonly  called  Margery  Wright's  Charity, 
being  purchased  with  ,£43  given  by  her,  and  i!89  given  by  other  unknown 
donors,  in  1630  and  1669.  About  .£62  of  this  income  is  derived  from 
the  moiety  of  a  farm  of  84a.,  at  Newtown  Unthank  ;  ,£12  from  8a.  2r.  14p. 
on  Ashby  Wolds ;  .£3  from  2a.  3r.  in  Sheepshed ;  and  .£5  from  .£100 
secured  on  the  Tamworth  and  Ashby,  and  Sawley  Ferry  and  Ashby 
turnpikes.  Out  of  this  income,  the  trustees  have  to  pay  the  interest  of 
.£76,  borrowed  from  other  charities,  and  they  dispose  of  the  remainder  in 
the  purchase  of  clothes  for  poor  men  and  women  of  the  parish,  and  of  a 
fourpenny  loaf  for  each  of  the  persons  to  whom  the  clothes  are  given. 
About  100  persons  annually  partake  of  this  charity;  and  they  are 
mostly  such  as  attend  the  church  regularly,  and  are  not  in  receipt  of 
parochial  relief.  A  yearly  rent  charge  of  ,£3,  out  of  land  at  Packington 
and  Measham.  left  by  Henry  Curzon,  in  1633,  is  distributed  with  the 
foregoing  charity.  In  1661,  Simeon  Ashe  charged  48a.  of  land  here, 
with  the  yearly  payment  of  ilO  for  apprenticing  two  poor  children,  and 
with  providing  a  weekly  distribution  of  12  penny  loaves,  and  four  bibles 
yearly  to  the  poor.  In  1737,  the  late  Sir  T.  Abney,  the  only  surviving 
trustee,  sold  the  48a.  of  land,  subject  to  the  yearly  rent  charge  of  ,£15 
for  the  purposes  of  the  charity,  audit  is  now  dispensed  as  follows : — =£10 
in  apprentice  fees  ;  Is.  a  week  in  bread  ;  and  ,£1.  12s.  in  eight  bibles 
yearly.  In  1672,  James  Orme  charged  a  farm  of  200a.  at  Donisthorpe, 
with  providing  6  penny  loaves  weekly  for  the  poor  of  Ashby.  For  a 
weekly  distribution  of  12  twopenny  loaves,  Henry  Sykes,  in  1703, 
charged  the  Dog-pit  Closes,  in  Blackfordb}',  with  the  yearly  payment  of 
.£6,  minus  the  land  tax.  In  1726,  John  Casey  left  ,£150,  to  be  laid  out 
in  land,  and  the  rents  to  be  distributed  by  the  vicar  and  churchwardens 
among  the  poor.  The  legacy  was  laid  out  in  the  purchase  of  land  at 
Whitwick,  now  consisting  of  12a.  3r.  22p.,  let  for  ,£22. 12s.  per  annum,  to 
which  is  added  the  interest  of  .£200,  derived  from  the  sale  of  the  coal 
under  the  land.  This  income,  with  .£2.  12s.  a  year,  left  by  Fras.  Ashe, 
in  1654,  is  dispensed  in  weekly  distributions  of  twopenny  loaves  every 
Sunday  at  the  church,  to  about  50  poor  persons  residing  in  or  belonging 
to  Ashby  parish,  and  in  26  twopenny  loaves  on  the  first  Sunday  of  every 


444  ASHBY-DE-LA-ZOUCH. 

month  to  the  blue  coat  scholars.  In  1790,  Eliz.  Wii.kins  left  to  the 
vicar  and  churchwardens  £200  three  per  cent,  consols,  in  trust  to  pay 
the  dividends  yearly  to  one  of  the  oldest  and  most  necessitous  poor  women 
residing  in  and  belonging  to  Ashby  parish,  during  her  life.  The  yearly 
sum  of  £6.  6s.  derived  from  Hickling's  and  other  Consolidated  Charities, 
is  distributed  on  St.  Thomas's  day,  by  the  churchwardens,  in  money  and 
clothing,  together  with  any  sums  received  from  private  contribution. 
In  1850,  Mary  Beavington  left  to  the  vicar  and  churchwardens  £100, 
free  from  legacy  duty,  in  trust  to  invest  the  same,  and  to  apply  the 
interest  yearly,  on  Christmas  eve,  in  the  purchase  of  beef  for  the  use  of 
the  most  deserving  noor  widows  residing  in  Ashby. 

ASHBY-DE-LA-ZOUCH  UNION,  formed  in  1835,  comprises  28 
parishes  and  townships,  viz. : — Ashby,  Blackfordby,  Staunton-Harold, 
Packington-witli-Snibson,  Nether  and  Over  Seal,  Swepstone,  Whitwick, 
Swannington,  Ravenstone,  Coleorton,  Worthington,  Thringstone,  and 
Osgathorpe,  in  West  Ooscote  Hundred;  Appleby,  Heather,  Hugglescotc- 
with-Donington,  Normanton-en-le-Heath,  and  Snareston,  in  Sparkcnhoe 
Hundred;  Appleby,  Hartshorn,  Measham,  Packington,  Smisby,  Tick- 
nail,  Willesley,  Stretton-en-le-Field,  and  Calke,  in  Derbyshire;  and 
Oakthorpe-with-Donisthorpe,  partly  in  both  counties.  They  comprise 
an  area  of  83  square  miles,  and  had  22,554  inhabitants  in  1831 ;  24,239 
in  1841 ;  25,368  in  1851 ;  and  28,382  in  1861.  The  annual  expenditure 
of  the  28  parishes  on  their  poor,  during  the  three  years  preceeding  the 
formation  of  the  Union,  averaged  .£8442;  but  in  1838,  it  was  only 
£5557  ;  though  in  1861,  it  had  increased  to  upwards  of  £11,000.  The 
Union  Workhouse,  on  the  Nottingham  road,  was  an  incorporated 
House  of  Industry,  and  was  purchased  by  the  Union  for  £2200  in  1836, 
since  which  it  has  been  considerably  enlarged,  at  the  cost  of  about 
£2000  ;  and  an  Infirmary  was  built  adjacent  to  it  in  1843,  at  the  cost  of 
£752.  Attached  to  the  Workhouse  are  10a.  1r.  38p.  of  land,  of  which 
7a.  are  in  pasture,  and  the  remainder  is  cultivated  by  spade  husbandry, 
in  which  the  able-bodied  paupers  are  employed.  The  profits  from  the 
land  and  from  the  stock  kept  on  it  in  1861  amounted  to  nearly  £200. 
The  house  has  room  for  about  300  paupers,  and  the  large  board-room  is 
used  also  as  a  chapel.  Mr.  Robert  and  Mrs.  Eliz.  Arnold  are  master 
and  matron  of  the  Workhouse,  and  the  Rev.  T.  S.  Green  is  the  chaplain. 
Mr.  John  Davenport  is  Union  Clerk  and  Superintendent  Registrar,  and 
Mr.  Thomas  Davenport  is  his  deputy.  Messrs.  Joseph  Hood,  of  Ashby, 
and  F.  P.  Bos  worth,  of  Measham,  are  the  relieving  officers ;  Thos.  Davenport 
and  Thos.Wayte,  registrars  of  marriages ;  and  Jph.  Hood,  of  Ashby ;  F.  P. 
Bosworth,  of  Measham;  Benton  Dawes,  of  Smisby;  and  John  Davenport, 
of  Coleorton,  are  registrars  of  births  and  deaths. 

MOIRA  is  a  small  village,  chiefly  inhabited  by  colliers,  and  has  a 
few  shops,  a  school,  and  two  small  Methodist  Chapels.  It,  and  other 
hamlets  in  the  Parish  of  Asiiby-de-la-Zoucii,  are  noticed  at  page  432. 
For  Moira  Baths  and  Colliery,  see  page  440.  The  inhabitants  are 
included  with  Ashby  Directory. 

WOODVILLE,  which  was  called  Wooden  Box  till  1845,  is  a  modern 
village,  of  more  than  1000  souls,  in  the  Wolds,  4 .J  miles  S.E.  of  Burton- 
upon-Trent,  and  31  miles  N.W.  by  W.  of  Ashby-de-la-Zouch.  It  is 
mostly  the  property  of  the  Marquis  of  Hastings,  and  by  an  order  in 
Council,  dated  June  17th,  1847,  it  was  formed  into  a  Consolidated 
Chapelry  out  of  the  parishes  of  Hartshorn  and  Ashby.  Its  inhabitants  are 
partly  coiliers,  but  chiefly  potters,  there  being  in  its  immediate  vicinity 
a  good  bed  of  fine  clay,  which  is  extensively  used  here  in  the  manufac- 
ture of  earthenware  and  fire-bricks.     About  25,000  dozens  of  pottery 


WOODVILLE    CHAPELRY. 


445 


are  made  here  weekly ;  and  many  persons  are  employed  at  the  extensive 
brewing  establishment  of  Messrs.  Brunt  and  Bucknall.  Fifty  years  ago, 
the  only  building  that  stood  here  was  a  wooden  toll-house,  from  which 
the  village  that  has  since  been  built  around  it  obtained  the  name  of 
Wooden  Box,  which  was  changed  for  the  more  euphonious  title  of 
Woodville,  on  the  7th  of  November,  1845,  when  Earl  Howe  laid  the  first 
stone  of  St.  StepJwns  Church,  a  neat  building  of  Norman  architecture, 
comprising  a  nave,  small  apsidal  chancel,  and  a  bell  turret  at  the  south 
west  corner.  The  church  was  consecrated  December  8th,  1846,  and 
contains  350  sittings,  of  which  282  are  free.  Some  of  the  windows  con- 
tain medallions  of  stained  glass,  and  the  interior  is  appropriately  fitted 
up,  and  seated  with  open  benches.  The  Incorporated  Society  gave  ^250 
towards  the  building  fund,  and  the  remainder  was  raised  by  subscription. 
The  perpetual  curacy,  valued  at  <£90  per  annum,  is  in  the  patronage  of 
the  Bishop  of  Peterborough,  and  incumbency  of  the  Rev.  Alfred  Bous- 
field,  B.A.,  who  has  a  good  residence,  built  in  1849,  at  a  cost  of  about 
.£1200.  Near  the  church  is  a  commodious  National  School,  attended 
by  about  50  children.  The  Wesley  an  Chapel  is  a  neat  building,  erected 
in  1862,  at  a  cost  of  ^700,  on  the  site  of  one  built  in  1816.  Petty 
Sessions  are  held  occasionally  at  the  Potters'  Arms  Inn ;  and  W.  Dewes, 
Esq.,  of  Ashby-de-la-Zouch,  is  clerk  to  the  magistrates.  The  village  is 
lighted  with  gas,  from  the  works  at  Swadlingcote.  In  the  following 
Directory  of  Woodville,  those  marked  *  are  in  Hartshorn  parish, 
Derbyshire,  and  the  others  in  the  parish  of  Ashby-de-la-Zouch  : — 

Post  Office  at  Wm.  Cash's.     Let 
ters  arrive  from  Burton-on-Trent  at  4^ 


morning,  and  are  despatched  at  7.50 
evening.    Here  are  also  a  Money  Order 
Office  and  Post  Office  Savings'  Bank, 
open  from  9  morning  till  6  evening. 
Adcock  Hy.  manager,  Mount  Pleasant 
Bettridge  John,  butcher 
Bousfield  Rev.  Alfred,  BA.  Parsonage 
Brentnall  Mrs  Mary 
Brown  Chas.  gardener  and  seedsman 
•Brunt  &  Bucknall,  brewers  &  maltsters 
♦Buckley  John,  baker  and  flour  dealer 
Buckley  Thomas,  manager 
Carter  Daniel,  schoolmaster 
♦Caiter  George,  police  inspector 
Cheatle  John,  commercial  traveller 
Eardley  James,  music  seller 
Foster  Joseph,  blacksmith 
Healey  Stephen,  clogger 
Holder  Chas.  school  superintendent 
♦Jones  Joseph,  general  dealer 
Nadin  Samuel,  carpenter 
♦Newbold  John,  news  agt.  &  tobcnst. 
♦Outram  Joseph,  timber  merchant 
♦Sims  Orlando,  station  master 
*Tebbutt  Wm.  plumber,  painter,  &c. 


♦Thompson  Joseph,  grocer  and  brewer 

Thompson  Neavil,  confectioner 

♦Thompson  Mr  SI.    ||  Ward  Mrs  Mary 

VilliersWm.&Jph.grocers&provn.dlrs. 

Watts  William,  farmer 

♦Wright  John,  rope  and  twine  manfr. 

INNS  AND  TAVERNS. 
Joiners'  Arms,  Thomas  Nadin 
Nelson,  Walter  Rowland  Tunnicliff 
New  Inn,  George  Holmes,  and  butcher 
Potters'  Arms,  Thomas  Rhodes 
*  Queen  Adelaide,  Thomas  Villiers 


EARTHENWR.  MFRS. 

CashWm.  Post  off. 

♦Harding    and 

Cotterill 
Jones  Edwin 
Nadin  &Betteridge 
♦Rowley  Joseph 

Benson 
Smith, Dooley&Co 
♦Thompson  Bros. 

FIRE-BRICK  MNFRS. 

Ensor  Edward 
Ensor  Hy.  Loader 
Knowies  John 
Thompson  Bros. 


SHOEMAKERS. 

♦Robinson  Wm. 
Wood  Thomas 

SHOPKEEPERS. 

Lander  George 
Rowley  Jpb.  B. 
Tunnicliff  Sarah 

CARRIERS. 

To  Ashby,  Gilbert, 
Poynton,  and 
Staley,  Sat. 

To  Burton,Ga,d.aby 
Thurs. 

To  Derby,  Gilbert, 
Tu.  and  Fri. 


BL  ACKFORDBY,  sometimes  called  Blofferby,  is  a  village,  township, 
and  chapelry,  containing  627  inhabitants,  and  1114a.  1r.  19p.  of  land, 
two  miles  W.N.W.  of  Ashby-de-la-Zouch,  and  all  in  that  parish  except 
a  small  part  of  Boothorpe  Hamlet,  which  is  in  the  parish  of  Seale. 
Philip  de  Belmeis,  lord  of  the  manor  of  Ashby  (of  which  Blackfordby 
forms  part),  gave  the  chapel  of  Blackfordby..  with  sixty  acres  attached, 


446  BLACKFORDBY    TOWNSHIP. 

to  the  Abbey  of  Lilleslmll,  in  Shropshire.  In  1313,  the  abbot  of  Lilies- 
hull  held  half  a  knight's  fee  in  Blackfordby  of  Alan-la-Zouch.  In  1534, 
the  curate  of  Blackfordby  received  an  annual  pension  of  40s.  from  the 
Abbey,  and  a  ]ike  payment  is  still  made  to  the  vicar  of  Ashby-de-la- 
Zouch  by  the  Marquis  of  Hastings.  In  1630,  William  and  Ralph 
Joyce  were  freeholders  here.  Lady  Edith  Abney  Hastings  owns  the 
great  tithes  and  most  of  the  soil,  the  rest  of  which  belongs  to  Thomas 
Stokes,  Esq.,  Mr.  J.  H.  Joyce,  and  smaller  proprietors.  The  ancient 
Chapel,  dedicated  to  St.  Margaret,  was  taken  down  in  1857,  and  a  hand- 
some Church  erected  on  its  site  by  subscription  and  grants,  at  a  cost  of 
.£1700.  It  stands  on  lofty  ground,  which  commands  an  extensive 
prospect,  from  Cannock  Chase  to  Charnwood  Forest,  embracing  in  its 
range  no  less  than  twenty-five  village  churches,  and  the  spires  of  Lich- 
field Cathedral.  It  is  in  the  early  English  style,  and  consists  of  nave 
and  chancel,  together  85  feet  in  length.  The  width  of  the  former  is 
25  feet,  and  of  the  latter  16.  On  the  north  side  of  the  chancel,  and 
seperated  from  it  by  two  arches,  is  an  aisle  seven  feet  wide,  divided 
crosswise  by  a  screen.  One  half  is  used  as  a  vestry,  and  the  other  is 
intended  for  an  organ.  On  the  south  side,  and  forming  the  principal 
entrance,  stands  a  tower,  surmounted  by  a  broach  spire,  rising  to  the 
height  of  100  feet.  Stone  found  on  the  spot  was  used  for  the  greater 
part  of  the  work.  All  the  sittings  are  open  benches,  and  will  accommo- 
date 295  persons,  including  90  children.  The  opening  services  were 
held  October  27th,  1858.  The  vicar  of  Ashby-de-la-Zouch,  or  his  curate, 
does  duty  here  once  every  Sunday,  alternately  in  the  morning  and 
afternoon.  The  burial  ground  adjoining  was  enlarged  in  1847,  Thos. 
Stokes,  Esq.,  and  Miss  Mary  Joyce  Stokes,  giving  land  for  the  purpose. 
The  Parish  Register  of  Births  and  Deaths  (the  custom  of  performing 
the  marriage  ceremony  here  having  been  long  disused),  commences  in 
1813  ;  but  Mr.  John  Hall  Joyce  has  in  his  possession  a  document 
purporting  to  be  "  A  perfect  and  true  Reigester  of  all  that  have  beene 
borne,  and  of  all  that  have  died,  and  of  all  that  have  been  married  in 
the  towne  of  Blackfordby  and  Boothorpe,  within  the  parish  of  Ashby-de- 
la-Zuch,  in  the  county  of  Leicester,  since  the  twentieth  day  of  February, 
in  the  yeare  of  our  God  one  thousand  six  hundred,  fiftie  and  three,  by 
Nil'as  Joyce."  The  last  entry  bears  date  February  7,  1799.  The 
Wesleyan  Chapel,  built  in  1823,  and  enlarged  in  1860,  will  seat  150 
persons ;  and  here  is  a  National  School,  built  in  1843.  The  village 
feast  is  on  the  Sunday  before  St.  James'  Day.  The  poor  participate  in 
the  charities  of  Ashby,  as  being  within  that  parish,  and  the  male 
children  of  the  inhabitants  are  entitled  equally  with  those  of  Ashby  to 
all  the  benefits  of  the  Free  Grammar  School,  including  the  valuable 
exhibitions  in  the  gift  of  the  trustees.  The  interest  of  several  small 
sums  left  at  various,  times  by  William  Joyce,  Henry  Cantrell,  Thomas 
Cherribough,  Richard  Mugliston,  Win.  Elliot,  Wm.  Aldridge,  and  Mary 
Linford,  is  expended  in  bread,  which  is  distributed  to  the  poor  on  St. 
Thomas'  Day.  Mr.  Chamberlain  left  10s.  yearly  for  a  sermon  on  the 
5th  of  November.  George  Ross,  of  Derby,  by  his  will,  dated  12th  June, 
1847,  left  .£200  to  his  executors,  Messrs.  J.  H.  Joyce  and  W.  Abell,  in 
trust  to  invest  the  same  in  Government  stock,  and  apply  the  yearly 
dividends  arising  therefrom,  at  their  own  discretion,  to  the  benefit  of  the 
poor  of  Blackfordby.  Mr.  Ross  died  the  same  year  ;  his  wife  (Elizabeth 
Joyce),  at  whose  request  the  bequest  was  made,  was  buried  at  Black- 
fordby, April  5,  1847. 

Post  from  Ashby-de-la-Zouch  daily.     Here  is  a  pillar  letter  box. 


BLACKFORDBY    DIRECTORY. 


447 


Astle  Thomas,  shopkeeper 
Bagnall  George,  cashier 
Baker  Geo.  cow  leech  and  parish  clerk 
Bucknall  Samuel,  brewer  and  maltster 
Ensor  Henry  Loader,  fire  brick,  &c, 

manufacturer,  Shrubbery  House 
Gregson  Charles,  tailor 
Harvey  Rd.  baker  and  vict.  Blue  Bell 
Illsley  Gilbert,  shopkeeper 
Joyce  Nicholas,  archt.  and  surveyor 
Leedham  John,  beerhouse 
Newman  James,  blacksmith 
Perry  Capt.  Wm.  Fredk.  Boothorpe 


Spriggs  Emma,  schoolmistress 
Taylor  Wm.  grocer  &  vict.  Black  Lion 
Timmins  Thomas,  baker 
Underwood  John,  shoemaker 

Illsley    George, 


FARMERS. 

(*Are  owners). 
Bacon    George, 

Boothorpe 
♦Bradley  Thos.  (& 

brick,  &c.  mfr). 
♦Brown  Henry, 

N orris  Hill 
Tinney  James 


Boothorpe 
*Joyce  John  Hall, 

The  Hall 
♦Moore  Wm.Gdfy. 
♦Newbold  William 
Wall  Francis 
Ward  John  Geo. 
Wilkins  John 


ASHBY-DE-LA-ZOUCH    DIRECTORY. 


The  Post  Office  is  in  Market  street,  and  Mr.  Thomas  Wayte  is  the  post- 
master. Letters  are  despatched  to  all  parts  at  8£  evening,  and  arrive  from 
London,  Rugby,  Leicester,  and  the  South  of  England  at  1.8  p.m.,  and  from 
all  parts  at  5.45  a.m.  Money  Orders  are  granted  and  paid  from  9  morning  till 
6  evening,  and  the  Post  Office  Savings1  Bank  is  open  during  the  same  hours. 


Miscellany  of  Gentry,  Clergy,  Partners  in  Finns,  and  others  not  arranged 
in  the  succeeding  Classification  of  Trades  and  Professions. 


Aldam  William  Edwin,  station  master; 

h  Tarn  worth  road 
Alldritt  Captain  John,  Wood  street 
Armstrong  Mrs  Cath.  Tamworth  road 
Armstrong  Mr  Elliott,  Hill  top 
Arnold  Robt.  master,  Union  Workhouse 
Bagnall  Mr  Thomas,  Packington  road 
Baker  John,  clerk,  Ivanhoe  road 
Barrs  Mrs  Harriet,  Packington  road 
Beavington  Wm.  manager,  Market  st 
Bellamy     Joseph,      chamois     leather 

dresser,  Packington  road 
Belton  Chs.  Jno.  brush  mfr.  Kilwdby.  st 
Bindley  John,  gent.  Wilfred  place 
Bindley  Mr  John,  Riles,  Prior  Park 
Blood  Henry,  tailor;  h  Market  street 
Bobart    Tilleman    Hodgkinson,    Esq. 

and  William,  bank  clerk,  Wood  st 
Bostock  Mrs.  Kilwardby  street 
Bostock   William,  high  bailiff,  County 

Court,  Kilwardby  street 
Bourne  Thomas,  under-viewer,  Moira 
Brewin  Thomas,  cattle  dealer,  Wood  st 
Brown  Hy.  Esq.Marketst.  &NorrisHill 
Brunt  Mrs  Ann,  Packington  road 
Brookes     Isaac,     thrashing     machine 

owner,  North  street 
Bailer  George,  bank  manager,  Market  st 
Burton  Joseph,  toll  collectr.  Leicester  rd 
Cantrell  Mrs  AunaM.  Kilwardby  street 
Chadwick  Mr  Abraham,  Calais 
Cheatle  Mrs  Mary,  Ivanhoe  place 


Collett  William,  tal.  chandler,  Mill  In 
Cotterill  William,  brick  and  tile  maker, 

Ashby  Wolds 
Couch  Mr  William,  Packington  road 
Cradock  Mrs  Elizabeth,  Hill  top 
Crosby  Rev.  Thos.  (Wes.),  Ivanhoe  rd 
Davenport  John,  union  clerk  and  super- 
intendent registrar,  Wood  street 
Davenport  Thos.  asst.  union  clerk,  asst. 
collector  of  Grammar  School  reve- 
nues,   secretary  to    Gas  Works,  to 
Market  Co.  and  to  Sparkenhoe  Far- 
mer's Club,  &c_&c.  Lower  Church  st 
Davenport  Thos.  registrar  of  marriages, 

Wood  street 
Davys  John,  Esq.  Hill  House 
Denton  Rev.  John,  M.A.  incumbent  of 
Trinity  Church,  and  surrogate,  Par- 
sonage, Bath  street 
Dewes  William,  solicitor  ;  h  Market  st 
Dobson  Jph.Rd.veterinary  surg.Hili  top 
Drake  Rev.  Charles,  B.A.  incumbent  of 

Willesley,  Prior  Park 
Dyer  James,  news  agent,  Kilwardby  st 
Echalaz  Mrs  Susan,  5  Rawdon  terrace 
Elliot  John,  stonemason,  Wood  street 
Evans  Jas.  chamois  leather  dlr. Wood  st 
Evans  Joseph  &  Elizabeth,  managers, 

Moira  Baths 
Faulkner  Edwin,  cashier,  Moira 
Faux  Mrs  Catherine,  3  Rawdon  terrace 
Fisher  Edw.  solicitor  ;  h  Over  Seal 


Cheatle  Mr  William,  Upper  Church  st  I  Fisher  Mrs  Mary,  Kilwardby  street 


448 


ASHBY-DE-LA-ZOUCH. 


Fisher  Thomas,  solicitor  ;  h  Wood  st 
Gadsby  Geo.  carrier,  Lower  Church  st 
Godden  Eev.  Jas.  (Wes.),  Kilwardby  st 
Goodacre  Mrs  Eliza,  Wood  street 
Green  Edward  Mortimer,  solicitor  (G. 

&  Smith)  ;  h  Charnwood  Lodge 
Green  Rev.  Thos.  Sheldon,  M.A.  head 
master  of  Grammar  School,  and  union 
chaplain,  Upper  Church  street 
Grimsley  Slater,  cooper,  Market  street 
Hadden  Capt.  Alex.  Old  Park  House 
Hamp  Mrs  Frances  Anne,  Market  st 
Harris  Richard  &  Sons,  hosiery  manu- 
facturers, Bath  street,  and  Leicester 
Haworth  Thos.  James,  head  master  of 
English  School ;  h  Lower  Church  st 
Harper  Henry,  coal  propr.  Ivanhoe  ter 
Hextall  Mrs  Emma,  Ivanhoe  road 
Hextall  John  Darling,  sub-stamp  dis- 
tributor, and  secretary  of  Savings' 
Bank,  Mill  lane  ;  h  Tamworth  road 
Holbrook  John,  underviewer,  Moira 
Holmes  Mr  Joshua,  Calais 
Hood  Jph.  registrar  of  births  &  deaths, 

and  relieving  officer,  North  street 
Hook  Mr  John,  Tamworth  road 
Jarvis  Mrs.  Lower  Church  street 
Jones  John,  revenue  offr.  Tamworth  rd 
Jones  William,  manager  of  R.  Harris 

&  Sons'  factory,  Bath  street 
Kendall  Mrs  Ann,  Tamworth  road 
Kidger  Joseph,  land  agent  and  valuer, 

and  glue  and  leather  mfr.  Hill  top 
Knight  John  Esq.  Shrubbery  House 
Knight  Mrs  Mary  Ann,  Bath  street 
Litherland  Thomas,  china,  glass,  and 

earthenware  dealer,  Kilwardby  st 
LovellMiss  Elizabeth,  Ivanhoe  terrace 
Mammatt  Mrs  Harriet,  4  Rawdon  ter 
Mays  Rev.  Thomas  (Indpt.),  Hill  top 
Mead  Thomas,  maltster,  Tamworth  rd 
Moore  Susan,  register  office,  Bath  st 
Musgrove  Mrs  Cath.  Lower  Church  st 
Orchard  Charles,  jeweller,  silversmith, 
and  fancy  repository,  Market  street 
Passmore  Hy.  missionary,  Burton  rd 
Pegg  Miss  Susan  H.  Lower  Church  st 
Potter  Mrs  Sarah,  Packingtcn  road 
Powers  Miss,  6  Rawdon  terrace 
Price  Thos.  rate  collector,  asst.  over- 
seer, &  parish  constable,  The  Green 
Pykett  Wm.  station  master,  Moira 
Rose  John,  rope  mkr.  Upr.  Church  st 
Roughton  Wm.  millwright,  Wood  st 
Rudkin  Wm.  drill  sergt.  Upr.  Church  st 
Salisbury  John,  architect,  surveyor  to 
Board  of  Health,  and  clerk  to  Burial 
Board,  Kilwardby  street 
Sarson  Mrs.  Hill  top 
Sharp  Mr  Stephen,  Packington  road 


Skertchley  Jph.  civil  engr.  Packgtn.  rd 
Smith  Henry  Etherington,  Esq.  Shell- 
brook  House 
Smith  Mary,  upholsteress,  Wood  st 
Smith  Wm.  Edw.  solr.  ;  h  Market  st 
Spencer  Mrs.  Kilwardby  street 
Spencer  Henry,  tanner;  h  Kilwardby  st 
Stanley  John,  rabbit  dlr.  Wood  street 
Sturgess  William,  vety.  surgn.  Woodst 
Sutton  Mrs  Mary,  Church  yard 
Tetley  William,  contractor,  Wood  street 
Timms  Mr  Samuel,  Lamb  yard 
Timms  Wm.  wood  turner,  Kilwardby  st 
Toplis  Thos.  &  Jas.  basket  mkrs.  Mkt.  st 
Vavasour     Rev.     Marmaduke,     M.A. 
honorary    canon    of    Peterborough, 
rural  dean,  and  vicar,  Vicarage 
Vinrace  Mr  Luke,  Hill  top 
Ward  Thomas,  police  inspr.  Ivanhoe  rd 
Warlow  Rev.  Wm.  B.A.  second  master, 

Grammar  school,  Tamworth  road 
Webster  Mrs  Harriet,  Ivanhoe  road 
Willshee  Elizabeth,   manager,    Saline 
Bathing    Infirmary,    and    William, 
bailiff,  Bath  street 
Whitby  Misses,  Warren  House,  Moira 
White  Maria,  Berlin  and  fancy  reposi- 
tory, and  depot  of  Christian  Know- 
ledge Society,  Market  street 
Wilkins  George,  law  elk.  Tamworth  rd 
Wilkinson  Mrs  Mary,  Market  street 
Witt  Mrs  Jane,  7  Rawdon  terrace 
ACADEMIES  AND  SCHOOLS. 
(Marked  *  take  Boarders.) 
*Adams  Sarah,  Kilwardby  street 
Blue  and  Green  Coat,  Lower  Church  st : 

Wingfield  Willis  Postlethwaite 
Free  Grammar  School,  Lwr.  Church  st : 
Rev.  T.  S.  Green,  M.A.  head  master  ; 
Rev.  Wm.  Warlow,  B.A.  assistant 
master;  Thos.  Jas.  Haworth,  Eng- 
lish Master;  Benj. Roberts, assistant 
English  Master 
Langleifs  School,    Kilwardby  street : 

Miss  Taylor 
♦Leedam  Miss  Mary  Jane,Lr.Churchst 
Moira    Colliery   School,  James   Hen- 
wood  and  Sarah  Ann  Penton 
National  and  Infant  School, North  st: 
Emily   Sophia   Knowles  and  Ellen 
Osborne 
Snelson  Thomas,  Wood  street 

ATTORNEYS. 
Browne  George  Fowler,  Market  street 
Cheatle  Williarn  Bostock,  Wood  street 
Dalby  Thomas  Burgh,  Trinity  place 
Dewes  William  &  Sons,  Market  street 
(Wm.  P.  Dewes  is  clerk  to  magis- 
trates, and  Chas.  S.  Dewes,  registrar 
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Fisher  Edward  &  Thomas,  Kilwardby  st 
Green  and  Smith,  Market  street 
Higginson  Arthur,  Highfield  House 

AUCTIONEERS. 
Chubb  Geo.  (&  surveyor,)  Kilwardby  st 
Davenport  Thomas,  Lower  Church  st 
Orchard  Geo.  (&  coal  mert.)  Wood  st 
Severn  Luke,  (and  emigration  agent,) 

Upper  Church  street 
BAKERS  AND  FLOUR  DEALERS. 
Austin  Thomas,  The  Green 
Beard  Thomas,  Kilwardby  street 
Bostock  John,  Kilwardby  street 
Cockayne  Samuel,  Bath  street 
Cockburn  Alexander,  Kilwardby  street 
Dickinson  Robert,  Calais 
Goodman  John,  Market  street 
Grundy  John,  Wood  street 
Haynes  Thomas,  Kilwardby  street 
Jarvis  William,  Kilwardby  street 
Marshall  Mary,  Upper  Church  street 
Robinson  William,  Market  street 

BANKS. 
Leicestershire  Banking  Co.  Market  st. 
(draw  on  London  and  Westminster 
Bask, )  George  Buller,  manager 
Savings'  Bank,  Mill  lane,  (open  Satur- 
day, from  11  to  12.)  J.  D.  Hextall, 
secretary. 
Post  Office  Savings'  Bank,  Market  st. 
(open  daily  from  9  morn,  till  6  eveng. 
BLACKSMITHS. 
Brown  William,  Wood  street 
Ison  James,  Wood  street 
Orme  George,  Derby  street 
Parker  John,  Ivanhoe  road 
Snelson  Matthew,  Wood  street 
Staley  Daniel,  North  street 
Tyler  John,  Derby  street 

BOOKSELLERS,    PRINTERS, 
STATIONERS,  &c. 
Barker  John,  Stamp  Office,  Market  st 
Beadsmore  John,  Market  street 
Elliott  William  Henry,  Market  street 
Goadby  James,  Market  street 
Humphries  James,  Bath  street 
Wayte  Thos.  (printer  only),  Market  st 

BOOT  AND  SHOE  MAKERS. 
Armston  Thomas,  The  Green 
Chadwick  Thomas,  Cattle  Market 
Dunmore  John,  Leicester  road 
Foster  Richard,  Mill  bank 
Gregson  John,  Kilwardby  street 
Gunby  John,  Wood  street 
Hallam  George,  Mill  lane 
Hatton  James,  Wood  street 
Hood  George,  North  street 
Mason  William,  Kilwardby  street 
Moseley  John,  Hill  top 
Toone  William,  Moira 


Wright  Thomas,  Market  street 
Wright  Thomas,  Bath  street 

BRAZIERS  AND  TINNERS. 
Austin  William,  Kilwardby  street 
Ison  Brothers,  Kilwardby  street 
Orchard  Thomas,  Market  street 

BRICKLAYERS,  &c. 
Bird  Daniel,  Upper  Church  street 
Canner  William,  Church  yard 
Orchard  Joseph,  Wood  street 
Spriggs  John,  Church  yard 
Trussell  Robert,  Ashby  Wolds 

BUTCHERS. 
Cheatle  Benjamin,  Wood  street 
Cheatle  Jas.  Mkt.  st.  and  Lwr.  Ch.  st 
Cheatle  William,  North  street 
Kerby  William,  Kilwardby  street 
Poynton  Samuel,  North  street 
Poynton  Thomas  Lionel,  Wood  street 
Ragg  Thomas,  Kilwardby  street 
Spencer  John,  Calais 
Spencer  Luke,  Kilwardby  street 
Spencer  Thomas,  Calais 

CABINET  MAKERS,  &c. 
Davenport  John,  Market  street 
Orchard  Robert,  Market  street 
Widdowson  William,  The  Green 

CHEMISTS  AND  DRUGGISTS. 
Matthews  Charles,  Market  street 
Redfern  John,  Market  street 
Tiptaft  Thos.  Crowden,  Kilwardby  st 

COACH,  &c.  BUILDERS. 
Illsley  George,  Kilwardby  street 
Snelson  &  Son,  Market  street 
COAL  OWNERS. 
(See  Coalville,  Coleorton,  Sivanning- 

ton,  d-c). 
Elliott  John  (mercht.)  Moira  wharf 
Moira  Colliery  Co.  Moira,  John  Thos. 

Woodhouse,  manager 

CONFECTIONERS. 
Goodman  John,   Market    street,   and 

Refreshment  Rooms,  Market  Hall 
Robinson  William,  Market  street 
Smith  Richard,  Market  street 
Wright  James,  Kilwardby  street 

CORN  MILLERS. 
Adcock  Thomas,  Ashby  Steam  mill 
Cooper  Abraham  (dealer),  Market  st 
Jarvis  William,  Kilwardby  street 
CURRIERS  &  LEATHER  CUTRS. 
Grundy  Henry,  Ivanhoe  road 
Spencer  John  and  Henry,  Cattle  Mkt 

FARMERS  AND   GRAZIERS. 
Adcock  Thomas,  Ashby  Mill 
Brewin  John,  Kilwardby  street 
Brewin  Thomas,  Wood  street 
Burchnall  Richard,  Old  Park 
Cheatle  Benjamin,  Wood  street 
Cheatle  James,  Mount  House 
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Cheatle  Thomas,  Upper  Church  street 
Cheatle  Thomas,  Holywell  Farm 
Duckers  John,  Prestop  Park 
Gascoyne  William,  sen.  Ivanhoe  road 
Hood  William,  Nottingham  road 
Hough  William,  Moira 
Ison  James,  Wood  street 
Johnson  Benjamin,  Union  Lodge 
Kerby  Joseph,  Wood  street 
Kerby  Thomas,  Old  Park 
Knight  William,  Burton  road 
Matthews  Charles,  Market  street 
Moseley  William,  Old  Park 
Orton  Thoma3,  Church  street 
Page  Martha  Bryan,  Hanging  Hill 
Pickering  William,  Warren  Hill 
Eagg  Thomas,  Kilwardby  street 
Severn  Luke,  Goose  Pen 
Shaw  Samuel,  Alton  Grange 
Shaw  Thomas,  The  Common 
Storer  John,  Milk  Hill,  Ashby  Wolds 
Snelson  Matthew,  Wood  street 
Spencer  Richard,  Old  Park 
Tetley  William,  Wood  street 
Tomlinson  Samuel,  Old  Park 
Usherwood  Wm.  sen.  Wood  street 
Walker  Francis,  Dole  Farm 
Wright  John,  Shelbrook 

FIRE  AND  LIFE  OFFICES. 
Accidental,  J.  Redfern,  Market  street 
Albert  and  Medical,  John  Beadsmore, 

Market  street 
British  Equitable,  Charles  John  Belton, 

Kilwardby  street 
County  and  Provident,  George  Buller, 

Market  street 
District,  Job  Spencer,  Kilwardby  st 
Guardian  Life^Jph.  Kidger,  Hill  top 
Lancashire,  Luke  Severn,  Upr.  Chas.st 
Norwich  Union,  T.  Wayte,  Market  st 
L'pool  and  London,  J.  Hood,  North  st 
Royal  Exch.  C.  Matthews,  Market  st 
Standard  Life,  T.  Davenport,  Lr.  Cb.  st 

FISHMONGERS. 
Green  Richard,  Kilwardby  street 
Robinson  John,  Kilwardby  street 
GARDENERS   AND    SEEDSMEN. 
Bosworth  Thomas,  Kilwardby  street 
Bosworth  William,  Market  street 
Hood  William,  North  street 
Peck  Samuel,  Market  street 
GROCERS  AND  TEA  DEALERS. 
Barrs  John  and  Co.  Market  street 
Beard  Thomas,  Kilwardby  street 
Campion  Rowland,  Market  street 
Cockburn  Alex.  Kilwardby  street 
Dunicliff  Thomas,  Market  street 
Hardwick  William  Osborn,  Market  st 
Haynes  Thomas,  Kilwardby  street 
Orchard  William,  Lower  Church  street 


Smith  Richard,  Market  street 
Thompson  Thomas,  Moira  Baths 

HAIRDRESSERS. 
King  William,  Market  street 
Thornewell  Robert,  Kilwardby  street 
Whyman  Edwin,  Market  street 

HARDWARE,  &c,  DEALERS. 
Berkin  Mary,  North  street 
Hand  ley  Sarah,  North  street 
Hopkin  Joseph,  Market  street 
Pearson  George,  Bath  street 
Wibberley  John,  Kilwardby  street 

HATTERS. 
Brunt  Thomas,  Market  street 
Goodman  and  Blood,  Market  street 
Kelsey  John,  Market  street 

HOSIERS. 
Abell  Misses,  Kilwardby  street 
Draper  Frederick,  Kilwardby  street 
Lovell  James,  Market  street 
Roe  Wm.,  Mary,  &  Hannah,  Market  st 
HOTELS,   INNS,  AND  TAVERNS. 
Bath  Hotel,  Eliz.  Hough,  Moira  Baths 
Blue  Bell,  Thomas  Spencer,  Calais 
BowlingGreen,JohDFarmer,The  Green 
Bull,  Wm.  Usherwood,  Wood  street 
Bull's   Head,  Robert   Hickenbotkam, 

Market  street 
Castle,  Mattw.  Wm.  Harrison,  Mkt.  st 
Flax  Dressers,  Sar.  Davenport,Wood  st 
George  Inn,  Wm.  Bagnall,  Market  st 
Hare  and  Hounds,  Sar.  Bryan,  Bath  st 
Hastings'    Arms,    Charles    Higgins, 

Tamworth  road 
King's  Head,  John  Lawley,  Market  st 
Lamb,  Wm.  Gascoyne,  jun.  Market  st 
Malt  Shovel,  John  Orgill,  Kilwdby.  st 
Navigation  Inn,  Fras.  Newbold,  Moira 
Navigation  Inn,  Arthur  Mead,  Hilltop 
OddFellows'Arms,Js.Wright,Klwdbyst 
Old  George,  Hannah  Dooley,  Market  st 
Queen's  Head,   (posting  and  commer- 
cial) Samuel  Love,  Market  street 
Railway  Tavern,  JohnBeckwith,  Tam- 
worth road 
Railway  Tavern,  William  Stafford,  Cut 

end,  Moira 
Rawdon  Arms,  Wm.  Hough ,  MoiraBaths 
Refreshment  Rooms,  John  Goodman, 

Market  Hall 
Royal  Hotel,  Wm.  Mills,  Rawdon  ter 
Shoulder  of  Mutton,  Thomas  Bagnall, 

Kilwardby  street 
Volunteer,  John  Scott,  North  street 
Waggon  and  Horses, Edmund  Leawood, 

Lower  Church  street 
White  Hart,  Jno.  S.  Dawes,  Market  st 
White  Horse,  John  Holmes,  Market  st 

BEERHOUSES. 
Ault  Thomas,  The  Green 


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Brickstock  William,  Kilwardby  street 

Carr  Joseph,  Moira 

Jordan  George,  Moira  road 

Jordan  Sarah,  Moira 

Robinson  William,  Market  street 

West  Thomas,  Moira  road 

Whiteman  John,  Moira 

IRONMONGERS. 
Austin  William,  Kilwardby  street 
Ison  Brothers,  Kilwardby  street 
Orchard  John,  Lower  Church  street 

JOINERS  AND  BUILDERS. 
Elliot  John,  Wood  street 
Handley  Harry,  Kilwardby  street 
Mills  Arthur,  Bath  street 
Orchard  Joseph,  Wood  street 
Proudman  George,  Hill  top 
Trussell  Robert,  Ashby  Wolds 
Widdowson  William,  The  Green 
LINEN   &  WOOLLEN   DRAPERS. 
Byatt  Bros.  (Arthur  &  Hugh)  Market  st 
Emery  Robt.  Wortley,  Market  street 
Knight  Geo.  and  Jas.  Market  street 
Lovell  James,  Market  street 
McQukir  William  (travelling)  Wood  st 

MILLINERS. 
Goodman  Elizabeth,  Calais 
Jefferey  Hannah,  Upper  Church  street 
Orgill  Martha,  Kilwardby  street 
Port  Amelia,  Lower  Church  street 
Thirlby  Ann  Maria,  Kilwardby  street 
Widdowson  Mary,  The  Green 

PAINTERS  AND  GILDERS. 
Bagnall  Thomas,  Kilwardby  street 
Bagnall  William,  Market  street 
Canner  William,  Church  yard 
Orchard  James,  Wood  street 
Ritchie  George,  Market  street 
Salisbury  Joseph,  Kilwardby  street 
Shaw  Thos.  Donisthorpe  lane,  Moira 

PATTEN,  &c,  MAKERS. 
Chesher  Edward,  Wood  street 
Tuckley  Joseph,  Market  street 

PLUMBERS  AND  GLAZIERS. 
Brown  George,  Kilwardby  street 
Farmer  John,  Bath  street 
Gilbert  Thomas,  Market  street 
Spencer  Job,  Kilwardby  street 

SADDLERS,  &c. 
Thornley  Frederick  Wm.  Market  st 
Wright  Benjamin,  Kilwardby  street 

SHOPKEEPERS. 
Austin  Thomas,  The  Green 
Cockayne  Samuel,  Bath  street 
Dennis  Deborah,  The  Green 
Everett  Ann,  Wood  street 
Freeman  Thomas,  North  street 
Jarvis  Ann,  Mill  lane 
Jarvis  William,  Kilwardby  street 
Marlow  Samuel,  Bath  street 


Newton  William,  The  Green 
Nichols  William,  Tamworth  road 
Sandlant  Margaret,  Calais 
Sherrat  Thomas,  Moira 
Smedley  William,  The  Green 
Stinson  Charles,  Upper  Church  street 
Thornewell  Ann,  Market  street 
Trussell  James,  The  Green 
Tuckley  Joseph,  Market  street 
Whitworth  John,  Moira 

SURGEONS. 
Bangham  Francis,  Market  street 
Dicken  Perry,  M.D.  Ivanhoe  terrace 
Joyce  William,  Market  street 
Kirkland  Thomas,  M.D.  Ivanhoe  ter 
Kirkland  &  Bangham,  Market  street 
TAILORS. 
Marked  *  are  Woollen  Drapers. 
Baxter  William,  Calais 

*  Brunt  Thomas,  Market  street 

*  Goodman  &  Blood,  Market  street 
Johnson  Joseph,  Wood  street 
King  John,  Mill  lane 

*King  Thomas,  Market  street 
Newton  William,  Tamworth  road 
♦Peace  Ephraim,  Moira 
Peck  Robert,  Cattle  Market 

*  Ponton  Joseph,  Market  street 

*  Taylor  Thomas,  Market  street 
Wykes  John,  Wood  street 

TANNERS,  &c. 
Kidger,  Brown,  &  Love  (and  glue  and 

leather  manufacturers),  Derby  road 
Spencer  John  &  Henry,  Cattle  Market 

TURNERS,  (WOOD,  &c.) 
Farmer  James  &  Edward,  Bath  street 
Timms  William,  Kilwardby  street 
WATCH  AND  CLOCK  MAKERS. 
Measures  William,  Market  street 
Salisbury  William,  Kilwardby  street 

WHEELWRIGHTS. 
Granger  John,  Mill  bank 
Green  Thomas,  Mill  bank 
Haynes  Francis,  Knight's  yard 
Snelson  Matthew,  Wood  street 
WINE  AND  SPIRIT  MERCHANTS. 
Dawes  John  Sharpe,  Market  street 
Hamp  Francis,  Market  street ;  house 

Rawdon  terrace 
Harrison  Matthew  Wm.  Market  street 
Matthews  Sarah,  Market  street 

RAILWAY 
Passenger  Trains  several  times  a  day 

from  the  Ashby  and  Moira  stations 

to  all  parts,  and  goods  trains  daily. 

There  is  an  omnibus  from  the  Queen's 

Head  Hotel  to  meet  every  train. 

CARRIERS  FROM  THE  INNS. 
f§3|r  Unless  othenoise  expressed,  they 

arrive  on  Saturday  morning,  and 
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depart  between  four  and  five  in  tlie 

afternoon. 
Appleby,  Smith,  King's  Head;  Fish, 

George 
Austrey,  Till,  Castle 
Breedon  and  Lount,  Roulstou ,  Waggon 

and  Horses 
Carlton,  Clarke,  Lamb 
Derby,  Gilbert,  King's  Head 
Donisthorpe,  Talbot,  Old  George 
Hartshorne,  Poynton,  Old  George 
Hugglescote     and   Ravenstone,   Bott, 

Old  George 
Hodson,  Underwood,  Bull's  Head 
Ibstock,  Garfoot,  Lamb,  Wed.  &  Sat 
Longhborough,     Broomhead,     Kirig's 

Head ;  Gadsby,  Lower  Church  street, 

Mon.  <fe  Sat.  8*  morning 


Market  Bosworth  &  Nailstone,  Wragg, 

King's  Head 
Norton  and  Measham,  Meakin,  Lamb 
Newhall&Woodville,Staley,Bull'sHead 
Newton  Burgoland,  Granger,  Castle 
Osgathorpe  &  Coleorton,  King,  Bull's 

Head ;  Billings,  Lamb 
Packington,  Cooper,  Old  George 
Seal  Over  &  Nether,  &  Moira,  Redfern, 

King's  Head 
Snareston,  Cooper,  Old  George 
Swadlingcote  and  Woodville,  Gilbert, 

King's  Head 
Swepstone,  Booth,  George 
Ticknall  &  Smisby,  Cartledge,  George 
Thringstone     &    Coleorton,     Gough, 

Bull's  Head 


BARROW-UPON-SOAR   PARISH. 

BARROW-UPON-SOAR,  a  large  village,  which  has  for  ages  been 
celebrated  for  its  excellent  limestone,  is  pleasantly  situated  on  the  east 
side  of  the  navigable  rivea.1  Soar,  and  on  both  sides  of  the  Midland  Rail- 
way, on  which  it  has  a  station,  2  miles  N.  of  Moimtsorrel,  3  miles  S.E. 
of  Loughborough,  and  9  miles  N.  of  Leicester.  Barrow  township  con- 
tains about  2403  acres  of  land,  and  had  1099  inhabitants  in  1801 ;  but  in 
1831,  they  had  increased  to  1638 ;  and  in  1861,  to  1800.  It  is  in  East 
Qoscote  Hundred;  but  its  Parish  comprises  also  the  townships  and 
chapelries  of  Moimtsorrel  North-End,  Quorndon,  and  Woodhouse,  with 
Woodhouse  Eaves  and  Mapplcwell  hamlets,  all  of  which  are  in  West 
Goscote  Hundred.  The  area  of  the  whole  parish  is  about  7551  acres  ; 
and  it  had  5560  souls  in  1861.  Barrow  has  two  well-endowed  Hospitals, 
a  Grammar  School,  and  several  Charities  for  the  poor,  &c. ;  and  gives 
name  to  a  large  Union.  John  Harris,  Esq.,  of  Sutton  Bonington,  is 
lord  of  the  manor,  but  the  soil  belongs  chielly  to  the  Barrow  Hospital, 
&c,  Trustees,  the  Rev.  J.  S.  Hiley,  C.  W.  Packc,  Esq.,  M.P.,  Messrs. 
W.  Lee,  and  Thomas  and  Wm.  Bradshaw,  and  several  other  proprietors. 
It  is  chiefly  a  strong  clay,  fertile  both  in  corn  and  grass.  In  1086, 
Hugh  Lupus,  Earl  of  Chester,  held  the  manor,  and  had  15  carucates  and 
4£  ploughs  in  the  demesne ;  and  here  were  two  men  servants,  40  villans, 
and  13  bordars,  with  11  ploughs ;  three  mills ;  a  wood,  one  mile  long 
and  160  perches  broad ;  four  tenants,  holding  12  carucates ;  and  30  soc- 
men, with  15£  ploughs.  The  manor  afterwards  passed  to  the  Edringtons, 
and  passed  from  them,  in  1461,  to  Sir  Richard  Neale,  and  from  him  to 
Lord  Wm.  Hastings.  The  common  and  open  fields  were  enclosed,  and 
the  tithes  commuted  under  an  act  passed  in  1760.  The  Limestone, 
which  is  extensively  got  and  burnt  here,  is  found  in  great  abundance. 
The  upper  stratum  has  a  yellow  tinge,  and  below  this  are  several  others 
of  a  bluish  colour,  which  are  in  general  about  six  inches  thick,  and  two 
feet  asunder ;  the  intervals  between  which  are  filled  up  with  calcareous 
earth — one  hundred  parts  of  which  yield  46  of  calcareous  matter,  and 
54  of  fine  clay.  It  is  probably  owing  to  some  portion  of  manganese 
being  combined  with  it,  that  the  Barrow  Lime  possesses  that  valuable 
property  of  becoming  hardened  under  water.    As  a  cement  for  building 


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docks,  piers,  bridges,  &c,  it  is  in  high  repute  in  all  parts  of  the  kingdom, 
and  great  quantities  of  it  have  been  exported  to  Holland  for  these  pur- 
poses. It  is  often  used  in  coating  water  cisterns,  instead  of  lead,  and 
was  used  in  the  building  of  Ramsgate  Pier,  after  the  Dutch  terras  and 
other  cements  had  failed.  It  is  equally  celebrated  for  the  number  and 
variety  of  its  fossil  productions,  consisting  of  shells,  chiefly  of  the  marine 
kind ;  the  Cornu  Ammonia,  or  snake  stone ;  and  numerous  fossil  fish, 
from  one  to  fifteen  inches  in  length ;  with  some  singular  specimens  of 
Ichthyosaurus,  one  measuring  fifteen  feet  in  length,  and  some  of  them 
having  spines  three  or  four  inches  in  circumference.  The  curious  in 
these  antediluvian  remains  will  find  here  a  very  extensive  collection,  in 
the  possession  of  Mr.  William  Lee,  containing  many  fine  specimens  of 
the  Ichthyosaurus  and  Plesiosaurus-Macrosephalus,  one  of  the  latter 
being  18  feet  long.  A  petrifaction,  found  here,  was  described  by  Mr. 
Jones,  in  1781,  as  the  "figure  of  a  bream,  more  than  a  foot  in  length, 
and  of  a  proportionate  depth,  with  the  scales,  fins,  and  gills  fairly  pro- 
jecting from  the  surface,  like  a  sculpture  in  relievo,  and  with  all  the 
lineaments,  even  to  the  most  minute  fibres  of  the  tail,  so  complete,  that 
the  like  was  never  seen  before."  The  railway  is  cut  through  the  lime 
strata,  and  one  of  the  streets  is  carried  across  it,  by  an  arch  of  30  feet 
span.  The  streets  were  thoroughly  paved,  and  the  causeways  flagged, 
in  1840 ;  and  the  greater  part  of  the  village  is  between  the  railway  and 
the  navigation,  which  here  avoids,  by  a  straight  cut,  a  circuitous  reach 
of  the  Soar,  and  is  crossed  by  two  bridges,  one  to  Quorndon,  and  the 
other  to  a  small  island.  Barrow,  called  in  ancient  writings,  Baro,  Bar- 
hoo,  Barwe,  &c,  had  its  name  from  an  ancient  tumulus,  or  barrow,  and 
was  held  by  Earl  Harold,  in  the  time  of  Edward  the  Confessor.  In  tlie 
reign  of  Stephen,  Ralph  de  Gernoniis  gave  the  church  here,  and  the 
chapel  at  Quorndon,  to  the  Abbey  of  St.  Mary  de  Pratis,  at  Leicester. 

The  Church  (Holy  Trinity)  is  a  large  ancient  cruciform  structure,  of 
decorated  and  perpendicular  architecture,  with  an  embattled  tower,  con- 
taining five  bells.  A  new  chancel  was  erected  in  1862,  by  the  Trustees 
of  the  Barrow  Hospitals,  at  a  cost  of  about  £'1000.  The  benefice  is  a 
vicarage,  valued  in  K.B.  at  £15.  2s.  Id.,  and  now  at  £326  per  annum, 
derived  chiefly  from  155a.  of  glebe,  mostly  allotted  at  the  enclosure,  in 
1761,  in  lieu  of  tithes.  The  Master  and  Fellows  of  St.  John's  College, 
Cambridge,  are  patrons,  and  the  Rev.  Wm.  Leighton  Newham,  M.A.,  is 
the  incumbent,  and  has  a  good  residence,  which  cost  about  £1500. 
There  are  in  the  village  Chapels  belonging  to  the  Roman  Catholics, 
General  Baptists,Wesleyans,  and  Primitive  Methodists.  Sunday  Schools 
are  attached  to  all  the  places  of  worship,  and  here  is  a  Parochial  School, 
erected  in  1858.  The  parish  feast  is  on  Trinity  Sunday.  The  Grammar 
School  was  founded  in  1717,  by  Humphrey  Perkins,  who  endowed  it 
with  a  house  and  land  at  Ratclifie,  for  the  support  of  a  master  to  teach 
the  children  of  the  inhabitants  and  parishioners  of  Barrow,  after  they 
can  read  the  Bible,  "  in  all  sorts  of  learning,  and  free  from  any  expense 
to  their  parents."  He  vested  it  in  trust  with  the  vicar  of  Barrow  and 
the  rector  of  Loughborough,  and  directed  that  the  master  should  be  a  gra- 
duate of  one  of  the  Universities.  Since  the  enclosure  of  Ratclifie,  the 
school  estate  has  consisted  of  a  farm  of  61a.  1r.  9p.,  let  for  about  £125  a 
year,  which,  after  deducting  £2  for  the  two  trustees,  and  £3.  17s.  Id.  for 
land  tax  and  quit  rent,  is  paid  to  the  schoolmaster,  who  has  also  about 
£11  per  annum  from  money  in  the  funds,  and  a  house,  which  was  built 
partly  by  subscription  and  partly  with  £100  left  for  that  purpose,  by 
Benj.  Bewiclse,  in  1728.  This  house  was  nearly  rebuilt  in  1819,  and 
attached  to  it  is  nearly  half  an  acre  of  garden  ground.    A  new  scheme 


454  BARROW-UPON-SOAR. 

for  the  management  of  this  charity  was  granted  by  the  Court  of  Chan- 
cery, in  1857,  anil  there  are  now  no  free  scholars.  The  fees  for  a  plain 
English  education  are  £2  per  annum ;  and  for  those  who  require  instruc- 
tion in  French,  Latin,  &c,  £'4  per  annum.  There  are  generally  about 
twenty  scholars. 

Barrow  Hospitals. — In  1686,  Dr.  Humphrey  Babington,  in  order 
that  the  name  of  his  uncle,  Theophilus  Cave,  might  be  preserved  in 
Barrow,  devised  to  Thomas  Babington  and  five  others,  and  their  heirs, 
the  impropriate  rectory  of  Barrow,  Stable  Farm,  and  other  property  in 
Barrow,  Quorndon,  and  Mountsorrel ;  in  trust  to  build  a  house  in  Bar- 
row, for  the  maintenance  of  six  poor  widowers  or  bachelors,  who  should 
be  called  Theophilus  Cave's  Bedesmen,  and  be  selected  from  amongst 
the  aged  and  impotent  persons  of  good  character  in  Barrow  and 
Quorndon,  in  the  proportion  of  five  out  of  the  former,  and  one'  out  of  the 
latter,  "  unless  greater  need  should  be ;"  each  of  whom,  upon  his  admis- 
sion, to  have  a  good  suit  of  blue  cloth,  edged  and  faced  with  white ;  and 
a  load  of  coals,  and  £8  yearly ;  and  to  be  provided  with  a  nurse  when 
sick.  And,  in  further  trust,  to  pay  40s.  yearly  to  the  vicar  of  Barrow, 
for  preaching  two  commemoration  sermons  on  Trinity  Sunday  and  the 
last  Sunday  in  October ;  and  to  pay  50s.  on  each  of  the  said  days,  to  the 
vicar  and  churchwardens,  for  distribution  among  the  poor,  30s.  in  money 
and  20s.  in  bibles.  And,  in  further  trust,  to  keep  in  repair  the  chancel 
of  Barrow  Church,  and  the  arms  in  the  windows  ;  and  to  pay  £10  yearly 
to  Sir  Thomas  Parkyns  and  his  heirs  ;  £10  to  Edward  Storer  and  his 
heirs ;  and  to  dispose  of  the  surplus  rents  in  augmenting  the  salaries  of 
the  bedesmen.  In  1802,  the  charity  became  the  subject  of  an  informa- 
tion by  the  Attorney- General,  and  it  was  ordered  by  the  Master  of  the 
Rolls,  that  the  surplus  rents  should  be  applied  towards  the  support  of 
Jive  additional  bedesmen,  and  that  an  increased  allowance  should  be 
made  to  the  whole  number,  and  that  the  hospital  should  be  altered  and 
enlarged  for  the  reception  of  five  new  bedesmen.  The  rental  of  the 
estate  having  greatly  increased,  a  new  scheme  was  sanctioned  by  the 
Court  of  Chancery,  in  1825,  for  the  extension  of  the  charity  to  the 
support  of  an  almshouse  for  poor  unmarried  women,  and  empowering 
the  trustees  to  increase  the  number  of  almspeople,  either  men  or  women, 
from  time  to  time,  as  the  funds  would  allow.  Under  this  authority  they 
erected  the  Women's  Hospital,  at  the  cost  of  more  than  £2000,  including 
£400  paid  for  3190  square  yards  of  land ;  £150  for  furniture,  and  about 
£350  for  law  expenses.  This  hospital  is  a  neat  building  of  two  stories, 
and  contains  ten  bed-rooms,  one  common  room,  and  a  wash-house.  It 
is  intended  for  ten  almswomen,  but  hitherto  the  number  is  limited  to 
seven.  The  Mens  Hospital  is  a  stone  building,  and  contains  fourteen 
rooms,  but  the  inmates  are  only  eleven  in  number.  Both  the  men  and 
the  women  have  each  a  weekly  stipend  of  7s.,  and  a  yearly  allowance  for 
coals  and  clothing.  Mrs.  Harriet  Fortrath,  of  Bunny  Park,  Notts.,  as 
representative  of  the  late  Lord  Ranclifte,  receives  £18. 14s.  a  year  from 
the  Charity  Estate,  which  now  yields  about  £480  per  annum,  and 
consists  of  306a.  Or.  27p.,  the  Rectory  House  of  Barrow,  and  several 
cottages  and  other  buildings.  In  addition  to  the  estate,  the  charity 
possesses  £1973.  lis.  3d.  three  per  cent,  reduced  annuities,  and  £977. 
7s.  lid.  three  per  cent.  Consols  ;  the  dividends  of  which  swell  the  total 
yearly  income  of  the  charity  to  about  £570.  T.  G.  Babington,  Esq.,  C. 
W.  Packe,  Esq.,  M.P.,  and  the  Rev.  J.  Babington,  are  the  trustees;  and 
W.  H.  Macaulay,  Esq.,  of  Leicester,  is  their  clerk. 

Clarke's  Charity. — In  1717,  Joseph  Clarke  devised  to  the  trustees 
of  Barrow  Hospital,  two  closes  at  Burton-on-the-Wolds,  and  various 


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lands  and  comnionrights  at  Loughborough,  upon  trust,  to  pay  yearly  15s. 
to  the  vicar  of  Prestwold ;  15s.  to  a  schoolmaster  for  teaching  one  or  more 
boys  of  Prestwold  and  Burton;  and  £10  for  apprenticing  a  poor  boy,  or 
relieving  poor  members  of  certain  families  named  in  his  will,  alternately ; 
and  to  apply  the  surplus  rents  and  profits  in  apprenticing  one  or  more 
poor  children  yearly,  to  be  selected  one  year  from  Grantham,  the  second 
year  from  Loughborough,  and  the  third  year  from  any  parish  within 
four  or  five  miles  from  Loughborough,  at  the  discretion  of  the  trustees. 
Some  of  the  families  named  by  the  testator  having  become  extinct,  and 
others  being  too  wealthy  to  claim  participation  in  the  charity,  a  new 
scheme  was  sanctioned  by  the  Court  of  Chancery,  in  1825,  for  its  future 
application.  The  charity  estate  now  consists  of  21a.  Or.  7p.  at  Burton- 
on-the- Wolds,  23a.  2r.  1p.  at  Loughborough,  and  3a.  1r.  38p.  at  Barrow, 
let  for  ,£122.  10s.  2d.  per  annum ;  to  which  are  added  the  dividends  of 
.£304.  17s.  9d.  three  per  cent.  Reduced  Annuities.  Out  of  this  income 
£80  is  applied  yearly  in  apprentice  fees,  and  £20  is  distributed  among 
the  poor  clescendants  of  Rebecca  Bousett,  and  £10  among  poor  members 
of  the  Tether  and  Clarke  families ;  and  15s.  is  paid  to  the  minister,  and 
30s.  to  the  schoolmaster  of  Prestwold.  The  trustees  and  clerk  are  the 
same  as  for  the  Barrow  Hospital  Charity. 

Bishop  Beveridge's  Charity. — In  1706,  the  Rt.  Rev.  Wm.  Beveridge, 
D.D.,  Bishop  of  St.  Asaph,  who  was  born  here  in  1636,  left  to  the 
trustees  of  Barrow  Hospital  an  estate,  then  of  the  yearly  value  of  .£53, 
in  trust  to  pay  yearly  £16  to  the  vicar  of  Barrow,  for  reading  prayers, 
morning  and  evening  ;  40s.  to  the  clerk,  for  ringing  the  bell ;  and  40s. 
for  distribution  among  poor  housekeepers ;  and  to  give  the  clear  surplus 
rent  to  the  curate  of  Mountsorrel,  for  reading  prayers  every  morning  and 
evening,  and  instructing  the  children  of  his  chapelry  once  a  week.  By 
a  contingent  devise,  an  estate  called  Hall  Orchard,  passed  to  the  trustees, 
about  1760,  in  trust,  for  augmenting  the  salaries  of  the  vicar  of  Barrow 
and  the  curate  of  Mountsorrel.  The  trust  estates  now  comprise  126a. 
1r.  39p.  of  freehold  land,  let  for  about  ^£220  per  annum,  of  which  the 
curate  of  Mountsorrel  receives  about  .£160 ;  the  vicar  of  Barrow,  about 
£36  ;  the  clerks  of  Barrow  and  Mountsorrel,  each  £2 ;  and  poor  house- 
keepers of  Barrow,  £2.  This  charity  also  possesses  £1158.  12s.  4d. 
three  per  cent.  Consols,  the  dividends  of  which  are  paid  to  the  curate  of 
Mountsorrel.  The  writings  of  Bishop  Beveridge  are  numerous,  and 
highly  esteemed  by  the  clergy.  The  trustees  and  clerk  are  the  same  as 
for  Barrow  Hospital  Charity. 

Barrow  Town  Lands,  which  have  been  vested,  from  an  early  period, 
for  repairing  the  bridges,  highways,  wells,  and  causeways,  were  exchanged 
at  the  enclosure,  and  now  consist  of  30a.  Or.  39p.  in  Barrow,  and 
2a.  3r.  17p.  in  Charnwood  Forest,  let  at  rents  amounting  to  .£40  per 
annum.  In  1680,  James  Jackson  left  a  yearly  rent-charge  of  24s.,  for 
schooling  six  poor  children,  and  it  is  now  paid  to  a  mistress,  for  teaching 
six  children  to  read.  The  poor  of  Barrow  have  20s.  a  year  from  Rawlins' 
Charity ;  (see  page  464 ;)  a  bible  yearly,  from  HicMings  Charity : 
(see  page  409  ;)  and  £20  a  year,  left  by  George  Perkins,  in  1799,  and 
distributed  by  the  churchwardens  on  St.  Thomas'  Day. 

BARROW-UPON-SOAR  UNION  is  divided  into  two  relieving,  five 
medical,  and  four  registration  districts ;  and  comprises  the  following 
parishes  and  townships,  viz. — Anstey,  Anstey  Pastures,  Barkby,  Barkby 
Thorpe,  Barrow-upon-Soar,  Beaumont  Leys,  Beeby,  Belgrave,  Birstall, 
Bradgate  Park,  Cossington,  Cropston,  Croxton  South,  Gilroe,  Leicester 
Abbey,  Leicester  Frith,  Mountsorrel  North  and  South,  Newtown  Linford, 


456 


BARROW -UPON -SOAK. 


Queniborougli,  Quorndon,  Ratcliffe-on-the-Wreake,  Rearsby,  Rotliley, 
Rothley  Temple,  Seagrave,  Sileby,  Swithland,  Syston,  Thrussington, 
Thurcaston,  Tliurmaston  North  and  South,  Ulverscroft,  Walton-on-the- 
Wolds,  Wanlip,  Woodhouse,  Woodhouse  Eaves,  and  Beaunianor.  Most 
of  them  were  incorporated  many  years  ago,  for  the  support  of  their  poor, 
under  Gilbert's  Act;  but,  in  1837,  the  "  Barrow -upon- Soar  Incorportion" 
was  dissolved,  and  its  Workhouse  here  was  sold  to  the  Guardians  of  the 
Union  for  i'1750,  and  was  used  by  them  till  1840,  when  the  present 
more  extensive  and  commodious  Workhouse  at  Rothley  was  finished, 
at  a  cost  of  about  .£6500,  with  room  for  300  inmates,  though  it  has 
seldom  more  than  180.  It  is  a  plain  substantial  building,  in  the 
Elizabethan  style,  and  has  a  neat  Board  room,  for  the  use  of  the  36 
guardians,  and  a  large  Dining  Hall,  which  is  also  used  as  a  Chapel. 
The  average  annual  expenditure  of  the  Union  is  about  =£9000,  its  area  is 
50,507  acres,  and  its  population,  in  1861,  amounted  to  19,805  souls, 
occupying  about  5000  houses.  Mr.  John  and  Mrs.  Sarah  Dear  are 
master  and  matron  of  the  Workhouse;  and  Louisa  Badcock  is  schoolmis- 
tress;  Mr.  Thomas  Fewkes  is  union  cleric  and  superintendent  registrar, 
and  has  his  office  at  Barrow.  Mr.  John  Riley,  of  Mountsorrel,  is  re- 
lieving officer  for  Barrow  District  which  comprises  18  parishes,  &c,  con- 
taining 27,174  acres  and  11,777  souls ;  and  Mr.  Wm.  Bail,  of  Syston,  is 
relieving  officer  for  Syston  District,  which  comprises  19  parishes,  &c, 
containing  23,333  acres  and  8028  souls.  The  registrars  of  marriages 
are  Messrs.  John  Frier,  of  Barrow,  and  Joseph  Moulden,  of  Rothley. 
The  registrars  of  births  and  deaths  are  Messrs.  Robt.  Shuttlewood,  of 
Sileby,  for  Barrow  District;  Saml.  Wright,  of  Mountsorrel,  for  Quorndon 
District;  John  Jenkinson,  of  Anstey,  for  Rothley  District;  and  Wm. 
Chas.  Dalley,  of  Syston,  for  Syston  District. 

In  the  folloicing  Directory  of  Barrow-upon-Soar,  those  marked  1,  reside 
in  Bridge  street ;  2,  at  BucJcnall  Hill;  3,  in  Church  street ;  4,  in  Mill  lane ; 
5,  in  North  street;  and  6,  in  South  street. 

Post  Office  at  Thomas  Fewkes's.  Letters  arrive  from  Loughborough  at  8 
morning,  and  are  depatched  at  6  evening. 


5  Benton  Mr  Wm.||  6  Carver  Miss  M. 
Brown  Mr  Handel,  Cliffe  House 
Clementson  Joseph,  station  master 
Cook  Thos.  Farmer,  gentleman 

6  Cox  Mr  Frederick  Humphrey 

1  Cragg  Wm  Preston,  tax  collector 
Drake  Rev.  Thos.  M.A.  master  of  the 

Grammar  School 
Ellis  John  &  Sons,  lime  burners,  and 

Leicester 
3  Fewkes  Joseph,  surgeon 
3  Fewkes  Thos.  union  clerk  and  super- 
intendent registrar,  Post  Office 
Goodacre  John,  leather  glove  maker 
Goodman  John,  miller,  Barrow  Mill 
Goodman  Mrs  and  Miss  Barrow  Mill 

5  Gray  Mr  Ben  j .  ||  6  Harris  Wm.  gardnr.* 
Haw  Joseph,  manager,  Barrow  Mill 
Hopkins  Mrs  Mary,  Thorntree  Cottage 
Hudson  Joseph,  gent.  Cliff e  Cottage 

1  Jelly  Miss  Annj|  6  Johnson  Mrs  Eliz. 

6  Johnson  Wm.gent.  j]  6  Pochin  Mi-Ralph 
Lee  Wm.  lime  burner  &  dlr.  in  fossils 
6  Lockwood  Betsy,  straw  bonnet  mkr. 


Newham  Rev.  Wm.   Leighton,  M.A. 
vicar,  Vicarage 

5  Priestley  John,  saddler 
3RoughtonJas.gent.|15SharpMrThos. 
Woolley  Wm.  John,  Esq.  solicitor 

INNS  AND  TAVERNS. 

6  Bishop  Blaize,  Wm.  Smith 

5  Blacksmiths'  Arms,  Wm.  Swain 
5  Fox,  John  Hudson 

4  Navigation  Inn,  Thomas  Oliver 
1  Railway  Inn,  Joshua  Cook 

5  Ram,  Joseph  Holdom 

5  Royal  Oak,  Charles  Barshy 
5  Three  Crowns,  Thomas  Briggs 


BAKERS,  &C 

5  Bryan  John 
1  Scott  William 
5  Wale  Samuel  C. 
5  Ward  Thomas 
3  Woollerton  Jph. 

BEERHOUSES. 

5  Ball  Ann 

Hull  Geo.  Lindsey 

6  Rudkin  William 


Sibson  Mary 
Ward  Ann 

BLACKSMITHS. 

Briggs  Thomas 

5  Holmes  William 
3  Turlington  Jph. 

6  Why  man  Thos. 

BOOT  &  SHOE  MKRS. 

3  Hubbard  John 
5  Monk  George 


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457 


5  Oswin  William 
5  Simpkin  John 

BRICKLAYERS. 

Howe  Henry 
5  Martin  Thomas 
Sutton  Henry 
Sutton  Robert 

BUTCHERS. 

5  Briggs  William 
5  Brookes  William 
5  Cross  George 

5  Johnson  Joseph 

6  Sanders  Jno.Hj. 

DRAPERS. 

Barratt  (Lydia)  & 
Brown  (My.Ann) 
G  Glover  Jane 
5  Wale  Eliza 

FARMERS. 

G  Bradshaw  Thos. 
Bryan  William 
3  Cross  Charles 
Cross  Geo.  Field 
G  Harris  William 


Hull  Geo.Lindsey, 

White  Lees 
5  Johnson  Joseph 
Lee  William 

5  Lockwood  Thos. 
3  Richards  John 

3  Richards  Willm. 

6  Sanders  Jno.Hy. 
3  Squires  Edward 
5  Stone   Thomas 

Parnham 
Ward  Ann 
3  Whelpton  Geo. 
Woollerton  Geo. 
5  Wright  Richard 

grocers,   &c. 
Bakewell  Eliz. 
1  Chapman  John 
5  Cross  George 
3  Cunnington  Stpn 
5  Dalby  Mary 
Freer  Thomas 
3  Frier  John 
Lovett  Edward 


I  3  Mayes  John 
'  5  Orton  Samuel 
I  5  Squires  Cath. 
;  5  Wales  Eliza 

5  "Wales  Samuel 

6  Ward  Francis 
and  hairdresser 

3  Whelpton  Geo. 

HOSIERY  MANFRS. 

Cook  Joshua 
Lewin  George 
Meadows  George 
Neal  Edward 

5  Spittlehouse  SI. 

JOINERS    &  BLDRS. 

6  Black  John 

5  Moss  William 

SCHOOLS. 

5  Dewberry  Mary 
Grammar,  Rev. 
Thos.Drate,M.A. 
Parochial,  Anna 

Moore 
Wale  Ann 


TAILORS. 

G  Bradshaw  John 
1  Dexter  George 
5  Dexter  William 

5  Swift  Thos.Dean 

WHEELWRIGHTS. 

6  Dear  John  (and 
ironmonger) 

5  Freer  Thos.  (and 
cricket  bat  mkr. 

Railway  Trains 
several  times  a 
day  to  Leicester, 
Loughborough, 
and  all  parts 

CARRIERS. 

John      Frier,      to 

Leicester, Wd.  & 
Sat.  &  to  Lough- 
borough, Thurs. 
Joseph  Masson  and 
Wm.  Lovett  to 
Loughborough 
daily. 


MOUNTSORREL  is  a  small  market-town,  picturesquely  seated  on 
the  west  side  of  the  river  Soar,  at  the  foot  of  the  lofty  and  abrupt  tei- 
mination  of  a  ridge  of  rocky  hills,  which  extends  westward  through 
Charnwood  Forest  to  Derbyshire.  Its  name  is  a  corruption  of  Mount 
Soar  Hill.  It  has  a  bridge  of  four  arches  across  the  river,  and  is  on 
the  high  road  from  Leicester  to  Loughborough,  7  miles  N.  of  the 
former,  4  miles  S.S.E.  of  the  latter,  and  1^  mile  S.  of  Barrow  Railway 
Station.  It  comprises  about  428  acres  of  land  and  1753  inhabitants, 
and  is  divided  into  two  toivnsliips,  viz.,  Mountsoerel  North-End, 
which  is  in  the  parish  of  Barrow-upon-Soar,  and  has  a  population  of  857 
souls ;  and  Mountsorrel  South-End,  which  is  in  the  parish  of  Rothley, 
and  has  896  inhabitants.  The  Earl  of  Lanesborough  is  lord  of  the 
manor  and  owner  of  most  of  the  soil ;  and  the  rest  belongs  to  T.  A.  T. 
Castledine,  Esq.,  and  a  few  smaller  owners.  The  market,  held  on 
Monday,  is  well  supplied  with  provisions ;  and  here  is  a  fair  for  pleasure, 
toys,  &c,  from  the  10th  to  the  18th  July.  The  rocky  hill  immediately 
behind  the  town  is  crowned  by  a  windmill,  and  rises  abruptly  with  a 
variegated  face  of  grass  and  rock  to  the  height  of  about  100  feet ;  and  its 
highest  point,  called  Castle  Hill,  almost  overhangs  the  town.  It  is  com- 
posed of  a  reddish  granite,  or  sienite,  consisting  of  a  nearly  equal  mixture 
of  red  quartz,  white  feldspar,  and  black  shorl,  and  is  the  most  compact 
of  all  the  granites,  none  of  the  red  Cornwall  being  superior  to  it  in  hard- 
ness. The  almost  intractable  nature  of  this  stone  long  kept  it  out  of 
use  for  building  purposes.  It  is  now  about  eighty  years  since  it  was 
first  applied,  in  rough  squares,  to  the  improved  mode  of  street  pavement, 
and  for  this  purpose  it  has  been  found  equal  to  the  Scotch  granite. 
Nothing  can  exceed  its  firmness  and  durability,  when  properly  laid  down. 
The  cost  of  the  material  lies  chiefly  in  the  labour  of  detaching  and 
working  it ;  but  the  waste  is  of  nearly  equal  value  with  the  stones,  and 
was  used  in  repairing  the  turnpike  roads  in  the  neighbourhood  long- 
before  Mr.  McAdam  was  known,  and  in  exactly  the  same  manner  as  in 
the  system  called  "  Mac-Adamizing."     Great  quantities  are  got  and  sent 


458  MOUNTSORREL. 

to  all  parts  of  tlie  kingdom,  for  mill-stones,  curb-stones,  paving  stones, 
&c.     The  uses  of  this  almost  indestructible  stone  were  much  extended 
by  the  judgment,  enterprise,  and  perseverance  of  the  late  Mr.  Jackson, 
who,  having  procured  skilful  workmen  from  Scotland,  rendered  it  avail- 
able for  architectural  use  and  ornament.     It  is  now  worked  by  Messrs. 
John  Martin  and  Co.,  who  employ  about  500  men ;  and  when  used  in 
buildings,  in  rough  squares,  with  dressings  and  quoins  of  smooth  sand 
or  freestone,  it  has  a  very  pleasing  effect,  as  may  be  seen  in  the  church 
and  many  other  buildings  in  the  neighbourhood.     In  1861,  the  Earl  of 
Lanesborough  formed  a  railway  from  the  works  to  the  Midland  Company's 
line  at  Barrow,  and  nearly  200  tons  of  granite  are  despatched  along  it 
daily,  to  various  parts  of  the  kingdom.     The  view  from  the  summit  of 
the  quarry  hill  is  one  of  the  finest  in  the  county ;  but  there  are  no 
vestiges  of  the  Castle  which  anciently  stood  upon  it,  and  is  said  to  have 
been  built  by  Hugh,  Earl  of  Chester,  in  1174.     This  castle  was  soon 
afterwards  given  to  the  Earl  of  Leicester,  on  condition  that  the  Earl  of 
Chester's  family  should  be  friendly  received  at  it  when  they  thought 
proper  to  visit  it.     During  the  barons'  wars,  in  1215,  King  John  placed 
it  under  the  government  of  Saer  de  Quency,  who  occupied  it  with  a 
strong  garrison,  but  soon  took  part  with  the  barons,  who  had  invited 
Prince  Louis  of  France  to  their  assistance.     His  garrison  committed 
many  devastations  in  the  neighbourhood,  and  was  several  times  besieged 
by  the  Royalists,  but  without  success.     The  barons  and  their  French 
auxiliaries  being  at  length  overthrown,  the  castle  was  seized  and  razed 
to  the  ground,  in  1217,  as  "  a  nest  of  the  devil,  and  a  den  of  thieves  and 
robbers."     In  1292,  Nicholas   Segrave  was  lord  of  the  manor,   and 
obtained  a  grant  for  a  weekly  market  here,  and  a  fair  for  eight  days. 
The  manor  afterwards  passed  to  the  Mowbray,  Berkeley,  and  other 
families ;  and  its  common  and  open  fields  (300a.)  were  enclosed  under 
an  act  passed  in  1781,  when  it  was  held  by  Sir  John  Danvers,  Bart., 
together  with  the  rectorial  tithes,  which,  as  well  as  the  vicarial  tithes,  in 
both  townships,  were  then  commuted.    At  the  end  of  Barn  lane,  which 
separates  the  two  parishes,  formerly  stood  a  curious  Cross,  which  was 
taken  down  in  1793,  and  removed  to  his  grounds  at  Swithland  Hall,  by 
Sir  J.  Danvers,  who  caused  a  small  market-house  to  be  erected  on  its  site. 
The  old  Church  or  chapel  in  the  township,  called  Mountsorrel  North- 
End,  has  a  nave,  square  tower,  and  three  bells ;  and  the  living  is  a  per- 
petual curacy,  valued  at  £210  per  annum,  nearly  all  derived  from  Bishop 
Beveridge's  Charity  estate,  as  noticed  at  page  455.     The  vicar  of  Barrow- 
upon-Soar  is  patron,  and  the  Rev.  Thos.  Drake,  M.A.,  is  the  incumbent. 
A  new  cemetery  for  this  township  was  formed  in  1859,  about  half-a-mile 
north  of  the  town,  on  the  Loughborough  road.     It  comprises  1^  acre  of 
land,  and  cost  about  ,£1000,  raised  by  a  rate.     Mountsorrel  South-End 
township,   which  is  in  Rothley  parish,  was  formed  into   a  separate 
ecclesiastical  district  by  the  Ecclesiastical  Commissioners  in  184G,  in 
consequence  of  a  small  but  handsome  Church  and  Parsonage  House 
having  been  built  in  it,  at  the  cost  of  about  £5500,  by  Miss  Brinton,  of 
Berkshire,  a  lady  who  had  no  previous  connexion  with  the  place.     She 
provided  the  Rev.  John  Babington,  of  Cossington,  with  funds  for  this 
pious  purpose,  and  the  church  was  erected  in  1844.     It  is  in  the  early 
English  style,  with  a  small  spire,  painted  east  window,  and  fine-toned 
organ.     Both  it  and  the  parsonage  are  built  of  Mountsorrel  granite, 
taken  from  the  hill  on  which  they  stand,  and  relieved  by  white  sandstone 
quoins  and  dressings.    Nearly  twenty  acres  of  land  are  attached  to  the 
parsonage.    The  Rev.  Edw.  Gillson,  M.A.,  is  the  incumbent,  and  has  in 


MOUNTSORREL.  45£) 

his  cure  about  900  souls,  mostly  stocking- weavers.  In  the  town  are  four 
Chapels,  belonging  to  the  Wesleyan,  Primitive,  and  Reform  Methodists, 
and  the  General  Baptists.  That  belonging  to  the  latter  sect  is  an  old 
building  which  was  erected  by  Presbyterians,  and  was  several  times 
preached  in  by  the  celebrated  Dr.  Watts.  Here  is  a  National  School, 
founded  by  Sir  Joseph  Danvers  in  1742,  and  endowed  with  a  house, 
garden,  and  £9  a-year  for  the  master,  in  consideration  of  which  ho 
teaches  reading,  writing,  and  arithmetic,  to  twelve  poor  boys  appointed 
by  the  lord  of  the  manor.  An  Infant  School  was  built  in  1847,  by  the 
Countess  of  Lanesborough,  who  pays  £10  a-year  to  the  mistress.  In 
the  town  is  a  public  reading-room  and  a  library  of  about  600  volumes. 

Mountsorrel  Charities: — In  1G17,  Richard  Nedd  left  in  trust  to 
the  Corporation  of  Leicester  £300  to  be  laid  out  in  land,  and  the  rents 
and  profits  thereof  to  be  distributed  yearly  among  the  poor  of  Mount- 
sorrel. The  property  purchased  consists  of  a  farm  of  54a.  at  Bushby, 
let  for  £70  a-year.  In  1665,  Ralp>h  Smalley  charged  the  Great  Rothesty 
Close,  in  Thornley,  with  the  yearly  rent-charges  of  40s.  for  the  poor,  and 
£5  to  the  resident  curate  of  Mountsorrel  for  preaching  a  sermon  to  the 
poor  on  St.  Thomas's  day.  He  also  left  another  yearly  rent-charge  of 
40s.  for  the  poor,  on  Good  Friday,  out  of  Langland's  Close,  in  Doning- 
ton.  In  1680,  Thomas  Statham  left  £25  for  the  poor,  and  it  was  laid 
out,  with  £5.  10s.  belonging  to  the  chapelry,  in  the  purchase  of  land, 
now  consisting  of  3r.,  let  for  £3,  of  which  10s.  is  paid  for  a  sermon  on 
Twelfth-day,  and  the  remainder  is  distributed  among  the  poor.  The  sum 
of  £216,  given  by  Thos.  Jarrat  and  other  donors  for  the  curate,  poor, 
highways,  and  bridges,  was  laid  out  in  1680  in  the  purchase  of  land,  now 
consisting  of  2a.,  in  Charnwood  Forest,  and  21a.  in  Barrow,  let  for 
£44.  10s.  per  annum,  which  is  disposed  of  as  follows : — £5  to  the  curate, 
who  preaches  a  sermon  the  first  Sunday  after  Martinmas;  £2.  5s.  for 
the  repairs  of  the  highways  and  bridges  ;  12s.  in  bread,  for  poor  widows, 
on  the  first  Sunday  in  October ;  20s.  in  bread  for  the  poor  attending  the 
church  on  the  first  Sunday  after  Martinmas;  and  £35.  13s.  in  a  general 
distribution  among  the  poor  of  both  townships.  In  1699,  Eliz.  Thornton 
bequeathed  three  houses  here,  and  three  roods  and  a  sneath  of  land  at 
Barrow,  in  trust,  to  lay  out  the  rents  as  far  as  necessary  in  repairing  the 
burial  ground  of  the  chapel  here,  now  belonging  to  the  General  Baptists, 
and  to  distribute  the  remainder  among  the  poor  of  the  congregation. 
About  1770,  the  Baptists  converted  one  of  the  houses  into  a  meeting- 
house ;  and  the  other  property  now  belonging  to  the  charity  consists  of 
a  house,  cottage,  and  land,  let  for  £12  a-year.  For  a  long  period  the 
trustees  of  this  have  also  been  trustees  of  that  branch  of  Bartholomew 
Hiclclinys  Charity  which  was  given  for  good  and  conscientious  poor 
people,  (see  p.  409),  and  from  which  they  derive  about  £23.  The  pro- 
ceeds of  both  charities,  after  paying  for  the  repairs  of  the  buiial  ground 
and  20s.  for  refreshments,  are  distributed  among  poor,  deserving  persons, 
chiefly  members  of  the  Baptist  congregation,  who  have  also  £2.  10s. 
yearly  from  Rawlins  Charity,  as  noticed  at  page  464.  Mountsorrel 
has  a  bible  yearly  from  Hiclding's  charity,  (see  page  409,)  and  had 
anciently  a  number  of  small  fee-farm  rents  for  the  curate,  poor,  &c. ;  but 
they  have  not  been  paid  for  a  long  series  of  years,  and  are  therefore 
considered  to  be  lost.  In  1853,  Ann  Castledine  built  four  almshouses  at 
the  north  end  of  the  town  for  four  poor  women.  Each  house  contains 
four  rooms,  and  the  almswomen  are  entitled  to  receive  4s.  per  week,  in 
accordance  with  the  founder's  will.  They  are  at  present  occupied  by 
only  three  poor  women,  who  have  not  for  some  time  received  any  weekly 


460 


MOUNTSORREL, 


stipend ;  but  this  and  all  the  charities  of  Mountsorrel  are  now  under  the 
consideration  of  the  Charity  Commissioners,  who  will  shortly  issue  new 
orders  for  their  management. 

Post  Office  at  Samuel  Prior's.  Letters  arrive  from  Loughborough  at  eight 
morning,  and  are  despatched  at  5£  afternoon.  Money  Orders  are  granted  and 
paid,  and  here  is  a  Post  Office  Savings'  BanJc. 

In  the  following  Directory  of  Mountsorrel,  those  marked  *  are  in  North- 
end,  and  the  others  in  South-end  Township. 
Barrs  Charles,  gentleman,  Green  I  boot  &  shoemkrs. 

*Barrs  Joseph,  cooper  Barrs  William 

Bosworth  James,  police  sergeant  Billson  Thomas 

►  Collins  Mrs  Mary  1 1  *  Collishaw  Mrs  My.    Hughes  William 


Cuffling  Joseph,  quarry  foreman 
♦Ellis  Mr  John     ||  ♦Hassall  Mrs  Eliza 
Gillson  Eev.  Edward,  M.A.,  incumbent 

of  Christ  Church,  The  Parsonage 
*  Jacques  Elijah,  assistant  overseer,  and 

needle  maker 
♦Lovitt  Wm.  inland  revenue  officer 
Martin  John  &  Co.  granite  merchants ; 

h  Whatton  Hall 
Mercer  Mr  Chas.     |]  ♦Leake  Mrs  Eliz. 
♦Mitchell  Miss  Dorothy 
Prior  Samuel,  insurance  agt.  Post  Office 
♦Riley  John,  relieving  officer 
Smith  James,  furniture  broker 
Smith  Wm.  druggist  ||  *  Scott  Mr  Jph. 
Watts  John  Daft,  harness  maker 
♦Webster  Wm.  Hollo  way,  draper 
Willding  Misses  Ann  and  Frances 
♦Wright  Isaac,  quarry  manager 
INNS  AND  TAVERNS. 
♦Anchor,  Joseph  Kinch 
Black  Swan,  Thomas  Wells 
Bull  and  Mouth,  Henry  Clark 
Crown  and  Thistle,  Charles  Martiu 
♦Duke  of  York,  Joseph  Jellcy 
Exhibition  Inn,  William  Pepper 
♦Griffin,  John  Gill 
♦Nag's  Head,  John  Boulton 
Plough,  William  Simpson 
♦Red  Lion,  William  Osborn 
♦White  Swan,  George  Bampton 
William  IV.,  George  Duncan 


BAKERS,  &C 

*Bates  William 
Billson  George 
Briggs  Thomas 
Halford  Isaac 
Jacques  William 
♦Mitchell  Charles 
Wale  John 

BASKET  MAKERS. 

♦Shaw  Joseph 
Ward  Thomas 


'Ward  William 

BEERHOUSES. 

Antill  John    (and 
church  clerk  and 
town  crier) 
Noon  Mary 
♦Smith  Richard 
♦Woolley  George 

BLACKSMITH. 

♦Potter  William 


Lockwood  Francis 
Pool  William 
Ward  James 
♦Willding  Thomas 

BRICKLAYERS. 

Chapman  John 
Chapman  Robert 
Chapman  Thomas 
NoonJnoChapman 
Rudkin  William 

BUTCHERS. 

Freer  Robert 
Gee  George 
♦Simpson  Thomas 
Simpson  William 

COAL  MERCHANTS. 

♦Jacques  William 

♦  Jelley  Joseph 
♦Pepper  William 

CORN    MILLER3. 

Dexter  Edward ;  h 

Sicithland 
♦Everard  Richard, 
Water  mill 

FARMERS. 

♦Adderley  Henry 
Barrs  Charles 
♦Cuffling  Joseph 
Priestley  Joseph 

♦  Scarborough  Wm . 

GARDENERS. 

♦Burton  John 
Burton  Thomas 
grocers,  &c. 
Bampton  Geo.  jun. 
Brown  Rebecca 
Freer  William 
♦Gee  William 
♦Hewitt  Charles 
Johnson  William 
♦LeakeChas.  Fras. 
Noon  Mary 
♦Preston  James 


Ward  Thomas  (and 

tallow  chandler) 
♦Warner  William 

joiners,  &c. 
Gilbert  Thos.  (and 

church  clerk) 
♦Grundy  William 
♦Johnson  William 
Smith  Simeon  and 

John 

MALTSTERS. 

♦Mitchell  John 
Priestley  Joseph 

PLUMBERS  &  GLZRS. 

♦Harrald  Charles 
♦King  John  Walter 

SCHOOLS. 

♦Brewin  Rebecca 
♦Hassall  Eliza 
Infant,MyScavm{t 
National,  Thomas 
&  Cath.  Scarratt 

SURGEONS. 

Atherley  Joseph 
*WrightSaml.(and 

registrar  of  births 

and  deaths) 

TAILORS. 

♦Fowkes  Allen 
Hallam  William 
Turlington  George 
Warner  William 

WHEELWRIGHTS. 

Balm  John 
♦Place  Richard 

CARRIERS 

To  Leicester,  Wed. 
and  Sat.,  and  to 
Loughbro\Thrs. 

Richardson  Prior 

Summerfield  Jph. 

Omnibuses  pass 
through,  from 
Leicester  to 
Loughbro',  and 
back,  every  day, 
except  Thursday 


QUORNDON  is  a  largo  village,  township,  and  chapelry,  in  the  parish 
of  Barrow-upon-Soar,  and  on  the  west  side  of  the  river  Soar.  It  has 
three  good  streets,  one  on  theXeicester  and  Loughborough  road,  8£  miles 


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N.  of  the  former,  2|  miles  S.S.E.  of  the  latter  town,  1|  mile  N.N.W.  of 
Mountsorrel,  and  about  a  mile  W.  of  the  Midland  Railway  Station,  at 
Barrow.  The  drives  and  walks  in  the  vicinity  are  extremely  picturesque, 
and  the  prospects  from  some  of  the  woody  hills  are  extensive  and  varied. 
Quorndon  township  comprises  about  2131  acres  of  land,  rising  in  bold 
and  well- wooded  hills,  from  the  fertile  meadows  near  the  river ;  and  had 
1503  inhabitants  in  1821 ;  1811,  in  1841 ;  and  1622,  in  1861.  Many  of 
them  are  employed  in  framework-knitting,  &c,  and  Messrs.  Balm,  Hill, 
&  Co.,  lace,  and  cotton  tatting,  dc.  manufacturers,  employ  here  about  100 
hands.  In  old  writings,  the  manor  is  spelt  Querne,  Quernedon,  dc.  In 
1291,  it  was  held  by  Philip  Marmion ;  and  the  Beaumonts  afterwards 
held  it  as  a  member  of  Loughborough.  In  1393,  John  Farnham,  whose 
family  settled  here  soon  after  the  Conquest,  held  for  a  chaplain  in  the 
chapel,  1  mess,  2  virgates,  1  toft,  and  2  cottages.  The  Earl  of  Lanes- 
borough  is  now  lord  of  the  manor  ;  but  a  great  part  of  the  soil  belongs  to 
Edward  Basil  Farnham,  Esq. ;  W.  P.  Herrick,  Esq ,  and  a  number  of 
smaller  owners.  Mr.  Farnham  resides  at  Quorndon  House,  a  neat 
mansion,  with  pleasant  grounds  on  the  northern  declivity  of  the  lofty 
range  of  hills  extending  from  Charnwood  Forest  to  Mountsorrel,  and 
on  the  west  side  of  the  village,  near  a  rivulet  which  runs  to  the  Soar. 
Quorndon  Hall,  on  the  east  side  of  the  village,  near  the  river  Soar,  is  a 
plain  mansion  of  white  brick,  which  was  purchased  in  1750,  by  H. 
Meynell,  Esq.,  the  celebrated  sportsman,  and  was  long  occupied  in  the 
fox-hunting  season  by  the  masters  of  the  Quorndon  Hunt;  but  is  now  the 
property  and  residence  of  Edw.  Warner,  Esq.  The  extensive  kennels, 
near  the  Hall,  arc  occupied  by  a  large  pack  of  hounds  belonging  to  the 
Earl  of  Stamford  and  Warrington.  Quorndon  Place  is  the  property  of 
T.  Cradock,  Esq.,  of  Quorn  Court,  but  is  at  present  occupied  by  F.  A. 
Dawson,  Esq.  The  chapelry  of  Quorndon  was  enclosed,  and  the  tithes 
commuted  in  1762.  The  Church  (St.  Bartholomew)  is  an  ancient 
structure,  with  a  tower  and  six  bells,  and  contains  many  monumental 
inscriptions  in  memory  of  members  of  the  Farnham  Family,  whose 
great  ancestor,  Sir  Robt.  de  Farnham,  came  to  England  with  William 
the  Conqueror.  The  north  aisle  was  enlarged  about  20  years  ago,  at  the 
cost  of  .£700,  and  a  new  Parsonage  House,  in  the  Elizabethan  style,  was 
built  hi  1837,  at  the  cost  of  £1200.  The  living  is  &  perpetual  curacy, 
which  was  certified  at  £12,  and  valued,  in  1831,  at  £122,  being  augmented 
in  1728  and  1762  with  £400  of  Q.A.B.,  and  in  the  former  year  with  £200, 
given  by  the  Rev.  R.  Bewicke.  The  vicar  of  Barrow  is  patron,  and  the 
Rev.  Robt.  Stammers,  M.A.,  is  the  incumbent.  There  was  in  the  church 
a  chantry,  dedicated  to  St.  Peter,  and  founded  in  1328  by  Sir  John 
Hamlyn,  who  endowed  it  with  lands  at  Wymondham,  valued  at  the 
dissolution  at  £4.  4s.  9^-d. 

Here  is  a  General  Baptist-  Chapel,  built  in  1770,  and  having  600 
sittings,  and  a  large  Sunday  school  room  attached.  The  Rev.  Jas. 
Staddon  is  the  present  minister.  In  the  village  are  also  small  chapels 
belonging  to  the  Wesleyan  and  Primitive  Methodists.  The  former  was 
much  improved,  at  a  cost  of  about  £170,  in  1861,  when  a  new  brick 
front  was  erected,  new  pews  and  pulpit  fitted  up,  and  the  two  old 
cottages  adjoining  and  belonging  to  the  chapel,  were  rebuilt.  Here  is 
an  Association  for  the  Prosecution  of  Felons  ;  several  Friendly  Societies, 
Oddfellows  Lodges,  d-c.  ;  and  an  Allotment  Society,  which  rents  land,  and 
lets  it  in  garden  plots  of  600  square  yards,  at  low  rents,  to  the  poor 
inhabitants. — Gas  Works  were  established  here  in  1853,  at  a  cost  of 
£3300,  raised  in  £5  shares,  and  the  village  is  now  well  lighted  with  gas, 


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which  is  sold  at  the  rate  of  Cs.  3d.  per  1000  cubic  feet.  Mountsorrel  is 
also  lighted  from  these  works.  The  Reading  Room  and  Library  were 
established  in  1854,  and  are  supported  by  subscription. 

Quorndon  Charities. — The  National  School  was  built  in  1835,  and 
the  Infant  School  in  1836,  by  the  trustees  of  the  following  Charity  Estate, 
but  they  are  chiefly  supported  by  donations  and  the  small  payments  of 
the  scholars.  An  estate  given  by  unknown  donors  has  been  vested  in 
trust  from  an  early  period,  for  the  support  of  a  minister  and  school- 
master, the  reparation  of  the  bridges,  and  the  relief  of  the  poor,  and  now 
produces  about  .£113  per  annum.  Out  of  this  income,  the  trustees  pay 
.£12  to  the  incumbent,  Mo  towards  the  support  of  the  schools,  and 
distribute  the  remainder  in  coals,  clothing,  &c,  to  the  poor,  and  in 
repairing  the  bridges  and  the  buildings  on  the  charity  estate.  This 
chapelry  is  entitled  to  send  six  free  scholars  to  the  school  at  Woodhouse, 
founded  by  Thos.  Rawlins,  from  whose  charity  the  poor  here  have  various 
sums,  amounting  to  J40  a  year,  besides  =£2  for  apprenticing  a  poor  boy. 
(See  page  464.)  In  1691,  Mrs.  Margt<  Kaye  left  a  yearly  rent  charge 
of  30s.  for  the  poor  out  of  her  estates  here,  now  belonging  to  E.  B. 
Farnham,  Esq.,  and  it  is  distributed  in  bread  on  Good-Friday.  The 
dividends  of  J220.  7s.  9d.  three  per  cent,  stock,  purchased  with  £200, 
left  by  the  Rev.  John  Prior,  in  1830,  are  distributed  in  bread  amongst 
the  most  necessitous  poor,  in  January,  by  the  minister  and  church- 
wardens. In  1827,  Geo.  Hyde  left  £1000  for  the  poor ;  but  it  was  not 
paid  till  1838,  when  it  was  recovered,  with  arrears  of  interest,  after  a 
suit  in  Chancery.  The  annual  proceeds  are  distributed  half-yearly 
among  the  poor  of  Quorndon,  who  have  also  a  bible  yearly  from 
Hichlings  Charity.     (See  p.  409.) 

Post  Office  at  Thomas  Freeman's.  Letters  arrive  from  Loughborough  at 
7  \  morning,  and  are  despatched  at  6  evening. 


Baker  MrsEliz.  ||  Balm  Mrs.  Mary  A. 
Balm,  Hill,  &  Co.  lace,  silk  net,  &c.mfrs 
Balm  John,  manager 
Bradshaw  John  Brown,  M.D. 
Burton  Rd.  gent.  (|  Carter  Miss  F.  H. 
Camm    Joseph,    land    surveyor,   rate 
collector,  and  manager  of  Gas  Works 
Camm  Thomas,  corn  miller 
Chapman  Mr  Wra.  |]  Cross  Mr  Richd. 
Cradock  Thos.  Esq.  solicitor,  Quom  Ct 
Crofts  Mary  Ann  and  Jane,  drapers 
Dawson  Fras.  Alex.  Esq.  Quorndon  PI 
Day  Mr  Thomas  ||  Hall  Mr  Edward 
Disney  James  and  George,  nail  mkrs 
Earp  Edwin,  corn  miller 
Evans  Thomas,  needle  maker 
Farnham  Edw.  Basil,Esq. Quorndon  Hs 
Farthing  Jno.  Johnson,  tanner  &  currier 
Gambles  Thomas,  wood  dealer 
Hallam  John,  hairdresser 
Harris  Samuel,  surgeon 
Hind  James,  gentleman,  Soar  Villa 
Inglesant  Joseph,  Esq.  barrister-at-law 
Inglesant  Mrs  Ann 

Martin  Israel,  draper,  and  Saml.  mason 
MessengerTkos.G.plmbr.f&Loughbro') 
Moore  John,  hosiery  manufacturer 
Olive  John,  farm  bailiff,  and  gardener 
Pick  Mr  John  II  Richardson  Mrs  Jane 


Sarson  Thomas,  gentleman,  Soar  House 
Smith  Mrs  Sarah  ||  Sheffield  Mr  Thos 
Squire  Benjamin,  druggist 
Staddon  Rev.  James  (Genl.  Baptist) 
Stammers  Rev.  Robert,  M.A.  incumbent 
of  Woodhouse  &  Quorndon  Parsonage 
Swain  Wm.  painter  &  gravestone  cutter 
Tacey  Joseph,  gent.  Verandah  Cottage 
Treadwell  John,  huntsman 
Underwood  Samuel,  manager 
Warner  Edward,  Esq.  Quorndon  Hall 
Webster  Joseph,  hosiery  manufacturer 
White  John,  butler  ||  Wood  Mr  Henry 
Whitehall  Thomas,  stud  groom 
Woodruffe  Miss  Catherine 
Woodruffe  Misses  E.,  M.  A.  and  H. 

INNS  AND   TAVERNS. 
Blue  Ball,  Samuel  Briggs 
Ball's  Head,  Thomas  Holmes 
White  Hart,  James  Rumsby 
White  Horse,  Thomas  Hubbard 


BAKERS,    &C 

Ball  Sarah 
Chapman  John 
Crofts  Richard 
Marson  Charles 
Parkinson  Thos. 
Webster  William 


BEERHOUSES. 

Callis  Samuel 
Chapman  John 
Hesse  Robert 
Sheffield  Hannah 
Wakelin  William 
Webster  Joseph 
Winterton  John 


QUORNDON    TOWNSHIP. 


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BLACKSMITHS. 

Holmes  James 
Holmes  Thomas 
Spittlekouse  John 

BOOT  &  SHOE  MKRS. 

Bradshaw  John 
Mars  on  William 
Sharp  William 
Smith  John 
Sutton  Benjamin 
Sutton  Charles 

BRICKLAYERS. 

Fewkes  Henry 
Martin  Samuel 
Sutton  Robert 

BUTCHERS. 

Lacey  Henry 
Moore  Mary  Ann 
Richardson  John 
Sanders  George 

FARMERS. 

Ball  Philip 
Barnett  Samuel 


I  Bates  Alice 
Briggs  Charles 
Briggs  John 
Chapman  William 
Cripwell  John 
Cross  Ann 
Dexter  George 
Hives  Richard 
Mee  Frederick 
Renals  Edmund 
Richardson  Jane 
Sanders  George 
Sarson  Thos.  jun. 
Smith  William 

GROCERS. 

Callis  Samuel,  and 
news  agent 

Freeman  Thos.  & 
coal  dealer 

Trueman(Thos.)& 
North(Thos.);& 
tallow  chandlers 


JOINERS    &   BLDRS. 

Greaves  John 
Sanders  John 
Taylor  John 

SADDLERS. 

Brown  William 
Cragg  Edward 
Worrall  John 

SCHOOLS. 

National,  William 
Baker  and  Annie 
Kewley 

Ryde  Jane 

Tomlinson  Wm 

SHOPKEEPERS. 

Lucas  Thomas 
Lynas  Ellen 
Mee  Benjamin 
Rennocks  William 
Wilkinson  Stpn. 

TAILORS. 

Cragg  Joseph 


Marson  John 
Mee  Benjamin 
Thornton  William 

WATCHMAKER. 

Lucas  Thos.  jun. 

WHEELWRIGHTS. 

Bates  Isaac 
Bates  Joseph 

CARRIERS. 

John    Brown,    to 
Leicester,  Wed. 
and  Sat.  and  to 
Loughborough, 
Thursday 
Saml.  Briggs  and 
Chas.  Lovett,  to 
Loughbro'  daily 
Railway     Trains 
from  Barrow  sta- 
tion several  times 
a  day. 


WOODHOUSE,  a  pleasant  village  near  Beaumanor  Park,  nearly 
three  miles  W.  of  Mountsorrel,  and  3£  miles  S.  of  Loughborough, 
presents  a  picture  of  real  English  rustic  beauty,  such  as  is  rarely  to  be 
met  with.  All  the  old  houses  have  been  replaced  within  the  last  ten 
years  by  charming  little  ornamental  cottages,  with  gables,  porches,  &c, 
contrasting  admirably  with  the  surrounding  scenery.  Woodhouse  gives 
name  to  a  large  township  and  cliapelry,  in  the  parish  of  Barrow-upon- 
Soar,  containing  about  2770  acres  of  land,  including  large  allotments  on 
the  eastern  side  of  Charnwood  Forest,  which  were  allotted  to  it  at  the 
enclosure  of  that  hilly  and  rocky  district.  In  1861,  the  whole  cliapelry 
had  1280  inhabitants,  of  whom  390  were  in  Woodhouse;  845,  in  Wood- 
house-Eaves- Hamlet;  25  in  Mapplewell ;  and  20  in  Alderman's  Haw. 
Beaumanor  is  also  united  with  it  for  the  support  of  the  poor,  as  after- 
wards noticed.  Woodhouse-Eaves  is  a  large  village,  with  a  church, 
nearly  a  mile  west  of  Woodhouse,  at  the  foot  of  a  bold  rocky  acclivity 
of  Charnwood  Forest.  The  forest  rocks  are  here  extremely  picturesque, 
and  from  some  of  the  summits  Lincoln  and  Coventry  Cathedrals  may  be 
seen.  They  are  composed  of  rough  slate,  traversed  by  veins  of  quartz. 
Hones,  or  Whetstones,  are  found  in  large  quantities  at  Whittle's  Hill, 
and  are  sent  to  great  distances.  About  20  tons  per  annum  are  disposed 
of  in  their  rough  state  at  the  rate  of  ^7.  10s.  per  ton.  The  soil  in  the 
lower  grounds,  east  of  the  forest,  is  generally  a  strong  but  fertile  loam ; 
and  some  of  the  inhabitants  are  engaged  in  weaving  hosiery.  William 
Perry  Herrick,  Esq.,  of  Beaumanor,  is  lord  of  the  manor  of  Woodhouse, 
and  owner  of  a  great  part  of  the  soil,  and  the  rest  belongs  to  E.  B. 
Farnham,  Esq.,  Thomas  Pares,  Esq.,  the  Rev.  J.  S.  Hiley,  and  Thomas 
L.  Kendrick,  Esq.  Alderman  s  Haiu  had  a  cell  of  three  Cluniac  Monks, 
belonging  to  Bermondsey  Priory,  and  was  granted  to  Thos.  Farnham,  at 
the  dissolution.  Mapplewell  is  a  hamlet  of  251  acres,  in  the  manor  of 
Groby,  and  belongs  to  the  Crompton  family.  The  ancient  Church  at 
Woodhouse  is  finely  mantled  with  ivy,  and  has  a  good  tower,  containing 
four  bells.  It  was  originally  built  by  Henry  Beaumont,  Earl  Buchan, 
in  1338,  and  was  repaired  and  glazed  about  a  century  afterwards,  as 


464  WOODHOUSE   TOWNSHIP. 

appears  by  an  agreement  between  Robert  Farnham  and  a  freemason. 
The  present  square-headed  windows  appear  to  have  been  inserted  in  the 
time  of  James  I.  The  church  was  repaired  and  the  upper  part  of  the 
tower  rebuilt  in  1844,  at  a  cost  of  £200,  given  by  the  late  Mrs.  Hiley  ; 
and,  in  1858,  it  underwent  a  thorough  restoration,  at  the  expense  of 
nearly  £000,  given  by  W.  P.  Herrick,  Esq.,  who  at  the  same  time 
inserted  a  beautiful  stained  glass  window  in  the  chancel,  representing 
the  four  Evangelists  with  our  Saviour,  the  agony  in  the  garden,  Christ 
bearing  his  cross,  the  crucifixion,  the  resurrection,  and  the  ascension. 
There  are  four  other  stained  glass  windows  in  the  church,  one  of  which 
contains  figures  of  St.  Peter  and  St.  Paul,  and  was  inserted  by  the  late 
Mrs.  Hiley.  The  others  are  very  ancient,  and  contain  the  arms  of 
Henry  VI.,  Edward  the  Confessor,  Katherine  of  Anjou,  the  Earl  of 
Northumberland,  and  the  Beaumont,  Heyricke,  Perry,  May,  Neville, 
Greystock,  Phelipp,  and  other  families.  There  are  also  several  beautiful 
mural  tablets  in  memory  of  members  of  the  Herrick  family ;  and  on  the 
pulpit,  reading-desk,  and  other  parts,  are  carved  several  quaint  inscrip- 
tions. The  perpetual  curacy,  though  only  returned  at  £73  in  1831,  was 
augmented  with  £000  of  Q.A.B..  from  1784  to  1792,  and  with  a  Parlia- 
mentary grant  of  .£1200  in  1814.  It  is  now  worth  about  £140  per 
annum.  The  Vicar  of  Barrow  is  patron,  and  the  Rev.  Robt.  Stammers, 
M.A.,  of  Quorndon,  incumbent.  The  Rev.  J.  S.  Hiley,  M.A.,  who  is  a 
large  owner  in  the  township,  and  has  a  handsome  residence  near  the 
church,  is  the  curate.  St.  Paul's  Chuuch,  in  the  village  of  Woodhouse 
Eaves,  is  a  handsome  fabric  in  the  early  English  style,  built  in  1837,  at 
the  cost  of  £1200,  raised  by  subscription,  except  £200  given  by  the 
Incorporated  Society.  It  has  a  tower  and  one  bell,  and  is  overlooked 
by  one  of  the  lofty  rocks  of  Charnwood.  A  neat  parsonage  house  has 
been  built  near  it.  A  district,  comprising  about  1000  souls,  was  annexed 
to  it  in  1844,  and  is  styled,  "  The  Consolidated  Chapelry  District  of  St. 
PauVs,  Woodhouse  Eaves."  The  perpetual  curacy,  valued  at  £114,  is 
in  the  patronage  of  the  lords  of  the  six  manors  on  the  forest,  and  incum- 
bency of  the  Rev.  T.  S.  Millington.  At  Woodhouse  Eaves  there  are 
three  chapels,  belonging  to  the  General  Baptists,  Wesleyans,  and 
Primitive  Methodists,  and  built  respectively  in  1790,  1819,  and  1857. 
Miss  Herrick,  of  Beaumanor,  built  four  almshouses  at  Woodhouse,  in 
1850,  for  four  poor  decayed  tradespeople,  either  men  or  women. 

The  commodious  National  School,  built  about  twenty  years  ago,  at 
Woodhouse  Eaves,  is  attended  by  150  children,  and  was  endowed  by 
the  late  Mr.  Charles  Allsop,  with  £1000  three  per  cent.  Consols.  A 
handsome  residence,  for  the  master  and  mistress,  was  built  near  it,  in 
1800,  by  Miss  Herrick,  at  a  cost  of  £500.  The  Free  Grammar  School 
at  Woodhouse  was  built  in  1091,  by  Thomas  Rawltns,  who,  in  that 
3rear,  and  in  1712,  gave  propert}7  for  that  and  other  charitable  uses, 
which  now  produces  £280  per  annum,  of  which  £100  arises  from  a  farm 
of  72a.  1r.  5p.  in  Woodhouse  and  Charnwood  Forest,  and  2a.  34p. 
near  the  school ;  and  £180  from  a  house  in  Paternoster  row,  London. 
The  schoolmaster  has  a  good  house,  and  also  £24  a  year  out  of  the 
above  income  ;  and  the  rest  is  expended  in  stationery,  taxes,  repairs  of 
school  and  master's  house,  distributions  among  the  poor  of  Woodhouse 
and  Quorndon,  and  apprentice  fees  for  poor  boys  of  Woodhouse  and 
Quorndon,  except  £80,  divided  between  the  two  eldest  trustees;  £2. 10s. 
to  poor  Presbyterian  dissenters  of  Mountsorrel ;  £1  to  the  poor  of 
Barrow ;  and  £1  for  repairing  roads  in  Woodhouse.  The  schoolmaster 
is  required  to  teach  34  free  scholars  reading,  writing,  and  arithmetic, 
and,  such  of  them  as  require  it,  classics  and  mathematics.    He  also 


WOODHOUSE    CHAPELRY. 


465 


receives  other  scholars  who  pay  for  their  instruction.  Six  of  the  free 
scholars  may  be  sent  from  Quorndon,  and  six  from  Barrow,  agreeable 
to  the  founder's  intentions.  E.  B.  Farnham,  Esq.,  Mr.  Wm.  Chapman, 
and  others,  are  the  trustees.  In  1688,  Thomas  Wood  left  for  the  poor 
of  Woodhouse  £50,  which  was  laid  out  in  the  purchase  of  1|-a.  of  land, 
now  let  for  £4.  10s.,  to  which  is  added  £1,  as  the  interest  of  £%0,  which 
arose  from  the  sale  of  timber,  and  the  whole  income  is  distributed  in 
sums  of  2s.  6d.  each.  In  1696,  Wm.  Rawlins  left  a  house  and  close, 
and  directed  the  rents  to  be  applied  in  apprenticing  a  poor  boy  of  Wood- 
house,  who  shall  have  been  taught  at  the  Free  Grammar  School.  The 
house  was  rebuilt  some  years  ago,  and  is  now  let  with  the  close  for 
£13,  to  which  is  added  £1,  as  the  rent  of  an  allotment  of  2a.  17p.  in 
Charnwood  Forest.  Woodhouse  is  one  of  the  places  entitled  to  a  bible 
yearly  from  Bartholomew  Hickling's  charity.    (See  p.  409.) 

Post  Office  at  Hannah  Stubbs',  Woodhouse  Eaves.     Letters  via  Lough- 
borough. 

|  BOOT  &SHOE  MRUS 

Bailey  Joshua 


WOODHOUSE. 
Angrave  James,  farmer,  Rushyjields 
Dexter  John  R.  cattle  jobber 
Flewitt  John,  farmer 
Hiley  Rev.  John  Simeon,  M.A.  curate 
Hives  John,  corn  miller 
Humphreys  Henry,  land  steward 
Kennedy  Mrs  Charlotte 
Lester  Hy.  master,  Grammar  School 
McLean  James,  gardener 
Massey  William,  joiner 
Parlby  William,  butler  at  Beaumanor 
Preston  Stephen,  bricklayer 
SarsonJas.  Foster,  farmer,  Turvey  Lees 

WOODHOUSE  EAVES. 
Chell  William,  wheelwright 
Clewes  Samuel  William,  Esq. 
Millington  Rev.  Thos.  Short,  incumbt. 
Pettitt  Wm.  and  Eliz.  National  School 
Stubbs  Mrs  Hannah,  Post  Office 
Toone  Wm.  Henry,  solicitor 
Wood  Charles  Walker,  surgeon 
Woodford  John,  clerk 

INNS  AND  TAVERNS. 
Anchor,  Sarah  Hunt 
Bull's  Head,  Henry  Squires 
Royal  Oak,  William  Foulds 
Slate  Pit  Inn,  John  Dable 

BEERHOUSES.  BLACKSMITHS. 

Foulds  William        Bedesmore  Thos. 
Kirby  John  Newberry  Charles 

Lester  Thomas         Stubbs  Jesse 


Burton  Edward 
Foulds  Edward 
Thompson  Joseph 
Walker  William 

BRICKLAYERS. 

Bensher  Thomas 
Hoult  Thomas 

BUTCHERS. 

Angrave  Thomas 
Foulds  Edward 
Simpson  Stephen 
Woodford  Francis, 
(&asst.overseer) 

FARMERS,    &C 

Abell  John,  Broom 
Briggs 

Bramley  William, 
Brand 

Briscoe  Wm.  Wor- 
thington,  Broom 
Briggs 

Cumberland  Thos. 
Mapplewell 

Fould  Joseph 

Hackney  William, 
Black  Hill 

Hargrave  Robert, 
A  Iderman 'sHaio 

Morris  Charlotte  & 
Letitia,  Alder- 
man's Haw 


I  North  John 

Peberdy  Jno.  Bea- 
con Farm 

Tomlinson  Willm. 
Beacon  Cottage 

JOINERS. 

Johnson  Edward 
Squire  William 

SHOPKEEPERS. 

Hill  William 
Hindley  John 
Kirby  John 
Macdonald  Thos. 
Martin  Charles 
Squire  Charles,  (& 

baker,  &c.) 
Squire  Henry 
Squire  William 
Sutton  David 

TAILORS. 

Holwell  Thoma3 
Riley  John 
Wilmot  Thomas 

CARRIERS. 

To  Leicester,  Wed. 

and  Sat. 
Broughton  Wm. 
Hardy  Joseph 
Taylor  William 
To  Loughborotigh, 

Thursday 
Taylor  William 
Whatnall  Richard 


BEAUMANOB  is  a  manorial  liberty,  three  miles  S.  of  Loughborough, 
and  adjoining  Woodhouse  township,  with  which  it  is  now  united  for  the 
support  of  its  poor.  It  contains  about  1385a.  of  land,  and  73  inhabitants, 
and  belongs  to  Wm.  Perry  Herrick,  Esq.,  who  resides  at  the  Hall,  which 
is  one  of  the  most  extensive  and  splendid  mansions  in  the  county,  and 
was  entirely  rebuilt  in  1845-'6  from  a  design  by  Mr.  Railton.  It  is  an 
exquisite  specimen  of  the  late  Tudor  style  of  architecture,  and  is  built  of 
red  brick,  with  stone  quoins  and  dressings.     The  south  front  looks  out 

2g 


466  BEAUMANOE. 

on  a  double  avenue  of  noble  elms  ;  the  west  on  a  charming  plaisaunce, 
with  the  Charnwood  hills  in  the  distance ;  and  the  east  forms  the  hand- 
some and  appropriate  entrance.     The  principal  rooms  are  profusely,  but 
most  judiciously,  decorated  with  the  gold  and  varied  colour  which  charac- 
terise the  Elizabethan  age.      They  open  upon  one  of  the  finest  entrance 
halls  in  the  kingdom,  from  which  rises  a  massive  and  elaborately  carved 
oak  staircase,  leading  by  two  branches  to  a  gallery,  which  gives  access 
to  three  sides  of  the  building.  The  staircase  and  hall  glow  with  the  light 
of  a  large  coloured  window,  emblazoned  with  heraldic  devices ;  and 
elegance  and  comfort  are  combined  in  the  whole  of  the  interior  arrangements 
of  this  noble  mansion  in  a  degree  rarely  equalled.      In  the  hall  stands  a 
large  and  curious  chair  cut  from  the    solid  trunk  of  an  oak  which 
measured  37  feet  in  circumference.   Upon  this  chair  hangs  a  garland  of 
roses  surrounding  a  spear  and  an  arrow  head.    This  is  the  annual  tender  of 
the  Farnham  family,  for  the  tenure  of  certain  lands  called  Rushy  Fields. 
A  pound  of  pepper  from  Barrow,  and  four  flights  of  arrows  from  Frisby 
are  also  presented  to  the  owner  of  Beaumanor,  in  lieu  of  the  ancient 
feudal  services  which  they  thus  record.    Among  many  fine  paintings  here 
are  some  admirable  landscapes  painted  by  Miss  Herrick ;  an  interesting 
portrait  of  the  Venerable  Jenkins,  who  lived  to  the  age  of  169  ;  a  small 
portrait  of  Lady  Jane  Grey ;  original  portraits  of  James  I.  and  his  consort, 
Anne  of  Denmark ;  and  a  number  of  family  portraits  of  great  interest. 
Upon  that  of  Lady  Herrick  is  inscribed,  "Art  may  her  outsyd  thvs 
present  to  view;  How  faire  wythin,  nor  arte,  nor  tongue  can  shew."  The 
mansion  stands  surrounded  by  noble  avenues  of  ancient  elms  and  ivy- 
wreathed  oaks  in  a  beautiful  Park,  sheltered  on  the  south  and  west  by 
the  rocky  and  woody  hills  which  extend  from  Charnwood  Forest  to 
Mountsorrel.  In  1656,  the  ancient  manor  house  was  described  as  "  moated 
round  about  with  a  fair  and  clear  moat ;  and  at  a  little  distance  from  the 
said  moat  are  barns  and  stables,  and  all  other  out  offices,  about  which  is 
a  second  moat."     This  was  probably  the  "pratie  logge  longing  alate  to 
Beaumont,"  which  Leland  in  1536   alludes  to,   and  upon  which  the 
ancestors  of  the  present  owner  entered  about  the  end  of  the  16th  century. 
A  new  mansion  of  Italian  architecture  was  erected  on  its  site  in  1725, 
and  this,  in  its  turn,  gave  place  to  the  present  magnificent  structure.  Sir  W. 
Heyricke,  in  the  early  part  of  the  17th  century,  disparked  most  of  the 
manor,  and  in  1690,  the  greater  part  of  the  fine  timber  trees  were  cut 
down.     During  the  last  twelve  years  the  park  has  again  been  extended 
to  its  original  limits,  and  now  occupies  nearly  the  whole  manor.     It  is 
still  richly  clothed  with  large  oak,  ash,  elm,  and  other  trees,  though  many 
very  large  oaks  were  cut  down  during  the  French  wars  for  the  use  of  the 
navy,  some  of  them  measuring  upwards  of  22  feet  in  girth.     Beaumanor 
was  held  by  Hugh,  Earl  of  Chester,  in  1086,  and  in  the  14th  century,  it 
was  held  by  the  Beaumonts  as  a  member  of  Loughborough,  and  from 
them  passed,  in  1461,  to  Sir  Wm.  Hastings,  and  from  him  to  Lord  Leonard 
Grey  in  1483.     It  afterwards  became  the  property  of  the  Duchess  of 
Suffolk,  the  daughter  of  the  celebrated  Charles  Brandon,  and  mother  of 
Lady  Jane  Grey.     This  lady  married  Mr.  Adrian  Stocks,  who  outlived 
her,  and  for  some  time  held  the  manor,  which  was  then  leased  by  Queen 
Elizabeth  to  the  celebrated  Earl  of  Essex,  who  transferred  it  in  1594  to 
Wm.  Heyriclce,  Esq.,  of  London,  who  was  born  at  Leicester,  about  1557, 
and  had  spacious  houses  in  London,  Westminster,  and  Richmond,  though 
he  resided  generally  at  Court.     He  was  in  great  favour  with  Queen 
Elizabeth  and  James  I.,  who  employed  him  in  several  honourable  and 
lucrative  offices.      The  former  sent  him  on  an  embassy  to  the  Ottoman 
Porte ;  and  in  1605,  he  was  knighted  at  Greenwich.    He  died  in  1652, 


BEAUMANOR.  467 

and  was  buried  at  St.  Martin's  church,  in  Leicester.  It  is  evident  he 
acquired  considerable  riches,  as  many  of  the  nobility,  and  even  the 
monarch,  borrowed  money  of  him.  The  present  owner  has  taken  down 
all  the  old  houses  on  the  estate,  and  replaced  them  by  handsome  model 
cottages,  each  containing  three  bed  rooms.  In  accordance  with  a  very 
ancient  custom,  the  children  of  Woodhouse  and  Woodhouse  Eaves,  on 
presenting  themselves  at  the  hall  on  Valentine's  day  receive  one  penny 
each,  and  sometimes  there  have  been  as  many  as  300  recipients.  Some 
of  the  inhabitants  are  so  tenacious  of  the  custom,  that  many  years  ago  a 
party  of  labourers  voluntarily  cut  a  passage  through  a  deep  snow  to 
enable  the  juveniles  to  pass. 

Post  from  Loughborough. 
Herrick  William  Perry,  Esq.  and  Miss 
Mary  Ann,  Beaumanor  Hall 


Goring  Thomas,  gamekeeper 
FARMERS.— John  Bramley,   School 


farm;  James  Cumberland,  Charley 
Knoxole  ;  Thos.  Cumberland,  Pocket 
gate;  Samuel  Henton,  Park  farm; 
John  Pepper;  and  John  Smith, 
Whittle  hill 


BEAUMONT  LEYS  is  an  extra-parochial  estate,  2  miles  N.  by  W. 
of  Leicester,  comprising  1210  acres  of  land,  G  houses,  and  31  inhabitants, 
and  supporting  its  poor  as  a  separate  parish,  annexed  to  Barrow  Union. 
It  formerly  belonged  to  John  Aislabie,  Esq.,  who  built  a  good  house,  and 
planted  extensive  avenues  here.  It  passed  to  his  granddaughter,  the 
late  Miss  Laurence,  of  Studley-Royal,  Yorkshire,  who  bequeathed  it  at 
her  death  to  its  present  owner,  Sir  CornwaUis  Ricketts,  Bart.  The 
house  is  now  occupied  by  Mr.  Wm.  Matts,  the  principal  tenant,  and  the 
Lodge  farm  is  occupied  by  Mr.  Joseph  Burgess.  Part  of  the  land  is 
occupied  by  Messrs.  James  Astill,  of  Anstey,  and  John  Astill,  of  Belgrave. 

BELGRAVE  is  a  large  and  well-built  village,  pleasantly  situated  on 
the  east  side  of  the  river  Soar,  and  partly  on  the  Loughborough  turn- 
pike, 1£  niile  N.  by  E.  of  Leicester.  Its  township  contains  about  1300 
acres,  and  1542  inhabitants,  and  is  in  East  Ooscote  Hundred,  but  its 
parish  comprises  also  the  south  part  of  Thurmaston  chapelry,  in  the 
same  hundred,  and  the  chapelry  of  Birstall,  in  West  Goscote  Hundred 
and  comprises  altogether  3450  acres,  and  about  3000  souls.  Belgrave  has 
several  neat  houses,  and  many  of  its  inhabitants  are  engaged  in  the 
hosiery  manufacture.  It  is  parcel  of  the  Honor  of  Tutbury,  which 
belongs  to  the  Duchy  of  Lancaster.  In  1086,  Hugh  de  Grentemaisnell 
held  here  9  carucates  and  6  ploughs,  and  here  were  3  servants,  8  villans 
5  bordars,  and  7  socmen,  with  4  ploughs  ;  a  mill,  and  24  acres  of  meadow; 
and  a  wood  200  perches  long  and  120  broad.  Isaac  Harrison,  Esq.,  is 
lord  of  the  manor.  The  soil,  partly  clay,  but  mostly  a  mixed  loam'  is 
well  adapted  for  barley.  It  belongs  to  the  Harrison,  Tempest,  and  other 
families  ;  and  the  common  was  enclosed,  under  articles  of  agreement,  in 
1654.  The  impropriate  rectory  was  granted  in  1547  to  the  Bishop  of 
Lichfield,  and  in  1855  the  present  bishop  transferred  it  to  the  Ecclesias- 
tical Commissioners,  on  condition  of  receiving  a  life  annuity  of  ,£'884. 
The  Ecclesiastical  Commissioners,  in  1860,  sold  all  the  land,  for  £9536 
to  Sir  Cornwallis  Ricketts,  Bart.,  who  previously  held  it  on  lease,  and 
has  since  sold  it,  for  about  £25,000,  to  Isaac  Harrison  and  Thomas  Allen 
Esqrs.  The  tithes  were  commuted,  in  1847,  for  a  yearly  rent-charge 
of  ,£470.  10s.  3d.  The  roads  from  Leicester  to  Loughborough  and 
Melton  diverge  from  the  village,  and  the  eastern  side  of  the  parish  is 
traversed  by  the  Midland  Railway.  Near  the  village  are  traces  of  the 
Roman  fosse  way. 

The  Church  (St.  Peter)  is  a  handsome  structure,  with  a  tower  at  the 

2g2 


468  BELGEAVE    PARISH. 

west  end  containing  four  bells.  The  south  porch,  which  is  a  fine  speci- 
men of  Norman  architecture,  was  built,  in  1826,  by  the  late  Wm,  Bradley, 
whose  vault  is  beneath  it.  In  1857,  the  church  was  re-pewed,  and  other 
repairs  effected,  at  a  cost  of  .£400  ;  and  in  186l-'2  a  thorough  restoration 
of  the  church  was  carried  out,  at  a  further  cost  of  £600,  so  that  the 
church  is  now  one  of  the  most  interesting  in  the  county.  The  nave, 
aisles,  and  tower,  are  in  the  early  English,  the  chancel  in  the  decorated, 
and  the  clerestory  in  the  perpendicular  style.  The  tower  is  of  three 
stages,  with  two  massive  buttresses  at  the  angles,  aud  a  battlemented 
parapet.  Internally  it  is  open  to  the  nave,  and  the  organ  is  situated 
beneath  the  arch.  The  nave  is  of  four  bays,  and  some  of  the  capitals  of 
the  pillars  on  the  south  side  are  ornamented  with  foliage.  The  font, 
near  the  west  end  of  the  nave,  is  also  early  English.  It  consists  of  a  cir- 
cular basin,  supported  by  six  pillars,  between  which  the  tooth  ornament 
is  visible.  In  the  south  aisle  are  early  English  sedilia  and  a  piscina,  and 
over  the  south  door  is  a  small  figure  of  St.  Peter,  carved  in  wood.  The 
ancient  parish  chest  is  still  preserved  in  this  aisle.  There  is  an  ancient 
piscina  in  the  east  wall  of  the  north  aisle,  and  another  piscina  and  an 
ambry  in  the  north  wall.  On  the  north  wall  are  also  the  remains  of  a 
fine  monument,  winch  has  been  evidently  purposely  defaced.  The  arms, 
still  visible,  however,  warrant  the  supposition  that  it  was  in  memory  of 
Sir  George  Belgrave,  Kt,  who  died  in  1630,  and  who  was  the  last  of  his 
family  connected  with  the  manor,  from  which  they  derived  their  name. 
At  the  west  end  of  this  aisle  is  a  window  of  three  lights,  containing 
representations  in  stained  glass  of  the  Paschal  Lamb ;  the  Pelican 
feeding  her  Young ;  and  the  arms  of  the  Cooke  family,  in  memory  of 
Elizabeth  Cooke,  who  died  in  1857.  The  chancel  contains  fine  sedilia, 
resembling  those  in  Beverley  minster,  a  piscina,  and  an  ambry  in  the 
north  and  another  in  the  south  wall.  On  the  north  side  of  the  com- 
munion table  is  a  coped  tomb  of  the  Norman  period,  supposed  to  have 
formerly  covered  the  remains  of  William  de  Belgrave,  the  first  resident 
lord  of  the  manor  after  the  Conquest.  On  the  south  side  of  the  chancel 
is  a  low  side  window  of  two  lights,  which  was  probably  used  for  confessing 
lepers  on  their  way  to  the  hospital  at  Burton  Lazars.  The  church  is 
seated  with  neat  open  benches,  and  the  stalls  in  the  chancel  have  carved 
ends.  One  of  them  is  very  ancient,  and  has  a  finely  carved  miserere. 
The  living  is  a  vicarage,  valued  in  KB.  at  £13.  6s.  8d.,  and  now  at 
.£146.  It  has  50a.  of  glebe.  From  1790  to  1825,  it  was  augmented  with 
£1200  by  Queen  Anne's  Bounty  and  Parliamentary  Grants,  to  which 
.£100,  and  a  yearly  stipend  of  £8,  were  added  by  the  Bishop  of  Lich- 
field, and  £400  by  subscription.  The  Bishop  of  Lichfield  is  patron  ; 
but  on  his  death  the  patronage  will  be  transferred  to  the  Bishop  of 
Peterborough.  The  Ecclesiastical  Commissioners  are  the  impropriators, 
and  the  Rev.  Richard  Stephens,  B.D.,  is  the  incumbent.  The  Vicarage 
House  is  a  commodious  building,  erected  in  1825.  Here  is  a  Wesley  an 
and  also  a  Baptist  Chapel,  the  former  built  in  1834,  and  the  latter  in 
1842.  Here  is  likewise  a  small  Primitive  Methodist  Chapel,  erected  in 
1838.  The  National  School  is  a  handsome  stone  structure,  in  the 
early  English  style,  recently  erected  from  designs  by  W.  Gillett,  Esq.,  of 
Leicester,  at  a  cost  of  nearly  £2000.  It  comprises  school-rooms  for 
boys,  girls,  and  infants ;  a  class-room,  and  a  house  for  the  master.  There 
are  two  large  play-grounds  attached,  and  generally  about  130  scholars 
in  attendance.  The  school  is  supported  by  subscription  and  the  pence 
of  the  children,  in  addition  to  the  usual  government  aid,  and  is  under 
the  superintendence  of  Mr.  Robert  Worthington,  who  is  assisted  by  a 
schoolmistress  and  one  pupil  teacher. 


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469 


The  Poor  s  Land  was  allotted  at  the  enclosure  in  1654,  and  comprises 
about  53a.,  which  is  a  common  pasture,  on  which  all  the  poor  of  Belgrave 
are  allowed  to  graze  their  stock  on  payment  of  12s.  a  year.  The  land 
is  considered  sufficient  for  forty  head  of  cattle.  The  right  of  pasturage 
is  continued  to  each  poor  person  as  long  as  he  remains  in  the  parish. 
About  ,£6.  15s.  a  year  has  to  be  paid  for  tithe,  and  the  rest  of  the  rent 
derived  from  the  pasture  is  expended  in  its  improvement.  At  the  same 
time,  eleven  acres  were  allotted  to  the  three  Town  Houses,  and  now  form 
part  of  the  Church  Estate,  which  comprises  the  Talbot  Inn,  a  cottage, 
and  21a.  2r.  1p.  of  land  (10  acres  of  which  are  let  as  garden  allotments, 
at  rents  of  3s.  6d.  per  100  yards),  the  proceeds  of  which  are  carried  to 
the  churchwarden's  accounts,  as  also  are  ,£10  a  year,  derived  from  the 
following  lands,  viz. : — 2a.  14p.  in  St.  Margaret's  parish,  Leicester,  allotted 
in  lieu  of  part  of  Belgrave  Meer  ;  and  3r.  14p.  in  Humberstone,  awarded 
in  lieu  of  another  part  of  the  same  Meer,  in  1789.  The  trustees  of  the 
poor  and  church  lands  are  C.  W.  Packe,  Esq.,  Sir  F.  W.  Heygate,  W.  P. 
Herrick,  Esq.,  Thos.  Pares,  Esq.,  and  others.  The  poor  have  £5  yearly 
for  a  distribution  of  bread,  from  three  per  cent,  stock,  left  by  Win.  Vann. 
For  distribution  in  coals,  blankets,  &c,  they  have  the  dividends  of  £250 
three-and-a-half  per  cent,  annuities,  left  by  Wm.  Bradley,  in  1830.  For 
distribution  in  coals,  they  have  also  £10. 10s.  a  year  from  £350  three  per 
cent,  stock,  left  by  James  Vann,  in  1812. 

Post  Office  at  Edward  Pole's.  Letters  arrive  from  Leicester  at  8  morning, 
and  are  despatched  at  8  J  evening. 

Marked  ♦  have  their  places  of  business  in  Leicester. 


Aitchison  Lieut.  Edward,  R.N. 
♦Angrave  Charles,  hosiery  manufr. 
♦Angrave  Thomas,  draper,  &c. 
Appleton  William,  draper 
Ashton  George,  blacksmith 
Ball  Rev.  Chas.  Richard,  B.A.  curate 
Barber  Mr  Harby  ||  Biddies  Wm.  gent. 
Bond  William,  painter,  glazier,  &c. 
Bradshaw  Mr  Wm.  ||  Bryan  Mr  John 
Cannor  Mr  Robert  ||  Carter  Mr  Richd. 
Chew  Ebenezer  Wm.  commcl.  traveller 
Cox  Danl.  gent. || Derbyshire  Wm.  gent. 
Davis  Jno.  clerk  to  lax  commissioners 
♦Donisthorpe  Alfred  Russell,  manfr. 
♦Ellis  John  and  Alfred,  coal  merts. 
Evans  Wm.  corn  miller,  Belgrave  Mill 
Green  William,  hairdresser 
Grimes  Thomas,  gentleman 
Hayward  Ellen  Maria,  schoolmistress 
Henry  Mr  James  |]  Henton  Mrs  Ann 
Henson  Mary  Ann,  milliner 
Kettleband  Thomas,  grocer 
King  Elizabeth,  school 
♦Langham  Jno.  jun.  shoe  manufr.  &c. 
*Law  Thomas,  ironfounder 
*  Lloyd  George  Fieldhouse,  dentist 
Lowe  Richd.  gent.  ||  May  Richd.  gent. 
Moore  John,  sergt.  of  county  police 
Noble  John,  gent.  ||  Noble  Mr  Willm. 
Palmer  Mr  Geo.  ||  Palmer  Wm.  sexton 
Peacock  Rt.  organist  &  music  teacher 
Pole  Edw.  parish  clerk,  Post  Office 
♦Redman  Thomas,  architect 


♦Richards  William,  ironfounder 
Stevens  Rev.  Rd.  B.D.  vicar,  Vicarage 
♦Street  George,  accountant 
Thompson  John,  commcl.  traveller 
♦Thorpe  George,  elastic  web.  manufr. 
Wade  Geo.  Hayward,  wine  merchant 
Waters  Mrs     ||   Wheatley  Jas.  cooper 
Worthington  Robert,  schoolmaster 
Wright  Richard,  hosier 


BAKERS. 

Spence  Robert 
Watkin  Joseph 

BEERHOUSES. 

Fowler  Richard 
Pegg  Thomas 
Spence  Robert 

BRICKLAYERS. 

Shilcock  George 
Stanley  John 

BUTCHERS. 

Fowler  Richard 
Spencer  Wm.  jun. 

CATTLE  DEALERS. 

Carr  Frederick 
Carr  Robert 

FARMERS  &  GRZRS. 

Astill  John 
Biggs  Richard 
Harris  Samuel 
Kilby  William 
Palmer  George 


Spence  Robert 
Spencer  James 
Spencer  William 
Worrad  John 

FRAMEWK.  KNTRS. 

Carr  John 
Clayton  Samuel 
Palmer  Daniel 
Pegg  Thomas 

GARDENERS. 

Gibbins  William 
Pollard  John 

INNS. 

Nelson,My  Cooper 
Talbot,  Ann  Kirby 

JOINERS    &   BLDRS. 

Cobley  William 
Hobson      Robert 

Simpkin 
Richardson     and 

Billington 
Wain  James 


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BELGRAVE    PARISH. 


SHOEMAKEKS. 

Heward  Joseph 
Measures  John 


Pole  Robert 

SHOPKEEPERS. 

Ballard  John 


Kinton  Charles 
Richardson  Jnthn. 

TAILORS. 

Berridge  William 


Hallani  Joseph 
Palmer  Frederick 
Woolley  John 


BIRSTALL,  or  Burstall,  is  a  pleasant  scattered  village,  on  the  west 
bank  of  the  navigable  river  Soar,  3  J  miles  N.  by  E.  of  Leicester,  and  its 
township  forms  a  chapelry  in  Belgrave  parish,  containing  405  souls,  and 
1117a.  3r.  of  fertile  land,  partly  a  mixed  soil,  and  partly  a  strong  clay. 
Wm.  Worswick,  Esq.,  of  Bir  stall  House,  a  neat  mansion,  with  tasteful 
pleasure  grounds,  is  lord  of  the  manor ;  but  a  part  of  the  soil  belongs  to 
Sir  C.  Ricketts,  Bart.,  Sir  Geo.  Palmer,  Bart.,  F.  H.  Paget,  Esq.,  Mr. 
Thomas  While,  and  others.  The  chapelry  was  enclosed  in  1759,  when 
the  tithes  were  commuted  for  a  yearly  rent-charge  of  ,£19.  5s.  Hugh  de 
Grentemaisnell  held  the  manor  in  1080,  and  it  afterwards  passed  to 
various  families  as  parcel  of  the  Honour  of  Leicester.  In  1301,  Robert 
Birstal  held  24  acres  under  the  Abbey  of  Leicester ;  and  in  1798,  the 
manor  was  sold  to  J.  Mansfield,  Esq.  The  Church  is  an  ancient 
structure,  with  a  tower,  containing  three  bells.  It  is  in  a  very  dilapidated 
state,  and  requires  rebuilding.  The  curacy  is  consolidated  With  the 
vicarage  of  Belgrave.  The  National  School  was  erected  in  1800,  at  a 
cost  of  about  £500,  and  is  a  neat  stone  building  in  the  early  English 
style,  attended  by  about  90  boys  and  girls.  Land,  now  consisting  of 
3r.  12p.,  in  Thurmaston,  let  for  £2.  10s.,  was  left  by  Wm.  Land,  in 
1713,  in  trust  to  pay  5s.  for  a  sermon  on  St.  Thomas's  day,  and  to  dis- 
tribute the  rest  of  the  rent  among  the  poor.  In  1763,  John  Bass  devised 
his  estate  here  to  certain  persons,  subject  to  the  privilege  of  several 
poor  housekeepers  being  allowed  to  agist  their  cows  for  small  rents,  and 
to  cut  goss  for  fuel  on  the  Nether  pasture,  but  this  charity  lapsed 
through  the  Mortmain  Act.  Here  is  a  small  chapel  belonging  to  the 
Methodist  Free  Church.  Foot  Post  from  Leicester  at  9  a.m.,  returning 
at  6  p.m. 


Bishop  Edward,  wheelwright 
Bradshaw  Elizabeth,  shoemaker 
Bradshaw  Robert,  beerhouse 
Clark  Henry,  baker  and  corn  miller 
Hallam  Thomas,  shopkeeper 
Hylton  "Wm.  vict.  Marquis  of  Granby 
Jacques  Jas.  woolstapler,  at  Leicester 
Packer  Rev.  Isaac  Geo.  B.A.  curate 
Paget  Mrs  Ellen  ||  While  Thos.  gent. 
Paget  Francis  Henry,  Esq.  The  Lawn 
Smith  Rd.  smith  &  vict.  White  Horse 


Sykes  Ann,  schoolmistress 
Thompson  Thomas,  shopkeeper 
Walker  Wm.  Hy.  manufr.  at  Leicester 
Wallin  William,  butcher 
Weston  Geo.  builder  &  vict.  Plough 
Worswick  William,  Esq.  The  Hall 

FARMERS   AND    GRAZIERS. 

Bishop  Samuel        |  Read  Richard 
Paget  William  Smith  William 

Porter  Thomas       '  Wallin  Joseph 


BELTON,  a  large  and  well-built  village  6|  miles  E.N.E.  of  Ashby- 
de-la-Zouch,  and  0  miles  W.  of  Loughborough,  has  in  its  parish  1176 
acres  of  land,  including  an  allotment  of  345  acres  in  Charnwood  Forest, 
about  2  miles  S.  of  the  village.  It  had  781  inhabitants  in  1801,  including 
the  township  of  Gracedieu,  which  contains  1027a.  2r.  23p.,  and  is  united 
with  it  for  the  support  of  the  poor.  Gracedieu  includes  Merrill  Grange, 
nearly  half-a-mile  N.  of  the  village,  as  afterwards  noticed.  The  Priory, 
Mansion,  and  Catholic  Chapel  of  Gracedieu  are  distant  nearly  2  miles 
S.  of  the  village,  near  the  Charnwood  Forest  Canal,  which  is  now  disused. 
Belton,  spelt  in  old  writings  Beletone,  was  held  under  Hugh  de  Grente- 
maisnell in  1080,  when  here  was  a  mill,  and  a  wood  one  mile  long  and 
half-a-mile  broad.  In  1243,  Gracedieu  Priory  had  a  grant  for  a  market 
and  fair  at  Belton,  but  the  former  has  long  been  obsolete,  though  part 


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471 


of  the  village  is  still  called  the  Market  place,  and  has  in  its  centre  a  May 
Pole  26  yards  high.  The  fair,  held  here  on  the  second  Monday  after 
Trinity  Sunday,  is  the  largest  fair  for  horses  in  the  county.  Captain 
Dawson  is  now  lord  of  the  manor  of  Belton,  which  was  purchased  by  his 
family  in  1793,  but  part  of  the  soil  belongs  to  J.  Curzon,  Esq.,  Messrs. 
J.  S.  Bowles,  W.  Green,  T.  Green,  and  William  Toone,  and  several 
smaller  owners.  The  Church  (St.  John)  is  a  handsome  fabric,  with  a 
tower  containing  three  bells,  and  surmounted  by  a  lofty  spire.  The 
benefice  is  a  discharged  vicarage,  valued  in  KB.  at  £8.  18s.  4d.,  and  now 
at  .£179  per  annum.  The  glebe  is  80a.  in  Belton,  and  38a.  at  Long 
Whatton.  A  new  Vicarage  House  was  built  in  1841-'2  at  the  cost  of 
^1000.  The  Marquis  of  Hastings  is  patron,  and  the  Rev.  Robert  Dalby, 
M.A.,  is  the  incumbent.  The  Baptists  and  Wesley ans  have  chapels  and 
Sunday  schools  here.  The  National  School  was  built  in  1843.  The 
Hall  farm  (100a.),  mostly  in  Osgathorpe,  is  charged  with  the  following 
yearly  payments  by  the  will  of  Margaret  Mead,  dated  1705,  viz. : — i>10 
for  apprenticing  a  poor  boy  of  Belton,  Osgathorpe,  and  Thringstone, 
alternately ;  <£5  for  the  poor  of  Osgathorpe ;  and  £1  for  the  minister  of 
Osgathorpe.  The  Barn  Close,  3a.  1r.  3p.,  let  for  £6.  10s.,  was  left  by 
Wm.  Shaiv,  in  1704,  to  provide  cloth  coats  for  poor  men  of  Belton,  and 
eight  are  now  given  yearly.  There  has  been  vested  in  trust,  from  an 
early  period,  for  repairing  the  bridges  and  highways  of  Belton,  4a.  1r.  37p. 
of  land  in  this  parish,  and  2a.  3r.  5p.  at  Osgathorpe,  now  yielding  about 
.£20  per  annum.  Two  new  bridges  were  built  from  this  fund  during  the 
early  part  of  the  present  century.  The  poor  of  Belton  have  a  bible 
yearly  from  Bartholomew  Hickling's  Charity.     (See  p.  409.) 


Post  from  Loughborough. 

Marked  *  are  in  Gracedieu. 

Dalby  Rev.  Robert,  M.A.   vicar  and 

rural  dean,  The  Vicarage 
*De  Bargh  Rev.  Hubert  (R.  Cath.) 
Draper  Joseph,  corn  miller 
Farmer  William,  saddler 
Hatton  John,  plumber,  &c. 
Moore  Thomas,  vict.  Queen's  Head 
Onions  Jack,  rat  catcher 
*De  Lisle  Ambrose  Lisle  Phillipps,  Esq. 

Gracedieu  Manor,  &  Garendon  Park 
Shaw  William,  carpenter 
Stowell  Ann  Isabella,  schoolmistress 
Toone  Elizabeth,  vict.  George 

BOOT  &  SHOEMKRS. 


BLACKSMITHS. 

Farmer  Thomas 
Henson  Richard 


Emmerson  John 
Room  James 
Shaw  Samuel 
Underwood  Wm. 


BUTCHERS. 

Gough  William 
Moore  Wm.   (and 
beerhouse  kpr.) 

FARMERS. 

♦Bradley  Samuel 
Dalby  William 
Green  George 
Green       Hannah, 
Springborough 
Green  Thomas 
♦Husband  Jacques 

*  Husband  William 
*Jesson  Thomas 
Jones  Harriet 

*  Kidger  J6im,Hill 

Parks 
*Peat  Joseph 
Poyser  William 
Skermer  John 


Skermer  Thomas 
Sturgess  Thomas 
*  Sutton  George 
Toone  Wm.   (and 
maltster) 

GROCERS,    &C 

Cartwright  Mary 
Cufflin  John 
Gostelow  William 
Holloway  Martha 

TAILORS. 

Freeman  John 
Gibson  John 

WHEELWRIGHTS. 

Farmer  Thomas 
Upton  Thomas 

CARRIER. 

John  White  to 
Loughbro'Thrs. 
and  Ashby  Sat. 


BREEDON-ON-THE-HILL  is  a  viUage  with  648  inhabitants, 
pleasantly  situated  near  the  borders  of  Derbyshire,  on  the  road  from 
Ashby-de-la-Zouch  to  Castle  Donington,  5^  miles  N.E.  by  N.  of  the 
former,  and  four  miles  S.W.  of  the  latter.  Its  township  comprises 
also  the  hamlet  of  TONGE,  half  a  mile  east,  and  the  hamlet  of  Wilson, 
about  a  mile  north  of  the  village.  Tonge  has  106  inhabitants  and 
799  acres,  and  Wilson  139  inhabitants  and  529  acres,  so  that  the 
total  population  of  Breedon  township  is  893,  and  it  comprises  altogether 
about  3132  acres  of  land.  Its  parish  includes  also  Staunton  Harold 
township  and  Worthington  chapelry,  which  are  in  Ashby-de-la-Zouch 


472  BREEDON-ON-THE-HILL. 

Union,  but  the  rest  of  the  parish  belongs  to  Shardlow  Union,  which  is 
mostly  in  Derbyshire.  The  total  population  of  the  parish  is  2417,  and 
its  area  is  about  CG17  acres.  Breeclon  village  stands  on  the  declivity  of 
a  limestone  rock,  half  a  mile  long  and  150  feet  high,  on  the  summit  of 
which  is  the  church,  which  is  a  conspicuous  object  for  many  miles  round. 
About  a  mile  distant  is  Cloud  Hill,  another  limestone  rock,  remarkable 
for  the  high  inclination  of  the  strata ;  indeed,  the  two  rocks  appear  to 
have  been  disjoined  by  some  convulsion.  At  the  foot  of  each  are  kilns, 
for  burning  the  stone,  which  is  of  a  ferruginous  colour ;  but  when  burnt, 
is  a  dark  grey.  It  is  used  both  for  building  and  agricultural  purposes, 
and  is  a  magnesian  limestone,  having  a  few  fossils  bearing  the  appear- 
ance of  having  been  subjected  to  fusion,  as  is  seen  in  the  form  of  the 
druses,  and  distortion  of  the  madrepores.  The  Earl  of  Stamford  and 
Warrington  is  lord  of  the  manor ;  but  part  of  the  soil  belongs  to  J. 
Curzon,  Esq.,  and  several  smaller  owners,  and  132a.  to  Rustat's  Charity. 
Breedon  Priory  was  founded  by  Robert  de  Ferrars,  Earl  of  Notting- 
ham and  Derby,  in  1144,  as  a  cell  to  Nostel  Priory,  in  Yorkshire,  for  a 
prior  and  five  canons  of  the  order  of  St.  Augustine.  It  was  valued,  at 
the  dissolution,  at  £25.  8s.  Id.,  and  granted  to  Sir  Thomas  Heneageand 
Lord  Willoughby.  The  Church  (St.  Mary  and  St.  Hardulph)  was 
attached  to  the  priory,  of  which  no  remains  are  now  extant.  It  has  a 
fine  Norman  tower  containing  four  bells.  The  impropriate  and  vicarial 
tithes  of  the  parish  were  commuted  at  the  enclosures,  in  1759  and  1802. 
The  living  is  a  discharged  vicarage,  valued  in  K.B.  at  £6.  2s.  8d.,  and 
now  at  .£205.  The  Earl  of  Stamford  and  Warrington  is  impropriator 
and  patron,  and  the  Rev.  Robt.  Martin,  M.A.  of  Anstey  Pastures,  is  the 
incumbent.  The  glebe  consists  of  5a.  at  Worthington,  and  24a.  at 
Houghton-on-the-Hill,  mostly  purchased  with  £1600,  obtained  for  the 
augmentation  of  the  vicarage  from  1747  to  1821,  in  lots  of  Queen  Anne's 
Bounty  and  Parliamentary  Grants.  The  Wesleyans  and  Wesleyan 
Reformers  have  chapels  here,  the  former  built  in  1828  and  the  latter  in 
1858.  The  School,  for  boys  and  girls,  was  built  by  the  Earl  of  Stamford 
and  Warrington,  in  1833,  and  lias  an  endowment,  left  by  Elizabeth 
Commins,  in  1738,  and  now  consisting  of  18a.  of  land  and  a  house,  at 
Merry-Lees,  let  for  £25.  10s. ;  an  Allotment  in  Charnwood  Forest,  let 
for  £1.  5s. ;  and  £17.  10s.  a  year  from  £550  Old  South  Sea  Annuities. 
For  apprenticing  a  poor  boy  of  Breedon,  Sarah  Ward,  in  1050,  left  a 
yearly  rent  charge  of  £4  out  of  a  house  in  Great  St.  Helen's,  London. 
The  poor  have  the  following  yearly  doles,  viz. : — 10s,,  as  interest  of  £10, 
left  by  George  Brookes,  in  1790 ;  and  about  £4.  10s.  from  land  at 
Desford.  The  poor  of  Wilson  hamlet  have  a  yearly  rent  charge  of 
10s.,  left  by  Maria  Ironmonger,  in  1786;  and  £3.  15s.  10d.,  from 
£108.  8s.  5d.  Three  per  cent.  Consols,  purchased  with  £100,  left  by 
Wm.  Brookes,  in  1814. 

Rustat's  Charity,  for  the  Augmentation  of  Poor  Vicarages,  was 
founded  by  Tobias  Rustat,  of  London,  in  1688,  and  now  consists  of 
135a.  Or.  35p.  of  land  at  Breedon,  with  a  farm  house,  &c,  let  for  £179 ; 
a  yearly  tithe  rent  of  £16.  7s.  8|d.,  paid  by  the  lord  of  the  manor  and 
other  freeholders ;  and  the  dividends  of  £1633.  6s.  8d.  Three  per  cent. 
Consols.  The  total  annual  income  is  £244.  8s.,  which  is  dispensed  as 
follows ; — £90  to  the  vicar  of  Breedon  ;  £20  to  the  vicar  of  St.  Mary's, 
Leicester ;  £10  each  to  the  eleven  incumbents  of  Frisby-on-the-Wreake, 
Sileby,  Belton,  All  Saints  and  St.  Nicholas's,  in  Leicester,  Great  Glen, 
Syston,  Cosby,  Great  Peatling,  Lowesby,  and  Belgrave ;  £10  to  the 
treasurer,  for  Iris  trouble  ;  and  £8.  10s.  4d.  for  the  chief  rent.  The  Earl 
of  Stamford  and  Warrington,  Earl  Howe,  Major  Powys-Keck,  W.  P. 
Herrick,  Esq.,  and  others,  are  the  trustees. 


BREEDON-ON-THE-HILL. 


473 


Post  Office  at  Edwin  Cross's.    Letters  arrive  from  Ashby  at  eight  morning, 
and  are  despatched  at  five  evening. 

Those  marked  *  are  in  Wilson,  and  +  in  Tonge. 

*Adcock  Abraham,  gardener 
Asher  John,  butcher 
Barsby  Edward,  bricklayer 


Brookes  William,  veterinary  surgeon 
+Cowlishaw  Miss  Ann 
Curzon  John,  Esq.,  and  Derby 
Dunicliff  George,  gamekeeper 
Foster  Joseph,  tailor 
Knight  James,  schoolmaster 
Mallinson  Rev.  James  Gill,  curate 
Roulston  John,  beerhouse  and  carrier 
Upton  Joseph,  woodman,  The  Brand 
*  Wright  John,  corn  miller 

INNS  AND  TAVERNS. 
*Fox  and  Hounds,  Samuel  Street 
Holly  Bush,  James  Kinsey 
+Lord  Nelson,  Hannah  Jerome 
*Rat  and  Ferret,  Joseph  Hardy 
Stamford  and  Warrington  Arms,  Joseph 

Martin 
Three  Horse  Shoes,  My.  Ann  Bancroft 


BOOT  &  SHOEMKRS. 

Bailey  Samuel 
Boultbee  Charles 


Bradley  John 
*  Hardy  Joseph 
Robinson  John 


FARMERS. 

Bancroft  My.  Ann 
and  Eliza 

Blunt  Jph.  Vickers 

Blunt  Mary 

Bostock  John,  and 
lime  merchant, 
Breedon  Lodge 

Brookes  John 

♦Brookes  John 

Brookes  John, 
Brand  gate 

tCowlishaw  Skev- 
ington  Dicken- 
son,Barrow  Hill 

Joyce  John 

+Lacey  William 

+Mugleston  Jph. 

♦Nicklinson  Thos. 

•f  Preston  John 

*Ratcliff  John 

Smith  George 

♦Sutton  Ann 

*Swaine  Thomas 


+ Thompson  Henry 
*Wyles  Thomas, 
Gelscar  Lodge 
grocers,  &c. 
Cross  William 
Dunicliffe  Thomas 
Jerome  Hannah 
Roulston  Thomas 
Street  Samuel 

SHOPKEEPERS. 

E  aglefield  William 
Ingram  Elizabeth 
*Kincey  William 

WHEELWRIGHTS. 

♦Cooper  Frederick 
Cross  John 
Cross  William 
tEnsor  George 
Hart  Benjamin 

CARRIER. 

John  Roulston,  to 
Derby  &  Ashby, 
on  market  days. 


Staunton  Harold,  a  small  village,  in  Breedon  parish,  near  the 
Derbyshire  border,  and  3£  miles  N.N.E.  of  Ashby- de -la- Z ouch,  has  in 
its  township  1821a.  3r.  6p.  of  land,  and  352  inhabitants,  including  the 
hamlet  of  Lount,  which  has  a  wood  of  140  acres,  and  a  colliery,  with  a 
seam  of  coal  four  feet  thick.  A  considerable  village,  called  in  ancient 
writings  AndreslirJc,  formerly  stood  on  the  confines  of  the  lordships  of 
Staunton  and  Breedon,  but  all  traces  of  it  or  its  church  have  long  been 
extinct.  Staunton  contains  limestone,  ironstone,  coal,  and  some  veins 
of  lead  ore,  and  was  given  by  the  Conqueror  to  Henry  de  Ferrariis, 
whose  family  afterwards  took  the  name  of  Staunton.  By  marriage  with 
Margaret  Staunton,  in  1423,  the  manor  passed  to  Ralph  Shirley,  Esq., 
the  representative  of  an  opulent  family  of  great  antiquity,  descended 
from  an  ancient  Saxon  line  long  before  the  Conquest.  It  is  now  the 
property  of  the  Rt.  Hon.  Sewallis  Edward  Shirley,  10th  Earl  Ferrers 
and  Viscount  Tam worth,  who  was  born  in  1847  at  Chartley  Castle, 
Staffordshire,  and  succeeded  his  father  March  13th,  1859.  Being  only 
in  his  16th  year,  he  is  under  the  guardianship  of  his  maternal  grand- 
father, the  Very  Rev.  Lord  Edward  Chichester,  Dean  of  Raphoe ;  and 
resides  occasionally  at  Chartley  Castle,  Staffordshire,  but  generally  at 
Staunton  Harold  Hall,  a  large  and  handsome  mansion  of  brick  and 
stone,  built  and  designed  by  the  fifth  Earl  about  1770.  It  is  situated  in 
a  park  of  about  150  acres,  in  a  beautiful  valley  called  Rekdale,  with  a 
fine  hanging  wood  at  the  back,  contrasted  in  the  distance  by  a  wild 
heath,  and  a  variety  of  pleasing  scenery.  The  south-east  front  is  in  the 
Palladian  style,  with  a  handsome  pediment,  surmounted  by  three  stone 
figures,  and  supported  by  Ionic  pillars,  which  are  upheld  by  Doric 
columns.  The  south-west  front  is  very  extensive,  and  its  centre  is  sur- 
mounted by  the  statue  of  a  large  lion.  On  the  south-east  is  the  library 
front,  originally  designed  by  Inigo  Jones,  and  containing  some  very  rare 


474 


STAUNTON    HAROLD. 


and  valuable  books.  The  ancient  gate  of  the  old  hall  is  still  standing, 
and  is  remarkable  for  the  beauty  and  elaborateness  of  its  workmanship. 
The  house  is  enriched  by  a  very  large  collection  of  paintings,  by  the 
most  eminent  masters,  chiefly  the  works  of  Corregio,  Sir  Peter  Lely, 
Vander  Vaart,  Raphael,  M.  Angelo,  Carravagio,  Berghem,  Vandyck, 
Rubens,  Poussin,  Carracci,  Wouvermans,  &c.  The  park  is  stocked 
with  deer,  and  was  formerly  very  extensive.  The  lake  is  a  fine  sheet  of 
water,  covering  from  20  to  30  acres,  and  at  the  lower  end  it  is  crossed 
by  a  handsome  bridge.  On  the  verge  of  the  lake  is  a  beautiful  Chapel 
(Holy  Trinity),  with  a  well-proportioned  tower,  containing  eight  bells, 
built  in  1653  by  the  celebrated  Sir  Robert  Shirley,  "  whose  singular 
praise  it  is,  to  have  done  the  best  things  in  the  worst  times,  and  hoped 
them  in  the  most  calamitous."  The  late  lamented  Earl  Ferrers,  inserted 
a  beautiful  stained  glass  window  in  the  chapel  about  ten  years  ago,  and 
is  buried  in  the  family  vault  beneath  the  chancel.  Lady  Catherine 
Shirley,  who  died  in  1736,  and  was  possessed  of  many  valuable  qualities, 
was  by  her  own  request  buried  in  the  enclosure  outside  the  chapel, 
where  there  is  a  tombstone  to  her  memory.  In  the  chapel  are  several 
marble  monuments  of  the  Shirley  family,  and  in  the  gallery  is  an  organ 
built  by  Father  Schmidt.  The  chancel  is  paved  with  marble ;  the  com- 
munion plate  is  of  the  most  costly  description,  and  the  furniture  is 
purple  velvet,  enriched  with  gold  lace  and  embroidery.  The  benefice  is 
a  donative  in  the  gift  of  Earl  Ferrers,  and  the  Rev.  John  Denton,  M.A., 
of  Ashby-de-la-Zouch,  is  the  officiating  chaplain.  The  school,  at  Lount, 
is  principally  supported  by  Earl  Ferrers.  Post  from  Ashby-de-la-Zouch, 
which  is  also  the  nearest  railway  station. 

Earl    Ferrers,    Dowager    Countess  I  Mee  Abraham,  chapel  clerk 

Ferrers,  and  Very  Rev.  Lord  Edwd. 

Chichester,  Staunton  Harold  Hall; 

and  Chartley  Castle,  Staffordshire 
Bird  Joseph,  shopkeeper,  Lount 
Briggs  Wm.  and  Emma,  Lount  School 
Burton  Jph.  Elmtree,  Heath  End 
Fairbrother  Wm.  shopkeeper,  Lount 
Harris  Wm.  woodman,  Heath  End 
Hewlett  Thomas,  valet,  Hall 
Leadbitter  Tkos.  house  steward,  Hall 
Mason  Thos.  vict.  Ferrers  Arms,  Lount 


Stewart  Samuel,  shopkeeper,  Lount 
Wilcox  Ambrose,  gamekeeper,  Park 
Wilson   Thos.   ironstone   earthenware 
manufacturer,  Lount  Pottery 

FARMERS. 

Cheatle  James,  Staunton  Lodge 
Earp  Thomas,  Hill  Top  Farm 
Edwards  James,  Ropefs  Hill 
Mason  Sarah,  Lount 
Smith  —  Lount  ||  Stewart  Thos.  Lount 
Stubbs  Wm.  and  Joseph,  Spring  Wood 


Woethington,  in  the  parish  of  Breedon-on-the-Hill,  is  a  village  of 
802  inhabitants,  with  a  colliery  railway  connected  with  the  Leicester 
and  Swannington  line.  It  is  distant  nearly  5  miles  N.E.  of  Ashby-de- 
la-Zouch,  and  its  township  and  chapelry  comprises  also  the  small 
hamlet  of  Griffydam,  or  Griffith's  Dam,  and  the  liberty  of  Newbold 
Saucey  or  Newboijd-juxta-Worthington,  which  contain  338  souls, 
and  are  situated  about  1%  mile  S.  of  the  village,  and  3£  miles  E.N.E.  of 
Ashby.  The  whole  chapelry  has  1663a.  1r.  14p.  of  land,  and  1172  souls. 
There  is  a  chalybeate  spring  at  Griffydam,  and  a  petrifying  spring  on 
Gelsmoor.  Newbold  contains  about  500  acres,  and  has  a  colliery.  It 
belongs  to  Earl  Ferrers  and  Sir  G.  H.  Beaumont,  Bart.  Griffydam 
(about  200  acres)  belongs  to  the  Earl  of  Stamford  and  J.  Curzon,  Esq. 
Earl  Ferrers  is  lord  of  the  manor,  and  owner  of  a  great  part  of  Worth- 
ington,  and  the  rest  belongs  to  J.  Curzon,  Esq.,  Peter  Heward,  Esq., 
Capt.  Dawson,  J.  Bulstrode,  Esq.,  and  a  few  smaller  owners.  The 
Shirleys  and  Boothbys  had  formerly  a  seat  here.  The  chapelry  was 
enclosed   in    1802,    when  the  tithes  were  commuted.     The  Church 


WORTHINGTON    CHAPELRY. 


475 


(St.  Matthew),  supposed  by  some  to  be  of  Saxon  origin,  is  an  old  struc- 
ture of  brick  and  stone,  consisting  of  nave,  chancel,  south  porch,  and 
turret  with  two  bells,  but  no  tower.  The  living  is  a  perpetual  curacy, 
valued  at  .£100,  and  augmented  from  1747  to  1812  with  ^1600,  in  lots  of 
Queen  Anne's  Bounty  and  Parliamentary  Grants.  Lord  Scarsdale  is 
patron,  and  the  Rev.  James  Dean,  M.A.,  of  Derby,  has  been  the  incum- 
bent since  1819.  The  Rev.  H.  G.  De  Chaville  is  the  curate.  The 
Church  School,  on  Gelsmoor,  is  licensed  for  divine  worship.  There  are 
Wesley  an  Chapels  at  Worthington,  Griffith's  Dam,  and  Gelsmoor.  Henry 
Pilkington,  in  1698,  charged  a  farm  of  150  acres,  now  belonging  to  Mr. 
Bulstrode,  with  the  weekly  distribution  of  six  penny  loaves  among  the 
poor.  As  noticed  with  Coleorton,  this  chapelry  is  one  of  the  four  places 
entitled  to  have  a  poor  boy  apprenticed  from  Lady  Beaumont's  Charity. 

Post  from  Ashby  at  8  morning,  returning  at  4  afternoon.  Here  is  a  pillar 
letter  box. 

Those  marked  *  are  in  Newbeld  Liberty,  and  +  at  Griffith's  Dam. 
Bakewell  Phoebe,  schoolmistress  boot  &  shoemkrs.    Stenson  Joseph 

Bulstrode  John  Mynors,  Esq.  *Bonser      James      *  Walker  Frederick 

De  Chaville  Rev.  H.  G.  curate  (and  beerhouse)    Walker      James, 

Frerson  Ambrose,  church  clerk  *Fowkes  George  Lount  Smoile 

Kelk  Rev.  Theops.  Hy.  Hastings,  B.A.    Mee  George  Wardle  Jno.  Field 

Lakin  Thomas,  colliery  manager  farmers.  joiners. 

♦Letherland  John,  cattle  dealer  Armston  White  *Crabtree  George 

Reed  Joseph,  jun.  postman  and  assist-    BerridgeWillough-    +Fletcher  James 

ant  overseer,  Gelsmoor  by  Wallin  +Fletcher  John 

♦Walker  Joseph,  colliery  manager  Bowles  Jno.  Shak-    ^Fletcher  Joseph 

♦Walker  and  Worswick,  coal  owners,        speare,  Field  shopkeepers. 

Smoile  Colliery  *Deacon  William      *  Cooper  Sarah 

inns  and  taverns.  Farmer  William        +Doman  Catherine 

f  Griffin  Thos.  Heywood  (bricklayer)        Gilbert  James  Franks  James 

Maltshovel,  James  Tivey  Husband  James        Richards  Jph.  S. 

Old  Swan,  Wm.  Mee  (wheelwright)  *  Knight    James,      Selby  Letitia 

Railway  Tavern,  George  Crabtree  Outivood  Farm  carrier. — Jph. 

+ Waggon  &  Horses,  John  Nickhnson      *  Knight  William      Read,  to  Ashby,  oh 

blacksmiths.  *Sharpe  James         Saturdays. 

*Shaw  Thomas      |  Varley  Thomas 

BRADGATE  PARK,  at  the  south-eastern  angle  of  Charnwood  Forest, 
near  Newtown  Linford,  and  5  miles  N.W.  of  Leicester,  is  an  extra- 
parochial  liberty  annexed  to  Barrow  Union  for  the  support  of  its  poor, 
and  comprising  about  1230  acres  of  land,  the  Park-keeper's  House 
(Joseph  Reeves),  the  ruins  of  the  Hall,  and  the  disused  domestic  chapel. 
It  is  the  property  of  the  Earl  of  Stamford  and  Warrington,  and  about 
877  acres  are  within  the  Park,  which  is  nearly  7  miles  in  circuit.  It  was 
formerly  a  seat  of  the  Lords  Grey,  of  Groby,  "  and  had  there  been  no 
scenes  of  a  higher  and  more  national  importance  to  have  endeared  it  to 
posterity,  it  would  still  have  formed  an  interesting  feature  in  the  county 
from  its  wild  and  romantic  situation,"  combining  the  variety  of  the  rocky 
and  mountainous  scenery  of  Charnwood  on  one  side,  and  a  rich  and 
fertile  vale  on  the  other.  The  extensive  Park  is  surrounded  and  inter- 
sected by  walls  formed  of  the  forest  stone,  which  is  chiefly  a  sienite  or 
trap  rock  consisting  of  hornblende,  with  red  and  green  felspar,  abruptly 
jutting  in  different  parts  above  the  surface  of  the  ground,  which  is  covered 
with  fern ;  and  there  is  a  general  appearance  of  wildness  and  desolation, 
which  numerous  oaks,  twisted  and  gnarled  in  a  very  curious  and  pictu- 
resque manner,  and  in  various  stages  of  decay,  tend  greatly  to  augment, 
when  contrasted  with  the  fertility  of  the  adjacent  country.  It  has  an 
extensive  rabbit  warren,  and  contains  about  300  fallow  deer,  a  few  black 


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ones,  and  100  pure  red  deer,  with  magnificent  antlers.    Here  are  also  a 
male  and  a  female  llama.    A  small  stream,  plentifully  supplied  with 
trout,  enters  the  Park  at  Newtown  Linford,  and  working  its  way  amid 
the  rocks  and  wood  with  which  this  part  of  the  Park  abounds,  adds 
materially  to  the  romantic  beauty  of  its  scenery.     The  ruins,  which  are 
small  and  chiefly  composed  of  brick,  exhibit  no  signs  of  architectural 
grandeur,  the  house  having  been  a  large  but  low  building  in  the  form  of 
a  square,  and  turreted  at  each  corner.    It  was  built  in  the  early  part  of 
the  16th  century  by  Thomas  Lord  Grey,  second  Marquis  of  Dorset,  and 
was  occupied  by  his  descendants  as  their  chief  seat  until  the  beginning 
of  last  century,  when,  according  to  a  tradition  in  the  neighbourhood,  it 
was  set  on  fire  by  the  wife  of  the  Earl  of  Suffolk,  at  the  instigation  of 
her  sister.    The  story  is  thus  told  by  Throsby : — "  Some  time  after  the 
Earl  had  married  he  brought  his  lady  to  his  seat  at  Bradgate  ;  her  sister 
wrote  to  her  desiring  to  know  '  how  she  liked  her  habitation  ?'     The 
Countess  of  Suffolk  wrote  for  answer  •  that  the  house  was  tolerable ;  that 
the  country  was  a  forest,  and  the  inhabitants  all  brutes.'     The  sister,  in 
consequence,  by  letter  desired  her  '  to  set  fire  to  the  house,  and  run  away 
by  the  light  of  it.' "    The  ruins  at  present  consist  chiefly  of  two  towers, 
one  square  and  the  other  an  irregular  polygon,  connected  by  a  low  wall, 
also  in  ruins.     On  the  north  side  was  the  great  hall,  the  remains  of  which 
are  now  luxuriantly  mantled  with  ivy.     The  foundations  of  the  buildings 
on  the  east  are  still  visible,  and  at  the  south-east  corner  are  the  remains 
of  an  octagonal  tower.     To  the  west  of  this  is  the  chapel,  in  which  are 
entombed  several  ancestors  of  the  House  of  Groby.    The  monument 
erected  to  Lord  Henry  Grey  and  his  lady  is  in  fine  preservation. 
Beneath  an  arch  are  their  recumbent  effigies,  and  the  front  and  summit 
of  the  monument  are  decorated  with  armorial  bearings.    Part  of  the 
garden  walls  are  also  remaining,  and  the  site  of  the  pleasure  grounds, 
surrounded  by  a  raised  terrace,  now  covered  with  turf,  is  still  traceable 
on  the  east  side  of  the  ruins.     On  the  north-east  side  of  the  house  is  a 
fish-pond  and  moat.     A  foliage  of  wild  elder  and  ivy,  which  grows  in 
profusion  on  the  walls,  adds  greatly  to  the  beauty  of  the  ruins  ;  and  the 
approach  through  an  avenue  of  old  and  luxuriant  chesnut  trees,  with  the 
stream  rippling  at  the  foot  of  the  ruined  building,  presents  an  appearance 
at  once  romantic  and  pleasing.     This  romantic  retreat  is  often  visited  by 
pleasure  parties  from  Leicester  and  other  places,  and  is  open  to  the 
public  on  Mondays  and  Fridays.     There  is  a  rock  in  the  Park,  called 
Old  John,  upon  which  a  tower  was  built  about  80  years  ago,  and  its 
summit  commands  extensive  views  of  the  surrounding  country.     Brad- 
gate  was  imparked  soon  after  the  Conquest,  and  was  held  in  1247  by 
Roger  de  Quincy,  Earl  of  Winton,  who  gave  permission  to  Baron  Dudley 
to  chase  in  his  Forest  at  any  hour  with  nine  bows  and  six  hounds,  and 
to  follow  the  wild  beasts  into  the  Park.     As  parcel  of  Groby,  it  passed 
about  1283  to  William  Ferrers;  and  on  the  death  of  the  last  Lord 
Ferrers,  of  Groby,  it  passed  to  Sir  Edward  Grey,  from  whose  family  the 
present  noble  owner  is  a  descendant.     The  celebrated  and  unfortunate 
Lady  Jane  Grey  was  born  at  Bradgate,  and  spent  here  the  earliest  and 
happiest  of  her  years.     She  was  the  daughter  of  Henry  Grey,  Marquis 
of  Dorset  and  Duke  of  Suffolk,  who  married  the  grand- daughter  of  Mary, 
sister  of  Henry  VIII.     She  was  the  issue  of  this  marriage ;  and  after 
the  death  of  Edward  VI.,  who  had  been  induced  to  bequeath  his  Crown 
to  her  chiefly  through  the  instrumentality  of  her  husband,  Lord  Guilford 
Dudley,  and  his  father,  the  Duke  of  Northumberland,  she  was  proclaimed 
Queen  of  England.     The  tragical  issue  of  this  scheme  in  the  death  of 
the  unfortunate  Lady  Jane  Grey  on  the  scaffold,  and  also  of  the  ambi- 


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tious  Duke  of  Northumberland  and  some  others  who  had  led  her  to  this 
unmerited  fate,  is  well  known  to  all  conversant  with  English  history. 

CHARLEY,  8  miles  E.  of  Ashby-de-la-Zouch,  and  5  miles  W.S.W. 
of  Loughborough,  is  an  extra-parochial  lordship  in  the  heart  of  Cham- 
wood  Forest,  comprising  465  acres  of  land  and  35  inhabitants,  but  it 
supports  its  poor  as  a  township  in  Loughborough  Union.  It  lies  chiefly 
in  the  romantic  valley  of  the  rivulet  which  runs  through  the  Forest,  and 
is  the  sole  property  of  Wm.  Bosworth,  Esq.,  who  formerly  resided  at  the 
Hall,  a  plain  brick  building,  with  pleasant  grounds,  which  has  been 
unoccupied  for  several  years.  In  the  outer  walls  of  this  house  are  some 
remains  of  Charley  Priory,  which  was  founded  in  the  reign  of  Henry 
II.  by  Robert  Blanchmains,  Earl  of  Leicester,  for  Hermit  Friars  of  the 
Order  of  St.  Augustine.  It  was  united  to  Ulverscroft  Priory  in  1465. 
At  the  dissolution  it  was  leased  to  Wm.  Standish,  and  the  manor  after- 
wards passed  through  various  families  to  the  Vickars,  and  from  them, 
by  marriage,  to  the  Bosworths.  The  inhabitants  generally  use  Copt 
Oak  Church ;  and  here  is  a  small  Wesleyan  Chapel,  built  in  1862  at  a 
cost  of  .£300.  The  four  farms  are  occupied  by  Wm.  Rowbotham  (Hall 
farm) ;  George  Dexter  (Rock  Villa) ;  John  Marsh,  and  Edward  Gaunt. 
Benj.  Mee,  cowkeeper,  also  lives  here.     Post  from  Loughborough. 

CHARNWOOD  FOREST,  sometimes  called  Charley  Forest,  com- 
prises about  18,000  acres  of  West  Goscote  Hundred,  lying  between 
Leicester,  Loughborough,  and  Ashby-de-la-Zouch,  and  extending  to 
within  four  or  Ave  miles  of  each  of  those  towns.  It  was  enclosed  under 
an  Act  of  Parliament  obtained  in  1808,  and  allotted  to  the  surrounding 
parishes ;  but  the  award  was  not  signed  till  1829.  Before  its  enclosure, 
its  general  appearance  was  that  of  a  rugged  wilderness,  especially  on  the 
western  side,  near  Whitwick,  as  noticed  with  that  parish  at  a  subsequent 
page,  where  it  will  be  seen  that  an  Abbey,  occupied  by  Cistercian  monks, 
has  been  built  on  the  south  side  of  an  immense  rock,  called  Mount  St. 
Bernard.  Drayton,  in  his  "Poly- Olbion,"  thus  descants  on  the  pecu- 
liarities of  this  forest : — 

14  O,  Charnwood,  be  thou  call'd  the  choicest  of  thy  kind, 
The  like  in  any  place,  what  flood  hath  hapt  to  find  ? 
No  tract  in  all  this  isle,  the  proudest  let  her  be, 
Can  show  a  Sylvan  nymph  for  beauty  like  to  thee  ; 
The  Satyrs  and  the  Fawns,  by  Dian  set  to  keep 
Rough  hills  and  forest  holts,  were  sadly  seen  to  weep, 
When  thy  high-palmed  harts,  the  sport  of  boors  and  hounds, 
By  gripple  borderers'  hands  were  banished  thy  grounds." 

The  higher  and  sounder  land  was  formerly  covered  with  fern  and 
gorse,  and  the  lower  and  wet  fiat  lands  produced  a  kind  of  stunted  black 
heath.  It  was  chiefly  stocked  with  a  small  breed  of  sheep,  called  forest 
sheep,  (now  nearly  extinct  in  the  neighbourhood  ;)  but  some  neat  cattle, 
young  horses,  and  a  few  mules,  were  also  reared  upon  it,  by  the  farmers 
and  cottagers  of  the  adjacent  parishes,  some  of  whom  paid  a  trifling 
acknowledgment  to  the  lord  of  the  manor.  The  chief  claimants  were 
the  neighbouring  freeholders  ;  and  at  the  enclosure,  amongst  the  prin- 
cipal purchasers  were  John  Pares,  Thos.  Gisborne,  Wm.  Fenton,  Thos. 
Babington,  and  James  Heygate,  Esqrs.,  who  erected  many  commodious 
farm-houses  on  their  respective  estates.  Their  purchases  consisted 
chiefly  of  the  allotments  awarded  to  the  smaller  freeholders.  The  late 
Chas.  M.  Phillipps,  Esq.,  of  Garendon  Park,  on  the  north  side  of  the  forest, 
was  one  of  the  principal  claimants,  and  his  son  and  heir  A.  L.  M.  Phil- 


478  CHAENWOOD    FOEEST. 

lipps  de  Lisle,  Esq.,  has  now  some  well- cultivated  farms  here.  The  land 
was  sold  at  prices  varying  from  £Q  to  .£50  per  acre.  There  are  six 
manors  on  the  forest,  and  their  present  lords  are  the  Marquis  of  Hastings, 
the  Earl  of  Stamford  and  Warrington,  Earl  Howe,  W.  P.  Herrick,  Esq., 
Capt.  Dawson,  and  A.  L.  M.  P.  de  Lisle,  Esq.  From  the  immense  quantity 
of  stone  thrown  up  in  cultivating  the  land,  the  fences  are  in  many  parts 
composed  of  it,  and  great  quantities  were  also  used  in  forming  drains 
and  roads.  In  those  parts  where  stone  was  not  so  abundant,  the  fences 
are  almost  entirely  of  white  thorn.  The  expense  of  cultivating  was 
enormous ;  in  some  parts  considerably  more  than  the  original  cost  of 
the  land.  The  soil  on  the  western  side  is  mostly  a  poor,  weak,  black 
peat,  capable  of  growing  little  else  than  oats,  though  wheat  is  occasionally 
cultivated  in  small  quantities.  On  the  eastern  side  it  is  various,  and 
some  a  mixture  of  sand  and  marl,  but  the  greater  part  is  a  friable  red 
soil,  producing  all  kinds  of  grain.  The  expense  of  the  enclosure,  making 
roads,  &c,  was  defrayed  by  the  sale  of  lands.  The  principal  chain  of 
rocks  in  the  forest,  extends  from  Belton  low  woods  to  Bardon.  Towards 
Mountsorrel,  Buddon  Wood,  and  the  intermediate  hills  between  them 
and  Swithland,  the  rocks  are  an  impure  granite,  containing  hornblende, 
cleavelandite,  and  some  veins  of  steatite.  From  Swithland  to  Newtown 
Linford,  including  nearly  the  whole  of  the  forest  to  the  north  of  these 
villages,  the  rock  is  chiefly  schistose,  a  species  of  primitive  slate,  or  grau- 
wacke,  often  having  a  granular  appearance,  and  towards  Whitwick 
presenting  the  character  and  features  of  porphyry.  It  rises  to  the  west 
of  Groby  in  small  detached  knolls,  the  trap  rock  running  between  and 
separating  it  from  the  main  body.  The  stratification  of  the  slates  is 
N.W.  by  W.,  and  S.E.  by  E.  In  the  south-east  portion  of  the  forest, 
from  Markfield  and  Groby  to  Bradgate,  the  rock  is  sienite,  or  trap-rock, 
consisting  of  hornblende,  with  red  and  green  felspar.  The  celebrated 
"  Charley  Forest  Whetstones"  are  got  near  Woodhouse-Eaves,  and  in 
other  parts  of  the  forest ;  and  the  principal  chain  of  rocky  hills  extends 
eastward  to  Mountsorrel,  where  there  are  quarries  of  excellent  granite, 
as  noticed  at  page  457.  Charnwood  is  now  visited  by  numbers  of 
invalids  from  all  parts  of  the  kingdom,  during  the  summer  months.  The 
height  of  the  range  renders  the  air  pure  and  light,  so  that  constitutions 
affected  by  a  confined  and  close  atmosphere  feel  instant  relief,  and  the 
salubrity  of  the  air  is  soon  manifested  in  their  ruddy  countenances.  On 
the  summit  of  Beacon  hill,  a  mile  west  of  Woodhouse-Eaves,  are  the 
remains  of  a  circular  tower  ten  feet  in  diameter,  five  feet  high,  and  two 
feet  deep  within,  open  at  the  top.  It  was  formerly  used  for  the  purpose 
of  holding  a  beacon  fire  to  alarm  the  country,  in  case  of  invasion.  About 
four  years  ago,  in  cutting  a  road  round  the  brow  of  this  hill,  the 
labourers  dug  out  two  lozenge- shaped  copper  spear  heads,  neatly  cast 
and  in  a  good  state  of  preservation ;  also  two  celts  or  chisel-shaped  tools 
of  the  same  metal,  the  handle  of  one  being  bruised  by  being  struck  with 
a  stone,  when  used  as  a  chisel  or  cutting  instrument.  To  each  is 
attached  the  usual  ring,  through  which  probably  passed  a  thong  of 
leather  to  suspend  it  over  the  neck  and  shoulders.  The  whole  arc 
undoubtedly  the  equipments  of  an  ancient  British  warrior.  An  ancient 
battle  axe  was  also  found  here  some  years  ago.  The  canal  which  tra- 
verses the  north  side  of  the  forest,  and  was  connected  with  the  Soar 
navigation  by  a  railway  to  Loughborough,  was  never  used,  and  is  now 
dry.  This  fruitless  enterprise  cost  nearly  .£100,000.  A  large  reservoir 
was  formed  near  Sharpley  Rocks,  to  supply  the  canal  with  water,  but  in 
the  spring  of  1801,  after  a  winter  of  unusual  snow,  it  burst  with  a  loud 
noise,  and  caused  great  damage  to  the  neighbourhood.    In  1292,  the 


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monks  of  Garendon  Abbey  complained  of  John  Comyn  killing  a  hundred 
hogs  in  the  forest,  and  a  jury  found  that  he  had  done  right.     In  1455, 
Wm.  Lovel  and  Alice,  his  wife,  held  half  of  the  chase.     Bardon  Hill, 
the  highest  point  on  Charnwood,  rises  to  an  elevation  of  853  feet  above 
the  level  of  the  sea.     Its  summit  commands  one  of  the  most  extensive 
prospects  in  the  kingdom,  embracing  about  one-fourth  of  England.   The 
hill  is  well  clothed  with  wood,  and  surmounted  by  a  summer-house,  and 
was  probably  the  site  of  a  Druidical  temple.     Beacon  Hill  is  about  700 
feet  high.     Nan  Pantan,   a  rocky  knoll  about  two  miles  from  Lough- 
borough, on  the  Forest-lane,  is  visited  by  numerous  pleasure  parties.    It 
rises  precipitously  from  the  road,  but  slopes  gently  towards  Buck  Hill, 
and  the  view  from  its  top  is  extremely  picturesque  and  beautiful.     Ives 
Head  is  a  very  conspicuous  isolated  cone  on  the  north  side  of  the  forest, 
and  near  it  is  the  Hanging  Stone,  believed  to  have  been  one  of  the 
Logan  or  Rocking  Stones,  used  by  Celtic  priests.     Another  stone,  near 
Pocket  Gate,  which  fell  in  1791,  is  also  supposed  to  have  been  a  rocking 
stone,  and  a  large  flat  rock,  about  fifteen  feet  in  length,  near  Woodhouse, 
was  probably  a  Druidical  altar.     The  Oaks  Church,  nearly  in  the 
centre  of  the  forest,  was  erected  in  1815,  and  was  consecrated  on  the 
18th  of  June,  the  day  of  the  battle  of  Waterloo ;  but  it  was  not  till  June 
29th,  1852,  that  a  separate  district  was  assigned  to  it  out  of  the  parishes 
of  Newtown  Linford,  Sheepshed,  and  Whitwick,  including  the  Monastery 
and  Reformatory,  and  above  700  souls.     The  church  is  a  neat  stone 
building,   with  a  tower  and  one  bell,  and  near  it  is   a   commodious 
parsonage  house,  built  about  eight  years  ago  by  subscription,  and  also 
a  school,  built  in  1851,  and  attended  by  about  50  children.     Henrietta 
Dunne  is  the  schoolmistress ;  and  Thomas  Wright,  church  clerk.     Copt 
Oak  Church  (St.  Peter)  stands  in  the  parish  of  Markfield,  in  the  southern 
part  of  the  forest,  and  is  a  small  structure,  built  of  irregular  pieces  of 
granite,  and  having  a  square  tower  and  one  bell.     It  was  erected  in 
1837,  partly  at  the  cost  of  the  late  Earl  of  Stamford  and  Warrington, 
and  partly  by  a  Government  grant.     It  has  seat-room  for  400  persons, 
and  its  district  comprises  parts  of  the  parishes  of  Markfield,  Newtown 
Linford,   Whitwick,   Ulverscroft,   Charley,   and  Bardon,  and  contains 
about  400  souls.     Near  this  church  is  a  neat  little  school,  with  master's 
house  attached,  built  in  1839,  by  the  late  Earl  of  Stamford  and  Warring- 
ton, on  land  given  by  Thomas  Pares,  Esq.,  and  it  is  attended  by  about  30 
children.    Mr.  and  Mrs.  Edward  Pollard  are  teachers  of  the  school,  and 
the  former  is  also  church  clerk.  Both  churches  are  in  the  patronage  of  the 
lords  of  the  six  manors  on  the  forest,  and  incumbency  of  the  Rev.  John 
Foster.     The  two  livings  are  perpetual  curacies,  and  are  worth  together 
about  .£180  per  annum,  arising  from  200  acres  of  land,  allotted  at  the 
enclosure.     Behind  Copt  Oak  Church  there  stood,  till  1855,  an  ancient 
oak,  of  which  the  root  still  remains.     This  is  supposed  to  have  been  a 
Celtic  Tau,  the  symbol  of  the  Druidical  Jupiter,  made  by  cutting  away 
all  the  branches  of  the  tree  but  two,  which,  although  separated,  were 
suspended  like  arms,  so  as  to  form  a  cross.     The  trunk  was  20  feet  high 
and  24  feet  in  circumference.     If  it  was  a  Celtic  Tau,  it  must  have  been 
at  least  2000  years  old,  and  probably  stood  in  the  midst  of  a  dense  grove. 
Mr.  Potter  says: — "At  this  spot— it  may  be  under  this  tree — Eric,  the 
forester,   is   said  to  have  harangued  his  forces  against  the  Norman 
invasion ;  and  here,  too,  in  the  Parliamentary  troubles  of  1G42,  the  Earl 
of  Stamford  assembled  the  trained  bands  of  the  district."      It  was  also 
one  of  the  three  places  at  which  Swanimotes  were  held.     These  courts 
were  held  by  the  lords  of  Groby,   Sheepshed,  and  Whitwick,  like  the 
Druidical  festivals,  three  times  in  the  year,  in  the  open  air,  for  adjudi- 


480  CHARNWOOD   FOREST. 

cation  upon  all  accidents  and  offences  occurring  in  the  forest.  The 
farmers  and  other  inhabitants  of  Charnwood  Forest  are  included  in  the 
directories  of  the  parishes  in  which  they  live. 

COLEORTON,  two  miles  east  of  Ashby-de-la-Zouch,  is  a  scattered 
village,  in  three  portions,  called  Old  Town,  Church  Town,  and  Farm 
Town.  Its  parish  contains  nearly  2000  acres  of  land,  and  had  848 
inhabitants  in  1831,  but  they  were  reduced  to  62C  in  1861,  in  consequence 
of  the  exhaustion  of  a  colliery.  Coal  mines  were  worked  from  an  early 
period  in  various  parts  of  the  parish,  and  from  them  it  derived  the  name 
of  Goal- Orton  ;  but  the  principal  pits  are  now  in  the  adjoining  parishes. 
Coleorton  Hall,  the  seat  of  Sir  George  Howland  Beaumont,  Bart.,  was 
built  in  1805,  and  is  an  elegant  stone  mansion,  with  a  massive  portico, 
standing  on  an  eminence  in  a  finely  wooded  park,  and  commanding  ex- 
tensive prospects.  A  new  picture  gallery  was  added  in  1848,  and  in  1862, 
the  main  building  was  raised  a  story  higher.  The  mansion  contains  a 
number  of  choice  paintings,  and  amongst  them  a  celebrated  one  by  Paulo 
Panini,  representing  the  interior  of  the  Colonna  Gallery,  as  filled  with 
the  master  works  of  art,  previously  to  its  spoliation  by  the  French.  In 
the  hall  is  an  exquisite  marble  group  of  "Psyche  borne  by  the  Zephyrs,'' 
from  the  chisel  of  Gibson.  In  front  of  the  house  a  velvet  lawn  leads  to 
the  terrace,  from  which  an  extensive  prospect  is  obtained,  including  Bel- 
voir  Castle,  and  the  distant  hills  and  rocks  of  Charnwood  Forest.  Im- 
mediately below  the  terrace  is  the  flower  garden,  designed  by  the  late  Lady 
Beaumont,  containing  more  than  a  hundred  beds  of  different  forms,  filled 
with  the  choicest  flowers.  The  winter  garden,  formed  on  the  site  of  an  old 
stone  quarry,  contains  many  rare  exotics  which  flourish  with  unusual 
luxuriance  in  this  sheltered  spot.  The  gardens  and  pleasure  grounds  are 
laid  out  with  the  most  exquisite  taste,  and  the  pineries,  graperies,  con- 
servatories, &c,  are  most  complete.  The  head  gardener,  Mr.  Henderson, 
has  obtained  the  first  prizes  at  most  of  the  principal  Horticultural  Shows 
in  the  kingdom,  particularly  for  grapes.  Coleorton  was  a  favourite  haunt 
of  the  poet  Wordsworth,  and  several  sonnets  from  his  pen  are  inscribed 
on  tablets  in  different  parts  of  the  grounds.  One  of  them  is  upon  a  monu- 
ment opposite  the  library  windows,  to  the  memory  of  Francis  Beaumont, 
the  dramatic  poet ;  another  is  on  a  cenotaph  to  Sir  Joshua  Reynolds, 
approached  by  an  avenue  of  lime  trees,  in  imitation  of  a  gothic  aisle ; 
and  a  third  is  near  a  cedar  planted  by  Wordsworth  and  his  friend  Sir 
George  Beaumont,  the  celebrated  amateur  painter  and  patron  of  the  arts, 
who  died  in  1827.  Great  as  are  the  improvements  that  have  been  made 
in  the  immediate  vicinity  of  the  hall,  those  on  other  parts  of  the  estate 
are  not  less  striking.  The  numerous  clay  and  slack  banks  which  have 
been  thrown  up  in  various  parts  of  the  parish,  where  coal  mines  have 
been  worked,  have  been  covered  with  plantations  and  coppices,  now  in 
a  thriving  condition.  In  1346,  the  estate  of  Coleorton  was  held  by  John 
Maureward,  and  in  1426  by  Sir  Thos.  Beaumont,  Knt.  It  has  since  been 
held  by  the  Beaumont  family,  one  of  whom  was  created  a  baronet  in  1660. 
This  family  is  descended  in  a  direct  paternal  line  from  Louis  VIII.,  King 
of  France.  The  youngest  son  of  that  monarch  was  called  King  of  Jeru- 
salem and  Sicily,  and  the  issue  of  Ms  second  son  took  the  name  of 
Beaumont.  Hence  sprung  the  barons  and  viscounts  Beaumont,  whom 
the  present  Lord  Beaumont  represents  in  the  female  line  ;  but  in  the 
male  line  Sir  George  is  the  representative  of  Thomas  de  Beaumont, 
second  son  of  the  fourth  lord.  The  present  baronet  succeeded  his  father 
in  1845,  and  his  eldest  son  and  heir,  George  Howland  William  Beau- 
mont, was  born  in  1851.  The  manorial  rights  of  the  two  manors,  called 
Orton  Saucey  and  Orton  Quartremarsh,  belong  to  the  Marquis  of  Hastings 


COLEORTON    PARISH. 


481 


and  the  Earl  of  Lanesborougli.  The  Church  (St  Mary)  has  a  tower, 
containing  six  bells  and  crowned  by  a  spire.  It  was  thoroughly  restored 
and  reseated  in  1854,  at  a  cost  of  about  £1500.  Three  of  the  windows 
are  filled  with  stained  glass,  and  the  chancel  contains  several  handsome 
monuments,  one  having  effigies  of  Sir  Henry  Beaumont  and  his  lady 
(obit.  1607-'8).  The  living  is  a  rectory,  valued  in  KB.  at  £10.  6s.  0£d., 
and  now  at  .£269.  Sir  G.  H.  Beaumont  is  patron,  and  the  Rev.  Francis 
Mere  wether,  M.A.,  incumbent.  The  glebe  is  only  7  acres,  and  the  tithes 
were  commuted  in  1843  for  .£300  per  annum.  The  rectory-house  is  a 
neat  residence  pleasantly  situated  near  the  Loughborough  and  Ashby 
road,  and  finely  mantled  with  ivy.  Half  an  acre  of  land,  given  by  Sir 
George  Beaumont,  has  been  formed  by  the  parishioners  into  a  cemetery, 
at  a  cost  of  about  .£300. 

The  Hospital  and  School,  at  Coleorton,  was  founded  in  1702,  by 
Lord  Viscount  Beaumont,  who  devised  the  tithe  of  Swannington  to  Sir 
G.  Beaumont  and  other  trustees,  and  their  heirs,  upon  trust,  with  the 
rents  and  profits  thereof,  to  erect  a  hospital  and  school,  and  to  endow 
them,  for  the  support  of  six  poor  widows  and  the  education  of  poor 
children.  The  building  contains  on  the  ground  floor  ten  rooms,  six  of 
which  are  occupied  by  six  widows,  and  four  by  the  schoolmaster.  Over 
the  latter  are  two  school-rooms,  capable  of  accommodating  60  boys  and 
60  girls.  The  tithes  produce  a  yearly  income  of  £200,  out  of  which  the 
schoolmaster  and  his  wife  have  a  yearly  salary  of  £80,  for  which  they 
teach  reading,  writing,  and  accounts,  to  about  100  children,  who  are  also 
provided  with  books  and  stationery.  The  six  almswomen  have  each  a 
weekly  stipend  of  4s.  6d.  Coals  to  the  amount  of  £20  per  annum  are 
provided  for  the  hospital  and  school ;  and  the  six  widows  are  provided 
with  stuff  gowns  every  other  year.  The  Rector,  Sir  G.  H.  Beaumont, 
and  others  are  the  trustees.  Coleorton  is  one  of  the  three  parishes 
entitled  to  send  almspeople  to  Ravenstone  Hospital,  (which  see).  The 
Poofs  Close,  2  a.,  let  for  £4,  is  in  Breedon,  and  was  given  at  the  enclosure 
in  exchange  for  land  which  had  been  purchased  in  1743  with  £54,  given 
to  the  poor  of  Coleorton  by  the  Rev.  Wm.  Hunt,  Fras.  Whirledge,  and 
others.  The  rent  is  distributed  on  St.  Thomas's  day.  In  1828,  Lady 
Beaumont  bequeathed  to  the  rector  of  Coleorton  £200,  in  trust,  to  employ 
the  yearly  profits  thereof  in  apprenticing  poor  children  of  Coleorton, 
Worthington,  Thringstone,  and  Whitwick.  This  legacy  was  invested  in 
£235.  13s.  7d.  three  per  cent.  Consols.  A  premium  of  £10  is  given 
yearly,  with  a  boy,  from  one  of  the  above-named  parishes,  in  rotation. 
Post  from  Ashby-de-la-Zouch. 


Beaumont     Sir    George    Howland, 

Bart.  Coleorton  Hall 
Beck  Hy.  and  Kezia,  Free  School 
Beckwith  John,  grocer  &  asst.  overseer 
Berkin  Thomas,  vict.  Queen's  Head 
Chandler  John,  butler  at  the  Hall 
Davenport  John,  regr.  of  births  &  deaths 
Eyre  Robt.  butcher  ||  Freer  Mrs  Chtte. 
Henderson  Montgomery,  gardener,HaZZ 
Heward  Peter,  land  agt.  to  Sir  George 
Knight  John,  wheelwright 
Lewis  George,  mining  engineer 
Merewether  Rev.  Fras.,  M.A.  vicar  of 

Whitwick  and  rector  of  Coleorton, 

Bectory 
Peters  James,  spar  ornament  mfr. 


Platts  Joseph,  boot  and  shoe  maker 
Preston  "William,  blacksmith 
Price  Jph.  shopkeeper  ||  Walker  Misses 
Radford  Henry,  gamekeeper 
Shaw  Joseph,  victualler,  Angel 
Statham  Thomas,  victualler,  George 
Walker  William,  tailor  and  draper 
Walker  and  Worswick,  colliery  owners 
Williams  Edward,  boot  and  shoe  maker 
Wilson   Thomas,  ironstone  ware   mfr. 
Coleorton  Potterv,  near  Lount 


FARMERS. 

Ayre  Jno.  Greasly 
Beckwith  John 
Bonnett  Robert 


Faux  Jph.  Wright 
Radford  Ts.Smith, 

Hall  Farm 
Wardle  Richd.  N. 

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482  WEST    GOSCOTE   HUNDRED. 

DISEWORTH,  a  considerable  village,  in  Shardlow  Union,  2  miles 
S.  of  Castle  Donington,  and  7  miles  N.W.  by  W.  of  Loughborough,  has 
in  its  parish  1879  acres  of  land  and  567  inhabitants.  The  soil  is  chiefly 
a  strong  red  clay,  and  belongs  mostly  to  the  Master  and  Fellows  of 
Christ's  College,  Cambridge,  who  are  also  lords  of  the  manor,  which  was 
given  to  their  college  by  the  Countess  of  Richmond  and  Derby,  in  1505. 
C.  Shakespear,  Esq.,  of  Langley  Priory,  has  an  estate  here,  and  part  of 
the  parish  is  held  by  small  owners.  Wm,  Lilly,  the  astrologer,  was 
born  here  in  1602,  in  the  house  now  occupied  by  George  Adkin,  sen.  He 
was  one  of  those  "  blind  buzzards"  who  first  deceive  themselves  by  an 
assumption  of  supernatural  powers,  and  then  impose  upon  others, 
by  pretending  to  foretel  human  events,  and  to  develope  the  sacred  and 
inscrutable  dispensations  of  Providence.  He  was  for  some  years  a  foot- 
boy,  but  in  1627  his"  master  died,  whereupon  Lilly  married  the  widow, 
with  whom  he  received  the  sum  of  £  1000  ;  but  his  wife  dying  within  a 
few  years,  he  immediately  took  another,  and  thus  augmented  his  fortune 
by  ^6500.  In  1632,  he  began  the  study  of  astrology,  under  one  Evans, 
a  clergyman  who  had  been  expelled  from  his  curacy  for  practising 
numerous  frauds,  under  pretence  of  discovering  stolen  goods.  The  fame 
which  Lilly  soon  acquired  for  casting  nativities  and  foretelling  events 
was  such,  that  he  was  applied  to,  in  1634,  to  ascertain,  by  the  use  of  the 
divining  rods,  whether  there  was  not  extensive  treasure  beneath  the 
cloisters  of  Westminster  Abbey.  Permission  having  been  obtained  from 
the  dean,  on  condition  that  he  should  have  his  share  of  whatever  might 
be  found,  Lilly  and  thirty  other  gentlemen  entered  the  cloisters  one 
night,  and  applied  the  hazel  rods ;  but  after  they  had  disinterred  a  few 
leaden  coffins,  a  violent  storm  arose,  which  so  alarmed  them,  that  they 
all  took  to  their  heels  and  ran  home.  His  almanac  (published  for  36 
years)  was  as  popular  as  Old  Moore's,  and  many  of  his  predictions  were 
published  to  please  Cromwell  and  the  Parliament,  who  granted  him  a 
pension  of  .£100  a  year,  though  they  well  knew  him  to  be  an  impostor. 
Until  the  affairs  of  Charles  I.  declined,  he  was  a  cavalier,  and  was  some- 
times consulted  by  the  royalists  with  the  king's  privity,  but  after  the 
year  1645  he  engaged  heartily  in  the  cause  of  parliament,  and  was  one 
of  the  close  committee  to  consult  upon  the  king's  execution.  He  pur- 
chased a  large  estate  at  Walton-upon-Thames,  and  was  buried  in  the 
church  there,  in  1681.  His  character  is  faithfully  drawn  in  Butler's 
"  Hudibras,"  under  the  name  of  Sidrophel.  The  parish  of  Diseworth  was 
enclosed  in  1797.  The  Church  (Saint  Michael)  is  an  ancient  structure, 
originally  in  the  early  English  style  of  architecture.  It  has  a  tower  and 
four  bells,  and  was  repaired  in  1840.  The  vicarage,  valued  in  K.B.  at 
M.  18s.  3d.,  and  now  at  .£212.  10s.,  was  augmented  in  1787  with  ^200 
of  Q.A.B.,  and  ^200  given  by  Jerome  Knapp,  Esq.  It  has  107a.  of 
glebe,  mostly  allotted  at  the  enclosure,  in  lieu  of  tithes.  The  Rev. 
Christopher  Floode  Cooke,  B.A.,  is  the  incumbent,  and  has  a  good  resi- 
dence. The  Haberdasher's  Company  and  the  Governors  of  Christ's 
Hospital,  London,  are  the  alternate  patrons,  and  C.  Shakespear,  Esq., 
and  Dr.  Piggott  are  impropriators  of  the  rectory.  In  1862,  a  new  School 
was  built,  with  class-room  and  master's  house  attached,  and  it  is  a  great 
ornament  to  the  village.  It  will  accommodate  about  80  children,  and  is 
principally  supported  by  subscription  and  the  children's  pence.  The 
school  is  endowed  with  a  yearly  rent-charge  of  £10,  left  by  Wm.  Lane 
in  1720,  and  charged  upon  land  in  the  parish  belonging  to  the  Rev.  R. 
Dalby.  The  same  donor  also  left  <£5  a  year  each  to  the  parishes  of 
Long  Whatton  and  Diseworth,  to  be  distributed  to  the  poor  in  bread. 
These  sums  are  now  charged  upon  the  estate  of  J.  Martin,  Esq.,  of 


DISEWORTH    PARISH. 


488 


Whatton  House.  The  dividends  of  £248*  Is.  3d.  three  per  cent,  consols, 
purchased  with  iS200  left  by  Caleb  Lowdham,  are  distributed  among  the 
poor,  in  bread  and  meat,  in  January.  This  parish  is  also  entitled  to 
send  six  boys  to  Langleys  Charity  School  at  Ashby.  (See  page  443.)  The 
Wesleyans  and  Baptists  have  each  a  chapel  here. 

Post  Office  at  John  Hayes's.     Letters  arrive  from  Loughborough  at  10 
morning,  and  are  despatched  at  4  J  afternoon. 


Baker  Elizabeth,  schoolmistress 

Bryan  William,  tailor 

Cheslyn  Thomas,  beerhouse 

Cooke  Kev.  Chpr.  Flood,  B. A.  Vicarage 

Fountain  Frederick,  vict.  Old  Plough 

Hincks  Mr.  Wm.  ||  Hinds  Jas.  par.  elk. 

Neal  William,  gamekeeper 

Roper  Jabez,  bricklayer 

Russell  James,  brickyard  manager 

Upton  John,  victualler,  Bull's  Head 

Upton  Wm.  builder  and  wheelwright 


BLACKSMITHS. 

Adkin  Geo.  sen. 
Adkin  Geo.  jun. 

FARMERS. 

Adkin  George 


Adkin  Joseph 
Adkin  Robert 
Allen  William 
Annibal  &  Harris 
Bartram  Robert 


Green     William, 
Gilscoe  Lodge 
Harris  Alfred 
Harris  Thomas 
Hayes  George 
Hayes  John 
Hinckes  James 
Hinds  Geo.  sen. 
Hinds  Geo.  jun. 

Holmes 

Hudson  George 
Jarrom  William 

Jefcote 

Johnson  Thomas 
Mee  Robert 
Muggleston  Hy. 


Oldershaw  John 
Simpkin  James 
Sowter  Joseph 

SHOEMAKERS. 

Brown  Robert 
Hill  Thomas 

SHOPKEERERS. 

Dexter  George 
Goode  Sophia 
Hayes  John, &  bkr. 
Waldrom  James 

CARRIER. 
Wm.    Cartwright, 
to  Loughborough 
every  Thurs. 


CASTLE  DONINGTON  is  a  small  well-built  market  town,  occu- 
pying a  bold  rocky  declivity  on  the  south  side  of  the  vale  of  the  river 
Trent,  which  divides  it  from  Derbyshire ;  10  miles  N.  by  E.  of 
Ashby-de-la-Zouch ;  13  miles  S.W.  by  W.  of  Nottingham;  9  miles 
S.E.  by  E.  of  Derby ;  3£  miles  W.  of  the  Midland  Railway  Station,  at 
Kegworth ;  9  miles  N.W.  of  Loughborough  ;  20  miles  N.N.W.  of 
Leicester ;  and  117  miles  N.N.W.  of  London.  It  has  a  small  market 
on  Saturday ;  fairs  on  March  17th,  July  25th,  and  Michaelmas-day ; 
and  a  great  statute  fair,  or  hiring  for  servants,  commencing  on  the  last 
Monday  in  October.  Its  parish  is  in  Shardlow  Union,  and  comprises 
3573  acres  of  land,  having  a  strong  clayey  soil  on  the  hills;  and  a  rich 
loam  in  the  vale.  It  had  2560  inhabitants  in  1821,  and  3508  in  1841 ; 
but  in  1851  its  population  had  decreased  to  3028,  and  in  1861  to  2445, 
owing  to  the  decline  of  the  lace  manufacture,  which  formerly  employed 
here  several  hundred  females  as  embroiderers.  Many  of  the  parishioners 
are  employed  in  basket  making,  framework  knitting,  &c,  and  some  are 
still  employed  by  the  Nottingham  manufacturers  in  making  lace,  silk 
gloves,  &c.  There  are,  however,  at  the  present  time  several  good  shops, 
and  nearly  200  houses  empty.  About  a  mile  W.  of  the  town  is  Doning- 
ton  Park,  the  seat  of  the  Marquis  of  Hastings ;  and  on  the  Trent,  under 
the  high  cliffs  of  the  park,  are  the  King's  Mills,  part  of  which  form  a 
large  paper  mill,  and  the  remainder  is  occupied  by  machinery  used  in 
grinding  plaster,  &c.  On  the  Trent,  nearly  two  miles  N.  of  the  town,  is 
the  village  of  Cavendish  Bridge,  partly  in  Derbyshire,  and  partly  in 
this  parish,  where  there  is  a  large  brewery.  The  bridge  is  an  elegant 
stone  building  on  the  Derby  and  Leicester  road.  In  the  town  are 
several  malt-houses  and  a  tanyard.  The  town  is  built  from  the  top  to 
the  bottom  of  the  hill,  which  is  a  rock  composed  chiefly  of  sand-stone. 
The  houses,  owing  to  the  great  declivity  of  the  hill,  are  of  such  various 
elevations,  that  the  garden  of  one  house  is  often  on  a  level  with  the  roof 
of  next;  and  in  some  cases,  the  ground  is  so  precipitous,  that  the  roofs  of 
the  houses  touch  the  rocks  which  overhang  them.    There  was  anciently 

2h2 


484  CASTLE    DONINGTON. 

a  Castle  on  the  south  side  of  the  town,  upon  a  lofty  summit  commanding 
extensive  prospects,  and  there  are  still  some  remains  of  its  outer  walls,  and 
its  vallum  may  yet  be  traced,  though  the  site  was  sold,  in  small  building 
lots,  above  thirty  years  ago.  This  fortress  was  built  in  the  twelfth  century 
by  Eustace,  Baron  of  Haulton,  whose  son  married  the  heiress  of  Robert 
Lacy,  Lord  of  Pontefract,  &c.  John,  the  issue  of  this  marriage,  assumed 
the  name  of  Lacy,  and  his  grandson,  John,  Baron  Lacy,  had  his  castle 
here  demolished  in  1216,  by  order  of  the  king,  for  taking  part  with  the 
refractory  barons,  but  was  created  Earl  of  Lincoln  in  1232.  He  was  one 
of  the  25  barons  appointed  to  enforce  the  observance  of  Magna  Charta. 
A  great  variety  of  warlike  implements,  curious  coins,  and  other  antiquities 
have  been  found  in  digging  among  and  near  the  foundations  of  the  castle 
during  the  present  century.  In  the  Confessor's  time  Earl  Hugh  held 
here  five  carucates,  and  a  wood  120  perches  long  and  40  broad,  as  an 
appendage  to  the  manor  of  Barrow ;  and  in  1086,  the  Countess  Alveva 
held  the  honor  and  manor  of  Dunintone,  and  had  here  a  mill ;  22£  caru- 
cates and  3  ploughs  in  the  demesne;  and  30  villans,  6  socmen,  llbordars, 
and  a  priest,  with  12  ploughs.  Soon  afterwards  the  manor  of  Donington 
passed  to  the  Barons  of  Haulton,  one  of  whom  gave  the  church  to 
Norton  Priory,  in  Cheshire.  In  1276,  Henry  Lacy,  Earl  of  Lincoln, 
obtained  a  grant  for  a  market,  a  fair,  and  a  fishery  here.  In  1322,  the 
manor  was  held  by  Hugh  le  Despencer,  and  the  castle  by  the  Earl  of 
Lancaster ;  but  in  1362,  they  were  held  by  the  Earl  of  Kent,  under  the 
Earl  of  Chester.  In  1461,  the  stewardship  of  the  castle  and  manor  was 
granted  to  Sir  Wm.  Hastings;  and  in  1464,  the  reversion  of  them  was 
granted  to  him  as  parcel  of  the  possessions  of  the  Duchess  of  Norfolk. 
In  1595,  the  Earl  of  Essex  sold  Castle  Donington  Park  to  Sir  George 
Hastings,  of  Gopsall,  for  <£3000 ;  and  in  1609,  the  mills  were  sold  to 
Walter  Hastings.  The  manor  continued  in  the  Crown  as  parcel  of  the 
Duchy  of  Lancaster  till  Charles  I.,  in  1633,  sold  it  to  Sir  John  Coke  for 
.£1450.  By  marriage  with  the  heiress  of  the  Cokes,  it  passed  to  Sir 
Matthew  Lamb  (seep.  359,)  an  ancestor  of  Lady  Pahnerston,  the  present 
lady  of  the  manor,  and  a  court  leet  is  held  yearly  on  the  last  Satur- 
day in  October  at  the  Moira  Anns  Inn.  But  the  manorial  rights 
of  the  freeholds  were  granted  by  Edward  IV.  to  the  owners  for  ever  ; 
and  most  of  the  soil  is  now  the  property  of  the  Marquis  of  Hastings,  and 
the  rest  belongs  to  Charles  Shakespeare,  Esq.,  J.  Sutton,  Esq.,  and  a 
few  smaller  owners.  John,  Baron  of  Haulton,  founded  a  Hospital  near 
the  Castle  for  a  governor,  thirteen  brethren,  and  several  sisters,  and 
dedicated  it  to  St.  John  the  Baptist.  It  was  valued  at  the  dissolution  at 
£3.  13s.  4d.  per  annum,  and  granted  to  the  Earl  of  Huntingdon,  but  was 
sold  in  1575  to  John  Campion.  There  are  still  some  few  vestiges  of  it 
in  the  Spital-field,  and  in  the  walls  of  a  few  cottages  built  near  its  site. 
In  1509,  Harold  Staunton  founded  a  Chantry  for  a  priest  to  celebrate 
mass  and  also  to  teach  a  grammar  school.  The  Chantry  House,  built  in 
the  succeeding  year,  is  still  standing,  and  its  quaint  old  gable,  which 
projects  into  the  churchyard,  forms  a  very  picturesque  object.  The 
parish  was  enclosed  in  1737,  1770,  and  1778.  Its  gross  estimated  annual 
value  is  £9705.  The  Hastings  Family,  with  whom  is  vested  the  titles — 
Marquis  of  Hastings,  Earl  of  Rawdon,  Earl  Moira,  dc,  is  already 
noticed  at  page  430,  where  it  will  be  seen  that  the  present  Marquis  of 
Hastings  is  now  in  his  21st  year,  and  is  under  the  guardianship  of  Earl 
Howe.  His  extensive  and  elegant  residence  in  Castle  Donington 
Park  is  on  the  south  side  of  the  Trent,  about  l-^-  mile  west  of  the  town, 
and  was  built  in  l795-'6  by  the  first  Marquis  of  Hastings.  The  ground 
rises  on  all  sides  of  the  Hall,  but  it  is  questionable  whether  it  could 


CASTLE   DONINGTON.  485 

have  been  built  in  a  more  desirable  situation,  as  it  is  at  the  termination 
of  three  valleys.  The  south  front,  which  is  built  of  white  stone  found 
on  the  spot,  is  particularly  beautiful.  In  the  centre  is  a  lantern  tower 
over  the  portico,  which  is  chastely  and  very  elegantly  designed,  and  is 
perhaps  superior  to  anything  of  the  hind  in  the  kingdom.  On  the  east, 
the  chapel,  58  feet  by  20,  forms  the  wing,  and  at  the  same  time  screens 
the  inferior  offices.  The  Gothic  Hall  of  entrance  is  24  feet  square ;  the 
dining-room,  48  feet  by  24  ;  the  drawing-room  and  ante-chamber,  each 
40  by  24 ;  and  the  library,  72  feet  by  26.  The  principal  apartments  are 
splendidly  furnished,  and  contain  a  large  collection  of  valuable  paintings 
by  the  first  masters.  Here  are  likewise  some  curious  specimens  of 
painted  glass,  and  the  library  contains  about  12,000  volumes,  many  of 
them  very  rare  and  valuable.  The  Pakk,  which  contains  350  acres  and 
about  500  head  of  deer,  is  celebrated  for  its  fine  old  majestic  oaks  and 
other  forest  trees ;  and  the  grounds,  which  are  of  the  richest  verdure,  are 
alternately  thrown  into  bold  swells  and  sunk  into  sweeping  valleys,  thus 
presenting  from  many  situations,  scenes  of  great  picturesque  beauty. 
Near  the  northern  extremity  is  a  precipice  called  Donington  Cliff,  which 
overhangs  the  Trent,  and  is  much  admired  for  its  wild  and  romantic 
features. 

The  Church  at  Castle  Donington  is  a  large  ancient  structure,  dedicated 
to  St.  Edward,  king  and  martyr,  and  has  a  handsome  spire  which  rises 
to  the  height  of  192  feet,  and  was  partly  rebuilt,  about  50  years  ago,  by 
that  daring  steeple  builder,  Mr.  Cartwright,  of  this  parish.  The  tower 
contains  four  bells,  and  the  whole  fabric  was  repaired  in  1840-'l.  Among 
the  monuments  is  a  fine  altar-tomb,  with  effigies  of  a  knight  and  lady. 
The  benefice  is  a  discharged  vicarage,  valued  in  K.B.  at  £8.  2s.  3|d.,  and 
now  at  <£224.  In  1722,  it  was  augmented  with  ^200  of  Q.A.B.,  and 
,£200  given  by  John  Hardinge.  The  Marquis  of  Hastings  is  patron,  and 
the  Rev.  John  Bourne,  M.A.,  is  the  incumbent.  The  Vicarage  House 
is  a  neat  little  residence,  which  was  tastefully  improved  by  the  late 
incumbent,  the  Rev.  John  Dalby,  M.A.,  whose  family  resided  in  the 
parish  about  800  years.  The  parish  school  is  a  good  brick  building,  in 
the  Elizabethan  style,  on  Caatle  hill,  and  was  built  in  1854  at  a  cost  of 
£?1200,  of  which  ,£800  were  granted  by  government  and  the  remainder 
was  raised  by  subscription.  It  is  attended  by  about  200  scholars,  and 
the  master's  residence  adjoins  it.  There  is  also  a  small  school  at  Caven- 
dish bridge,  built  in  1859  by  G.  T.  Eaton,  Esq.  The  General  Baptist 
Chapel  in  Bondgate  was  built  in  1774,  and  enlarged  in  1827.  Attached 
to  it  is  a  burial-ground,  a  day  and  Sunday  school,  and  a  house  for  the 
minister.  The  Wesleyans  have  a  commodious  chapel  in  Clap-Gun  gate, 
built  in  1823  at  the  cost  of  £1000,  and  enlarged  in  1839.  It  has  a  large 
Sunday  school  attached  to  it.  Here  is  also  a  small  Friends'  Meeting 
House,  built  in  1829  at  the  cost  of  .£450.  An  Independent  Chapel  was 
built  in  Clap-Gun  gate  in  1840,  at  a  cost  of  <£1100 ;  but  it  is  now  used  as 
a  lecture  hall  for  public  meetings,  &c.  The  Gas  Works  in  Spittal  street 
were  established  in  1853,  at  a  cost  of  .£2000,  raised  in  ^10  shares,  and 
consumers  are  charged  7s.  Gd.  per  1000  cubic  feet.  Mr.  Jas.  Pickering 
is  secretary  to  the  Company,  and  Mr.  John  Prosser  manager  of  the  works. 
Here  are  several  lodges  of  Oddfellows.  For  distribution  in  bread  and 
clothing,  and  apprenticing  a  poor  boy  yearly,  the  poor  parishioners  have 
two-thirds  of  the  rent  of  21a.  of  land  at  Mickleover,  purchased  with  <£200 
left  by  Thos.  Gray,  and  now  let  for  £32.  10s.  6d.  a-year,  one-third  of 
which  belongs  to  the  poor  of  Melbourne,  in  Derbyshire.  The  poor  of 
Castle  Donington  have  also  the  following  yearly  doles,  viz. : — £2  from  a 
garden  of  lit.  24p.  at  Hemington,  left  by  Thos.  Twells  in  1700 ;  and  £7 


48G 


CASTLE    DONINGTON. 


from  1a.  35p.  allotted  at  the  enclosure  in  1779  in  lieu  of  land  and  rent- 
charges  left  by  one  Bonser  and  others,  which  is  applied  with  the  parish 
rates. 

Post  Office  at  Mrs.  Catherine  Hunt's,  Bondgate.  Letters  arrive  from 
Derby  at  7.30  morning,  and  are  despatched  at  7.30  evening.  This  is  also  a 
Money  Order  Office  and  a  Post  Office  Savings'  Bank. 

Those  marked  1,  are  in  Apesgate  or  Carr  lane  ;  2,  Barrawong  street; 
3,  Bondgate;  4,  Borough  street;  5,  at  Castle  hill;  6,  in  Church  lane; 
7,  Clap-Gun-gate  ;  8,  High  street;  9,  Market  place ;  10,  Spittal  street ;  11, 
Derby  road;  12,  Hill  Top;  13,  St.  Ann's  lane;  14,  Church  lane;  and  the 
others  at  Cavendish  Bridge,  or  where  specified. 


Marquis  of  Hastings,  Castle  Doning- 
ton  Park;  and  Loudoun  Castle,  Ayr- 
shire, Scotland 

5  Allen  Mr  Thomas 

Allsop  John,  house  agent 

Audinwood  William,  agricultural  ma- 
chine proprietor 

8  Bakewell  Mrs  Elizabeth,  Mrs  Cathe- 
rine, and  Miss 

Bourne  Kev.  John  Geo.  M.A.  chap,  of 
Skardlow  Union,  and  vicar,  Vicarage 

9  Bradbury  William,  watchmaker 
Bradley  Thomas,  gamekeeper,  Park 
Bramford  Rev.  Edward    (Wesleyan), 

Mount  Pleasant 

7  Bramley  Miss  Esther 

8  Briggs  Mrs  Alice 

7  BrittonMrRt.  |    3  Burton  Mr  Jph. 

8  Burton  Joshua,  insurance  agent 

1  Carr  Mrs  Elizabeth 

3  Cartwright  Jph.  Andrew,  stonemason 
Chambers  Wm.  Hy.  gent.  Mt.  Pleasant 

3  Chettle  John ,  turner,  and  Jph.  carrier 

2  ClaytonCs.Rd.  elk.  ||  CubleyFras.  elk. 

4  Denham  Charles,  auctioneer,  &c. 

1  Draper MrThs.  ||  2  Ellis  MrBakewell 
Eaton  George,  tanner,  Derby  road 

2  Evans  Carr,  chimney  sweeper 
Farmer  Miss  Ellen,  Shaw's  green 
8  Farmer  Mrs  Frances 

2  Feasant  MissLucy  ||  4  FieldingMrTs. 

3  Forth  John,  horse  clipper,  &c. 

4  Forth  Maria,  milliner  &  dress  maker 

2  Gregory  Jobn,  silk  glove  maker 
Hobson  and  Siddalls,  paper  manufac- 
turers, King's  Mills,  and  Derby 

3  Hunt  Catherine,  Post  Office 
Hyatt  Edw.  gent.  ||  3  Leeson  Mrs  Eliz. 
3  Marson  Charles,  nail  maker 

8  Matchett  Misses  Mary  and  Eliza 

5  Mee  Daniel,  silk  glove  maker 
Moll  Mrs  Sarab,  Derby  road 

10  Oldershaw  Mrs  Mary,  &  7  Mr  Wm. 
Palfrey  man  Sarab,  beerhs.  Derby  road 
3  Peatfield  Mr  John,  Mr  Joseph,  and 

Miss  Peggy 


1  Pearson  Wilson,  organist,  &c. 
Pegg  and    Harper,   plaster  grinders, 

King's  Mills 
7  Pegg  John,  wood  turner 
Pegg  Robert,  sweep,  St.  Ann's  lane 
4  Pennall  Rev.  George  B.,  B.A.  curate 
4  Popple  Mary,  bookseller,  &c. 

10  Prosser  Jobn,  manager,  Gas  Works 

2  Richardson  Samuel,  silk  glove  mkr. 
7  Rose  Mrs  Ann  ||   2  Smith  Mrs  Alice 
Rowlett  Alfred,  brewer's  traveller 
Sowter  Miss  Sarab,  Market  place 

9  SowterThos.Clarke,wme&spiritmert. 
7  Sprang  Joseph,  inland  rev.  officer 
7  Stones  Thomas,  greengrocer 
4  Summersfield  William,  saddler,  &e. 
Sutton  George,  plasterer,  Derby  road 

2  Taylor  John,  yeast  dealer 

Taylor  Rev.  Wm.  (Bapt.)  Mt.  Pleasant 
Tebbutt  Mrs  Mary,  Church  lane 

3  Thacker  George,  plumber,  &c. 

7  Tomlinson  James,  traveller 

2  Topliss  Samuel,  boatman 

Towle  John,  sen.  Esq.  Mansion  House 

4  Trussell  John,  greengrocer 

11  Ward  Francis,  earthenware  dealer 

4  Webster  John,  tinner  and  brazier 

3  White  Mrs  Martha 

Winfield  Francis,  gardener  at  the  Hall 
Wood  Miss  Georgiana,  Mount  Pleasant 

3  Woodward  Mrs  Jane 

INNS  AND  TAVERNS. 
9  Bell  and  Crown,  William  Hardy 

5  Black  Horse,  George  Harris 

4  Bricklayers'  Arms,  Frederick  Ward 

2  Castle,  William  Mercer 

3  Cross  Keys,  Joseph  Cartwright 
Crown,  Abraham  Welch 

5  Jolly  Potters,  Robert  Glover 
9  King's  Head,  Henry  Lees 

8  Moira  Arms,  Executors  of  J.  Pacey 

8  Nag's  Head,  John  Webb 

4  New  Iun,  Amos  Babb 

9  Turk's  Head,  William  Payne 


CASTLE    DONINGTON. 


487 


ACADEMIES. 

*  take  Boarders. 
5  BaughurstHenry 

&Cath.  ParishScl 
4  *  Knight    Emma 

and  Catherine 
4  Sharp  Eliz.  Ann 

3  *Stenson  Wm. 

4  *WillsonRd.Nat. 

ATTORNEYS. 

8  Huish  Marcus 
8  Towle  Johnjun. 

BAKERS,  &C. 

3  Bennett  John 

2  Cartwright  Fras. 

3  Cartwright  Fred. 

3  Dancer  Charles 
7  Doughty  Richd. 

4  Fielding  Samuel 
4  Massey  William 

(and  confectnr.) 

7  Poyser    Alfred 

(and  confectnr.) 

8  Richardson  Geo. 
2  Simpkins  Thos. 

BASKET  MAKERS. 

4  Cartwright  Fras. 

5  Frakes  Amos 
2  Hardy  James 
4  Hayes  William 

9  Lees  Henry 

2  Martin  Alfred 

3  Merrin  John 
11  Moll  Herbert 
8  Raynes  Jabez 

3  Raynes  John 

7  Saxelby  John 

2  Smith  John 

4  Waldron  John 

BLACKSMITHS. 

3  Chettle  William 

8  Marriott  Thomas 

9  Mosedale  George 
7  Selby  Thomas 

BOOT  &  SHOE  MKRS. 

4  Brompton  Fred. 

5  Dakin  Nathaniel 
13  Dumalow  Luke 
1  Dumalow  Wm. 

9  Hargraves  John 
4  Hopkins  Henry 


7  Mee  Joseph 

4  Peach  William 
7  Raynes  James 

7  Simpkins  John 

8  White  Joseph 

9  Winfield  Wm. 

BRICK  &  TILE  MKRS. 

9  Hardy  William 
12  Webb  John 

BRICKLAYERS. 

7  Barker  Joseph 

5  Garton  Alpheus 
14  Garton  John 

3  Garton  Joseph 

10  Millett  Thomas 

BUTCHERS. 

4  Babb  Amos 

2  Barrowdale  Ths. 
4  Dixon  Jno. (pork) 
4  Dixon  Joseph 
4  Gee  John 

1  Griffin  Thomas 
4  Hudson  George 
7  Hudson  Thomas 

9  North  Benjamin 
7  Sutton  Joseph 

CHEMISTS&DRGSTS. 

4  Farmer  James, 
(and  stamp  office) 

4  Moulton  Joseph 

COOPERS. 

2  Cartwright  John 

5  Robotham  Wm. 
7  Whitehead  Fny. 

CORN   MILLER. 

4  Sharp  Joseph 

DRAPERS. 

7  Attwood  Mattw. 
4  Burkitt  John 

7  Dunnicliffe  Wm. 
and  Son 

4  Gibson  Wm. 

FARMERS. 

1  Camm  William 

10  Carr  Thomas 
10  Chapman  John 

8  Dixon  John 
Eaton  George 
8  Eyre  Arthur 

8  Greaves  Charles 

3  Green  Edward 


[  2  Hardy  James 

7  Hudson  Cath. 
11  Hudson  George 
3Hurd   William 

Greaves 

8  Jacques  Edward 
8  Kilburn  John 

8  Kirk  Simeon 
Knight  Richard 
8  Minton  James 

10  Raynes  William 
SpencerJno.F.,  Pk 
Trussell  George 

GARDENERS. 

*  areSeedsmenalso 
3  Gidlow  George 

8  Hall  William 

5  Hudson  George 

11  Marcer  Robert 
UNorthbridgeTs. 

3  *Poxon  James 
2  Saxelby  John 
7  Saxelby  Thos. 

*  Saxelby  William 

(and  loan  agent) 
5  Shepherd  Thos. 
5  TomlinsonThps. 

grocers,  &c. 
7  AttwoodMatthw. 
2ClaytonChs.Rd. 

2  Clayton  Mary 

7  DoughtyRichard 
13  Pickering  Jas. 

1  Raynes  John  (and 
earthenware  dlr.) 

4  Sharpe  John 

3  Simpkins  Joseph 
hairdressers. 

13  Gadsby  George 

9  HargreavesRobt. 

2  Hickin  Thomas 

JOINERS. 

5  Garton  George 
7  Hood  Francis 

3  Kirk  Robert 

7  Rowbotham  Rd. 

4  Thirlby  Richard 

MALTSTERS. 

8  Alton  Wm.  (and 

corn  merchant) 


8  Clarke  Wm.  (and 
ale  &  porter  dlr.) 

EatonGeoTrussell 
(and  brewer) 

8  Eyre  Arthur 

PAINTERS. 

4  Bagnall  John 
4Bagnall  Samuel 

7  Shepherd  George 
1  TomkinsonChas. 
1  White  Samuel 

SHOPKEEPERS. 

4  Bagnall  William 

3  Cartwright  Fred. 

5  CumberlandWm. 

8  Draper  Isabella 

9  Hargreaves  John 

4  HickinbottomMy 

10  JohnsonSamuel 

4  Statham  Thos. 

5  Tomlinson  Wm. 

4  Wheeldon  Thos. 

STRAW  HAT  MKRS. 

1  Selby  Elizabeth 
14  Watson  Ann 

SURGEON. 

8  Smith  John 

TAILORS. 

*  Drapers  also. 
7  Barker  John 
7  Benskin  Wm. 
3  Chettle  Wm. 
14  *  Clifford  Wm. 
14  *Elliott  Alfred 

5  Fowkes  John 

7  Johnson  Thos. 

8  Kirk  George 

7  Simkin  Thomas 

9  *  Tomlinson  Wm. 

WHEELWRIGHTS. 

3  By  water  John 

2  Farmer  Thomas 

8  Shipley  James 

8  Tomlinson  Thos. 
Omnibuses     to 

Derby,  daily ;  to 

Loughbro',Ths; 

and  to  Nottngm. 

Wed.&Sat.  Jph. 

Chettle,  propr. 


GARENDON  is  an  extra-parochial  estate,  of  38  souls  and  about  2000 
acres  of  land,  on  the  north  side  of  Charnwood  Forest,  2  miles  W.  of 
Loughborough.  It  is  the  property  of  Ambrose  Lisle  March-Phillipps  de 
Lisle,  Esq.,  who  has  a  handsome  residence  here,  in  a  beautiful  Park 
which  comprises  about  600  acres.  The  mansion  is  built  on  the  site  of 
Oarendon  Abbey,  which  was  founded  in  1133,  by  Eobert  Bossu,  the  good 
Earl  of  Leicester,  for  monks  of  the  Cistercian  order.  It  was  very  libe- 
rally endowed  with  granges,  &c,  in  this  and  neighbouring  counties,  and 


488  GAVENDON    PAKE. 

its  Abbot  was  regularly  summoned  to  parliament,  from  1295  to  1391. 
At  the  dissolution  it  had  14  monks,  besides  the  abbot,  and  its  revenues 
were  valued  at  .£186.  15s.  2d.  per  annum.  Its  site  and  demesne  were 
granted  to  the  Earl  of  Rutland.  In  1682,  the  lordships  of  Garendon 
and  Sheepshed  were  purchased  by  Sir  Ambrose  Phillipps,  an  eminent 
counsellor  of  the  Middle  Temple,  who  was  knighted  by  James  II.  His 
nephew,  Ambrose  Phillipps,  Esq.,  after  travelling  over  all  parts  of  the 
Continent,  settled  at  Garendon,  and  built  in  the  park  a  handsome  Gate  - 
way,  in  imitation  of  a  triumphal  arch ;  also  a  circular  Temple  of  Venus, 
and  an  obelisk.  He  designed  the  magnificent  front  of  the  House,  which 
was  built  by  his  brother,  Samuel  Phillipps,  Esq.  The  Park  is  well- 
wooded  and  stocked  with  deer,  and  the  entrance  Lodge,  next  Sheepshed, 
is  remarkably  beautiful,  both  from  its  locality  and  the  tasteful  disposition 
of  the  gardens  and  plantations  about  it.  The  abbey  church  was  demo- 
lished soon  after  the  dissolution,  but  some  remains  of  the  abbey  may 
still  be  seen  in  the  walls,  at  the  back  of  the  house.  The  two  farms  are 
occupied  by  Mr.  William  Lander,  of  Holywell,  and  Mr.  Joseph  Turner, 
of  Sheepshed. 


GILROE,  1|  mile  N.W.  of  Leicester,  is  an  extra-parochial  farm  of 
100  acres,  belonging  to  and  occupied  by  Mr.  Isaac  Harrison,  of  Leicester. 
It  anciently  formed  part  of  the  Chase  or  Frith  of  Leicester,  and  now 
contains  two  houses  and  twelve  inhabitants.  Mr.  Stephen  Jewby  is  the 
only  resident  farmer. 


GRACEDIEU  MANOR,  at  the  western  end  of  Charnwood  Forest, 
5|  miles  E.  of  Ashby-de-la-Zouch,  and  7  miles  W.  by  S.  of  Lough- 
borough, is  an  extra-parochial  liberty,  comprising  about  1027a.  2r.  23p. 
of  land,  and  250  inhabitants  ;  but  for  more  than  thirty  years,  it  has  been 
united  with  Belton  parish  for  the  support  of  the  poor.     (See  p.  470.) 
Ambrose  Lisle  March- Phillipps  de  Lisle,  Esq.,  owns  most  of  the  soil,  and 
is  lord  of  the  manor,  which  comprises  seven  considerable  farms,  and 
some  smaller  allotments.    Mr.  de  Lisle  has  a  handsome  seat  here,  called 
the  Manoh  House,  which  he  built  in  1833,  near  the  remains  of  Grace- 
dieu  Priory,  which  constituted  the  former  mansion.   It  is  a  good  specimen 
of  an  old  English  Manor  House ;  and  the  Catholic  Chapel,  which  was 
built  at  the  same  time,  is  a  handsome  structure,  in  the  perpendicular 
style  of  Henry  VII.'s  reign,  dedicated  to  St.  Mary,  and  sumptuously 
adorned.     The  crucifix  is  of  great  beauty  and  antiquity,  and  is  adorned 
with  precious  stones.     Both  the  house  and  chapel  were  built  under  the 
direction  of  William  Railton  and  Augustus  Pugin,  Esqrs.,  architects. 
The  Park  is  extensive  and  beautifully  diversified  with  granite  rocks  of 
very  rugged  character,  among  which  a  brook,  winding  through  the  woods, 
falls  in  natural  cascades.     In  the  park,  about  a  mile  from  the  house, 
upon  the  summit  of  one  of  the  highest  rocks,  a  small  chapel  has  been 
built,  containing  two  remarkable  figures,  executed  by  the  celebrated 
sculptor,  Petz  of  Munich,  and  representing  in  painted  wood  the  Blessed 
Virgin  weeping  over  her  divine  Son,  who  has  just  been  taken  down  from 
the  Cross ;  the  nails  being  laid  at  his  feet.     A  little  further,  on  the  Calvary 
Rock,  is  a  large  crucifix,  17  feet  high.     The  whole  forms  a  place  of 
Pilgrimage,  for  the  numerous  Catholics,  on  the  Garendon  and  Gracedieu 
estates.     The  design  of  the  chapel  was  given  by  the  celebrated  architect 
Augustus  Welby  Pugin,  Esq.,  who  executed  this  beautiful  work  in  1842. 
At  the  foot  of  the  Calvary  rock,  the  same  architect  has  erected  a  Village 
School,  dedicated  to  St.  Aloysius,  and  capable  of  accommodating  200 
children.    A  picturesque  cemetery  has  been  formed  out  of  the  ruins  of 


GRACEDIEU   MANOR.  489 

the  old  abbey.     The  new  abbey,  on  Mount  St.  Bernard,  on  the  south 
side  of  the  forest,  is  noticed  with  Whitwick,  at  a  subsequent  page.     The 
Charnwood  Forest  Canal,  which  crosses  Gracedieu,  has  been  disused 
more  than  60  years.    Gkacedieu  Priory,  dedicated  to  the  Holy  Trinit}1", 
was  founded  in  1240,  by  Roesia  de  Verdun,  for  14  nuns  and  a  prioress, 
of  the  order  of  St.  Augustine.     As  one  of  the  smaller  monasteries,  this 
was  included  in  the  suppression  which  took  place  in  the  year  1536 ;  but 
with  30  others,  was  allowed,  by  a  license  from  the  King,  to  continue 
some  time  longer.     It  finally  surrendered  in  1539,  when  it  was  valued 
at  <£101.  8s.  2d.  per  annum,  and  the  building  and  the  demesne  lands 
were  granted  to  Sir  Humphrey  Foster,  Knt.,  for  the  service  of  a  fourth 
part  of  one  knight's  fee,  and  the  rent  of  50s.  a  year.     This  gentleman 
immediately  conveyed  it  to  John  Beaumont,  Esq.,  whose  family  made 
the  "  Abbey  House  "  their  residence.     Fras.  Beaumont,  the  celebrated 
dramatic  poet,  whose  name  is  generally  associated  with  that  of  Fletcher, 
his  literary  coadjutor,  was  born  here  in  1585.      Whilst  Beaumont  was 
remarkable  for  the  accuracy  of  his  judgment,  Fletcher  was  distinguished 
for  his  energy  and  fertility  of  imagination ;  thus,  what  one  created,  was 
by  the  other  formed  and  fashioned  with  so  much  discrimination  and 
effect,  as  not  only  to  prove  extremely  popular  at  the  time,  but  entitled 
to  the  admiration  and  praise  of  subsequent  generations.    These  co-authors 
produced  35  plays,  the  greater  part  of  which  are  attributed  to  Beaumont, 
who  died  in  the  prime  of  life,  in  1615.     It  may  justly  be  said  that  he 
who  has  not  perused  Beaumont  and  Fletcher  can  have  no  complete  idea 
of  the  riches  of  English  poetry ;  and  that  they  are  the  only  English 
dramatists    whose    distance    from    Shakspere,  in    his    more    peculiar 
excellencies,  is  not  so  immense  as  to  make  the  descent  painful.     A 
branch  of  the  Beaumont  family  resides  at  Coleorton  Hall,  as  noticed  at 
page  480.     Gracedieu  was  purchased  of  the  Beaumonts  by  Sir  Ambrose 
Phillipps,  of  Garendon  Park,  in  1690,  and  he  pulled  down  the  greater 
part  of  the  Priory  church  in  1696;   but  there  are  still  considerable 
remains  of  the  Priory.     The  Farmers  of  Gracedieu  are  included  with 
those  of  Belton,  at  page  471. 

HATHERN,  a  large  village  and  parish,  in  the  vale  of  the  Soar  and 
on  the  Derby  road,  2^  miles  N.W.  of  Loughborough,  contains  1292 
acres  of  fertile  clayey  land,  and  1112  inhabitants,  many  of  whom  are 
framework  knitters.  Zouch  Bridge,  which  crosses  the  Soar,  about  a 
mile  N.  of  Hathern  church,  gives  name  to  a  small  village,  partly  in  this 
parish,  but  mostly  in  those  of  Normanton  and  Sutton  Bonington,  on 
the  Nottinghamshire  side  of  the  river,  and  near  the  Midland  Railway. 
The  manor  of  Hathern,  anciently  called  Hauzyrne,  Hawtherne,  or  Haw- 
thorn, was  purchased  in  1683,  by  Sir  Ambrose  Philhpps,  Esq.,  and  now 
belongs,  with  a  great  part  of  the  soil,  to  A.  L.  M.  Philhpps  de  Lisle,  Esq. 
The  rest  belongs  to  Robt.  and  Edw.  Boyer,  Esqrs.,  Christ's  College, 
Cambridge ;  Wyggeston's  Hospital,  Leicester,  and  a  few  smaller  owners. 
The  Church  (St.  Peter,)  an  ancient  structure,  with  a  square  embattled 
tower  containing  five  bells,  was  restored  and  almost  rebuilt  in  the 
decorated  style,  in  1861-'2,  at  a  cost  of  ,£1600,  principally  as  a  memorial 
of  the  late  beloved  and  revered  rector  of  the  parish,  the  Rev.  E.  T.  M. 
Philhpps,  whose  unwearied  labours  of  love,  for  more  than  half  a  century, 
will  never  be  blotted  out  from  the  affectionate  remembrance  of  the  people 
amongst  whom  he  ministered.  The  north  and  south  aisles  are  new 
from  the  foundation ;  the  clerestory  has  also  been  entirely  rebuilt,  the 
chancel  has  been  cased  with  Ancaster  stone  internally,  the  old  windows 
have  been  restored,  the  roof  has  been  boarded  in  the  inside  and  panelled, 


490 


HATHERN    PARISH. 


the  floor  lias  been  laid  with  encaustic  tiles — those  in  the  chancel  in  an 
extremely  rich  design — and  the  tower  and  west  windows  have  been  opened 
to  the  body  of  the  church.  The  old  pews  have  given  place  to  low  open 
seats  of  pitch  pine,  varnished ;  and  a  new  north  transept  has  been 
erected  specially  as  a  memorial  chapel  to  the  late  rector,  by  his  surviving 
children.  The  altar  furniture  is  of  needlework,  upon  crimson  Utrecht 
velvet,  and  is  the  tasteful  production  of  Mrs.  Wright,  of  Clifton  Hall, 
Cheshire,  and  her  daughter.  The  living  is  a  rectory,  valued  in  KB.  at 
.£12,  and  now  at  £600  per  annum,  mostly  derived  from  264  acres  of  glebe, 
allotted  at  the  enclosure,  in  1777,  in  lieu  of  tithes.  A.  L.  M.  P.  de  Lisle, 
Esq.,  is  patron,  and  the  Rev.  Edw.  Smythies,  M.A.,  is  the  incumbent, 
and  has  a  good  residence,  built  in  1819.  The  National  School  was  built 
in  1850,  at  a  cost  of  £800,  including  the  master's  house,  upon  land 
given  by  the  late  C.  M.  Phillipps,  Esq.  In  the  village  is  an  ancient 
Cross,  and  four  chapels  belonging  to  the  Wesleyans,  General  Baptists, 
Primitive  Methodists,  and  Wesleyan  Reformers.  The  Charity  Estate, 
which  has  been  vested  from  an  early  period,  "  for  the  profit  and  good 
of  the  parishioners,"  now  consists  of  six  cottages  and  gardens,  and 
20a.  1r.  19p.  of  land,  in  Hathern,  and  a  small  allotment  in  Charnwood 
Forest,  the  whole  producing  a  yearly  income  of  £61. 15s.  6d.,  of  which 
£10  is  paid  to  the  schoolmaster,  and  the  remainder  is  distributed 
amongst  the  poor  in  calico,  coals,  and  bread.  Occasionally  a  poor  boy 
is  apprenticed.  The  poor  have  also  the  following  yearly  doles,  viz. : — a 
rent-charge  of  26s.  8d..  left  by  Ralph  Pratt,  in  1607,  out  of  land  at 
Bermondsey ;  24s.,  left  by  the  Rev.  Thos.  Allsop,  out  of  a  farm  near 
Uttoxeter;  and  16s.  6d.  as  interest  of  £25,  given  by  Richard  Allsop  and 
a  Mr.  Benskins.  Hathern  is  one  of  the  parishes  entitled  to  a  bible  yearly, 
from  Hickling's  charity.  (See  page  409.)  In  the  following  Directory, 
those  marked  *  are  at  Zouch  Bridge. 


Post  Office  at  Wm.  Hickingbottom's. 

Letters  arrive  from  Loughborough  at 

eight  morning,  and  are  despatched 

at  six  evening. 
Baker  James,  nail  maker 
Barnacle  John,  schoolmaster 
Bennett  Thomas,  rat  catcher 
Chambers  Robert,  gardener 
*  Clarke  William,  corn  miller  (j) 
♦Franks  Charles,  corn  mill  manager 
♦Gadd  James,  beerhouse 
Gregory  Eliza,  draper  and  dressmaker 
Hanford    Edwin    Mills,    agricultural 

machine  maker 
Hatton  William,  jobber 
Hood  Edward,  farm  bailiff 
Hopkins  Thos.  Esq.  ||  Keetley  Mr  John 
Kirk  James,  tailor  ||  Wood  Mr  John 
Knight  Miss  Maria  and  Mr  Richard 
Long  Samuel,  bricklayer 
M'Kay  Donald,  revenue  officer 
♦Marshall  George,  coal  merchant 
♦Marshall  Thomas,  corn  factor 
♦Paget  William,   corn  miller ;   house 

Sutton  Bonington 
Smith  Mrs  Eliza  and  Mr  Samuel 
Smith  Sidney,  joiner 
Smythies  Rev.  Edw.,  M.A.,  Rectory 
Thompson  John,  bag  hosier 


T  wells  Henry,  plumber  and  glazier 

INNS  AND  TAVERNS. 
Anchor,  John  Cooper 
King's  Arms,  Samuel  Harriman 
Three  Crowns,  William  Cox 


bakers,  &c. 
Coddington  Jph. 
Smith  Elizabeth 
Watts  John 

BOOT  &  SHOE  MKRS. 

Fellows  William 
♦Freeman  Benj. 
Hickling  Samuel 
Roper  John 
Storer  George 
Swift  William 
Wild  Edward 

BLACKSMITHS. 

Groves  Thomas 
Peberdy  John 

BUTCHERS. 

Hill  Benjamin 
Keetley  Edward 
Vickers  Isaac 

FARMERS. 

Adams  William 
Caldwell  Samuel 
Christian  Richard 
Cooper  William 


Domleo  George 
Fallows  Henry 
Harriman  Eliz. 
Harriman  William 

(Executors  of) 
Hatton  Elizabeth 
Keetley  Edward 
Keetley  John 
♦Marshall  Samuel 
Pollard  William 
Swingler  William 
Watts  William 

FRAMESMITHS. 

Caldwell  Edwin 
Harriman  John 
Keetley  Edward 

SHOPKEEPERS. 

Caldwell  Janette 
Coddington  Geo. 
Coddington  Jph. 
Fallows  George 
Hickingbottom 

Wm.  Post  Office 
Hunt  Thomas 


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Vickers  Isaac  (and 

joiner) 
Wild  Thomas 


WHEELWRIGHTS. 

Hemsley  Richard 
Ward  James 


carrier.  and  Saturday, 

Geo.   Bennett,    to       and  to  Lough- 
Nottingham,  Wd.  j     borough, Thurs. 


KEGWORTH,  anciently  called  Coggeworth,  or  Cogeworde,  is  a  small 
town,  which  had  formerly  a  market,  and  four  annual  fairs,  all  of  which 
have  been  long  obsolete.  It  is  situated  on  an  eminence  on  the  west  side 
of  the  navigable  river  Soar,  upon  the  Derby  and  Loughborough  road, 
6  miles  N.W.  by  N.  of  the  latter,  and  11  miles  E.S.E.  of  the  former  town ; 
3  miles  E.  of  Castle  Donington,  and  nearly  a  mile  west  of  Keg  worth 
Station,  on  the  Midland  Railway,  which  is  on  the  Nottinghamshire  side 
of  the  river.  Nearly  half  way  between  the  town  and  the  station  is 
Kegworth  Bridge,  which  spans  both  the  Soar  and  the  Grand  Junction 
Canal,  which  here  meet  and  unite.  At  the  bridge  is  a  wharf  for  coals, 
&c.  Kegworth  parish  includes  Isley  Walton  chapelry,  and  is  all  in 
Shardlow  Union,  which  is  mostly  in  Derbyshire.  Kegworth  Township 
comprises  2115  acres  of  fertile  land,  and  had  1360  inhabitants  in  1801, 
1880  in  1841,  and  1773  in  1861.  Many  of  them  are  framework  knitters, 
and  some  of  the  females  are  employed  in  embroidering  lace ;  but  the 
majority  are  engaged  in  agriculture.  Here  are  four  corn  mills,  a  large 
brewery,  four  malthouses,  two  excellent  boarding  schools,  and  many  well 
stocked  shops,  &c.  J.  B.  Story,  Esq.,  is  lord  of  the  manor  of  Kegworth,  but 
a  great  part  of  the  soil  belongs  to  A.  L.  M.  Phillipps  de  Lisle,  Esq.,  W.  D. 
Jourdain,  Esq.,  Mr.  William  Nail,  and  several  smaller  owners.  It  was 
held  in  1289  by  Robert  Hansteacl,  who  had  a  grant  for  a  market  and 
two  fairs.  There  is  supposed  to  have  been  formerly  a  hermitage  at 
Kegworth  Bridge,  on  the  site  of  the  house  now  occupied  by  Mr.  Edward 
Pepper.  The  Church  (St.  Andrew)  is  a  handsome  and  well  proportioned 
cruciform  building,  with  a  tower  at  the  west  end  containing  five  bells, 
and  surmounted  by  a  lofty  spire.  The  edifice  was  thoroughly  restored 
in  1860  at  a  cost  of  £1900,  and  presents  all  the  lightness  and  beauty  of 
the  middle  pointed  or  flowing  decorated  period.  The  arches  of  the  nave 
are  supported  by  clustered  shafts,  and  the  windows  throughout  the 
church  are  of  flowing  quatrefoil  design.  Some  parts  of  the  building 
present  good  specimens  of  the  perpendicular  period,  and  the  lower  part 
of  the  tower  possesses  features  of  early  English  architecture.  The 
galleries  have  been  taken  down,  the  pews  replaced  with  open  benches, 
and  the  floor  laid  with  encaustic  tiles,  so  that  the  interior  has  now  a  fine 
appearance.  The  living  is  a  rectory,  with  the  curacy  of  Isley  Walton 
annexed  to  it,  valued  in  KB.  at  £25.  15s.  7£d.,  and  now  at  £860,  having 
400a.  of  glebe  here,  and  23a.  at  Isley  Walton,  nearly  all  allotted  at  the 
enclosure,  in  1778,  in  lieu  of  tithes.  The  Master  and  Fellows  of  Christ's 
College,  Cambridge,  are  patrons,  and  the  Rev.  Joseph  Clark,  M.A.,  is 
the  incumbent,  and  has  a  pleasant  residence  near  the  church.  Here  are 
a  Wesleyan  Chapel,  built  in  1802 ;  a  General  Baptist  Chapel,  built  in 
1818;  and  a  Free  Methodist  Chcepel,  built  in  1842,  and  formerly  belonging 
to  the  Independents.  Sunday  Schools  are  attached  to  all  the  places  of 
worship ;  and  here  is  a  National  School,  built  in  1841,  at  the  cost  of 
£450,  and  attended  by  180  children.  The  old  Free  School,  in  the 
churchyard,  was  endowed  by  Queen  Elizabeth,  with  certain  small  fee 
farm  rents,  amounting  to  £8.  13s.  4d.  per  annum,  which  had  been  long 
appropriated  to  the  support  of  a  chantry  priest  in  the  church.  The 
school  has  also  £6. 13s.  4d.  a  year  from  4  acres  of  land,  called  the  Poor's 
Holme,  left  by  James  Oldershaiv,  in  1670,  and  now  let  for  £20,  two-thirds 
of  which  belong  to  the  poor.    Benefactions  given  by  various  donors,  to 


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KEGWORTH   PARISH. 


the  amount  of  ^270,  are  vested  at  five  per  cent,  interest,  which  is  dis- 
tributed on  St.  Thomas's  day  and  Good  Friday,  among  the  most  neces- 
sitous and  industrious  poor  of  the  parish,  together  with  Oldershaw's 
charity.  They  have  also  the  dividends  of  ,£92.  2s.  10d.,  three  per  cent, 
stock,  purchased  with  ^90,  left  by  John  Page,  in  1829;  and  the  interest 
of  ^£110,  left  by  Eliz.  Bulstrode,  in  1840.  Many  of  the  labourers  occupy 
garden  allotments,  at  moderate  rents;  and  here  are  an  odd  felloivs  lodge, 
and  several  henefit  societies.  The  poet  Thomas  Moore  resided  in  this 
parish  for  some  time. 

Isley  Walton,  a  small  township  and  chapelry,  in  the  parish  of 
Kegworth,  and  4  miles  "VV.S.W.  of  that  town,  and  2  miles  S.  by  W.  of 
Castle  Donington,  has  only  46  souls,  and  470  acres  of  land.  The 
Worshipful  Company  of  Bowyers,  London,  are  lords  of  the  manor  and 
owners  of  most  of  the  soil,  and  nearly  the  whole  is  farmed  by  Mr.  Edward 
Barnett.  The  Chapel  is  a  small  brick  building,  with  a  tower  containing 
two  bells.  The  curacy  is  annexed  to  Kegworth  rectory,  as  already 
noticed.  A  neat  school  was  built  here  in  1853  by  the  Bowyers'  Co.,  and 
is  supported  by  subscription.  The  poor  have  .£20  a  year  from  two 
cottages  and  5|-  acres  of  land,  purchased  in  1759,  with  £135  given  by 
Wm.  Crank,  and  <£5  given  by  Francis  StocJcer.  The  chief  residents  are, 
Edward  Barnett,  farmer  and  auctioneer,  Manor  House ;  Wm.  Milnes, 
farmer,  High  Barn ;  and  Emma  Fitchett,  schoolmistress. 


KEGWORTH. 

Those  marked  1,  reside  in  Borough 
street;   2,   at  Dragwell;    3,  in  High 
street;    4,  London  road;    5,  Market 
place  :  6,  in  Nev)  road;  7,  Nottingham 
road;    8,  at  Packington  hill;    9,  at 
Kegworth  Bridge ;  10,  in  Bridge  road; 
and  11,  in  Loughborough  road. 
Post  Office   at  John  Hutchinson's. 
Letters  arrive  from  Derby  at  8  morn- 
ing, and  are  despatched  at  7  evening. 
This  is  also  a  Money  Order  Office 
and  Post  Office  Savings'  Bank. 
Baker  Jas.  master,  National  School 
11  Barker  Thomas,  chair  maker. 
3  Bigsby  Miss     ||  5  Clifford  Mr  John 
Clark  Rev.  Jph.  M.A.  rector,  Rectory 
Clifford  Thomas,  rate  collector 
Crane  Mrs  Ann  ||  Cross  Ed.  postman 
3  Day  Nicholas  Mason,  gent.  Lodge 

3  Denham  William,  horse  dealer 
Foulds  Robert,  corn  mill  manager 

7  Harrison  John,  framesmith 

4  Henson  Isaac,  cooper 

11  Hutchinson  James,  hair  dresser 
Jarrom  Rev.  Wm.  (Bapt.)  boardg.  schl. 
Jourdain  Wm.  David,  Esq.  A Uon  Lodge 
2  KelhamMrThos.||l  LeeWm.  cowkpr. 
Kilby  Joseph,  station  master 
Kirk  Mrs.  ironmonger,  brazier,  &c. 

8  Lambert  Jno. Stanford,  vety.  surgeon 

5  Levick  Misses  Sarah  and  Hannah 
Lilly  Rev.  Peter,  M.A.  curate 

6  Mee  Robt.  brick  maker  and  carrier 
Nail  William,  gent.  Highfield  House 

5  Oldershaw  Mr  Jas.||6  Nail  Mrs  Eliz. 


3  Oldershaw  Samuel,  hosiery  agent 

5  Osborne  Mrs  My.  ||  Paget  Mr  Jno. 
Pagetts  &  Co.  corn  millers,  Water  Mill 
Pears  Mrs  Mary     ||     Peet  Mrs  Ann 

9  Pepper  Edw.  coalmert.  &  wharfinger 
3  Rose  Mr  Wm.    ||  5  Starkey  Mr  Jno. 

6  Sissons  Mrs  Maria,  Dragwell  House 

8  Smith  Joseph,  cow  leech 

6  Stubbs  John,  watch  &  clock  maker 
3  Sturgess  James,  maltster 
Sturkey  Rev.  William,  curate 

3  Sutton  Mr  John  Beighton 

3  Sutton  Rd.  Beighton,  corn  miller 

3  Taylor  Rev.  Joseph  (Bapt.)  and  Mrs 

Jane,  ladies'  boarding  school 
Timms  Jph.  Clarke,  revenue  officer 

3  Timperley  Samuel,  nail  maker 

11  Tongue  Samuel,  earthenware  dealer 
5  Wells  Sidney,  brewer  and  maltster 
Wildbore  Miss  Mary,  High  street 

7  Young  Henry,  earthenware  dealer 

INNS  AND  TAVERNS. 

9  Anchor,  William  Brocklesby 

4  Flying  Horse,  Benjamin  Boothroyd 
3  Horse  and  Groom,  Thos.  Hey  wood 
UNavigation  Inn,  Thomas  Brewin 

8  Old  Oddfellows  Arms,  Wm.  Cross 

5  Old  Three  Cranes,  John  Adcock 
Railway  Iun,  William  Hardy,  station 


BAKERS. 

5  Barrow  Ann 

1  Brentnall  James 
1  Smith  William, 

(and  miller) 
3  SmithJno.Robt. 

6  Wade  Thomas 


BASKET  MAKERS. 

5  Ballard  Thomas 
3  Greaves  John 

BEERHOUSES. 

Adkin  George 

11  Haywood  John 

6  Jackson  Sarah 


KEGWORTH  PAEISH, 


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3  Greaves  John 

1  Whitehead  Ths. 

BLACKSMITHS. 

{*Agricl.  Machine 
Makers.) 

2  Kelh am  Richard 
2*Mellors  and  Un- 
derwood 

ll*Newham  John 
8  Smith  Joseph 

BOOT  &  SHOE  MKBS. 

5  CaUis  William 

4  Hickling  James 

3  Lacey  John 

4  Lacey  William 

4  Rayns  Thomas 

10  Richardson  G. 
8  Richardson  SI. 

5  TugbyJohn 

BRICKLAYERS. 

6  Crane  Francis 

5  Haywood  John 

6  Sharman  John 
Sharman  Samuel 
6  Wootton  Robert 

BUTCHERS. 

3  Crane  John 

11  KeightleyThos. 
3  Pridmore  John 
3  Upton  Charles 

DRAPERS. 

5  Clifford  William 
5  Crane  Robert 
5  DunnicliffeWm. 


3  Jeeves  Fredk. 
2  Love  Henry,  (& 
parish  clerk) 

DRUGGISTS. 

Hart  Edw.  &  Son 
Hutchinson  John 

FARMERS. 

2  Bake  well  Samp. 

3  Barnes  Joseph 

4  Belcher   Edwd. 
Wilderness 

4  Belcher     Thos. 
Field  Cottage 

4  Dowell  Thomas 
3  Hardy  John 

3  Osborne  Thos. 
9  Pepper  Edward 
11  Tebbutt  John, 

Hall  farm 
Tomlinson    Saml. 

Slade  House 
6  Turner  Joseph 
11  Wells  William 

GARDENERS. 

11  Bramley  John 
Hudson  Thomas 
3  Roper  Edward 

GROCERS. 

5  Crane  Robert 
3  Cripwell  Thos. 
5  DunnicliffeWm. 
3  Hall  Thomas 

3  HutchinsonJno. 
(&  music  profr.) 


3  Jeeves  Fredk. 
2  Love  Henry 

HAIRDRESSERS,  &C. 

1  Bagguley  Geo. 

4  Hutchinson  Jas. 

JOINERS,      &C 

7  Kelham  William 

1  Morley  Joseph 

2  Savage  George 
1  Woolley  Wm. 

PAINTERS,        PLUM- 
BERS, GLAZIERS  &C. 

5  Crane  Richard 
5  Hollingwrth.W. 
5  Mooney  Arthur 
5  Simpson  W.  H. 

SADDLERS,  &C 

7  Beswick  John 

3  Tomlinson  Jas. 

SHOPKEEPERS. 

Barber  Hannah 

I  Brentnall  Jas. 
Brown  Thomas 

3  Corah  Thomas 
3  Maddock  John 

8  Muggleston  Jn. 

II  Parker  John 
7  StubbsJohn 

SURGEONS. 

3  Barrow  John, 
(and  registrar.) 

Daniels  Alfred  Ho- 
ratio, Manor  Hs 

3  Hemsley  Wm. 


TAILORS. 

Bennett  John 
Callis  John 
1  Crane  William 
7  Gadsby  Henry 

7  Hallam  William 
4  Hutchinson  Jn. 
3  Hutchinsn.J.jn. 

8  Oliver  John 

WHEELWRIGHTS. 

Adkin  John 

3  Berrington  Jph. 

7  Kelham  William 

RAILWAY    TRAINS 

To  all  parts,  many 
times  a  day. 

Omnibus  from  the 
Flying  Horse  to 
meet  the  trains. 

Mail  Cart  to  Der- 
by, daily  at  7p.m. 

CARRIERS. 

To  Derby.— Robt. 
Mee  and  Henry 
Young,  Friday 

To  Loughborough. 
Rt.  Mee,  Thur. 
and  Sat.,  and 
Henry  Young, 
Thursday 

To  Nottingham. — 
Robt.  Mee  and 
John  Bagguley, 
Wed.  and  Sat. 


LANGLEY,  3  miles  S.  by  W.  of  Castle  Donington,  is  an  extra-paro- 
chial estate  of  11  souls  and  5 58 a.  2r.  12p.  of  land,  betwixt  Breedon  and 
Diseworth  parishes.  It  is  annexed  to  Shardlow  Union  for  the  support 
of  its  poor  as  a  separate  parish,  and  now  belongs  to  Charles  Shakes- 
peare, Esq.,  who  has  a  pleasant  seat  here  called  Langley  Priory,  near 
which  is  a  spring  strongly  impregnated  with  iron  and  sulphur.  The 
mansion  stands  in  a  sequestered  and  richly  wooded  valley,  and  in  its 
walls  are  some  remains  of  the  Priory,  founded  about  1100  by  "William 
Pantulf  for  Benedictine  nuns,  and  valued  at  .£34.  6s.  2d.  per  annum  at 
the  dissolution,  when  it  was  granted  to  Thomas  Grey.  The  estate  was 
purchased  of  the  Greys  by  Richard  Cheslyn,  Esq.,  in  1686,  for  ^7779 ; 
and  after  the  death  of  Richard  Cheslyn,  Esq.,  great  grandson  of  the  first 
owner,  it  was  bought,  with  a  large  portion  of  the  adjoining  parish  of 
Diseworth,  by  the  late  John  Shakespeare,  Esq.,  of  Lount,  uncle  of  the 
present  proprietor.  Very  little  of  the  original  building  of  the  12th 
century  remains,  though  perhaps  the  south  side  may  be  assigned  to  that 
period.  The  western  front  was  refaced  with  stone  at  the  latter  end  of 
the  17  th  century,  and  the  unsightly  brick  additions  were  made  by  the 
Greys  and  Cheslyns.  A  lucid  lake  in  front  of  the  house  adds  much  to 
the  beauty  of  this  interesting  place. 


LEICESTER  ABBEY,  of  which  there  are  still  interesting  remains 
in  and  near  the  nursery  house  occupied  by  Mr.  Thomas  Warner,  is 


19!  LEICESTER    ABBEY. 

already  described  at  page  156,  being  only  a  short  distance  north  of 
Leicester.  Its  site  and  precincts  form  an  extra-parochial  liberty  attached 
to  Barrow-on-Soar  Union  for  the  support  of  its  poor,  and  now  containing 
about  900  acres  of  land,  7  houses,  and  40  inhabitants.  Stocking  Farm 
is  occupied  by  Mr.  John  Theophilus  Marshall. 

LEICESTER  FRITH,  2  miles  N.W.  by  W.  of  Leicester,  is  an  extra- 
parochial  estate,  containing  4  houses,  24  inhabitants,  and  240  acres  of 
land,  and  supports  its  own  poor  as  a  separate  parish  annexed  to  Barrow 
Union.  The  soil  belongs  chiefly  to  Miss  Eleanor  Charlotte  Mackie, 
who  has  a  handsome  residence  here  called  Frith  House,  built  in  1816  on 
the  site  of  Sherman's  Lodge,  from  whom  the  estate  was  formerly  called 
Sherman's  Grounds.  Mr.  Samuel  Burchnall,  of  Anstey,  and  several 
smaller  owners  have  land  here.  This  estate  is  only  a  small  part  of  the 
Frith  of  Leicester,  which  was  an  ancient  Chace  attached  to  Leicester 
Castle,  and  belonged  to  the  Duchy  of  Lancaster.  When  sold  out  by  the 
Crown  and  divided,  the  several  parts  or  parcels  were  called  after  the 
names  of  the  villages  near  which  they  are  located,  as  Leicester  Frith, 
Kirby  Frith,  and  Glenfield  Frith. 


LOCKINGTON,  H  mile  N.E.  of  Castle  Donington,  and  1  mile  N.W. 
of  Kegworth,  is  a  village  and  township,  containing  186  souls  and 
1729a.  3r.  1?p.  of  land,  extending  northward  to  the  confluence  of  the 
Trent  and  Soar,  and  nearly  all  the  property  of  J.  B.  Story,  Esq.,  of 
Lockington  Hall,  a  handsome  mansion,  with  tasteful  pleasure  grounds, 
commanding  picturesque  views.  The  parish  of  Lockington  comprises 
also  Hemmgton  township,  and  is  in  Shardlow  Union,  which  is  mostly  in 
Derbyshire.  The  soil  is  a  mixture  of  clay  and  gravel,  and  the  surface 
hilly.  The  manor  and  advowson  were  held  by  Leicester  Abbey,  and 
were  granted  at  the  dissolution  to  Humphrey  Brown.  In  1576,  John 
Tufton  sold  them  to  Wm.  Bainbrigge,  from  whose  family  they  passed  to 
the  late  Rev.  Philip  Story  in  1797.  The  Church  (St.  Nicholas)  is  an 
ancient  structure,  with  a  nave,  chancel,  north  and  south  aisles,  and  tower 
containing  five  bells.  It  has  several  monuments  of  the  Bainbrigge 
family,  and  a  very  old  one  in  memory  of  Lady  Elizabeth  Ferrers,  of 
Chartley  Castle.  The  living  is  a  discharged  vicarage,  valued  in  K.B.  at 
£6.  7s.  3£d.,  and  now  at  £227.  10s.  It  was  augmented  in  1726  with 
£200  of  Q.A.B.,  and  £200  given  by  Wm.  Bainbrigge,  Esq.  J.  B.  Story, 
Esq.,  is  patron,  and  the  Rev.  P.  Fosbrooke,  B.A.,  incumbent.  The 
tithes  were  all  commuted  in  1789  and  1848  for  £113.  10s.  per  annum  ; 
and  the  glebe  comprises  42a.  in  Hemington,  11a.  in  Lockington,  and  9a. 
in  Shardlow.  The  poor  have  a  yearly  rent-charge  of  £4  from  J.  B. 
Story,  Esq.,  left  by  one  of  the  Bainbrigge  family,  and  expended  in  monthly 
distributions  of  bread.  The  interest  of  £25.  19s.  10d.,  given  by  Mrs. 
Simpliins  in  1830,  is  given  to  poor  widows.  In  1640,  Muchvin  Cox,  a 
strolling  beggar  who  had  been  frequently  relieved  at  Hemington,  left  a 
yearly  rent-charge  of  £6  out  of  land  at  Bilston  for  teaching  twelve  poor 
children  of  Lockington  or  Hemington  to  read,  write,  and  cast  accounts, 
but  it  has  not  been  paid  since  1779,  as  there  is  no  school  in  the  parish. 

Post  Office  at  Thomas  Hardy's.  Letters  arrive  from  Kegworth  at  6.40 
morning,  and  are  despatched  at  7  evening. 

Fosbro©ke  Rev.  Philip,  B.A.  vicar  farmers  and  graziers. 

Hardy  Thomas,  Post  Office  Bakewell  George      Jarrorn^; Thomas, 

Joyce  Robert,  parish  clerk  and  sexton     Belcher  Edw.  The       LochingtonField 
Kelham  Wm.  blacksmith  &  cowkeeper        Wilderness  Kilbourn  John 

Newbold  Maria,  shopkeeper  Gadsby  George        Palmer  James 

Parsons  Thomas,  shoemaker  Harriman  John        Palmer  John,  and 

Story  John  Bainbrigge,  Esq.  Hall  Jarrom  John  land  steward 


LOCKINGTON    PARISH.  495 

Hemtngton  is  a  village  and  township,  in  the  parish  of  Lockington, 
1  mile  N.E.  of  Castle  Donington,  and  contains  385  inhabitants  and  1334 
acres  of  land,  generally  a  good  loam,  and  the  surface  hilly.  Sir  John 
Harpur  Crewe,  Bart.,  of  Calke  Abbey,  Derbyshire,  owns  most  of  the 
soil,  and  is  lord  of  the  manor,  which  was  held  by  the  Harpurs  as  early 
as  1580,  and  previously  by  the  Crophull  and  other  families.  Mr.  George 
Bakewell,  Mrs.  John  Bakewell,  Mr.  John  Briggs,  and  Mr.  John  Kil- 
bourn  also  have  land  here.  Hemington  was  anciently  a  separate  parish, 
and  had  a  large  church,  of  which  there  are  still  considerable  remains,  partly 
converted  into  two  dwellings,  adjoining  the  ruins  of  the  tower.  The 
township  was  enclosed  in  1789,  and  the  inhabitants  use  Lockington 
church,  and  pay  half  its  expenses.  The  Primitive  Methodists  have  a 
small  chapel  here,  erected  nearly  70  years  ago.  The  poor  of  Kennington 
have  the  interest  of  ^30  left  by  Thomas  Hull  in  1848,  and  now  invested 
in  the  Loughborough  Savings'  Bank.  It  is  distributed  by  the  vicar  and 
churchwardens  on  St.  Thomas's  day.  Post  from  Kegworth,  via  Lock- 
ington. 


Bywater  Mary,  smith  and  wheelwright 
Cotton  Et.  jun.  joiner  &  cabinetmaker 
Cowley  John,beerhouse,&  Robt.butcher 
Groves  R.smith&  vict.  ThreeHorseS  hoes 
Hull  Mrs  Ann  |]  Johnson  Mrs  Sarah 
Hurt  Elizabeth,  baker 
Merriman  Thomas,  shopkeeper 
Oldershaw  Thos.  shopkeeper  and  baker 


Potts  Robert,  nail  maker 
Simpkiu  Joseph,  shoemaker 
Simpkin  Win.  asst.  overseer  &  collector 
White  James,  shoemaker 

Farmers. — John  Briggs,Mary  Cham- 
bers, Georgiana  Fritchley,  Elizabeth 
Kilbourn,  Henry  Oldershaw,  Wm.Pegg, 
and  Sophia  White. 


NEWTOWN  LINFOKD,  5£  miles  N.W.  of  Leicester,  is  a  pleasant 
village,  picturesquely  seated  at  the  south-eastern  verge  of  Charnwood 
Forest,  on  the  banks  of  a  forest  rivulet,  and  near  the  entrance  to  Brad- 
gate  Park,  which  is  often  visited  by  the  lovers  of  wild  romantic  scenery. 
Its  parish  contains  502  inhabitants  and  3911  acres  of  land,  including 
Holgates,  High  Lees,  Roecliffe,  and  other  scattered  farms,  round  Brad- 
gate  Park,  and  among  the  rocky  hills  and  dells  of  Charnwood  Forest. 
The  soil  is  generally  weak,  but  has  been  greatly  improved  by  draining,  and 
is  the  property  of  the  Earl  of  Stamford  and  Warrington,  who  is  also  lord 
of  the  manor,  formerly  held  by  the  Hastings  family,  by  grant  of  Edward 
IV.  Roecliffe  Hall,  a  handsome  mansion,  which  was  enlarged  in 
1841,  occupies  a  bold  acclivity  on  the  east  side  of  Charnwood,  two  miles 
N.  by  E.  of  Newtown  Linford,  and  six  miles  N.W.  of  Leicester.  It  is 
one  of  the  seats  of  Sir  Fredk.  Wm.  Heygate,  Bart.,  M.P.  for  London- 
derry; but  is  generally  occupied  by  his  brother,  Wm.  Unwin  Heygate, 
Esq.,  M.P.  for  Leicester.  Its  pleasure  grounds  are  richly  wooded,  and 
command  highly  picturesque  views.  The  Heygate  family  is  descended 
from  Thomas  Heygate,  whose  grandson  recorded  his  pedigree  at  the 
visitation  of  London  in  1634.  The  first  baronet  was  lord  mayor  of 
London  in  1822,  and  was  elected  Chamberlain  of  the  city  in  1843.  He 
died  in  1844,  and  was  succeeded  by  his  son,  the  present  baronet,  whose 
other  seats  are  at  Southend,  Essex,  and  Bellarena,  Ireland.  His 
son  and  heir,  Fredk.  Gage  Heygate,  was  born  in  1854.  The  Church 
(All  Saints)  is  a  small  ancient  structure,  with  a  tower  and  four  bells,  and 
was  repaired  and  had  a  new  south  porch  added  at  a  cost  of  £'120,  in  1860. 
Its  west  window  is  a  good  specimen  of  the  decorated  style.  At  the 
entrance  to  the  churchyard  is  a  stone,  on  which  are  cut  the  capital  and 
small  letters  of  the  alphabet,  and  also  the  numeral  figures.  This  stone 
had  been  long  used  by  a  mason,  as  a  sort  of  text  book,  when  it  was  pur- 
chased by  a  poor  illiterate  man,  to  be  fixed  over  his  grave.    The  benefice 


496  NEWTOWN   LINFORD. 

is  a  rectory,  valued  at  .£100.  The  Earl  of  Stamford  and  Warrington  is 
patron,  and  the  Rev.  Robt.  Martin,  M.A.,  of  Anstey  Pastures,  is  the  incum- 
bent, for  whom  the  Rev.  Joseph  Allen,  of  Groby,  officiates.  An  Infant 
School  was  built  by  the  late  Earl,  in  1822,  and  is  supported  by  the  present 
Earl  and  the  rector.  In  1800,  Mary  Heard  left  .£600,  for  the  poor  of 
Newtown  Linford,  Anstey,  and  Illston-on-the-Hill,  and  it  was  vested  in 
the  purchase  of  £1042.  5s.  three  per  cent.  Consols.  The  yearly  divi- 
dends (£31.  5s.  lOd.)  are  divided  in  equal  portions  in  the  three  parishes, 
and  given  away  in  under- clothing  to  the  poor.  Foot  Post  from  Lough- 
borough at  10,  morning,  returning  at  4,  afternoon, 

Wesley  Geo.  Jas.  &  Jph.  shoemakers 
Wesley  Thos.  miller,  baker,  and  grocer 
Woolley  Jn.brick&tile  vakr.RothleyPln. 


Heygate  Sib  Feedk.  Wm.  Bart.  M.P. 
Boecliffe  Hall  and  Bellarenajreland 

Heygate'Wm.Unwin,Esq.M.P.i?ogcZi/fe 
Hall,  and  Brent  Pelham  Hall,  Here- 
fordshire 

Beck  James,  vict.  Bradgate  Arms 

Clarkson  Mrs  Mary  Ann 

Goadby  Jane,  blacksmith 

Greasley  Wm.  carrier  to  Leicester,  Sat. 

Green  Edw.  Mortimer,  solr.  Oaks  Gotg. 

Jobnson  Henry,  joiner 

Martin  Francis,  gamekeeper 

Matts  Joseph,  tailor  and  draper 

Richardson  George,  assistant  overseer 

Rudkin  William,  bricklayer 

Shaw  Jas.  and  Robt.  timber  dealers 

Shaw  Thos.  timber  dealer  and  grocer 

Smith  Francis,  parish  clerk 


FARMERS  AND  GRAZIERS. 

Astill  James,  High  Lees 
Bacon  Samuel,  Bice  Bocks 
Beck  Thomas         ||  Glover  Sarah 
Burchnall  Thomas,  Holgate  Lodge 
Frith  Mary,  Bent's  Cliffe 
Gray  Joseph         ||  Johnson  Alice 
Hackney  William,  Black  Hill 
Matts  John  ||  Renals  Thomas 

Matts  John  Shepley  (and  butcher) 
Skevington  Joseph,  Bothley  Plain 
Thompson  Thomas,  The  Oaks 
Wain  Sarah,  High  Lees 
Walton  Richard,  Field  Head 
Watson  John,  Blake's  Hay 


OSGATHORPE,  five  miles  E.N.E.  of  Ashby-de-la-Zouch,  is  a  neat 
village,  in  a  fertile  valley,  near  the  western  termination  of  the  disused 
Charnwood  Forest  Canal.  Its  parish  contains  351  souls  and  881a.  2r.  9p.of 
enclosed  land,  chiefly  clay,  resting  on  limestone.  J.  B.  Story,  Esq.,  is 
lord  of  the  manor  ;  but  a  great  part  of  the  soil  belongs  to  E.  F.  Dawson, 
Esq.,  and  the  Bowles,  Price,  Johnson,  Bostock,  and  other  families.  The 
Church  (St.  Mary)  was  originally  built  in  the  thirteenth  century;  but 
in  1861,  it  was  restored  at  a  cost  of  £800,  raised  by  the  exertions  of  the 
present  rector.  In  restoring  it,  care  has  been  taken  to  preserve  its 
original  character.  It  has  been  enlarged  by  an  apsidal  termination  at 
the  east  end,  in  order  to  gain  additional  seats ;  in  doing  which  the  lofty 
beautiful  arch  of  the  east  window  has  been  made  use  of  to  form  the 
entrance  to  the  apse,  the  several  mouldings  being  brought  down  to  the 
ground.  An  entirely  new  roof  has  been  put  on,  and  the  principal 
timbers  being  supported  by  ornamental  stone  corbels,  add  greatly  to  the 
beauty  of  the  interior.  The  benches  are  of  pitch  pine,  varnished  and 
uniform  in  arrangement  and  character.  The  floors  of  the  aisles,  apse, 
&c,  are  laid  with  Whetstone's  Coalville  tesselated  tiles  in  pattern,  which 
arc  admired  for  their  colour  and  quality.  The  pulpit  is  of  stone,  neatly 
moulded  in  unison  with  the  rest  of  the  work.  The  reading  desk  of  pitch 
pine  has  an  ornamental  panel  front  to  support  the  book  desk.  The 
octagonal  font  has  been  restored.  A  handsome  stone  porch  has  been 
erected,  harmonising  in  character  with  the  rest  of  the  structure.  A  bell 
turret  in  wood,  with  spire  covered  with  lead,  has  been  placed  at  the  west 
end,  and  a  neat  and  appropriate  gate  fixed  at  the  entrance  of  the  church- 
yard, and  the  yard  itself  and  approaches  to  the  church  remodelled.  The 
living  is  a  rectory,  valued  in  K.B.  at  £7,  and  now  at  ^8270.  It  has 
130a.  of  glebe,  mostly  allotted  at  the  enclosure,  in  1785,  in  lieu  of  tithes. 


OSGATHORPE   PARISH. 


497 


The  Marquis  of  Hastings  is  patron,  and  the  Rev.  T.  N.  Bland,  B.A.,  is 
the  incumbent,  and  has  a  good  rectory  house,  which  was  considerably 
improved  in  1838.  Here  is  a  small  Wesley  an  Chapel,  built  in  1835  ;  a 
National  School,  built  in  1838 ;  and  a  well-endowed  Free  Grammar 
School  and  Almshouses,  founded  by  Thomas  Harley,  who  left  property 
for  their  erection  and  endowment,  in  1670.  They  form  two  separate 
buildings.  That  appropriated  for  the  school,  comprises  a  good  house 
for  the  master  and  a  school-room  capable  of  accommodating  sixty  boys. 
The  master  is  required  to  teach  fifty  free  scholars,  reading,  writing, 
and  arithmetic,  and  also  the  classics  and  mathematics,  if  required, 
without  any  charge,  except  an  admission  fee  of  2s.  6d.  He  is  allowed 
to  teach  day  scholars  and  boarders,  and  has  the  use  of  a  garden.  The 
Almshouses  contain  comfortable  apartments  for  the  residence  of  six 
poor  clergymen  s  widows,  who  have  each  a  small  garden,  and  a  yearly 
stipend  of  £43.  10s.  The  schoolmaster  is  usually  allowed  a  yearly 
salary  of  .£107  ;  but  as  the  late  master  is  still  living,  and  receives  half 
that  sum,  as  a  pension,  the  remainder  only  is  paid  to  the  present  master. 
The  property  now  belonging  to  the  school  and  almshouses  produces  a 
yearly  income  of  ,£379.  6s.,  arising  as  follows: — .£68.  6s.  from  the 
dividends  of  .£2274.  Is.  4d.  three  per  cent.  Consols  ;  and  £311,  from 
about  230  acres  of  land  in  Donington,  Hugglescote,  Whitwick,  Snibston, 
and  Charnwood  Forest.  A.  L.  M.  Phillipps  de  Lisle,  Esq.,  Jas.  Sutton, 
Esq.,  and  others,  are  trustees,  and  have  also  the  management  of  Allsopps 
Charity,  founded  with  £160,  left  by  John  Allsopp,  in  1683.  This 
legacy  was  not  paid  till  1754,  when  it  was  recovered,  with  arrears  of 
interest ;  and  a  cottage  was  soon  afterwards  built,  near  the  Almshouses, 
for  the  reception  of  another  clergyman's  widow,  who  receives  £19  a  year 
from  the  dividends  of  £666. 13s.  4d.  three  per  cent.  Consols,  now  belonging 
to  the  charity.  As  noticed  with  Belton,  at  page  471,  Osgathorpe 
receives  from  Margaret  Mead's  Charity  £5  per  annum,  for  distribution 
in  bread  ;  and  £10  every  third  year,  for  apprenticing  a  poor  boy.  Post 
from  Loughborough. 


Ault  Mary,  mistress,  National  School 
Black  Samuel,  wheelwright 
Bland  Rev.  Thos.  Nayler,  B.A.  rector 
Bostock  Thos.  gent.  Mount  Pleasant 
Branson  Charles,  tailor 
Branson  Josiah,  schoolmaster 
Davenport  William,  parish  clerk 
Holloway  MrWm.  ||  Johnson  Mrs  Sar. 
Johnson  Mrs  Eliz.  and  Mrs  Esther 
Platts  Joseph,  saddler 
Varnham  Thomas,  butcher 
Warner  Charles  Edwin,  master  of  the 
Free  Grammar  School 

INNS  AND  TAVERNS. 
Gate,  John  Asher 
Royal  Oak,  Henry  Rennocks 


Story  Arms,  Eliza  Branson 


BLACKSMITHS. 

Bailey       Stephen 

Leedham 
Gilbert  William 

BOOT  &  SHOE  MKRS. 

Goodman  William 

Rennocks  Wm.  & 

Jno.  (tvholesale) 

FARMERS. 

Bailey  Stpn.  L. 
Billing  John 
Branson  William 
Fields  Geo.  Hall 
Gilbert  Thomas 
Mackie  Joseph 


Miles  Henry 
Mozley  Joseph 
Powdrill  James 
Walker     Drayton 
and  John 

GROCERS. 

Branson  J.  Wright 
Goodman  William 
Rennocks  William 
Roe  John 
carriers  toLough- 

borough,   Thur. 

and  Asliby  Sat. 
Billings  John 
King  Thomas 


PACKINGTON  is  a  scattered  village,  nearly  two  miles  S.  by  E.  of 
Ashby-de-la-Zouch,  containing  595  inhabitants,  of  whom  352  are  in  West 
Goscote  Hundred,  Leicestershire,  and  243  in  a  detached  part  of  Repton 
and  Gresley  Hundred,  Derbyshire.  The  portion  in  the  latter  county 
forms  a  township  of  about  500  acres,  and  the  Leicestershire  part  keeps 
its  poor  jointly  with  Snibston  chapelry.  The  township  of  Pachington- 
with-Snibston  contains  about  2200  acres  of  land,  and  947  souls,  of  which 

2i 


498 


PACKINGTON    PARISH. 


about  800  acres  and  595  souls  are  in  Snibston,  as  afterwards  noticed. 
Lady  Edith  Maude  Abney-Hastings  owns  nearly  all  the  soil,  and  is  lady 
of  the  manor  of  Packington,  which  adjoins  the  extensive  park  of  her 
handsome  seat  of  Willesley  Hall,  Derbyshire.  The  parish  Church  (Holy 
Rood)  stands  in  the  Leicestershire  part  of  the  village,  and  has  a  square 
tower  and  four  bells.  It  was  repaired  and  enlarged  in  1843.  The  living 
is  a  vicarage,  with  the  curacy  of  Snibston  annexed  to  it,  valued  in  K.B. 
at  £5. 10s.  10d.,  and  now  at  £400.  Lady  Edith  Maude  Abney-Hastings  is 
patroness,  and  the  Rev.  C.  Pratt,  jun.,  is  the  incumbent,  and  has  a  good 
residence,  and  93a.  2r.  28p.  of  glebe  here,  and  31a.  3r.  29p.  in  Snibston, 
mostly  allotted  at  the  enclosure,  in  lieu  of  tithes.  Here  are  two  chapels, 
belonging  to  the  Baptists  and  Wesleyans  ;  and  an  Infant  School  built  in 
1833,  by  the  late  Sir  C.  A.  Hastings,  Bart.,  and  now  supported  by  the 
lady  of  the  manor.  The  rectory  and  manor  were  formerly  held  by  Coventry 
Priory,  which  had  a  grant  for  a  market  and  fair  here.  At  the  dissolution, 
they  were  given  to  the  Earl  of  Huntingdon,  and,  on  the  death  of  the 
tenth  Earl,  in  1789,  they  passed  to  Sir  Charles  Hastings.  At  the  en- 
closure, the  Earl  of  Huntingdon  gave,  for  the  use  of  nine  poor  widows, 
16a.  1r.  12p.  of  land,  called  Allowance  Close,  and  now  let  for  £24  a  year. 
For  repairing  the  roads  and  bridges,  and  for  "good  and  charitable  pur- 
poses," here  are  two  cottages,  and  18^a.  of  land,  let  for  £38.  6s.  a  year, 
and  mostly  derived  from  the  gift  of  Eobt.  Breedon,  in  1464 ;  but  the  land 
was  exchanged  at  the  enclosure.  The  poor  have  a  yearly  rent-charge  of 
10s.  out  of  land  at  Donisthorpe,  left  by  Susanna  Kiddier. 

Post  Office  at  John  Hatton's.  Letters 

from  Ashby-de-la-Zouch. 

Those  marked  *  are  in  Derbyshire. 
Brown  Fras.  gamekpr.  Bridge  Cottage 
Hassall  Mrs  Eliza  ||  JarmanMrsCath. 
Hatton  John,  Post  Office 
Hill  Frederick,  beerhouse 
Hunt  Susanna,  schoolmistress 
Hutchinson  Samuel,  corn  miller 
Oakey  Thomas,  vict.  BulVs  Head 
*Orgill  Daniel,  painter 
Pratt  Rev.  Chas.  jun.  vicar,  Vicarage 
Smith  Joseph,  bricklayer 
Sutton  John,  castrator 
Warris  John,  parish  clerk 
Wrighton  Robert,  gentleman 


blacksmiths. 
Litherland  John 
Swan  Robert 


BUTCHERS. 

Hatton  William 
*  Oakey  Thomas 


BOOT  &  SHOE  MKRS. 

Blastock  Robert 

*  Heath  John 
Smith  Thomas 

FARMERS . 

Clarke  Samuel 
Garner  John  A. 
Garner  William 

*  Grundy  John 
♦HayfieldWilliam, 

Beech  Hill 
Hutchinson  Eliz. 
Jarman  William 
Oakey  James 

*  Oakey  Thomas 
Price  Joseph 
Thirlby  Benj  amin , 

Stone  House 
Turner  Charles 


♦Walker  William 

GARDENERS. 

*  Walker  James 
Walker  William 

GROCERS,    &C 

Andrews  Sar.  &A. 
Hutchinson  Geo. 
Jarvis  James 

JOINERS,  &C 

Hutchinson  Tbos. 
Storer  Catherine 
Storer  George 

PIG     JOBBERS. 

Pearson  Joseph 
Price  Thomas 

TAILORS. 

Asher  John 
Bott  William 
Grainger  Thomas 


Snibston,  a  scattered  village  and  chapelry,  in  the  parish  of  Packington, 
from  3  to  4  miles  E.S.E.  of  Ashby-de-la-Zouch,  has  595  inhabitants,  and 
about  800  acres  of  land,  and  is  united  with  the  Leicestershire  part  of 
Packington,  for  the  support  of  the  poor.  It  has  a  large  colliery,  and 
includes  a  considerable  part  of  the  populous  village  of  Coalville,  which 
also  extends  into  Whitwick  parish.  Lady  Edith  Abney-Hastings  is  lady 
of  the  manor,  but  all  the  land  belongs  to  the  Snibston  Colliery  Co.  The 
Chapel  is  a  small  building,  and  the  curacy  is  annexed  to  Packington 
vicarage.  At  Snibston  Colliery  is  a  large  Sunday  School,  which  is  used 
also  as  a  chapel,  and  was  built  by  the  Colliery  Company,  in  1835.  Mr. 
George  Vaughan,  of  Snibston  Grange,  is  agent  to  the  Colliery  Company ; 
and  the  Farmers  are — Joseph  Hatchett,  Thomas  Hextall,  and  James 
Wood.    The  other  inhabitants  are  included  with  Coalville  Directory. 


WEST    GOSCOTE    HUNDRED.  191) 

RAVENSTONE,  a  pleasant  village,  on  the  Leicester  road,  four  miles 
S.E.  of  Ashby-de-la-Zouch,  lias  in  its  parish  392  souls,  and  1078a.  3r.  37p. 
of  land  ;  but  122  of  the  inhabitants,  and  about  half  of  the  land,  are  in  a 
detached  portion  of  Derbyshire,  in  Repton  and  Gresley  Hundred.  Both 
parts  keep  their  poor  as  one  township,  in  Ashby  Union.  Leonard  Fos- 
brooke,  Esq.,  is  lord  of  the  manor,  and  has  a  pleasant  seat  in  the  Derby- 
shire part  of  the  parish,  called  Ravenstone  Hall,  which  was  enlarged  by 
the  erection  of  two  wings,  in  1844-5.  Robt.  Green  Creswell,  Esq.,  owns 
part  of  the  parish,  and  has  a  neat  residence  here.  The  Church  (St. 
Michael)  stands  in  Derbyshire,  and  is  a  fine  Gothic  structure,  with  a 
tower  containing  three  bells,  and  crowned  by  a  spire.  The  benefice  is  a 
rectory,  valued  in  K.B.  at  £5.  Is.  l£d.,  and  now  at  .£306  ;  having  165a. 
of  glebe,  allotted  at  the  enclosure,  in  1770,  in  lieu  of  tithes.  The  Lord 
Chancellor  is  patron,  and  the  Rev.  James  Thomas  Alderson,  B.A.,  is 
the  incumbent,  and  has  partly  rebuilt  the  Rectory  House.  For  the  use 
of  the  church,  £1.  18s.  is  paid  yearly,  out  of  9a.  2r.  20p.,  called  Church 
Lands,  and  supposed  to  have  belonged  wholly  to  the  parish,  though  now 
claimed  as  private  property.  The  National  School  was  built  in  1859  by 
R.  G.  Creswell,  Esq.,  and  is  supported  by  subscription;  but  there  is  a 
fund  invested  for  the  reparation  of  the  building,  now  amounting  to  about 
.£60.  The  poor  have  6s.  a  year,  left  by  Thomas  Salisbury,  out  of  land 
at  Coventry. 

Ravenstone  Hospital,  in  the  Derbyshire  part  of  the  village,  was 
founded  in  1711,  by  John  Wilkins,  and  further  endowed,  with  his  consent, 
by  his  wife  Rebecca  Wilkins,  in  1725,  in  memory  of  their  only  son,  Francis 
Wollaston  Wilkins,  who  died  Feb.  5th,  1711.  After  some  litigation  hi 
the  Court  of  Chancery,  a  new  scheme  for  the  management  of  the  charity 
was  sanctioned.  The  hospital  was  commenced  in  1711,  but  not  finished 
in  its  present  form  till  1814 ;  and  four  additional  almshouses  were  built 
in  1860,  out  of  the  savings  of  income.  It  stands  on  an  acre  of  ground, 
enclosed  by  a  brick  wall,  and  consists  of  a  centre  and  two  wings.  The 
centre  comprises  36  distinct  tenements  of  two  rooms  each,  occupied  by  32 
aged  almswomen  and  4  nurses,  selected  by  the  trustees  from  the  parishes 
of  Ravenstone,  Coleorton,  and  Swannington.  When  a  nurse  has  served 
seven  years,  she  has  the  first  chance  of  being  elected  an  almswoman. 
One  of  the  wings  forms  the  chapel,  and  the  other  is  the  chaplains  house, 
to  which  a  coach  house,  stable,  and  garden  are  attached.  The  chaplain 
has  a  yearly  salary  of  .£60,  and  an  annual  allowance  of  ten  tons  of  coal, 
and  .£10  a  year  as  treasurer.  His  duty  is  to  superintend  the  conduct  of 
the  inmates,  and  to  perform  service  in  the  chapel  once  a  day,  except 
Sundays  and  Wednesdays.  The  almswomen  must  be  maids  or  widows, 
of  the  age  of  50  years  or  upwards ;  and,  agreeable  to  the  will  of  the 
founders,  such  as  are  of  their  kindred,  or  such  as  have  been  in  higher 
circumstances,  are  preferred ;  but  all  of  them  must  be  members  of  the 
Established  Church.  Each  has  a  weekly  stipend  of  5s.,  and  a  gown, 
petticoat,  and  five  tons  of  coal,  yearly.  They  are  also  provided  with 
medical  attendance  and  medicine,  in  case  of  sickness.  The  nurses 
receive  5s.  per  week  each,  and  an  allowance  of  coals.  The  endowment 
yields  an  annual  income  of  .£880.  19s.  4d.,  arising  from  a  farm  of  380a. 
at  Thorpe  Arnold,  a  farm  of  55  a.  at  Higham-on-the-Hill,  a  farm  of  about 
120a.  at  Sutton  Cheney ;  and  from  the  dividends  of  .£354.  3s.  6d.  Three 
per  Cent.  Consols.  The  Rev.  J.  Webb  is  the  chaplain,  and  Sir  Oswald 
Mosley,  Bart.,  Sir  John  Harpur  Crewe,  Bart.,  Sir  George  Chetwynd, 
Bart,,  D.  S.  Dugdale,  Esq.,  Capt.  W.  Inge,  S.  T.  P.  Wolferstan,  Esq., 
W.  W.  Abney,  Esq.,  C.  R.  Colvile,  Esq.,  and  Hy.  John  Pye,  Esq.,  are 
ihe  present  trustees. 

2i2 


500 


RAVENSTONE   PARISH, 


Post  Offtce  at  George  Frecknall's     Letters  arrive  from  Ashby-de- 
la-Zouch  at  eight  morning,  and  are  despatched  at  six  evening. 

Those  marked  *  are  in  Derbyshire. 

♦Alderson  Rev.  Jas.  Thos.,  B.A.  rector 

*Bradshaw  Thos.  Ayre,  blacksmith,  and 


vict.  Plough  Inn 
Creswell  Richard  Edward,  gentleman 
*Creswell  Robert  Green,  gentleman 
Deacon  Wm.  boot  &  shoe  mkr.  &  oversr 
♦Fosbrooke    Leonard,    Esq.,    Raven- 
stone  Hall 
♦Frecknall  George,  schoolmaster 
Hatchett  Joseph,  surgeon 
Howard  Samuel,  carpenter 
•Hunt  Thomas,  brickmaker 
*Lakin  Joseph,  grocer 


Marlow  John,  parish  clerk 
Price  Charles,  joiner 
Price  Thomas,  boot  and  shoe  maker 
*Rose  Thomas,  shopkpr.  and  rope  mkr 
Thornton  James,  rope  and  twine  mkr 
Webb  Rev.  Joseph,  chaplain,  Hospital 
Tebbutt  Joseph  (& 


FARMERS. 

Bacon  Samuel 
Clarke  James 
Creswell  Rt.  Ward 
Danks  Ann 
Hatchett    James 
(and  butcher) 
Hunt  John 


corn  miller) 
Wardle  William  R. 

Hoo  Ash  Farm 
Wood  William 
Carrier. 
Wilkins;  to  Ashby, 

Saturday 


ROTHLEY,  a  large  and  pleasant  village,  on  the  banks  of  a  rivulet, 
about  half  a  mile  west  of  the  river  Soar,  is  distant  1£  mile  S.  of  Mount- 
sorrel,  and  five  miles  N.  of  Leicester.  Its  township  has  many  neat 
scattered  houses,  and  contains  942  inhabitants,  and  1172  acres  of  fertile 
land.  Its  parish  includes  also  the  township  of  Mountsorrel  South-end, 
which  is  already  described  at  pages  457  to  460,  and  the  chapelries  of 
Keyham,  Wartnaby,  and  Wycomb-with-Chadwell,  in  East  Goscote 
Hundred.  The  total  population  of  the  parish  is  2228,  and  its  area 
about  6000  acres.  Barrow -upon-Soar  Union  Workhouse  is  situated 
here,  as  noticed  at  page  456.  The  Peculiar  of  Rothley,  which  has 
jurisdiction  over  this  and  other  parishes,  is  noticed  at  page  51,  and 
belongs  to  the  trustees  of  the  late  Sir  James  Parker,  Kt,  as  lords  of  the 
manor,  in  which  they  claim  Is.  in  the  pound  on  the  value  of  all  copyhold 
lands,  when  they  pass  from  one  owner  to  another.  The  Court-House  is 
an  ancient  building,  with  a  pyramidal  roof,  near  the  centre  of  the  village. 
In  it  the  Commissary  Court  of  the  Peculiar  is  opened  every  half  year, 
and  afterwards  adjourned  to  the  Red  Lion  Inn.  The  Fowke,  Paget, 
and  other  families,  have  estates  in  the  parish.  Many  of  the  inhabitants 
are  framework  knitters  ;  and  the  soil  is  various,  some  clay,  some  marl, 
and  some  good  barley  land.  About  20  acres  of  land  are  let,  in  small 
allotments,  to  the  industrious  poor,  at  low  rents.  The  manor  and  rectory 
were  anciently  held  by  the  Knights  Templar  (see  Rothley  Temple,)  and 
in  1283,  they  had  a  grant  for  a  market  and  a  fair,  which  were  removed 
from  Rothley  to  Gaddesby  in  1305.  At  the  dissolution,  the  manor,  the 
impropriate  rectory,  and  the  advowson  of  the  vicarage,  were  granted  to 
Edward  Cartwright,  and  were  sold,  in  1567,  to  Humphrey  Babington, 
Esq.  The  Church  (St.  Mary)  is  a  large  and  handsome  fabric,  with  an 
embattled  tower  and  five  bells,  and  contains  several  monuments  of  the 
Babington  family.  It  was  restored  in  1861  by  the  present  vicar.  The 
vicarage,  valued  in  K.B.  at  .£11.  0s.  5d.,  and  now  at  £500,  has  42a.  of 
glebe.  The  tithes  were  commuted  at  the  enclosure,  in  1781.  The 
trustees  of  the  late  C.  C.  Macaulay,  Esq.,  are  the  patrons,  and  the  Rev. 
Hy.  John  Shacldeton,  M.A.,  is  the  vicar,  and  has  a  good  residence  near 
the  church.  The  Wesleyan  and  Primitive  Methodists,  and  the  General 
Baptists,  have  chapels  here.  The  Free  School  was  founded  by 
Bartholomew  HicMing,  who,  in  1683,  left  a  cottage  and  several  pieces  of 
land  here,  in  trust  for  the  education  of  14  or  15  poor  boys  of  Rothley. 
Besides  the  school-room,  which  was  rebuilt  in  1838,  and  a  good  house 
and  garden,  occupied  by  the  master,  the  endowment  now  consists  of 


ROTHLEY    PARISH. 


501' 


about  3^a.  of  land,  worth  £24,  per  annum.  In  1730,  Mrs.  Eliz.  Daniel 
gave  .£30  in  trust  to  pay  the  interest  to  a  schoolmistress  for  instructing 
several  poor  girls  to  read.  A  yearly  rent  charge  of  5s.,  paid  out  of  the 
late  Sir  Jas.  Parker's  estate,  was  left  by  John  Willows,  to  buy  a  Bible 
for  any  boy  who  can  read  the  first  chapter  of  St.  John's  Gospel  the  most 
distinctly.  For  distribution  in  bread  and  money,  the  poor  have  the 
interest  of  ^660,  given  by  several  donors,  and  a  yearly  rent-charge  of  20s., 
left  by  the  Rev.  Wm.  Staveley,  out  of  land  at  Cossington. 

Post  Office  at  Mary  Preston's.    Letters  arrive  from  Loughborough  at  9| 
morning,  and  are  despatched  at  5  evening. 
Abbott  Mrs  Sar.  ||  Biddies  Mr  William    Red  Lion,  George  Fowke 


Boulter  Mr  John  and  Mr  William 
Burton  Rev.  Richard,  MA.  curate 
Chadfield  George,  gardener 
Cheatle  Mr  Fredk.  |[  Fowke  Mrs  My. 
Dabbs  William,  gent.  Town  Grange 
Dear  John   and    Sarah,   master   and 

mistress  of  the  Union  Workhouse 
Dyson  Major  Edwards,  Rothley  Temple 
Freer  John,  agrcl.  machine  maker 
Hornbuckle  Mr  Thos.||  Kinton  Mrs  Sar. 
Lea  John,  maltster  and  coal  merchant 
Macdonald  William,  schoolmaster 
Oldershaw  Mr  John  George 
Pagett  John  Spooner,  gentleman 
Pagett  Thomas,  gentleman 
Sewell  George,  boot  and  shoe  maker 
Shackleton  Rev.  Hy.  John,  M.A.,  vicar 
Staples  Henry,  assistant  overseer 
Tilley  Elizabeth,  schoolmistress 
Tyers  George,  tailor 
Walker  Thomas,  blacksmith 
Webster  Wm.  saddler  and  court  bailiff 

INNS  AND  TAVERNS. 
Crown,  Joseph  Webster 


Royal  Oak,  Wm.  Woolston,  jun. 


BAKERS. 

Bent  George 
Harley  William 

BEEEHOUSES. 

Hickling  Edward 
Woolston  William 

BUTCHERS. 

Dracott  William 
Freer  Robert 

GROCERS. 

Daft  Thomas 
Freer  Stephen 
North  Francis 
North  James 
Palmer  Thomas 
Waldron  Benjamin 

FARMERS  &    GRZRS. 

Astill  Sophia 
Dracott  William 
Fowke  George 
Fowke    Rd.  Fdk. 
&  Eliz.  Grange 
Hellaby  Edward 


Humber  William 
Needham  John 

Spooner 
Talton  John 
Taylor  Thomas 
Thompson  Emnl. 
Tilley  Elizabeth 
Waldron  Benjamin 
Walker  Thomas 
Wright  Rhoda 

JOINERS. 

Hickling  Joseph 
Sleath  William 

WHEELWRIGHTS. 

Freer  Thomas 
Hickling  Edward 

CARRIERS. 

To  Leicester, 
Wed.  &•  Saturday, 
Daft  Thomas 
Humber  William 
North  Richard 
North  William 


ROTHLEY  TEMPLE,  an  extra-parochial  estate,  containing  80 
inhabitants,  and  529a.  2r.  27p.  of  land,  adjoins  Rothley  on  the  west,  and 
is  distant  five  miles  N.  of  Leicester.  It  is  in  the  peculiar  jurisdiction 
of  Rothley,  and  was  sold,  in  1845,  by  the  trustees  of  the  late  Thomas 
Babington,  Esq.,  to  the  Hon.  Sir  James  Parker,  Kt.,  to  whose  trustees 
it  still  belongs.  Major  Edward  Dyson  now  occupies  the  mansion,  which 
has  tasteful  pleasure  grounds,  and  stands  on  the  site  of  a  Preceptory, 
or  Commandery  of  Knights- Templar,  to  whom  the  manor  was  given  by 
Henry  III.  After  the  suppression  of  the  Templars,  it  was  given  to  the 
Knights  Hospitallers  of  St.  John  of  Jerusalem.  On  the  dissolution 
of  the  latter,  the  site  and  manor  were  given  to  Edw.  Cartwright,  as 
noticed  with  Rothley.  This  Preceptory  was  then  valued  at  £87. 13s.  4d. 
per  annum. 

The  Right  Hon.  Thomas  Babington  Macaulay,  Baron  Macaulay, 
the  distinguished  historian  and  essayist,  was  born  at  Rothley  Temple, 
October  25th,  1800.  He  was  the  son  of  Zachary  Macaulay,  Esq.,  well- 
known  for  his  exertions,  in  company  with  Clarkson  and  Wilberlbrce,  in 
the  cause  of  the  abolition  of  the  slave  trade.  After  graduating  with 
high  honor  at  Trinity  College,  Cambridge,  young  Macaulay  was  elected 
to  the  Craven  scholarship  in  1821,  and  became  a  fellow  in  the  succeeding 
year.  In  1826,  he  was  called  to  the  bar,  and  in  the  same  year  Ins  article 
on  "  Milton"  in  the  Edinburgh  Review,  indicated  that  an  esssayist  of  no 


502  LORD    MACAULAY. 

Ordinary  brilliancy  had  arisen  to  interest  and 'amuse  the  reading  public. 
The  leaders  of  the  Whig  party,  in  acknowledgment  of  his  literary  supe- 
riority, appointed  him  a  Commissioner  in  Bankruptcy,  and  in  1830,  he 
entered  the  House  as  member  for  Calne.  He  afterwards  became  Secre- 
tary to  the  Board  of  Control,  and  entered  with  great  spirit  into  the 
discussions  on  the  Reform  Bill,  defending  the  policy  of  the  Grey 
ministry  against  all  opponents.  Having  thus  acquired  Parliamentary 
celebrit}^,  Mr.  Macaulay  was,  in  1832,  returned  to  Parliament  as  one  of 
the  representatives  of  the  newly  enfranchised  borough  of  Leeds ;  but  in 
1834,  he  resigned  his  seat  and  office  to  proceed  to  the  east,  as  a  member 
of  the  Supreme  Council  of  India.  He  enjoyed  that  lucrative  post  for 
three  years,  and  on  his  return  to  England  produced  those  well-known 
and  magnificent  sketches  of  Lord  Clive  and  Warren  Hastings,  due  no 
doubt  to  the  acquaintance  wTith  Indian  officers  he  had  acquired  in 
Calcutta.  Still  pursuing  his  political  career,  which  had  opened  under 
auspices  so  brilliant,  Mr.  Macaulay,  in  1839,  accepted  the  office  of 
Secretary  at  War,  and  in  1840,  was  elected  member  for  the  city  of 
Edinburgh.  Having  in  his  younger  days  produced  several  choice 
ballads,  among  which  those  on  the  Spanish  Armada  and  the  Battle  of 
Ivry  are  most  widely  known,  he  now  tried  his  powers  on  a  larger 
scale,  and,  in  1842,  gave  to  the  world  his  splendid  "  Lays  of  Ancient 
Rome."  His  essays,  which  had  been  previously  published  in  America, 
were  in  the  following  year  collected  in  three  volumes.  It  is  needless 
here  to  notice  the  profound  learning,  the  extent  of  information,  and  the 
surpassing  eloquence,  which  characterises  these  volumes,  though  it 
cannot  be  denied  that  his  warmness  as  a  politician  rendered  him  partial 
or  unjust  in  many  cases,  whilst  his  extensive  classical  knowledge 
occasionally  betrayed  him  into  using  a  somewhat  pedantic  style.  His 
latest  contribution  to  the  Edinhurgh  Review,  is  believed  to  have  been 
the  second  part  of  his  "  Essay  on  Lord  Chatham,"  which  appeared  in 
the  autumn  of  1844.  At  the  restorarion  of  the  Whig  party  to  power  in 
184(5,  Mr.  Macaulay  was  appointed  Pay-Master  of  the  Forces,  with  a 
seat  in  the  Cabinet,  and  for  a  time  exercised  the  functions  of  that 
office.  In  consequence,  however,  of  a  serious  disagreement  with  his 
constituents,  with  regard  to  the  Maynooth  grant,  the  citizens  of  Edin- 
burgh rejected  him  at  the  election  in  1847.  This,  which  under  ordinary 
circumstances,  might  have  been  a  subject  of  regret,  must  now  be 
accepted  as  a  matter  of  congratulation  ;  for,  untrammelled  with  the  cares 
of  public  life,  Mr.  Macaulay  devoted  his  leisure  to  the  grand  project  he 
had  formed  of  writing  a  History  of  England.  His  peculiar  qualifications 
for  the  task — his  Parliamentary  career,  his  official  knowledge,  his  social 
experience,  his  theoretical  information,  his  familiarity  with  ancient 
literature,  and  the  art  he  was  known  to  possess  of  writing  what  people 
like  to  read,  as  well  as  dealing  skilfully  with  the  less  attractive  parts  of 
a  subject — raised  high  expectations ;  and  when,  in  1848,  an  instalment 
of  two  volumes  appeared,  with  the  title — "  The  History  of  England  from 
the  Ascension  of  James  the  Second,"  they  met  with  an  enthusiastic 
reception,  and  elicited  universal  applause.  In  the  majestic  sentences 
with  which  he  introduced  his  work  to  the  public,  Mr.  l^acaulay  stated 
that  he  would  cheerfully  bear  the  reproach  of  having  descended  below 
what  is  called  the  dignity  of  history  if  he  could  succeed  in  placing  before 
the  English  of  the  nineteenth  century  a  true  picture  of  the  life  of  their 
ancestors.  In  1848,  he  was  chosen  Lord  Rector  of  the  University  of 
Glasgow,  and  delivered  an  inaugural  address,  memorable  for  its  ability  ; 
and  in  1849,  he  was  nominated  Professor  of  Ancient  History,  in  the 
Royal  Academy.    In  1852,  Mr.  Macaulay  and  his  former  constituents 


LORD    MACAULAY.  503- 

of  Edinburgh  were  reconciled ;  he  was  spontaneously  re-elected  by  them 
without  himself  taking  a  single  step  towards  that  object,  and  he  continued 
their  member  until  raised  to  the  House  of  Lords  by  the  title  of  Baron 
Macaulay,  in  1857.  In  1853,  his  various  speeches  were  collected  and 
published,  and  he  received  the  Prussian  Order  of  Merit.  In  1855,  the 
third  aud  fourth  volumes  of  his  "  History  of  England,"  were  hailed  with 
an  enthusiasm  which  marked  them  out  for  a  popularity  hardly  less 
extensive  than  that  which  attended  their  predecessors,  and  the  succeeding 
volumes  were  gradually  growing  up  under  his  hand,  when  suddenly  the 
hand  stiffened  and  grew  cold,  and  the  book  remains  unfinished  for  ever, 
to  perpetuate  the  sorrow  which  all  must  now  feel  in  thinking  of  its 
author.  He  died  of  disease  of  the  heart,  on  Wednesday,  December  28th, 
1859,  at  his  residence  at  Holly  Lodge,  Campden  Hill,  Kensington, 
leaving  his  last  and  greatest  work  unfinished,  to  stand  like  a  broken 
column,  a  monument  to  his  greatness.  Lord  Macaulay  was  never 
married,  and  the  title  he  had  so  well  won  consequently  died  with  him. 
He  was  buried  in  Westminster  Abbey,  where  a  simple  tablet  records  the 
dates  of  his  birth  and  death,  and  that  "  His  body  is  buried  in  peace,  but 
his  name  liveth  for  evermore." 


SEAL  (NETHER)  is  a  manor  and  pleasant  village  on  the  north  side 
of  the  river  Mease,  containing  about  560  inhabitants  and  2381a.  3r.  10p. 
of  land,  at  the  north-west  extremity  of  Leicestershire,  nearly  6  miles 
W.S.W.  of  Ashby-de-la-Zouch,  where  this  county  is  joined  by  those  of 
Derbyshire  and  Staffordshire.  It  supports  its  poor  as  a  township,  con- 
jointly with  Over  Seal,  and  its  parish  comprises  also  part  of  Boothorpe 
hamlet,  in  Blackfordby  chapelry,  as  noticed  at  page  445  ;  and  part  of  the 
hamlet  of  Donisthorpe.  The  total  population  of  the  parish  is  1569,  and 
its  area  about  4530a.,  extending  eastward  to  the  Ashby-de-la-Zouch 
canal,  near  Moira  Colliery  and  Ashby  Wolds.  Nether  Seal,  in  some 
old  writings,  is  called  Seal  Magna,  and  has  been  variously  spelt  Seile, 
Sela,  Sheile,  Sceyle,  &c.  The  soil  is  chiefly  a  strong  but  fertile  clay,  and 
a  great  part  of  it  belongs  to  Sir  Thomas  Gresley,  Bart.,  of  Cauldwell 
Hall,  Derbyshire,  who  is  also  lord  of  the  manor.  Sir  George  J.  B. 
Hewett,  Bart.,  John  Curzon,  Esq.,  and  several  smaller  owners  have 
estates  here.  Nether  Seal  Hall,  the  seat  of  Sir  Thos.  Gresley,  Bart.,  is 
at  present  occupied  by  E.  W.  Robertson,  Esq.  It  is  an  ancient  stone 
building  with  additions  of  brick.  The  Gresley  family  is  of  great  antiquity, 
and  the  baronetcy  was  created  in  1611,  the  present  baronet  being  the 
tenth  in  succession.  Orange  Wood  House,  a  stone  mansion  pleasantly 
situated  one  mile  N.  of  the  village,  is  the  seat  of  Thomas  Mowbray, 
Esq  ;  and  the  Old  Hall  is  the  residence  of  Captain  Henry  Bagot.  The 
four  common  fields  and  other  meadow  and  pasture  lands  of  Nether  and 
Over  Seal  were  enclosed  under  an  agreement  dated  July  2nd,  1755,  and 
the  enclosure  was  confirmed  by  an  Act  of  Parliament  passed  in  1799. 
The  manor  of  Nether  Seal  has  been  held  by  various  families,  and  was 
sold  by  the  Gresleys  to  the  Morewoods  in  1627 ;  but  in  1680,  by  the 
marriage  of  Frances  Morewood  with  Sir  Thomas  Gresley  it  passed  again 
to  his  family.  The  Church  (St.  Peter)  is  a  large  ancient  structure  in 
the  early  English  style,  with  a  tower  containing  five  bells  and  a  clock. 
The  latter  was  purchased  in  1861  at  a  cost  of  .£100.  The  living  is  a 
rectory  valued  in  KB.  at  £17.  8s.  11§&.,  and  now  at  £970.  Sir  Thos. 
Gresley,  Bart.,  is  patron,  and  the  Rev.  Nigel  Gresley  is  the  incumbent, 
and  has  71  acres  of  glebe.  The  tithes  have  been  commuted  for  £970 
per  annum.  The  Rev.  John  Morewood  Gresley,  M.A.,  is  the  curate. 
A  new  School  and  Rectory  House  are  about  to  be  erected  here.    The 


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SEAL.    (NETHER.) 


present  school  is  attended  by  about  GO  children,  and  is  supported  by 
subscription.  Here  is  a  General  Baptist  Chapel,  built  in  1840.  The 
Almshouses  were  founded  by  Richard  Johnson,  who,  in  1697,  left  .£150 
for  their  erection,  and  endowed  them  with  property  now  yielding  an 
annual  income  of  £116,  and  consisting  of  35a.  3r.  14p.  in  Nether  Seal, 
and  a  house,  called  the  Friars,  and  several  closes  of  land,  at  Lichfield. 
The  Almshouses  have  a  garden  attached  to  them,  and  are  divided  into 
six  tenements  for  as  many  poor  men  or  women,  who  have  each  a  weekly 
stipend  of  5s.,  and  a  gown  and  three  tons  of  coal  yearly.  They  are 
selected  from  the  oldest  and  poorest  parishioners  belonging  to  the  Church 
of  England.  The  rector  and  the  lords  of  the  manors  of  Stretton-en-le- 
Field  and  Chilcote  are  the  trustees.  The  poor  parishioners  have  a 
distribution  of  bread  every  Sunday  from  the  rent  of  "  Stanley's  Poor 
Land,"  purchased  with  £200,  left  by  Sir  Thos.  Rich  in  1666.  They  have 
also  22s.  a-year,  left  by  John  and  Eliza  Ramsor  in  the  21st  of  Charles 
II.,  and  a  yearly  rent-charge  of  5s.,  left  by  Thos.  Capenhurst  in  1755. 
The  interest  of  £60,  left  by  Zachary  and  Rebecca  Johnson  in  1669  and 
1678,  is  applied  in  apprenticing  poor  boys. 

Post  Office  at  Ann  Jones's.     Letters  arrive  from  Ashby-de-la-Zouch  at  8J 
morning,  and  are  despatched  at  4£  afternoon. 


Bagot  Captain  Henry,  Old  Hall 

Berry  John  Harley,  brewer  and  malt- 
ster, Acresford  Brewery 

Conway  Thomas,  plumber  and  glazier 

Cooper  Mr  James 

Cooper  William  F.  brewer's  traveller 

Gresley  Rev.  Nigel,  B.A.  rector 

Hollis  Henry,  schoolmaster 

Mowbray  Ths.Esq.  Grange  Wood  House 

Robertson  Eben  William,  Esq.  Nether 
Seal  Hall 

Thompson  Spencer,M.D.  Grange  Wood 
Lodge 

Webster  Robert,  bricklayer 

White  William,  draper 

INNS  AND  TAVERNS. 

Cricketers'  Inn,  Robert  Lees 

Holly  Bush,  Richard  Blay 


BAKERS. 

Poultney  John 
Tagg  James 

BEERHOUSES. 

Allsebrook  John 
Bradley  William 


Newman  John 
Yeomans  John 

BLACKSMITHS. 

Lunn  William 
Patrick  James 
Shakespear  Thos. 


BUTCHERS. 

Tunnadine  Henry 
White  George 

CORN  MILLERS. 

PoultneyJohn,jun. 
Stevenson  Reuben 

FARMERS. 

Carter  Thomas 

Colclough  John, 
Gunby  Leys 

Deville  John  Cole- 
man, Far  Field 

Elton  John,  Gunby 

Insley  Sarah 

Newbold  Thomas, 
Seal  Field 

PeggWm.  Grange 

Shakespear  John, 
Woodside  Farm 

Townshend  Wm. 
Grange  Wood 

Tunnadine  Wm. 
Woodside 

Whitehead  Richd. 


SHOEMAKERS. 

Cooke  Francis  (& 

parish  clerk) 
Davis  Thomas 
Eaton  Frank 
Roulston  William 
Shakespear  James 
Shakespear  John 
Shakespear  Saml. 

SHOPKEEPERS. 

Cartwright  Saml. 
Tagg  James 
Tetley  Miriam 
Yeoman  Charles 

TAILORS. 

Betteridge  Joseph 
Jebbett  George 

CARRIERS. 

To  Lichfield,  Fri. 

and  Bur  ton,  Sat. 

Leedham  John ; 

Mear  John 
To  Burton,  Thurs. 

Leedham  John 


SEAL  (OVER)  is  a  manor  and  pleasant  village,  4£  miles  W.  by  S. 
of  Ashby-de-la-Zouch;  containing  about  530  inhabitants,  and  1127 
acres  of  land,  mostly  a  high  district,  joining  the  Ashby  Wolds.  It 
maintains  its  poor  jointly  with  Nether  Seal;  and  between  the  two 
villages  is  a  hill  called  Cadborough,  supposed  to  have  been  an  ancient 
British  station,  probably  in  connexion  with  that  of  Seckington,  in  War- 
wickshire. On  the  south  side  of  the  hill  is  a  valley,  called  Dead-Dane 
Bottom ;  and  in  an  adjoining  field  is  a  tumulus,  where  human  bones 
have  been  turned  up  by  the  plough.  Over  Seal,  called  also.  Little  and 
SjAtal  Seile,  was  one  of  the  lordships  given  to  Nigel  de  Albini,  at  the 
Norman  Conquest,  when  it  consisted  of  two  or  three  manors,  one  of 
which  was  given,  in  the  reign  of  Henry  III.,  by  William  de  Meisham,  in 
marriage  with  his  daughter,  to  Wm.  de  Appleby,  together  with  a  park,  a 


SEAL.    (OYER.) 


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wood,  and  a  mill,  called  Woodlandes.  The  services  of  this  and  another 
manor,  the  same  Wm.  de  Meisham,  about  1250,  gave  to  Merevale 
Abbey,  Warwickshire.  A  third  manor  was  afterwards  held  by  Lucian 
de  Deserto,  and  a  fourth  by  the  Vernons,  of  Haddon,  Derbyshire.  But 
in  the  early  part  of  the  13th  century,  all  these  manors  were  held  under 
Wm.  de  Ferrariis,  Earl  of  Derby.  In  1205,  a  curious  agreement  was 
made  between  Lucian  of  "  Scheyl  Minor"  and  the  rector,  respecting  the 
maintenance  of  a  resident  chaplain,  on  his  estate,  to  celebrate  mass  in 
the  chapel  there,  three  days  a-week.  In  the  16th  century,  Sir  Wm. 
Gresley,  of  Drakelowe,  bought  this  manor,  and  in  the  following  century, 
it  passed  to  the  Morewoods,  of  Nether  Seal.  The  manorial  rights  over 
the  whole  of  Over- Seal  now  belong  to  Thos.  Mowbray,  Esq.,  but  part  of 
the  soil  belongs  to  John  Curzon,  Esq.,  and  several  smaller  owners.  The 
ancient  chapel  was  "  quite  decayed  and  gone,"  when  Burton  wrote,  in  1622 ; 
but  in  1840-1,  anew  Chapel  of  Ease  was  erected  here  by  subscription,  and 
dedicated  to  St.  Matthew.  It  is  a  neat  structure,  in  the  early  English  style, 
with  a  tower  and  one  bell,  and  has  289  sittings,  of  which  193  are  free. 
It  has  an  organ,  a  carved  stone  altar,  a  font  of  Caen  stone,  carved  with 
emblems  of  the  four  Evangelists ;  an  eagle  for  the  Bible ;  service-books 
of  a  costly  description ;  and  a  beautiful  stained  glass  window.  Its  only 
monument  bears  a  long  inscription  in  memory  of  the  late  Elizabeth 
Pycroft,  who  died  Dec.  19th,  1840.  This  charitable  lady  gave  the  site 
and  burial  ground,  and  also  contributed  liberally  towards  the  building, 
of  which  she  laid  the  first  stone,  Aug.  27th,  1840.  The  communion 
plate,  altar  table,  and  velvet  covering,  were  the  offerings  of  her  relatives. 
The  chapelry  is  annexed  to  Nether  Seal  rectory,  and  the  Rev.  John 
More  wood  Gresley,  M.A.,  is  the  curate.  The  chapel-yard  comprises 
three  quarters  of  an  acre ;  and  in  the  north-west  corner  is  planted  a 
descendant  of  the  celebrated  Royal  Oak  of  Boscobel.  Adjoining  it  is  a 
school,  erected  by  the  lord  of  the  manor  in  1841,  and  supported  by 
subscription.  It  is  attended  by  about  50  children.  The  General 
Baptists  and  Primitive  Methodists  have  chapels  here,  the  former  built  in 
1840,  and  the  latter  in  1860.  Post  Office  at  Thos.  Priestley's.  Letters 
via  Ashby. 


Fisher  Edw.  solicitor,  The  Shrubbery 
Fisher  Thomas,  beerhouse 
Freeman  William,  blacksmith 
Gresley  Kev.Jno.Morewood,M.A.curate 
Gresley  Mrs  My.  ||  Hamp  Jno.  gent. 
Hincks  Thomas,  schoolmaster 
Hynes  Christopher,  bricklayer  &  bldr. 
Perry  Thos.  nail  mkr.  and  parish  clerk 
Priestley  Thos.  joiner,  Post  Office 
Shepherd  Joseph,  gardener 
Singleton  Misses  Mary  and  Emily 
Whetton  James,  painter 
Woodhouse  John  Thos.  civil  engineer 

INNS  AND  TAVERNS. 
Nag's  Head,  Jas.  Hynes,  (&  bricklayer) 


Robin  Hood,  James  Collingwood 


BUTCHERS. 

Ison  Thomas 
Marriott  Thomas 

FARMERS. 

Adams  Thomas 
Adams  William 
Rowland  Joseph 
Shakespear  Joseph 

Woodlands 
WhiteheadGeorge, 

Gosty  Leys 

grocers,  &c. 
Bladon  John  (and 

baker) 


Wood  William 

shoemakers. 
Freeman  John 
Mellows  John 
Wain wright  Thos. 

TAILORS. 

Bettridge  William 
Curringbell  Richd . 

CARRIER. 

Redfearn  Chas.  to 
Burton  &  Ashby 


Donisthokpe  is  a  hamlet,  four  miles  W.S.W.  of  Ashby-de-la-Zouch, 
containing  about  420  inhabitants,  of  whom  200  are  in  Seal  parish,  163 
in  Church  Gresley  parish,  and  57  in  Measham  parish.  The  two  latter 
portions  are  in  Derbyshire.  Donisthorpe  keeps  its  poor  with  the  hamlet 
of  Oakthorpe  (600  souls,)  which  is  in  Derbyshire,  and  lies  in  the  three 
parishes  of  Church  Gresley,  Measham,  and  Stretton-en-le-Field.  The 
township  of  Oakthorpe  and  Donisthorpe,  is  in  Ashby  Union.    In  1838, 


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DONISTHORPE    HAMLET. 


:i  Church  was  built  at  Donisthorpe,  by  subscripton;  and  the  hamlets  of 
Donisthorpe  and  Oakthorpe,  with  part  of  Ashby  Wolds,  were  formed 
into  an  ecclesiastical  district,  by  the  Ecclesiastical  Commissioners.  It 
is  a  neat  edifice,  with  a  tower  and  one  bell,  and  near  it  is  a  good  Parson- 
age House.  The  perpetual  curacy,  valued  at  £145  per  annum,  is  in  the 
patronage  of  the  Bishop  of  Lichfield,  and  incumbency  of  the  Rev.  Francis 
Jickling.  A  National  School  was  built  here  in  1840,  by  the  late  Sir 
John  Browne  Cave,  Bart.,  whose  family  owns  a  great  part  of  the  hamlet. 
Here  is  a  Primitive  Methodist  Chapel,  erected  in  1853,  and  a  Pillar 
Letter  Box.     Post  from  Ashby. 


Marked  *  are  in  Derbyshire. 
Handley  William,  shopkeeper 

Hatfield  Lieut.  Colonel 

Jewsbury  William,  tailor 

*  Jickling  Eev.  Fras.  iucbt.  Parsonage 

♦Pointon  Wm.  beerhouse  &  shopkeeper 

♦Radford  Catherine,  schoolmistress 

Riley  William,  shoemakor 

Talbot  Matthew,  blacksmith 

Turner  William,  butcher 


INNS  AND  TAVERNS. 
♦Bull's  Head,  William  Hill 
*Cave  Arms,  Edward  Gent,  (&  brewer 

and  maltster) 
Engine,  William  Bradley 


FARMERS. 

♦Blastock  William 
Bowley  Oliver,  (& 

maltster) 
Brown  James 


Fowler  George 
♦Newbold  Robert 
♦Sale  George 
♦Smith  Thomas 
Whetton  Benjamin 


SHEEPSHED,  or  Sheepshead,  is  a  large  and  populous  village,  on 
a  southern  declivity,  on  the  north  side  of  Charnwood  Forest,  four  miles 
W.  of  Loughborough.  Its  parish  contains  5217  acres  of  land,  including 
several  of  the  forest  farms  ;  and  had  2627  inhabitants  in  1801 ;  3464  in 
1821 ;  3172  in  1841 ;  3759  in  1851 ;  and  3726  in  1861.  It  is  one  of  the 
oldest  seats  of  the  hosiery  manufacture,  which  gives  employment  to  most 
of  the  inhabitants,  many  of  whom  are  stocking  weavers,  framesmiths,  &c. 
Ambrose  Lisle  March  Phillipps  de  Lisle,  Esq.,  is  lord  of  the  manor  of 
Sheepshed,  and  principal  owner  of  the  soil,  but  several  smaller  owners 
have  land  here.  The  manor  has  been  variously  spelt  Scepeshefde,  Sheepe- 
shee,  and  Scepesvesde,  and  was  held  by  the  King  in  1080,  when  2£  hides, 
4  carucates,  and  2  ploughs  were  in  the  demesne ;  and  here  were  36  villans, 
16  bordars,  20  socmen,  and  2  knights,  with  36  ploughs  ;  a  mill ;  50  acres 
of  meadow ;  and  a  wood,  a  mile  long  and  160  perches  broad.  Part  of  it 
was  afterwards  held  by  Leicester  Abbey  and  Gracedieu  Priory ;  and  the 
manor  was  purchased  by  the  Phillipps  family  in  the  17th  century.  About 
2000  acres  of  open  fields,  &c,  in  the  parish  were  enclosed  under  an  act 
passed  in  1777 ;  but  the  south  part  of  the  parish,  lying  within  the  bounds 
of  Charnwood  Forest,  was  not  enclosed  till  after  1808,  as  noticed  at  page 
447.  About  a  mile  and  a  half  north  of  the  village  a  boring  for  coal  has 
been  in  progress  for  about  three  years,  by  the  direction  of  the  lord  of  the 
manor.  A  depth  of  200  yards  has  already  been  attained,  and  success  is 
sanguinely  anticipated.  Gas  Works  were  established  here  in  1858,  at  a 
cost  of  ,£2800,  raised  in  £5  shares.  The  gasholder  will  contain  9000  cubic 
feet,  and  the  charge  to  consumers  is  6s.  per  1000  feet.  The  disused  Charn- 
wood Forest  canal  crosses  this  parish,  within  a  mile  south  of  the  village. 
The  Church  (St.  Botolph)  is  an  ancient  structure,  with  a  tower  containing 
six  bells,  and  crowned  by  a  spire.  The  interior  was  renovated,  and  new 
galleries  erected  in  1844,  at  a  cost  of  about  £1000,  by  which  alteration 
186  additional  sittings  were  obtained,  and  124  are  free,  in  consideration 
of  a  grant  from  the  Incorporated  Society.  By  a  further  alteration  in 
1860  a  hundred  more  sittings  were  obtained,  so  that  the  church  has  now 
sittings  for  900  hearers,  and  350  are  free.  Ambrose  Lisle  March  Phillipps 
de  Lisle,  Esq.,  is  impropriator  and  patron ;  and  the  chancel  contains 
several  monuments,  in  memory  of  his  ancestors.    The  living  is  a  dis- 


SHEEPSHED    PARISH. 


charged  vicarage,  valued  in  KB.  at  £8.  10s.  10d.,  and  now  at  £'300,  in 
the  incumbency  of  the  Rev.  Chas.  Lisle  March  Phillipps,  M.A.,  who  has 
a  good  residence,  and  180a.  of  glebe  here,  and  50a.  at  Melton  Mowbray. 
In  1718,  the  living  was  augmented  with  .£200  of  Q.A.B.,  and  £200  given 
by  John  Alt  and  others.  The  tithes  were  commuted  at  the  enclosures. 
Part  of  this  parish  is  included  in  the  Oaks  Church  district,  which  was 
formed  in  1852.  Here  is  a  Roman  Catholic  Chapel,  built  in  1842,  which 
is  about  to  be  enlarged,  and  have  a  residence  for  the  priest  attached. 
The  Rev.  Hubert  de  Burgh,  of  Gracedieu,  is  the  priest.  The  school  in 
connection  with  this  chapel  is  attended  by  about  50  children,  and  is 
supported  by  Mrs.  Phillipps  de  Lisle.  The  General  and  Particular 
Baptists,  the  Wesleyans,  and  the  Independents  have  each  a  chapel  here. 
Sunday  schools  are  attached  to  all  the  places  of  worship  ;  and  here  is  a 
large  National  School,  built  in  1830,  and  enlarged  in  1856,  by  the  late 
C.  M.  Phillipps,  Esq.  It  is  now  attended  by  about  1G0  boys  and  190 
girls  and  infants,  on  week  days ;  but  more  than  GOO  children  attend  on 
Sundays.  In  1472,  John  Lambert  conveyed  to  trustees,  for  good  and 
charitable  uses,  three  tenements  in  Sheepshed,  to  which  allotments  were 
made  at  the  enclosure  of  Charnwood  Forest.  This  charity  estate,  which 
has  been  conveyed  to  new  trustees  from  time  to  time,  now  consists  of  the 
Old  George  and  Red  Lion  Public-houses,  seven  cottages,  and  2r.  13p.  of 
land,  let  at  rents  amounting  to  £57.  12s.,  which  is  applied  partly  in  aid 
of  the  National  and  Sunday  Schools,  and  partly  in  apprenticing  four 
boys.  In  1676,  Thos.  Palmer,  gave,  for  the  poor  of  Sheepshed,  a  yearly 
rent  charge  of  £2,  and  they  are  entitled  to  a  bible  yearly  from  Bartholo- 
mew Hickliug's  Charity.     (See  p.  409.) 

Post  Office  at  Thomas  Husband's,  Church  street.  Letters  arrive  from 
Loughborough  at  8i  morning,  and  are  despatched  at  5J  afternoon.  Money 
Orders  are  granted  and  paid,  and  here  is  a  Post  Office  Savings'  Bank. 

In  the  following  Directory  of  Sheepshed,  those  marked  1  are  in  Belton 
street;  2,  Britannia  street;  3,  Churchgate ;  4,  Church  street;  5,  Croft  street; 
6,  at  Finney  hill;  7 ',  in  Field  street ;  8,  Forest  street ;  9,  Ilallcroft  street ;  10, 
Lant  street;  11,  Market  place;  12,  Moorfield ;  13,  Navigation  street;  14, 
Queen  street;  15,  Sulington  road;  16,  Brook  street;  17,  Pick  street ;  18,  Lei- 
cester road;  and 20  in  Charnwood  Forest. 


18  Adcock  George,  scripture  reader 
13  Bates  Mr  Joseph  ||  13  Beer  Miss  Ann 

13  Bates  Joseph,  jun.  cowkeeper 

15  Beardmore  John,  earthenware  dlr. 

14  BeerEdw.  pawnbroker,  asst.  oversr. 
Brit,  wine  dlr.  &  gas  works  manager 

13  Bigg  Mrs  Maria  ||  8  Blunt  Mrs  Ann 
8  Blood  Daniel,  cart  owner 

18  Blunt  Thos.  Jacques,  woolstapler 
Bramley  Mrs  Jane,  Far  field 
18  Christian  Mr  Benjamin 

3  Freeman  John,  chemist  ar.d  druggist 
17  Freeman  William,  cow  leech 
Gimson  Mr  Thos.  Loughborough  road 
7  Handford  John,  gas  maker 

14  Hudson  Josiah,  glove  manufacturer 
11  Lakin Benjamin,  tinner  and  brazier 
Phillipps  Rev.   Charles   Lisle  March, 

M.A.  vicar,  Vicarage 
Redyard  Rev.  Robert,  curate 
13  SpencerMrJno.[|3UnwinThs.sexton 

16  Wood  James  Askey,  surgeon 

4  Wortley  John,  house  agent 


FARMERS. 
Bennett  John,  Upper  Blackbrook 
Bramley  John,  Finney  Spring 
Chester  Joseph,  Blackbrook 
1  Clarke  John     ||   1  Colban  Robert  B. 
20  Cotton  Thomas,  Pipe  Farm 
Cumberland  Elizabeth,  Little  Hato 
G-oodacre  Samuel,  Water  Mill 
Griffin  Thomas,  Oxley  Grange 
6  Hopkins  Thomas  (and  maltster) 
Hutchinson  Thomas,  Mitchell  Spring 
Merriman  Thomas,  Grange  Farm 
Mills  John,  Lub  Cloud 
Milns  John,  Sheepshed  Field 
Newbold  James     ||     2  Pratt  George 
20  Spence  Edward  |]  13  Start  Edward 
Sutton  William  Wilson,  Fish  Pool 
Taft  John,  Sheepshed  Field 
20  Turner  Joseph,  Hurst  Lodge 
20  Turner  William,  Blackbrook 
Wade  William,  The  Slades 
Wardle  Thomas,  Whitehouse  Wood 
Webster  Thomas,  Ingleberry  Farm 


508 


SHEEPSHED   DIRECTOBY. 


Webster  Thomas,  jan.  Shortcliffe 

INNS  AND  TAVERNS. 
8  Black  Swan,  John  Bickley 
11  Blue  Ball,  Thomas  Keightley 
2  Britannia,  Robert  Burdett  Colban 
11  Bull's  Head,  Thomas  Dutton 
11  Crown,  John  Poyner 
Jolly  Farmers,  William  Kirkland,  Ives- 

head  lane 
16  Life  Guardsman,  John  Vyse 
1  Old  George,  Joseph  Smalley 
1  Pied  Bull,  Thomas  Gadd 
1  Red  Lion,  Thomas  Clarke 
8  Vine,  Thomas  Charles  Griffin 
6  White  Horse,  John  Bampkin  Squires 


BAG  HOSIERS. 

13  Bott  George 

14  Corbett  John 
13  Cotton  William 
4Kidger  William 

(and  parish  elk.) 
Pallatt  George 

9  Unwin  William 
13WightmanEdw. 

BAKERS. 

8  Draper  James 
11  Smith  Charles 

BEERHOUSES. 

13  Clarkson  Henry 

14  Hardy  Israel 

7  Orange  Edward 

10  Orange  William 

BLACKSMITHS. 

3  Amey  John 

2  Crowson  Wm. 

15  Perkins  Wm. 

BOOT  &  SHOE  MKRS. 

4  Bentley  Isaac 
13BerresfordBenj . 
12BerresfordChas. 

8  Caurah  Charles 

8  Cotton  George 

9  Draper  Robert 
9  Draper  William 
13  Fox  Richard 

11  Fox  Thomas 
11  HartshornLwnc 
9  Start  Henry 

9  Start  William 
15  Walker  William 


BRICKLAYERS. 

10  Bennett  Daniel 
8  Bennett  George 
2  Bennett  Thomas 
8  Blood  Matthew 
8  Blood  Robert 

13  Blood  William 

BRICKMAKERS. 

6  Hopkins  Thomas 
2  Rozzell  Charles 

6  Rozzell  William 

BUTCHERS. 

16  Burton  Edward 
8  Hallam  William 

11  Merryman  John 

11  Poyner  John 

14  Smalley  John 

12  StaniforthThos. 

7  Wightman  Saml. 

CATTLE  DEALERS. 

13  Gibson  Samuel 
7  Merriman  James 
1  Peach  Samuel 

1  Peach  Saml.  jun. 

CORN  MILLERS. 

Goodacre  Samuel, 

Water  Mill 
13  HartshornLwnc 
La.cejJoh-n, Black- 
brook  Mill 

DRAPERS. 

I  MarshallThomas 

II  Evans  Sarah 
1  Morris  John 

4  Husband  Robert 


16  Read  John 

8  Stevens  Richard 

FRAMESMITHS. 

12  Abell  William 

15  Forman  Wm. 
16Wyse  John 

GARDENERS. 

CroftsChas.  Forest 
Crofts  John,  Forest 

6  Crofts  Thomas 

17  Knight  John 

13  Mee  Richard 
Mee  William,  Piper 

Wood  lane 
grocers,  &c. 
13  Atkin  John 

2  Ball  John 
13CoddingtonThs. 

13  Cotton  William 

7  Draper  William 

7  Hall  James 

8  Hallam  William 
4  Husband  Thos. 

Post  Office 

14  Lakin  Henry 

16  Learn  Elizabeth 
1  MarshallThomas 

I  Morris  John 

II  Nichols  Daniel 
7  Percival  Joseph 

15  PerkinsWilliam 

16  Read  John 
11  Smith  Charles 

7  Staniforth  Thos. 

8  Stevens  Richard 
15  Swain  Thomas 

JOINERS. 

10  Blood  William 
13KidgerW.S. 

11  Poyner  Thomas 
11  Smith  Thomas 

NEEDLE  MAKERS. 

15  Chester  John 
15  Chester  Joseph 
7  Harriman  Wm. 

10  Start  Charles 

PLUMBERS      AND 
GLAZIERS. 

3  Lakin  Thomas 

11  Matson  Francis 


SADDLERS. 

11  Smith  John 
11  Smith  Thomas 

SCHOOLS. 

National,  John 
White  Creed  & 
Mary  Creed 

7  Roman  Catholic, 
Frances  Lever- 
more 

Varney  John 

SINKER  MAKERS. 

13  Freeman  Thos. 

8  Tomlinson  Robt. 

TAILORS. 

14  Cashmore  Mark 

8  Foston  Charles 
4  Fox  Edward 

16  Hey  wood  Jontn. 

9  Kidger  John 
16  Lakin  Henry 
11  Staton  John 
Staton  William 

7  ThompsonJames 
7  Wightman  Edw. 

WHEELWRIGHTS. 

(\arePloughMkrs) 

7  Allsop  John 

8  Blood  John 
16  Bowley  Thos. 

1  Freeman  Joseph 
+Handford  Thos. 
+13HandfordWm. 
8  Peat  John 

CARRIERS 

To  Leicester,  Wed. 

and  Sat. 
7  Clarke  John 
Jowett  Zarah 
Parker  John 
To  Loughborough, 

Thursday 
7  Clarke  John 
Pallet*  Ths.<#  Sat 
Sharpe  Edwd.  and 

Tues.  and  Sat. 
To    Nottingham, 

Wed.  and  Sat. 
Allsop  Joseph 
Griffin  Tbomas 


SWEPSTONE,  a  pleasant  village,  four  miles  S.  of  Ashby-de-la- 
Zouch,  and  5£  miles  N.N.W.  of  Market  Bosworth,  has  in  its  pariah 
2286  acres,  and  568  souls;  but  of  these  1075  acres  and  368  souls  are  in 
the  two  hamlets  of  Newton  Burgoland  and  Newton  Nethercote,  which 
keep  their  poor  conjointly  with  Swepstone.  The  small  river  Mease 
bounds  the  parish  on  the  west,  and  separates  it  from  a  detached  part  of 
Derbyshire.  The  soil  is  various,  but  generally  good.  The  manor  of 
Swepstone  has  230  souls,  and  1311a.  Ir.  33p.  of  land,  and  John  Gordon, 


SWEP STONE   PARISH. 


509 


Esq.  is  its  lord ;  but  the  soil  belongs  chiefly  to  Richard  Dyott,  W.  W. 
Abney,  Robt.  Green,  and  Jas.  Goode,  Esqrs.,  and  a  few  smaller  owners. 
The  Church  (St.  Peter)  is  a  neat  structure,  which  was  repewed  in  1842, 
when  the  tower  was  rebuilt.  It  has  an  organ,  and  the  east  window  was 
enriched  with  painted  glass  by  the  present  rector  in  1845.  The  rectory, 
with  the  curacy  of  Snareston  annexed  to  it,  is  valued  in  K.B.  at 
£21.  18s,  4d.,  and  now  at  £894.  The  glebe  is  about  105a.,  and  the 
tithes  of  this  parish  were  commuted  in  1840  for  £550  per  annum.  The 
Rev.  W.  C.  Hodgson  is  patron,  and  the  Rev.  John  Hallward,  M.A.,  is 
the  incumbent,  and  has  an  old  but  neat  residence.  The  National  School 
was  built  in  1843.  The  poor  parishioners  have  about  .£95  yearly 
from  a  cottage  and  farm  of  74a.  at  Newton  Burgoland,  left  by  Ann  Glare, 
in  1691,  and  now  let  for  £117.  6s.  a  year,  of  winch  £22  is  paid  in  certain 
annuities  named  by  the  testatrix.  They  have  also  the  interest  of  £90, 
given  by  Dr.  John  Grey  and  two  other  donors ;  and  a  yearly  rent-charge 
of  15s.  out  of  Water  Meadow,  left  in  1689,  by  Thos.  Charnell,  who  also 
left  2a.  3r.  of  land,  in  trust,  to  divide  the  rent  into  51  parts,  30  of  which 
to  be  given  to  the  poor  of  this  parish,  and  21  parts  to  those  of  Snareston. 
This  land  is  let  for  £7.  10s.  per  annum. 

Post  Office  at  John  Booton's.     Letters  arrive  from  Ashby  at  nine  morning, 
and  are  despatched  at  five  afternoon. 


Ball  John,  corn  miller  ;  h  Measham 
Booton  John,  grocer  and  baker 
Brunt  William,  butcher 
Groocock  Joseph,  butcher 
Hallward  Rev.Jno.M.A.  rector,  Rectory 
Hanson  John,  grocer  and  carpenter 
Hatton  Thomas,  bricklayer 
Kerr  Thomas,  tea  dealer 
Mask  William,  vict.  Elephant 


Robinson  Robert,  plumber ;  h  Ashby 
Taylor  Thomas,  boot  and  shoe  maker 

FARMERS. 
Adcock  Thomas  ||  Hopkins  William 
Crisp  William,  Sioepstone  Field 
Gibson  Richard,  Tempe  House 
Kirkman  William,  Gaiter's  Lodge 

Carrier. — William  Bull,  to  Ashby, 
Atherstone  &  Burton,  on  market  days. 


Newton  Burgoland  hamlet,  in  Swepstone  parish,  is  4£  miles  N.  by 
W.  of  Market  Bosworth,  and  contains  236  souls,  and  786a.  2r.  15p.  of 
land.  Earl  Howe  is  lord  of  the  manor,  but  part  of  the  soil  belongs  to 
Mrs.  Ann  Timms,  Mr.  John  Hunt,  Mr.  Thos.  Meakin,  and  a  few  smaller 
owners.  Here  are  chapels  belonging  to  the  Independents,  Primitive 
Methodists,  and  Wesleyans,  built  respectively  in  1807,  1855,  and  1856. 


Booth  Fulsher,  tailor  and  draper 
Compton  Mr  George  Dean 
Compton  John,  grocer  and  draper 
Cuthbert  Geo.  blacksmith  &  parish  elk. 
Deacon  Joseph,  shoemaker 
Fowkes  Joseph,  shoemaker 
Ison  Thomas,  wheelwright 
Jebbett  John,  grocer  and  baker 


Maldon  Jemima,  schoolmistress 
Singleton  Joseph,  gentleman 
Tebbett  Mrs  Sarah  ||  Timms  Mrs  Ann 

Farmers. — Gervase  Bott,  Hy.  Cook, 
John  Hunt  (and  maltster),  Thos.Meakin 
and  George  Siddons. 

Carrier. — Richd. Granger,  to  Ashby, 
Atherstone  &  Leicester,  on  market  days 


Newton  Nethercote  is  a  hamlet  in  Sweptone  parish,  and  adjoins 
the  above  on  the  north.  It  has  102  inhabitants,  and  288a.  3r.  8p.  of 
land.  The  manorial  rights  belong  to  the  Oliver  family,  but  the  soil 
belongs  principally  to  Earl  Howe  and  Mr.  T.  R.  Crosher. 


Crosher  Thos.  R.  farmer,  Manor  House 
Ison  Geo.  and  Meakin  Wm.  farmers 
Jackson  Thomas,  spade-tree  maker 
Meakin  Richard,  boot  and  shoo  maker 


Norman  Rd.  vict.  Shepherd  &  Shephdss. 
Ordish  John,  tailor 
Saddington  John  and  Henry,  butchers 
Shilcock  John,  wheelwright 


SWITHLAND,  a  small  scattered  village  on  the  north  side  of  a  rivulet, 
2i  miles  W.S.W.  of  Mountsorrel,  and  nearly  7  miles  N.  by  W.  of  Leicester, 


£10  SWITHLAND    PARISH. 

has  in  its  parish  255  inhabitants,  and  1096  acres  of  enclosed  land, 
generally  a  mixture  of  clay  and  sand,  and  extending  westward  to  Charn- 
wood  Forest.  Here  are  some  quarries  of  fine  blue  slate,  worked  to  the 
depth  of  150  feet.  The  slate  is  blasted  from  an  almost  seamless  rock, 
and  is  first  cleft  into  slabs  and  afterwards  into  slates.  The  latter  are 
used  for  covering  buildings  and  draining  land,  and  the  slabs  are  appli- 
cable to  the  various  purposes  of  tomb  stones,  cheese  presses,  &c.  The 
Earl  of  Stamford  and  Warrington  owns  a  small  part  of  the  parish,  but 
most  of  it,  with  the  manorial  rights,  belongs  to  the  Eight  Hon.  George 
John  Danvers  Butler -Danvers,  JZatii,  of  Lanesborough,  Viscount  Lanes- 
borough,  and  Baron  of  Newtown-Butler,  who  resides  at  Swithland 
Hall,  an  elegant  mansion,  on  a  commanding  eminence,  in  a  beautiful 
and  well- wooded  park,  between  and  near  the  confluence  of  two  rivulets. 
The  old  hall  stood  at  the  foot  of  the  hill,  and  the  present  mansion  was 
finished,  so  far  as  to  admit  of  being  occupied,  in  1834.  It  has  a  very 
handsome  conservatory  communicating  with  the  library,  which  is  en 
suite  with  the  two  drawing-rooms  and  dining-room.  In  the  latter  is  a 
fine  portrait  of  Henry  Danvers,  Earl  of  Danby,  an  adherent  of  Charles  I., 
with  a  wound  in  his  temple,  by  Vandyck  ;  and  another  of  Lady  Leigh, 
]by  Sir  Peter  Lely;  as  well  as  several  admirable  portraits  of  other  mem- 
bers of  the  Danvers  family ;  one  of  the  Hon.  Mrs.  Grey,  a  celebrated 
beauty  of  the  reign  of  George  II.,  and  two  representing  the  present  owner 
and  his  lady,  by  Mr.  Geddes.  There  are  also  many  fine  paintings  on 
the  staircase,  one  representing  General  Delaval,  and  another  Sir  Joseph 
and  Lady  Danvers  and  family,  in  their  Dutch  dresses,  as  worn  when 
they  first  came  from  Antwerp.  One  is  a  magnificent  picture  of  a  lady 
absorbed  in  grief,  sitting  in  a  charnel-house,  gazing  on  a  skull.  In  the 
Park  is  a  very  curious  old  cross,  around  the  base  of  which  are  carved  the 
winged  beasts  described  in  the  Revelations.  The  Danvers  family  is  of 
great  antiquity,  and  originally  came  from  Antwerp — hence  the  name 
UAnvers.  The  manor  of  Swithland  came  to  John  Danvers,  by  marriage 
with  Elizabeth  Walcote,  in  1650.  The  present  earl  succeeded  his  cousin, 
the  fourth  earl,  in  1847.  and  was  elected  an  Irish  representative  peer  in 
1849.  His  nephew,  John  Vansittart  Danvers-Butler,  Esq.,  is  heir- 
presumptive  to  the  title  and  estates.  A  fine  gravel  walk  leads  from  the 
Hall,  through  a  shrubbery,  to  the  Church  (St.  Leonard),  which  was 
probably  founded  before  the  reign  of  Edward  III.,  when  Robert  de 
Waleys,  who  then  owned  the  manor,  gained  permission  to  erect  a  chapel 
within  his  own  jurisdiction.  It  is  an  ancient  structure,  with  a  tower  and 
six  bells,  and  has  a  fine  organ,  built  by  Snetzler,  and  presented  by  Sir 
John  Danvers.  One  of  the  chapels  or  chancels  belongs  exclusively  to 
the  Danvers  family  >  and  contains  several  handsome  monuments.  The 
benefice  is  a  rectory,  valued  in  KB.  at  .£10.  4s.  7d.,  and  now  at  .£300, 
having  196a.  of  glebe,  mostly  allotted  in  lieu  of  tithes  at  the  enclosure 
in  1798.  The  Lord  Chancellor  is  patron,  and  the  Rev.  George  N. 
Treweeke,  M.A.,  incumbent.  The  School-house  was  enlarged  and  beauti- 
fied by  the  Earl  of  Lanesborough  in  1843,  and  he  has  the  appointment 
of  four  boys,  sent  from  this  parish  to  the  Free  School  at  Mountsorrel. 
(See  page  459.)  The  Wesleyans  have  a  small  chapel  here,  built  in  1850. 
.Charnwood  Forest  Archery  Society  meets  in  Swithland  Park  every  year, 
and  is  attended  by  the  elite  of  the  county. 

:    Post  Office  at  Joseph  Wood's.     Letters  arrive  from  Loughborough  at:9£ 
morning,  and  are  despatched  at  4  afternoon. 

Right  Hon.  Earl  of  Lanesborough,  Swithland  Hall;  8  Great  Stanhope  street, 
London ;  and  Lanesborough  Lodge,  Belturbet,  Ireland. 


SWITHLAND    DIRECTORY. 


6U 


Baum  John,  woodman 
Bunney  Charles,  parish  clerk 
Chapman  Thos.  butcher  &  vict.  Griffin 
Clarke  Samuel,  boot  &  shoe  maker,  and 
agent  to  the  Unity  Fire  and  Life,  and 
Norfolk  Farmers'  Cattle  Ins.  Offices 
Dexter  JZ&W. com  miller, Swithland M ill 
Doughty  Joseph,  joiner 
Gamble  William,  shopkeeper 
Hanley  George,  gamekeeper 
Dynes  Charles,  schoolmaster 
Matts  Joseph,  tailor  and  draper 
Morris  George,  blacksmith 


Potter  Susannah,  shopkeeper 
Preston  Joshua,  bricklayer 
Rogers  Richard,  gardener 
Treweeke    Rev.    George    Napleton, 

M.A.  rector 
Wood  Joseph,  Post  Office 

Petts  Benjamin 


FARMERS. 

Bates    Thomas, 
Kinsley  Hill 
Cuffling  William 
Harris  George 
Howsin  William 


Rudkin  John  (and 

bricklayer     and 

slate  merchant^ 

Simpson  Charlotte 

Wildman  Edward 


THORPE- ACRE  and  DISHLEY,  U  to  two  miles  W.N.W.  of 
Loughborough,  comprise  811  acres  of  land;  and  the  former  has  a 
small  village  and  177  inhabitants,  but  the  latter  has  only  18  inhabitants. 
They  have  long  been  united  as  one  parish,  and  under  the  name  of 
Dishley-with-Thorpe-Acre,  they  keep  their  poor  jointly  as  a  totvnship,  in 
Loughborough  Union.  Ambrose  Lisle  March  Phillipps  de  Lisle,  Esq., 
is  lord  of  the  manors,  and  owner  of  most  of  the  soil,  which  is  generally 
a  fertile  loam,  and  is  intersected  by  a  rivulet,  and  bounded  on  the  east  by 
the  Soar.  Dishley  is  on  the  north  side  of  the  rivulet,  opposite  Thorpe-Acre, 
and  is  nearly  all  in  one  farm  of  500  acres,  which  was  long  occupied  by 
that  celebrated  stock  breeder,  the  late  Robert  Bakewell,  as  has  been  seen 
at  page  57,  in  the  general  agricultural  notice  of  the  county.  This  farm 
is  now  in  the  tenure  of  Mr.  C.  Bosworth,  another  spirited  breeder,  and 
there  was  upon  it  until  185G,  an  ancient  barn  50  yards  long  and  15 
broad,  formerly  belonging  to  Garendon  Abbey,  which  stood  in  the  adjoin- 
ing park  of  the  present  lord  of  the  manor.  A  small  but  handsome 
Church  was  built  at  Thorpe-Acre,  in  1845,  at  the  cost  of  .£1000,  raised 
by  subscription,  and  a  grant  from  the  Incorporated  Society.  The  site, 
half  an  acre,  was  given  by  Edward  Dawson,  Esq.  The  church  is  of 
freestone,  in  the  early  decorated  style,  and  since  its  completion  the 
small  ancient  church  or  chapel,  at  Dishley,  has  not  been  used.  The 
perpetual  curacy,  valued  at  £150,  is  in  the  patronage  of  the  Bishop  of 
Peterborough,  and  incumbency  of  the  Rev.  John  Bridges  Ottle}%  who 
has  a  good  parsonage  house,  built  in  1847.  In  1708,  John  Ransdale  left 
a  close,  called  Turvill  Leys,  in  Woodhouse,  in  trust,  that  the  rents 
thereof  should  be  distributed  on  St.  Thomas's  Day  and  Good- Friday, 
among  the  poor  of  Thorpe-Acre  and  Knight  Thorpe.  The  close  com- 
prises 10a.,  and  is  let,  with  a  small  house  upon  it,  for  £10  a  year,  to 
which  is  added  the  interest  of  £75  three  per  cent.  Stock,  derived  from 
the  sale  of  1a.  28p.  allotted  to  the  close  on  the  enclosure  of  Charnwood 
Forest.  The  minister  of  Thorpe-Acre  and  the  rector  of  Loughborough, 
are  the  acting  trustees  ;  and  the  charity  also  possesses  £150  three  per 
cent.  Consols,  the  dividends  of  which  swell  its  yearly  income  to 
£22.  Is.  9d.  This  stock  was  derived,  nearly  00  years  ago,  from  the  sale 
of  timber.  About  £10  a  year  is  appropriated  toAvards  the  support  of 
the  Girls'  School  of  Industry,  at  Thorpe-Acre,  and  the  rest  is  distri-^ 
buted  in  shirts  and  shifts,  made  up  by  the  scholars.  Post  from  Lough- 
borough. 


Banks  John,  shoemaker 

Brown  Samuel,  gardener 

Craswell  Jas.  overseer  &  churchwarden 

Dunkley  Frederick,  toll  collector 


Gimson  Sarah,  shopkeeper 
Hayfield  Mary,  schoolmistress- 
Lawrence  William,  vict.  Plough 
Ottley  Rev.  John  Bridges,  incumbent 


512 


THORPE -ACEE   AND   DISHLEY. 


Walters  Jph.  corn  miller,  Dishley  Mill 


FARMERS. 

Bosworth  Charles, 
Dishley  Farm 


Grimson  William 
Jackson  John 
Keightley  Thomas 


Lakin  Catherine 
Matson  William 


WrightFrancis,  (& 
basket  maker) 


THURC  ASTON  is  a  scattered  village,  pleasantly  situated  4^-  miles 
N.  by  W.  of  Leicester,  in  the  vale  of  the  rivulet  which  flows  from  Anstey 
to  the  Soar  below  Rothley.  Its  parish  includes  also  Cropston,  and  its 
township  comprises  57  houses,  248  inhabitants,  and  1118a.  of  fertile  clayey 
land.  The  Earl  of  Lanesborough  is  lord  of  the  manor ;  but  part  of  the 
soil  belongs  to  Sir  G.  J.  Palmer,  Bart.,  the  rector,  and  several  smaller 
owners.  The  parish  was  enclosed  in  1791,  when  the  tithes  were  com- 
muted for  allotments  of  land.  The  Church  (All  Saints)  has  a  nave, 
chancel,  north  aisle,  south  porch,  and  tower  with  three  bells,  and  was 
thoroughly  repaired  and  beautified  in  1844-'5,  at  the  expense  of  the 
highly  esteemed  rector,  who  has  also  rebuilt  the  church  at  Anstey.  The 
south  doorway  is  Norman,  and  the  rest  of  the  building  is  in  the  decorated 
and  perpendicular  styles.  The  east  window  contains  some  fragments 
of  ancient  stained  glass,  and  on  the  north  side  of  the  nave  several 
grotesque  corbels  may  be  seen.  An  early  English  wooden  screen, 
apparently  of  the  thirteenth  century,  still  remains  in  the  church,  but 
has  been  removed  from  its  original  position.  Several  old  incised  slabs 
in  the  north  aisle  are  now  nearly  illegible  ;  and  on  the  church  floor  is  a 
brass  representing  a  priest,  vested,  and  inscribed  with  the  name  of  John 
Mershden,  a  former  rector,  who  died  in  1425.  The  old  parish  chest  and 
the  ancient  font  have  been  preserved,  and  there  is  at  the  west  end  of 
the  north  aisle  a  stone  coffin  lid,  ornamented  with  a  floriated  cross,  and 
supposed  to  be  of  the  twelfth  century.  The  benefice  is  a  rectory,  with 
Anstey  curacy  annexed  to  it,  valued  in  KB.  at  £23.  7s.  8d.,  and  now 
at  i!780.  It  is  in  the  patronage  of  Emmanuel  College,  Cambridge,  and 
incumbency  of  the  Rev.  Richard  Waterfield,  B.D.,  who  has  370a.  of 
glebe  in  Thurcaston,  and  90a.  at  Anstey. 

Hugh  Latimer,  D.D.,  was  born  here  in  1470,  in  the  ancient  half- 
timbered  house  now  occupied  by  Mr.  John  Lygo.  This  zealous  divine 
was,  at  the  commencement  of  his  ministerial  career,  an  enthusiastic 
Papist ;  but  deserting  the  doctrines  and  tenets  of  the  Roman  Catholic 
Church,  he  afterwards  adopted  and  powerfulty  enforced  the  Protestant 
Religion.  He  was  advanced  to  the  see  of  Worcester  in  1535,  but 
resigned  his  bishopric  on  the  passing  of  the  Act  of  the  Six  Articles, 
about  three  years  afterwards,  and  was  committed  to  the  Tower.  He 
regained  his  liberty  on  the  death  of  Henry  VIII.,  and  in  1549,  preached 
a  sermon  before  Edward  VI.,  wherein  he  represented  his  father  as  being 
an  industrious  farmer,  renting  only  to  the  amount  of  three  or  four 
pounds  a  year.  Bishop  Latimer  and  other  zealous  reformers,  at  length 
so  far  provoked  the  rage  of  the  intolerant  Catholics,  in  Queen  Mary's 
reign,  that  they  were  apprehended  and  sentenced  to  be  burnt  as  heretics. 
Latimer,  and  Ridley,  Bishop  of  London,  suffered  together  at  Oxford,  on  the 
16th  of  October,  1555,  when  the  latter  said  to  the  former,  "  Be  of  good 
heart,  brother  ;  for  God  will  either  assuage  the  fury  of  the  flame,  or  else 
enable  us  to  bear  it."  Latimer,  having  delivered  himself  to  the  execu- 
tioner, said,  "  We  shall  this  day,  brother,  light  such  a  candle,  by  God's 
grace,  in  England,  as  shall  never  be  put  out."  Such  a  character  as  Latimer 
does  not  appear  in  every  age.  The  natural  fortitude  and  courage  with 
which  he  was  endowed,  when  sanctified  and  elevated  by  the  spirit  of  the 
Gospel,  rendered  him  a  noble  champion  for  the  truth.  His  talents  as  a 
preacher  were  peculiarly  adapted  to  the  age  in  which  he  lived.  Pungent, 


THURCASTON    PAMSH. 


513 


clear,  lively,  and  evangelical,  he  arrested  the  attention,  commanded  the 
respect,  and  awed  the  conscience  of  his  hearers.  No  considerations  of 
personal  vanity,  or  of  the  dignity  of  his  auditory,  prevented  him  from 
speaking  with  godly  simplicity,  or  from  commending  himself  to  every 
man's  conscience,  in  the  sight  of  God.  A  handsome  monument,  con- 
taining a  long  inscription,  and  a  marble  bust  of  the  martyr  Bishop, 
has  been  placed  by  the  rector  on  the  south  wall  of  the  chancel  of 
Thurcaston  church,  at  a  cost  of  about  £00  ;  but  a  memorial  more 
durable  than  marble  records  his  worth  and  the  exploits  of  his  faith ; 
and  the  decisive  day  will  prove  that  the  precious  dust,  which  was  con- 
sumed on  his  funeral  pile,  and  carried  up  in  clouds  of  sacred  perfume, 
was  the  care  of  him  who  had  said,  "  He  that  loseth  his  life  for  my  sake, 
shall  find  it."  The  10th  of  October,  1855,  the  tercentenary  day  of  the 
burning  of  Ridley  and  Latimer,  was  commemorated  by  a  large  gathering 
of  persons  from  all  parts,  on  the  spot  where  Latimer  was  born  and  spent 
his  childhood  ;  when  service  was  held  in  the  church ;  and  afterwards  an 
open  air  meeting  on  the  lawn  of  the  rectory,  was  addressed  by 
ministers  and  laymen  of  various  denominations.  Near  the  church  is 
the  old  manor  house,  which  has  been  supposed  by  some  persons  to  be 
the  birthplace  of  Latimer.  It  is  an  interesting  specimen  of  early 
Elizabethan  domestic  architecture,  with  three  gables  to  the  front,  but  it 
was  not  erected  till  fourteen  j^ears  after  Latimer's  martyrdom. 

The  Free  School,  at  Thurcaston,  was  established  in  1715,  by  the 
Rev.  Richd.  Hill,  a  late  rector,  who  built  the  school-room  and  master's 
house  on  part  of  the  glebe,  and  by  his  will  in  1730,  endowed  the  school 
with  12a.  of  land  at  Burton-on-the-Wolds,  and  7a.  at  Anstey,  now  let 
for  £26  a  year,  out  of  which  £1  is  paid  to  the  rector,  for  the  land  on 
which  the  school-room  stands.  The  master  is  allowed  a  yearly  salary 
of  .£25,  for  which  he  teaches  30  free  scholars,  of  whom  12  may  be  sent 
from  Anstey  and  0  from  Cropston.  They  are  provided  with  books,  and 
are  taught  reading,  writing,  and  arithmetic.  The  rectors  of  Thurcaston 
and  Loughborough  and  the  vicar  of  Rothley  are  the  trustees.  In 
1740,  benefaction  money,  amounting  to  .£51,  given  by  Sir  Nathan 
Wright  and  other  donors,  was  laid  out  in  the  purchase  of  land  at 
Sileby.  The  rent  is  divided  into  51  parts,  24  for  the  poor  of  Thur- 
caston, 20  for  those  of  Anstey,  and  7  for  those  of  Cropston.  The 
poor  of  Thurcaston  and  Cropston  have  a  yearly  rent-charge  of  10s., 
left  by  Robert  Daivkyn  in  1637. 


Post   from   Loughborough.      Letters 
arrive  at  10  morning,  and  are  de- 
spatched at  4  afternoon.     There  is  a 
letter  box  in  the  village. 
Billings  John,  gent.  Thurcaston  House 
Buttery  Thos.  schoolmr.  &  par.  clerk 
Clarke  William,  farmer  and  grazier 
Dexter  Wm.  beerhouse  kpr.  &  grazier 
Graves  Benj.  shoemkr.  &  vict.  Wm.IV. 
Graves  Henry,  joiner  ||  Kirkman  Mrs 


Harding  Charles,  miller  ;  h  Leicester 
Lygo  John,  blacksmith  and  shopkeeper 
Potterton  Mrs  Eliza  and  Mr  John 
Reynolds  John,  farmer  and  grazier 
Reynolds  William,  butcher 
Smith  George,  joiner 
Ward  Robert,  farmer  and  grazier 
Waterfield  Rev.  Richard,  B.D.,  hon. 
canon  of  Peterboro' ;  forector, Rectory 
Weston  John,  farmer  and  grazier 


Cropston,  five  miles  N.  by  W.  of  Leicester,  is  a  small  village  and 
township,  in  Thurcaston  parish,  and  in  the  peculiar  jurisdiction  of 
Groby.  It  contains  113  inhabitants,  29  houses,  and  427a.  1r.  Up.  of 
land.  The  Earl  of  Stamford  and  Warrington  is  lord  of  the  manor,  but 
part  of  the  soil  belongs  to  the  Earl  of  Lanesborough  and  a  few  smaller 
owners.  It  had  formerly  a  chapel,  which  was  demolished  many  years 
ago ;  and  part  of  it  was  held  by  Ulverscroft  Priorv. 

2k 


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CROPSTON    TOWNSHIP. 


Burcknall  Charles,  brewer  and  farmer 
Cooke  George,  beerhouse 
Fowkes  Charles,  farmer 
Glover  John,  shopkeeper 


Hughes  Mrs  Sarah,  grazier 
Matts  Joseph  Hooley,  farmer 
Matts  Richard  Shipley,  fanner 
Pegg  William,  shopkeeper 


ULVERSCROFT  is  an  extra-parochialliberty,  near  Newtown  Linford, 
eight  miles  N.W.  of  Leicester,  comprising  104  inhabitants  and  1500 
acres  of  land,  on  the  south  side  of  Charnwood  Forest,  where  its  houses 
are  mostly  scattered  in  a  picturesque  dale,  bounded  on  the  east  by  the 
rocky  hills  of  the  forest,  and  on  the  west  by  those  of  Bardon.  It 
supports  its  poor  as  a  separate  parish,  in  Barrow  "Union,  and  the 
inhabitants  use  Copt  Oak  church.  The  Earl  of  Stamford  and  Warring- 
ton is  lord  of  the  manor,  but  part  of  the  soil  belongs  to  Thos.  Pares,  Esq., 
Sir  F.  W.  Heygate,  Bart.,  and  a  few  smaller  owners.  There  are  still 
some  interesting  remains  of  Ulvekscroft  Priory,  founded  in  1130,  by 
Robt.  Bossu,  Earl  of  Leicester,  for  Hermit  Friars  of  the  order  of  St.  Augus- 
tine, and  valued  at  the  dissolution  at  .£101.  3s.  lOd.  per  annum.  It  was 
re-founded  by  Henry  VIII.  in  1537,  but  was  re-dissolved  in  1539,  and 
granted  to  the  Earl  of  Rutland.  The  ruins  of  the  church  consist 
principally  of  the  tower,  65  feet  high,  and  the  southern  wall,  with  three 
beautifully  sculptured  sedilia,  and  three  large  windows  of  the  decorated 
period.  The  Priory  house,  which  has  been  altered,  is  occupied  by  a 
farmer.  It  is  sequestered  in  a  deep  valley,  by  the  side  of  a  brook,  and 
the  combination  of  ruins,  trees,  &c,  presents  various  scenes  of  picturesque 
beauty.  In  1861,  a  fine  sheet  of  water,  covering  three  acres,  was  formed 
by  the  lord  of  the  manor,  and  is  filled  with  trout.  Near  it  are  two 
smaller  trout  ponds,  and  the  Earl  and  Countess  of  Stamford  frequently 
come  hither  to  enjoy  the  pleasure  of  angling.  Thomas  Pares,  Esq., 
banker,  of  Hopwell  Hall,  Derbyshire,  resides  occasionally  at  Ulverscroft 
Cottage;  and  the  Farmers  are  Joseph  Abell,  Broom-brigg ;  Stephen 
Cumberland,  Chitter  man-hill ;  Wm.  Hackney,  Black  hill ;  Joseph 
Johnson,  The  Lodge ;  Thos.  Johnson,  A bbey  Farm;  Thos.  Bott  Johnson, 
Poidtney  Farm ;  George  Swain ;  Thos.  Swain,  Copt-oah  ;  John  Webster, 
Bardon  Castle;  Joseph  Webster,  Hammer  cliff e ;  Thos.  Wesley  (and 
miller) ;  and  John  Wilkinson. 


WANLIP,  a  small  village  on  the  west  bank  of  the  river  Soar, 
4^  miles  N.  by  E.  of  Leicester,  has  in  its  parish  117  inhabitants,  and 
1200  acres  of  fertile  land,  mostly  a  mixture  of  clay,  sand,  and  gravel,  and 
nearly  all  the  property  of  the  lord  of  the  manor,  Sir  Geo.  Joseph  Palmer, 
Bart.,  whose  baronetcy  was  created  in  1791.  He  resides  at  Wanlip 
Hall,  a  neat  mansion  of  brick,  stuccoed,  built  in  1750,  by  Henry  Palmer, 
Esq.,  and  having  a  small,  but  well  wooded  park.  Near  it  is  the  Church 
(St.  Nicholas)  which  is  a  small  Gothic  structure,  with  a  tower  and  three 
bells,  and  is  said  to  have  been  built  by  Sir  Thos.  Walsh,  a  former  lord 
of  the  manor,  in  1393.  The  rectory,  valued  in  K.B.  at  ,£14.  4s.  4£d., 
and  now  at  .£336,  has  25a.  of  glebe,  and  a  good  residence.  Sir  G.  J. 
Palmer  is  patron,  and  the  Rev.  Arthur  Babington,  M.A.,  is  the  incum- 
bent. The  National  School  was  built  in  1840,  by  Lady  Palmer,  who 
still  supports  it.  The  poor  parishioners  have  a  yearly  rent-charge  of 
£5,  left  by  the  Rev.  Wm.  Spencer,  in  1713,  out  of  Dane  Hill  Closes,  in 
Bromkinsthorpe,  near  Leicester ;  and  5s.  a  year,  left  by  Walter  Spencer, 
in  1708,  out  of  his  house  and  land  at  Rotherby.     Post  from  Leicester. 


Palmer  Sir  George  Joseph,  Bart., 

Wanlip  Hall 
Palmer  Archdale  Robt  .Esq.  WanlipHa  11 


Babington  Rev.  Arthur,  M.A.,  Rectory 
Blankley  Chas.  parish  clerk  and  sexton 
Burt  Charles,  gamekeeper 


WANLIP   PARISH, 


515 


Burton  Jane,  schoolmistress 
Elliott  George,  gardener 
Gilbert  Mary,  carrier  to  Leicester 


Farmers. — Richard  Pratt,  John  Smith, 
and  Thomas  Wright 


WHATTON  (LONG)  a  large  village  on  the  south  bank  of  a  rivulet, 
4£  miles  W.N.W.  of  Loughborough,  and  three  miles  S.S.E.  of  Castle 
Donington,  has  in  its  parish  779  souls,  and  1906  acres  of  land,  of 
which  735  acres  are  arable,  and  the  rest  in  pasturage.  The  soil  is 
chiefly  a  strong  clay,  with  a  small  portion  of  light  land,  and  the  parish 
is  bounded  on  the  east  by  the  river  Soar.  Many  of  the  inhabitants  are 
framework  knitters ;  and  at  a  place  called  Turfy,  are  16  cottages,  erected 
by  a  Building  Club,  on  the  spot  where  there  had  formerly  been  only  a 
turf  cottage.  Edw.  Finch  Dawson,  Esq.,  of  Launde  Abbey,  is  lord  of  the 
manor  and  owner  of  a  great  part  of  the  soil ;  and  the  rest  belongs  to  John 
Martin,  Esq.,  Chas.  and  Wm.  Townley,  Esqrs.,  and  a  few  smaller  owners. 
In  1803,  T.  M.  Phillipps,  Esq.,  exchanged  this  manor  with  the  late 
E.  Dawson,  Esq.,  for  Knight  Thorpe.  Whatton  House,  a  neat  mansion 
in  a  pleasant  park  on  the  west  bank  of  the  Soar,  is  the  seat  and  property 
of  John  Martin,  Esq.,  who  purchased  it,  with  about  400  acres  of  land, 
in  1860.  The  Church  (All  Saints)  is  a  neat  structure,  with  a  tower, 
clock,  and  three  bells.  The  chancel  was  rebuilt  by  the  present  rector 
in  1825,  and  the  nave  was  newly  roofed  and  repaired  in  1844-'45,  at  the 
cost  of  about  £ 600,  mostly  contributed  by  the  late  E.  Dawson,  Esq. 
The  rectory,  valued  in  KB.  at  £13.  6s.  8d.,  and  now  at  .£380,  is  in  the 
patronage  of  the  Lord  Chancellor,  and  incumbency  of  the  Rev.  Robert 
Mann,  who  has  a  handsome  brick  residence,  built  in  1855,  at  a  cost  of 
£1400 ;  and  about  250  acres  of  glebe.  The  tithes  were  commuted  at 
the  enclosure,  in  1778.  A  large  National  School,  with  master's  house 
attached,  was  built  in  1847,  by  the  late  Edward  Dawson,  Esq.,  and  is 
attended  by  about  120  children.  The  Baptists  and  Wesley ans  have  each 
a  chapel  here.  Many  of  the  poor  inhabitants  rent  garden  allotments  of 
E.  F.  Dawson,  Esq.  For  a  monthly  distribution  of  bread,  the  poor  have 
a  yearly  rent-charge  of  £o,  out  of  Mr.  Martin's  estate,  left  by  Wm.  Lane, 
in  1720.     Post  from  Loughborough. 


Bailey  Mary,  schoolmistress 

Groves  Mr  Geo.  [|  Lester  Thos.  sexton 

Groves  Thomas,  blacksmith 

London  Alfred,  schoolmaster 

Mann  Rev.  Robert,  rector,  Rectory 

Martin  John,  Esq.  Whatton  House 

Partridge  Henry,  gent.  Old  Rectory 

Pearson  George,  gardener 

Peat  Joseph,  maltster   |]  Townley  Mrs 

Peat  William,  vict.  Boot  Inn 

Pepper  Henry,  parish  clerk 

Taylor  "William  Foster,  victualler,  Old 

Falcon 
Wilkins  Benjamin,  bag  hosier 


BAKERS. 

Garner  Wm.  jun. 
Jackson  Thomas 
Taylor  Wm.  F. 

BEERHOUSES. 

Cooke  Wm.  Garner 
Garner  William 
George  James 


BUTCHERS. 

Cooke  Wm.  G. 
Peat  William 
Wilkin  Alfred 

COWKEEPERS. 

Hartshorn  Sarah 
Hoult  Thomas 


FARMERS  &  GRZRS. 

Barsby  Joseph 
Bott  John 
Cramp  Henry 
Fields  John 
Gee  George 
Greenfield   John 
(&  corn  miller) 
Hayes  John 
Meakin  Joseph 
Parker  John 
Savage  Edward 
Sepper  Thomas 
Sherwood  Sampsn. 
Storer  Frederick 
Townley  Charles 
Wilson  John 

JOINERS. 

Pepper  Thomas 
Sherwood  Sampsn. 

SHOEMAKERS. 

Pearson  William 


Watts  John 

SHOPKEEPERS. 

Cooke  Wm.  G. 
Draper  George 
Groves  George 
Hickingbotham 

William 
Jackson  Thomas 
Sherwood  Mary 

TAILORS. 

Draper  George 
Draper  Thomas 
Peat  George 

WHEELWRIGHTS. 

Elliott  Thomas 
SherwoodSampsn. 
Watts  Thomas 

CARRIER. 
Alfred  Wilkins,  to 
Loughbro',  Tks. 
andNottgm.Sat. 
2k2 


516  WEST    GOSCOTE    HUNDRED. 

WHITWICK,  a  small  town,  which,  since  1838,  has  had  a  market  for 
flesh,  butter,  poultry,  &c,  on  Wednesday,  is  picturesquely  situated  in 
the  coal  district,  at  the  foot  of  the  rocky  hills  at  the  south-west  angle  of 
Charmvood  Forest,  5^  miles  E.  of  Ashby-de-la  Zouch,  and  nearly  13 
miles  N.W.  by  W.  of  Leicester.     Its  township  contains  3759  inhabitants, 
and  3,378  acres  of  land,  including  Mount  St.  Bernard  and  other  parts  of 
Charnwood  Forest.     Its  parish  includes  also  the  townships  and  chapel- 
ries  of  Swannington  and  Thringstone,  and  the  large  village  of  Coalville, 
and  is  traversed  by  the  Leicester  and  Swannington  Railway,  and  the 
lines  branching  to  the  neighbouring  collieries  and  lime  works,  and  also 
to  Ashby-de-la- Zouch.     WhitivicJc  Colliery  was  opened  in  1824,  and  for 
some  years  a  stratum,  4  feet  3  inches  thick,  at  the  depth  of  119  yards, 
was  worked ;  but  the  pit  is  now  sunk  to  the  depth  of  259  yards,  where 
there  is  a  thick  and  excellent  bed  of  coal,  which  has  obtained  the  name 
of  "  brilliant"  in  Leicester,  London,  and  other  markets.    Near  the  town 
are  some  slight  vestiges  of  WhitivicJc  Castle,  which  was  built  by  one  of 
the  Earls  of  Leicester,  and  was  one  of  the  eleven  castles  fortified  in  the 
county  in  the  reign  of  King  John.     The  Marquis  of  Hastings  is  lord  of 
the  manor ;  but  a  great  part  of  the  soil  belongs  to  Sir  G.  H.  Beaumont, 
Bart.,  of  Coleorton  Hall,  Kirkby  Fenton,  Esq.,  A.  L.  M.  Phillipps  de 
Lisle,  Esq.,  Jph.  Whetstone,  Esq.,  Miss  Newton,  the  Monastery,  and 
several  smaller  proprietors.      In  1288,   Alexander  Comyn,    Earl  of 
Buchan,  had  a  grant  for  a  market  and  fair  here,  and  the  former,  after 
being  long  obsolete,  was  revived  in  1838.     In  1369,  Henry  Beaumont 
held  the  manor  of  "  Witewic,"  as  parcel  of  the  honor  of  Winton.  In  1460, 
Viscount  Beaumont  had  here  a  coroner,  view  of  frank- pledge,  free  warren, 
assize  of  bread,  and  a  prison,  with  the  return  of  writs,  fines,  amerce- 
ments, &c.    In  1613,  the  manor  was  granted  to  Sir  Henry  Hastings,  by 
James  I.    The  soil  on  the  south  and  west  is  generally  thin,  with  a  cold 
clay  substratum,  and  the  surface  flat ;  but  on  the  east,  or  forest  side,  it 
is  partly  a  red  marl,  but  mostly  an  indifferent  black  peat,  and  the  surface 
very  hilly  and  rocky.     Gas  Works  were  established  here  in  1859,  at  a 
cost  of  £4000,  raised  in  £5  shares.     Whitwick,  Coalville,  and  Thring- 
stone are  lighted  from  these  works,  and  consumers  are  charged  at  the 
rate  of  5s.  lOd.  per  1000  cubic  feet.     Mr.  Richd.  Chambers,  of  Leicester, 
is  manager,  Mr.  Geo.  Slaney,  secretary,  and  Win.  Harriman,  gas  maker. 
The  Parish  Church  (St.  John)  is  an  ancient  structure,  with  a  fine  tower 
and  four  bells.     The  crypt  and  font  are  very  interesting ;  and  a  knightly 
effigy  of  alabaster,  7  feet  in  length,  is  supposed  to  represent  Sir  John 
Talbot,  whose  gigantic  stature  is  the  subject  of  old  tradition.     The  statue 
is  said  to  be  much  below  the  actual  size  of  the  knight.     Sir  G.  H. 
Beaumont  is  impropriator  of  the  rectory,  but  all  the  tithes  were  com- 
muted at  the  enclosure  in  1801.      The  vicarage,  valued  in  K.B.  at 
£9.  14s.  7d.,  and  now  at  £179,  has  164a.  of  glebe,  and  was  augmented, 
in  1737,  with  £200  of  Q.A.B.,  and  £200  given  by  the  Rev.  H.  Hunt. 
The  Chancellor  of  the  Duchy  of  Lancaster  is  patron,  and  the  Rev.  Fras. 
Merewether,  M.A.,  of  Coleorton,  is  the  incumbent.     The  Rev.  Henry 
Wood,  M.A.,  is  the  curate,  and  occupies  the  Vicarage  House,  which  is  a 
very  old  building.     St.  George's  Church,  about  1£  mile  N.W.  of  Whit- 
wick, was  built  in  1825,  as  a  chapel  of  ease  for  the  accommodation  of 
such  of  the  inhabitants  of  Thringstone  and  Swannington  as  are  most 
distant  from  the  parish  church.    It  was  erected  by  subscription,  aided 
by  a  grant  from  the  Incorporated  Society.     It  stands  on  Swannington 
common,  but  in  Thringstone  township,  and  is  a  neat  brick  structure, 
with  gable  belfry,  containing  one  bell.    It  is  a  curacy,  valued  at  £120, 


WHITWICK    PARISH. 


517 


and  is  in  the  gift  of  the  Vicar  of  Whitwick,  and  incumbency  of  the  Rev. 
Samuel  Smith,  B.D.,  who  has  a  good  parsonage  house,  erected  in  1831. 
The  Wesleyan,  Primitive,  and  Reform  Methodists,  and  the  Baptists, 
have  chapels  at  Whitwick.  Here  is  also  a  handsome  Roman  Catholic 
Chapel,  dedicated  to  the  Holy  Cross,  and  built  in  1837  by  A.  L.  M. 
Phillipps  de  Lisle,  Esq.,  of  Gracedieu;  but  a  new  Roman  Catholic 
Church  and  Presbytery  are  about  to  be  erected,  when  the  present  chapel 
will  be  converted  into  a  school  under  the  superintendence  of  the  nuns 
who  will  then  occupy  the  present  priest's  house.  Sunday  schools  are 
attached  to  all  the  places  of  worship ;  and  at  the  foot  of  the  Calvary  Rock, 
in  the  adjacent  estate  of  Gracedieu,  is  a  Roman  Catholic  Day  School, 
attended  by  about  120  children.  (See  page  488.)  A  National  School, 
in  the  early  English  style,  for  boys,  girls,  and  infants,  was  built  at 
Whitwick  in  1858,  by  subscription  and  grants.  Attached  to  it  is  a 
residence  for  the  master,  and  the  cost  of  the  whole  was  about  <£1100. 
It  is  partly  supported  by  grants  from  the  trustees  of  Thomas  Monk's 
Charity,  bequeathed  in  1713,  for  the  purposes  of  apprenticing  and 
educating  poor  boys,  and  distributing  to  the  poor  of  Whitwick  and  other 
parishes.  The  estates  of  this  charity  produce  about  ,£290  per  annum, 
and  are  vested  with  trustees  at  Austrey,  in  Warwickshire.  From  this 
charity,  four  or  five  boys  of  Whitwick  are  apprenticed  yearly,  and  from 
£5  to  £10  is  distributed  among  the  poor  of  the  township.  A  boy  of 
Whitwick  is  apprenticed  every  fourth  year  from  Lady  Beaumont's  Charity. 
(See  page  481),  and  the  poor  have  a  yearly  rent-charge  of  Gs.  8d.,  left  by 
John  Chapman,  out  of  land  called  the  Long  Breach.  Here  are  several 
friendly  societies,  lodges  of  oddfellows,  druids,  &c. 

In  the  following  Directory  of  Whitwick,  those  marked  1  are  in  Church 
street;  2,  Abbey  street;  3,  Forest  road ;  4,  Greenhill ;  5,  Leicester  road ;  6, 
Market  place ;  7,  Meadow  lane  ;  8,  Northmain  road  ;  9,  Skinner  lane  ;  10, 
Silver  street ;   and  11,  in  Hall  lane. 

Post  Office  at  Wm.  Tugby's,  Church  street.  Letters  arrive  from  Ashby- 
dela-Zouch  at  8  morning,  and  are  despatched  at  5  evening.  Money  Orders 
are  granted  and  paid,  and  here  is  a  Post  Office  Savings'  Bank. 

10  King's  Arms,  Mary  Beniston 


2  Allgood  Henry,  painter 

1  Benson  Thomas,  tinner  and  brazier 
Bent  Rev.  Geo.  (R.  Cath.)  Mill  street 
11  Berrington6reo.printer,stationer,&c. 
Cholerton  Rev.  John  (General  Baptist) 
6  Dicks  Mr  Thos.  ||  Field  John,  gent. 
Harriman  "William,  gas  works  manger 
5  HemsleyMrsEliz.I|5  Holmes  Wm. elk. 
5  Langham  Mr  Jas.  |j  Ward  Mrs  Mary 
Newton  Miss  Sophia,  Rock  Retreat 

8  Poultney  Robert,  jobber 

5  Sandford  Arthur,  assistant  surgeon 
ShieldMarmaduke,Esc[.0?ie6a?Tozy  Ldg 
Stenson  John,  gentleman,  Oaks  road 
8  Stenson  William,  tallow  chandler 

2  Webster  William,  corn  miller 
Whyraan  John,  hairdresser 

Wood  Rev.  Henry,  curate,  Vicarage 
INNS  AND  TAVERNS. 

3  Abbey  Inn,  William  Hallam 

6  Beaumont  Arms,  William  Bonnett 
Bull's  Head,  John  Smith,  Forest  road 
Forest  Rock  Inn,  George  Draycote 

6  Hastings'  Arms,  Sarah  Brooks 


2  Marq.  Granby,  Jno.  Sharp  (plumber) 
8  New  Inn,  Joseph  Hawthorn 
8  Prince  of  Wales,  George  Dawkin 
8  Talbot  Arms,  Samuel  Wilson  Hallam 
6  Three  Crowns,  Hannah  Whitcroft 
1  Waggon  and  Horses,  Amelia  Benson 


BAG    HOSIERS. 

Elliott  Samuel 
5  Griffin  James 
2  Sleath  John 

BAKERS,    &C. 

2  Bampkin  Joseph 
8  Biddle  John 
Brook  Joseph 
Church  Chas.  and 
Thos.(&confrs.) 
Field  Thomas 

BEERHOUSES. 

5  Bannister  Saml. 
5  Beckworth  Wm. 
5  Bonser  John 
Brownsword  Robt. 
8  Hallowav  Thos. 


10  Hawthorn  Jno. 
(andwinedealer) 

Hutchinson  Josiah 
6  Sharp  William 
Stenson  Joseph 

I  Tugby  Sharp 

3  Wilson  Samuel 
6  Woolaston  Wm. 

BLACKSMITHS. 

5  Bostock  Oliver 

11  Smith  William 

BRICKLAYERS. 

5  Beckworth  Wm. 
Robinson  John 

II  Simpson  Fras. 

BUILDERS. 

5  Beckworth  Wm, 


518 


WHIT  WICK    PARISH. 


1  Hall  Edward 

8  Hallam  Sml.  W. 
3  Hallam  William 

2  Webster  William 

BUTCHERS. 

Dent  John 

5  Hall  Josiah 

1  Moor  Edward 

6  Wbitcraft  Storey 

DRAPERS. 

10  Brook  Jph.Peel 
10  Burton  Charles 
10  Stevens  Thos. 

FARMERS. 

Bennett  John,  XJpr. 

Blackbrooh 
Biggs  John 
6  Bonnett  Samuel 
Bott  Edward 
Burgess  Joseph 
Carter  John 
8  Dent  Thomas 
1  Hall  Edward 
5  Hawthorn  Jph. 
James    Joseph, 

Warren  Lodge 
Howell    William, 

Whitwick  Waste 


6  Sharp  William 
2  Slater  William 

4  Thurlby  Thomas 

7  Upton  Job 

GROCERS. 

6  Andrew  Stephen 
Brooks  Jph.  (and 
furniture  dealer) 
6  Burgess  John 

8  Dent  Thomas 
8  Field  Thomas 
6  Harrison  Wm. 
8  Hawthorn  Jph. 
6  How  Wm.  Alfred 
6  Stoke  Chs.  Ths. 
6  Underwood  Jno. 

HABERDASHERS. 

6  Chamberlain  Wm 
6  Cox  Thomas 

SADDLERS. 

5  Amos  Francis 
10  ChesterWilliam 

SCHOOLS. 

8  Baptist   School, 
James  Lawton 

10  National,  Geo. 
Slaney  &  Emily  j 
Porter  ' 


8  Pickard  My.Ann 

Roman    Catholic, 

Chs.  Mackay  & 

Fras.  Needham 

Westwood  Mrs  — 

SHOEMAKERS. 

5  Burton  Jobn 

10  Hawthorn  John 
8  Roulston  Thos. 

6  Sharp  William 
8  Sketcbley  John 
Stenson  Joseph 

8  West  Joseph 

5  West  Thomas 
8  West  William 

SHOPKEEPERS. 

2  Bampkin  Joseph 
Biddle  John 
8  Bottomore  Thos. 
10  Chester  Wm. 
8  Doman  Thomas 
2  Webster  William 
2  Wood  George 

TAILORS. 

8  Dawkins  Geo. 
8  Doman  Thomas 

6  Gadsby  Joshua 
(and  draper) 


7  Jeffcoat  William 

8  Monk  Samuel 
8  Staton  Thomas 

WATCHMAKERS. 

Brownsword  Robt. 
1  Tugby  William 

WHEELWRIGHT. 

5  Jackson  Chas. 

RAILWAY 
Trains  from  Coal- 
ville Station,  1* 
mile  S.W.  of 
Whitwick,  se- 
veral times  a 
day  to  all  parts. 

CARRIERS. 

Alt  Wm.  to  Leices- 
ter, Wed.  &  Sat. 

Holloway  Thos.  to 
Loughbro',  Th. 
and  Sat. 

Lowe  William,  to 
Loughbro',  Mn. 
Th.  and  Sat. 


SAINT  BERNARD'S  ABBEY,  at  the  southern  side  of  Charnwood 
Forest,  in  Whitwick  township,  is  distant  3  miles  from  Coalville  station, 
on  the  Leicester  and  Burton  Railway,  7  miles  E.  by  S.  of  Ashby-de-la- 
Zouch,  8  miles  W.S.W.  of  Loughborough,  and  12  miles  N.W.  of 
Leicester.  It  belongs  to  the  Cistercian  order,  which  was  founded  in 
1098,  by  Stephen  Harding,  an  English  gentleman  of  great  piety,  who  is 
known  in  the  Roman  Catholic  Church  as  "  St.  Stephen,"  Abbot  of 
Citeaux,  to  which  desert  place,  near  Chftlons-sur-Saone,  in  France,  he, 
along  with  "  St.  Robert,"  Abbot  of  Molesme,  and  twenty-one  monks, 
retired  in  order  that  they  might  restore  the  primitive  observance  of  St. 
Benedict's  rule,  which  had  become  relaxed  at  Molesme.  From  this 
beginning,  the  order  increased  rapidly,  and  soon  extended  all  over 
Europe.  Their  first  abbey  built  in  England  was  at  Waverley,  in  Surrey, 
in  1129 ;  but  in  the  reign  of  Edward  I.,  there  were  no  less  than  04 
Cistercian  houses  in  this  kingdom,  and  at  the  time  of  the  Reformation 
the  number  amounted  to  101,  among  which  were  ^intern,  Netley, 
Kirkstall,  Fountains,  Furncss,  and  others.  At  the  dissolution  of  the 
religious  houses  in  this  country,  the  greater  number  of  the  Cistercian 
monks  emigrated  to  the  Continent,  and  entered  different  houses  of  their 
order.  But  the  Cistercian  rule  became  relaxed  in  the  course  of  centuries, 
and  many  efforts  were  made  to  restore  it  to  its  primitive  fervour.  Of 
t  hese  reformations  the  greatest  was  that  made  by  the  Abbe  de  Ranee, 
who,  about  the  middle  of  the  17th  century,  became  abbot  of  La  Trappe, 
in  Brittany,  a  monastery  into  which  several  of  the  English  and  Scottish 
noblemen  and  gentlemen  who  accompanied  James  II.  in  his  flight  from 
this  country,  entered  and  became  monks,  thus  keeping  up,  as  it  were, 
the  English  branch  of  the  Cistercians,  though  in  a  French  monastery. 
The  community  of  La  Trappe  received  new  members,  natives  of  these 


ST.    BERNARD  S    ABBEY. 


519 


countries,  from  time  to  time,  till  the  period  of  the  great  French  Revolu- 
tion, when  the  monks  being  driven  out  of  France,  found  an  asylum  in 
Switzerland.  In  1794,  Dom.  Augustine,  the  superior,  determined  to 
found  a  house  of  the  order  in  Canada,  and  for  that  purpose  some  monks 
set  out  from  Switzerland,  taking  England  in  their  way.  On  their  arrival 
in  London,  they  were  prevailed  upon  by  Thomas  Weld,  Esq.,  of 
Lull  worth  Castle,  to  remain  in  this  country,  Mr.  "Weld  giving  them  a 
house  in  his  park  at  Lullworth.  A  monastery  was  shortly  afterwards 
erected,  and  dedicated  to  God,  under  the  patronage  of  St.  Susan.  In 
1813,  this  monastery,  which  had  previously  been  only  a  priory,  was 
constituted  an  abbej',  and  Father  Anthony  was  solemnly  blessed  as  the 
first  abbot.  The  Princess  Charlotte  twice  visited  St.  Susan's, — the  first 
time  in  1814.  The  Cistercians  continued  at  Lullworth  until  after  the 
defeat  of  Napoleon  in  1815,  when  Louis  XVIII.  being  restored  to  the 
throne  of  France,  Father  Anthony  petitioned  for,  and  received  permission 
from  the  king  to  return  to  France.  Of  the  numerous  monasteries  of 
France,  those  of  Melleray  and  the  Grande  Chartreuse  were  the  only  ones 
left  standing  after  the  hurricane  of  the  Revolution  had  swept  by.  The 
Grande  Chartreuse  was  declined  by  Father  Anthony  on  account  of  its 
bleak  and  exposed  situation ;  but  he  succeeded  in  purchasing  Melleray, 
and  in  1817  the  community  of  St.  Susan's,  Lullworth,  nearly  sixty  in 
number,  removed  thither,  and  remained  there  until  1830.  Soon  after 
the  change  of  government  in  July  of  that  year,  Father  Anthony  beheld 
the  signs  of  a  storm  which  he  feared  would  burst  over  the  monastery. 
Hence  he  consented  to  establish  a  foundation  in  Ireland,  which  had  been 
solicited  by  the  Roman  Catholic  Archbishop  of  Dublin,  and  sent  the 
Rev.  Vincent  Ryan,  Prior  of  Melleray,  and  Father  Malachi  to  Ireland 
for  that  purpose.  A  small  house  and  about  fifty  acres  of  land  were,  after 
some  difficulty,  secured  at  Rathmore,  about  12  miles  from  Killarney; 
and  here  was  commenced  the  establishment  which  was  afterwards  trans- 
ferred to  Mount  Melleray.  Whilst  these  things  were  taking  place,  the 
Agricultural  School  of  Melleray,  instead  of  exciting  a  laudable  emulation, 
created  an  unhappy  and  fatal  jealousy  in  similar  institutions.  After  the 
revolution  of  July,  the  competitors  of  Melleray  thought  the  time  favourable 
for  the  destruction  of  their  rival.  The  attachment  of  the  superior,  Father 
Anthony,  to  the  elder  branch  of  the  Bourbon  family  being  well  known, 
Melleray  was  represented  as  the  rendezvous  of  the  enemies  of  the  reign- 
ing family  ;  and  many  of  the  members  of  the  community  being  natives 
of  England  and  Ireland,  it  was  described  as  an  establishment  of  foreigners, 
who  came  to  compete  with  French  industry,  and  carry  away  the  profits 
of  trade  which  ought  to  be  enjoyed  by  the  poor  of  the  land.  On  the  5th 
of  August,  1831,  the  Prefect  of  Loire  Inferieure  obtained  from  govern- 
ment an  arrest,  by  the  power  of  which,  the  religious  community  of 
Melleray  was  suppressed  and  dissolved.  On  the  4th  of  the  following 
October,  the  Abbey  was  surrounded  by  soldiers,  passports  were  given  to 
fifty-five  of  the  French  monks,  and  the  English  and  Irish  monks  were 
ordered  to  quit  the  country.  The  British  Consul  at  Nantes,  (Henry 
Newman,  Esq.,)  took  the  latter  under  his  protection,  and  obtained  the 
grant  of  a  vessel  from  the  French  government  to  enable  such  members 
of  the  community  as  desired  it  to  return  to  their  native  land.  Sixty-four 
of  the  monks  wished  to  go  to  Ireland,  and  on  the  19th  of  November,  they 
were  conducted  under  a  military  escort  to  a  sloop  of  war,  and,  having 
waited  nine  days  for  a  favourable  wind,  they  arrived  in  the  Cove  of 
Cork  on  the  1st  of  December.  Thus  cast  upon  the  shores  of  Ireland, 
with  the  exception  of  five  or  six,  the  monks  went  in  a  body  to  Father 
Vincent,  at  Rathmore.    Sir  Richard  Keane,  a  protestant  gentleman,  had 


520  st.  Bernard's  abbey. 

just  before  tlii3  time,  made  over  to  Father  Vincent,  for  a  nominal  rent, 
about  COO  acres  of  barren  mountainous  land,  near  Coppoquin,  in  the 
County  Waterford.     At  the  commencement  of  1832,  five  convert  brothers 
were  sent  to  begin  the  labour  of  its  enclosure  and  cultivation.    Aided  by 
the  people  of  the  various  surrounding  parishes,  the  fences  were  soon 
completed,  25  acres  of  land  were  prepared  for  cultivation,  and  a  building 
119  feet  long,  by  20  broad,  and  two  stories  high,  was  erected  and  made 
ready  for  the  community.  In  a  short  period  after  this  humble  commence- 
ment,  Father  Vincent  began  the   erection  of  the   present  extensive 
monastery,  designated  out  of  respect  to  the  parent  house  in  France, 
Mount  Melleray.     Through  the  mediation  of  Cardinal  Weld,  briefs  were 
obtained  from  Pope  Gregory  XVI.,  by  which  Mount  Melleray  was  raised 
to  the  dignity  of  an  Abbey,  and  Father  Vincent  was  appointed  the  first 
mitred  abbot,  with  jurisdiction  entirely  independent  of  the  mother  house. 
In  1833,  Father  Norbert  Woolfrey  was  deputed  by  Father  Vincent,  to 
solicit  the  aid  of  the  Catholics  in  England  towards  the  completion  of  the 
monastery  of  Mount  Melleray.     During  his  perambulations  in  England, 
Father  Norbert  visited  Gracedieu,  the  seat  of  A.  L.  M.  Phillipps  de 
Lisle,  Esq.,  when  the  feasibility  of  establishing  a  Cistercian  monastery 
in  England  was  the  subject  of  conversation.     Immediately  after  this 
consultation,  227  acres  of  land,  in  Charnwood  Forest,  were  purchased 
from  Thos.  Gisborne,  Esq.,  M.P.     Not  more  than  thirty  or  forty  acres 
were  in  a  state  of  cultivation,  and  the  rest  was  moorland,  covered  with 
fern,  gorse,  heath,  and  beds  of  loose  stones,  with  several  bold  projections 
of  sharpe-pointed  and  deeply  cleft  granite  rock.     The  estate  thus  pur- 
chased is  admirably  suited  for  drainage,  by  the  undulating  nature  of  the 
surface,  and  very  convenient  both  for  tillage  and  carriage ;  having  for  its 
boundary  on  the  north,  the  road  from  Whitwick  to  Woodhouse  ;   on  the 
east,  a  road  which  crosses  the  forest  at  right  angles  with  the  preceding 
one ;  on  the  south,  the  road  from  Whitwick  to  Markfield ;  and  on  the  west, 
a  patch  of  forest  land  which  separates  it  from  the  village  of  Whitwick. 
After  the  purchase,  this  tract  of  wild  desert  land  was  presented  to  the 
Cistercians  by  Mr.  Phillipps  de  Lisle.     Father  Vincent  gave  his  appro- 
bation to  the  new  foundation,  which  was  to  be  placed  under  the  patronage 
of  the  Blessed  Virgin  and  St.  Bernard,  and  to  be  called  Mount  St.  Ber- 
nard. It  was  regarded  as  a  filiation  from  Melleray,  in  France,  since  the 
brothers  who  were  to  commence  it  were  from  that  monastery.     Brother 
Augustine  (still  living  at  the  Abbe}%  where  he  acts  as  porter)  was  sent  to 
take  possession  on  Michaelmas-day,  1835,  of  the  newly  purchased  land, 
and  of  a  cottage  about  12  feet  by  20,  with  two  rooms  below  and  two  above. 
Other  brothers,  Luke,  Cyprian,  Placid,  Simeon,  &c,  were  sent  in  suc- 
cession to  join  him,  and  form  the  new  community,  over  which  Father 
Odillo  Woolfrey,  brother  of  Father  Norbert,  was  appointed  prior.    The 
charitable  gifts  of  their  co-religionists  enabled  the  monks  to  erect  and  make 
fit  for  habitation,  though  not  complete,  a  small  portion  of  an  intended 
monastery,  in  the  Elizabethan  style,  from  designs  by  Mr.  Railton.     By 
the  same  architect,  the  chapel  or  church  for  the  monastery  was  shortly 
afterwards  finished,  and  opened  for  divine  service,  11th  October,  1837. 
From  1837  to  1839,  the  community  increased  so  much  in  numbers,  from 
the  profession  of  several  novices,  and  the  addition  of  exiled  members 
from  the  Abbey  of  Melleray,  in  France,  that  the  existing  accommodation 
was  beginning  to  become  too  small.     About  this  time  it  happened  that 
John,  Earl  of  Shrewsbury,  came  to  Gracedieu  manor  on  a  visit  to 
Mr.  Phillipps  de  Lisle,  and  while  there,  went  to  see  the  monastery.    He 
subsequently  gave  a  sum  of  .£2000  to  the  community,  on  condition  that 
a  new  monastery  should  be  commenced  on  the  present  site,  which  had 


ST.  beenakd's  ABBEY.  521 

commanded  his  admiration  when  on  his  visit  to  the  monastery.    This 
condition  was  at  once  acceded  to,  and  shortly  afterwards  the  buildings 
were  commenced  from  designs  furnished  gratuitously  by  the  late  A.  W. 
Pugin,  Esq.     In  1841,  Father  Bernard  was  appointed  superior  of  the 
community.    The  walls  of  the  monastery  were  at  this  time  rising  higher 
every  day,  but  there  was  no  church,  although  it  was  absolutely  neces- 
sary that  one  should  be  built,  before  the  new  monastery  could  be  inhabited 
by  the  brotherhood.     In  order  to  raise  sufficient  funds  for  this  purpose, 
a  bazaar  was  held  at  Preston  in  1842,  but  it  was  not  very  profitable.    In 
the  following  spring,  a  bazaar  held  at  Manchester  was  crowned  with 
eminent  success,  and  the  monks  were  enabled  to  commence  their  church. 
On  the  20th  of  August,  1844,  the  new  monastery,  and  the  portion  of  the 
church  completed,  were  solemnly  blessed.     At  a  subsequent  period,  it 
was  found  necessary,  for  the  greater  seclusion  of  the  brotherhood,  to 
erect  lodges  or  apartments  for  the  reception  of  strangers  who  might  wish 
to  visit  the  abbey  church.    A  house,  too,  was  wanted  for  the  service  and 
relief  of  the  poor.     Designs  were  given  by  Mr.  Pugin,  and  the  buildings 
were  erected.      The  present  Infirmary,  with  an  additional  room  for 
guests,  has  been  erected  in  a  style  somewhat  more  ornamental  than  the 
earlier  portions  of  the  monastery.     In  1847,  on  the  20th  of  August,  the 
new  Calvary  was  solemnly  blessed.     A  wooden  cross,  14  feet  high, 
bearing  an  image  of  our  crucified  Redeemer,  and  morticed  into  a  stone 
pedestal,  resting  upon  a  platform  of  three  stone  steps,  had  been  planted 
upon  the  summit  of  a  cone-shaped,  but  jagged  rock,  which  rises  to  a 
considerable  height  to  the  north  of  the  church,  and  from  which  a  most 
extensive  view  of  the  surrounding  country  may  be  obtained.     In  the 
following  year,  1848,  briefs  were  obtained  from  Rome,  by  one  of  which 
the  monastery  of  Mount  St.  Bernard  was  created  an  abbey,  with  inde- 
pendent jurisdiction ;  so  that  it  will  be  the  mother  house  of  all  Cistercian 
monasteries  that  may  hereafter  be  erected  in  England.     By  another 
brief,  the  election  of  Father  Bernard  as  abbot,  which  had  been  made  by 
the  unanimous  votes  of  the  community,  was  confirmed,  and  he  thus 
became  the  first  mitred  abbot  in  England  since  the  period  of  the  Refor- 
mation.     Father  Bernard   died  November   10th,  1852,  when  Father 
Burder  was  elected  abbot ;  but  he  having  resigned  the  government  of 
the  abbey  in  December,  1858,  the  community  is  now  under  the  authority 
of  the  Very  Rev.  Father  Bartholomew  (J.  B.  Anderson),  Superior; 
Rev.  Father  Aloysius  (H.  A.  Tatchell),  Prior;  and  Rev.  Father  Robert 
(Robt.  Hy.  Smith),  Sub-prior ;  besides  whom  there  are  the  Rev.  Fathers 
Augustine  (Collins),  Thomas  Ignatius  (Sisk),  and  John  (Jackson),  Priests. 
The  Abbey  is  in  the  early  English  style,   and  covers  a  considerable 
space  of  ground.     It  is  built  of  a  sort  of  rubble  granite,  obtained  from 
the  land  upon  which  the  buildings  stand,  and  from  the  nature  of  the 
material  used,  and  the  massiveness  of  the  architecture,  already  possesses 
the   appearance  of  antiquity.     The  whole   of  the  regular  buildings, 
cloister,  chapter  house,  refectory,  dormitory,  calefactory,  guest  house, 
prior's  lodgings,  lavatory,  kitchen  offices,  &c,  are  completed ;  but  the 
nave  and  aisles  only  of  the  church  are  as  yet  erected.     The  nave  is 
84  feet  long,  22  feet  wide,  and  52  feet  high  to  the  ridge ;  and  the  aisles 
are  each  10  feet  wide  and  10  feet  high.     The  transepts,  with  the  spire, 
chancel,  lady  chapel,  and  sacristy,  have  yet  to  be  completed.     The  nave 
consists  of  seven  bays,  two  of  which  are  devoted  to  the  secular  church ; 
the  third  is  occupied  by  a  deep  roodbeam  of  wood,  the  upper  part  of 
which  serves  as  a  tribune  or  gallery  for  guests ;  and  the  other  four  form 
the  monastic  church,  two  bays  being  filled  with  the  stalls  of  the  monks, 
the  other  two  serving  as  a  sanctuary,  in  which  the  high  altar  is  situated. 


522  st.  Bernard's  abbey. 

The  pier  arches  spring  from  circular  pillars,  12  feet  high  and  9  feet  in 
circumference,  with  plain  capitals.  The  framing  of  the  roof  is  open  to 
the  church,  and  springs  from  stone  corbels,  level  with  the  base  of  the 
clerestory  windows.  In  the  secular  church  are  four  altars,  one  in  the 
north  aisle,  two  in  front  of  the  roodscreen,  and  one  in  the  south  aisle. 
The  one  in  the  north  aisle  is  dedicated  to  God  under  the  patronage  of 
St.  Bernard;  that  in  the  south  aisle  under  the  patronage  of  St.  Stephen, 
the  founder  of  the  Cistercian  order.  The  two  altars  in  front  of  the 
roodscreen  are  dedicated  to  God  under  the  patronage  of  the  Blessed 
Virgin  and  St.  Joseph  respectively.  Each  of  these  altars  is  appropriately 
decorated.  The  High  Altar,  placed  at  the  east  end  of  the  choir,  in 
the  monastic  church,  is  plainly  but  neatly  ornamented,  and  it  is  here 
that  the  monastic  service  is  daily  celebrated.  At  the  east  end  of  the 
north  aisle,  in  the  monastic  church,  is  an  altar  in  honour  of  the  Immacu- 
late Conception  of  the  Blessed  Virgin.  Two  fine-toned  bells  are  placed 
in  a  temporary  bell  turret  over  the  vestry.  The  scenery  in  the  neigh- 
bourhood is  remarkably  stern  and  wild  ;  irregular  masses  of  rock  being 
scattered  about  in  groups  at  once  romantic  and  picturesque  ;  while  the 
prospects,  which  may  be  seen  by  looking  down  from  the  hills  upon  the 
country  around,  are  varied  and  beautiful.  The  abbey  is  completely 
sheltered  from  the  north  winds  by  Mount  St.  Bernard,  which  rises  behind 
it  in  rugged  grandeur  to  a  very  lofty  altitude.  The  land  belonging  to 
the  abbey  is  naturally  cold  and  sterile,  but  the  unremitting  labours  of 
the  monks  have  brought  it  into  excellent  cultivation.  The  scene  to  a 
nineteenth  century  man  is  highly  imposing ;  the  monks,  arrayed  in  the 
sober  garments  of  the  order,  may  be  observed  working  silently  in  the 
fields ;  but  as  soon  as  the  bell  rings  out  for  the  hour  of  prayer,  they 
immediately  cease  from  their  toil,  and  wherever  they  may  be,  or  what- 
ever they  be  doing,  they  instantly  fall  down  upon  their  knees,  and 
betake  themselves  to  their  devotions.  They  are  now  upwards  of  60  in 
number,  and  strictly  follow  the  rules  of  their  order.  They  never  eat 
either  flesh,  fish,  or  eggs ;  the  only  animal  food  which  they  partake  of 
being  milk  and  cheese.  They  till  the  ground  with  their  own  hands,  and 
observe  almost  perpetual  silence,  never  speaking  except  to  the  Superior 
or  by  his  permission.  They  sing  the  whole  office,  and  rise  all  the  year 
round  at  two  in  the  morning,  and  on  the  great  festivals  at  midnight,  for 
the  celebration  of  matins.  They  celebrate  High  Mass  with  great 
solemnity,  aim  at  the  highest  practice  of  Christian  virtue,  and  are 
very  charitable  to  the  poor,  of  whom  they  relieve  great  numbers  dairy, 
at  the  convent  gate.  They  are  hospitable  to  all  strangers  and  poor 
travellers,  for  whom  comfortable  apartments  are  provided  in  the  Quest 
House,  in  front  of  the  abbey. 

In  1850,  a  Reformatory  for  youthful  Roman  Catholic  criminals 
was  established  in  connection  with  the  monastry,  and  a  new  range  of 
buildings  has  been  erected  at  a  cost,  it  is  said,  of  nearly  £'15,000 ;  in 
which  there  are  usually  about  250  boys,  from  ten  to  sixteen  years  of 
age,  whose  terms  of  imprisonment  vary  from  three  to  five  years.  There 
are  eight  dormitories  furnished  with  small  iron  bedsteads,  and  warmed 
in  winter  by  iron  stoves  in  the  centre.  Each  boy,  in  addition  to 
reading,  writing,  and  religious  exercises,  is  taught  some  useful  trade  by 
which  he  may  support  himself  in  after  life,  such  as  gardening,  tailoring, 
shoemaking,  baking,  &c. ;  and  it  is  left  to  the  lad's  own  choice  to  adopt 
any  of  these  occupations.  The  uniform  consists  of  a  blue  blouse  and  a 
grey  Scotch  cap,  and  the  boys  are  distinguished  according  to  merit  or 
ability  by  one  or  more  red  stripes  on  the  sleeve,  and  the  title  of  corporal, 
lance-corporal,  sergeant,  &c,  in  imitation  of  the  military  system  of 


THE    REFORMATORY.  523 

discipline.  Some  of  the  boj^s  form  a  musical  band  and  display  a 
considerable  amount  of  talent.  The  Very  Rev.  Richard  Ward,  canon 
of  the  Roman  Catholic  diocese  of  Clifton,  is  the  superior  of  the 
Reformatory,  and  is  assisted  by  another  priest  and  a  staff  of  instructors 
in  the  various  trades,  &c. 

COALVILLE  is  a  large  modern  village,  on  Swanuington  Common, 
with  a  station  on  the  Leicester,  Ashby,  and  Burton  railway,  about  five 
miles  S.W.  of  Ashby-de-la-Zouch,  and  one  mile  W.  of  Whitwick.  It 
is  occupied  chiefly  by  colliers,  and  extends  into  the  four  townships  of 
Swannington,  Snibston,  Hugglescote,  and  Whitwick.  It  is  commonly 
called  Long  Lane,  probably  on  account  of  the  length  of  the  lane  on 
which  it  is  situated ;  and  it  owes  its  rapid  growth  to  the  great  extension 
of  the  neighbouring  collieries  of  the  Snibston  and  Whitwick  Coal 
Companies.  The  latter  company  has  here  a  large  brick  and  tile  manu- 
factory, and  the  clay  being  of  suitable  quality,  excellent  blue  and  white 
bricks,  encaustic  tiles,  chimney  tops,  &c,  are  made.  Mr.  Wm.  Whetstone, 
of  Leicester,  also  employs  here  a  large  number  of  persons,  principally 
women,  in  the  manufacture  of  encaustic  tiles  for  floors.  The  village 
now  contains  a  number  of  good  houses  and  well-stocked  shops,  though 
in  1824  it  is  said  to  have  had  only  two  houses.  Coalville  church  district 
was  formed  nearly  25  years  ago,  and  contains  about  1550  souls,  of  whom 
702  are  in  Whitwick,  208  in  Swannington,  541  in  Snibston,  and  9!)  in 
Hugglescote.  The  Church,  dedicated  to  Christ,  is  a  neat  cruciform 
building,  in  the  early  English  style,  and  was  erected  in  1840,  at  a  cost 
of  about  .£1500.  In  1845,  a  beautiful  floor  of  encaustic  tiles  was  laid 
down  at  the  cost  of  Herbert  Minton,  Esq.,  and  in  1853  the  edifice  was 
thoroughly  repaired.  It  stands  in  Hugglescote  township,  and  the  living 
is  a  perpetual  curacy,  valued  at  <£100,  in  the  patronage  of  the  Rev.  T. 
W.  Minton,  and  incumbency  of  the  Rev.  Wm.  Gardner,  who  has  a  good 
parsonage  house  near  the  church.  Here  is  a  National  School  for  boys 
and  gills,  and  also  a  commodious  British  School.  The  General  Baptists, 
Wesleyans,  and  Primitive  Methodists,  have  chapels  in  the  village. 
The  proprietors  of  the  neighbouring  collieries  have  liberally  contributed 
towards  the  erection  and  support  of  the  church,  chapels,  and  schools, 
for  the  benefit  of  their  numerous  workmen. 

Post  Office  at  James   Hewes's.      Letters   arrive  from    Ashby-de-la-Zouch 
at  8  .J  morning,  and  are  despatched  at  4.40  afternoon. 

Sutton  William  T.  draper 


Bailes  Thomas,  photographer 
Bertenshaw  John,  master  BritishSchool 
Brookes  Hy.  elk.  ||  Burgess  Mrs  Car. 
Cox  Francis,  general  dealer 
Eaton  Richard,  station  master 
Franks  John,  corn  miller 
Gardner  Rev.  Wm.  incmbt.  Parsonage 
Gibbs  William  Henry,  bookkeeper 
Grflith  Wm.  master,  National  School 
Gutteridge  James,  general  dealer 
Newton  Christopher,  draper 
Orton  Henry,  surgeon 
Porter  John,  druggist  and  stationer 
Robinson  William,  farmer  and  builder 
Rose  Edw.  joiner  ||  Stretton  Mr  Wm 
Smith  George,  manager  of  tile  works 
Smith  William,  wheelwright 
Snibston   Colliery  Company ; 
;  Vaughan,  manager 
Stenson  William,  mining  engineer 


Taylor  William,  butcher 

Toon  WilHam,  bookkeeper 

Turner  Mrs  Hannah  and  Mr  William 

Tutby  Mrs  Rebecca 

Vaughan  George  Louis,  mining  and 
civil  engineer ;   h  Leicester 

Whetstone  Mr  James,  Spring  Cottage 

Whetstone  Joseph,  colliery  owner, 
Broom  Lees  Cottage 

Whetstone  Wm.  encaustic  tile  manfr. 

Whitwick  Colliery  Company ;  William 
Stenson,  manager 

Whitwick  Colliery  Co.  mfrs.  of  blue  & 
white,  ornamental,  paving,  and  floor 
bricks,  blue  ridge  and  roofing  tiles, 
&c. ;  George  Smith,  manager 

Wilson  George,  underground  steward 
INNS  AND  TAVERNS. 

Blue  Bell,  Thomas  Price 


624 


COALVILLE    DIRECTORY. 


Engine,  James  Shaw 
Fox  and  Goose,  Samuel  Willars 
Queen  Victoria,  John  Moore 
Railway  Hotel,  Catherine  Sheffield 
Red  House,  Samuel  Coleman 
Snibston  New  Inn,  Margaret  Colwell 


BEERHOUSES. 

Bird  John 
Coleman  Edward 
Jordan  Joseph 
Shaw  James 


Taberner  William 

GROCERS 

And  Shopkeepers. 
Chapman  Joseph 
Fisher  Joseph 


Hewes  James 
Hewes  John 
Platts  William 
Smith  George 
Starkey  Chas.&Co. 
Yorke  Joseph 

SHOEMAKERS. 

Clay  William 
Dove  James 
Harvey  Levi 


TAILORS. 

Palmer  William 
Pickering  Joseph, 

(and  draper) 
Weston  William 

RAILWAY 

Trains  six  times  a 
day  to  all  parts. 


SWANNINGTON,  a  scattered  village  in  the  parish,  and  about  a  mile 
W.  of  Whitwick,  and  4|  miles  E.  of  Ashby- de-la- Z ouch,  has  in  its  town- 
ship 1275  souls  and  1549  acres  of  land,  forming  a  chapelry  with  Thring- 
stone,  and  abounding  in  coal,  which  is  extensively  worked,  at  various 
depths,  from  50  to  more  than  150  yards,  in  beds  from  three  to  more  than 
five  feet  thick.  Here  are  four  collieries,  and  large  quantities  of  coal  are 
sent  by  rail  to  all  parts  of  the  ldngdom  from  Swannington  Station.  The 
village  is  in  a  valley  encompassed  by  lofty  hills,  and  is  well  watered  by 
several  fine  springs  which  issue  out  of  the  rocks,  from  one  of  which  the 
water  is  conveyed  150  yards,  in  lead  pipes,  to  a  large  stone  trough  in 
the  street.  The  Marquis  of  Hastings  is  lord  of  the  manor,  anciently 
called  Sivavington  ;  but  the  trustees  of  Wyggeston's  Hospital,  in  Leices- 
ter, have  an  estate  here  of  about  1200  acres,  and  dispute  the  ownership 
of  the  manor.  Other  parts  of  the  township  belong  to  Mr.  John  Potter, 
Miss  Grundy,  and  others,  and  the  great  tithes  to  Coleorton  School  and 
Hospital.  St.  Georges  Church,  on  Swannington  Common,  is  already 
noticed  at  page  516  ;  and  there  are  in  the  township  chapels  belonging  to 
the  Baptists,  Wesleyans,  and  Primitive  Methodists.  Swannington  is  ono 
of  the  three  places  entitled  to  send  poor  women  to  Ravenstone  Hospital. 
A  handsome  school  in  the  Elizabethan  style  was  built  here  in  1862. 
Post  Office  at  William  Brinsley's.  Letters  arrive  from  Ashby-de-la-Zouch  at 
8  morning,  and  are  despatched  at  6  evening. 


Atkin  Thomas,  grocer  and  baker 
Beasley  Eliza,  schoolmistress 
Brinsley  William,  Post  Office 
Burton  George,  tailor  and  draper 
Chester  Joseph,  grocer  &  wheelwright 
Cowliskaw  Joel,  station  master 
Godfrey  John,  carpenter 
Gray  Thos.  Henry,  &  Wm.  managers 
Grundy  Mrs  Sarah,  and  Miss  Eliz. 
Harwood  Rev.  Thos.  Eustace,  curate 
Johnson  William,  colliery  clerk 
Kirby  Thos.  corn  miller  and  grocer 
Lacey  John,  bookkeeper 
Orton  Richard,  surgeon 
Sharpe  Mary  and  Martha,  milliners 
Siddons  Charles,  druggist 
Toone  Mr  James 

Walker  and  Worswick,  colliery  owners 
Worswick  William,  colliery  owner  ;  h 
Birstall  Hall 

INNS  AND   TAVERNS. 
Anchor,  Richard  Osborne 
Bull's  Head,  William  Henson 
Railway  Inn,  Robert  Shaw  (and  smith) 
Robin  Hood  &  Little  John,  Chas.  Hunt 


Queen's  Head,  John  Hunt  (and  brick 

and  tile  maker),  Thomborough 
Waggon  and  Horses,  John  Clamp 


BEERHOUSES. 

Potter  Thomas 
Soar  William 
TremellingNichls. 

IViornborough 
Ward  George 

BLACKSMITHS. 

Rouse  William 
Shaw  Robert 

BUTCHERS. 

Teone  James 
Toone  John 
Vernon  Joseph 

FARMERS  &  GRAZRS. 

Bonnett    Samuel ; 

h  Whihoick 
Chester  John 
Field  Michael 
Hallam  John,  jun. 
Johnson  John 
Potter    John  (and 

horse  dealer) 


Sharpe  Joseph  (a  nd 
grocer) 

FARRIERS. 

Sharpe  William 
Trinder  Henry 

SHOEMAKERS. 

Brinsley  William 
Hallam  John,  Tal- 
bot lane 
Hallam  John,  jun. 

Talbot  lane 
Irons  Thomas 
Jeffcote  William 
Lydell    Joseph, 

Talbot  lane 
Moss  Edward 

SHOPKEEPERS. 

Foster  Mary 
Richards  Joseph 

RAILWAY 

Trains  sevrl.  times 

a  day  to  all  parts. 


i 


WEST   GOSCOTE    HUNDRED. 


525 


THRINGSTONE,  a  large  village  at  the  foot  of  the  lofty  hills  at  the 
western  extremity  of  Charnwood  Forest,  about  a  mile  N.  of  Whitwick 
and  five  miles  E.  by  N.  of  Ashby-de-la-Zouch,  is  in  Whitwick  parish, 
and  its  township  comprises  1404  inhabitants  and  about  1500  acres  of 
land,  forming  a  chapelry  with  Swannington,  and  including  part  of  Coal- 
ville, and  the  hamlets  of  Pegg's  Green  and  Rotten-Row.  J.  Boultbee, 
Esq.,  is  lord  of  the  manor ;  but  the  greater  part  of  the  soil  belongs  to  E. 
Dawson,  Esq.,  and  the  Cropper,  Piddocke,  Green,  and  other  families. 
The  soil  on  the  north  is  a  red  loam,  adapted  to  general  purposes  ;  but  on 
the  south  it  is  light  and  gravelly,  and  the  surface  hilly.  Coal  abounds 
here  and  at  Pegg's  Green,  near  Swannington  Common ;  and  the  old 
Coleorton  Works,  a  large  Colliery,  was  opened  about  30  years  ago,  and 
more  than  live  beds  of  coal  have  been  reached,  at  various  depths,  from 
10  to  150  yards.  The  principal  beds  are  of  excellent  quality,  and  from 
five  to  six  feet  thick.  St.  Georges  Church,  which  serves  as  a  chapel  of 
ease  for  this  township  and  Swannington,  is  noticed  at  page  516.  A  new 
chapel  of  ease,  dedicated  to  St.  Andrew,  is  now  building  at  South  Thring- 
stone  at  a  cost  of  about  ,£850.  It  will  be  finished  before  the  end  of  1862, 
and  it  is  hoped  that  funds  will  soon  be  raised  for  the  purpose  of  erecting 
a  parsonage  house.  The  National  School  was  erected  in  1844,  on  land 
given  by  E.  M.  Green,  Esq.  As  noticed  at  page  471,  Thringstone  is 
entitled  every  third  year  to  have  a  poor  boy  apprenticed,  with  a  premium 
of  ,£10,  from  Margaret  Mead's  Charity  ;  and  it  is  one  of  the  four  places 
entitled  to  Lady  Beaumont's  Charity  for  the  same  purpose.  (See  page 
481.)  At  Pegg's  Green  is  an  old  Wesleyan  Chapel,  which  was  enlarged 
in  1859  ;  and  in  1853  a  large  Wesleyan  day  school  was  erected  at  Grif- 
fith's-dam,  in  this  township,  at  a  cost  of  .£850,  and  is  attended  by  about 
200  children. 

Post  Offices  at  Wm.  Hallam's,  Thringstone,  and  Frag.  Doman's,  Rotten  Row. 
Letters  arrive  from  Ashby  at  8  a.m.,  and  are  despatched  at  5£  p.m. 


Those  marked  *  are  at  Pegg's  Green, 

and  +  at  Rotten  Row. 
Aldridge  John,  framework  knitter 
Biddies  Thomas,  tailor 
Chester  Edwin,  draper 
Gough  Sar.  mistress,  National  School 
Henson  Jabez,  blacksmith 
Hirst  Thomas,  plate  layer 
Holliday  John,  bricklayer 
Lister  Ellen,  mistress,  Wesleyan  School 
Mann  Charles,  wheelwright 
Plowright  Robt.  master,  Wes.  School 
♦Price  Mr  John 
Smith  Rev.  Samuel,  B.D.  incumbent 

of  St.  George's,  The  Parsonage 
*Tngby  John,  spar  ornament  manfr. 
Webb  John,  earthenware  dealer 
•  Worswick  and  Walker,  colliery  owners 

INNS  AND  TAVERNS. 
Beaumont  Arms,  John  Waterfield 
Ball's  Head,  William  Gough 
+Engine,  Catherine  Gostelow 
Fox,  Robert  Gregory 
George  and  Dragon,  William  King 
+New  Engine,  Jane  Richards 
•New  Inn,  Thomas  Cox 
Queen's  Head,  James  Hopper 


♦Red  Lion,  Elizabeth  Holt 
*Rose  and  Crown,  James  Gough 


BAKERS. 

Blakesley  Henry 
+Eagle  Samuel 
Towle  Joseph 

BEERHOUSES. 

•)  Bakewell  Eliz. 
Sykes  John 

BUTCHERS. 

Gostelow  Thomas 
Gough  Edward 
*Hoit  Thomas 
♦Kidger  William 
Sykes  John 

CORN    MILLERS. 

Griffin  John 
Kirby  John 

FARMERS. 

Bott  John 
Gostelow  Cath.    . 
Gostelow  Thos. 
Henson  James 
♦Holt  WiUiam 
♦Kidger  William 
Kirby  James 


Knight  John,  Stor- 
don  Grange 

♦Knight  John 

Mills  John  Keight- 
ley(&taxcollctr.) 

♦Morris  Thomas 

JOINERS. 

Eyre  Edwin 
Garner  Hastings 

SHOEMAKERS. 

Griffin  Joseph 
Harrison  Joseph 
Henson  William 
+Hope  John 
♦King  Alfred 
Wayte  Samuel 

SHOPKEEPERS. 

Biddle  Thomas 
Blakesley  Henry 
+ Chester  Charles 
+Doman  Francis 
+Eagle  Samuel 
Field  Sarah 
Gregory  Robert 
Hallam  William 


526 


THRINGSTONE    TOWNSHIP. 


Holliday  John        I  *Kidger  William    I  *Skertchley  Jesse   I  Towle  Joseph 

*Holt  Elizabeth     |  Kirby  Thomas        |  2  SpringthorpeJph  | 

Carkier. — Thos.  Googb,  to  Loughborough,  Thursday,  and  Ashby,  Saturday. 


GARTREE    HUNDRED 

Comprises  18,588  inhabitants,  and  85,046  acres  of  land,  divided  into 
65  parishes,  &c.,  of  which  the  following  is  an  enumeration,  shewing 
their  territorial  extent,  their  population  in  1861,  and  the  annual  value 
of  their  lands  and  buildings,  as  assessed  to  the  county  rate ;  with 
subjoined  notes,  shewing  the  Unions  to  which  they  respectively  belong. 


Parishes,  &c. 


Acres. 

Pop. 

in 
1861. 

Annual 
Value. 

£ 

21 12 

909 

3530 

942 

134 

1347 

920 

42 

1602 

1242 

93 

1770 

3500 

1395 
2302 

9109 
5361 

493 

109 

960 

679 

126 

1108 

2278 

590 

4141 

1314 

138 

1851 

1800 

465 

3162 

1378 

73 

2084 

1337 

235 

1918 

995 

303 

1904 

937 

120 

1575 

1350 

337 

220C 

925 

82 

1720 

798 

107 

1035 

1950 

275 

3496 

1175 

68J 

1924 

1803 

388 

3374 

950 

74 

1522 

915 

19 

1429 

2010 

785 

3787 

656 

42 

925 

965 

157 

1253 

1343 

214 

2211 

2805 

696 

5029 

1165 

105 

1603 

1803 

465 

2664 

IT 

800 

26 

1137 

1200 

54 

1415 

3870 

935 

6303 

ir 

1263 

241 

1970 

Parishes,  &e. 


Acres 


Pop. 
in 

1861. 


Annual 
Value. 


gBillesdon  parish 

JGosdby  chapelry 

gRolleston  chapelry    .. 

t  Blaston  parish 

fBowden  Magna  par.   1 

+ Market  Harbro'  ch.  J 
JBringhurst  parish 

♦  Drayton  township  .. 

*Easton  Magna  chap. 

*Burrough  parish 

SBurtonU very  parish  .. 
JCarlton  Curlieu  parish 
:  i  lllston-on-Hill  chap . . 
+Chuich  Langton  parish 

tLangton(East)twp. 

tLangton  Thrp.  chap. 

+Langton  (Tur )  chap. 

+Laiigton  (West)  chap. 

-t-Cranoe  parish 

SEvington  parish  , 

+Fleckney  parish 

+Foxton  parish 

gGalby  parish 

gFrisby  chapelry    

gGlenn  Magna  parish  . 

§Stretton  Magna  chap. 

+Glooston  parish 

+Gumley  parish 

JHallaton  parish  

t  Horninghold  parish  . . 
JHoughton-on-Hill  par. 
gHungerton  (part  of)  par. 

?Baggrave  liberty 

?Ingarsby  hamlet 

+Husband's  Bosworth  p. 
Knaptoft  (part  of)  parish 

+Mowsley  chapelry  .. 


+KibworthBeauchampp 

+Kibworth  Harcourtc. 

tSmeetonWesterbytp. 
II  Knossington  parish  . . 

+Laughton  parish 

+Lubbenham  parish   . . 
iMedbourne  parish. . . . 

tHolt  chapehy 

JNorton  King's  parish 

?Stretton  Parvachap. 
Noseley  ex-parochial . . 
JOuston  parish \ 

gNewbold  Saucey  h.  j 
*Pickwell    and  Lees-  ) 

thorpe  parish J 

+Saddington  parish 

gScraptoft  parish 

+Shangton  parish     

tSlawston  parish 

tStockerston  parish     . . 
t  Stoke  Dry  (part)  parish 

JHolyoakes  liberty  .. 
t  Stonton  Wyville  parish 
tTheddingworth  (part ) 

of)  parish J 

jThurnby  parish 

gBushby  hamlet    .... 

gStoughton  chapelry. . 
gTilton  (part  of)  parish 

?Marefield  township.. 
gTugby  (part  of)  parish 

JKeythorpe  liberty     . . 

+Welham  parish  

gWistow  parish 

gNewton  Harcourt  ch. 


1238 
1370 
1359 
1431 
1109 
2700 
1778 
1300 
989 
650 
1316 

2990 

2663 

1675 
1350 
1242 
1481 

954 
IT 

700 
1200 

1585 
583 
663 

1444 

ir 

516 
IT 

799 
1098 
890 
880 


466 

533 

252 

152 

665 

580 

33 

71 

83 

48 

169 

.  18 

168 

259 
108 

82 
247 

50 

'i2 
102 

269 

196 
60 
119 


21 

65 

44 

203 


Totals 85,646 


£ 

3275 
2999 
2356 
2096 
1527 
4111 
2976 

i312 
859 

1898 

3576 

3700 

2843 
2462 
1560 
2425 
1407 

'860 
1629 

2469 

1105 
1000 
2518 


1126 
2004 
1400 
1751 


18,588   144,361 


UNIONS.— Those  marked  thus  *  are  in  Melton  Mowbray  Union;  +  in  Market  Harborough 
Union;  tin  Uppingham  Union;  §  in  Billesdon  Union;  and  II  (Knossington)  in  Oakham  Union. 
These  Unions  are  described  with  the  parishes  from  which  they  are  named.  Those  of  Oakham 
and  Uppingham  are  mostly  in  Rutlandshire.  Noseley,  being  extra-parochial,  is  not  at  present 
in  any  Union. 

11  Knaptoft  is  in  Guthlaxton  Hundred,  Stoke  Dry  is  in  Rutlandshire  ;  and  most  ofTilton, 
Tugby,  and  Hungerton  parishes,  are  in  East  Goscote  Hundred.  Part  of  Theddingworth  parish 
is  in  Northamptonshire., 

fcgr  Baggrave,  Burrough,  Knossington,  Ouston,  and  Pickwell,  are  detached  members  of  Gar* 
tree  Hundred,  intermixed  with  the  parishes  of  Frarnland  and  East  Goscote  Hundreds. 

Gartree  Hundred  forms  the  south-eastern  portion  of  the  county, 
and  is  all  in  the  Southern  Parliamentary  Division  of  Leicestershire, 
except  its  detached  members  of   Baggrave,  Burrough,    Knossington, 


GARTREE    HUNDRED.  527 

Marefield,  Pickwell-cum-Leesthorpe,  Ouston,  and  Newbold-Saucey, 
which  are  in  the  Northern  Division.  Exclusive  of  these  detached 
parishes,  Gartree  Hundred  is  of  a  triangular  figure,  whose  three  sides 
average  about  17  miles  in  length.  Its  north-west  angle  joins  the 
Borough  of  Leicester.  It  is  bounded  on  the  west  by  Guthlaxton 
Hundred,  on  the  north  by  East  Goscote  Hundred,  on  the  east  by 
part  of  Rutlandshire,  and  on  the  south  by  Northamptonshire.  It 
forms  the  Deanery  of  Oar  tree,  in  the  Archdeaconry  of  Leicester,  and 
is  a  fertile,  well -drained,  and  highly  cultivated  district,  beautifully 
diversified  with  hills  and  valleys,  and  watered  by  many  rivulets,  most  of 
which  flow  into  the  river  Welland,  which  traverses  the  whole  of  its 
southern  boundary,  except  its  south-west  angle,  which  is  bounded  by 
the  Avon,  near  Welford.  A  few  of  its  rivulets  turn  westward  in  their 
route  to  the  Soar.  The  Leicestershire  and  Northamptonshire,  and  the 
Grand  Union  Canals  traverse,  in  very  circuitous  courses,  the  south- 
western parts  of  the  Hundred,  from  Newtown  Harcourt  to  Market 
Harborough,  Husband's  Bosworth,  &c.  The  Rugby  and  Stamford 
Railway  runs  along  the  south-western  boundary  of  the  Hundred,  and  is 
intersected  by  the  Leicester,  Bedford,  and  Hitchin  Line,  at  Harborough. 
This  Hundred  is  noticed  in  Domesday  Book  by  the  names  of  Gartree 
and  Geretrev ;  and  nearly  in  its  centre  is  a  place  called  Gartree  Bush, 
where,  till  the  beginning  of  last  century,  the  Hundred  Court  was  held. 
The  great  turnpike  road  from  London  to  Manchester,  &c,  passes 
nearly  in  a  direct  line  from  Market  Harborough  to  Leicester ;  but  the 
principal  road  was  formerly  more  to  the  east,  in  the  long  and  straight 
lane  called  Gartree  Road,  and  supposed  to  be  in  the  track  of  the  Roman 
Via  Devana,  which  entered  this  county  at  Bringhurst,  and  pursued  a 
direct  course,  north-west,  to  Rata,  or  Leicester.  Near  Medbourne  are 
the  earthworks  of  an  encampment ;  and  between  Cranoe  and  Glooston 
is  a  large  tumulus.  Neither  lime  nor  coal  are  found  in  the  Hundred, 
but  good  building  stone  is  obtained  in  various  parts  of  it,  and  excellent 
clay,  for  making  bricks,  is  very  abundant.  Petty  Sessions  are  held 
at  Leicester,  Market  Harborough,  and  East  Norton. 


BILLESDON  is  a  large  and  well-built  village,  in  a  pleasant  valley, 
Sh  miles  E.  of  Leicester,  and  10£  miles  W.  by  N.  of  Uppingham,  on  the 
high  road  between  those  towns.  It  has  a  large  open  space,  in  which  is 
a  stone  cross,  where  a  market  was  formerly  held  every  Friday.  It  had 
two  annual  fairs  for  cattle,  toys,  pedlery,  &c,  on  April  23rd  and  July 
25th,  but  they  had  been  long  obsolete  in  the  early  part  of  1846,  when  a 
committee  of  twelve  of  the  principal  inhabitants  determined  on  the 
establishment  of  three  cattle  fairs  to  be  held  here  yearly,  on  the  first 
Monday  in  May,  the  last  Monday  in  August,  and  the  first  Monday  in 
October.  The  parish  feast  is  on  the  Sunday  after  June  24th.  Billesdon 
township  contains  909  inhabitants,  and  2112a.  1r.  lr.  of  land ;  but  its 
parish  includes  also  the  townships  and  chapelries  of  Goadby  and  Rol- 
leston,  and  comprises  altogether  1085  inhabitants,  and  about  3980  acres. 
Sir  Fredk.  Thos.  Fowke,  Bart.,  and  C.  T.  Freer,  Esq.,  are  joint  lords  of 
the  manor  of  Billesdon,  but  a  great  part  of  the  land  belongs  to  Thomas 
Ostler,  Esq.,  Thomas  Stokes,  Esq.,  Lieut.-Colonel  King,  Orlando  Hunt, 
Esq.,  G.  C.  Neale,  Esq.,  and  smaller  proprietors.  Chas.  Thos.  Freer, 
Esq.,  has  a  delightful  seat  here,  called  the  Coplow,  on  a  bold  eminence 
about  1  mile  N.  of  the  village.  It  commands  extensive  prospects,  and 
is  encompassed  by  tasteful  gardens  and  pleasure  grounds.  It  is  sheltered 
on  the  north-east  by  a  large  wood,  and  on  the  south  is  a  fox  cover  famed 
in  hunting  songs.    The  manor  was  held  by  Goisfrid  Alselin  in  1086, 


528  BILLESDON    PARISH. 

and  it  afterwards  passed  to  various  families.  The  soil  varies  from  a  cold 
clay  to  a  rich  red  marl,  and  the  ground  is  hilly.  Several  rivulets  have 
their  sources  here,  and  in  the  parish  are  traces  of  an  encampment,  occu- 
pying 18  acres,  supposed  to  have  been  occupied  by  the  Romans,  who  are 
said  to  have  had  a  Pagan  Temple  in  the  neighbourhood.  The  Church 
(St.  John  the  Baptist)  is  a  neat  structure,  with  a  tower  containing  four 
bells,  and  surmounted  by  a  handsome  broach  spire.  It  was  repewed, 
and  two  galleries  were  erected,  in  1838,  at  the  cost  of  .£350,  of  which 
.£100  were  given  by  the  Incorporated  Society ;  and  in  1862  it  underwent  a 
thorough  restoration,  at  a  cost  of  about  .£1500.  The  tower  and  spire 
have  been  rebuilt,  a  new  south  aisle  erected,  the  bells  recast,  and  other 
improvements  effected.  It  was  formerly  appropriated  to  Leicester 
Abbey.  The  benefice  is  a  vicarage,  with  the  curacies  of  Goadby  and 
Rolleston  annexed  to  it,  valued  in  K.B.  at  .£14.  9s.  10d.,  and  now  at 
£279 ;  and  having  156a.  of  glebe,  mostly  awarded,  in  lieu  of  the  tithes 
of  the  open  fields,  at  the  enclosure  in  1764,  when  the  lay  impropriators 
also  received  land  in  lieu  of  the  great  tithes.  The  tithes  of  the  old 
enclosures  have  not  yet  been  commuted.  The  executors  of  the  lateHy. 
Greene,  Esq.,  are  the  patrons  of  the  vicarage,  and  the  Rev.  Joshua 
Scholefield,  M.A.,  who  is  also  chaplain  to  the  Union,  is  the  incumbent, 
and  has  a  good  residence.  The  Particular  Baptist  Chapel  was  erected 
in  1846,  at  a  cost  of  about  ,£370.  The  General  Baptist  Chapel  was 
built  in  1812,  at  a  cost  of  £900,  including  three  adjoining  cottages,  which 
produce  a  rent  of  £8,  and  the  purchase  of  two  pieces  of  land,  let  for 
£7  a  year.  This  chapel  was  repaired  in  1861,  at  a  cost  of  ,£100.  The 
Wesleyan  Chapel  was  formed  out  of  an  old  building,  in  1854,  and  was 
enlarged  and  newly  fronted  in  1859,  at  a  cost  of  ,£110.  The  School  was 
built  in  1650,  at  the  sole  expense  of  Wm.  Sharpe,  and  was  thoroughly 
repaired  by  subscription  in  1856.  It  has  room  for  100  children,  but 
has  seldom  more  than  50  scholars.  It  has  been  stated,  but  on  some- 
what doubtful  authority,  that  the  celebrated  Villiers,  Duke  of  Bucking- 
ham, was  educated  here.  From  1732  to  1800,  .£180  were  left  by  various 
donors  towards  the  support  of  the  school,  and  in  1790,  £50  were  left  for 
the  same  purpose  by  Joseph  Whittingham,  and  in  1772,  £50  by  Wm. 
Ward.  The  schoolmaster  has  £!12  per  annum  as  his  share  of  the 
dividends  of  .£1186. 19s.  8d.  Three  and  a  half  per  cent.  Stock,  purchased 
with  .£230  of  the  school  funds,  and  .£630  belonging  to  Ward's,  Heard's, 
and  Pippin's  charities.  In  1772,  the  above-named  Wm.  Ward  left  .£400, 
for  the  support  of  four  poor  widows,  in  an  Almshouse  to  be  built  or  pro- 
vided by  the  parishioners,  who  purchased  four  tenements  for  that  purpose, 
in  1791.  This  £400,  together  with  £92,  left  by  Joseph  Whittingham, 
forms  part  of  the  stock  above-named,  from  which  the  almswomen  derive 
.£20  a  year,  to  be  divided  amongst  them.  The  poor  of  Billesdon  are 
entitled  to  a  share  of  Woollastons  Charity,  (see  Twyford,)  and  the  sum 
derived  from  it  yearly  is  about  £25,  which  is  distributed  in  cloth,  flannel, 
and  sheeting.  They  have  about  £10  yearly  from  the  dividends  of  the 
above-named  stock,  in  consideration  of  £30  left  by  John  Pippin,  and 
£200  left  by  Mary  Heard.  They  have  also  a  yearly  rent-charge  of  5s., 
left  by  Robert  Arnold,  and  about  £'14  a  year  as  rent  of  the  Poor's 
Land,  which  comprises  six  acres,  allotted  at  the  enclosure,  in  lieu  of 
other  land  purchased  with  the  benefactions  of  Anthony  Cade  and  others. 
This  land  is  now  let  in  garden  plots  to  38  labourers.  Kennels,  with 
stabling  for  42  horses,  were  built  here  in  1838  by  Lord  Suffield,  and  are 
now  occupied  by  a  subscription  pack  of  hounds,  known  as  "  Mr.  Tailby's 
Hounds,"  which  hunt  over  one  of  the  finest  districts  for  the  sport  in  the 
kingdom,  including  parts  of  the  Quorn  and  Cottesmore  hunts,  and  having 


GAETREE   HUNDRED, 


529 


scarcely  any  ploughed  land.  Wm.  Ward  Tailby,  Esq.  of  Skeffington 
Hall,  is  master  of  the  hounds.  Here  are  two  clothing  clubs  and  a  coal 
club,  established  many  years  ago  by  the  vicar's  wife,  and  in  a  pros- 
perous condition. 

BILLESDON  UNION  comprises  36  parishes  and  townships,  viz : — 
Allexton,  Billesdon,  Cold-Newton,  Goadby,  Halstead,  Hungerton,  Key- 
ham,  Loddington,  Lowesby,  Marefield,  East  Norton,  Ouston,  Rolleston, 
Skeffington,  Tilton,  Tugby,  Whatborough,  and  Withcote,  forming  the 
Eastern  District ;  and  Burton-Overy,  Bushby,  Carlton-Curlieu,  Eving- 
ton,  Frisby,  Galby,  Glenn  Magna,  Houghton,  Humberstone,  Illston, 
Newton  Harcourt,  Norton-by- Galby,  Scraptoft,  Stoughton,  Stretton- 
Magna,  Stretton-Parva,  Thumby,  and  Wistow,  forming  the  Western  Dis- 
trict. It  includes  an  area  of  82  square  miles.  The  average  annual 
expenditure  of  the  36  parishes,  &c,  during  the  three  years  preceding  the 
formation  of  the  Union,  was  .£5066 ;  but  the  expenditure  in  1838  was 
only  £2715.  The  Union  Workhouse  stands  on  an  eminence  in  Billes- 
don parish,  and  was  erected  in  1846  at  a  cost  of  about  £3300.  It  has 
room  for  more  than  100  inmates,  and  is  fitted  up  with  every  requisite 
convenience.  The  Rev.  J.  Scholefield  is  chaplain ;  Mr.  Edward  and 
Mrs.  Thompson  are  master  and  matron  of  the  Workhouse ;  and  Annie 
Thompson  is  the  schoolmistress.  Thomas  Ingram,  Esq.,  of  Leicester,  is 
union  clerk  and  superintendent  registrar ;  and  Messrs.  W.  F.  Franks,  of 
Billesdon,  John  Hunt,  of  Thurnby,  and  John  M.  Fewkes,  of  Great 
Glenn,  are  the  medical  officers.  The  board  of  guardians  meets  every 
alternate  Thursday. 


BILLESDON     DIRECTORY. 

Post  Office  at  Richard  Eales's.  Letters  arrive  from  Leicester  at  seven 
morning,  and  are  despatched  at  nine  evening.  Foot  messengers  are  sent  daily 
from  this  office  to  Frisby,  Galby,  Halstead,  Illston,  Marefield,  King's  Norton, 
Rolleston,  Skeffington,  and  Tilton.  Money  Orders  are  granted  and  paid  from 
nine  morning  till  six  evening,  and  the  Post  Office  Savings'1  Bank  is  open 
during  the  same  hours. 


Atkin  Margaret  Ellen,  schoolmistress 
Ballard  Eliza,  haberdasher 
Bent  John,  assistant  overseer 
Bent  Richard,  hairdresser 
Carte  Mrs  Hanh.   [I   Combe  Mr  Harvey 
Cowdell  James,  schoolmaster 
Creaton  Donald  Hmphy.  boardg.  school 
Eales  Richard,  postmaster 
Ellis  Edwin,  saddler 
Farmer  Miss  My.  ||  Hemsley  Miss  Sar. 
Franks  William  Francis,  surgeon 
Freer  Charles  Thos.  Esq.  The  Coploio 
Goddard  John,  huntsman 
Goodman  Stafford,  corn  miller 
Green  Philip  P.  veterinary  surgeon 
Green  William,  cattle  salesman 
Lewin  Wm.  painter,  glazier,  &par.  elk. 
Oldham  Harry,  plumber  and  glazier 
Potter  Thomas  Hatton,  cooper,  basket 

maker,  and  bird  preserver 
Scholefield  Rev.  Joshua,  vicar  of  Billes- 
don, surrogate,  and  chaplain  to  the 
Union,  Vicarage 


Slawson  Miss  Jane  ||  Smith  Mrs  Sush. 
Thompson  Edw.  master  of  Workhouse 

INNS  AND  TAVERNS. 
New  Greyhound,  William  Underwood 
Old  Greyhound,  Edwin  Ellis 
Queen's  Head,  Thomas  Burdett 
White  Hart,  William  Bishop 


BAKEKS,    &C. 

Hawley  John 
]  Summers  Daniel 
j  Walton  John 

BLACKSMITHS. 

I  Payne  Thomas 
Wad  kin  Hmphy.  J. 

BRICKLAYERS. 

;  Bent  Thomas  and 

John 
J  Loseby  William 

BUTCHERS. 

'  Eales  Richard 
Horspool  Robert 
Ireland  Samuel 
Porter  George 


FARMERS  &   GRZRS. 

*  are  Owners. 
Allen  Henry 

*  Bishop  William 
BryanThos.&Geo. 

(&  cattle  salsm.) 

*  Clarke  J.  Smpkn. 
Eales  Thomas 
Frettsome  John 
Hart  John 
Horspool  Thos. 
Horspool  William 
Jeffrey  George 
Neep  Edward 
Ogden  Mary 
Pulling  Robert 

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530 


BILLESDON    DIRECTORY. 


ScrimshawCharles 
Skinner  George 
Smith  Kobert 
Smith  William 
♦Summers  Daniel 
Tomblin  Thomas 
Turnbull  William 
♦Wakerly  John 
Ward  Mary  Ann 


GROCEKS,    &C. 

Dove  Joseph 
Humphrey  Lionel 
Johnson  Isaac 
Sharpe     Thomas, 
(&  brick  maker.) 
Taylor  Benjamin 

JOINERS. 

Lee  Charles 


Mayfield  William 
Stableford  Thomas 

SHOEMAKERS. 

Allen  Sarah  Ann 
Atkin  Robert 
Taylor  Benjamin 
Woodcock  Thos. 

TAILORS. 

Slawson  William 


Slawson  Wm.  jun. 
Swift  John 

CARRIERS. 

Beastali    Wm.    to 

Leicester,  Mon. 

Wed.Fri.&Sat. 
Miles    Joseph,    to 

Leicester,  Mon. 

Wed.  and  Sat, 


Goadby,  a  small  village,  township,  and  chapelry,  in  the  parish  of 
Billesdon,  is  about  three  miles  S.S.E.  of  that  village,  and  eight  miles  N. 
by  E.  of  Market  Harborough.  It  contains  134  souls,  and  942a.  Or.  31p. 
of  land,  mostly  in  pasturage.  The  soil  is  a  red  marl,  and  xhe  surface 
hilly.  Sir  Arthur  G.  Hazlerigg,  Bart.,  is  lord  of  the  manor,  formerly 
spelt  Ooltebi,  and  sometimes  Gundeby ;  but  part  of  the  soil  belongs  to 
Lord  Berners,  and  Messrs.  John  Dunmore  and  John  Henson.  The 
Church  is  a  small  ancient  edifice,  with  a  belfry  containing  one  bell.  It 
was  newly  roofed,  reseated  with  open  benches,  and  had  a  new  pulpit 
erected,  and  other  improvements  carried  out  in  1848  ;  and  it  was  further 
repaired  in  1860,  when  a  plain  stained  glass  window,  with  a  medallion 
of  the  crucifixion  in  the  centre,  was  inserted  at  the  expense  of  Lord 
Berners.  A  harmonium  was  placed  in  the  church  about  six  years  ago. 
The  curacy  is  consolidated  with  the  vicarage  of  Billesdon.  The  present 
lord  of  the  manor  has  considerably  improved  the  appearance  of  the 
village  during  the  last  few  years,  by  the  erection  of  a  handsome  house, 
now  occupied  by  Mr.  Charles  Brown,  and  several  neat  cottages  occupied 
by  labourers.  He  has  also  built  a  handsome  school,  with  residence 
attached,  and  is  the  principal  contributor  towards  its  support.  Foot 
Post  from  Tugby  at  10^  morning. 


Dunmore  Misses  Frances  &  Sophia 

Gibson  Mrs  Ann 

Green  Rev.  William,    M.A.  curate  of 

Goadby  and  Rolleston,  and  minister 

of  Noseley 


Jolly  Eliza  Ann,  schoolmistress 
Palmer  Wm.  carrier  to  Leicester,  Sat. 
Farmers  &  Graziers. — Chas. Brown, 

Wm.  Horspool,  Thos.  Kendell,  Wm. 

Palmer,  and  Saml.  Shilcock. 


Rolleston,  a  township  and  chapelry  in  the  parish,  and  two  miles 
S.  by  E.  of  Billesdon,  is  about  nine  miles  from  Leicester  and  Market 
Harborough,  and  contains  only  42  inhabitants  and  920  acres  of  land, 
mostly  a  strong  clay,  and  the  ground  hilly.  Thos.  Heap,  Esq.,  is  lord 
of  the  manor,  and  owner  of  most  of  the  soil,  and  resides  at  Rolleston 
Hall,  a  handsome  stone  mansion,  which  was  new  fronted  about  1700, 
and  stands  a  little  north  of  the  church.  The  garden  and  pleasure 
grounds  surround  a  very  extensive  fish  pond,  at  the  head  of  which  is  a 
splendid  avenue  of  yew  trees,  25  yards  long,  and  from  30  to  40  feet  high, 
and  forming  an  arch,  cut  in  imitation  of  the  roof  of  Goadby  Church. 
Rolleston  Church  is  a  small  building,  which  was  rebuilt  in  1700,  and  is 
closely  encompassed  by  yew  trees,  whose  sombre  and  umbrageous  foliage 
almost  obscure  it  from  view.  It  has  a  square  tower  and  one  bell,  and 
the  curacy  is  consolidated  with  Billesdon  vicarage,  as  already  noticed. 
The  principal  inhabitants  are  Thos.  Heap,  Esq.,  Hall;  Josh.  Coleman, 
gardener ;  and  Alice  Hart,  Wm.  Skinner,  Geo.  Timms,  and  Job  Wilford, 
farmers  and  graziers. 


GARTREE    HUNDRED.  531 

BLASTON,  St.  Giles  and  St.  Michael,  form  a  small  village  and 
township,  in  a  pleasant  valley,  two  miles  S.E.  of  Hallaton,  five  miles 
S.W.  of  Uppingham,  and  7£  miles  N.E.  of  Market  Harborough.  Though 
they  support  their  poor  conjointly,  they  are  ecclesiastically  separate 
parishes.  St.  Giles'  Parish  contains  902  acres,  and  31  souls ;  and  St. 
Michael's,  340a.  1r.  10p.,  and  62  souls.  The  Rev.  George  Owsley 
Fenwicke  is  lord  of  the  manor,  which  has  been  variously  spelt  Blade- 
stone,  Blachestonei,  &c. ;  but  the  greater  part  of  the  soil  belongs  to  Wm. 
Chamberlaine,  Esq.,  the  Rev.  J.  H.  Dent,  Thos.  Paget,  Esq.,  Richard 
Gibbins,  Esq.,  and  William  Poyntz  Mason  Owsley,  Esq.  The  latter 
resides  at  the  Hall,  a  large  stone  mansion,  with  pleasant  grounds.  St. 
Giles'  Church  is  a  small  antique  fabric,  consisting  only  of  a  nave ;  and 
the  benefice  is  a  donative  rectory,  valued  in  K.B.  at  £7.  6s.  8d.,  and  now 
at  .£213,  in  the  patronage  of  the  Rev.  G.  O.  Fenwicke,  M.A.,  and 
incumbency  of  the  Rev.  Gerard  Charles  Fenwicke,  B.A.,  who  is  also 
rector  of  Stockerston.  He  has  32a.  3r.  27p.  of  glebe,  and  the  tithes 
were  commuted  in  1841  for  ,£175  per  annum.  The  parish  register  dates 
from  the  year  1676,  and  is  in  good  preservation.  The  parishioners 
bury  at  Medbourne.  St.  Michael's  Church,  at  the  east  end  of  the 
village,  is  a  small  building,  and  the  living  is  a  donative,  consolidated 
with  the  rectory  of  Hallaton,  under  the  name  of  Hallaton-cum-Blaston, 
in  the  alternate  patronage  of  the  Rev.  G.  O.  Fenwicke  and  C.  Bewicke, 
Esq.,  and  incumbency  of  the  Rev.  T.  C.  Peake,  M.A.  The  poor  of 
Blaston  have  about  £12  a  year  from  Valentine  Goodman's  Charity, 
noticed  with  Hallaton.  Behind  the  hall  is  a  chapel,  attended  by  a 
congregation  styled  the  "  Christian  Association,"  and  built  in  1861  by 
W.  P.  M.  Owsley,  Esq.,  who  officiates  as  its  minister,  and  pays  the 
current  expenses.  The  principal  inhabitants  are  Miss  Mary  Ann 
Brown;  the  Rev.  Gerald  Chas.  Fenwicke,  B.A. ;  Lucy  Kirby,  shop- 
keeper; Wm.  Poyntz  Mason  Owsley,  Esq.,  Blaston  Hall;  and  Joseph 
Fletcher,  Joseph  Kirby  (carpenter),  and  Reuben  Skeffington,  farmers. 

BOWDEN  MAGNA,  or  Great  Bowden,  is  a  long  straggling  village, 
with  several  good  houses,  pleasantly  situated  about  a  mile  N.E.  of 
Market  Harborough,  on  the  north  side  of  the  vale  of  the  river  Welland, 
which  separates  it  from  Northamptonshire.  Its  parish  is  traversed  on 
the  west  by  the  Union  Canal,  and  on  the  east  by  the  Rugby  and  Stam- 
ford Railway ;  and  comprises  about  3500  acres  of  land,  having  a  strong 
clayey  soil,  and  supposed  to  be  the  best  grazing  land  in  England. 
Except  a  few  hundred  acres,  the  whole  is  in  grass.  The  parish  is 
divided  into  two  townships,  viz.,  Great  Bowden,  which  has  1395 
inhabitants,  and  is  assessed  to  the  county  rate  at  the  annual  value  of 
£29109 ;  and  Market  Harborough,  which  has  2302  inhabitants,  and  is 
assessed  at  £5361  per  annum.  The  latter  is  a  parochial  Chapelry,  and 
comprises  very  little  land  besides  the  site  of  the  town.  The  heirs  of  the 
late  Earl  of  Harborough  are  lords  of  the  manor  of  Great  Bowden  ;  but 
most  of  the  soil  belongs  to  Christ's  Church  College,  Oxford,  R.  Walker, 
Esq.,  T.  Paget,  Esq.,  W.  W.  Tailby,  Esq.,  J.  Perkins,  Esq.,  Mrs.  Sophia 
West,  Messrs.  W.  S.  TindaU,  T.  Hubbard,  T.  B.  Saunt,  and  others. 
The  parish  was  enclosed  in  1776,  when  all  the  great  and  small  tithes, 
belonging  to  Christ  Church,  Oxford,  were  commuted  for  allotments  of 
land.  The  Dean  and  Chapter  of  this  College,  as  appropriators,  have 
now  an  estate  here  of  500  acres,  which  is  held  on  lease  by  Richard 
Walker,  Esq.,  who  occupies  the  Rectory  House,  a  large  and  commodious 
stone  mansion,  near  the  church.  At  the  Domesday  Survey,  the  manor 
was  held  by  the  King ;  and  in  1392,  it  was  held  bv  Henry  le  Scrope, 

2l2 


532  GREAT   BOWDEN   PARISH. 

from  whose  family  it  passed  to  that  of  Villiers,  in  the  early  part  of  the 
10th  century.  The  impropriate  rectory  and  the  advowson  were  granted 
to  Lord  Wriothesley,  who  gave  them  to  the  Dean  and  Chapter  of 
Christ  Church,  Oxford,  who  are  still  patrons  of  the  benefice,  which  is 
a  perpetual  curacy,  valued  at  £200,  and  now  in  the  incumbency  of  the 
Rev.  Edward  Griffin,  B.A.,  of  Stoke-Albany,  Northamptonshire.  It 
was  augmented,  in  1776,  with  .£200  of  Q.A.B.,  and  £200  given  by  Dr. 
Stratford's  Trustees ;  and,  in  1814,  with  a  Parliamentary  grant  of  £400. 
The  Ohurch  (St.  Peter)  is  a  large  ancient  structure,  consisting  of  a  nave, 
chancel,  side  aisles,  south  porch,  and  tower.  The  latter  is  embattled, 
with  pinnacles  at  the  angles,  and  is  crowned  by  a  remarkably  short  spire, 
and  contains  five  bells.  The  interior  of  the  church  is  in  good  repair, 
and  contains  several  neat  monuments.  The  Rev.  John  Jackson,  M.A., 
is  the  curate,  and  Joseph  Northan,  clerk  and  sexton.  The  chancel  is 
kept  in  repair  by  R.  Walker,  Esq.,  as  lessee  impropriator.  A  National 
School  was  built  here  in  1839,  at  a  cost  of  £600,  and  is  principally  sup- 
ported by  subscription  and  the  children's  pence.  Here  is  a  small  chapel 
belonging  to  Independents,  but  it  is  only  used  once  a  month. 

Chaeities. — In  1723,  John  Durrad  left  the  interest  of  £20  for  school- 
ing poor  children.  The  Rev.  R.  Atkins  left  land,  and  directed  the  rent 
to  be  applied  in  schooling  poor  children,  except  24s.  for  a  yearly 
distribution  of  bread.  At  the  enclosure,  this  land  was  exchanged  for 
3a.  2r.  24p.,  commonly  called  the  Church  land,  and  now  worth  about 
£10  a  year.  For  distribution  in  bread,  John  Parsons,  in  1716,  left  a 
yearly  rent-charge  of  24s.  out  of  Willowsgate  Close;  and  another  of  26s., 
for  the"  same  purpose,  was  left,  in  1755,  by  James  Clarke,  out  of  52  acres 
of  land  here.  In  1800,  Henry  Shuttleworth  directed  his  widow  to 
secure  the  yearly  payments  of  £2. 12s.  for  a  weekly  distribution  of  Is. 
worth  of  bread,  and  £2. 12s.  for  the  officiating  curate,  on  condition  of 
his**preaching  four  sermons.  In  satisfaction  of  Mr.  Shuttleworth's 
bequests,  there  are  now  two  sums  of  £86.  13s.  4d.  each  Three  per  Cent. 
Consols.  In  1835,  the  <£2.  12s.  intended  for  the  minister  had  never 
been  paid,  and  the  arrears  had  accumulated  to  .£45.  10s.  The  testator 
directed  this  branch  of  the  charity  to  be  divided  among  ten  poor  house- 
holders, if  the  sermons  were  not  preached  either  at  the  church  or 
dissenting  chapel.  The  poor  have  10s.  a  year  out  of  the  Shoulder  of 
Mutton  public  house,  left  by  Richard  Kestin,  in  1674.  The  Feoffee 
Land,  which  had  been  vested  in  trust  from  an  early  period,  for  repairing 
the  church,  roads,  and  bridges,  was  exchanged  at  the  enclosure,  in  1776, 
for  25a.  2r.  24p.,  now  worth  about  £100  a  year,  of  which  one-third  is 
distributed  amongst  the  poor,  one-third  is  applied  in  the  reparation  of 
footways  and  footbridges,  and  the  rest  goes  towards  the  general  purposes 
of  the  church. 


Bowden  (Little)  is  a  small  village  and  parish,  on  the  south  side  of 
the  Welland,  in  Northamptonshire,  about  half-a-mile  south  of  Market 
Harborough.  It  contains  486  souls,  and  about  2000  acres,  including 
Little  Oxenden  hamlet,  which  has  only  one  house  and  750  acres.  Its 
parish  Church  (St.  Nicholas)  is  a  rectory,  valued  at  £400,  in  the  patron- 
age and  incumbency  of  the  Rev.  T.  W.  Barlow,  M.A.  The  above  brief 
notice  is  inserted  to  render  the  following  intelligible  : — The  ancient  Church 
of  St.  Mary  in  Arden,  stands  in  Great  Bowden  parish,  on  the  north  side 
of  the  Welland,  about  half-a-mile  E.  of  Market  Harborough,  and  has 
ecclesiastically  a  parochial  jurisdiction,  extending  over  about  466  acres, 
in  Great  and  Little  Bowden,  the  southern  part  being  in  Northampton- 
shire. The  houses  belonging  to  it  are  all  in  Little  Bowden,  and  are  about 


LITTLE    BOWDEN    PARISH. 


533 


29  in  number,  interspersed  with  the  other  houses  of  that  village.  This 
ancient  church  has  a  large  burial  ground,  and  its  tower  and  spire  were 
blown  down  in  1662,  after  which  it  remained  about  30  years  in  ruins. 
The  body  of  the  church  was  repaired  in  1693,  and  measures  43  feet  by  18, 
and  22  feet  in  height,  but  the  steeple  was  never  rebuilt.  The  porch  on 
the  south  side  contains  a  fine  Norman  doorway,  and  is  part  of  the  original 
fabric,  supposed  to  have  been  built  as  early  as  1066.  Its  perpetual  curacy 
was  consolidated  with  that  of  Market  Harborough,  in  1614,  by  the  Arch- 
bishop of  Canterbury  and  the  Bishop  of  Lincoln,  in  accordance  with  the 
petition  of  the  inhabitants  of  that  town.  In  the  document  appointing 
this  consolidation  it  is  ordered  that  the  curate  shall  solemnize  marriages 
only  in  the  parochial  chapel  at  Market  Harborough,  and  perform  divine 
service  there  regularly ;  but  in  order  that  St.  Mary's  church  might  not 
be  "  utterly  neglected,"  it  was  decreed  that  service  should  be  performed 
there  occasionally.  St.  Mary's  in  Arden  is  supposed  to  signify  St.  Marys 
in  the  Wood.  Its  church-yard  is  used  by  many  families  in  Market  Har- 
borough, and  contains  a  great  number  of  altar  tombs  and  upright  stones. 


GREAT    BOWDEN    DIRECTORY. 


Those  living  near  Market  Harborough  are  included  in  the  directory  of  that  town* 

Post  Office  at  Thomas  Cleaver's.    Letters  arrive  from  Market  Harborough 
at  11  morning,  and  are  despatched  at  5.50  evening. 

Chater  John,  Esq.  ||  Dimock  Mrs  My. 
Eagle  Mrs  Ann  j|  Gilbert  Mrs  Eliz. 
Gilbert  Thos.  painter  and  asst.  oversr. 
Goode  John,  pig  dealer 
Greenwood  Frdk.  master,  Natl,  school 
Hay  William,  Esq.  Boivden  Hall 
Hunt  Rowland,  Esq.  Bow  den  House 
Judd  Alfred,  auctioneer,  corn  dlr.  &c. 
Lambert  Mr  Jno.  ||  Le  Fevre  Mrs  E. 
Monk  Hy.  toll  collector,  Bowden  gate 
Morris  Mr  Robert  ||  Neal  Mrs 
Moss  Matthew,  relieving  officer 
Pearson  Emma,  mistress,  Natl,  school 
Rowlatt  Mrs  Mary  ||  York  Dr.  James 
Saddington  Thomas,  cow  leech 
Seabroke  Thomas  P.  Esq.  The  Grange 
Tilley  John,  cowkeeper 
Walker  Richard,  Esq.  The  Rectory 

INNS  AND  TAVERNS. 
Bowden  New  Inn,  Robert  Eames 
Great  Bowden  Inn,  Thomas  Wright 
Railway  Inn,  Benjamin  Rowley 
Red  Lion,  William  Lawrance 
Royal  Oak,  John  Paine 
Shoulder  of  Mutton,  George  Allen 
Three  Horse  Shoes,  John  Boulton 
Victoria,  John  Burditt 

bakers,  &c.       I  Patrick  James 
Neal  William  West  John 


BEERHOUSE. 

Bolton  John 

BLACKSMITHS. 

Gilbert  Joseph 
Wilford  Samuel 

BRICKLAYERS. 

Barron  William 
Bassett  James 
Leeds  Benjamin 

BUTCHERS. 

Clarke  William 
Cox  John 

DRAPERS. 

Reynolds  John 
Ward  Edward 

FARMERS. 

*  are  Owners. 
Bland  Francis,  (& 

cattle  salesman.) 
*  Chater  John 
Chater  J.  Woolston 
Deacon  Joseph 
♦Dexter  John 
Dormer  Thomas 
Dunmore  William 
Miller  William 
♦Rowlatt  Thomas 
Russell  John 
Russell  Thomas 
Russell  William 


♦Saddington  Jph. 
(&  high  bailiff) 
Sedgeley  John 
Turner  Thomas 
Webb  George 
West  John 

GARDENER. 

Gilbert  Thos.  sen. 

JOINERS,     &C. 

Carter  Thomas 
Charlton  John 
Charlton  Joseph 
Knowles  James 
Pettifor  Thomas 

SHOEMAKERS. 

Cleaver  Thomas 
Northan    Joseph, 
(&  parish  clerk) 
Sansum  Thomas 

SHOPKEEPERS. 

Carter  Hannah 
Elliott  Thomas 
Lucas  Charles 
Northan  Joseph 
Sansum  George 
Sharp  John 

TAILORS. 

Archer  Thomas 
Robinson  John 
Robinson  Joseph 


534 

MARKET  HARBOROUGH. 

Market  Harborough  is  a  small,  but  neat  and  busy  market  town, 
in  the  heart  of  a  rich-  farming  and  grazing  district,  pleasantly  situated 
on  the  north  side  of  the  small  river  Welland,  which  divides  it  from 
Northamptonshire,  14£  miles  S.E.  of  Leicester ;  83  miles  N.N.W.  of 
London ;  13  miles  E.  by  N.  of  Lutterworth ;  17  miles  N.  of  North- 
ampton; and  11  miles  N.W.  by  W.  of  Kettering.  A  branch  of  the 
Union  Canal  extends  south-eastward  in  a  sinuous  course  to  within  a 
short  distance  of  the  north  side  of  the  town ;  and  the  great  turnpike 
road  from  London  to  Leicester,  Nottingham,  Sheffield,  Manchester, 
&c,  passes  through  the  principal  street,  but  it  is  now  robbed  of  most 
of  its  former  extensive  traffic  by  the  Rugby  and  Stamford,  Leicester 
and  Hitchin,  and  Northampton  and  Harborough  Railivays,  which  now 
intersect  each  other  near  the  church  of  St.  Mary  in  Arden,  about  half-a- 
mile  east  of  the  town,  where  there  is  a  railway  station.  As  already 
noticed  at  page  531,  Market  Harborough  is  a  township  and  parochial 
chapelry,  in  the  parish  of  Bowden  Magna,  or  Great  Bowden,  comprising 
but  very  little  land  besides  the  site  of  the  town.  It  had  only  1716 
inhabitants  in  1801  and  1873  in  1821 ;  but  in  1831,  they  had  increased 
to  2272,  and  in  1841  to  2433,  but  in  1851  they  had  decreased  to  2325, 
and  in  1861,  to  2302,  to  which,  if  we  add  the  inhabitants  of  the  adjacent 
parts  of  Great  and  Little  Bowden,  the  total  population  of  the  town  and 
suburbs  is  upwards  of  3000  souls.  During  the  last  60  years,  the  town 
has  been  greatly  improved,  and  it  is  now  generally  well-built.  Its 
principal  street,  extending  northward  from  the  river  Welland,  is  about 
600  yards  in  length,  lined  on  each  side  with  many  good  houses,  inns, 
and  well-stocked  shops,  and  of  considerable  breadth,  except  where  it  is 
contracted  by  the  church,  market,  and  other  buildings,  which  in  one 
part  divide  it  into  two  thoroughfares.  Several  short  and  narrow  streets 
and  lanes  diverge  from  each  side  of  the  High  street ;  and  in  the  vicinity 
are  many  pleasant  roads  and  footpaths,  in  the  vale  of  the  Welland,  on 
both  sides  of  the  river,  where  there  are  some  of  the  richest  grazing 
grounds  in  England.  Most  of  the  town  lies  rather  low,  but  the  northern 
part  of  it  rises  nearly  to  the  level  of  the  Canal,  which  commences  at  the 
top  of  the  hill,  and  is  a  branch  from  the  Union  Canal,  finished  in  the  early 
part  of  the  present  century.  The  Market,  held  every  Tuesday,  is  well- 
supplied  with  corn,  cattle,  provisions,  &c,  and  is  numerously  attended 
by  farmers,  graziers,  dealers,  and  carriers,  residing  within  the  distance 
of  many  miles,  in  this  county  and  those  of  Northampton  and  Rutland. 
Fairs  for  horses,  cattle,  sheep,  &c,  are  held  on  the  29th  of  April,  and  on 
the  19th  of  October  and  three  or  four  following  days.  The  latter  is 
proclaimed  on  the  19th,  but  there  are  generally  large  shows  of  horses, 
&c,  on  the  two  preceding  days.  Smaller  fairs  for  the  sale  of  cattle, 
sheep,  &c,  are  held  here  on  the  second  Tuesday  in  January,  first 
Tuesday  after  12th  February ;  Tuesday  after  March  2nd ;  Tuesday  after 
Midlent  Sunday ;  last  Tuesday  in  July  ;  Tuesday  before  Nov.  22nd ;  and 
on  December  8th.  The  annual  feast  is  on  the  second  Sunday  in  July. 
In  the  reign  of  Queen  Elizabeth,  the  town  was  extensively  engaged  in 
the  manufacture  of  shoes  for  London  and  other  markets ;  and  till  the 
latter  part  of  last  century,  the  manufacture  of  tammies,  shalloons,  lastings, 
&c,  employed  many  families  in  the  town  and  neighbourhood ;  in  some 
years  as  much  as  <£30,000  being  received  here  for  tammies  only.  Here 
are  now  a  large  pea-flour  manufactory,  several  malt-houses,  a  brewery,  a 
brush  manufactory,  26  inns  and  taverns,  and  all  the  trades  usually 
found  in  small  market  towns,  deriving  their  chief  support  from  agricul- 


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ture.  The  River  Wetland  takes  its  rise  from  a  spring  under  the 
Parsonage  House  at  Sibbertoft,  about  five  miles  W.S.W.  of  Market 
Harborough,  and  was  formerly  well-stocked  with  pike,  perch,  roach, 
dace,  eels,  and  other  fish ;  but  when  Harrod  wrote,  in  1808,  not  only  the 
fish  were  "  choaked,"  but  the  river  also ;  its  shallow  waters  being  in 
many  parts  overgrown  with  rushes.  The  town  is  well  supplied  with 
spring  water  ;  and  at  the  north  end  of  it  is  a  large  pond,  the  water  of 
which  can  be  let  off  into  a  conduit  in  the  High  street  in  case  of  fire,  and 
stopped  in  any  part  where  it  may  be  wanted.  The  Gas  Works,  from 
which  the  streets,  shops,  &c,  are  now  well  lighted,  were  established  in 
1833  by  a  company  of  proprietors,  in  132  shares  of  .£25  each.  The  charge 
to  consumers  is  5s.  Gd.  per  1000  cubic  feet,  and  the  two  gasholders  will 
each  contain  6000  feet.  The  shares  are  now  worth  £35  each.  Mr. 
John  Lester  is  secretary  to  the  company,  and  Mr.  Wm.  Shuttleworth  is 
manager  of  the  works.  A  weekly  newspaper,  called  the  Market  Har- 
borough Advertiser,  is  published  every  Tuesday,  by  Mr.  Wm.  Eland,  of 
Church  street. 

The  Corn  Exchange,  in  High  street,  is  a  large  and  handsome  stone 
building,  erected  in  1858,  at  a  cost  of  .£3500,  raised  partly  in  shares  of 
£10  each,  and  partly  by  subscription.  The  Corn  Exchange  Hall,  which 
occupies  the  rear  of  the  building,  is  66  feet  long  and  33  feet  wide.  It  is 
a  lofty,  well-lighted  room,  handsomely  fitted  up,  and  is  frequently  used 
for  balls,  concerts,  and  other  public  meetings.  The  front  part  of  the 
building  on  the  ground  floor  is  let  for  offices,  and  on  the  first  floor  is  a  large 
room,  33  feet  long  by  18  feet  wide,  which  is  used  as  a  News  Room  and 
Library,  and  is  frequented  by  most  of  the  principal  people  of  the  town 
and  neighbourhood,  who  pay  10s.  each  per  annum.  The  library  contains 
more  than  500  volumes,  and  there  is  a  good  supply  of  London  and  pro- 
vincial newspapers  and  periodicals.  Mr.  Henry  Freestone  is  the  hono- 
rary secretary  of  the  library,  &c,  and  Mr.  S.  W.  Cox  is  secretary  to  the 
directors  of  the  building.  The  Town  Hall  was  built  by  the  Earl  of 
Harborough  in  1788,  partly  as  a  mart  for  the  tammy  manufacturers. 
It  is  a  neat  and  spacious  building  in  High  street,  and  the  ground  floor 
is  occupied  by  butchers  on  market  days,  and  for  the  reception  of  the 
movable  stalls  of  other  butchers  who  stand  in  the  Market  place.  Petty 
Sessions  are  held  in  the  upper  room  for  the  neighbouring  parts  of  Lei- 
cestershire and  Northamptonshire  every  Tuesday,  and  Mr.  Robert  Lowe 
is  clerk  to  the  magistrates.  The  Police  Station,  used  by  the  constabulary 
force  of  both  counties,  was  built  in  1838.  It  stands  near  the  church, 
and  was  erected  in  lieu  of  the  old  Guard  House,  which  Harrod  classed 
among  the  nuisances  of  the  town  in  1808,  together  with  the  Stocks, 
which  stood  at  the  east  end  of  it.  Mr.  John  lliffe  is  the  superintendent 
of  police,  and  also  high  constable  and  inspector  of  weights  and  measures. 
The  butter  and  poultry  market  is  under  the  Free  Grammar  School,  an 
old  building  on  pillars  and  arches,  as  afterwards  noticed.  The  Stamp 
Office  is  at  Mr.  Richard  Lawrence's,  High  street.  The  County  Court 
is  held  once  a  month  in  the  Corn  Exchange.  Mr.  Sergeant  Robert 
Miller  is  the  judge,  and  Thomas  Heath,  Esq.,  of  Warwick,  treasurer. 
Market  Harborough  District  includes  Ashley,  Arthingworth,  Great  and 
Little  Bowden,  Husband's  Bosworth,  Brampton,  Braybrooke,  Clipston, 
Cranoe,  Dingley,  East  Farndon,  Fleckney,  Foxton,  Glooston,  Gumley, 
Hazlebeech,  Hothorpe,  Kelmarsh,  Kibworth  Beauchamp,  Kibworth 
Harcourt,  Tur  Langton,  West  Langton,  East  Langton,  Langton  Thorpe, 
Laughton,Lubbenham,  Market  Harborough,  Marston  Trussell,  Mowsley, 
Naseby,  Great  Oxendon,  Saddington,  Shangton,  Smeeton  Westerby, 
Sibbertoft,  Stoke  Albany,  Stonton  Wyville,  Sulby,  Sutton  Bassett,  Thed- 


536  MARKET    HARBOROUGH. 

dingvvorth,  Welliam,  Weston,  and  Wilbarston.  The  County  Court  Office 
is  in  High  street,  and  William  Wartnaby,  Esq.,  is  the  registrar.  Mr. 
Joseph  Saddington,  of  Great  Bowden,  is  high  bailiff,  and  Thomas  Cole- 
man bailiff. 

The  Manor  of  Market  Harborough  is  a  member  of  that  of  Great 
Bowden,  and  within  it  is  an  estate  called  Norwich  Manor,  in  which  the 
proprietor  of  one  of  the  houses  formed  out  of  the  King's  Head  Inn  has 
the  trouble  of  collecting  the  lord's  small  quit  rents,  varying  from  5s.  to  a 
few  pence,  and  amounting  only  to  the  annual  sum  of  19s.  They  were 
held  by  the  Crown  till  the  reign  of  Henry  II.,  and  afterwards  by  the 
Manduit  and  Cantilupe  families  ;  but  they  occasionally  reverted  to  the 
Crown  till  they  passed  to  the  Scropes,»who  held  them  from  1334  till 
1537.  They  afterwards  passed  to  the  Wyville,  Strelle3%  Griffin,  Sprigg, 
Halford,  Durrad,  and  other  families.  The  heirs  of  the  late  Earl  of 
Harborough  are  now  lords  of  the  manors,  which  have  been  held  by  the 
Sherard  family  since  1785 ;  but  most  of  the  soil  and  buildings  belong  to 
other  proprietors,  as  noticed  with  Great  Bowden  at  page  531.  The  Elms, 
a  large  brick  mansion,  with  woody  pleasure  grounds,  on  an  eminence  at 
the  north  end  of  the  town,  is  the  delightful  seat  of  Sir  William  De- 
Capell-Brooke,  Bart.,  who  succeeded  his  brother,  the  second  baronet,  in 
1858,  and  has  other  seats  at  Oakley,  Northamptonshire ;  and  Aghadoe, 
and  Roxborough,  County  Cork.  His  son  and  heir,  Richard  Lewis  De- 
Capell-Brooke,  Esq.,  was  born  in  1831.  The  Earls  of  Harborough  derived 
their  title  from  tins  town,  as  noticed  at  page  382,  but  on  the  death  of 
the  late  Earl,  in  1859,  the  title  became  extinct.  For  the  above-named 
manors,  a  fee-farm  rent  of  £6.  Cs.  7d.  is  paid  to  the  Crown.  From 
time  immemorial,  the  lords  of  these  manors  had  taken  toll  for  all  carts, 
waggons,  and  carriages  passing  through  them,  and  for  every  flock  of 
sheep  of  seven  or  more,  4d. ;  and,  if  under  seven,  a  halfpenny  a  piece  ; 
and  similar  tolls  were  demanded  for  the  passage  of  cows,  oxen,  bulls, 
hogs,  &c.  A  loaded  waggon  or  wain  paid  2d. ;  and  a  loaded  cart,  Id. 
These  "  Thorough  Tolls'  were  a  serious  injury  to  the  town,  as  cattle, 
carriages,  &c,  which  would  have  passed  through,  often  avoided  it  by 
taking  another  route;  and  as  the  late  Earl  of  Harborough  expended 
nothing  in  the  reparation  of  roads  and  bridges,  the  inhabitants,  after 
many  years  complaining,  disputed  his  right  to  take  toll  at  the  Leicester 
Spring  Assizes,  in  1843,  when  his  lordship  was  non-suited.  He,  how- 
ever, moved  for  a  new  trial,  which  took  place  in  1844,  at  Warwick, 
where  he  was  also  beaten ;  and  since  then  no  "  Thorough  Tolls"  have 
been  paid.  Formerly,  the  lords  of  the  manor  held  a  Court  Baron  every 
three  weeks,  for  the  trial  of  actions  for  debt,  &c,  under  40s.,  but  it  has 
not  been  held  since  the  16th  century.  Wm.  Latham,  Esq.,  of  Melton, 
is  steward  of  the  Court  Leet,  which  is  held  occasionally  at  the  Three 
Swans  Inn. 

In  the  Testa  de  Nevill,  this  place  is  called  Herberburr  and  Haver- 
berg  ;  and  by  the  latter  name  it  is  designated  in  most  other  ancient 
writings.  A  tradition  says,  the  town  had  its  rise  from  a  single  roadside 
inn,  celebrated  for  its  excellent  oats,  which  in  some  districts  were  called 
Haver.  Another  account  is,  that  the  town  was  built  by  the  Earl  of 
Chester,  who  resided  at  Leicester  Castle,  for  the  convenience  of  a 
lodging  for  himself  and  retinue  in  his  passage  to  and  from  London. 
But  there  is  reason  to  believe  that  neither  of  these  traditions  have  any 
foundation  in  truth,  for  it  is  certain  that  Harborough  has  a  strong  claim 
to  Roman  antiquity.  On  the  east  side  of  the  town,  there  are  still  some 
vestiges  of  an  ancient  encampment,  which,  from  its  form,  may  be  con- 
sidered of  Roman  origin.    The  most  conspicuous  traces  of  the  entrench- 


MARKET   HARBOROUGH.  537 

merits  are  in  the  King's  Head  Close,  so  called  from  its  "being  attached  to, 
the  ancient  King's  Head  Inn,  now  a  private  dwelling.  The  banks  and 
fosse,  now  nearly  levelled  with  the  adjacent  lands,  encompassed  a  square 
area  of  about  six  acres,  near  which  were  discovered,  in  1779,  two 
sepulchral  urns,  formed  of  clay  slightly  baked,  and  one  of  them  very 
large.  Two  other  small  urns  were  afterwards  found ;  and  at  subsequent 
periods  various  fragments  of  other  urns,  burnt  bones,  pieces  of  a  patera, 
&c,  have  been  discovered.  Even  in  the  principal  street,  an  ancient 
drain,  which  appeared  to  be  of  Iloman  masonry,  was  found  a  few  feet 
below  the  surface,  about  the  close  of  last  century ;  during  which  no 
fewer  than  twelve  tradesmen  here  issued  money  tokens,  which  is  some 
proof  of  the  commercial  consequence  of  the  town  during  that  period. 
Several  lead  tokens  of  Elizabeth's  reign  have  been  found  here,  and 
also  many  Nuremburgh  jettoons,  which  probably  had  belonged  to  the 
Flemings,  who  came  over  in  1173,  to  assist  the  Earl  of  Leicester  in  his 
rebellion  in  favour  of  the  eldest  son  of  Henry  II.  (See  page  123.)  In 
the  tumults  of  1381,  occasioned  by  the  poll-tax,  the  insurgents,  after 
demolishing  the  palace  of  John  of  Gaunt,  at  the  Savoy,  projected  a  plan 
of  extending  their  depreciations  to  the  Duke's  property  at  Leicester 
Castle ;  and  a  party  of  them  advanced  as  far  as  Harborough,  but  hearing 
that  they  would  meet  with  a  warm  reception,  they  retreated.  In  1564, 
there  were  only  78  families  in  the  chapelry,  but  it  had  1150  souls  and 
200  houses  in  1704;  when  40  of  its  families  were  Dissenters,  and  4 
Methodists.  Of  the  320  families  in  1788,  80  were  Dissenters,  0  Metho- 
dists, 2  Sandhnonians,  1  Quaker,  1  Papist,  and  1  Jew.  The  ancient 
market  cross  was  taken  down  in  1615,  at  the  cost  of  Is.  8d.,  besides  4d. 
for  carrying  the  stones  to  the  Ram  yard.  In  1008,  5s.  4d.  was  paid  for 
mending  the  butts,  where  archery  was  practised. 

Harborough  was  the  head  quarters  of  the  Royal  army  previous  to  the 
Battle  of  Naseby,  in  Northamptonshire,  which  proved  so  fatal  to  the 
Royal  cause,  in  June,  1045.  (See  pp.  127  to  132.)  King  Charles  was 
at  Lubbenham,  and  hearing  that  the  Parliamentary  army  was  beating 
up  in  the  rear  of  the  Royal  camp,  he  hastened  to  Harborough,  and 
called  a  council  of  war.  It  was  then  agreed  to  hazard  an  engagement 
the  next  morning,  and  the  Royal  army  formed,  it  is  supposed,  upon  the 
hill  south  of  the  town,  between  Oxenden  and  Farndon.  From  this 
advantageous  position  they  were  drawn  by  the  rashness  of  Prince 
Rupert,  and  hurried  on  to  battle,  in  which,  in  a  few  hours,  the  King's 
party  was  completely  routed.  The  Royalists  were  nearly  equal  in 
number  with  the  Parliamentarians,  and,  had  they  used  proper  caution, 
the  result  might  have  been  different.  After  a  quick  march  of  four 
miles,  they  attacked  the  enemy  in  a  lofty  and  commanding  situation, 
before  their  own  cannon  arrived.  The  consequence  was  inevitable,  and 
the  infatuated  and  ill-conducted  Royal  troops  were  nearly  all  slain  or 
taken  prisoners.  Many  of  them  were  conveyed  back  to  Harborough, 
and  confined  all  night  in  the  chapel.  The  King,  and  the  small  remnant 
of  his  army,  fled  to  Leicester,  pursued  by  the  enemy,  to  within  a  few 
miles  of  that  town.  Cromwell,  in  his  letter  to  the  Speaker  of  the  House 
of  Commons,  dated  "  Haverbrowe,"  June  14th,  1045,  states  that,  in  this 
battle,  they  "  killed  and  took  about  5000 ;"  also  about  200  carriages, 
and  the  enemy's  twelve  guns.  This  defeat  was  attended  with  two  dis- 
tressing circumstances.  The  King's  cabinet  letters,  among  which  were 
the  private  ones  that  passed  between  him  and  his  Queen,  were  taken 
and  basely  published  by  the  insulting  foe.  And  the  conquerors,  fiercely 
pursuing  the  routed  royalists,  lulled,  besides  men,  many  ladies,  whose 
coaches  were  overturned  in  their  hasty  flight,  particularly  in  the 


538  MARKET    HARBOROUGH. 

south  part  of  Farndon  field,  within  the  gate-place  in  the  road  between 
Naseby  and  Farndon.  The  Parliament  horse,  galloping  along,  as  Mr. 
Morton  (author  of  the  Natural  History  of  Northamptonshire)  was 
informed  by  an  eye-witness,  cut  and  slashed  the  women,  with  this 
sarcasm  at  every  stroke,  "  Remember  Cromwell  I  you  wh — s .'" — Sir  Ralph 
Hopton,  as  they  said,  having  used  their  women  in  a  similar  manner  in 
Cornwall.  In  this  pursuit,  it  is  said,  about  a  hundred  women  were 
killed,  many  of  them  the  wives  of  officers  of  quality.  The  unfortunate 
King  Charles  stayed  one  night  in  Harborough,  in  his  flight  from  Oxford, 
in  disguise.  He  passed  on  to  Stamford,  and  afterwards,  being  delivered 
up  to  his  enemies  by  the  Scots,  he  passed  through  the  town  a  prisoner. 
In  1043,  the  Princess  of  Denmark  slept  here  one  night,  on  her  way  to 
Nottingham,  when,  on  her  father's  abdication,  she  left  the  court  to 
follow  the  Prince,  her  husband.  In  1743,  ten  houses  in  the  town  were 
destroyed  by  fire  ;  and  in  1750,  a  violent  shock  of  an  earthquake  was 
felt.  In  1702,  there  were  twelve  old  people  living  here  whose  united 
ages  amounted  to  1004  years.  On  "  Running  Thursday"  1088,  the 
town  paid  £2.  4s.  "  to  keep  out  the  Irish."  Christian  VII.,  King  of 
Denmark,  partook  of  a  cold  collation  at  the  Swan  Inn,  on  his  road  to 
London,  in  1708.  In  1803,  during  the  war  with  France,  Harborough 
raised  a  respectable  corps  of  Volunteers,  for  the  defence  of  the  country, 
under  the  command  of  Wm.  French  Major,  Esq.,  of  the  Elms.  The 
other  officers  were  P.  O.  Adams,  Esq.,  captain ;  W.  Atkins  and  C. 
Heygate,  lieutenants;  and  T.  Green  and  J.  Chater,  ensigns.  These 
volunteers  were  about  140  in  number,  divided  into  two  companies,  and 
went  on  permanent  duty  to  Melton  Mowbray,  in  1804,  and  to  Daventry, 
in  1805.  Astroits,  or  star  stones,  are  found  in  a  brook  near  the  town ; 
and  on  sinking  a  well,  in  1783,  a  large  quantity  of  them  were  found. 
Sir  Hans  Sloane  mentions  two  elephant's  tusks  being  dug  up  in  Little 
Bowden  field.  The  town  was  visited,  in  1041  and  1045,  by  the  plague, 
of  which  seventeen  died  here  in  the  former,  and  ten  in  the  latter  year. 
During  the  plague  in  London,  two  men  who  had  fled  from  thence,  not 
being  allowed  to  enter  the  town,  took  up  their  abode  in  the  porch  of  the 
church  of  Saint  Mary  in  Arden,  and  food  was  left  for  them  daily  at  a 
certain  place  in  that  vicinity.  The  failure  of  the  Bank  of  Messrs.  J. 
and  H.  Goddard,  in  1843,  was  a  severe  check  to  the  prosperity  of  the 
town.  Their  debts  amounted  to  i.190,000,  on  which  about  10s.  in  the 
pound  has  been  paid. 

The  Church  or  Parochial  Chapel  of  Market  Harborough  is  a  large 
and  handsome  building,  dedicated  to  St.  Dionysius,  and  stands  on  the 
east  side  of  the  High  street  or  Market  place.  Though  it  is  considered 
as  a  chapel  to  the  mother  church  at  Great  Bowden,  it  has  enjoyed  the 
parochial  rights  of  baptism,  marriage,  &c,  since  1014,  when  they  were 
transferred  to  it  from  the  ancient  Church  of  St.  Mary  in  Arden,  where 
many  of  the  inhabitants  still  bury  their  dead,  as  noticed  at  page  533. 
It  has  sittings  for  800  hearers,  and  consists  of  a  spacious  chancel,  a 
nave,  north  and  south  aisles,  a  north  and  south  porch,  all  embattled ; 
and  a  fine  tower,  crowned  by  a  lofty  octagonal  crocheted  spire,  and  con- 
taining a  peal  of  six  large  deep-toned  bells.  The  chancel  is  separated 
from  the  nave  by  a  lofty  and  handsome  arch,  and  contains  several  mural 
tablets.  The  whole  length  of  the  building  is  140  feet,  and  the  height  of 
the  steeple  154  feet.  Mr.  R.  Rouse  conjectured  that  it  was  built  by 
John  of  Gaunt,  Duke  of  Lancaster ;  but  Nichols  thought  it  was  erected 
by  Geffrey  le  Scrope,  whose  arms  were  represented  on  the  steeple.  It 
is  mentioned  in  an  ecclesiastical  record  of  1344  as  a  chapel  to  Bowden 
Magna.    In  1735,  several  yards  of  the  spire  were  blown  down,  and 


MARKET  HARBOROUGH.  539* 

repaired  by  one  Jackson,  who  fell  from  one  of  the  crockets,  nearly  12 
feet,  and  was  caught  by  a  scaffold,  which,  happily  saved  his  life.  The 
clock,  which  strikes  the  quarters,  was  put  up  in  1736.  Within  the 
walls,  the  nave  and  aisles  are  62  feet  long,  and  50§  feet  broad,  and  the 
chancel  50  feet  long  and  20  broad.  The  roofs  are  all  leaded,  and  the 
height  of  the  nave  is  39§  feet,  and  of  the  chancel  33  feet  3  inches.  In 
1751,  the  nave  and  aisles  were  newly  pewed.  Galleries  were  erected  on 
the  north  and  south  sides  in  1836,  except  in  the  two  western  arches,  into 
which  the  side  galleries  were  continued  in  1844,  at  a  cost,  including 
some  other  improvements,  of  about  .£600.  In  1857,  the  church  was 
thoroughly  re-arranged  and  restored,  at  a  cost  of  £1200,  when  the  pews 
in  the  nave  and  aisles  were  replaced  by  open  benches,  and  the  organ 
was  taken  down  from  the  gallery  at  the  west  end,  so  as  to  open  out  the 
lofty  tower  arch,  and  placed  in  a  recess  on  the  north  side  of  the  chancel. 
The  building  was  lighted  with  gas  in  1858,  at  a  cost  of  £150  ;  and  in 
1860  an  elegant  alabaster  pulpit  was  presented  to  the  church  by  eight  of 
the  sons  of  the  late  Sir  Henry  Allen  Johnson,  Bart.,  and  brothers  of  the 
present  incumbent,  as  a  thank-offering  for  having  passed  unscathed 
through  the  dangers  of  the  Indian  mutiny.  It  stands  in  the  south-east 
corner  of  the  nave,  and  was  designed  by  Slater,  of  Carlton  Chambers, 
and  executed  by  Pool  &  Son,  of  Westminster.  It  is  ascended  by  eight 
steps,  and  stands  on  a  dais  of  two  steps,  on  which  is  a  cross,  from  the 
extremities  of  which  rise  four  disengaged  columns,  with  a  massive  one 
in  the  centre,  all  having  enriched  early  French  capitals,  and  supporting 
the  pulpit,  which  is  of  square  outline,  with  canted  angles.  The  front 
panel  is  a  remarkably  beautiful  piece  of  sculpture,  by  Forsyth,  and 
represents,  in  high  relief,  our  Saviour's  charge  to  the  apostles.  The 
east  window  of  the  chancel  was  restored,  in  1850,  at  a  cost  of  £104,  and 
was  filled  with  stained  glass,  by  Hardman,  of  Birmingham,  in  1860,  at  a 
cost  of  £450,  given  by  the  Rev.  F.  P.  Johnson,  M.A.,  Rev.  J.  H. 
Holdich,  M.A.,  Mrs.  Anna  Maria  Wartnaby,  and  Miss  Harriet  Arnold. 
It  represents  the  Life  of  Christ,  in  fifteen  compartments,  and  is  sur- 
rounded by  maltese  crosses,  surmounted  by  a  diadem.  The  benefice  is 
a  perpetual  curacy,  with  that  of  St.  Mary  in  Arden  annexed  to  it,  valued 
at  the  net  yearly  income  of  £300,  derived  from  the  rents  of  a  house  and 
about  30  acres  of  land,  surplice  fees,  Easter  offerings,  subscriptions,  &c. 
The  Dean  and  Chapter  of  Christ  Church,  Oxford,  are  appropriators  and 
patrons,  and  the  Rev.  Fredk.  P.  Johnson,  M.A.,  is  the  incumbent,  and 
has  a  neat  residence,  which  was  purchased  by  the  inhabitants  many 
years  ago.  In  1609,  Robert  Smyth,  the  founder  of  the  Free  School,  gave 
an  annuity  of  £20,  for  the  establishment  of  a  Sunday  and  Tuesday 
evening  lecture ;  and  in  the  following  year,  he  augmented  it  with  a 
yearly  sum  of  £6.  13s.  4d.  As  noticed  at  page  533,  the  Church  of  St. 
Mary  in  Arden,  about  half-a-mile  E.  of  the  town,  is  now  only  used  as  a 
cemetery  chapel.  There  have  been  vested  for  its  reparation,  from  time 
immemorial,  a  house  and  land,  the  latter  of  which  was  exchanged,  at  the 
enclosure  in  1777,  for  4a.  2r.  13p.,  now  let  for  about  £21.  The  house 
was  altered,  and  used  as  the  parish  workhouse,  till  the  formation  of  the 
Union.  Here  was  formerly  a  Friends  Meeting  House  and  burial  ground, 
about  200  yards  east  of  the  church,  and  also  an  Antinomian  chapel. 
The  Roman  Catholics  have  a  small  chapel  in  the  town,  in  which  service 
is  performed  every  alternate  Sunday,  by  a  priest  from  Leicester.  The 
Wesleyan  Chapel,  in  Bowden  road,  was  built  in  1813,  and  has  about  360 
sittings.  A  school  was  added  to  it  in  1861.  The  Baptist  Chapel,  in 
Coventry  street,  was  built  in  1831,  at  a  cost  of  £800,  and  will  seat  450 
hearers.    The  Independent  Chapel,  in  High  street,  was  erected  in  1844, 


540  MARKET   HARBOROUGH. 

at  a  cost  of  £3000,  in  lieu  of  the  old  chapel,  which  had  been  in  existence 
nearly  two  centuries.  It  is  a  large  and  handsome  structure,  with  an 
elegant  front  of  Corinthian  architecture,  and  contains  904  sittings.  The 
sum  of  .£1600,  which  was  promptly  subscribed  by  the  congregation  for 
the  new  chapel,  was  deposited  in  the  Harborough  Bank  when  it  failed, 
and  consequently  about  half  of  it  was  lost.  The  Independents  of  Har- 
borough are  the  successors  of  the  Nonconformists,  who  first  assembled 
here  under  the  ministry  of  the  Rev.  Matthew  Clark,  M.A.,  who  was 
ejected  from  the  rectory  of  Harborough  in  1662,  and  afterwards  went  to 
Norwich,  where  he  died  in  1708,  nearly  eighty  years  of  age,  after  suffering 
much  in  the  cause  of  religious  liberty.  From  a  pamphlet  published  in 
that  year,  it  appears  there  was  "A  great  fight  at  Harborough  betwixt 
the  Presbyterians  and  Independents,  in  1647,"  which  ended  in  the  former 
being  worsted,  and  two  or  three  of  them  slain.  Bible,  Missionary,  and 
other  Religious  Institutions,  are  liberally  supported  here,  both  by  the 
church  and  dissenting  congregations,  as  well  as  Sunday  Schools ;  and 
here  is  a  Coal  Club,  established  in  1856,  for  the  purpose  of  supplying 
poor  householders  with  coal  at  a  cheap  rate. 

The  Free  Grammar  School  is  an  old  frame  building,  supported 
upon  wooden  pillars,  over  the  Butter  market,  36  feet  long  and  18  broad, 
capable  of  accommodating  90  scholars,  and  having  a  high  gabled  roof, 
crowned,  in  the  centre,  by  a  wooden  turret,  terminating  in  a  gilt  ball  and 
cross.  It  was  built,  in  1614,  by  Robert  Smyth,  a  native  of  the  town, 
but  then  a  wealthy  citizen  of  the  city  of  London.  In  1617,  he  gave 
;£350  to  the  Corporation  of  London,  in  trust  that  they  should  allow  for 
it  the  yearly  sum  of  .£20,  of  which  he  directed  £2  to  be  reserved  for  the 
reparation  of  this  school,  and  ^£18  to  be  paid  to  the  minister  and  two 
townsmen  of  Market  Harborough,  and  applied  by  them  as  follows : — 
.£3.  18s.  in  a  weekly  distribution  of  Is.  6d.  worth  of  bread  among  the 
poor  attending  church;  £2.  6s.  8d.  to  provide  Bibles  for  six  poor  scholars 
and  the  poor  attending  the  church  lectures ;  10s.  for  the  churchwardens, 
for  their  trouble ;  5s.  4d.  to  the  clerk ;  .£10  to  the  schoolmaster,  for 
teaching  15  poor  scholars ;  and  £1  to  the  Dean  and  Chapter  of  Christ 
Church,  Oxford,  if  they  would  visit  the  school,  and  if  not,  the  same  to  be 
given  to  the  poor.  In  the  same  year  (1617),  Cphr.  Shaw  left  a  yearly 
rent-charge  of  £10,  out  of  land  at  Chipsted,  Surrey,  to  the  Embroiderers' 
Company,  London,  in  trust  to  pay  the  same  to  the  master  of  this  Free 
School;  who  has  also  another  rent-charge  of  £10,  left  by  Thos.  Peach,  in 
1770,  out  of  land  at  Brampton,  Northamptonshire.  He  has  likewise  a 
house  in  the  Sheep  market,  intended  for  his  residence,  but  now  let  for 
^13  a  year.  He  is  appointed  by  the  Lord  Mayor  and  Aldermen  of  the 
city  of  London,  and  in  consideration  of  the  schoolhouse  and  endowment, 
he  votes  at  the  election  of  the  representatives  of  this  county  and  the 
Northern  Division  of  Northamptonshire.  The  present  schoolmaster 
(John  Hinman)  is  too  old  and  infirm  to  conduct  the  school,  and  it 
has  consequently  been  closed  for  some  time;  but  the  master  still 
receives  the  emoluments,  to  which  he  considers  himself  entitled  for  life, 
although  he  is  unable  to  fulfil  the  duties  of  his  office.  An  application 
will,  however,  be  shortly  made  to  the  Charity  Commissioners  on  the 
subject,  and  a  new  scheme  for  the  management  of  the  school  will 
probably  be  the  result.  The  National  School,  built  in  1836,  and 
enlarged  in  1842,  by  the  erection  of  an  upper  room  for  girls,  is  well 
attended,  as  also  is  the  British  School,  built  in  1838,  at  a  cost  of  £800. 

The  Dispensary,  in  High  street,  wa3  established  in  1815,  and  is  sup- 
ported by  subscription,  and  the  gratuitous  aid  of  the  medical  gentlemen 
of  the  town.    It  is  open  every  Tuesday  and  Friday,  from  Lady-day  to 


MARKET   HABBOBOUGH.  541 

St.  Thonias's-day,  and  on  Tuesdays  only  during  the  rest  of  the  year, 
from  nine  to  twelve  o'clock.  Sir  Wm.  De-Capell-Brooke,  Bart.,  is  the 
president ;  and  G.  H.  K.  Fisher,  Esq.,  is  the  secretary.  Harborough 
Savings'  Bank,  of  which  Mr.  Richard  Lawrence  is  secretary,  is  open  at 
his  house  in  High  street,  every  Tuesday,  from  twelve  to  one  o'clock.  It 
was  established  in  1838,  and  in  November,  1861,  had  deposits  amounting 
to  ,£23,525. 10s.  5£d.,  belonging  to  962  individuals,  45  charitable  societies, 
and  17  friendly  societies.  The  Hon.  F.  W.  C.  Villiers  is  president,  and 
Sir  Henry  Halford,  Bart.,  vice-president.  There  is  also  a  Savings'  Bank 
in  connection  with  the  Money  Order  department  of  the  Post  Office. 

The  Town  Estate,  which  has  been  vested  in  feoffees  from  an  early 
period  for  repairing  the  highways  and  bridges,  relieving  the  poor, 
apprenticing  poor  children,  &c,  now  yields  an  annual  income  of  about 
£700,  arising  from  106a.  2r.  14p.  of  land  in  the  vicinity,  the  George, 
the  Vine,  and  Hind  Inns ;  and  more  than  a  dozen  houses,  shops,  and 
other  buildings  in  the  town,  some  of  which  have  been  rebuilt  or  repaired 
since  1827,  at  the  cost  of  more  than  £3000.     The  land  is  nearly  all 
within  the  boundary  of  Great  Bowden,  and  is  supposed  to  have  been 
mostly  given  by  Jane  Sanderson,  at  some  date  unknown,  for  the  repairs 
of  the  roads  and  bridges  and  the  ease  of  the  poor  in  paying  fifteenths, 
&c.     Two  houses  and  land  attached  to  them  were  left  by  John  Jenel  or 
Jenyn.    In  1622,  the  feoffees  laid  out  £40,  given  by  Gabriel  Barbor, 
(two-thirds  for  the  minister,  and  the  rest  for  the  poor,)  in  the  purchase 
of  a  cottage  and  close.     A  stable,  with  three  roods  of  land,  have  long 
been  held  by  the  minister,  as  his  share  of  this  gift.    In  consequence  of 
some  irregularities  on  the  part  of  the  trustees,  a  Commission  of  Charitable 
Uses  was  issued  in  1712;  and  after  their  enquiry,  the  Commissioners 
conveyed  the  Town  Estate  to  new  feoffees,  and  decreed  that,  when  they 
were  reduced  to  five  in  number,  the  survivors  should  convey  the  estate 
to  ten  new  feoffees,  to  be  elected  by  the  major  portion  of  the  substantial 
inhabitants ;  and  that  they  should  meet  yearly  in  the  chapel  of  Har- 
borough, on  Whit- Monday,  where  the  majority  should  then  elect  a  person 
to  be  a  townsman,  who  should  collect  the  rents  for  the  ensuing  year,  and 
who  should  apply  them  to  the  purposes  of  the  charity,  with  the  consent 
of  the  feoffees,  who  examine  and  pass  the  accounts  at  the  same  annual 
meeting.    Part  of  the  land  in  Great  Bowden  was  exchanged  at  the 
enclosure,  in  1777.    Out  of  the  yearly  income,  about  £300  are  applied  hi 
the  relief  of  poor  and  decayed  housekeepers ;  about  £250  in  the  repara- 
tion of  the  highways  and  bridges ;  about  £50  in  apprentice  fees ;  and 
the  remainder  in  repairing  or  improving  the  premises,  which  in  1713, 
were  only  of  the  clear  yearly  value  of  £118.     The  following  gentlemen 
were  appointed  Feoffees  some  years  ago: — Sir  William  De-Capell 
Brooke,  Bart.,  the  Rev.  William  Scarborough,  and  Messrs.  William 
Wartnaby,  William  Andrews,  Robt.  B.  Hey  gate,  Thos.  Heygate,  Joseph 
R.  Brown,  Thos.  Hind,  John  Smith,  Thos.  Hubbard,  and  John  Abbey. 
Other  Charities  : — In  1817,  Thos.  Dawson  left  £150  to  be  invested 
in  Government  security,  and  two-thirds  of  the  dividends  to  be  applied 
towards  the  support  of  the  Church  Sunday  Schools,  and  the  remainder 
to  be  distributed  in  bread  or  coals  on  New  Year's  day,  among  the  poor 
of  the  town,  belonging  to  the  Established  Church.    This  legacy  was 
invested  in  £154.  4s.  4d.  new  three  per  Cents.     Joan  Austin  charged 
three  houses,  in    the    Sheep    market,  with  the    yearly    payment  of 
24s.  to  provide  shoes  for  twelve  poor  people.     In  1829,  Sarah  Goodwin 
left   £100  to  the  overseers  of  Harborough  and  the  Deacons  of  the 
Independent  Chapel,  in  trust,  to  invest  it  in  the  funds,  and  distribute 
the  yearly  dividends  among  the  poor  inhabitants.    This  bequest,  after 


542  GARTBEE    HUNDRED. 

payment  of  legacy  duty,  was  laid  out  in  the  purchase  of  ,£102.  2s.  6d. 
three  per  cent.  Consols.  In  1797,  Thomas  Ratten  bequeathed  to  the 
minister  and  churchwardens  <£125,  for  the  benefit  of  the  Sunday  School ; 
and  .£100  to  the  churchwardens  and  overseers,  in  trust,  to  distribute  the 
yearly  proceeds  on  the  1st  of  January  among  such  poor  inhabitants  as 
do  not  receive  parochial  relief.  After  paying  the  legacy  duty,  these  two 
bequests  were  invested  in  the  purchase  of  .£250  three  per  cent.  Stock, 
which  has  since  been  changed  for  .£264.  9s.  lOd.  new  three-and-half  per 
Cents.  In  1808,  Mary  Letts  left  ^100  to  W.  F.  Major,  Esq.,  and  Lucy 
Sprigg,  in  trust,  to  apply  the  yearly  proceeds  in  supporting  the  Church 
Sunday  Schools,  or  for  clothing  the  children  of  the  said  schools.  After 
payment  of  the  legacy  duty,  the  surplus  (.£90)  was  invested  in  the  funds, 
and  now  consists  of  .£105  new  three-and-a-half  per  Cents.  In  1817, 
William  Hubbard  left  a  yearly  rent-charge  of  21s.  out  of  a  house  in  the 
Sheep  market,  for  the  singers  of  Harborough  church,  on  condition  that 
they  sing  the  Easter  hymn  over  his  grave  in  St.  Mary's  churchyard  on 
Easter  Eve.  In  1861,  Miss  Mapletoft,  of  Regent's  Park,  London,  left 
,£50  to  the  churchwardens  and  overseers  of  the  parish  to  be  disposed  of 
for  the  benefit  of  the  poor,  at  their  discretion.  The  Charities  of  Great 
Bowden  are  noticed  at  page  532. 


MARKET  HARBOROUGH  UNION  comprises  41  parishes,  &c, 
of  which  23  are  in  Oartree  Hundred,  and  are  marked  thus  f  in  the  table 
at  page  526  ;  and  18  are  in  Northamptonshire,  viz.: — Ashley,  Brampton, 
Dingley,  Stoke-Albany,  Sutton-Bassett,  Weston,  Wilbarston,  Arthing- 
worth,  Little  Bowden,  Braybrooke,  Clipston,  East  Farndon,  Hothorpe, 
Kelmarsh,  Marston  Trussell,  Great  Oxenden,  Sibbertoft,  and  Sulby. 
These  41  parishes  and  townships  embrace  an  area  of  104  square  miles, 
and  have  about  16,000  inhabitants,  of  whom  10,500  are  in  Leicester- 
shire, and  5500  in  Northamptonshire.  Their  average  annual  expenditure 
on  the  poor  during  the  three  years  preceding  the  formation  of  the 
Union,  was  £14,677,  and  since  then  it  has  averaged  about  £8000  per 
annum.  The  Union  Workhouse  is  a  commodious  brick  building,  about 
half-a-mile  north  of  the  Market  place,  in  Great  Bowden  township,  built  in 
1836-'7,  at  the  cost  of  <£5000.  It  has  room  for  about  200  inmates,  but 
has  seldom  half  that  number.  The  Rev.  R.  M.  Matthews,  M.A.,  is 
chaplain  ;  Mr.  Stephen  and  Mrs.  Jemima  Clark,  master  and  matron  ; 
Eliza  Harding,  schoolmistress ;  and  William  Stains,  porter.  G.  H.  K. 
Fisher,  Esq.,  is  union  clerk  and  superintendent  registrar ;  and  Mr.  Wm. 
Gilbert,  is  deputy  registrar.  Mr.  James  Kidman  is  registrar  of  births, 
deaths,  and  marriages ;  and  Mr.  Thos.  Eldridge,  of  Lubbenham,  and 
Mr.  Matthew  Moss,  of  Great  Bowden,  are  the  relieving  officers.  John 
Francis,  Esq.,  and  John  Ody,  Esq.,  M.B.,  of  Market  Harborough,  Geo. 
Shackleford,  Esq.,  of  Husband's  Bosworth,  Thos.  Macaulay,  Esq.,  of 
Kibworth,  and  John  Hy.  Spencer,  Esq.,  of  Hallaton,  are  the  surgeons. 
Sir  William  De-Capell-Brooke,  Bart.,  is  chairman  of  the  board  of 
guardians,  and  Joseph  Perkins,  Esq.,  of  Laughton,  vice-chairman. 


MARKET    HARBOROUGH   DIRECTORY. 

Those  marked  1,  are  in  Little  Bowden,  Northamptonshire;  and  2,  are  in 
those  parts  of  Geeat  Bowden  adjoining  Market  Harborough  (see  page  533.) 

Post  Office,  High  street,  Mr.  John  Simco,  postmaster.  Letters  arrive  from 
all  parts  at  6  morning  and  3  afternoon ;  and  the  deliveries  commence  at  7 
morning  and  3 \  afternoon.    Mails  are  despatched  to  all  parts  several  times 


MARKET    HARBOROUGH, 


543 


a  day.  M oney  Orders  are  granted  and  paid  from  9  morning  till  5|  evening, 
and  on  Saturdays  till  8  evening ;  and  the  Post  Office  Savings'  Bank  is  open 
during  the  same  hours. 


MISCELLANY  of  Gentry ,  Clergy,  partners  in  firms,  and  others  not  arranged 
in  the  succeeding  Classification  of  Trades  and  Professions. 


Brooke    Sir  Wm.  De-Capell,  Bart. 
The  Elms ;  and  Oakley,  Northants  ; 
and  Aghadoe  &  Roxborough,  County 
Cork,  Ireland 
Andrews  Wm.  solicitor;  h  Sheep  mkt 
Arnold  Miss  Harriet,  High  street 
Ashton  Samuel,  grocer;  h  High  street 
Barber  Joseph,  clerk,  Church  square 
1  Barlow  Rev.  Thomas  Wotton,  M.A. 
rector  of  Little  Bowden,  The  Rectory 
Baylis  Wm.  corn  factor,  Coventry  st 
Betts  Wm.  managing  clerk,  High  st 
Biddies  Jacob  and  Robert,  corn  mer- 
chants, Corn  Exchange 
Burditt  John,  timber  mert.  Coventry  st 
Burditt  Wm.  fishmonger,  &c.  Church  sq 
Burton  Mrs  Elizabeth,  Coventry  street 

1  Buswell  William,  solicitor  (Andrews 
and  B.) ;  h  Northampton  road 

Church  Hy.  corn  &  flour  dealer,  High  st 
Clark  Stephen,masterUnion  Workhouse 

2  Clarkson  Rev.  William,  B.A.  (Inde- 
pendent) St.  Mary's  road 

Clifford  Jas.B.  umbrella  mkr.Sheep  mkt 
2  Cooper  Rev.  John  (Wes.)Leicester  rd 
Cox  Samuel  Watson,  gentleman 
1  Cumberland  Wm.  James,  supervisor 
Davis  George,  bank  manager,  High  st 
Dimblebee  Mrs  Elizabeth,  Coventry  st 
Dixon  James  Edw.  music  profr.  High  st 
Dunkley  Thomas,  haberdasher,  &c. 
1  Gee  Rev.  Dennis  (Bapt.)  Northptn.  rd 
Gee  Miss  Sarah,  Adam  and  Eve  street 
1  Gilbert  Wm.  clerk,  Northampton  rd 
Goodman  Geo.keeper  of  Corn  Exchange 
Goodman  Thomas,  glover,  Coventry  st  j 

1  Goward    John,    assistant    overseer, 
Northampton  road 

Goward  Thos.  Goodwin, agt. to  Pickford 
and  Co.  High  st. ;  h  Leicester  road 

2  Harris  Mrs  Ann,  St.  Mary's  road 
Harris  Henry,  clerk,  High  street 
Heygate  Robert  Benjamin,  Esq.Highst 
Hind  Mr  Robert,  High  street 
Hubbard  Mr  Thomas,  Leicester  road 
Hughes  Jph.  postman,  Adam  &  Eve  st 
Iliffe  John,  police  supt.  Bowden  road 
Jennings  John  Payne,  photographer 

1  Jennings  Wm.  John,  railway  inspr. 
Johnson  Rev.  Frederick  Pigot,  M.A. 

incumbent  of  Market   Harborough, 

Sheep  market 
Kidman  Jas.  registrar  of  births,  deaths, 

and  marriages,  High  street 


1  Lester  John,  secretary  to  Gas  Com- 
pany, and  steward  of  Little  Bowden 
Charity  Estate,  Northampton  road 

2  Lowe  Robert,  clerk  to  magistrates, 
Coventry  street 

1  Marshall  Mr  Chas.  Northampton  rd 
Martin  Hy.  paperhanger,  St.  Mary's  rd 
Martin  John, parish  clerk,  Adam  &E  vest 
Martin  Wm.  travelling  tea  dlr.  High  st 

2  Matthews  Rev.  Richard  Miles,  M.A. 
chaplain  to  the  Union,  Leicester  rd 

1  Maxey Miss  Elizabeth, Northamptn.rd 
Maxey  James,  Midland  station  master 

1  Monk  Job,  toll  collector 
Morton  Mr  William,  Mill  hill 
Nichols  C.  machine  maker,  Church  sq 
Nunneley  Jph.  brewer,  &c.  Sheep  mkt 
Painter  John,  rope  maker,  Bowden  lane 
Parker  Mrs  Eliz.,  Adam  and  Eve  street 

2  Payne  Mr  John,  St.  Mary's  road 
Phillips  Thomas,  William,  and  Alfred, 

ale  and  porter  merchants,  Sheep 
market ;  Edwin  Sanderson,  agent 
Piatt  Mr  John,  Mill  hill 
1  RedfernWm.M.Esq.  Northampton  rd 
Rich  Geo.Hy.,  L.  &  N.W.  stationmaster 
Roe  William  Sleath,  wharfinger,  Canal 
Sanderson  Mrs,  teacher  of  music 

1  Saunders  Miss  Lavinia,  Northptn.  rd 
Saunt  Thomas  Barfoot,  Esq.  High  st 
Scott  Miss  Mary,  Church  square 
Shortland  Wm.  wood  turner,  Church  sq 
Shuttleworth  William,  gas  manager,  St. 

Mary's  road 
Smith  Thomas  Johnson,  gentleman 

2  Smith  Wm.  toll  collector, St.  Mary's  rd 
Stanyon  William,  hosier,  stationer,  and 

rag  and  bone  merchant,  Church  st 
1  Stevens    William    Henry,    foreman, 

Northampton  road 
1  Symington  Saml. commercial  traveller 
1  Symington  Wm.  &  Co.  genl.  merchts. 

and  mfrs.of  peaflour,  &c.  Northptn.  rd 
Talbot  Mrs  Sarah,  Sheep  market 

1  Taylor  Mrs  Susannah,  Northptn.  rd 
Thomas  John,  manager,  St.Mary 's  road 

2  Toller  Mrs  Mary,  Leicester  road 

1  Toone  Wm.  traveller,  Northptn.  road 
1  Tripp  Shrujbb,  inland  revenue  officer 
1  Ward  Wm .  par.  clerk  of  Little  Bowden 
Wartnaby  Mrs  Anna  Maria,  High  street 
1  Watson  John ,  corn  factor,Northptn .  rd 
Wilford  William,  hosier,  Adam  and 
Eve  street 


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MARKET  HARBOROUGH. 


ACADEMIES  AND  SCHOOLS. 
British,  Mr  and  Mrs  E.  Whiteley 
Bullivant  Thomas,  High  street 
Cbater  Ann,  Sheep  market 
Free  Grammar  School  (closed) 
Moir  Jessie,  High  street 
National,  Coventry  street;  David  Chap- 
man and  Millicent  Brown 
1  Newbolt  Thomas  (boarding,)  North- 
ampton road 

ATTOKNEYS. 
Andrews  and  Buswell,  Sheep  market 
Bennett  Barwell  Ewins,  High  street ; 

h  Marston  Trussell  Hall 
Douglass  James  Heger,  High  street 
1  Fisher  Geo.  Hy.  Knapp  (and  union 

clerk  and  supt.  registrar)  High  street 
Rawlins  Dd.  Archibald,  Sheep  market 
Wartnaby  &  Fisher,  High  street 
Wartnaby  William   (and  registrar   of 

County  Court),  High  street 
AUCTIONEERS. 
Foster  Henry  &  Son,  High  street ;    h 

Northampton  road 
Symington  James,  High  street 

BAKERS  &  FLOUR  DEALERS. 
1  Bird  John,  Little  Bowden 
Hobell  Thomas,  Sheep  market 
Hubbard  Josiah,  Adam  &  Eve  street 
Jarman  Joseph,  Adam  &  Eve  street 
Lee  David,  High  street 
Rolleston  Benjamin,  High  street 

BANKS. 
Leicestershire  Banking  Co.  High  st. 

(on  London  and  Westminster  Bank) ; 

George  Davis,  manager 
Stamford,  Spalding,  &  Boston  Banking 

Co.  (on  Barclay  &  Co.) ;  John  Smith, 

agent 
Savings'  Bank,  High  st.  (open  Tues. 

12  to  1) ;  Richd.  Lawrence,  secretary 
Post  Office  Savings'  Bank,  High  street, 

(open  daily  9  morning  till  5£  evening, 

and  on  Saturday  till  8  evening) 
BASKET  MAKERS. 
Payne  Robert,  Sheep  market 
Pearson  William,  Sheep  market 

BLACKSMITHS. 
Beesley  (James)  and  Branson  (Ann), 

Adam  &  Eve  street 
Payne  Samuel,  Kings'  Head  yard 
Payne  Thomas,  Angel  street 

BOOKSELLERS,   PRINTERS, 

AND  STATIONERS. 

Eland  William  (publisher  of  Market 

Harborovgh  Advertiser)  Church  st 
Gurden  Mary  (Tract  Depot)  Church  st 
Lawrence  Rd.  (Stamp  Office)  High  st 
Munden  George  (Depot  of  Christian 

Knowledge  Society)  High  street 


BOOT  AND  SHOE  MAKERS. 
Day  George,  Churchgate 
Dunkley  Thomas,  Church  square 
Exton  George,  Coventry  street 

1  Exton  William,  Little  Bowden 
Falkner  Peter,  Bowden  lane 
Fox  Charles  James,  High  street 
Jarvis  John,  Churchgate 
Marshall  William,  St.  Mary's  road 
Scott  George,  Church  square 
Shaw  Martha,  Sheep  market 
Sulley  John,  High  street 
Summerly  William,  Church  street 
Trasler  George  Price,  High  street 

BRAZIERS. 
Aldwinckle  Ann,  Church  street 
Biggs  John  Hill,  Adam  &  Eve  street 
Devey  Edward  Septimus,  High  street 
Terry  George,  Sheep  market 
BRICKLAYERS. 

2  Bassett  William,  St.  Mary's  road 
Palmer  Thomas,  St.  Mary's  road 

2  Parker  William,  Coventry  street 
Stanyon  John,  St.  Mary's  road 

1  Thempson  Wm.  Thos.  Northptn.  rd 

BRICKMAKERS. 

2  Carter  Benjamin   (and   drain  pipe 
manufacturer),  Coventry  street 

1  Foster  Charles,  Northampton  road 

2  Gilbert  Joseph,  St.  Mary's  road 

BUILDERS. 
Barlow  John,  Coventry  street 

1  Bassett  George,  Northampton  road 

2  Burditt  John,  Coventry  street 
Carter  Benjamin,  St.  Mary's  road 
Martin  William,  Coventry  street 
Page  William,  Sheep  market 
Stanyon  John,  St.  Mary's  road 
Tooms  John,  Bowden  lane 
Walpole  Robert,  St.  Mary's  road 

BUTCHERS. 
Baines  Henry,  Sheep  market 
Branston  Richard,  Sheep  market 
Branston  Richard,  jun.  Adam  &  Eve  st 
Burditt  John,  High  street 
Holt  George,  High  street 
Patrick  John  &  Edmund,  High  street 
Sheppard  Robert,  Church  street 
Smith  John,  Church  street 

CABINET  MAKERS. 
Bm'gess  George,  Sheep  market 
Baswell  William  (and  upholsterer  and 

appraiser),  High  street 
Martin  John  (&  upholsterer),  Churchgt 
Page  William,  Sheep  market 

CARPENTERS  AND  JOINERS. 
1  Hefford  William,  Little  Bowden 
Martin  William,  Coventry  street 
Page  William,  Sheep  market 
Tooms  John,  Bowden  lane 


MABKET   HAREOROUGH. 


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Wood  Henry  G.,  Adam  &  Eve  street 
CHEMISTS  AND  DRUGGISTS. 
Bragg  William  Bragg,  Sheep  market 
Scott  Joel,  High  street 
Watson  John,  High  street 
Wolstenholme  John,  Church  square 
CHINA,  GLASS,  &c.  DEALERS. 
Scott  Eliz.  and  Alicia,  Church  square 
Shovelbottom  James,  Sheep  market 

COACH  BUILDERS. 
Newham  Edward,  Northampton  road; 

h  Church  square 
Smith  Robert,  King's  Head  yard 

COAL  DEALERS. 
Biddies  Jacob  &  Rt.  Corn  Exchange 
Fisher  Edw.K.  (&lime&salt)  Exchange 
Pollard  James,  King's  Head  yard 
Slater  William,  St.  Mary's  road 
Tebbutt  James,  Leicester  road 
1  Tebbutt  William,  Little  Bowden 
West  John,  Corn  Exchange 

CONFECTIONERS. 
Bunning  Ellen,  High  street 
Rolleston  Benjamin,  High  street 
Simco  John,  High  street 
COOPERS. 
Bull  Thomas,  Sheep  market 
Bus  well  William,  High  street 
CORN  MILLERS. 

1  Bland  Thomas  H.  St.  Mary's  road 
Smith  John,  Mill  hill 
CURRIERS   &   LEATHER  MRTS. 
Day  Thomas  and  John,  Church  square 
Freestone  Henry,  Church  street 

FIRE  &  LIFE  OFFICES. 
County  &  Provdt.,  R.  Lawrence,  High  st 
Crown,  D.  A.  Rawlins,  Sheep  market 
Globe,  Saml.  W.  Cox,  Bowden  road 
Guardian,  Wm.  Andrews,  Sheep  mkt 
NorwichUnion,MaryGurden,  Church  st 
Phcenix&Pelican,  T.G.Goward,  High  st 
Royal,  Hy.  G.  Coleman,  High  street 
Royal  Exchange,  J.  Lester,  Nrthptn.rd 
Standard,   J.   Barber,    Leicestershire 

Banking  Company,  High  street 
Sun,  Henry  Fo'ster  and  Son,  High  st 

2  Sun,  John  Burditt,  Coventry  street 
United  Kingdom  Providentlnstitution  ; 

Robt.  &  Wm.  Symington,  High  street 
Westminster,  Hy.  Freestone,  Church  st 

FURNITURE  BROKERS. 
Biggs  John  Hill,  Adam  and  Eve  st 
Cooke  George,  St.  Mary's  road 
Terrey  George,  Sheep  market 
GARDENERS    AND    SEEDSMEN. 
Falkner  William,  Church  street 
Holt  George,  High  street 
Pickering  Joseph,  Church  square 

GRAZIERS,  &c. 
1  Barker  Wm.     II     1  Falkner  Edward 


2  Collins  Joseph,  Coventry  street 
Freshwater  George,  Church  street 
2  Hind  Thomas,  Coventry  street 
Huckett  John,  Coventry  street 
1  NormanJohn  Andrews,  Little  Bowden 
1  Pain  Wm.  G.  Northampton  road 
Spriggs  Jabez,  Adam  and  Eve  street 
1  Tebbutt  James     ||     Stanyon  Eliz. 
1  West  John     ||     1  White  Philip 
White  Simeon,  St.  Mary's  road 

GREENGROCERS. 
Falkner  William,  Church  street 
Holt  George,  High  street 
Pickering  Joseph,  Church  square 
Pool  James,  Adam  and  Eve  street 
White  Henry,  Churchgate 
GROCERS  AND  TEA  DEALERS. 
Bennett  John  (and  linseed  and  oil  cake 

dealer,)  Adam  and  Eve  street 
Bragg  William  B.  (and  cake  merchant,) 

Sheep  market 
Brown  Joseph  Ridings  (and  brush  ma- 
nufacturer,) Sheep  market 
Gibbs  James,  High  street 
Goward  Thomas  G.  jun.  High  street 
Hubbard  Rt.  (and  hop  mert.)  Church  st 
Jarman  Joseph,  Adam  and  Eve  street 
Nunneley  and  Ashton,  High  street 
Sigston  Benjamin  (and  music  teacher 

and  dealer,)  Churchgate 
White  Timothy,  High  street 
HAIRDRESSERS. 
Clifford  James  Bridgford,  Sheep  mkt 
Hatwood  Charles,  High  street 
Trasler  Thomas,  Sheep  market 
West  John,  High  street 

HATTERS. 
Flavell  Alfred,  High  street 
Lawrence  Richd.  (and  hosier)  High  st 
Symington  James,  High  street 
INNS  AND  TAVERNS. 
Angel  Inn,  Letitia  Lord,  High  street 
Bell,  John  Waterfield,  Coventry  street 

1  Cherry  Tree,  John  Monk 

Cherry  Tree,  Jas.  Bennett,  Coventry  st 
Coach  and  Horses,   Thomas  William 

Worley,  High  street 
Cock,  Chpr.  Horsley,  Sheep  market 
Crown,  Thomas  Gilbert,  Sheep  market 
Dolphin,  John  Bland,  Church  square 
Duke   of  Wellington,    Thomas   Hall, 

High  street 
Fox,  William  Pass,  Adam  and  Eve  st 

2  Freemasons'  Arms,  James  Sulley,  St. 
Mary's  road 

George  Inn,  John  West,  High  street 
1  Greyhound,  William  Tebbutt 
Hind  Inn,  Nathaniel  Eames,  High  st 
Nag's  Head,  Sarah  Pryce,  Church  st 
Peacock,  Henry  Baines,  Sheep  market 
2  M 


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MARKET  HARBOROUGH. 


2  El  wy .  Inn,  Benj .  Rowley,  St.  Mary's  rd 
Red  Cow,  Ann  Jarvis,  High  street 
Rose  and  Crown,  Saml.Ward,  Church  st 
Sun,  Samuel  Branston,  Church  square 
Talbot,  Robert  White,  High  street 
Three  Swans,  William  Carr,  High  st 
2  Union,  John  Masters,  Leicester  road 
Wellington,  Thomas  Hall,  High  street 
WillianiIV.,Geo.Bosworth,St.Mary'srd 
Windmill,  Joseph  Aldwinckle,  Mill  In 

BEERHOUSES. 
1  Bassett  George,  Northampton  road 
Stevenson  John,  Church  square 

IRONMONGERS. 
Aldwinckle  Ann,  Church  street 
Clarke  George,  Church  square 
Devey  Edward  Septimus,  High  street 
Huckett  George,  High  street 
Jackson  George  (and  cutler)  High  st 
Terrey  George,  Sheep  market 
LAND  SURVEYORS. 

1  Fisher  Edward,  Northampton  road 
Fisher  Edward  Knapp,  Church  street 

2  Gilbert  Joseph,  St.  Mary's  road 

2  Hind  Thomas  (highways)  Coventry  st 
LINEN  &  WOOLLEN  DRAPERS. 
Coleman  Henry  George,  High  street 
Emery  George,  Sheep  market;  house 

Northampton  road 
Green  Thomas  P.  Sheep  market 
Hubbard  Thomas,  High  street 
Huckett  Henry,  Church  street 
Simpkin  William,  Church  square 
Symington  Jas.  (&  stay  mfr.)  High  st 

MALTSTERS. 
Flint  James  and  Edward,  High  street 
2  Foster  Charles,  Northampton  road 
2  Harris  William,  St.  Mary's  road 
2  Slater  William,  St.  Mary's  road 

MILLINERS. 
Coleman  Rebecca,  High  street 
Freshwater  My.  Ann  &  Eliza,  Ch.  st 
Haddon  Emma  &  Cath.  High  street 
Huckett  Mrs,  High  street 
Page  Susan,  Sheep  market 
Scott  Mary,  Church  square 

PAINTERS. 
(*  are  Plumbers  and  Glaziers  also.) 
*Bull  Thomas,  St.  Mary's  road 
Clark  Samuel,  Sheep  market 
Hill  William,  Adam  and  Eve  street 
Hobbs  Geo.  Wilson,  St.  Mary's  road 
Jex  Thomas,  Church  street 
Martin  Henry,  St.  Mary's  road 
2  Payne  George,  Coventry  street 
Spell  William,  High  street 
*Sulley  John,  High  street 

SADDLERS. 
Clark  Isaac,  High  street 
Dwyer  Eliza,  High  street 


Leslie  John,  High  street 

SHOPKEEPERS. 
Broughton  George,  St.  Mary's  road 

1  Broughton  John,  Little  Bowden 
Buszard  Mary,  Church  square 
Exton  George,  Coventry  street 
Fox  Charles  James,  High  street 
Hobell  Thomas,  Sheep  market 
Jarvis  John,  Church  gate 

2  Munns  William,  St.  Mary's  road 
Mutton  Philip,  High  street 
White  Timothy,  High  street 

1  Wright  Ann,  Little  Bowden 

SLATERS. 
Bassett  William,  St.  Mary's  road 
Parker  William,  Coventry  street 

STONE  MASONS. 
Kempin  Neal,  Coventry  street 
Walpole  Robt.  (& marble)  St.  Mary's  rd 

SURGEONS. 
Francis  John,  High  street 
Heygate  (Thos.)  &  Gatty  (Wm.)  High  st 
Ody  John  M.B.  High  street 

TAILORS  AND  DRAPERS. 
Allen  James,  High  street 
Barwell  Joseph,  Sheep  market 
Coleman  Thomas,  Sheep  market 
Elliott  Thomas,  St.  Mary's  road 
Flavell  Alfred,  Church  street 

2  Hughes  Thomas,  Great  Bowden 
Martin  Josiah,  Coventry  street 
Skinner  Edward,  Adam  and  Eve  street 
Symington  James,  High  street 
Watson  Samuel,  Bates'  row 
Weston  John,  High  street 

VETERINARY  SURGEONS. 
2  Brake  Matthew  Bowles,  St.  Mary's  rd 
Wiggins  John,  High  street 
WATCH  AND  CLOCK  MAKERS. 
Allen  William,  High  street 
Whitehead  John,  Church  square 
WINE  &  SPIRIT  MERCHANTS. 
Carr  William,  High  street 
Flint  James  and  Edward  (and.  ale  and 

porter),  High  street 
Foster  Henry,  High  street 
Goward  Rowland,  High  street 
Nunneley&Ashton  (wine  only), High  st 
Singleton  William,  Coventry  road 
Smith  Wm.  Augustus,  Sheep  market 

RAILWAY. 
The  Station  is  about  a  mile  east  of  the 
town.  Passenger  Trains  run  several 
times  a  day  to  and  from  Leicester, 
Rugby,  Stamford,  Hitchin,  North- 
ampton, &c,  and  Luggage  Trains 
are  despatched  daily  to  all  parts. 
Mr.  Geo.  Henry  Rich  is  agent  to  the 
London  and  North-Western  Co., 
and  Mr.  J.  Maxey  to  the  Midland  Co. 


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WATER  CONVEYANCE. 
Pickford  and  Co.'s  Fly  Boats  to  Lei- 
cester, London,  and  all  parts  from 
the  Canal  wharf,  every  Mon.,  Thurs., 
and  Saturday.  Thomas  G.  Goward, 
agent. 

CARRIERS  FROM  THE  INNS. 
Marked  1  stop  at  the  Bell;  2  Coach 
and  Horses ;  3,  Cock;  4,  George  ;  5, 
Hind ;  6,  Fox ;  7,  Sun ;  8,  Talbot ; 
9,  Wellington;  10,  Crown;  and  11, 
Rose  and  Crown. 
Unless  otherwise  expressed,  they  arrive 
on  Tuesday  morning  and  depart  in 
the  afternoon. 
Ashby  (Cold),  4  Peter  Blincoe 
Ashley,  1  John  Edgley  &  Sar.  Timson 
Brixworth,  2  John  Beere 
Clipston,  8  John  Kendall 
Cottingham,  6  Arthur  Stretton 
Desborough,  8  Richard  Broome 
Foxton,  7  Alfred  Smith 
Gilsborough,  1  John  Valentine 
Glooston,  9  Thomas  Tilley 
Great  Easton,  7  Charles  Brown 
Gumley,  7  Thomas  Wells 
Hallaton,  7  William  Sumpter,  and  2 
John  Hays 


Husband's  Bosworth,  1  Thomas  Cory, 

and  10  John  Cros3 
Kibworth,  8  Thomas  Knapp 
Kil worth,  7  John  Bryan  &  John  Wood 
Langton,  5  Thomas  Sturgess 

Loddington,  5 Sharman 

Lutterworth,  1  William  Willey 
Medbourne,3  Geo.Burrows,7  Ths.  Jeffs 
MiDDLETON,6Athr.Stretton,3Geo.West 
Mowsley,  8  George  Hallam 
Naseby,  8  Jeremiah  Wilford 
North  Kilworth,  1  George  Bennett 
Old  and  Scaldwell,  8  Sarah  Penn 
Oxendon,  10  Benjamin  Wilford 
Rothwell,  8  Robt.  Broome  &  Jno. West 
Saddington,  8  Thomas  Knapp 
Sibbertoft,  8  J.  Bassett,  1  P.  Bassett 
Slawston,  2  John  King 
Stonton  Wyyille,  9  Thomas  Tilley 
Theddingworth,  7  Edmund  Wright 
Tur  Langton,  9  John  Palmer 

Weldon,  8  George  Jinks,  & Howe 

Welford,  5  Wm.  Miller,  11  T.  Butlin 
West  Haddon,  4  Peter  Blincoe 
Weston,  1  John  Edgley 
Wilbarston,  10  Stretton,  8  West,  8 

Harding 


BRINGHURST  is  a  small  village  on  an  eminence,  on  the  north 
side  of  the  river  Wetland,  in  the  south-east  angle  of  the  county,  two 
miles  W.  by  N.  of  Rockingham,  and  eight  miles  E.N.E.  of  Market 
Harborough.  Its  township  has  only  493a.  Ir.  35p.  of  land,  and  109 
inhabitants,  but  its  parish  includes  also  Drayton  and  Eastoji  Magna, 
the  latter  of  which  is  united  with  it  only  ecclesiastically.  The  manor  of 
Bringhurst,  anciently  called  Brensinghurst,  belongs  to  the  Dean  and 
Chapter  of  Peterborough,  who  are  also  appropriators  of  the  rectory,  and 
patrons  of  the  vicarage,  which  is  valued  in  K.B.  at  ,£11.  15s.,  and  now 
at  £251, — mostly  derived  from  150a.  of  glebe,  awarded  at  the  enclosure 
of  the  parish,  in  1804,  when  all  the  tithes  were  commuted.  The  Rev. 
Wm.  Cape,  M.A.,  of  Peterborough,  is  the  incumbent,  for  whom  the  Rev. 
Thos.  Owen  Hall,  B.A.,  of  Easton  Magna,  officiates.  The  Church  (St. 
Nicholas)  is  an  ancient  structure,  with  a  low  but  massive  tower, 
containing  three  bells.  George  Lewis  Watson,  Esq.,  of  Rockingham 
Castle,  owns  a  great  part  of  the  parish,  which  formerly  belonged  to 
Peterborough  Abbey,  and  was  granted  on  lease  to  Lewis  Watson,  by 
the  Dean  and  Chapter  of  Peterborough,  in  1541.  The  Church  Land 
is  3a.  2b.  9p.,  and  the  Clerics  Land,  five  perches ;  both  allotted  at  the 
enclosure.  The  poor  of  "  Dray ton- cum- Bringhurst ,"  have  £12.  10s.  a 
year  from  Goodman's  Charity,  as  noticed  with  Hallaton.  Foot  Post 
from  Rockingham. 


Chamhers  Mrs  Mary 

Walton  John,  victualler,  Bed  Lion 

Wright  Thomas,  tailor 

Wright  William,  parish  clerk 

Dbayton  is  a  village  and  township,  in  the   parish  and  half-a-mile 
W.  of  Bringhurst,  and  eight  miles  E.N.E.  of  Market  Harborough.    It 

2  m2 


Farmers  and  Graziers. — William 
Bryan  (and  maltster),  Alfred  Burdett, 
Joseph  Walton,  Samuel  Walton,  and 
Richard  Warner. 


548  DRAYTON    TOWNSHIP. 

contains  126  inhabitants,  and  679a.  Ir.  39p.  of  land ;  partly  clay  and 
partly  having  a  mixed  soil.  The  Dean  and  Chapter  of  Peterborough 
are  lords  of  the  manor,  but  part  of  the  soil  belongs  to  Geo.  L.  Watson, 
Esq.,  W.  P.  M.  Owsley,  Esq.,  Mr.  Bryan  Ward,  and  Goodman's  Charity, 
as  noticed  above.  There  was  an  ancient  Chapel  here,  but  it  was  desecrated 
many  years  ago.  In  1792,  Ann  Aldwinckle  left  £6. 19s.  a  year,  out  of 
a  turnpike  trust,  to  Drayton  and  the  parish  of  Weston,  for  the  support 
of  Sunday  schools,  but  it  is  distributed  in  coals  at  Christmas.  Foot 
Post  from  Rockingham. 


Bent  Elizabeth,  victualler,  Plough 
Chapman  Wm.  shoemkr.  and  shopkpr. 
Wignell  Mrs  Frances 


Farmers  and  Graziers. — Edward 
Incliley,  Bryan  Ward,  Bryan  Edward 
Ward,  Rd.Ward,  &  Robt.Burgess  Ward 


Easton  Magna  is  a  neat  and  well-built  village,  on  the  banks  of  a 
rivulet,  l£  mile  N.W.  of  Rockingham,  five  miles  S.  by  W.  of  Upping- 
ham, and  nine  miles  E.N.E.  of  Market  Harborough.  Its  township  and 
chapelry  is  united  ecclesiastically  with  Bringhurst  parish,  and  contains 
590  inhabitants,  and  2278  acres  of  land,  forming  the  south-eastern 
termination  of  Leicestershire,  being,  bounded  on  the  south  by  the 
Wetland,  which  divides  it  from  Northamptonshire,  and  on  the  east  by 
the  small  river  Eye,  which  divides  it  from  Rutlandshire.  The  manorial 
rights  belong  to  the  Dean  and  Chapter  of  Peterborough,  to  whom  280a. 
were  allotted  in  lieu  of  the  great  tithes,  at  the  enlosure,  in  1806,  when 
the  small  tithes  were  commuted  for  78  acres.  Geo.  L.  Watson,  Esq.,  and 
some  smaller  proprietors  have  estates  here.  The  soil  is  a  gravelly  loam, 
and  much  of  it  is  in  rich  grazing  grounds.  In  the  village  is  a  lofty 
pole  surmounted  by  a  crown,  and  erected  in  commemoration  of  the 
coronation  of  Queen  Victoria.  The  Church  (St.  Andrew)  is  a  large 
ancient  structure,  upon  an  eminence,  and  has  a  tower  containing  five 
bells  and  crowned  by  a  spire.  It  was  repaired  and  repewed  in  1832,  at 
the  cost  of  about  .£300.  The  curacy  is  consolidated  with  the  vicarage 
of  Bringhurst.  Here  is  an  Independent  Chapel,  which  was  rebuilt  of 
stone,  in  1830,  at  the  cost  of  .£300,  and  also  a  small  Methodist  Chapel, 
built  in  1857.  The  sum  of  £125.  2s.  5d.  Three  and  a  half  per  cent. 
Consols,  was  purchased  with  the  following  bequests : — £53.  7s.  5d., 
left  by  Eliz.  Wilson,  for  schooling  poor  children ;  and  £71.  15s.  left  by 
Thomas  Molestvorth,  for  the  same  purpose,  except  25s.  a  year  for  ten 
poor  widows.  The  schoolmistress  has  also  a  yearly  rent-charge  of  40s., 
left  by  Thomas  Collins,  in  1669,  and  she  is  required  to  teach  ten  poor 
children.  The  Poofs  Land,  allotted  at  the  enclosure,  is  8a.  3r.  I7r., 
let  for  £22.  15s.  a  year.  As  noticed  with  Hallaton,  the  poor  of  this 
parish  have  .£30  per  annum,  from  Goodmans  Charity.  The  Church 
Land,  14a.  23p.,  and  the  Clerics  Land,  1a.  26p.,  were  both  allotted  at 
the  enclosure. 

Post  Office  at  John  Ingram's.  Letters  arrive  from  Leicester  via  Rocking- 
ham, at  8£  morning,  and  are  despatched  at  five  afternooon. 


Austin  Mrs  Sarah  ||  Burton  Mrs 

Bates  John,  painter 

Bell  Alexander,  plumber,  &c. 

Bonsor  James,  brickmaker 

Brice  Thomas,  registrar 

Clapham  Catherine,  milliner 

Clarke  Thomas,  parish  clerk 

Cooper  Thomas,  hairdresser 

Everett  John,  draper  and  ironmonger 

Greaves  Thomas  Ley,  surgeon 

Hall  Kcv.  Thomas  OweD,  B.A.  curate 


Roberts  William  Hy.  Esq.,  barrister 

Stanger  George,  stone  mason 

Tirrell  Mrs  Eliz.  ||  Wignell  Mrs  Rbca. 

INNS  AND  TAVERNS. 
Crown,  Samuel  Thompson 
King's  Head,  Absalom  Clarke 
Marquis  of  Granby,  Francis  Allen 
Railway  Inn,  Joseph  Barnett 
Shoulder  of  Mutton,  John  King 
Sun  Inn,  John  Burton 


EASTON    MAGNA   TOWNSHIP. 


549 


BAKERS,    &C. 

Brown  John  T ho s. 
(and  corn  miller) 
Hickling  John 
King  S  with  in  Geo. 

BEERHOUSE. 

Brown  Charles 

BLACKSMITHS. 

Fox  John 
Templar  Charles 

BUTCHERS. 

Gray  William 
Russell  Saml. 
Woods  George 

CORSET   MAKER. 

Haddon    William 
Samuel 


FARMERS. 

*  are  owners. 
Ashhy  Charles 
Ashby  David 
Bell  Amos 
Burton  Thomas 
Cave  William 
Clarke  Absalom 
Freeman  Joseph 
Green  Joseph  A. 
Hayr  Mary  Ann 
*Hipwell  John 
"•Holland  John 
King  Uriah 
Marchant  Thomas 

*  Morris  William 

*  Mould  Thomas 
Pretty  Joseph 


*  Tirrell  John  A. 
Wignell  Richard 

SHOEMAKERS. 

Claypole  John 
Claypole  William 
King  Job 
Morris  Thomas 

SHOPKEEPERS. 

Everett  John 
Ingram  John 
King  Uriah 
Pretty  Joseph 

TAILORS. 

Ingram  John 
King  Uriah 

WHEELWRIGHTS. 

Brown  Edward 
Downs  Vincent 


Thompson  Samuel 

RAILWAY. 

Passenger  Trains 
several  times  a 
day  from  Rock- 
ingham Station, 
which  is  in  Gt. 
Easton  town- 
ship. 

CARRIERS. 

Ashby  Charles,  to 
Leicester,  Sat. 
&  Uppingham, 
Wed. 

Brown  Charles,  to 
Market  Harbo- 
rough,  Wed. 


BURROUGH,  or  Burrow -on-the-Hill,  is  a  pleasant  village,  on  a  lofty 
eminence,  2  miles  W.  of  Somerby,  and  C  miles  S.  of  Melton  Mowbray, 
and  its  parish  contains  138  inhabitants,  and  1314a.  2r.  32p.  of  land,  having 
a  hilly  surface  and  mostly  a  clayey  soil.  The  summit  of  Bur  rough  Hill, 
one  of  the  highest  situations  in  the  count}'-,  is  a  small  tract  of  level  table 
land,  hemmed  in  by  embankments  on  every  side,  and  was  the  site  of  a 
Roman  Station,  supposed  to  have  been  the  Vernometum  of  Antoninus. 
Leland  says,  "Barow  Hilles  is  double  diched,  and  containeth  within  the 
dich  to  my  estimation  4  score  acres.  The  soile  of  it  beareth  very  good 
corne.  First  I  tooke  hit  for  a  camp  of  menne  of  warre ;  but  after  I  plaine 
perceived  that  hit  had  beene  waullid  about  with  stone,  and,  to  be  sure, 
pulled  out  some  stones  at  the  entering  of  hit,  where  hath  bene  a  great  gate, 
and  there  found  lyme  betwixt  the  stones."  Though  Leland  and  Stukeley 
speak  very  decisively  of  walls  here,  the  Rev.  G.  Ashby  doubts  the  exist- 
ence of  any  masonry  having  been  used  in  this  fortification ;  and  Mr.  J. 
Tailby,  in  a  letter  to  Nichols,  says,  it  is  an  encampment  in  a  great 
measure  formed  by  nature,  and  shaped  by  art.  The  hill  consists  of  a 
loose  open-jointed  rock  of  soft  reddish  stone,  covered  with  a  shallow  soil. 
In  the  rock  some  fossil  shells  appear,  some  indented,  some  plain,  but 
mostly  of  the  cockle  land.  The  joints  of  the  rock,  at  first  sight,  appear 
as  if  formed  by  art  as  a  wall  is,  for  between  the  joints  is  a  white  substance, 
which  resembles  lime.  The  figure  of  the  entrenchment  is  irregular, 
though  nearly  square,  and  at  the  base  of  the  hill  are  numerous  springs. 
Mr.  Hollings  is  of  opinion  that  this  was  once  a  great  British  stronghold, 
and  the  scene  of  the  signal  defeat  of  the  Iceni  by  the  cavalry  and  social 
cohorts  of  Ostorius  (see  p.  27.),  so  closely  does  its  admirable  military 
position  appear  to  coincide,  in  its  precipitous  escarpment  on  three  sides, 
its  vallum  of  piled  stones,  its  one  accessible  face,  and  its  single  entrance! 
This  supposition  would  seem  to  be  favoured  by  the  fact  of  a  passage  over 
a  small  brook  close  to  the  village  of  Gaddesby,  having  borne  from  time 
immemorial  the  name  of  Ostor-ford.  Sir  Richard  Colt  Hoare  was,  how- 
ever, inclined  to  regard  the  camp  at  Borough  Hill,  near  Daventry,  the 
Roman  Bennavenna,  as  entitled  to  that  distinction.  In  1853,  the  area  of 
Burrough  camp  was  partly  excavated,  under  the  direction  of  the  Archaeo- 
logical Society  of  Leicester,  but  no  remains  which  could  with  certainty 
be  assigned  to  the  Roman  period  were  discovered,  but  positive  signs  of 
Celtic  occupation  were  thought  to  present  themselves  in  fragments  of 


550  BURROUGH-ON-THE-HILL. 

pottery  of  the  rudest  workmanship ;  a  flint  arrow  head,  and  the  remains 
of  a  human  skeleton,  which  had  been  interred  after  the  most  ancient 
fashion,  in  a  crouching  or  recumbent  position,  in  a  part  of  the  vallum  at 
the  north-west  corner  of  the  encampment.  Roman  coins  have,  however, 
been  often  found  here,  and  many  years  ago  a  dagger  and  spear  head  were 
dug  up.  Burrough  parish  is  one  of  the  detached  members  of  Gartree 
Hundred,  and  the  manorial  rights  belong  to  A.  R.  Brown,  Esq.,  but  a 
great  part  of  the  soil  belongs  to  Brazennose  College,  Oxford,  Messrs.  T. 
Simpkin,  W.  R.  Morris,  and  John  Higginson,  Miss  Nedham,  and  Collins' 
Hospital,  Nottingham.  The  parish  has  been  variously  called  Burg, 
Erdeburg,  Erdeburrow,  &c.  The  Church  (St.  Mary)  is  an  ancient  fabric, 
consisting  of  nave,  chancel,  and  aisles,  with  a  tower  containing  four  bells 
and  surmounted  by  a  spire.  It  was  restored  in  1860,  at  a  cost  of  i;300, 
when  in  addition  to  reseating  the  church  with  open  benches,  new  pulpit, 
reading  desk,  altar  rails,  and  stalls  in  chancel,  of  carved  oak,  were  erected, 
and  the  richly  ornamented  and  curious  circular  early  English  font  was 
thoroughly  cleaned  and  restored.  On  scraping  the  arcade  arches  the 
remains  of  elaborate  decorations  in  colours  were  discovered,  and  the 
timbers  of  the  roof  were  found  to  have  been  similarly  ornamented.  The 
church  contains  a  small  piscina,  and  on  an  old  monument  is  the  effigy 
of  one  of  the  Stockden  family,  in  armour.  The  benefice  is  a  rectory, 
valued  in  K.B.  at  £12,  and  now  at  .£433,  having  73a.  of  glebe,  and  a 
yearly  tithe  rent  of  <£1G4.  19s.  5d.  The  trustees  of  the  late  Rev.  Wm. 
Brown  are  patrons,  and  the  Rev.  Henry  Brandt,  B.A.,  is  the  incumbent, 
and  has  a  handsome  residence  near  the  church.  Chisselden,  an  eminent 
surgeon  to  Queen  Anne,  who  published  several  works  on  anatomy,  was 
born  here. 

Post  Office  at  Mary  Butteriss's.     Letters  arrive  from  Melton  Mowbray  at 
10£  morning,  and  are  despatched  at  4  afternoon. 

Hornbuckle,  to  Melton,  Tues.  and 
Leicester,  Saturday 

FAKMEKS   AND    GRAZIERS. 


Asliton  John,  wheelwright 
Brandt  Rev.  Henry,  B.A.  rector 
Clarke  William,  joiner 
Green  Francis  Nathaniel,  surgeon 
Horspool  G-eo.  vict.  Stag  dj  Hounds 
Knight  William,  clerk  and  sexton 
Riley  John,  shopkeeper 
Strange  Thomas,  shoemaker 
Carriers. — Edw.  May  field,  to  Melton, 
Tues.  and  Oakham,  Sat. ;  and  Edw. 


Ashton  Isaac 
Butteriss  Mary 
Ellaby  Thomas 
Gilford  John 
Horspool  George 
Peak  Thomas  (and 
butcher) 


Pywell  Thomas 
Simpson  Francis 
Simpson  Tom 
Snodin  William 
Taylor  Thomas 
Ward  Robert, 
Manor  House 


BURTON  OVERY,  a  neat  village  in  a  pleasant  valley,  8  miles  S.E. 
of  Leicester,  has  in  its  parish  405  souls,  and  about  1800  acres  of  land, 
watered  by  a  rivulet,  and  having  generally  a  strong  clayey  soil.  The  Earl 
of  Stamford  and  Warrington  is  lord  of  the  honor,  and  Sir  J.  H.  Palmer, 
Bart.,  is  lord  of  the  manor,  which  has  been  called  Burton  Noveray; 
but  the  soil  belongs  chiefly  to  the  Rev.  F.  Thorp,  Rev.  J.  Coleman,  H.  F. 
Coleman,  Esq.,  Messrs.  J.  Woodruffe,  T.  Moore,  and  W.  Beardsley,  and  a 
few  smaller  owners.  Hugh  dc  Grcntemaisnell  had  land  here  in  1080,  and 
since  then  the  manor  has  been  held  by  the  Ferrers,  Quincy,  Verdun,  Mey- 
nell,  Noveray,  and  other  families.  The  Church  (St.  Andrew)  is  an  ancient 
structure,  with  a  tower  and  three  bells,  and  was  re-pewed  in  1839.  It  has 
a  good  organ,  by  Holditch,  and  the  nave  and  chancel  are  separated  by  a 
finely  carved  screen,  and  contain  several  neat  mural  tablets.  The  rectory, 
valued  in  K.B.  at  ,£18.  5s.  7d.,  and  now  at  Mt)7,  has  about  209  acres  of 
glebe,  of  which  197  acres  were  allotted  at  the  enclosure,  in  1705,  in  lieu 
of  tithes.    Captain  W.  Thorp  is  patron,  and  the  Rev.  Frederick  Thorp, 


BURTON   OVERY   PARISH. 


551 


M.A.,  is  the  incumbent,  and  lias  a  good  residence  adjoining  the  church- 
yard, which  is  shaded  by  lofty  trees.  The  National  School  was  built  in 
1859,  at  a  cost  of  <£230,  and  here  is  an  Independent  Chapel,  erected  in 
1855,  at  a  cost  of  .£300,  on  land  given  by  Hy.  Coleman,  Esq.  It  has  a 
burial  ground  attached,  and  is  a  handsome  brick  building.  The  Church 
Sunday  School  has  £4  yearly  from  Palmer's  Charity.  The  Poor's  Land, 
purchased  with  <£64  left  .by  various  donors,  was  exchanged  at  the 
enclosure,  in  1765,  for  3a.  2r.  34r.,  let  for  £10.  10s.,  which  is  distributed 
in  bread  at  Easter  and  Christmas.  At  the  latter  period,  there  is  also  a 
distribution  of  £6  worth  of  bread,  from  the  dividends  of  £200  Three  per 
Cent.  Consols,  purchased  with  £180  left  by  Wm.  Woodward,  in  1829. 
Six  poor  widows  have  the  interest  of  nineteen  guineas,  left  by  Ann 
Woodruffe;  and  a  yearly  rent-charge  of  20s.,  left  by  Wm.  Ward,  out  of 
the  Town  Close,  is  distributed  in  bibles. 

Post  Office  at  Ellen  Houlden's.    Letters  arrive  from  Oadby  at  10  morning, 
and  are  despatched  at  3|  afternoon. 

Butteris  John,  builder 

ButterisJno.jun.  painter  &  stone  engvr. 

Cox  George,  plumber  and  glazier 

Cox  James,  baker  and  flour  dealer 

Cox  Samuel,  fellmonger 

Ellis  John,  corn  factor 

Hill  William,  parish  clerk  and  sexton 

Ingram  Joseph,  tailor  and  draper 

Mattock  Miss  M.  mistress  Natl.  School 

Meason  William,  marine  store  dealer 

Moore  Thomas,  gentleman 

Thorpe  Rev.  Frederick,  M.A.  Rectory 

Tilley  John,  coal  dealer 

Wilson  Lomax,  gentleman 

Woodruffe  John,  gentleman 

BLACKSMITHS.  BUTCHERS. 

Green  Jno.  Ogden     Burchnall William 
Newton  George         Coleman  Sheldon 


FARMERS  &  GRAZRS. 

*  are  owners. 
*Bucklar  Thomas 
Burchnall  William 
Coleman  Sheldon 
*Cox  Samuel 
Gilbert  James 
Goodwin  Wm.  K. 
Heap  James 
Henson  Joseph  H. 
Horton  James 
*Mayn  William 
Oswin  James 
Stacey  John 
Ward  Fredk.  L. 
*Ward  Samuel 
Wright  Eliza  My. 


INNS. 

Bell,  James  Hull 
Crown,  T.  Bucklar 

JOINERS. 

Cooke  Robert 
Mattock  James 

SHOEMAKERS. 

Buck  Charles 
Mattock    George 

(and  draper) 
Mawson  Thomas 

SHOPKEEPERS. 

Houlden  Ellen 
Ward  Samuel 

CARRIERS. 

To  Leicester,  Wed. 
&  Sat.  Mattock 
Rd.;WardSaml. 


CARLTON-CUKLIEU  is  a  very  small  but  pleasant  village,  on  the 
north  side  of  a  rivulet,  ty  miles  N.  by  W.  of  Market  Harborough,  and  9 
miles  S.E.  by  E.  of  Leicester.  Its  toivnship  contains  only  73  inhabitants, 
and  1377a.  3r.  30p.  of  strong  clayey  land  ;  but  its  parish  includes  also 
the  chapelry  of  Illston-on-the-Hill.  Sir  J.  H.  Palmer,  Bart.,  of  Carlton 
Hall,  Northamptonshire,  is  lord  of  the  manor  of  Carlton  Curlieu,  and 
owner  of  most  of  the  soil,  and  of  the  ancient  Hall,  which  was  a  residence 
of  his  family,  but  is  now  occupied  by  Francis  Sutton,  Esq.  This  man- 
sion is  a  curious  old  building,  in  the  Elizabethan  style.  In  the  front 
are  three  projections,  each  three  stories  in  height,  and  terminated  with 
escalloped  pediments.  It  commands  picturesque  views,  and  the  pleasure 
grounds  are  beautifully  laid  out.  Amoug  the  family  portraits  is  one  of 
Sir  Jeffrey  Palmer,  Bart.,  who  was  born  in  1598,  and  was  the  first 
Attorney- General  after  the  Restoration.  He  acquired  great  eminence  in 
the  law,  and  was  one  of  the  select  friends  of  the  Earl  of  Clarendon.  His 
father  purchased  this  estate,  in  1597,  of  the  Ward  family,  except  that 
part  of  it  which  was  purchased  by  himself,  in  1651,  of  the  Bale  family, 
to  whom  it  had  been  granted  at  the  dissolution  of  Ulverscroft  Priory. 
In  1607,  it  was  found  that  the  Earl  of  Huntingdon  died,  seised  of  the 
bailiship  of  Carlton  Curlieu;  and  that  it  was  within  the  Honor  of 
Leicester,  and  parcel  of  the  Duchy  of  Lancaster.    The  Earls  of  Hun- 


552  CARLTON  CURIJEU  PARISH. 

tingdon  held  it  of  the  Crown,  in  capite,  by  the  service  of  a  hundredth 
part  of  a  Knight's  fee.  The  Church  (St.  Mary)  is  an  ancient  fabric,  with 
a  tower  and  three  bells,  and  contains  an  alabaster  tomb,  on  which  are 
recumbent  effigies  of  Sir  John  Bale  and  his  Lady,  the  former  of  whom 
died  in  1621,  and  the  latter  in  1629.  Above  them  are  representations  of 
their  seven  children.  The  rectory,  valued  in  K.B.  at  £18.  5s.  7d.,  and 
now  at  .£420,  with  the  chapelry  of  Illston  annexed  to  it,  has  99a.  2r.  of 
glebe.  Sir  J.  H.  Palmer,  Bart.,  is  patron,  and  the  Rev.  Charles  Maynard 
Heselrige,  M.A.,  is  the  incumbent,  and  has  a  good  residence  near  the 
church.  The  other  principal  inhabitants  are  Francis  Sutton,  Esq., 
Carlton  Curlieu  Hall;  and  Richard  Balmer,  Esq.,  Everard  Oldacre,  and 
Henry  "Ward  Pateman,  farmers  and  graziers.  Foot  Post  from  Oadby 
at  11  morning,  returning  at  3  afternoon. 

Illston-on-the-Hill,  a  pleasant  village,  on  a  bold  southern  acclivity, 
8  miles  S.E.  by  E.  of  Leicester,  gives  name  to  a  township  and  chapelry, 
in  Carlton  Curlieu  parish,  containing  235  inhabitants  and  1337a.  lit.  3p. 
of  land,  watered  by  a  rivulet,  and  crossed  by  the  Old  Gartree  road.  It 
has  been  called  Ilstone,  Elvestone,  &c,  and  the  manor  belonged  to 
Creake  Abbey,  Norfolk,  as  early  as  1250  ;  but  in  1509,  it  was  settled  on 
Christ  College,  Cambridge,  by  the  Countess  of  Richmond.  Sir  A.  G. 
Hazlerigg,  Bart.,  and  Lieut.-Col.  John  King  now  own  most  of  the  soil, 
and  the  latter  is  lord  of  the  manor.  J.  G.  Coleman,  Esq.,  Major  Arthur 
Haymes,  Mr.  Samuel  Hodgldnson,  and  some  others,  have  land  here.  The 
Church  has  a  nave,  chancel,  south  aisle,  and  square  tower  containing 
three  bells ;  and  the  curacy  is  consolidated  with  the  rectory  of  Carlton 
Curlieu.  The  incumbent  has  .£100  per  annum  in  lieu  of  tithes.  The 
School  was  built  in  1848,  and  is  attended  by  about  30  boys  and  girls. 
The  annual  feast  is  on  the  Sunday  after  November  22nd.  The  poor 
have  £4:  a  year  from  Palmer's  Charity,  being  the  dividends  of  .£133.  6s.  8d. 
three  per  cent.  Consols.  A  legacy  of  £600,  left  by  Mary  Heard,  for  the 
poor  of  Illston,  Newtown-Linford,  and  Anstey,  was  laid  out  in  <£1043.  5s. 
three  per  cent.  Consols.  Of  the  yearly  dividends,  J10.  8s.  7d.  are  dis- 
tributed among  the  poor  of  Illston.  The  Town  Land,  given  by  Thos. 
Staunton,  in  1840,  for  the  payment  of  tenths,  fifteenths,  and  other  com- 
mon charges,  was  partly  exchanged  at  the  enclosure  in  1760,  and  now 
consists  of  26a.  1r.  2p.,  in  Birstall,  let  for  .£52  ;  and  26  acres  in  Illston, 
let  for  .£35  a  year.  The  net  proceeds  are  carried  to  the  account  of  the 
highways.     Post  from  Billesdon. 


Hill  John,  blacksmith 

Measures  William,  clerk  and  sexton 

Muggleton   George,  grocer  and  vict. 

Fox  and  Goose 
Stafford  Samuel,  shoemaker 

farmers  (*  are  owners). 
Billings  Eliz.     ||     Burgess  John 


Frearson  William 
Hackney  Samuel 
*Hodgkinson  SI. 
*Muggleton  Geo. 
Palmer  Hmphy. 
Pougher  James 
Selby  William 


Snow  Charles 
*Wade  Samuel 
Wigginton  Arthur 
Goodwin 

CARRIER. 

James  Mario w,  to 
Leicester, W.&S. 


LANGTON,  (EAST)  or  CHURCH  LANGTON,  is  a  village 
on  an  eminence,  4£  miles  N.  of  Market  Harborough,  and  12  miles 
S.E.  of  Leicester.  Its  township  contains  303  inhabitants,  and  994a.  2r. 
16p.  of  land,  mostly  having  a  fertile  clayey  soil.  Its  Parish,  generally 
called  Church  Langton,  includes  also  Thorpe-Langton,  Tur-Langton, 
and  West  Langton ;  and  the  four  townships  comprise  4206  acres,  and 
842  souls.  West  Langton  township  has  only  925a.  Or.  33p.  of  land, 
and  82  inhabitants,  and  its  houses  adjoin  the  village  of  East  Langton. 
James  Pickering  Ord,  Esq.,  was  lord  of  the  manors  of  East  and  West 
Langton,  and  had  large  estates  in  the  parish,  but  his  life  interest  in 


CHURCH  LANGTON  PARISH.  553 

them  was  purchased,  in  1845,  by  W.  M.  and  J.  Marriott,  H.  Yonle,  and 
W.  Cartledge,  Esqrs.,  and  others.  The  Rev.  Thomas  Hanbury,  Mrs. 
Lefevre,  Messrs.  Richard  and  Wra.  Goodman,  and  a  few  other  owners, 
haye  estates  in  East  Langton ;  but  West  Langton  was  nearly  all  the 
property  of  Mr.  Ord,  whose  family  formerly  occupied  the  Hall.  The 
parish  was  enclosed  in  1790,  and  is  bounded  on  the  east  and  west  by  two 
rivulets,  which  unite  in  the  Welland,  about  3  miles  S.S.E.  of  East 
Langton.  The  Church  ( St.  Peter  J  is  a  large  and  venerable  fabric,  con- 
sisting of  a  nave,  aisles,  chancel,  south  porch,  and  a  lofty  square  tower, 
containing  a  good  clock  and  eight  fine-toned  bells.  In  the  north  aisle  is 
a  piscina,  and  in  the  chancel  is  another  handsome  niche,  and  three  stone 
sedilia  in  the  same  style.  In  the  north  aisle  is  also  a  handsome  mural 
monument,  in  memory  of  the  wife  of  the  late  Rev.  James  Ord,  of  West 
Langton  Hall.  The  nave  is  appropriated  to  the  inhabitants  of  East  and 
West  Langton,  and  the  aisles  to  those  of  Thorpe  and  Tur  Langton  ;  but 
the  two  latter  have  chapels  of  ease.  The  benefice  is  a  rectory,  valued  in 
KB.  at  .£48.  12s.  4d.,  and  now  at  £945,  with  the  curacies  of  Thorpe  and 
Tur  Langton  annexed  to  it.  The  Rev.  Wm.  Hanbury  is  patron,  and 
the  Rev.  Thos.  Hanbury,  M.A.,  is  the  incumbent,  and  has  126a.  3r.  14p. 
of  glebe;  and  a  large  and  handsome  residence  in  the  centre  of  the 
village,  built  in  1785,  at  a  cost  of  £4000.  The  tithes  were  commuted  in 
1794,  for  £808  per  annum.  The  present  rector  has  erected  a  large 
Schoolroom,  for  the  education  of  about  36  poor  girls,  and  the  mistress 
receives  a  yearly  salary  of  £35,  including  £6  a  year  from  two  rent- 
charges,  left  by  Maria  Pheasant  in  1688,  and  Frances  Bird  and  Dorothy 
Eliz.  Pickering,  in  1758.  Here  are  two  chapels  belonging  to  the  Baptists 
and  Independents.  Walter  de  Langton,  who  was  appointed  Lord  High 
Treasurer  of  England,  and  Bishop  of  Lichfield  and  Coventry,  in  1295, 
was  bora  here.  He  was  a  great  favourite  with  Edward  I.,  in  whose 
cause  he  suffered  excommunication,  and  whose  corpse  he  had  afterwards 
the  honour  of  conducting  from  the  borders  of  Scotland  to  Westminster, 
where  he  was  arrested  by  Edward  II.,  who  kept  him  a  prisoner  at 
various  places  for  more  than  two  years.  He  afterwards  retired  to  his 
See  of  Lichfield,  and  greatly  improved  the  cathedral,  and  built  a  new 
palace.  He  died  in  that  city  in  1321.  Thomas  Staveley,  author  of  the 
"Romish  Horse-leech,"  was  born  at  East  Langton,  in  1626,  and  was 
admitted  a  member  of  the  Inner  Temple  in  1647.  He  left  many  manu- 
script collections,  one  of  which  was  a  "  History  of  the  Churches,"  pub- 
lished after  his  death,  in  1712.  He  also  made  some  collections  for  a 
history  of  Leicester,  which  were  used  by  Nichols. 

The  late  Rev.  Wm.  Hanbury,  who  was  patron  and  incumbent  of  the 
rectory,  as  well  as  a  considerable  landowner  in  the  parish  of  Church 
Langton,  commenced  planting,  in  1752,  extensive  nurseries  of  oak, 
spruce  fir,  Scotch  fir,  cedar,  apple,  pear,  and  other  fruit,  forest,  and 
ornamental  trees  and  shrubs,  at  Tur-Langton  and  Gumley.  Of  these 
nurseries,  he  gave  by  deed,  in  1767,  a  large  share,  in  winch  were 
more  than  100,000  trees  and  shrubs,  in  trust,  by  the  sale  thereof,  for 
the  accumulation  of  £1500,  the  interest  to  be  applied,  at  first,  in 
ornamenting  the  church,  and  afterwards  for  the  support  of  an  organ, 
organist,  and  schoolmaster,  at  Church  Langton.  He  also  gave,  in  the 
same  year,  £100  for  founding  schools  for  boys  and  girls,  and  £100  for 
founding  organs  and  supporting  organists,  after  each  of  the  said  sums 
had  accumulated,  so  as  each  to  bring  in  £1000  a  year,  when  the 
trustees  are  to  apply  the  said  income  annually  in  founding  schools  and 
organs  in  such  parishes  as  they  think  proper.  He  gave  £2100  to  be 
accumulated  till  it  would  bring  in  five  guineas  a  year,  for  distribution  in 


554  CHURCH  LANGTON  PARISH. 

beef  among  the  poor  of  Langton  parish.     Another  £100  he  gave  to  be 
accumulated  till  it  will  bring  in  JKLOO  a  year,  when  each  year's  income  is 
to  be  given  to  some  parish,  where  it  is  to  be  vested  for  a  yearly  distribu- 
tion of  £5.  5s.  worth  of  beef.    For  the  foundation  of  a  Library,  at  Church 
Langton,  he  gave  books  to  the  value  of  more  than  £100,  and  also  £200 
to  provide  for  a  yearly  income  of  .£10.  10s.     For  the  foundation  of  a 
Picture  Gallery,  at  Church  Langton,  he  gave  various  pictures,  and  also 
£200,  to  be  accumulated  till  it  would  bring  in  £10.  10s.  a  year  to  be  laid 
out  in  purchasing  paintings  illustrative  of  Scripture  history,  or  portraits 
of  pious   men.      For  founding   a  Printing    Office,   and   supporting  a 
compositor,  pressman,  and  binder,  for  the  publication  of  religious  books, 
and  the  gratuitous  distribution  of  them  among  the  poor,  he  gave  the  profits 
that  might  be  derived  from  the  publication  of  his  "  Book  of  Gardening," 
the  manuscript  of  which  is  now  in  the  possession  of  the  present  rector, 
and  is  not  likely  to  be  ever  published.     For  the  foundation  of  a  Hospital 
for  60  poor  women,  at  Church  Langton,  he  gave  £100,  to  be  accumulated 
till  a  clear  yearly  income  of  £485  is  realised.    He  gave  another  £100,  to 
be  invested  till  the  accumulated  capital  and  interest,  or  rent,  should 
realise  £150  a  year,  which  is  to  be  paid  to  a  Professor  of  Grammar,  to 
instruct  75  boys,  of  the  four  Langtons,  in  Latin  and  Greek.     Another 
£100  he  gave  to  be  invested  in  the  same  way,  till  it  accumulated  to  a 
yearly  income  of  £250,  for  the  support  of  an  Organist  and  Professor  of 
Music,  to  teach  music  and  singing  gratuitously.     Two  other  sums  of 
£100  he  gave  to  be  accumulated  till  each  would  yield  an  annual  income 
of  £150  for  the  foundation  of  Professorships  of  Botany  and  Poetry.     By 
a  Final  and  Explanatory  Deed,  he  directed  that  the  whole  of  the  above- 
named  gifts  should  be  accumulated  till  they  collectively  brought  in  a 
yearly  income  of  £10,000,  which  should  be  employed  in  building  a 
stately  new  church  at  Langton,  with  a  splendid  organ  ;  after  which  the 
income  is  to  be  separated  and  applied  to  the  various  foundations  named 
in  his  several  deeds  of  gift,  so  that,  in  the  founder's  own  words,  "  no 
calamity  befalling  any  by  fire  or  water,  storm  or  tempest,  but  their 
affliction  shall  be  alleviated,  and  a  share,  if  not  the  whole,  of  their 
misfortune  made  up  here.     The  design  of  the  whole  of  this  foundation 
is  universal  charity,  and  here  the  distressed  shall  ever  find  relief.     Here 
the  poor  man  shall  not  want  his  cow,  nor  the  little  maid  her  ewe  lamb. 
The  good,   and  industrious,   and   the  well  meaning  shall  ever  find 
encouragement  and  assistance ;    and  money  shall  not  be  wanting  in 
carrying  on  prosecutions  against  rogues  of  all  sorts !     Here  virtue  shall 
be  ever  rewarded,  and  vice  shall  never  go  unpunished."     The  donor 
lived  ten  years  after  making  these  singular  deeds,  and  during  that  time 
managed  the  accumulations  which  he  had  projected.     Since  his  death, 
the  trustees  of  his  intended  charities  have  continued  to  increase  the 
estates  for  their  endowment,  &c,  by  investing  the  yearly  income  either 
at  interest  or  in  the  purchase  of  property,  but  many  years  must  elapse 
before  the  £10,000  per  annum  can  be  realised  ;  and,  consequently,  before 
the  various  charities,  &c,  can  be  brought  into  operation ;  as,  in  1837, 
the  total  yearly  income  only  amounted  to  £574,  of  which  £300  arose 
from  real  property,  and  the  remainder  from  £6421  vested  at  interest. 
The  present  yearly  income  is  about  £850.     Mr.  Johnstone,  the  charity 
commissioner,  says, "  The  practicability  of  carrying  into  effect  the  various 
plans  detailed  by  the  donor  in  his  deeds  of  foundation  may  well  be 
questioned  ;  but  this  is  certain, —there  is  so  much  discrepancy  between 
the  deeds  themselves,  and  the  plan  adopted  in  the  management  of  the 
funds  is  so  much  at  variance  with  the  trusts,  as  to  render  the  interference 
of  a  Court  of  Equity  necessary,  in  order  to  put  a  proper  construction 


CHURCH  LANGTON  PARISH. 


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upon  the  deeds,  and  lay  down  such  a  scheme  for  the  future  management 
of  the  estates  as  may  enable  the  trustees  to  act  with  safety  to  themselves 
and  a  due  regard  to  the  intentions  of  the  founder,  so  far  as  those 
intentions  can  be  ascertained."  Under  these  circumstances  he  referred 
the  case  to  the  Attorney- General,  and  an  application  for  a  new  scheme 
has  been  pending  in  the  Court  of  Chancery  since  1844.  New  Trustees 
were  appointed  in  1839,  of  whom  the  following  are  the  survivors  : — Rev. 
T.  Hanbury  (visitor,)  and  Messrs.  William  Walker  and  Thomas  Kendall. 
In  1839,  they  built  a  Free  School,  and  they  allow  the  master  i'60  a  year  for 
teaching  freely  the  children  of  the  four  Langtons.  The  eccentric  testator 
died  in  1778,  and  as  he,  contrary  to  the  deeds,  commenced  the  distri- 
bution of  M  yearly  in  beef  to  the  poor  of  the  parish,  it  has  been  continued 
by  the  trustees.  This,  and  the  recently  established  school,  are  the  only 
branches  of  his  intended  charitable  foundations  that  have  been  estab- 
lished. The  books  which  he  left  for  the  foundation  of  the  library  are 
deposited  at  the  Rectory. 

East  Langton  Town  Land  was  given  by  John  Cooper,  in  the  38th  of 
Henry  VIII.,  the  rents  and  profits  to  be  applied  in  paying  tenths  and 
fifteenths,  and  in  repairing  the  highways,  bridges,  &c.  It  was  increased 
and  partly  exchanged  at  enclosures  in  the  10th  and  31st  of  George  III., 
and  now  consists  of  5a.  39p.  in  Great  Bowden,  and  18a.  2r.  14p.  in 
East  Langton;  let  for  .£38  a  year,  exclusive  of  six  small  tenements 
occupied  rent-free  by  poor  families.  The  whole  income  is  expended 
in  the  highways. 


EAST  AND  WEST   LANGTON  DIRECTORY. 

Foot  Post  from  Harhorough.      Those  marked  *  are  in  West  Langton, 

Cherry  Charles,  master  of  Free  School 
Cochrane  Arthur  Mowbray,  Esq.  The 

Grange 
Cobley  John,  staymaker,  &  par.  clerk 
Crawford  Wm.    Stuart   Stirling  Esq. 

West  Langton  Hall 
Gibbins  Henry,  victualler,  Bell 
Gilbert  John,  blacksmith 
Hanbury  Rev.  Thomas,  M.A.  Rectory 
Hunt  John,  traveller 
*  Parker  Miss  Ann 

Smith  John,  maltster,  miller,  &  baker 
Thompson  John,  gentleman 
Tilley  Mary,  victualler,  Bull  Inn 
Warren  William,  gentleman 

BUTCHERS. 

Barratt  Jonathan  II  Barratt  William 


Barratt  William 
Brown  Joseph 
ColemanElizaheth 
Goodman  Richard 
Harding  Thomas 
*Hyde  William 

*  Price  George 
♦Price  William 
Smith  John 

*  Warren  John 
Warren  William 

KETCHUP     MAKERS. 

Brown  Joseph 
Coleman  Elizabeth 
Collins  William 


SHOEMAKERS. 

Brown  Thomas 
Collins  William 
Goddard  George 
*Swingler  John 

SHOPKEEPERS. 

Brown  Joseph 
*Simpkin      John, 

(and  joiner) 
Swingler  James 


Broughton  David 
Moore  Joseph 


Thorpe-Langton,  nearly  4  miles  N.  by  E.  of  Market  Harborough, 
and  12  miles  S.E.  of  Leicester,  is  a  village,  township,  and  chapelry,  in 
Church  Langton  parish,  containing  120  souls,  and  930a.  3  a.  35p.  of  fertile 
land,  bounded  by  two  rivulets,  which  unite  in  the  Welland.  J.  P.  Ord, 
Esq.,  and  Mrs.  Bishopp  own  part  of  the  soil,  and  claim  the  manorial 
rights,  but  the  life  interest  of  the  former  has  been  sold  to  several  gentle- 
men, as  noticed  at  page  552-'3.  John  Kendall,  Esq.,  and  H.  H.  H. 
Hungerford,  Esq.,  have  estates  here,  and  part  of  the  chapelry  belongs  to 
a  few  smaller  owners.    The  Church  is  a  small  ancient  structure,  with  a 


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THORPE  LANGTON  PARISH. 


spire  and  three  bells ;  and  the  curacy  is  consolidated  with  Church-Lang- 
ton  rectory.  The  Town  Land,  the  origin  of  which  is  not  known,  was 
exchanged  at  the  enclosure  in  1792,  for  13a.  16 p.,  let  for  about  .£29  a  year, 
which  is  applied  in  repairing  the  highways.  The  feast  is  on  the  first 
Sunday  after  Nov.  17th.  Foot  Post  from  Market  Harborough. 
Chapman  Miss  Mary  Ann 
Payne  W.  (Exors.  of)  vict.  Barley  Mow 
Smith  Thos.  baker  &  vict.  Baker's  Arms 
Tilley  James  and  John,  carpenters 


Tilley  Wm.  carpenter  &  parish  clerk 
Walker  Mrs  Catherine  ||  Smith  Alice 
Worsdale  Robert,  shopkeeper 

FARMERS  (*  are  owners). 
Ball  George        ||       Haddon  Ann 


Haddon  W.Cooper 

♦Kendall  George 

♦Kendall  John 

Smith  Ann 

Tipler  Charles,  (& 
cattle  dealer) 

Carriers. — Jno.  Edgley,  to  Leicester, 
Sat.  and  Harborough,  Tues.  ;  and 
Thos.  Tilley,  to  Harborough,  Tues. 


Vendy  Matthew, 

and  butcher) 
*Wade  Jon.  Smith 
♦Walker  Thomas 
•Walker  William 


Tur-Lanoton,  10  miles  S.E.  of  Leicester,  is  a  pleasant  village,  town- 
ship and  chapelry,  forming  the  northern  division  of  Church-Langton 
parish,  and  containing  337  inhabitants  and  135a.  2r.  26p.  of  land  mostly 
in  pasturage.  A  Hiring  for  Servants  is  held  here  in  September.  The 
trustees  of  the  late  Earl  Somers  are  lords  of  the  manor,  but  a  great  part 
of  the  soil  belongs  to  Sir  C.  E.  Isham,  Bart.,  Rev.  Thos.  Hanbury,  Rev. 
J.  M.  W.  Piercy,  Thos.  Miles,  Esq.,  Thos.  West,  Esq.,  Mr.  David  Lewin, 
and  others.  The  Rev.  J.  B.  Hildebrand  lets  13a.  1r.  26p.  to  the  poor  in 
garden  plots.  The  chapel  is  a  small  antique  building,  and  the  curacy  is 
annexed  to  the  rectory  of  Church-Langton.  The  tithes  were  commuted 
at  the  enclosure  in  1791,  and  the  glebe  here  is  29a.  13p.  The  village  is 
neat  and  well-built,  and  sheltered  on  the  north  by  a  bold  range  of  hills. 
The  Independents  have  a  small  chapel  here,  built  in  184C. 

Post  Office  at  G.  Butteris's.  Letters  arrive  from  Market  Harborough  at 
10  morning,  and  are  despatched  at  3J  afternoon. 


Andrews  Mrs  Sarah 

Berridge  William,  tailor 

Bindley  Alfred,  joiner  &  vict.  Crown 

Butteris  George,  shopkeeper 

Hill  James,  saddler  and  vict.  Chequers 

Hill  Richard,  baker 

Hill  Thos.  butcher  &  vict.  BulVsIIead 

Jacques  John,  tailor 

Putterill  John,  shoemaker 

Smith  Jph.  wheelwright  &  carpenter 

Timson  Zaccheus,  blacksmith 


Ward  Thos.  shoemaker  &  parish  clerk 
Watts  Mrs  Jane 
Webb  Edward,  gentleman 
Williams  Rev.  Isaac,  curate 


FARMERS. 

Dain  Gerald  Thos. 
Hackney  Richard 
Hill  Richard 
Lewin  David 
Norman  Thomas 
Pick  William 


Watts  Josiah,  (and 
brickmaker) 

carrier.  —  John 
Palmer,  to  Har- 
borough, Tues. 
and  Leicester, 
Saturday 


CRANOE,  or  Cranhoc,  a  village  on  a  declivity,  7  miles  N.E.  by  N.  of 
Market  Harborough,  8  miles  W.  of  Uppingham,  and  14  miles  E.  by  S. 
of  Leicester,  commands  beautiful  views  over  the  rich  pastoral  vale  of 
the  Welland.  It  has  in  its  parish  107  souls,  and  797a.  2r.  33p.  of  land, 
mostly  in  grass,  and  all,  except  the  glebe  and  church  land,  belonging  to 
the  Earl  of  Cardigan,  who  is  lord  of  the  manor,  and  also  patron  of  the 
rectory,  valued  in  K.B.  at  £8.  16s.  6d.,  and  now  at  .£300.  The  Rev. 
J.  H.  Hill,  B.A.,  has  been  the  incumbent  since  1837,  and  has  a  hand- 
some residence,  built  in  1838,  and  having  tasteful  pleasure  grounds. 
The  glebe  is  145a.,  allotted  at  the  enclosure,  in  1820,  in  lieu  of  the 
tithes.  The  Church  (St.  Michael)  occupies  an  elevated  situation,  and 
was  entirely  rebuilt  in  1847-'8  and  '9.  It  is  a  very  beautiful  structure, 
and  has  been  justly  styled  the  gem  of  its  neighbourhood.  Its  architec- 
ture is  of  the  early  perpendicular  period,  and  it  has  a  nave,  chancel,  and 


CRANOE   PARISH.  557 

porch,  with  a  square  embattled  tower  containing  two  bells.  The  roof  of 
the  church*is  covered  with  red  and  black  Newcastle  tiles,  with  crested 
ridge,  and  the  gables  are  surmounted  by  carved  finials.  Here  is  a 
beautiful  example  of  the  step  gable,  which  is  so  rare  a  feature  in  English 
churches.  The  interior  of  the  roof  is  of  open  timber,  having  the  span- 
drils  enriched  with  tracery,  and  it  is  supported  on  stone  corbels,  repre- 
senting the  apostles  bearing  shields  with  emblems  upon  them.  The 
east  window  has  an  elaborately  carved  head,  which  is  filled  with  stained 
glass,  and  the  church  is  fitted  with  open  seats,  the  ends  of  which  are 
moulded,  and  surmounted  with  carved  poppy  heads  of  various  designs. 
The  porch  is  built  of  fine  ashlar,  and  has  an  open  timber  roof  with 
carved  braces,  springing  from  the  wall  pieces,  the  spandrils  filled  with 
tracery.  The  font  is  very  ancient,  and  of  Norman  architecture.  The 
organ  was  purchased  by  subscription  in  1844.  The  Church  Land  was 
exchanged  at  the  enclosure  for  4a.  2  a.  5p.,  let  for  ,£11.  The  National 
School,  with  a  house  for  the  master,  was  built  by  the  Earl  of  Cardigan, 
in  1843,  for  the  children  of  this  and  neighbouring  parishes.  The  poor 
of  Cranoe  have  the  interest  of  <£11,  left  by  three  donors.  The  ancient 
Roman  road,  called  the  Saltway,  or  Via  Devana,  passes  through  this 
parish.     Foot  Post  from  Market  Harborough. 

Bacon  Edw.  master,  National  School 
Clarke  Wm.  sexton  and  parish  clerk 
Foster  Thomas,  brick  and  tile  maker, 


and  victualler,  Cardigan  Arms 
Hill  Rev.  John  Harwood,  B.A.  rector 

of  Cranoe,  vicar  of  Welham,   and 

surrogate,  The  Rectory 
Mario w  Joseph,  grocer 


Redmile  Sarah  ||  Coleman  Mary 
Timson  Samuel,  constable 


FARMERS. 

Foster  Thomas 
MacTurk  John 
MacTurk  Wm. 
Rippen  William 
Timson  Thomas 


Carriers  to  Har- 
bro'  Tues.  &Lei- 
cesterWed.  &  Sat. 

Hayes  John 

King  John 

Sumpter  William 


EVINGTON  is  a  neat  village,  about  3  miles  E.S.E.  of  Leicester. 
Its  parish  is  a  peculiar  jurisdiction,  as  noticed  at  page  51,  and  contains 
275  inhabitants,  and  1950  acres  of  land,  mostly  a  strong  clay.  Major 
the  Hon.  Henry  Lyttleton  Powys-Keck  is  lord  of  the  manor;  but  H.  F. 
Coleman,  Esq.,  J.  D.  A.  Burnaby,  Esq.,  the  Rev.  F.  G.  Burnaby,  and 
others,  have  estates  here.  Evington  Hall,  a  handsome  modern  brick 
mansion,  stuccoed  in  the  Italian  style,  is  the  seat  of  H.  F.  Coleman, 
Esq. ;  and  Evington  House,  another  handsome  mansion  in  a  similar 
style,  is  the  seat  of  the  Misses  Burnaby,  and  was  built  in  1836.  The 
Church  (St.  Denis)  is  a  neat  fabric,  with  a  tower  containing  three  bells 
and  crowned  by  a  spire.  It  was  repewed  and  thoroughly  repaired  at  the 
cost  of  <£900,  in  1840,  when  the  north  and  south  porches  were  taken 
down.  There  are  some  fragments  of  stained  glass  in  the  window  at  the 
east  end  of  the  north  aisle,  and  in  1858  a  handsome  stained-glass  window 
was  inserted  at  the  east  end  of  the  south  aisle  by  the  vicar,  in  memory 
of  his  mother,  the  late  Mrs.  Moore.  It  contains  ten  subjects  illustrative 
of  the  life  of  Christ.  The  south  aisle  contains  a  piscina,  with  two 
brackets  for  images  on  the  east  wall.  There  is  also  a  piscina  in  the 
north  aisle,  against  the  pillar  of  the  chancel  arch.  The  ancient  parish 
chest  stands  at  the  west  end  of  this  aisle,  which  is  of  much  more  orna- 
mental character  than  the  south  aisle,  and  has  at  the  apex  of  the  parapet 
a  small  statue  of  a  bishop,  in  a  niche  with  a  crocheted  canopy,  the  top  of 
which  is  broken  off.  In  the  chancel  is  an  incised  slab,  bearing  the 
figure  of  a  priest  or  bishop,  but  the  inscription,  with  the  exception  of 
the  words  "  Deus,  Amen,"  is  obliterated.  There  is  also  a  marble  tablet 
to  the  memory  of  the  late  vicar,  the  Rev.  T.  B.  Paget,  who  died  in 
1846.  The  Bishop  of  Lincoln  was  formerly  appropriator  and  patron,  but 


558 


EVINGTON   PARISH. 


the  great  tithes  were  purchased  by  the  land  owners  in  1840,  and  the 
Bishop  of  Peterborough  is  now  patron  of  the  discharged  vicarage, 
valued  in  KB.  at  £7.  16s.  6d.,  and  now  at  only  .£80,  although  it 
was  augmented,  in  1840,  with  a  lot  of  Queen  Anne's  Bounty.  There  is 
no  glebe,  but,  under  the  enclosure  act  of  1761,  the  vioar  has  £4.5  a  year, 
in  lieu  of  tithes.  The  Rev.  Wm.  Burton  Moore,  M.A.,  is  the  present 
vicar,  and  has  a  good  residence,  built  in  1839,  at  a  cost  of  £500.  A 
handsome  Chapel,  in  the  Gothic  style,  with  a  house  for  the  minister, 
was  built  here,  in  1837-'8,  by  the  late  Samuel  Davenport,  Esq.,  of 
Leicester,  for  a  congregation  using  the  same  form  of  worship  as  the 
Countess  of  Huntingdon's  Connection,  but  having  no  connection  with 
that  or  any  other  sect.  The  chapel  was  opened  on  the  fifth  anniversary 
of  the  death  of  the  late  Rev.  Rowland  Hill,  April  11th,  1838.  It  is 
visited  on  Sunday's  by  many  people  from  Leicester.  The  seats  are  all 
free,  and  will  accommodate  200  hearers.  Part  of  the  Church  of  England 
prayers  are  read  during  the  service,  and  in  the  gallery  is  a  fme-toned 
organ.  The  Rev.  T.  C.  Dymock  is  the  minister,  and  Mr.  David  Wait, 
of  Thurnby,  is  the  organist.  The  National  School,  established  here  in 
1841,  is  supported  by  the  Misses  Burnaby.  The  parish  feast  is  on  the 
Sunday  after  October  19th. 

Post  from  Leicester.     Letters  arrive  at  8  morning,  and  are  despatched  at 
6  evening.     There  is  a  Letter  Box  in  a  wall  near  the  chapel. 

Atkins  William,  vict.  Horse  &  Groom 
Burnaby  Misses,  Evington  House 
Coleman  Henry  Freeman,  Esq.  Hall 
Dymock  Rev.  Thos.  Charles,  minister 

of  the  chapel  Clarke  Robert 

Grant  "William,  butcher  Gilbert  Amy 

Moore  Misses  Ann,  Mary,  and  Louisa    Hubbard   George, 
Moore  Rev.  Wm.  Burton,  M.A.  vicar  Evington  Parks 


Rowe  Thomas,  shoemkr.  and  shopkpr* 

Shotter  Edwin,  bank  clerk 

Taylor  Thos.  schoolmaster  &  par.  clerk 

FARMERS. 

Holyoak  John 
Johnson  Tebbs 
Rowlatt  Thomas 
Wilbourn  Isaac  G. 


FLECKNEY,  8$  miles  S.E.  by  S.  of  Leicester,  and  7  miles  N.W.  of 
Market  Harborough,  is  situated  in  a  valley,  on  the  north  side  of  the  hill 
through  which  the  Union  Canal  passes  by  a  tunnel.  Its  parish  has  581 
souls  and  1175  acres  of  land,  mostly  having  a  mixed  soil  of  clay  and 
gravel.  Mairy  of  its  inhabitants  are  framework- knitters.  Most  of  the 
land  belongs  to  J.  S.  Crossland,  William  Earp,  and  Wm.  M.  Marriott, 
Esqrs.,  the  Hospital  at  Great  Wigston,  and  other  proprietors ;  but  the 
Earl  of  Lovelace  is  lord  of  the  manor  and  patron  of  the  vicarage, 
which  is  valued  at  <£160  per  annum,  chiefly  derived  from  108  acres 
of  glebe,  awarded  in  lieu  of  tithes,  at  the  enclosure  in  1767.  The 
Rev.  Thomas  Badcock,  M.A.,  is  the  incumbent,  and  has  a  good 
vicarage-house,  built  in  1860.  The  Church  (St.  Nicholas)  is  in  the 
Norman  style,  and  the  south  door  is  elaborately  carved.  The  late 
Lady  Noel  Byron  erected  an  iron  school  house  in  the  village,  and  it  is 
now  attended  by  about  50  scholars.  The  General  and  Particular 
Baptists  have  chapels  here,  the  former  built  in  1813,  and  the 
latter  in  1853.  About  30  acres  belonging  to  Sir  H.  Halford,  and  8  acres 
of  the  glebe,  are  let  in  garden  plots  to  the  poor,  at  moderate  rents. 
Post  from  Market  Harborough  at  10^  morning,  returning  at  3£  afternoon. 


Allsop  Charles,  butcher 
Badcock  Rev.  Thomas,  M.A.  vicar 
Bateman  Mr  George 
Botterill  Charles,  vict.  Croicn 
Deacon  William,  baker 


Dunkley  Thomas,  tailor 
Folwell  James,  basket  maker 
Iliffe  Eliz.  shopkpr.  &  vict.  Dun  Cow 
Preston  William,  blacksmith 
Sturgess  William,  shoemaker 


FLECKNEY   PARISH, 


559 


BRICKMAKERS. 

Allsop  Thomas 
Earp  William 
Gamble  Benjamin 
Wakelin  Thomas 

CARPENTERS,  &C. 

Conquest  James 


Heighton  William 

FARMERS. 

Allsop  William 
Earp  Francis 
Earp  Wm.  (owner) 
Furnival  George 
Mawby  George 


Putt  John  Brown 

SHOPKEEPERS. 

Bryan  William 
Coltman  John 
Deacon  John 


CARRIERS 
To  Leicester,  Sat. 
Iliffe  Richard 
Sharman  Nicholas, 

(and  Wed.) 


Gamble  Benjamin    Wakelin  Thomas 


FOXTON  is  a  straggling  village,  on  both  sides  of  the  Union  Canal, 
three  miles  N.W.  of  Market  Harborough.  Its  parish  contains  388 
inhabitants,  and  1802a.  2r.  39p.  of  fertile  land,  hilly  and  well- wooded, 
and  having  a  strong  clayey  soil,  mostly  in  rich  pastures.  About  a  mile 
W.  of  the  village  are  Foxton  Locks,  where  there  are  ten  locks  in  suc- 
cession on  the  Grand  Union  Canal.  In  and  near  the  village  are  many 
lofty  trees  and  prolific  orchards,  and  a  little  to  the  east  is  a  copious  spring 
of  pure  soft  water.  H.  H.  II.  Hungerford,  Esq.,  of  Dingley,  Northamp- 
tonshire, is  lord  of  the  manor ;  but  the  greater  part  of  the  soil  belongs 
to  Sir  J.  H.  Palmer,  Bart.,  the  Rev.  H.  F.  Corrance,  and  T.  B.  Saunt, 
John  Gates,  and  Alfred  D.  Chapman,  Esqrs.,  Mrs.  Taylor,  and  others. 
J.  H.  Douglass,  Esq.,  of  Market  Harborough,  is  the  manor  steward. 
The  Manor  House,  occupied  by  a  farmer,  is  an  ancient  stone  building, 
which  has  been  repaired  with  brick,  and  had  the  date  1397  upon  a  stone 
now  fixed  in  the  front  of  an  adjoining  house.  The  Church  (St.  Andrew) 
is  in  the  early  English  style  of  architecture,  and  is  said  to  have  been 
built  by  John  of  Gaunt,  about  500  years  ago.  It  is  a  neat  embattled 
structure,  with  a  tower  and  five  bells.  In  the  chancel  are  several  mural 
tablets  belonging  to  the  Corrance  family.  The  nave  was  repewed  and 
repaired  about  twenty  years  ago,  when  a  new  tesselated  pavement  was 
laid  down.  The  benefice  is  a  discharged  vicarage,  valued  in  KB.  at 
£7.  3s.  4d.,  and  now  at  i;l40.  It  was  augmented  with  ^200  of  Q.A.B. 
in  1780,  and  has  72a.  8p.  of  land,  allotted  at  the  enclosure,  in  1771,  in 
lieu  of  tithes.  The  Rev.  H.  F.  Corrance  is  impropriator  of  the  rectory, 
but  the  great  tithes  were  commuted  at  the  enclosure.  The  Lord  Chan- 
cellor is  patron,  and  the  Rev.  W.  C.  Humfrey,  of  Laughton,  is  the 
incumbent.  Here  is  a  small  Particular  Baptist  Chapel,  built  in  1716. 
Sunday  schools  are  attached  to  both  the  church  and  chapel.  At  the 
Black  Horse  is  an  Odd  Fellows'  Lodge.  Nine  small  cottages,  belonging 
to  the  parish,  are  let  to  the  poor  at  10s.  each  per  annum.  The  poor,  not 
receiving  parochial  relief,  have  the  interest  of  £"194,  left  by  Ann  Tozer, 
in  1777;  and  the  poor  at  large  have  £4  yearly  in  coals  from  Palmers 
Charity ;  and  the  interest  of  £5,  left  by  Lady  Langley. 

Post  from  Market  Harborough.    Letters  arrive  at  8  morning,  and  are  despatched 
at  5  afternoon.     There  is  a  receiving  box  at  John  Saddington's. 


Atkins  William  Thos.  keeper  of  locks 
Blackburn  Rev.  James  (Baptist) 
Cooke  Henry,  gentleman 
Dalby  Harriet,  baker  and  flour  dealer 
Goodrich  Benj  .vict. Shoulder  of  Mutton 
Goodrum   David,    wholesale   ale    and 

porter  stores 
Greasley  Richard,  corn  miller 
May  cock  Dottin,  Esq.  Foxton  Lodge 
Monk  Joseph,  vict.  Black  Horse 
Saddington  John,  blacksmith 
Spriggs  Joseph,  ketchup  maker 
Sfcurgess  Leonard,  parish  clerk 


Watson  John,  wharfinger,  and  coal  and 


corn  factor 

BUTCHERS. 

Coleman  Benj. 
Goodrich  Eleazar 

FARMERS. 

(*Are  Owners.) 
Atkins  William 
Brown  Joseph  R. 
Chapman  Thomas 
Clark  Thomas 
Colpman  Thomas, 

Manor  House 


♦French  Thomas 
Gibbs  Robert 

*  Goodrich  Eber 
Horton  Ann 
Monk  Joseph 
Payne  Wm.  Edw. 
Ruffell  Maria 
Stain  Thomas  (and 

wool  dealer) 

*  Taylor  Susan 

*  Watson  John 


560 


FOXTON   PABISH. 


SCHOOLS. 

Gibbs  Sarah 
Pickering  Sarah 

SHOEMAKER. 

Putterill  John 


SHOPKEEPERS. 

Coleman  Mary 
Putterill  John 

TAILOR. 

Hargrave  Samuel 


WHEELWRIGHTS. 

Pickering  John 
Pickering  Jno.jun. 
Pickering  William 


to 


CARRIERS. 

Marvell  on  Sat 

Leicester 
Wells  on  Tuesday 

to  Mkt.  Harbro' 


GALBY,  or  Oaulby,  a  small  village,  on  ahold  eminence  8  miles  E.by 
S.  of  Leicester,  and  2£  miles  S.W.  of  Billesdon,  has  in  its  township  only 
74  souls  and  about  950a.  of  land,  but  its  parish  includes  also  the  smail 
township  of  Frisby.  The  soil  is  chiefly  clay,  and  belongs  mostly  to 
Major  the  Hon.  H.  L.  Powys-Keck,  the  lord  of  the  manor  and  patron  of 
the  rectory,  valued  in  KB.  at  £18.  2s.  8d.,  and  now  at  £400.  The  Rev. 
James  Drummond,  M.A.,  is  the  incumbent,  and  has  a  good  residence 
and  144  acres  of  glebe  in  Frisby  and  Galby,  and  31  acres  at  King's 
Norton ;  the  former  allotted  at  the  enclosure,  in  1614,  in  lieu  of  the  tithes 
of  this  parish,  except  one  farm,  which  pays  a  yearly  modus  of  ,£20.  10s. 
The  Church  (St.  Peter)  is  a  neat  structure,  consisting  of  a  nave,  chancel, 
south  porch,  and  a  tower,  crowned  by  eight  handsome  pinnacles,  and 
containing  six  bells,  the  tenor  weighing  12  cwt.  The  tower  was  repaired 
in  1741.  In  the  chancel  is  a  mural  monument  in  memory  of  the  Rev. 
Richard  Walker,  who  died  in  1826,  and  was  rector  of  this  parish  and 
vicar  of  King's  Norton  36  years.  Foot  Post  from  Billesdon.  The  prin- 
cipal inhabitants  are  the  Rev.  James  Drummond,  M.A.,  hon.  canon  of 
Peterborough,  rural  dean,  and  rector  of  Galby,  The  Rectory ;  Stephen 
Bird,  clerk  and  sexton  ;  Chas.  Wade,  butcher ;  and  Richd  Adcock,  Thos. 
Pickering,  John  Richardson,  and  Joseph  Swain,  farmers  and  graziers. 

Frisby,  a  small  township  in  the  parish,  and  half-a-mile  N.E.  of  Galby, 
has  only  19  souls  and  915  acres  of  land,  now  the  manor  of  Thos.  Stokes, 
Esq.,  of  New  Parks,  Leicester,  who  owns  most  of  the  soil ;  but  Major 
the  Hon.  H.  L.  Powys-Keck  and  two  smaller  owners  have  land  here.  It 
is  sometimes  called  Old  Frisby,  and  is  supposed  to  have  had  a  village 
and  a  chapel.  The  only  farmers  here  are  John  Allen,  Lodge ;  and  Geo. 
Hull,  Frisby  House. 


GLENN  MAGNA,  or  Great  Glenn,  sometimes  spelt  Glen,  is  a  large 
and  well-built  village,  situated  in  a  valley  on  the  Market  Harborough 
road,  6  miles  S.E.  by  S.  of  Leicester.  Many  of  its  inhabitants  are  frame- 
work knitters,  and  its  township  contains  785  inhabitants  and  2010  acres 
of  land,  chiefly  in  pasturage  ;  but  its  parish,  which  was  enclosed  in  1759, 
comprises  also  Strctton  Magna  chapelry.  The  Leicester  and  Hitchin 
Railway  passes  through  the  parish,  and  has  a  station  about  a  mile  from 
the  village.  The  manor  of  Glenn  Magna  wras  granted  at  the  Conquest  to 
Hugh  de  Grentemaisnell,  lord  of  the  Honor  of  Leicester,  and  afterwards 
passed  to  various  families.  It  is  now  the  property,  with  a  great  part  of 
the  soil,  of  C.  W.  Packe,  Esq.,  M.P.,  who  has  a  handsome  seat  here  in 
the  Italian  style,  now  occupied  by  Jas.  Wm.  Baillie,  Esq.  George  Wm. 
Coleman,  Esq.,  and  Arthur  Haymes,  Esq.,  have  estates  and  residences 
here,  and  part  of  the  soil  belongs  to  several  smaller  owners.  A  rivulet 
flows  through  the  village  in  its  circuitous  route  to  the  Soar ;  and,  about 
a  mile  to  the  south,  it  is  crossed  by  the  Grand  Union  Canal.  The 
Church  (St.  Cuthbert),  once  a  goodly  structure  in  the  decorated  style,  is 
much  in  need  of  a  thorough  restoration.  It  has  a  nave,  chancel,  north 
aisle,  and  a  square  tower  containing  live  bells.  The  benefice  is  a  dis- 
charged vicarage,  valued  in  K.B.  at  £12. 14s.  2d.,  and  now  at  £235,  with 
the  curacy  of  Stretton  Magna  annexed  to  it.     The  great  and  small  tithes 


GLENN    MAGNA   PAEISH. 


561 


of  the  North-end  and  South-end  Fields  were  commuted  at  their  enclosure, 
in  1758-'9,  for  260  acres ;  but  the  tithes  of  the  rest  of  the  parish  have 
not  yet  been  commuted.  The  Rev.  Sir  Geo.  Robinson,  Bart.,  is  patron, 
and  the  Rev.  Henry  Luke  Dodds,  M.A.,  is  the  incumbent,  and  has  a  good 
residence  near  the  church,  which  was  appropriated  to  Alcester  Abbey 
till  1465,  and  afterwards  to  Evesham  Abbey.  In  1766,  William  Hewitt, 
Esq.,  left  the  manor  and  advowson  to  Lady  Robinson,  but  the  manor 
was  sold  nearly  twenty  years  ago  to  its  present  owner.  The  Wesleyans 
have  a  chapel  here,  built  in  1827.  The  National  School,  with  master's 
house  adjoining,  was  built  in  1846,  and  is  principally  supported  by  the 
lord  of  the  manor.  In  connection  with  it  are  three  clothing  clubs  and  a 
shoe  club,  Lodges  of  Oddfellows  meet  at  the  Greyhound  and  Fox  and 
Goose  Inns,  and  there  is  also  a  sick  and  burial  club  at  the  former  house. 
The  poor  rent  17a.  in  garden  allotments.  The  old  Town  Land  was 
exchanged  at  the  enclosure  for  15a.  3r.  9p.,  now  let  for  about  £±3  a-year. 
The  rent  is  applied  in  four  equal  parts  to  the  poor,  church,  bridges,  and 
roads.  The  interest  of  ^100,  left  by  Wm.  Hewitt,  is  applied  in  appren- 
ticing poor  children.  The  interest  of  ,£100,  invested  in  Indian  Bonds, 
and  130  in  the  Savings'  Bank,  left  by  the  late  Robert  Haymes,  Esq.,  and 
now  producing  .£4.  14s.  per  annum,  is  distributed  in  bread  on  Christ- 
mas day. 

Post  Office  at  James  Elson's.      Letters  arrive  from  Leicester  at  8.45  a.m., 
and  are  despatched  at  4.50  p.m. 

Allen  William  and  Daniel,  blacksmiths  bakers. 

Baillie  Jas.  Wm.  Esq.  Glenn  Hall  Harrold  William 

Braithwaite  G.  Vere,  Esq.  Stackley  Ldg.    Hill  William 
Brake  Miss  Elizabeth,  boarding  school  butchers. 

Burton  Miss  Sarah  Frances  Achurch  Green 

Cock  James  Lucas,  schoolmaster  Ragg  William 

Crick  Thomas,  Esq.  Rupert's  Rest  carpenters. 

Dodds  Rev.  Hy.  Luke,  M.A.  vicar  Elson  George 

Espin  Bev.  William,  curate  Gilbert  John 

Fewkes  John  M.  surgeon  Goodacre  J.  Lang- 

Freeman  Alfred,  corn  miller  ton,  (wheelgt.) 

Grain  Wm.  parish  clerk  and  sexton         Wright  William 
Haymes  Arthur,  Esq.  &  Leamington       farmers  &  grzrs. 
Hobson  William,  coal  merchant  (*  are  owners) 

Holyoake  Thomas,  tailor  Beadman  John 

Levesley  James,  draper  *Beardsley  Wm. 

Marriott  Josepb,  farm  bailiff  Clements  Sarah 

Roby  Misses  Sarah  and  Elizabeth  Clements  William 

INNS  AND  TAVERNS.  Wright 

Crown,  John  Gilbert  *  Coleman  G.  Wm. 

Fox  and  Goose,  Thomas  Gilbert  *  Cooper  Benjamin 

Greyhound,  Mrs  Norman 


Hobson  Thomas, 
Mount  Pleasant 
*HortonWm.Iliffe 
Knight  William 
Lewin  James 
*  Norman  William 
Yates  Saml.  Lodge 

shoemakers. 
King  William 
Norfolk  James 

SHOPKEEPERS. 

Bosworth  John 
Collier  Mary 
Edgley  William 
Harrold  Sarah 
Why  John 

RAILWAY 

Trains  several 
times  a  day  to 
Leicester,  Mkt. 
Harborougb,&c. 


Stretton  Magna,  or  Great  Stretton,  is  a  chapelry  and  township,  in 
Glenn  Magna  parish,  5  miles  S.E.  of  Leicester.  It  contains  only  42 
inhabitants,  and  656  acres  of  land,  having  a  hilly  surface  and  a  clayey  soil; 
crossed  by  the  old  Oartree  road,  or  street,  from  which  it  was  anciently 
called  Street- town.  It  was  enclosed  as  early  as  16  LI,  and  was  anciently 
a  separate  parish.  The  manor,  the  hall,  and  about  147  acres  of  land, 
belong  to  C.  W.  Packe,  Esq.,  M.P.,  and  nearly  all  the  rest  of  the  soil  is 
the  property  of  Major  the  Hon.  H.  L.  Powys-Keck.  The  Hall,  now 
occupied  by  Lieut.-Col.  King,  is  a  large  brick  mansion,  with  three  fronts, 
and  well-wooded  pleasure  grounds,  commanding  extensive  views.  The 
Church  (St.  John,  or  St.  Giles,)  was  rebuilt  in  1838,  and  is  a  small  mean 
looking  edifice,  with  south  porch,  tower,  and  one  bell.     There  was  a 

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662  STRETTON   MAGNA   TOWNSHIP. 

chantry  here,  founded  in  1378  by  Robt.  Eyrick,  bishop  of  Lichfield,  who 
endowed  it  with  198  acres  and  four  messuages.  It  is  said  this  prelate 
could  not  read,  and  was  therefore  obliged  to  employ  a  deputy  to  read  his 
profession  of  canonical  obedience  before  the  Archbishop,  at  the  time  of 
his  consecration.  The  curacy  is  consolidated  with  the  vicarage  of  Glenn 
Magna.  The  principal  inhabitants  are  Lieut. -Col.  John  King,  Stretton 
Magna  Hall;  and  James  Biddies  and  William  Hobson,  farmers  and 
graziers.    Post  from  Leicester. 

GLOOSTON,  a  small  village  and  parish,  six  miles  N.  of  Market 
Harborough,  and  12  miles  S.E.  by  E.  of  Leicester,  has  only  157 
inhabitants,  and  964a.  2k.  24p.  of  land,  a  great  part  of  which  was  in  open 
fields,  &c.  till  1825,  when  it  was  enclosed,  and  18Ga.  Or.  22p.  were  allotted  in 
lieu  of  the  tithes.  The  soil  is  chiefly  clay,  and  the  ground  hilly,  rising 
boldly  on  the  north,  and  crossed  by  a  rivulet  on  the  west,  near  Hardiviclc 
Bridge,  on  the  old  Gartree  road.  The  Earl  of  Cardigan  is  lord  of  the 
manor  (which  has  been  called  Olovestone,)  and  owner  of  the  greater  part 
of  the  soil ;  and  the  rest  belongs  chiefly  to  the  Rev.  J.  H.  Dent.  In 
1086,  here  was  a  wood  80  perches  long,  and  40  broad,  and  the  soil  was 
held  chiefly  by  the  Countess  Judith  and  Roger  de  Busli.  The  Church 
(St.  John)  is  a  small  structure,  without  a  tower,  but  having  two  bells 
in  a  turret  at  the  west  end.  The  living  is  a  rectory,  valued  in  K.B.  at 
£8,  and  now  at  £230.  The  Earl  of  Cardigan  is  patron,  and  the  Rev. 
John  M.  W.  Piercy,  M.A.,  of  Slawston,  is  the  incumbent.  The  poor 
have  the  interest  of  .£20,  left  by  the  Rev.  Wm.  Owsley,  in  1733.  The 
principal  inhabitants  are  Thos.  Coleman,  shopkeeper,  Rev.  Wm.  Hy. 
Marriott,  M.A.,  curate;  Geo.  Neal,  vict, Blue  Bell;  Thos.  Tilley,  carrier 
to  Harborough,  Tues.,  and  Leicester,  Sat. ;  Joseph  Warner,  butcher ; 
and  John  Broughton,  Thos.  Burrows,  Eliz.  Edgley,  and  John  Smith, 
farmers.    Post  from  Market  Harborough. 

GUMLEY,  a  pleasant  village,  on  an  eminence,  4£  miles  W.N.W.  of 
Market  Harborough,  has  in  its  parish  214  inhabitants,  and  1342a.  2r.  I7r. 
of  freehold  land,  having  generally  a  strong  clayey  soil,  and  rising  boldly 
to  a  considerable  altitude  from  the  valley,  through  which  the  Union 
Canal  winds  its  devious  course,  and  receives  one  of  its  supplies  from  a 
large  Reservoir.  On  this  canal,  about  1£  mile  N.E.  of  the  village,  is 
Depdale  Wharf.  Gumley  has  been  long  celebrated  for  its  Fox  Earths, 
and  has  a  Mineral  Spring,  containing  iron,  a  small  quantity  of  magnesia, 
and  a  slight  portion  of  salt ;  the  water  resembling  that  of  Tunbridgc. 
Sir  Wm.  Edmund  Cradoch-Hartopp,  Bart.,  of  Four-Oaks  Hall,  Sutton 
Coldfield,  and  Allesley  Park,  Coventry,  is  lord  of  the  manor,  and  owner 
of  a  great  part  of  the  soil,  and  resides  occasionally  at  Gumley  Hall, 
a  large  and  elegant  mansion,  on  the  crown  of  the  hill,  commanding 
extensive  views  of  the  country,  and  having  beautiful  pleasure  grounds. 
The  erection  of  this  mansion  was  commenced  in  1764,  by  the  late 
Joseph  Cradock,  Esq.,  M.A.,  and  F.R.S.,  an  eminent  literary  character, 
from  whom  the  estate  passed  about  50  years  ago  to  the  late  Sir  E.  C. 
Hartopp,  who  succeeded  to  the  baronetcy  of  the  Hartopps,  of  Leasowes, 
Warwickshire,  in  1833,  and  was  born  in  1789.  He  died  in  1849,  and 
was  succeeded  by  his  brother,  the  present  baronet,  who  was  born  in 
1797.  The  mansion  and  grounds  have  been  much  improved  during  the 
present  century.  The  entrance  hall  is  one  of  the  finest  in  the  county, 
measuring  46  feet  by  27  feet  7  inches,  and  its  roof  is  supported  by  eight 
marble  pillars.  One  of  the  rooms  is  an  octagon,  20  feet  in  diameter,  and 
20  feet  high.    The  pleasure  grounds  are  well  wooded,  and  in  the  lower 


GUMLEY   PARISH. 


563 


part  is  a  fish  pond,  of  about  four  acres,  supplied  from  springs.  Part  of 
the  parish  belongs  to  Thomas  Paget,  Esq.,  Mrs.  Bingley,  and  a  few 
smaller  owners.  The  common  and  open  fields  were  enclosed  in  1772, 
when  the  tithes  were  commuted  for  230  acres  of  land,  and  a  small  yearly 
modus  from  the  hall  estate.  The  rectory,  valued  in  K.B.  at  ^£10.  2s.  3d., 
and  now  at  ,£390,  is  in  the  patronage  of  the  Dean  and  Chapter  of 
Lincoln,  and  incumbency  of  the  Rev.  Andrew  Matthews,  M.A.,  who 
has  a  handsome  residence,  built  nearly  a  century  ago,  but  much  improved 
some  years  since.  The  Church  (St.  Helen),  which  is  surrounded  by  fine 
trees,  is  an  ancient  structure,  with  a  tower  containing  three  bells,  and 
surmounted  by  a  spire.  It  contains  several  handsome  mural  tablets. 
The  chancel  was  rebuilt  in  1759,  and  the  nave  was  newly  roofed  in  the 
same  year,  and  repaired  in  1825.  The  manor  was  formerly  held  by  the 
Latimer  and  other  families,  and  the  church  was  given  to  Daventry 
Priory,  by  Robert  Vitalis.  The  parish  feast  is  on  the  Sunday  after 
May-day.  The  poor  have  10s.  a  year  out  of  Kirby's  Close,  left  by 
John  Taylor ;  10s.  a  year  out  of  the  Mill-field,  left  by  the  Rev.  Wm. 
Kirhy,  in  1731 ;  and  5s.  yearly  out  of  a  farm,  left  by  Richard  Webb,  in 
1760.    Post  from  Market  Harborough. 

Dain  Francis,  butcher 

Freestone  Thomas,  carpenter 

Harvey  Frances  Eliz.  schoolmistress 

Hurst  James,  shoemaker 

Sturgess  John,  parish  clerk 

Weston  Charles,  baker  and  shopkeeper 

INNS  AND   TAVERNS. 
Bell,  Thomas  Bailey 
Depdale  Wharf,  Kenelm  Johnson 
Hartopp  Arms,  Benjamin  Simons 


FARMERS  AND    GRAZIERS. 

Marked  *  are  owners. 


*  Bingley  My.  Ann 
Dain  Francis 
Dobson  William 
♦Goodman  John 
*Jesson    William, 

(and  tailor) 
Carrier. — Thomas  Wells,  to  Market 

Harboro',  Tnes.,  and  Leicester,  Sat. 


*Jesson  Thomas 
King  Samuel 
Prowett  John 
Simons  Benjamin 
Simons  Frances 


HALLATON  is  a  large  and  well-built  village,  situated  on  gently 
rising  ground,  on  the  north  side  of  a  rivulet,  eight  miles  N.E.  by  N.  of 
Market  Harborough,  sixteen  miles  E.S.E.  of  Leicester,  and  six  miles 
W.S.W.  of  Uppingham.  Its  parish  contains  096  inhabitants  and 
2805a.  Or.  26p.  of  rich  grazing  land,  chiefly  watered  by  four  rivulets, 
which  flow  into  the  Welland.  The  village  has  an  ancient  cross, 
and  formerly  had  a  weekly  market,  but  it  has  long  been  discontinued, 
though  it  was  revived  in  1767.  Two  large  fairs,  for  cattle,  &c, 
are  held  on  Holy  Thursday  and  the  Thursday  three  weeks  after; 
and  a  hiring  for  servants  was  formerly  held  about  the  middle  of 
September,  but  it  is  now  obsolete.  About  half-a-mile  W.  of  the 
village,  on  the  rectory  land,  is  an  encampment,  called  Hallaton 
Castle  Hill,  consisting  of  a  circular  entrenchment,  with  a  lofty  conical 
keep  ;  branching  out  from  which,  towards  the  west,  is  a  squarish  plot 
of  ground,  encompassed  with  banks  and  ditches.  To  the  north  east  is  a 
small  square  entrenchment,  connected  with  the  outer  fosse.  The 
conical  mound,  or  keep,  measures  118  feet  in  height,  and  600  in  circum- 
ference. About  a  quarter- of- a- mile  south-west  of  this,  on  Mr.  Bewicke's 
property,  is  another  encampment,  occupying  nearly  two  acres.  These 
earthworks  are  supposed  to  be  of  Saxon  origin.  The  parish  has  been 
variously  spelt  TIalverston,  Hallughton,  Halyhton,  &c,  and  is  in  three 
manors,  called  after  the  names  of  then*  ancient  owners,  viz. : — PevercVs 
and  Bardolfs  Manors,  of  which  Calverley  Bewicke,  Esq.,  is  now  lord; 
and  HacMuyt's  Manor,  which,  with  a  considerable  estate  in  the  lord- 
ship, belongs  to  the  Rev.  John  Henry  Dent,  M.A.  The  two  former 
were  purchased  by  the  liev.  B.  Bewicke,  of  Wm.  Strcte,  in  1713.     The 

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564  HALLATON   PAEISH. 

other  principal  landowners  are  the  Rector,  Wni.  Ward  Tailby,  Esq., 
Messrs.  Wm.  and  Chas.  Shnkin,  and  Wm.  P.  M.  Owsley,  Esq.  The 
Manor  House,  which  is  the  property  of  the  Rev.  J.  H.  Dent,  and  is 
occupied  by  his  sister,  Lady  Hinrich,  widow  of  the  late  Sir  Hy.  Bromley 
Hinrich,  Kt,  stands  half-a-milc  S.W.  of  the  village,  and  was  built  in 
1846,  partly  of  stone  from  the  old  hall,  which  stood  near  the  church.  It 
is  an  elegant  stone  building  in  the  Elizabethan  style,  surrounded  by 
beautiful  pleasure  grounds  and  plantations,  and  commanding  extensive 
and  picturesque  views.  The  Hall  is  a  large  mansion  belonging  to  C. 
Bewicke,  Esq.,  and  occupied  by  Edward  Studd,  Esq.  The  Church 
(St .  Michael)  is  a  large  handsome  structure,  consisting  of  a  nave,  aisles, 
chancel,  and  a  tower  crowned  by  a  lofty  spire,  and  containing  five  bells. 
It  was  re-pewed  in  1824,  at  the  cost  of  .£500,  and  contains  many  neat 
mural  monuments,  belonging  to  the  Vowe,  Bewicke,  Fenwickc,  and 
Dent  families.  The  aisles  have  large  handsome  windows,  ornamented 
with  mullions,  and  elaborate  tracery.  At  the  north-east  angle  is  a  sort 
of  tower  buttress,  enriched  with  canopies,  over  which  are  the  arms  of 
Bardolf  and  Engaine,  surmounted  by  a  large  crocketed  pinnacle  termin- 
ated by  a  finial.  In  the  north  porch  is  a  piece  of  antique  sculpture, 
representing  St.  Michael  slaying  a  dragon.  In  the  chancel  are  three 
stone  sedilia  and  a  piscina ;  and  in  the  south  aisle  are  three  others,  of 
different  shaped  arches  and  ornaments.  The  square  font  is  very  ancient, 
and  the  columns  at  its  angles  have  grotesque  heads,  in  the  place  of 
capitals.  The  benefice  is  a  rectory,  valued  in  KB.  at  £36,  and  now  at 
£650,  with  the  curacy  of  Blaston  St.  Michael  annexed  to  it.  It  was 
formerly  in  two  medieties,  which  were  united  in  1723.  C.  Bewicke, 
Esq.,  and  the  Rev.  G.  O.  Fenwicke,  are  patrons  alternately,  and  the 
former  has  the  next  turn.  The  Rev.  Thomas  Cross  Peake,  M.A.,  is  the 
incumbent,  and  has  a  handsome  Rectory  House,  in  the  Tudor  style, 
built  in  1844.  He  has  470  acres  of  glebe,  allotted  hi  lieu  of  the  tithes,  at 
the  enclosure,  in  1771,  together  with  an  allotment  in  lieu  of  the  "  Hare- 
cropleys,"  which  had  been  bequeathed  to  the  rectory  at  an  early  period,  on 
condition  that  the  successive  rectors  should  provide  yearly  "  two  hare 
pies,  a  quantity  of  ale,  and  two  dozen  of  penny  loaves,  to  be  scrambled 
for  on  Easter  Monday"  at  a  place  called  "  Hare  Pie  Bank"  about  a 
quarter-of-a-mile  from  the  village.  Here  is  a  chapel,  occupied  by  both 
Baptists  and  Independents,  built  in  1822,  at  a  cost  of  £420.  It  contains 
a  small  harmonium,  and  will  seat  about  200  persons.  Attached  to  it 
are  a  Sunday  School,  erected  in  1839,  and  a  burial  ground. 

Charities. — For  the  support  of  six  poor  aged  women,  three  of  this 
parish,  and  three  of  Tugby  and  East  Norton,  Catherine  Parker,  in  1746, 
left  £1000,  which  were  vested  hi  land,  which  was  exchanged  at  the 
enclosure,  in  1792,  for  a  farm  of  72a.  2r.  23p.,  at  Tur-Langton,  now  let 
for  £100  a  year.  For  the  residence  of  the  three  Almswomen  of  this 
parish,  George  Fenwickc  left  three  cottages  in  1776  ;  and  they  each 
receive  about  £4  per  quarter.  The  latter  donor  also  left  13a.  of  land, 
for  charitable  uses  and  schooling  poor  children.  This  land  was 
exchanged  at  the  enclosure,  in  1771,  for  16a.  2r.  12p.,  called  Foxholes, 
now  forming  part  of  the  Charity  Estate,  which  comprises  also  the 
following  parcels,  as  set  out  at  the  enclosure : — 89a.  18i\,  called  the 
Fearns;  45a.  Up.,  called  Stafford's  Farm,  belonging  to  the  church, 
school,  and  poor;  and  41a.  1b.  8p.,  called  Poles  Close,  and  appropriated 
to  the  repairs  of  the  conduits,  &c.  The  whole  are  let  at  rents  amounting 
to  about  £249.  10s.  per  annum.  Part  of  the  Charity  Estate  was  pur- 
chased in  1713,  with  £109.  13s.  belonging  to  the  church,  school,  and 
poor,  and  much   of  the  remainder  has  been  invested  from  an  early 


HALLATON    PARISH. 


period,  for  public  and  charitable  uses.  It  is  now  vested  in  trustees, 
appointed  in  1837.  Of  the  yearly  income,  £92,  as  the  rent  of  the 
Fearns,  arc  paid  to  the  "  townsman,"  (an  officer  elected  yearly  on  Easter 
Monday,)  and  by  him  distributed  equally  amongst  all  the  poor  house- 
holders of  the  parish.  He  also  receives  ^£77.  10s.  yearly  for  the  repairs 
of  the  town-houses,  pumps,  conduit,  and  highways.  Of  the  residue, 
.£29.  14s.  9d.,  are  paid  yearly  to  the  master  of  the  Free  School; 
£6.  9s.  4d.  to  the  churchwardens,  and  the  rest  is  dispensed  in  charitable 
distributions.  The  schoolmaster  also  receives  £9  yearly  from  the  Rev. 
J.  H.  Dent,  as  the  interest  of  iJ300  Consols,  which  that  gentleman 
intends  to  purchase  in  Government  Securities,  at  the  earliest  oppor- 
tunity, for  the  benefit  of  the  school.  There  are  21  small  tenements  let 
to  the  poor  at  low  rents,  and  six  of  them  were  rebuilt  by  the  town  feof- 
fees in  1842.  In  1685,  Valentine  Goodman  left  .£800,  to  be  vested  in 
land,  and  the  rents  thereof  applied  by  the  ministers  of  the  following 
parishes,  to  the  relief  of  16  poor  parishioners,  viz. : — 4  of  Hallaton,  4  of 
Medhourne,  6  of  Easton  and  Bringhurst,  and  2  of  Blaston ;  but  not  to 
ease  the  parish  rates.  This  charity  now  consists  of  a  farm  of 
60a.  3r.  22p.,  at  Drayton,  let  for  about  ^90  a  year.  The  share  belong- 
ing to  Hallaton  (about  i>22)  is  usually  distributed  among  four  poor 
people,  in  small  weekly  sums.  The  poor  of  Hallaton  have  also  the 
following  yearly  doles,  viz. : — £'3,  left  by  Wm.  and  Henry  Dent,  out  of 
an  estate  called  Gregory's  Farm,  and  £5,  as  the  interest  of  .£125,  left  by 
another  Wm.  Dent,  in  1773.  The  Gravel-pit  and  Stone-pit  Closes,  con- 
tain 3a.  2r.,  and  were  awarded  at  the  enclosure,  in  1771,  and  are  now  let 
for  £10  a  year,  which  are  applied  in  repairing  the  highways.  There  is 
also  a  piece  of  land  in  Blaston  parish  called  Lewins  Hook,  the  rent  of 
which,  amounting  to  £1.  12s.  per  annum,  is  paid  to  the  trustees  of 
Hallaton  Charity  estate. 

Post  Office  at  William  Packwood's.  Letters  arrive  from  Uppingham  at 
nine  morning,  and  are  despatched  at  three  afternoon  in  winter,  and  4£ 
in  summer. 

Hinrich  Lady,  Hallaton  Manor  House 

Almond  Joseph,  saddler 

Crane  William,  master  of  Free  School 

Dent  Rev.  John  Henry,  M.A. 

Dexter  John,  Esq. 

Eaton  Benjamin,  farrier 

Hackney  William,  hairdresser 

Marshall  Rev.  Jabez  (Independent) 

Peake  Rov.  Thos.  Cross,  M.A.  rector 

Simkin  Joseph,  sawyer 

Simkin  William,  gentleman 

Spencer  Joseph  Henry,  surgeon 

Studd  Edward,  Esq.  Hallaton  Hall 

Walker  Mrs  Susannah 

Ward  John,  stonemason 

Watts  Josiah,  brickmaker,  Moor  Hill 
INNS  AND  TAVERNS. 

Bewicke  Arms,  Thomas  Peck 

Fox,  Wm.  Beaumont  Pretty 

Royal  Oak,  William  Garner 

BAKERS. 

Barnett  Edward 
Plowright  John 

BLACKSMITHS. 

Eaton  John 
Pick  Thomas 


BRICKLAYERS. 

Butteriss  Thomas 
Ward  John,  jun. 

BUTCHERS. 

Crane  George 
Fox  William 


Peck  Eliz.  &  Son 

FARMERS  &  GRZRS. 

Blakesley  John 
Eaton  William 
Fortescue  Mrs 
Garner  Joseph 
Garner  William 
Gibbins  Rd.  D. 
Granger  William 
Knight  John 
Marlow  Edward 
Peck  John 
Peck  Thomas 
Plowright  Joseph 
Pocklington  Thor- 

oton  William 
Pretty  William  B. 
Rowe  Thomas  C. 
Sewell  Joseph 
Shilcock  Joseph 

FELLMONGERS. 

Almond  John 
Almond     Joseph 
Gilbert 

JOINERS. 

Bassett  William 


Curti3  Thoma3,  & 

cabinet  maker 
Grocock  Richard 

MILLINERS. 

Crane  Mrs  Geo. 
Peck  Mrs  Thomas 
Plowright  Emma 
Sumpter  Mary 

plumbers,  &c. 
Hawke  John 
Meadows  John 

SHOEMAKERS. 

Burbidge  Thomas 
Buxton  Jeremiah 
Peck  Edward 
Rowe  Thomas 
Wilson  Abraham 

SHOPKEEPERS. 

Baines  Charles 
Packwood  William 
West    Mary,    and 
ketchup  manfr. 

TAILORS. 

Crane  Richard 
Kempin    Thomas, 
and  hairdresser 


)60  HALLATON    PARISH. 


Moore  William 
Simpson  William 

WHEELWKIGHTS. 

Curtis  Adam 


Freer  John 

Carriers.  —  Saml. 
Gilbert,  to  Har- 
bro'  Tu. :   John 


Hayes,  to  Har- 
bro'  Tu.,  Up- 
pingham Wed. 
and     Leicester, 


Sat. ;  and  Wm. 
Sumpter,to  Har- 
bro'  Tu.  &  Lei- 
cester Wetl.&St. 


LTORNINGHOLD,  a  small  village,  in  a  picturesque  valley,  nearly 
two  miles  E.  by  N.  of  Hallaton,  and  4£  miles  W.S.W.  of  Uppingham, 
has  in  its  parish  only  105  inhabitants,  and  1184a.  2r.  22p.  of  land, 
having  a  strong  loamy  soil  and  a  hilly  surface,  from  which  it  was  formerly 
called  Horningwold.  Wm.  Chamberlaine,  Esq.,  is  lord  of  the  manor, 
and  patron  of  the  Church  (St.  Peter),  which  has  a  spire  and  three  bells, 
and  was  repewed  and  thoroughly  repaired  in  1844.  The  living  is  a 
discharged  vicarage,  valued  in  K.B.  at  £6.  14s.  8d.,  and  now  at  .£83. 
It  was  augmented  in  1777  and  1802,  with  £400  of  Q.A.B.,  and  has  9a. 
of  glebe.  The  Rev.  Eras.  Lambert  Cursham,  B.A.,  is  the  non-resident 
incumbent,  and  his  duty  is  performed  by  the  Rev.  Thos.  Parr,  B.A., 
the  curate.  The  parish  was  enclosed  in  1730,  and  a  great  part  of  it 
belongs  to  Lord  Berners,  the  Executors  of  the  late  Earl  of  Harborough, 
the  Rev.  J.  H.  Dent,  and  Thos.  Walker,  Esq.  In  1727,  John  Allans  left 
3a.  2r.  of  land,  for  the  relief  of  the  poor,  and  it  is  now  let  for  £5  a  year. 
In  1737,  Thomas  Roberts  left  5a.  2it.  31p.  of  land,  and  directed  the  clear 
yearly  rents  to  be  distributed  among  the  poor,  one  shilling  weekly  in 
Dread,  at  the  church,  and  the  rest  in  money  about  Christmas.  This 
land  is  now  let  for  about  £8  per  annum.  The  Wash-jut  Piece,  1a.  2r., 
was  allotted  at  the  enclosure,  for  the  common  use  of  the  parish,  but  it 
has  long  been  held  as  part  of  a  farm,  belonging  to  W.  Chamberlaine, 
Esq.  The  principal  inhabitants  arc  Jane  Fox,  vict.,  Qlobe  Inn ;  Rev. 
Thos.  Parr.  B.A.,  curate;  Isabella  West,  ketchup  maker;  and  John 
Barnett  Falkner,  William  Thos.  Hayr,  Abraham  Pateman,  Richard 
Shillaker,  and  John  Adam  Tirrell,  farmers  and  graziers.  Post  from 
Uppingham. 

IIOUGHTON-oN-TiiE-HILLis  a  villagoon  and  near  the  Uppingham 
road,  six  miles  E.  of  Leicester,  and  has  in  its  parish  4G5  inhabitants, 
and  1803  acres  of  land,  chiefly  in  pasturage.  The  soil  is  partly  clay 
and  partly  a  gravelly  loam,  and  the  surface  hilly.  A  rivulet  has  its 
source  in  the  parish,  and  here  is  a  mineral  spring,  the  water  of  which  is 
slightly  impregnated  with  iron.  Major  the  Hon.  H.  L.  Powys-Keck,  is 
lord  of  the  manor,  but  part  of  the  parish  belongs  to  Chas.  Thos.  Freer, 
Esq.,  Wm.  Smith,  Esq.,  Eclwyn  Burnaby,  Esq.,  and  others.  The  family  of 
Eyricke  or  Herrick  appears  to  have  formerly  had  considerable  property 
here ;  and  the  patronage  of  the  rectory  was  at  one  time  held  by  a 
French  abbey,  on  whose  nomination  the  first  known  rector,  Peter  of 
Savoy,  was  appointed  in  1220.  The  Church  (St.  Catherine)  is  a  fine 
structure,  with  nave,  chancel,  two  aisles,  a  lofty  spire,  and  a  tower  con- 
taining five  bells,  two  of  which  have  ancient  Latin  inscriptions  upon 
them.  The  church  has  been  recently  restored  both  internally  and 
externally,  and  has  now  a  very  pleasing  appearance.  The  pulpit,  of 
carved  oak,  is  very  handsome,  and  the  cast  window  of  the  chancel  is 
filled  witli  stained  glass  in  memory  of  the  Rev.  J.  S.  Coleman,  M.A., 
the  late  rector.  The  subjects  represented  arc  the  Ascension,  the  Last 
Supper,  and  the  Day  of  Pentecost.  The  church  registers  commence  in 
1053,  and  amongst  the  sacramental  plate  is  an  old  silver  cup,  presented 
by  the  Rev.  J.  Birkhcad,  who  was  rector  here  in  1083.  The  living  is  a 
rectory,  valued  in  K.B.  at  £16.  0s.  Ud..  and  now  at  .£300,  mostly 


HOUGHTON-ON-THE-HILL. 


567 


derived  from  180a.  of  glebe,  awarded  at  the  enclosure,  in  1765,  in  lieu  of 
tithes.  Wm.  Freer,  Esq.,  of  Knighton,  is  patron,  and  the  Rev.  Wm. 
Thos.  Freer,  M.A.,  is  the  incumbent,  and  has  a  handsome  Rectory 
House,  built  in  1850,  at  a  cost  of  ^£1400.  The  schoolhouse  was  erected 
in  the  same  year.  The  Wesleyans  have  a  chapel  in  the  village,  and 
here  is  also  a  lodge  of  Oddfellows.  The  parish  feast  is  on  the  Sunday 
after  Sept.  29th,  and  the  poor  have  the  following  yearly  doles,  viz. : — 
20s.  out  of  a  farm  left  by  Tobias  Heyrich,  in  1627  ;  10s.  left  by  St.  John 
Houghton,  in  1653,  out  of  an  orchard ;  and  £3.  5s.  as  the  interest  of 
.£65,  left  by  seven  donors.  The  interest  of  ^10,  left  by  Mary  Sewell, 
in  1832,  is  applied  to  the  use  of  the  Sunday  School. 

Post  Office  at  Thomas  Taylor's.   Letters  arrive  from  Leicester  at  9.45  a.m., 
and  are  despatched  at  4  p.m. 


Berridge  Miss  My.  ||  Bramley  My.  Ann 
Cockram  Bobert,  bricklayer 
Coulton  Mrs  Susannah 
Coulton  Beginald,  schoolmaster 
Freer  Bev.  Wm.  Thomas,  M.A.  rector 
Johnson  William,  clerk  and  sexton 
Pearson  William,  cabinet  maker 
Boberts  Thomas,  appraiser  and  valuer 

INNS  AND  TAVEBNS. 
Black  Horse,  Andrew  Tailby 
Boot  Inn,  Elizabeth  Iliffe 
Bose  and  Crown,  William  Pearson 

*  Chapman  Henry 


BAKEKS. 

Clarke  Charles 
Pochin  Henry 

BLACKSMITHS. 

Harrald  Charles 
Paling  John  D. 

FARMERS. 

*  are  Owners. 
Boyfield  Ann 


Clifford  Joshua 
*  Cooke  John 
Fielding    Francis 

(and  butcher) 
*Gray  William 
Hall  Joseph 
Hopkins  George 
Horspool  Joseph 


Iliffe  Joseph 
*  Jaques  David 
Johnson  Elizabeth 
Knapp  John 
North  John 
North  Peter  M. 
*PeberdyJ.(Exrs.) 
Peberdy  William 
Boberts  Thomas 
♦Scrimshaw  Thos. 
Sikes  Sarah 
Smith  Isaac 
Tailby  Ann 
Tiptaft  Bt.  Thos. 
Tomlin  Edmund 
Tompson  Eliz. 
*Whiles  Thomas 
*Willey     Thomas 
(and  miller) 

SHOEMAKERS. 

Gutteridge  James 


Iliffe  James 
Taylor  Thomas 

SHOPKEEPERS. 

Barker  Bobert 
Coulton  Jane 
Taylor  Thomas 

TAILORS. 

Clarke  George 
Gray  William 
Stacey  Thomas 

WHEELWRIGHTS 

And  Carpenters. 
Deacon  John 
Beeves  Samuel 
Wardle     Thomas 

Medband 
Carriers  to  Lei- 

cesterWed.&Sat. 
Barker  Bobert 
Paling  John 


HUNGERTON  is  in  East  Goscote  Hundred,  but  its  township  and 
parish  includes  the  extra-parochial  lordship  of  BAGGRAVE  and  the 
hamlet  of  INGARSBY,  which  are  in  Gartree  Hundred,  but  arc  noticed 
with  Hungerton  at  a  subsequent  page. 


HUSBAND'S  BOSWORTH  is  a  large  and  well-built  village,  situated 
in  the  south-west  angle  of  Gartree  Hundred,  2  miles  N.  of  Welford,  6£ 
miles  W.S.W.  of  Market  Harborough,  12  miles  N.E.  by  E.  of  Rugby, 
and  14  miles  S.  by  E.  of  Leicester.  Its  parish  had  817  inhabitants  in 
1821,  and  935  in  1861,  and  comprises  3870  acres  of  land,  forming  an 
irregular  circular  area,  the  southern  half  of  which  is  bounded  by  North- 
amptonshire, from  which  it  is  separated  partly  by  the  rivers  Welland  and 
Avon,  near  the  latter  of  which  is  a  bridge  to  Welford.  The  Grand 
Union  Canal  winds  round  its  western  side,  and  passes  through  a  tunnel 
half-a-mile  north  of  the  town,  and  nearly  a  mile  in  length ;  and  the 
Rugby  and  Stamford  Railway  runs  for  some  miles  parallel  with  the 
canal.  The  soil  is  chiefly  clay  and  partly  a  gravelly  loam,  and  the 
surface  hilly ;  the  Welland  and  Avon  having  their  sources  within  a  few 
miles  to  the  east  and  south,  and  the  surrounding  country  presenting  a 
delightful  variety  of  picturesque  scenery.  A  fair  for  horses,  cattle,  &e., 
is  held  here  on  the  16th  of  October ;  and  a  hiring  for  servants  is  held  at 


568  husband's  bosworth. 

the  Butchers'  Arms,  in  September.  There  arc  three  Benefit  Societies  in 
the  village,  one  of  which  is  a  female  club  ;  and  at  the  Red  Lion  Inn  is  a 
Lodge  of  Oddfellows.  The  village  Library  is  at  the  National  School, 
and  is  free  to  the  poor,  and  open  to  the  ratepayers  at  one  shilling  each 
per  quarter.  The  Working  Mens  Club  meets  in  the  Infant  School-room 
from  six  to  nine  o'clock  on  Tuesday  and  Saturday  evenings,  when  news- 
papers and  games,  fire  and  lights,  are  provided  gratis,  and  a  cup  of  coffee 
may  be  had  for  one  penny.  At  the  dissolution,  the  land  here  belonging 
to  Selby  Abbey  was  purchased  by  Thos.  Cave,  and  that  belonging  to 
Sulby  Abbey,  by  William  Cradock.  Francis  Fortescue  Turville,  Esq., 
owns  a  great  part  of  the  parish,  and  is  lord  of  the  manor,  which  passed 
to  his  family  in  1763,  from  the  Fortescues,  who  held  it  before  1600,  and 
had  land  here  since  the  reign  of  Edward  III. ;  but  A.  H.  Lafargue, 
Wm.  Barrow,  Jph.  Trueman  Mills,  Geo.  Stratton,  and  John  Thompson, 
Esqrs.,  Capt.  C.  H.  Baddeley  and  others,  have  estates  here.  The  Hall, 
a  handsome  mansion,  in  a  beautiful  park  of  about  100  acres,  on  the 
north-west  side  of  the  Welland,  and  east  of  the  village,  is  the  seat  of 
F.  F.  Turville,  Esq.  The  front,  which  was  rebuilt  in  1792,  has  hand- 
some bay  windows,  and  an  elegant  portico,  but  the  other  parts  of  the 
building  are  ancient,  and  at  the  back  are  five  projecting  gables.  The 
grounds  are  well  wooded,  and  comprise  a  large  rookery.  The  ChurcJt 
(All  Saints)  consists  of  nave,  aisles,  and  chancel,  with  a  tower  containing 
five  bells,  and  surmounted  by  a  spire.  The  bells  are  rung  by  one  man, 
through  the  medium  of  a  bell-ringing  machine  purchased  by  the  rector 
some  years  ago,  at  a  cost  of  £'35.  The  chancel  and  north  aisle  were  rebuilt 
in  1812  ;  and  in  1861  considerable  restoration  was  effected  in  the  build- 
ing, at  a  cost  of  .£1250,  of  which  .£450  were  contributed  by  the  Church- 
Charity  Trustees,  and  the  remaining  .£800  by  the  rector,  the  Bev.  G-.W. 
Phipps.  The  old  vestry  has  been  converted  into  a  south  aisle  to  the 
chancel,  by  the  opening  and  restoring  of  two  arches,  one  connecting  it 
with  the  chancel,  and  the  other  with  the  south  aisle  of  the  church.  The 
roof  of  the  church  has  been  re-leaded.  A  neat  little  vestry  has  been 
erected  on  the  north  side  of  the  chancel,  and  the  unsightly  gallery  at  the 
west  end  of  the  nave  has  been  removed,  and  the  organ  placed  in  the 
south  aisle  of  the  chancel.  The  tower  arch  has  been  opened,  and  the 
west  window  filled  with  stained  glass,  the  glowing  colours  of  which,  in 
the  deep  recess  formed  by  the  tower,  have  a  very  pleasing  effect.  The 
improvements  in  the  chancel  included  the  removal  of  a  miserable  flat 
timber  roof,  and  the  substitution  of  a  very  substantial  high-pitched 
pitch-pine  roof  of  elaborate  decorated  character,  having  six  pairs  of  prin- 
cipals, with  curved  ribs,  richly  moulded,  resting  upon  stone  corbels  ter- 
minating with  handsome  carved  bosses  of  natural  foliage.  A  beautiful 
and  well-proportioned  geometrical  decorated  window  has  been  introduced 
at  the  east  end,  and  a  two-light  window  of  similar  character  on  the  north 
and  south  sides.  Over  the  last  named  windows  are  scrolls,  carved  in  Caen 
stone,  upon  which  the  following  inscriptions  are  carved  in  raised  church- 
text  : — "  This  chancel  was  restored  a.d.  1861,  by  the  Rev.  G.  W.  Phipps 
and  Agnes  his  wife,  in  memory  of  their  blind,  deaf,  and  dumb  sister, 
M.  L.  Phipps,  Obiit  Sept.  15,  1859 ; "  and,  "  Whereas  I  was  blind,  now 
I  see.  Then  the  ears  of  the  deaf  shall  be  unstopped,  and  the  eyes  of  the 
blind  opened  ;  the  tongue  of  the  dumb  shall  sing."  The  east  window  is 
filled  with  beautiful  stained  glass,  and  contains  in  the  centre  light  a 
medallion  with  the  appropriate  subject  of  Christ  healing  the  blind.  Two 
new  substantial  oak  stalls  are  placed  on  each  side  of  the  chancel,  having 
open  tracery  fronts,  and  handsome  carved  poppy  heads,  as  terminations 
to  the  ends.  The  communion  rail,  which  is  also  of  oak,  is  of  appropriate 


husband's  bosworth.  569 

decorated  character,  and  the  chancel  floor  is  paved  with  ornamental  tiles 
of  rich  design.  Further  improvements  are  in  contemplation,  including 
the  restoration  of  the  roof,  arches,  windows,  and  seats  of  the  nave  and 
aisles.  In  1858,  a  new  School  for  boys  and  girls,  and  a  house  for  the 
master,  were  built,  at  an  expense  of  £800  ;  and  in  1800,  a  new  Infants' 
School  was  added,  at  a  cost  of  £4=00.  These  buildings  form  a  pleasing 
group  on  the  village  green,  just  at  the  entrance  to  the  town  from  the 
Welford  road.  The  two  school-rooms  are  separated  by  sliding  doors, 
which  can  be  opened  so  as  to  form  a  noble  room  sixty  feet  long.  George 
W.  Lamb,  Esq.,  of  Basingstoke,  Hants,  is  patron  of  the  rectory,  which 
is  valued  in  KB.  at  £24,.  15s.  7^-d.,  and  now  at  .£1011.  The  Rev.  George 
Win.  Phipps,  M.A.,  is  the  present  esteemed  rector,  and  has  638a.  3k.  35p. 
of  glebe,  mostly  awarded  in  lieu  of  tithes,  at  the  enclosure  of  the  parish 
in  1704.  The  Rectory  House  is  a  handsome  mansion,  built  at  a  cost  of 
about  £'2000,  in  1792,  and  subsequently  enlarged.  The  Particular  Bap- 
tists, Wesley ans,  and  Roman  Catholics,  have  small  chapels  here.  A 
congregation  of  Baptists  was  formed  here  in  1793,  but  their  chapel  was 
not  built  till  1807.  In  1859,  a  new  Cemetery  was  formed  about  half-a- 
milc  from  the  village,  and  occupies  an  acre  and  a  half,  one-fourth  of 
which  is  consecrated.  It  cost  about  ,-£1500,  including  the  two  chapels, 
boundary  walls,  &c.  The  National  School  is  supported  partly  by  sub- 
scription, the  children's  pence,  and  Government  grants  ;  but  for  teaching 
twelve  free  scholars,  the  master  has  £10  a  year  from  7a.  3r.  20p.  of 
land,  left  by  John  Bryan,  in  1721,  except  a  small  allotment,  awarded  at 
the  enclosure.  The  poor  have  £2.  12s.  a  year,  charged  upon  the  estates 
of  Mrs.  Thornton  and  Wm.  Barrow,  Esq.,  and  left  by  Thos.  Blalcesley, 
for  a  weekly  distribution  of  twelve  penny  loaves.  For  another  weekly 
distribution  of  bread,  they  have  £9.  lis.  Od.  from  £319.  5s.  9d.  Three- 
per-Cent.  Consols,  purchased  with  .£300,  left  by  John  Horton  in  1751. 
Sir  Roger  Smith,  in  1048,  gave  the  Well  Close  to  the  rectory,  and  Collins' 
Holme  (4a.)  to  the  poor.  The  latter  is  let  for  .£13  a  year,  which  is  dis- 
tributed in  coals  amongst  the  poor  on  New-year's  clay,  together  with 
,£3.  5s.  10d.,  the  dividends  of  .£109.  17s.  9d.  Three-per  Cent.  Consols, 
purchased  with  £100,  left  by  Francis  Fortescue  Turville  in  1829.  Sir 
Roger  also  gave  by  will,  in  1055,  a  yearly  rent-charge  of  £8,  out  of  the 
Crown  Inn,  Clerkenwell,  now  belonging  to  Mrs.  Hope,  of  9,  Hereford  road, 
Bayswater,  which  is  distributed  in  clothing,  together  with  £2.  5s.  4d.  per 
annum,  the  dividends  of  .£75. 12s.  3d.  Three-per-Cent.  Consols,  purchased 
with  £50  which  arose  from  six  benefactions.  The  Poor's  Land,  given 
by  one  Gill,  about  1070,  was  exchanged  at  the  enclosure  for  10a.  2r.  29r. 
in  East  Field,  which  is  let  to  45  poor  labourers,  in  portions  of  a  rood 
each,  at  rents  varying  from  Is.  to  Gs.  per  rood,  except  one  acre,  let  for 
.£1.  5s.  The  total  income,  £9.  Is.,  is  distributed  among  such  poor  as 
have  no  allotments.  The  Church  Land,  given  by  Erasmus  Smith,  was 
exchanged  at  the  enclosure  for  20a.  Gp.,  now  let  for  £40.  The  Causeway 
Land  was  exchanged  at  the  same  time  for  2a.  15p.,  let  for  .£4.  4s.,  which 
is  applied  in  repairing  the  causeways.  About  21  acres  of  the  school  and 
other  trust  land  are  rented  by  the  poor,  in  31  garden  allotments,  and 
produce  £10  per  annum.  By  an  order  of  the  Court  of  Chancery,  dated 
8th  June,  1859,  the  various  charities  were  vested  in  certain  trustees,  to 
consist  of  the  rector,  the  churoiiwardens,  and  four  householders. 

Post  Office  at  Harriet  Ferraby's.  Letters  arrive  by  Mail  Cart  from  Rugby 
at  7  a.m.,  and  are  despatched  at  7.45  p.m.  Money  Orders  are  granted  and 
paid  ;  and  here  is  a  Post  Office  Savings'  Bank. 

Adams  John,  saddler  I  Birtles  Thomas,  letter  carrier 

Balderson  Jonathan,  basket  maker         |  Cross  John,  beerhouse 


570 


HUSBAND  3   BOSWORTH. 


Cumberland    Major-General    Charles 

Brownlow 
Darnell  Miss  Ann    ||    Freeman  Mrs  J. 
Dawes  Hy.  borse  breaker  and  clipper 
Ferraby  Harriet,  postmistress 
Gilby  James,  painter  and  glazier 
Groocock  Thomas,  insurance  agent 
Holdich  MrWm.  ||  Lucas  Misses 
Lowndes  Capt.  Jas.  Highcroft  House 
Mills  Joseph  Trueman,  Esq. 
Moreton  William,  cooper 
Orton  John,  wheelwright 
Phipps    Kev.  George  William,   M.A. 

rector,  Rectory 
Shenton  Mrs  Mary  ||  Tebbutt  Mr  John 
Shore  Rev.  Michael  (Baptist) 
Stratton  George,  Esq.  Wheeler  Lodge 
Turville  Francis  Fortescue,  Esq.  Hall 
WaddingtonMr  Jno.  ||  Wood  Mr  Jno.W. 
Whitehouse  Rev.  Edward  (R.  Catholic) 
Whiteman  MrWm.  ||  Wells  Job,  sexton 

INNS  AND  TAVERNS. 
Bell,  Thomas  Siddons  Williams 
Butchers'  Arms,  William  Wells 
George,  Saml.  Bonner  (&  coal  dealer) 
Red  Lion,  Charles  Woodford 
Union  Anchor ,William  Houghton  (and 

lime  and  coal  dealer) 
Wheat  Sheaf,  John  Cave 

BRICKLAYERS. 


BAKERS. 

Berridge  John  Ts. 
Bottrill  Charles 

BLACKSMITHS. 

Steans  Timothy 
Woodford  Charles 


Cave  John 
Knight  John 

BRICKMAKERS. 

Clarke  Thomas 
Whiteman  Joseph 


BUTCHERS. 

Dain  Geo.  Brian 
Sheppard  William 

DRESSMAKERS. 

Carver  Louisa 
Lewis  Elizabeth 
Warrington  Rbc. 

FARMERS. 

Bennett  John  E. 
Blackwell  Willm. 
Bonner  Samuel 
Clarke  Thomas 
Day  John 
Dimblebee  Job 
Dimblebee  Saml. 
Foster  Joseph 
Freeman  William 
Gilbert  George 
Goodman  Charles 
Holdich  Charles 
Jenkins  John  Wm. 
Loomes  Wm.  J. 
Moreton  Cureton, 

(and  miller) 
Oram  William 
Smeeton  Eliz. 
Smeeton  Stephen 
Smith  James 
Ward  Thomas 
Whiteman  Joseph 
Wickes  Thomas 
Wilson  John 

grocers,  &c. 
Chisholm  William 


Dimblebee  Wm. 
Pack  Thomas  (and 
brewer) 

SCHOOLS. 

Cooke  Thomas 
National,       John 
Houghton  &  An- 
nie Grisbrooke 
Wood  Catherine 

SHOEMAKERS. 

Berry  Samuel 
Bickley  Robert 
Cockrell  George 
Hardy  John 
Loomes  Thomas 

SHOPKEEPERS. 

Adams  John 
Bent  John 
Drake  Thomas 
Hardy  John 

SURGEONS. 

Colston  Peter 
Shackleford  Geo. 

TAILORS. 

Lewis  Jas.  (&dpr.) 
Loomes  Henry 
Scrimshire  Thos. 

Carriers  to  Lei' 
cestcrWed.Ss  Sat. 
SztoHarbro'Tues. 
Cory  Samuel  • 
Cross  John  (and  to 
Lutterworth  Ths.) 


KIBWORTH  BEAUCHAMP  is  a  largo  and  well-built  village,  plea- 
santly situated  on  a  bold  eminence,  nearly  0  miles  N.N.W.  of  Market 
Harborough,  and  8£  miles  S.E.  by  S.  of  Leicester,  on  and  near  the  turn- 
pike road  between  those  towns.  Its  township  contains  1238  acres  of  land 
and  808  inhabitants;  but  its  parish  includes  3907  acres  and  1807  inhabi- 
tants, of  which  1370  acres  and  400  inhabitants  are  in  the  township  of 
Kibivorth  Harcourt,  and  1359  acres  and  533  inhabitants  in  that  of 
Smeeton  Westerby.  The  two  villages  of  Kibworth  Beauchamp  and  Har- 
court adjoin  each  other,  and  that  of  Smeeton  Westerby  is  about  a  mile 
to  the  south.  Many  of  the  inhabitants  are  framework  linitters,  employed 
chiefly  in  weaving  worsted  stockings  for  the  Leicester  manufacturers. 
The  Leicester  and  Hitchin  Railway,  which  was  opened  in  1850,  passes 
through  the  parish,  and  has  a  station  at  Kibworth  Beauchamp ;  and  the 
Union  Canal  traverses  the  western  side  of  the  parish,  and  passes  under 
a  hill  about  \\  mile  S.W.  of  the  village  by  a  tunnel  more  than  half-a- 
milc  in  length.  The  north  and  south  sides  of  the  parish  arc  bounded  by 
two  rivulets.  Sir  Ply.  Halford,  Bart.,  M.P.,  is  lord  of  the  Manor  of  Kib- 
ivorth Beauchamp ;  but  a  great  part  of  the  soil  belongs  to  the  Rector, 
Thos.  Paget,  Esq.,  Rev.  J.  B.  Hildebrand,  Arthur  and  Thomas  Haymes, 
Esqrs.,  John  Mitchell,  Esq.,  Mrs.  Dunmore,  E.  Bateman,  Esq.,  the  Free 
School,  and  several  smaller  proprietors,  some  of  whom  are  resident 
yeomen,  distinguished  as  owners  in  the  subjoined  list  of  farmers  and 


KIBWORTH    BEAUCHAMP.  571 

graziers.  The  soil  varies  from  clay  to  marl  and  gravel,  but  is  generally 
fertile.  In  the  reign  of  Henry  III.,  Walter  de  Beauchamp  obtained  a 
charter  for  a  weekly  market  here,  but  it  has  long  been  discontinued. 
The  Beauchamps,  Earls  of  Warwick,  held  this  manor  from  the  12th  till 
the  15th  century,  by  the  service  of  performing  the  office  of  Grand  Panneter 
at  the  coronation  of  the  Sovereign.  The  duty  of  this  officer  was  to  pre- 
side over  the  royal  pantry,  and  to  bring  from  thence  the  salt-cellars, 
spoons,  and  knives  used  at  the  coronation  feast,  and  they  were  afterwards 
given  up  to  him  as  his  fee.  At  the  coronation  of  William  and  Mary, 
Wm.  Beveridge,  or  Berridge,  as  lord  of  this  manor,  claimed  the  above- 
named  office,  but  his  claim  was  disallowed,  as  also  was  that  of  Sir  Wm. 
Halford,  Bart.,  who  claimed  it  at  the  coronation  of  George  the  Second. 
Gas  Works  were  established  here  in  1862.  The  Church  (St.  Wilfred) 
is  a  spacious  fabric  in  the  decorated  or  middle  pointed  style,  seated  on 
an  eminence,  and  consisting  of  nave,  aisles,  chancel,  two  porches,  and  a 
square  tower,  with  pinnacles  at  the  angles,  and  containing  a  peal  of  six 
bells,  the  tenor  of  which  weighs  20  cwt.  The  present  tower  was  built 
thirty-five  years  ago,  at  a  cost  of  £'1200 ;  the  old  one,  which  was  crowned 
by  a  spire  rising  to  the  height  of  159  feet,  having  fallen  down,  while 
under  repair,  on  July  23rd,  1825.  In  its  fall  it  did  but  little  injury  to 
the  rest  of  the  building,  and  only  one  of  the  bells  was  cracked.  The 
church  was  reseated  with  open  benches  in  1810.  The  chancel  contains 
a  piscina  and  three  handsome  stone  sedilia.  The  ceiling  was  removed, 
and  a  new  roof  erected  and  a  new  east  window  inserted  in  1800.  The 
north  aisle  contains  a  memorial  window  to  the  late  J.  B.  Humfrey,  Esq., 
of  Kibworth  Hall,  and  here  is  a  fine  organ  built  by  Nicholson,  of  Wor- 
cester. The  living  is  a  rectory,  valued  in  K.B.  at  £32.  15s.,  and  now  at 
£818,  having  490  acres  of  glebe  in  the  three  townships,  awarded  in  lieu 
of  the  tithes  at  the  enclosure  of  the  parish  in  1779.  The  Warden  and 
Fellows  of  Merton  College,  Oxford,  are  patrons,  having  purchased  the 
advowson  for  £3000,  in  1771 ;  and  the  Rev.  M.  M.  F.  Osborn,  M.A.,  is 
the  incumbent,  and  has  a  large  and  handsome  Rectory  House,  with  plea- 
sant grounds,  on  the  east  side  of  the  village.  The  Wesleyans  and  the 
Independent  Methodists  have  chapels  here.  The  General  and  Galvinistic 
Baptists  have  chapels  in  the  neighbouring  village  of  Smeeton  Wcsterby; 
and  there  is  an  Independent  Chapel  in  Kibworth  Harcourt.  Here  is  a 
large  National  School,  in  two  rooms,  for  about  200  boys  and  girls,  erected 
in  1812,  and  improved  in  1855;  and  a  well-endowed  Free  Grammar 
School,  for  the  benefit  of  the  whole  parish. 

The  Free  Grammar  School  was  founded  and  endowed  with  land  and 
tenements,  at  a  very  early  period,  by  unknown  donors;  and,  by  a  decree 
of  the  Court  of  Chancery,  it  is  vested  in  15  trustees,  all  of  whom  must  be 
members  of  the  Established  Church,  and  reside  within  15  miles  of  the 
parish.  The  master  must  be  a  clergyman  of  the  Established  Church, 
and  teach  reading,  writing,  grammar,  and  arithmetic,  and  Latin  when 
required,  to  all  children  whose  parents  reside  in  Kibworth  Beauchamp, 
Kibworth  Harcourt,  or  Smeeton  Wcsterby.  A  new  school  was  built  in 
1725.  There  arc  generally  about  50  free  scholars,  and  the  master  is 
allowed  to  take  boarders  and  day  scholars  from  other  parishes.  The 
endowment  now  consists  of  about  172  a.  of  land,  and  several  houses  in 
the  parish,  and  £200  lent  to  the  Canal  Company;  the  whole  yielding  an 
annual  income  of  about  £300,  out  of  which  the  master  has  to  pay  for 
repairs,  land  tax,  &c,  and  also  a  yearly  salary  to  the  assistant  master. 
New  trustees  were  appointed  in  1800.  The  Rev.  J.  B.  Hildebrand,  the 
present  master,  has  a  good  residence,  which  he  greatly  improved  and 
almost  entirely  rebuilt  at  his  own  cost  in  1836.    The  Rev.  Jeremiah 


572  KIBWORTH    PARISH. 

Goodman,  the  late  master,  who  died  in  183G,  left  £1000  for  the  founda- 
tion of  a  Thursday  Evening  Lecture  in  the  parish  church,  in  the  patron- 
age of  the  master  of  the  Free  School  for  the  time  being,  to  whom  he 
also  left  £100,  in  trust,  to  divide  the  yearly  proceeds  among  the  poor 
parishioners.  The  poor  of  Kibworth  Beauchamp  township  have  the 
following  yearly  doles  : — 14s.,  left  by  Wm.  Thornton,  out  of  land  belong- 
ing to  Mr.  Franks ;  24s.,  from  ,£24  left  by  Wm.  Smalley  and  John  Lane ; 
10s.,  from  £10  left  by  John  Coleman ;  and  the  dividends  of  £169.  17s. 
Three  per  Cent.  Consols,  purchased  with  £100,  left  by  the  Rev.  James 
Norman,  in  1812 ;  and  the  interest  of  a  moiety  of  £100,  left  by  the  late 
W.  Haymes,  to  be  given  in  bread.  The  poor  rent  about  28  acres  in 
garden  allotments. 

Kibworth  Harcourt  is  a  well-built  village,  adjoining  and  in  the 
parish  of  Kibworth  Beauchamp,  on  the  Market  Harborough  road,  8£ 
miles  S.E.  by  S.  of  Leicester.  Its  township  contains  466  inhabitants 
and  1370  acres  of  land.  The  manor  was  anciently  held  by  the  Harcourt 
family,  and  in  1277  by  Walter  Merton,  Bishop  of  Rochester,  who  gave  it  to 
Merton  College,  Oxford,  which  was  founded  by  him.  The  manorial  rights 
still  belong  to  that  college,  together  with  part  of  the  soil ;  and  the  rest 
of  the  township  belongs  to  Thomas  Haymes,  Esq.,  John  Phillips,  Esq., 
Mrs.  Charlotte  Humfrey,  Richard  Humfrey,  Esq.,  John  Marriott, 
Esq.,  E.  W.  Gimson,  Esq.,  the  Rector,  the  Free  School,  and  several 
smaller  proprietors.  The  Manor  House,  a  large  and  handsome  man- 
sion, which  has  been  lately  rebuilt,  is  the  seat  of  John  Phillips,  Esq., 
deputy-lord  of  the  manor,  who  has  a  very  valuable  collection  of  ancient 
books,  one  of  which  is  a  manuscript  journal  of  the  House  of  Commons 
from  the  25th  of  April  to  the  29th  of  December,  1660.  Kibworth  Hall 
is  occupied  by  Colonel  the  Hon.  Arthur  Edward  Hardinge,  Knight  of 
the  Legion  of  Honour,  who  served  in  the  battles  of  the  Sutlej,  and  at 
the  battle  of  Alma.  He  is  son  of  the  first  Viscount  Hardinge,  and  is  an 
equerry  to  the  Queen.  Near  Kibworth  Harcourt  is  an  encampment, 
consisting  of  a  large  mound,  encompassed  with  a  single  ditch,  and  the  cir- 
cumference of  which,  at  the  bottom,  is  122  yards,  and  its  diameter  at  the 
top  is  16  yards.  Near  it  is  a  barrow,  raised  on  elevated  ground.  Here 
is  a  large  Independent  Chapel,  which  is  licensed  for  marriages,  and  has 
a  burial  ground,  Sunday  school,  and  a  library.  That  pious  and  eminent 
divine,  Dr.  Philip  Doddridge,  was  for  some  time  minister  of  this  chapel, 
and  became  a  student  here  in  1719,  under  the  Rev.  John  Jennings,  at 
whose  death  he  succeeded  to  the  academy.  He  was  the  son  of  an  oilman  in 
London,  and  was  born  in  1702.  His  theological  works  arc  well  known 
to  all  religious  sects,  and  most  of  them  have  been  translated  into  French, 
German,  and  other  languages.  The  house  which  he  occupied  here  is 
now  the  residence  of  Mrs.  Humfrey.  Dr.  John  Ailcin,  an  eminent 
physician  and  distinguished  literary  character,  was  born  here,  in  1747, 
and  died  at  Stoke  Newington,  near  London,  in  1822.  His  sisters,  Mrs. 
Barbauld  and  Miss  Lucy  Aikin,  also  rank  high  in  literary  fame.  The 
township  participates  in  the  benefits  of  the  Free  School,  noticed  at 
page  571 ;  and  the  poor  have  a  yearly  rent-charge  of  5s.,  left  by  Mat- 
thew Foxton,  in  1723  ;  and  the  interest  of  a  moiety  of  £100,  left  by  the 
late  W.  Haymes,  to  be  given  away  in  bread. 

Smeeton  Westerby,  5£  miles  N.N.W.  of  Market  Harborough,  is  a 
village  and  township,  in  the  parish  of  Kibworth  Beauchamp,  and 
extends  southward  from  that  village  down  a  bold  declivity  to  the  banks 
of  a  rivulet  and  the  Union  Canal.  It  contains  533  inhabitants  and 
1359a.  1r.  2p.  of  land,  generally  having  a  fine  red  loamy  soil.  H.  H.  H. 
Hungerford,  Esq.,  is  lord  of  the  manor,  which  has  been  held  by  various 


GABTREE   HUNDRED. 


573 


families ;  but  a  great  part  of  the  soil  belongs  to  Thomas  Haymes,  Esq., 
the  Rector,  the  Incumbent  of  Smeeton  Westerby,  the  Free  School, 
Messrs.  Robert  Goodacre,  William  Goodman,  Henry  Burgess,  Thomas 
Elliot,  Robert  Corfc,  William  Mitchell,  and  a  few  smaller  owners. 
By  an  order  in  Council,  dated  1852,  and  with  the  consent  of  the  rector, 
Smeeton  Westerby,  has  been  formed  ecclesiastically  into  a  district 
parish,  and  it  is  endowed  with  128  acres  of  glebe,  which  formerly  be- 
longed to  the  rector  of  Kibworth,  who  is  patron  of  the  perpetual  curacy, 
valued  at  ^£150,  and  now  in  the  incumbency  of  the  Rev.  Richard  Faws- 
sett,  M.A.  The  Church,  dedicated  to  Christ,  is  a  neat  building,  con- 
sisting of  a  nave,  aisles,  and  chancel.  Two  small  bells  are  hung  in  a 
turret,  and  the  chancel  has  four  stained  glass  windows.  The  font  was 
given  by  Miss  Catherine  Bathurst,  and  is  very  handsome.  There  are 
sittings  for  about  400  hearers.  Here  is  a  National  School,  and  the 
General  and  Particular  Baptists  have  chapels  in  the  village.  The 
interest  of  ^20,  left  by  John  Coleman,  is  paid  out  of  the  poor  rates,  and 
distributed  among  poor  widows,  as  is  also  the  interest  of  one-third  of 
^1G9.  17s.,  left  by  the  Rev.  J.  Norman,  in  1812. 


KIBWORTH  PARISH  DIRECTORY. 


Post  Office  at  John  Spence's,  Kibworth  Beauchamp.  Letters  arrive  from 
Market  Harborough  at  8.45  a.m.,  and  are  despatched  at  4.25  p.m.  Money 
Orders  arc  granted  and  paid,  and  here  is  a  Post  Office  Savings'  Bank, 

In  the  following  Directory,  those  marked  1  are  in  Kibwokth  Harcourt  ;  2,  in 
Smeeton  Westerby  ;  and  the  others  in  Kibworth  Beauchamp. 


1  Abell  Mrs  Eliz.  ||  Bethune  Capt.  Hy. 

Allen  Thomas,  farrier 

Asher  Edwin  James,  cabinet  maker 

Birtles  Joseph,  watch  and  clock  maker 

1  Bolton  Edward,  gardener 

1  Bryant  Chas.  Knapton,  plumber,  &c. 

1  BuswellMrChas.lJ  Charlton  Mr  Thos. 

2  Buzzard  James,  boarding  school 
Chamberlain  John,  framesmith 

1  Cort  Mrs  Ann  ||  Dunmore  Mrs  Eliz. 
Dewey  Thos.  Inland  Revenue  officer 
Durham  Edw.  asst.  master,  Free  School 

2  Fawssett  Rev.  Richard,  M.A.  incum- 

bent of  Smeeton  Westerby 
Franks  Thomas,  maltster 
2  Gimson  Caroline,  ladies  school 
Goodale  Mrs  and  Miss,  ladies'  school 
Goodale  John  Wallet,  druggist,  &c. 
1  Gray  Charles,  veterinary  surgeon 
Hackney  Sar.  &  My.  Ann,  dressmakers 
1  Hard  in  ge  Colonel  the  Hon.  Arthur 

Edward,  Kibworth  Hall 
Harris  William,  grocer  and  draper 
Hildebrand  Rev.  John  Biggs,  B.  A.  head 
master   of  Free  Grammar   School ; 
Thursday  evening  Lecturer  ;  and  rec- 
tor of  Saxby-with-Stapleford 
Hind  William,  painter,  &c. 
lHumfreyMrs  Chtte.K. Harcourt  Ilonse 


1  Islip  Rev.  Francis  (Independent) 
1  Islip  Mrs,  ladies'  boarding  school 
1  Laundon  Richard,  saddler 
Macaulay  Thomas,  surgeon 
1  Marriott  John,  surgeon 
1  Marriott  William  Morpott,  surgeon 
1  Marriott  Misses  ||  Maw  John,  cooper 
Osborn  Rev.  Montagu  Francis  Finch, 

M.A.  rector  of  Kibworth,  Rectory 
1  Oswin  Thomas,  cart  owner 
Penny  Rev.  Robert  George,  B  A.  curate 
1  Phillips  John,  Esq.  Manor  House 

1  Plummer  Mr  Win.  [|  2  SimpkinMrs  C. 
Potter  William,  surgeon's  assistant 
Shilcock  William,  tripe  dresser 
Smeeton  James,  rope  maker 

Spence  John,  postmaster  and  par.  clerk 

2  Stephenson  Brooks  Harryman,  Esq. 
Underwood  Moses  W.  agent 

Wade  Mrs  Mary  ||  1  Woodford  Mr  Thos. 

Ward  John,  hosiery  mfr.  m&  Leicester 

Weston  Mary,  milliner 

White  James,  saddler 

1  Williamson  George,  confectioner 

1  Woodford  Edward,  brewer 

Woodford  Job  B.  brick  maker 

INNS  AND  TAVERNS. 
1  Admiral  Nelson,  James  Wright 
Coach  &  Horses,  Jph.  Mprris  Coleman 


574 


KIBWORTH   DIRECTORY. 


2  Crown  and  Sceptre,  Thomas  Stinson 
1  Fox,  Attwood  Searancke 

1  Horse  Shoes,  George  Kimhell 

2  King's  Head,  Richard  Mattock 
1  Navigation  Inn,  Henry  Taylor 
Old  Swan,  Charles  Watts 

Railway  Arms,  Wm.  Page  (and  grocer) 
IRose  and  Crown  {posting)  Wm.  Austin 


BAKERS. 

Chapman  John 

1  Eales  Thomas 

2  Hurlbut  Samuel 
2  InnocentThos. 
Innocent  Waterfld. 

1  Smith  Thomas 
Weston  Sar.&Eliz. 
Woodcock  Job 

BEERHOUSES. 

Jordan  William 

2  Markham  Eliz. 

BLACKSMITHS. 

2  Buckby  William 
Collins  John 
1  Kimbell  George 
Loveday  John 

BUILDERS. 

Mason  John  (and 
brickmaker) 

Thompson  William 
(&  stonemason) 

BUTCHERS. 

Allen  John 

1  Dean  William 
Innocent  Arthur 

2  Underwood  Eliz. 

1  Woodford  Edw. 

COAL  AGENTS. 

Barratt  William 
Carter  John 

2  Deacon  William 
Woodford  Thomas 


CORN    MILLERS. 

1  Smith  Thomas 
Weston  Ebenezer 

FARMERS  &    GRZRS. 

(*Are  Owners.) 
1  Atkinson  Eli 
1  Austin  William 

1  Bus  well  Thomas 

2  Buzzard  Ann 
Buzzard  Orlando 
2*  Cort  Robert 
Gibbins  Frances 
1*  Gims.on  Edw. 
Goode  William 
2*  Goodman  Wm. 
Grant  Wm.    (and 

cattle  salesman) 
Gray  George 

1  Henley  Richard 
Innocent  Arthur 
Innocent  George 
Innocent  Waterfld. 

2  Jesson  Ann 

2  Markham  Eliz. 
2*  Mitchell  Wm. 
2*  Peberdy  Eliz. 
2  Peberdy  William 

1  Pywell  Edward 

2  Simpkin  Samuel 
♦Smeeton  John 

1  Stones  David 
1  Taylor  Henry 
1  Thompson  John 


2  Underwood  Eliz.  I 
Underwood    John 

(and  salesman) 
Waterfield  John 
Weston  Ebenezer 
*Woodcock  Job 
1  Wright  Jame3 

1  Wright  Thomas 

HAIRDRESSERS. 

Smeeton  Ebenezer 
Smith  Robert 

joiners,  &c. 
Branston  John 
Loveday  John 

2  Mattock  William 

SHOEMAKERS. 

2  BeardsmoreWm. 

1  Burditt  Samuel 

2  Clarke  John 
1  Collier  John 
Collins  Thomas 

1  Gilbert  Thomas 
Lewis  William 
Timson  Thomas 

SHOPKEEPERS. 

Badcock  James 
Branston  John 
Bullock  James 
1  CalverleyThs.H. 
Chapman  John 
1  Eales  Thomas 
Elson  Ann 
1  Harley  George 

1  Harris  Joseph 

2  Hurlbut  Samuel 
2  Iliffe  William 

2  Johnson  George 
1  Jordan  James 
Jordan  William 
Shaw  Robert 
Smith  Elizabeth 


2  Suitor  Lawrence 
Wakefield  Charles 
Watts  John 
Weston  Sar.&Eliz. 
2  Woolman  John 

tailors. 
2  Beeson  George 
1  CalverleyThs.H. 

(and  draper) 
Cayzer  Edward  (& 

draper) 
1  Fletcher  William 
Gardiner  Thomas 
Garratt  John 
Seamark  Jabez 
Spence  John 

WHEELWRIGHTS. 

1  Coleman  Wm. 
Loveday  John 

1  Peake  Joseph 
Waldram  William 

RAILWAY. 

Trains  from  Kib- 
worth  station  se- 
veral times  a  day 
toLeicester,Mar- 
kefc  Harborough, 
and  all  parts. 
CARRIERS. 

Knapp  Thomas,  to 
Leicester  M.  W. 
F.  and  Sat.  and 
to  Harborough, 
Tues. 

2  Markham, Richd. 
to  Leicester,  W. 
and  Sat. 

2  Markham  Wm.  to 
Leicester,  Mon. 
Wed.  and  Fri. 


KNAPTOFT  PARISH  is  in  Guthlaxton  Hundred,  except  Mowsley 
Chapelry,  which  is  noticed  with  it  at  a  subsequent  page. 

KNOSSINGTON,  a  pleasant  village  a  little  north  of  the  hills  of 
Cold  Overton,  four  miles  W.  of  Oakham,  and  nine  miles  S.S.E.  of 
Melton  Mowbray,  is  a  detached  member  of  Gartree  Hundred,  and  its 
parish  contains  252  souls,  and  1431a.  lit.  24p.  of  land,  bounded  on  the 
east  by  Rutlandshire.  The  soil  is  chiefly  clay,  and  a  rivulet  has  its 
source  near  the  village.  Thos.  Frewen,  Esq.,  is  lord  of  the  manor, 
which  was  formerly  held  by  Owston  Abbey,  and  was  granted  to  Lord 
Cromwell,  at  the  dissolution.  Part  of  the  parish  belongs  to  J.  D. 
Barnard  Esq.,  F.  T.  Bryan,  Esq.,  Wm.  Roberts,  Esq.,  and  Mrs.  Catherine 
Spencer.  The  Church  (St.  Peter)  is  a  neat  structure,  with  a  tower  and 
two  bells.  It  was  repaired  and  repewed  in  1830.  The  rectory,  valued 
in  KB.  at  £10.  Gs.  8d.,  and  now  at  £330,  has  43a.  Or.  20r.  of  glebe,  and 
is  in  the  gift  of  Thos.  Frewen,  Esq.,  and  incumbency  of  the  Rev.  Jas. 
Connor,  who  has  a  good  residence,  built  in  1834,  and  commanding 


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beautiful  prospects.  The  Wesleyans  have  a  chapel  here,  erected  in  1830. 
The  Rev.  Richd.  Sampson,  who  died  in  1039,  was  rector  of  Knossington 
for  81  years,  and  kept  the  parish  register  during  that  long  period,  in  his 
own  hand-writing.  Samuel  Johnson,  a  cattle  dealer  from  Freiston,  in 
Lincolnshire,  called  at  a  lone  farm-house,  near  Owston  Wood,  in  1801, 
and  was  never  seen  afterwards,  till  his  remains  were  found  in  a  gravel 
pit,  in  1815.  The  farmer's  housekeeper  subsequently  confessed  that  she 
held  the  candle  whilst  her  master  (Smith)  struck  Johnson  on  the  head 
with  a  pick-axe.  Here  is  a  Hospital  for  four  poor  clergymen's  widows, 
founded  by  Wm.  Smith,  who  left  £1000  for  that  purpose,  in  1711.  Of 
this  legacy,  £120  were  given  for  the  house  used  as  the  hospital,  but  it 
was  rebuilt  in  1821,  at  the  cost  of  £1090,  paid  out  of  a  large  fund  which 
accumulated  during  a  period  of  more  than  20  years,  when  the  charity 
was  in  disuse.  It  was  re-established  by  a  decree  of  the  Court  of 
Chancery,  in  1815.  The  endowment  now  consists  of  03a.  of  land  at 
Hose,  let  for  £89  a  year,  and  £2721.  5s.  9d.  Three  per  cent.  Bank 
Annuities,  the  dividends  of  which  swell  the  yearly  income  to  about  £102 
per  annum  ;  out  of  which  a  yearly  stipend  of  £38  is  paid  to  each  of  the 
poor  widows,  and  £5  to  the  school  at  Croxton  Kerrial,  of  which  parish 
the  founder  was  a  native.  (See  page  347.)  The  hospital  comprises 
four  commodious  dwellings  for  the  almswomen,  who  must  be  widows  of 
beneficed  clergymen  who  died  within  the  dioceses  of  Lincoln  or  Peter- 
borough, and  must  be  not  less  than  50  years  of  age,  nor  possessed  of  an 
income  of  more  than  £30  a  year.  The  Bishop  of  Lincoln  and  others 
are  the  trustees,  and  the  Rev.  Chas.  Heycock  is  their  secretary.  On 
the  enclosure  of  the  parish,  2a.  of  land  were  set  out  for  the  poor  by  Sir 
Edw.  Harrington,  then  lord  of  the  manor.  This  land  is  let  in  12  plots 
to  as  many  poor  cottagers,  at  rents  amounting  to  £5,  which  is  paid  to 
the  schoolmaster.  In  1718,  Richd.  Bell  left  a  yearly  rent-charge  of  8s. 
for  the  poor,  out  of  11a.  lit.  of  land,  now  belonging  to  Thos.  Frewen, 
Esq.  The  School  is  a  neat  stone  building  erected  in  1855,  by  Mrs. 
Frewen  Turner,  of  Cold  Overton ;  and  the  children  pay  from  2d.  to 
Od.  each  per  week. 

Post  from  Oakham  at  9|  morning,  returning  at  4.45  afternoon. 

Carter  William,  vict.  Greyhound 
Clarke  Edward,  corn  miller 
Connor  Rev.  James,  rector,  Bcctory 
Cook  William,  gardener 
Grant  Henry,  shopkeeper 
Kemp  John,  shoemaker 
Kilboum  Mary,  schoolmistress 
Lenton  Josiah,  shopkeeper 
Moyses  William,  parish  clerk 
Robinson  David,  watch  &  clock  maker 
Shepherd  William,  schoolmaster 
Spencer  Mrs  Catherine,  and  Mrs  Eliz. 
Spencer  Joshua,  land  agent 
Tidd  Thomas,  vict.  Fox  and  Hounds 
Wartnaby  Miss  Arabella 


FARMERS  AND  GRAZIERS. 


Bruce  William 
E  ay  res      William, 

Bleak  House 
Garrett  John,  The 

Manor  House 
Isitt  James 
Leadbetter  Austin 
Lenton  William  (& 

stone  mason) 
Martin  Thomas  (& 

butcher) 


Moyses  Robert 
Moyses  William 
Ormond  Francis 
Pollard  William 
Preston  John&Jas. 
Rawlings  John 
Skinner  George 
Tidd  Thomas  (and 

joiner) 
Tilley  John 
Vincett  Joseph 


Carrier. — Thomas  Tidd,  to  Melton 
Mowbray  Tuesday,  and  Leicester  Sat. 


LAUGHTON,  a  small  village  on  an  eminence,  5  miles  W.N.W.  of 
Market  Harborough,  and  12  miles  S.  byE.  of  Leicester,  has  in  its  parish 
152  inhabitants  and  1109  acres  of  land,  chiefly  a  strong  clay,  with  some 
little  gravel,  and  the  ground  hilly,  rising  boldly  from  the  Grand  Union 
Canal,  on  the  south  side  of  the  parish.  Mrs.  Humfrcy  is  lady  of  the 
manor,  but  part  of  the  soil  belongs  to  Thos.  Stokes,  Esq.,  Jph.  Perkins, 


576 


LAUGHTON    PARISH. 


Esq.,  Mr.  Joseph  Smith,  Mr.  Wm.  Blount,  and  a  few  other  proprietors. 
The  Church  (St.  Luke)  is  a  small  structure  with  one  bell,  hung  in  an 
open  turret.  An  organ  was  given,  and  a  new  gallery  erected  in  1850  by 
the  rector,  and  the  interior  was  much  improved  in  1859.  Among  its 
monumental  tablets  is  one  in  memory  of  Col.  Wm.  Cole,  a  former  lord  of 
the  manor,  who  served  Charles  I.,  and  the  three  succeeding  monarchs, 
58  years,  and  died  in  1698,  aged  85  years.  The  rectory,  valued  in  KB. 
at  ^10.  10s.  3d.,  and  now  at  a£247,  has  about  100a.  of  glebe,  which  were 
mostly  awarded  in  lieu  of  the  tithes  of  the  land  enclosed  in  1778  ;  but 
most  of  the  parish  had  been  enclosed  more  than  a  century  before  that 
period.  The  tithes  of  the  old  enclosures  were  commuted  in  1838  for 
about  .£100  per  annum  ;  Mrs.  Humfrey  is  patroness,  and  the  Bev.  W.  C. 
Humfrey,  M.A.,  is  the  incumbent,  and  has  a  good  residence,  built  in 
1818,  at  a  cost  of  ^£1600.  The  National  School  is  a  neat  brick  building, 
erected  in  1853,  at  a  cost  of  .£100.  The  Wesleyans  have  a  chapel  here, 
built  in  1839.  The  Poofs  Land,  which  has  been  vested  from  an  early 
period,  comprises  12  acres,  of  which  two  acres  are  occupied  in  garden 
plots,  and  the  rest  in  pasturage,  at  rents  amounting  to  about  £17  a-year. 
The  poor  have  also  the  interest  of  M,  left  by  T.  Hefford  and  W.  Cave. 
The  parish  feast  is  on  the  Sunday  after  October  18th. 

Post  Office  at  Tyler  Stafford's.     Letters  arrive  from  Theddingworth  at  7£ 
morning,  and  are  despatched  at  6£  evening. 


Dunkley  Joseph,  wheelwright,  &c. 
Gamble Eliz.  mistress,  National  School 
Humfrey  Rev.  William  Cave,  M.A.  rec- 
tor and  rural  dean,  Rectory 
Stafford  John,  butcher 
Whattoff  Miss  Elizabeth 


FARMERS  &    GRZRS. 

(*Are  Owners.) 
•Blount  William 


Burton  William 
Eergusson  James 
and  Charles 


Earp  John 
Hurst  Henry 
Linnett  Cornelius 

*  Perkins  Joseph 

*  Smith  Joseph 

SHOEMAKERS. 

Stafford  James 
Stafford  Tyler  (and 
parish  clerk) 


SHOPKEEPERS. 

Cheney  William 
Thornton      James 

(and  tailor) 
CARRIER. 
Stnrgis    Benj.    to 

Harborough  Tu. 

&  Leicester  Sat. 


LUBENHAM,  or  Lubbeniiam,  is  a  considerable  village  on  the  north 
side  of  the  river  Welland,  and  on  the  Bugby  road,  nearly  2  miles  W.  of 
Market  Harborough.  It  has  been  variously  spelt  Lobenho,  Lobenliam, 
&c,  and  its  parish  contains  578  inhabitants  and  2699a.  2r.  24p.  of  land, 
chiefly  a  strong  clay,  and  skirted  on  the  east  and  north  by  the  Union 
and  Grand  Union  Canals,  which  unite  near  Foxton  Locks.  The  Wel- 
land, which  is  here  only  a  small  stream,  divides  this  parish  from  North- 
amptonshire, in  which  is  Thorpe  Lubenham  Hall,  the  residence  of  the 
Earl  of  Hopetoun.  Thomas  Paget,  Esq.,  is  lord  of  the  manor  of  Lubben- 
ham;  but  a  great  part  of  the  soil  belongs  to  Bichard  Humfrey,  Esq., 
Mrs.  Mary  Brcedon,  John  Swinglcr,  Esq.,  H.  M.  Stratford,  Esq.,  and 
other  proprietors.  The  Old  Hall,  where  Charles  I.  and  his  staff  slept 
on  the  night  before  the  Battle  of  Naseby  (see  page  537),  is  now  a  small 
dilapidated  building ;  and  in  the  church  is  an  oak  chair,  in  which  the 
unfortunate  monarch  is  said  to  have  sat.  Papillon  Hall,  an  ancient 
mansion  about  a  mile  W.  of  the  village,  is  the  property  and  residence  of 
Mrs.  Mary  Breedon.  This  singular  house  had  its  name  from  the  gentle- 
man who  built  it,  and  its  shape  is  octangular.  The  moat  which  sur- 
rounded it  has  been  filled  up,  and  the  interior  of  the  house  has  been 
altered.  The  Papillons  were  settled  here  at  an  early  period,  and  one  of 
them,  David  PapUlon,  published  a  treatise  on  fortifications,  &c,  in  1645, 
and  a  volume  called  "  The  Vanity  of  the  Lives  and  Passions  of  Men,"  in 
1651.     On  the  bank  of  the  Welland  near  the  village  arc  the  trenches  of 


LUBE NH AM    PARISH. 


577 


an  encampment,  occupying  about  eight  acres,  and  supposed  by  Mr.  Rey- 
nolds to  be  of  Roman  origin.  Some  of  the  fossils  called  Astroits,  or 
vulgarly  Peter  Stones,  are  found  in  the  parish.  The  Church  (All  Saints) 
is  an  ancient  structure,  erected  in  the  14th  century,  and  having  a  low, 
massive,  embattled  tower  containing  five  bells.  It  was  repewed  in  1810, 
and  among  its  monuments  is  a  sort  of  shrine  supposed  to  have  been  in 
memory  of  the  founder,  and  several  tablets  in  memory  of  the  Wrights, 
formerly  lords  of  the  manor.  In  the  north  wall  of  the  chancel  is  a 
hagioscope  (holy  view,)  through  which  persons  in  the  north  chapel,  or 
chantry,  could  see  the  Elevation  of  the  Host.  A  south  porch  was  erected 
in  1861  at  the  expense  of  H.  M.  Stratford,  Esq.  The  benefice  is  a 
vicarage,  valued  in  KB.  at  £8.  5s.,  and  now  at  ,£125.  It  was  augmented 
with  £400  of  Q.A.B.,  in  1767  and  1809,  and  with  a  Parliamentary  Grant 
of  £1200,  in  1818.  The  tithes  Avere  commuted  at  the  enclosure  in  1766. 
Thomas  Paget,  Esq.,  is  impropriator  and  patron,  and  the  Rev.  H.  E. 
Bullivant,  M.A.,  is  the  vicar.  The  National  School  is  a  handsome 
building  standing  amongst  a  group  of  fine  elms  near  the  old  manor  house, 
and  was  built  in  1858  at  a  cost  of  £1000,  raised  by  subscription  and 
grants.  Here  is  a  chapel  built  in  1837  at  a  cost  of  £220,  and  used  both 
by  Independents  and  Baptists.  Sunday  schools  are  attached  both  to  the 
church  and  chapel.  The  parish  feast  is  on  the  Sunday  after  Nov.  1st. 
There  is  an  Oddfellows'  Lodge  at  the  White  Swan,  and  a  Benefit  Society 
at  the  National  School.  The  yearly  sum  of  £26,  received  by  this  parish 
from  Alderman  Newton's  Charity  (see  page  199,)  is  applied  in  clothing 
25  poor  children  attending  the  National  School.  Two  houses,  now 
belonging  to  Mr.  Thomas  Eldridge,  are  charged  by  the  will  of  Henry 
Hartshorn  with  providing  three  bibles  yearly  for  the  poor,  who  have  also 
the  following  yearly  rent-charges,  viz. : — 10s.  left  by  Thomas  Shipley,  in 
1711,  out  of  a  farm  belonging  to  Richard  Humfrey,  Esq. ;  4s.  left  by 
Ann  Neale,  out  of  Deacon's  Meadow ;  and  5s.  out  of  a  close  called  the 
Old  Orchard,  left  by  an  unknown  donor. 

Post  Office  at  Thomas  Smith's.     Letters  arrive  from  Rugby  at  7.30  a.m.,  and 
are  despatched  at  7.10  p.m. 


Hopetoun  Rt.  Hon.  Earl  of,  Thorpe 
Lubenham  Hall,  Northants ;  and 
Hopetoun  House,  Linlithgowshire, 
&  Ormiston  Hall,  Haddingtonshire 

Angell  Benedict  John,  'Esc^.The  Cottage 

Boulton  Miss  Ann 

Breedon  Mrs  Mary,  Papillon  Hall 

Bullivant  Rev.  Henry  Everard,  M.A. 
vicar  and  surrogate 

Cornell  Charles,  head  groom 

Eldridge  Thomas,  relieving  officer 

Iliffe  John,  vict.  Red  Cow 

Neal  William,  parish  clerk 

Perkins  Joshua,  carriage  and  livery 
lace  and  ketchup  and  pickle  manfr. 

Piatt  William,  vict.  White  Swan 

Rimington  Geo.  &  Son,  watchmkrs.&c. 

Stanyon  William,  blacksmith 

Tebbutt  John,  coal  dealer 

Worley  Philip  &  My.  National  School 


BAKERS. 

Knight  Joseph 
Tilley  Daniel 

BRICKLAYERS. 

Pickering  John 


Pickering  Thomas 

BEERHOUSE. 

Allen  Thomas 

BUTCHERS. 

Coleman  John 


Moreton  Charles 

CARPENTERS. 

Martin  William 
Spriggs  Thomas 

CORN    MILLERS. 

Ponton  Benjamin 
Tilley  Daniel 

FARMERS  &    GRZRS. 

*  Are  doners. 
♦Andrews  James 
Ashton  John  (and 

cattle  salesman) 
Carter  Edward 

*  Coleman  John 
♦Dimbleby     Peter 

(and  salesman) 
Haddon  Jno.  Benj. 

*  Hopkins  George 
Iliffe  John 
Marvell  Benjamin 
♦Moreton  Charles 

*  Moreton  Thomas 

Cooper 
♦Perkins  Joshua 


Ponton  Benjamin 
♦Smalley  John 
♦Stiles  Edward 
♦Swingler  John 

SHOEMAKERS. 

Goode  William 
Tomkins  James 
Underwood  John 

SHOPKEEPERS. 

Bennett  John 
Bull  Job 
Knight  Elizabeth 
Smith  Thomas 

TAILORS. 

Garlick  Henry 
Goode  John 
Norman  Thomas 

Carriers  to  Lei- 
cester, W.  &  Sat. 
Marvell  Benj. 
Woolman  Rd. 


578  GARTREE    HUNDRED. 

MEDBOURNE  is  a  straggling  village,  on  the  banks  of  a  rivulet  a 
little  north  of  its  confluence  with  the  Welland,  five  miles  W.  by  N.  of 
Rockingham,  and  6^  miles  N.E.  of  Market  Harborough.  Its  township 
comprises  580  inhabitants,  and  1777a.  2r.  17p.  of  land,  but  its  parish 
includes  also  the  chapelry  and  township  of  Nevill  Holt,  or  Holt  with 
Bradley.  Cosmo  Charles  George  Nevill,  Esq.,  is  lord  of  the  manor  of 
Medbourne,  but  part  of  the  soil  belongs  to  the  Rev.  J.  H.  Dent  and  a 
few  smaller  owners.  The  soil  is  a  rich  deep  black  mould,  except  on  the 
north-west,  where  there  is  some  clay  and  gravel.  The  parish  is  separated 
from  Northamptonshire  by  the  Welland ;  and  the  open  tields,  of  which 
it  was  mostly  comprised,  were  not  enclosed  till  1844.  Mr.  Burton 
states  that  Medbourne  has  "  doubtless  been  a  Roman  Station,  as  a  great 
number  of  coins  and  medals  have  been  found  here."  In  the  year 
1721,  &tesselated  pavement  was  discovered  here,  and  was  again  opened  in 
1793,  and  found  to  be  about  three  feet  and  a  half  beneath  the  surface. 
The  floor  consisted  of  small  square  tcsselas,  coloured  red,  black,  &c.  In 
a  field  N.W.  of  the  village,  are  the  remains  of  entrenchments,  with 
foundations,  &c,  covering  a  plot  of  ground  of  about  half  a  mile  square. 
Tradition  says,  that  in  this  field  once  stood  a  city  called  Medenborough, 
which  was  destroyed  by  fire.  The  undisturbed  part  of  the  Roman  Road 
is  lofty,  and  visible  for  four  or  five  hundred  j7ards  ;  and  where  it  joins 
Slawston  Lordship,  it  is  called  Port  Hill, — a  very  strong  evidence  in 
favour  of  a  station  and  Roman  road  being  here.  On  the  26th  of 
February,  1851),  a  great  fire,  believed  to  be  the  work  of  an  incendiary, 
consumed  several  stacks  of  corn  and  315  fleeces  of  wool,  on  the  premises 
of  Mr.  Wm.  Letts,  doing  damage  to  the  extent  of  about  £4000,  and  the  wind 
being  very  high  at  the  time,  the  flames  were  carried  across  a  rivulet,  and 
consumed  six  cottages  behind  the  church,  which  was  also  greatly 
endangered.  There  is  a  lodge  of  Foresters  at  the  Nevill  Arms,  and  at 
Medbourne  Bridge,  about  a  mile  south  of  the  village,  is  a  station  on  the 
Rugby  and  Stamford  Railway.  The  parish  Church  (St.  Giles)  is  a  large 
antique  fabric  of  mixed  architecture,  consisting  of  a  nave,  south  aisle, 
chancel,  transepts,  and  a  square  tower  containing  five  bells  and  a  clock. 
The  latter  was  given  by  the  rector  in  1852,  and  was  improved  and 
made  to  strike  the  quarters  in  1861.  In  the  wall  of  the  south  transept 
is  a  recumbent  effigy,  supposed  to  represent  one  of  the  founders  of  the 
church.  The  living  is  a  rectory,  valued  in  K  B.  at  £35.  lis.  0-J-d.,  and 
now  at  £600,  with  the  curacy  of  Nevill  Holt  annexed  to  it.  The  glebe 
is  42  acres,  and  the  tithes  were  commuted  in  1846.  The  advowson 
belongs  to  St.  John's  College,  Cambridge,  by  purchase  in  1716  ;  and  the 
Rev.  L.  P.  Baker,  B.D.,  is  the  rector,  and  has  a  handsome  residence,  in 
the  Grecian  style,  which  he  erected  about  eighteen  years  ago.  The  cast 
front  commands  a  fine  view  of  Holt  Hall  and  avenue,  and  the  house  is 
surrounded  by  about  two  acres  of  beautiful  pleasure  grounds,  containing 
some  of  the  finest  evergreens  in  the  county.  Before  the  enclosure,  the 
twelve  pieces  of  Church  Land  yielded  from  .£10  to  £20  per  annum. 
The  Free  School  is  held  in  the  north  transept  of  the  church,  and  the 
master  teaches  50  free  scholars,  and  has  the  use  of  a  house,  and  a  yearly 
salary  of  .£32,  arising  as  follows: — In  1761,  Sarah  Moyscs  left  £500  in 
the  funds,  and  the  residue  of  her  personal  estate,  to  be  applied  in 
schooling  poor  children  of  this  parish.  For  the  same  purpose,  Thomas 
Haukes  left  £200,  in  1785.  These  two  charities  now  consist  of  £1000, 
Three  per  cent.  Reduced  Annuities.  The  schoolmaster  has  the  privilege 
of  receiving  other  scholars,  who  pay  for  their  education,  and  has  also  a 
yearly  rent-charge  of  £2,  left  by  Robert  Wade.  His  house  and  garden 
are  worth  about  £5  a  year,  and  are  free  from  rates.      The  Rector,  and 


MEDBOURNE    PARISH. 


570 


Messrs.  Jolm  Meadows,  Eclw.  Ward,  and  Hy.  Letts,  are  the  trustees. 
The  poor  parishioners  have  £25  a  year  from  Goodmans  Charity, noticed 
with  Hallaton,  (see  p.  565.)  They  have  also  .£15  a  year  as  the  rent  of 
9a.  2n.  of  land  at  Wilbarston,  left  by  the  Rev.  John  Fou'lJces,  B.D.,  in  1740 ; 
the  dividends  of  i;200,  Three  per  cent.  Consols,  left  by  the  Rev.  John 
Morgan,  in  1773;  and  three  small  rent-charges,  amounting  to  lis.  per 
annum,  left  by  unknown  donors.  The  Independent  Weslcyans  have  a 
chapel  here,  which  was  originally  purchased  by  the  inhabitants,  in  1798, 
in  order  to  avail  themselves  of  the  services  of  the  Rev.  Mr.  Clough,  who 
had  formerly  been  curate  of  the  parish,  and  was  much  beloved.  It  was 
afterwards,  for  some  time,  supplied  by  Independent  ministers,  and  then 
by  Wesleyans.  In  185 1 ,  the  congregation  resolved  to  become  independent 
of  Conference  and  manage  its  own  affairs,  and  in  1857-'8,  the  chapel  was 
much  improved  at  a  cost  of  .£100  ;  but  the  Weslcyan  Conference,  in 
1801,  made  an  attempt  to  obtain  possession  of  the  building,  which  was 
successfully  resisted,  and  the  congregation  then  adopted  the  title  of 
Independent  Wesleyans,  and  vested  the  chapel  in  live  trustees  for  the 
benefit  of  the  people  of  Medbourne  for  ever. 

Post  Office  at  Ann  Percival's.     Letters  arrive  from  Market  Harborough  at 
10.15  a.m.,  and  are  despatched  at  3.20  p.m. 

Baker  Rev.  Lawrence  Palk,  B.D.  rector 
Harrison  Richard,  schoolmaster 
Ingram  Mr  John      ||  Porter  William 
Mitchell  Rev.  John  Butler,  B.A.  curate 
Payne  Jph.  par.  clerk,  &  Betsy,  school 
Searcy  Thomas,  saddler 
Tirrell  Win.  plumber  and  glazier 
INNS  AND  TAVERNS. 
Crown  Thos.  Orton,  (and  coal  dealer) 
Horse  and  Trumpet,  Mary  Eliz.  Carr 
Neville  Arms,  Richard  Slater 
Queen's  Head,  Hy.  French  (&  pig  dlr.) 

BUTCHER. 


BAKERS. 

Brown  Mark  Wm. 

(and  miller) 
Pateman    Robert, 

(and  miller) 
Tyler  Thomas 

BLACKSMITHS. 

Letts  Thomas 
Stevenson  Thos. 

BRICKLAYER. 

Barlow  William 


Warner  George 

FARMERS  &  GRZRS. 

*  are  Owners. 
*Berry  Robert 
Berry  Rt.  Kendall 
Dorman  Charles 
*Hawes  Henry 
Hextall     Thomas, 

Manor  House 
Hickman  Elizth. 


I  *  Letts  William 
I  *  Meadows  John 
I  Payne  Benjamin 
i  *  Payne  Mary 
I  PercivalAun&Wni 
(&  brickmakers) 
i  *  Reading  Thomas 
|  Skeffington  John 
*  Slater  Richard 
Ward  Edward  (and 
coal  merchant) 
joiners,  &c. 
Pell  John 
Reading  Thomas 
Spence  William 
Tyler  Thomas 

SHOEMAKERS. 

Brown  Edward 
Collins  Joseph 

SHOPKEEPERS. 

Barratt  Jane 

Plo  wright  William 


Smith  John,  (and 
druggist) 

TAILORS. 

Frisby  Edw.  Will- 
ford  (&  draper) 
Kirby  Thomas 

WHEELWRIGHTS. 

Deacon  David 

Spence  William 
RAILWAY 

Trains  several 
times  a  day  from 
MedbourneBdg. 
Station  to  all 
parts. 
CARRIERS. 

Burrows  Geo.  to 
Harboro',  Tu.  & 
Leicester,  Sat. 

Jeffs  Thos.  to  Har- 
borough Tu.  and 
Uppgm.  Wed. 


Holt,  or  Nevill  Holt,  sometimes  called  Holt  with  Bradley,  is  a 
township  and  chapelry  in  Medbourne  parish,  4  miles  W.N.W.  of  Rock- 
ingham, and  8  miles  N.E.  of  Market  Harborough.  It  contains  only  33 
inhabitants  and  1300  acres  of  land.  Cosmo  Charles  George  Nevill,  Esq., 
is  sole  owner  and  lord  of  the  manor.  The  Hall,  a  large  and  handsome 
mansion,  which  has  beautiful  pleasure  grounds,  and  stands  on  a  lofty 
eminence,  commanding  extensive  views,  is  now  occupied  b}'  Edwin 
Bray,  Esq.  Near  it  is  a  mineral  spring,  which  was  discovered  in  1728, 
and  was  for  some  time  in  high  repute  for  the  cure  of  various  diseases, 
as  appears  by  a  pamphlet  published  by  Dr.  Short,  in  1742.  The  heiress 
of  the  Palmers  carried  the  manor,  in  marriage,  to  the  Nevills,  some 
centuries  ago.  Here  are  traces  of  a  Roman  encampment,  on  a  hill 
called  Wignell,  where  Roman  coins    have   often  been  found.     The 

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580  NEVILL    HOLT    TOWNSHIP. 

Church  has  a  chancel,  north  and  south  transepts,  and  a  tower  crowned 
by  a  handsome  spire  and  containing  one  bell.  It  is  neatly  pewed, 
and  has  several  monuments  to  the  Nevill  family,  on  one  of  which  is  the 
recumbent  effigy  of  Sir  Thomas  Nevill,  who  died  in  1636.  The  curacy 
is  annexed  to  the  Rectory  of  Medbourne.  Bradley  Priory,  which 
stood  on  the  north  east  side  of  the  township,  had  an  estate  here  of  about 
500  acres,  and  was  founded  by  Robert  Buoneby,  about  a.d.  1200,  for 
Augustine  Regular  Canons.  The  Lords  Scrope,  of  Bolton,  were  its 
principal  benefactors,  and  it  was  valued  at  the  dissolution  at  the  clear 
yearly  income  of  .£20.  3s.  3d.  It  was  granted  to  Humphrey  Nevill,  and 
its  site  is  now  occupied  by  a  modern  dwelling.  The  principal  inhabi- 
tants are  Edwin  Bray,  Esq.,  Holt  Hall ;  Benj.  Downs,  gamekeeper  and 
grazier ;  and  Louisa  Bent,  farmer  and  grazier.  Post  from  Market 
Harborough. 


KING'S  NORTON,  or  Norton-by-Galby,  is  a  small  but  pleasant  and 
well-built  village,  on  a  commanding  eminence,  7\  miles  E.S.E.  of  Lei- 
cester. Its  township  contains  only  71  inhabitants  and  about  989a.  1r.  12p. 
of  fertile  clayey  land,  mostly  the  property  of  Mrs.  Heap,  of  Rolleston 
Hall,  and  Wyggeston's  Hospital,  Leicester  ;  but  the  Earl  of  Stamford 
and  Warrington  is  lord  of  the  manor,  which  had  the  distinctive  part  of 
its  name  from  its  being  held  by  the  King  for  some  time  after  the  Con- 
quest. Its  parish  includes  Stretton  Parva  chapelry.  The  Church  (St. 
John  the  Baptist)  is  a  remarkably  handsome  edifice,  which  was  built  by 
Wm.  Fortrey,  Esq.,  who  died  in  1783.  It  consists  only  of  a  nave,  with 
a  square  tower  at  the  west  end,  surmounted  by  four  elegant  crocketed 
pinnacles,  and  containing  a  fine  peal  of  eight  bells,  a  clock  which  strikes 
the  hours  and  quarters,  and  a  set  of  musical  chimes  which  play  a  variety 
of  tunes.  It  had  formerly  a  lofty  spire,  which  was  struck  by  lightning 
on  the  3rd  of  February,  1843,  and  repaired  at  a  cost  of  £200  ;  but  on 
Ma/l3th,  1850,  it  was  again  struck  by  lightning  and  totally  destroyed, 
and  much  damage  was  done  to  the  tower  and  the  body  of  the  church, 
the  bells  were  displaced,  and  the  handsome  stone  font  was  broken  to 
pieces.  The  spire  has  not  been  rebuilt,  but  the  cost  of  repairing  the 
building  amounted  to  £550.  John  Butteris,  jun.,  of  Burton  Overy,  on 
two  occasions  safely  ascended  to  the  summit  of  the  spire  by  the  assistance 
of  the  crockets  only.  The  whole  church  is  uniform  in  style,  and  has 
seven  pointed  arched  windows  on  each  side,  and  three  at  the  east  end, 
divided  into  four  lights  each  by  a  mullion  and  transom,  over  which  is  a 
quartrefoil  opening.  The  parapet  has  two  rows  of  perforated  stones, 
and  the  summit  is  ornamented  with  sixteen  crocketed  pinnacles.  The 
interior  is  fitted  up  with  two  rows  of  oak  seats,  in  the  manor  of  collegiate 
chapels.  The  original  church  was  given  to  Ouston  Abbey,  by  Robert 
Grimbald.  The  benefice  is  a  discharged  vicarage,  valued  in  K.B.  at  £7, 
and  now  at  £105.  It  has  42  acres  of  glebe,  in  Stretton  Parva,  allotted 
in  lieu  of  the  vicarial  tithes  of  that  township,  at  the  enclosure,  in  1774. 
Mrs.  Heap  is  patroness,  and  the  Rev.  H.  P.  Costobadie,  B.A.,  is  the 
incumbent,  and  has  a  neat  residence.  The  poor  have  the  interest  of 
£50,  left  by  Thomas  Beaumont,  in  1791,  and  distributed  in  beef  and 
bread  on  St.  Thomas's  Day,  by  Thomas  Moore,  Esq.,  of  Burton  Overy, 
the  trustee.  They  have  also  a  yearly  rent-charge  of  £5,  out  of  Mrs. 
Heap's  estate,  left  by  Wm.  Whallcy,  in  1718.  to  provide  clothing  and 
Testaments  and  Prayer  Books  for  four  poor  children  of  this  parish,  or 
of  Galby  and  Houghton-on-the-Hill.  The  principal  inhabitants  are  the 
Rev.  Hugh  Palliser  Costobadie,  B.A.,  vicar ;   John  Tyers,  clerk  and 


KING  S    NORTON    PARISH. 


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sexton ;  Geo.  Webster,  tailor ;  and  John  Allen,  Henry  Cooper  (Manor 
House),  and  Charles  and  Gervase  Tibbits,  farmers  and  graziers.  Post 
from  Billesdon. 

Stretton  Parva,  on  the  east  bank  of  a  rivulet,  and  on  the  old  Gartree 
road,  or  street,  near  Stretton  Magna,  6  miles  E.S.E.  of  Leicester,  is  a 
township  and  chapelry  in  King's  Norton  parish.  It  contains  83  inhabi- 
tants, and  050  acres  of  land,  mostly  the  property  of  Major  the  Hon.  H.L. 
Powys-Keck,  and  the  Rev.  EL  P.  Costobadie.  The  curacy  is  annexed 
to  King's  Norton  vicarage,  and  the  tithes  were  commuted  for  land,  at 
the  enclosure,  in  1774,  when  the  old  Poofs  Land  was  exchanged  for 
18a.  Ik.  18p.in  Ming  Field,  now  let  for  about  .£42.  The  poor  have  also 
1a.  2r.  of  land  in  Stretton  Magna,  which  was  part  of  Houghton  Meer, 
and  is  now  let  for  <£1.  10s.  per  annum.  Here  is  a  small  Independent 
Chapel,  built  in  1811,  by  Mr.  Geo.  Hudson,  who  also  left  the  rents  of 
four  cottages  towards  its  support.  The  principal  inhabitants  are  John 
Blackwell,  vict.  Red  Lion;  Mrs.  Johnson;  and  Thos.  Adams,  John 
Black,  (Hall),  Isaac  Freer,  Thos.  Hobson,  Robt.  Ross  Iliffe,  and  Peter 
Knight,/armm  and  graziers.     Post  from  Great  Glenn. 

NOSELEY,  or  Onousale,  is  an  extra-parochial  liberty,  8  miles  N.  by 
E.  of  Market  Harborough,  and  11  miles  E.S.E.  of  Leicester.  It  contains 
only  48  inhabitants,  and  131G  acres  of  land,  nearly  all  the  property  of 
Sir  Arthur  Grey  Hazlerigg,  Bart.,  of  Noseley  Hall,  a  fine  old  mansion, 
in  the  Italian  style,  in  a  small  park,  which  has  belonged  to  his  family 
since  1414,  when  Isabel  Heron,  to  whom  the  manor  had  descended  from 
the  Martinvalles,  carried  it  in  marriage  to  Thos.  Hesilrige,  or  Hazlerigg. 
Sir  Arthur  Hazlerigg,  who  died  in  1000,  was  created  a  baronet  in  1022, 
and  was  an  active  parliamentarian  during  the  civil  wars.  The  Sir 
Arthur  Hazlerigg  of  last  century,  enlarged  and  nearly  rebuilt  the  Hall, 
and  being  a  great  admirer  of  the  fine  arts,  he  enriched  it  with  many 
valuable  paintings  and  antiquities,  purchased  during  a  long  residence  at 
Rome,  and  in  other  parts  of  Italy.  Among  the  former,  are  portraits  of 
Albano,  Rembrandt,  Pietro  de  Testa,  Raphael,  Michael  Angelo,  and 
Titian ;  large  ones  of  George  Villiers,  first  Duke  of  Buckingham,  and 
Peter  the  Great ;  two  small  ones  of  Charles  I.  and  his  Queen ;  and  a 
whole  length  of  Oliver  Cromwell,  in  armour,  with  an  attendant  by  his 
side,  tying  his  sash.  The  Church  (St.  Mary)  is  a  large  structure,  of 
perpendicular  architecture,  nearly  covered  with  ivy,  and  consisting  of  a 
nave  and  chancel  of  the  same  height  and  width.  It  stands  near  the  hall, 
and  in  its  east  window  is  some  painted  glass,  representing  some  of  the 
Apostles,  with  scrolls  and  coats  of  arms.  In  the  chancel  are  three  sedilia 
and  a  piscina,  and  in  the  nave  are  two  piscinae  and  an  ambry.  The  font 
is  very  elegant,  being  ornamented  with  panelled  compartments,  tracery, 
foliated  pinnacles,  pediments,  &c.  On  a  large  altar  tomb  of  black  and 
white  marble  are  recumbent  effigies  of  Sir  Arthur  Hazlerigg  (obiit.  1000) 
and  his  two  wives,  and  upon  the  pedestal  are  kneeling  figures  of  their 
12  children.  Another  monument  in  the  chancel  has  recumbent  effigies 
of  Sir  Thomas  Hazlerigg  and  his  wife,  and  kneeling  statues  of  their  eight 
sons  and  six  daughters.  A  neat  marble  tablet  is  in  memory  of  the  late 
Sir  Arthur  Grey  Hazlerigg,  Bart.,  who  died  in  1819,  aged  28  years.  The 
great  Norman  baron,  Hugh  de  Grentemaisnell,  gave  this  church  to  the 
abbey  of  St.  Ebrulph ;  but  in  1273,  it  was  made  collegiate,  by  Anketil 
Martinvalle,  for  a  warden,  three  priests,  two  clerks,  and  four  choristers. 
At  the  dissolution,  it  reverted  to  the  lord  of  the  manor,  and  its  clear 
annual  income  was  £30.  7s.  7d.  The  Rev.  John  Davenport,  B.A.,  of 
Skeffington,  is  the  minister,  appointed  by  Sir  A.  G.  Hazlerigg. 


582  GARTREE    HUNDRED. 

OUSTON,  or  Owston,  is  a  small  village,  situated  on  the  northern  slope 
of  a  hill,  0  miles  W.  of  Oakham,  and  8£  miles  S.  by  E.  of  Melton  Mow- 
bray. Its  parish  is  a  detached  member  of  Gartree  Hundred,  and  includes 
the  small  hamlet  of  Newbold  Sauce  y,  about  a  mile  N.W.  of  the  village. 
The  whole  parish  has  2990a.  Or.  12p.  of  fertile  land,  and  169  inhabitants, 
of  whom,  18  are  in  Newbold  hamlet.  About  300  acres  are  in  tillage,  and 
328  in  the  Great  and  Little  Woods,  and  the  rest  of  the  parish  is  in  pas- 
turage. The  soil  is  chiefly  clay  and  the  ground  hilly.  Frederick 
Palmer,  Esq.,  of  Withcote  Hall,  is  lord  of  the  manor  of  Ouston  and  New- 
bold,  and  principal  owner  of  the  soil ;  but  the  Earl  of  Winchilsea,  J.  D. 
Hall,  Esq.,  Edw.  Condor,  Esq.,  and  several  smaller  proprietors  have 
land  here.  The  parish  was  anciently  called  Osulvcston,  Osculton,  &c. 
Robert  Orimbald,  one  of  the  justices  of  England,  in  the  reign  of  Henry 
II.,  founded  a  small  Abbey  at  Ouston,  for  canons  regular  of  the  order  of 
St.  Augustine,  and  endowed  it  with  the  whole  parish,  and  the  advowson 
of  the  church,  with  its  "  chapels  of  Mardcfield  and  Nybothle."  Other 
lands  and  churches  were  afterwards  given  to  this  abbey,  which  was  valued 
at  the  dissolution  at  <£1G1.  14s.  2d.  per  annum,  and  its  site  and  demesne 
were  leased  to  Roger  Ratcliffe,  Esq.,  by  the  Court  of  Augmentation. 
The  abbey  gate  and  several  of  its  apartments  were  standing  until  late  in 
the  last  century,  and  Buck,  who  visited  the  place  in  1730,  has  left  a  rude 
sketch  of  it,  which  shews  it  to  have  been  a  handsome  building.  The 
Church,  dedicated  to  St.  Andrew,  formed  part  of  the  abbey,  and  was 
built  about  the  end  of  the  11th  and  beginning  of  the  12th  century.  It  is 
now  a  mere  fragment  of  what  it  has  been,  or  was  intended  to  be ;  and 
consists  of  a  lofty  nave,  with  two  line  arches  dividing  it  from  the  north 
aisle.  There  is  no  chancel,  and  the  entrance  to  the  church  is  under  the 
tower,  which  is  surmounted  by  a  spire,  and  contains  three  bells,  which 
were  recast  and  hung  in  new  frames  in  1801,  when  the  church  underwent 
a  thorough  restoration.  The  seats,  pulpit,  reading  desk,  screen  to  vestry, 
and  altar  rails,  were  renewed  in  carved  oak,  and  a  new  roof  placed  over 
the  north  aisle,  the  spire  heightened,  a  five-light  east  window  inserted, 
and  the  chancel  floor  laid  with  encaustic  tiles.  One  of  the  windows  in  the 
south  wall  is  filled  with  stained  glass  in  memory  of  the  late  Sir  Richard 
Sutton,  Bart.  The  parish  is  tithe  free,  and  the  living  is  a  perpetual 
curacy,  valued  at  <£72  per  annum.  It  has  10a.  of  glebe  atWymondham, 
and  was  augmented  in  1770,  with  i'200  of  Q.A.B.,  and  <£200  given  by 
Edward  Palmer,  Esq.  The  Rev.  Chas.  Samuel  Palmer,  who  is  also 
rector  of  Withcote,  is  the  incumbent,  and  has  here  a  neat  residence ;  and 
Frederick  Palmer,  Esq.  is  patron.  The  School  is  a  small  stone  building 
erected  in  1850  by  the  incumbent,  and  in  it  the  children  of  Ouston,  New- 
bold  Sauce}7,  and  Withcote  are  taught  free.  Post  from  Oakham  at  lOf 
morning,  returning  at  4J  afternoon. 


Cox  Thomas,  joiner  i  Gilford  John 

Goodman  Matlhew,  viet.  Palmer's  Arms    Gilford  William 
Palmer  Rev.  Charles  Samuel,  rector  of    Goodman  Matthew 
Withcotc&incbfc.of  Onsfcon, Parsonage    Harby  Jas.  Grange 
Riley  John,  woodman  Harby  John 

Tyers  Samuel,  shopkeeper  Harby  Thomas 

FARMERS  AND  GRAZIERS.       |  Hey  wood  Matthias 
Cockerill  John         J  Floar  Richard         j  Humphrey  Wm. 


Reeve  John 
Tyers  Ann 
Tyers  David 
Tvera  Joseph 
Wade  Thomas 
Ward  Richard 
Woods  William 


PICKWELL,  6  miles  S.S.E.  of  Melton  Mowbray,  is  a  pleasant  village 
on  an  eminence  near  the  source  of  a  rivulet.  Its  parish  is  a  detached 
member  of  Gartree  Hundred,  bounded  on  the  east  by  Rutlandshire,  and 
containing  2GG3  acres  of  land  and  108  souls,  of  which  759a.  2r.?  and  53 


PICKWELL    PARISH.  583 

souls,  are  in  Leesthorpe  Hamlet,  which  forms  the  north-west  part  of 
the  parish,  and  includes  several  scattered  farm-houses.  Leesthorpe 
Hall,  the  seat  of  Ayscough  Smith,  Esq.,  is  a  large  stone  mansion  with 
tasteful  pleasure  grounds,  on  the  north  side  of  a  rivulet  4i-  miles  S.S.E. 
of  Melton.  It  was  enlarged  and  much  improved  in  1846.  The  Earl  of 
Gainsborough  is  lord  of  the  manor  of  Pickwell,  and  A.  Smith,  Esq.,  is 
lord  of  Leesthorpe  manor  ;  but  part  of  the  parish  belongs  to  J.  M.  Wing- 
field,  Esq.,  Mr.  Samuel  Parkes,  Mrs.  Bullock,  and  others.  The  soil  is 
chiefly  clay  and  partly  a  gravelly  loam.  In  the  stone  quarries  here  are 
found  many  fossil  bivalve  shells,  chiefly  of  the  cockle  kind.  The  manors 
have  been  held  by  various  families,  and  that  of  Pickwell  was  long  held 
by  the  Caves.  The  Rev.  Win.  Gave,  D.D.,  who  was  born  here  in  1637, 
was  the  son  of  the  rector  of  Pickwell,  and  was  educated  at  St.  John's 
College,  Cambridge,  where  he  took  the  degree  of  B.A.  in  1656,  and  that 
of  M.A.  in  1660.  In  1662,  he  was  presented  to  the  vicarage  of  Islington, 
and  not  long  after  obtained  the  dignity  of  chaplain  in  ordinary  to  Charles 
II.  In  1672,  he  took  the  degree  of  D.D.,  and  in  1679  he  was  collated  to 
the  rectory  of  All  Hallows  the  Great,  in  Thames  street,  London.  In 
1681,  his  merits  as  a  man  of  letters  obtained  for  him  a  canonry  at 
Windsor;  and,  in  1690,  he  resigned  most  of  his  preferments  for  the 
vicarage  of  Isleworth,  which  afforded  him  more  leisure  and  retirement, 
and  allowed  him  to  devote  himself  to  his  favourite  studies.  He  died  in 
1713,  and  was  buried  at  Islington.  He  was  author  of  several  publica- 
tions, among  which  his  "  Lives  of  the  Apostles,"  folio  1676  ;  "  Lives  of 
the  Primitive  Fathers,"  folio  1677 ;  and  "  Primitive  Christianity,"  have 
obtained  much  celebrity.  He  was  a  man  of  considerable  erudition,  an 
excellent  scholar,  an  elegant  and  polite  writer,  and  a  florid  and  very 
eloquent  preacher.  The  Church  (All  Saints)  is  an  ancient  fabric,  with 
a  tower  at  the  west  end  containing  three  bells,  a  nave,  aisles,  and  chancel. 
The  chancel  is  nearly  the  same  height  as  the  nave,  and  there  being  no 
arch  to  divide  the  two,  the  division  is  shown  by  one  of  the  roof  principals 
being  brought  lower  down,  and  the  spandrils  filled  up  with  tracery.  The 
north  aisle  is  one  bay  longer  than  the  south  ;  and  the  northern  arcade, 
which  is  composed  of  late  Norman  arches,  originally  extended  nearly  to 
the  end  of  the  chancel.  The  tower  is  of  well  executed  perpendicular 
workmanship.  In  1861,  the  church  was  thoroughly  restored  at  a  cost  of 
;£700.  New  roofs  have  been  placed  over  the  nave  and  aisles,  the  south 
aisle  and  porch  have  been  rebuilt,  and  the  tower  arch  has  been  opened. 
The  windows  have  been  re-glazed,  the  plaster  removed  from  the  walls, 
and  all  the  mouldings  renewed.  The  church  has  been  reseated  with  open 
benches,  and  new  pulpit,  reading  desk,  and  communion  rails  of  carved 
oak  have  been  fitted  up.  The  chancel  contains  several  neat  mural  tablets. 
The  living  is  a  rectory,  valued  in  KB.  at  ^16,  and  now  at  ^512.  The 
glebe  is  61a.  2r.  27p.,  and  the  tithes  were  commuted  in  1845  for  ^527 
per  annum.  The  Earl  of  Gainsborough  is  patron,  and  the  Kev.  Robert 
Lovett,  B.A.,  is  the  incumbent,  and  has  a  handsome  Rectory  House  in 
the  Elizabethan  style,  built  in  1856  at  a  cost  of  ^1200,  and  commanding 
beautiful  views.  The  National  School  was  built  by  subscription  in  1835. 
The  poor  have  a  yearly  rent-charge  of  <£6,  left  by  Lady  Hicks  (afterwards 
Lady  Campden,)  in  1651,  out  of  Mill  Field  and  Stephenson's  Meadows. 
Post  from  Oakham  at  11  morning,  returning  at  5  afternoon. 


(Marked  *  are  in  Leesthorpe.) 
Callow  Elizabeth,  schoolmistress 
Lovett  Rev.  Robert,  B.A.  Rectory 
*  Smith  Ayscough,  Esq.  Leesthorpe  Hall 
Smith  Francis,  wheelwright 
Tyler  Robert,  vict.  White  Horse 


FARMERS   &  GRZRS. 

*  Chamberlain  Wm 
Fryer  Phoebe 
Fryer    Richard, 
Manor  House 
Hallam  John 


*  Oakley  John 
Page  John 
Pears  Edward 
Smith  Francis 
Tidd  Thomas 
Tyler  Robert 


584  GARTREE    HUNDRED. 

SADDINGTON  is  a  pleasant  village  on  a  lofty  eminence,  G£  miles 
N.W.  by  W.  of  Market  Harborough,  and  10  miles  S.S.E.  of  Leicester. 
Its  parish  comprises  259  inhabitants  and  1674a.  3b.  27p.  of  land,  chiefly 
clay  and  gravel,  and  the  greater  part  in  pasturage.  The  Union  Canal 
passes  under  the  hill  by  a  tunnel  half-a-mile  in  length,  and  receives  one 
of  its  supplies  from  a  large  Reservoir,  of  which  36  acres  are  in  this  parish, 
and  the  rest  in  Gumley  and  Laughton.  This  fine  sheet  of  water  adds 
greatly  to  the  picturesque  beauties  of  the  neighbourhood.  The  trustees 
of  the  late  Mrs.  Dorothy  Evans  are  lords  of  the  manor,  which  has  been 
spelt  Setingtone,  and  was  held  by  the  King  in  1086,  and  afterwards  by 
the  Moeles,  Sacheverel,  Bale,  and  other  families.  A  great  part  of  the 
soil  belongs  to  Robert  Johnson,  Esq.,  who  resides  at  the  Hall ;  and 
Messrs.  John  and  Wm.  Marriott,  Thomas  Paget,  William  Andrews,  and 
William  Goodman.  In  cutting  the  canal  tunnel  several  curious  fossils 
were  found,  among  which  were  many  Ammonites,  or  Cornu-Ammonis, 
which  appeared  as  if  formed  of  brass  ;  some  were  a  dark  blue  colour,  and 
others  were  black,  and  bore  a  beautiful  polish.  Besides  these,  petrified 
cockles,  muscles,  and  oysters  were  obtained  in  abundance,  and  the  earth 
appeared  to  contain  much  mineral  substance.  A  quart  of  water  from  a 
spring  here  was  found  to  contain  48  grains  of  muriate  of  soda,  and  three 
grains  of  sulphate  of  magnesia  and  calcareous  earth.  The  Church  (St. 
Helen)  is  a  neat  edifice,  with  a  tower  containing  five  bells.  The  benefice 
is  a  rectory,  valued  in  K.B.  at  £19.  2s.  3d.,  and  now  at  £286,  arising 
from  229a.  3r,  34p.  of  glebe,  awarded  in  lieu  of  tithes  at  the  enclosure  in 
1770.  The  Lord  Chancellor  is  patron,  and  the  Rev.  William  P.  Wood, 
M.A.,  is  the  incumbent.  The  old  Poors  Land  was  exchanged  at  the 
enclosure  for  4a.  3r.  21p.  in  the  Millfield,  now  let  in  35  allotments  for 
£10.  13s.  per  annum,  which  is  given  away  in  coals.  In  1709,  Wm.  Cave 
left  £50  for  the  poor,  and  £'20  of  it  was  expended  in  fencing  the  Poor's 
Land,  and  the  rest  was  laid  out  in  the  purchase  of  three  tenements, 
worth  about  £Q  a-year.  The  poor  have  a  yearly  rent-charge  of  20s.  left 
by  Thomas  Palmer,  in  1724,  out  of  a  farm  of  202a.,  now  belonging  to 
Messrs.  J.  and  W.  Marriott.  For  a  fortnightly  distribution  of  bread 
they  have  £2.  12s.  per  annum,  left  by  the  Rev.  Wm.  Shield,  in  1732,  out 
of  land  now  belonging  to  Mr.  Robert  Johnson.  In  1828,  John  Heycock 
directed  his  executors  to  invest  £000  in  the  names  of  the  rector,  church- 
wardens, and  overseers  of  Saddington,  in  trust,  to  apply  the  yearly 
proceeds  as  follows : — .£10  in  the  purchase  of  an  ox,  to  be  distributed  at 
Christmas  among  the  poor  parishioners,  and  the  residue  to  be  distributed 
among  them  at  the  discretion  of  the  trustees.  The  donor's  will  became 
the  subject  of  a  suit  in  Chancery,  which  terminated  25th  March,  1857, 
by  the  attorney  giving  £200,  and  the  four  executors  giving  £200  in  full 
satisfaction  of  this  bequest.  The  sum  of  £'400  thus  obtained  is  now 
invested  in  Consols,  and  produces  £12  per  annum,  which  is  distributed 
in  beef  at  Christmas.  Thomas  Doivell,  who  died  here  some  years  ago, 
directed  a  sheep  to  be  given  to  the  poor,  at  Christmas,  for  five  successive 
years  after  his  death ;  and  the  custom  is  still  continued  by  his  heir  and 
nephew,  Mr.  Henry  Dowell,  of  Mowsley.  The  National  School  is  a 
small  brick  building  erected  in  1855  at  a  cost  of  £140 ;  and  here  is  a 
General  Baptist  Chapel,  built  in  1841  at  a  cost  of  £100,  principally  con- 
tributed by  the  late  Mr.  Joseph  Horton.  Foot  Post  from  Harborough 
at  10  morning,  returning  at  3f  afternoon. 


Bailey  Sarah,  shopkeeper 
Briggs  John,  shoemaker 
Bryars  Miss  Sarah 
Buck  John,  corn  miller 


Clarke  William,  blacksmith 
Dunkley  Thos.  vict.  Queen's  Head 
Johnson  Roht.  Esq.  Saddington  Hall 
tailor 


SADDINGTON    PARISH. 


585 


Norman  Jane,  schoolmistress 
Swiiigler  John,  baker 
Wood  Eev.  Wm.  Paul,  M.A.  rector 
FARMERS.     (*  are  Owners.) 
♦Clark  Thomas       I  Frearson  Thomas 
Dowell  Thomas         *  Goodman  Willm. 


Hill  William 
Horton    Jonathan 
(and  maltster) 


Robinson  William 
Whattoff  Joseph 
Worthington  Rd. 


Carrier. — Chas.  Flint  from  Shearsby, 
passes  through  to  LeicesterWed.&  Sat. 


SCRAPTOFT,  a  small  village,  on  a  bold  eminence,  4  miles  E.  by  N. 
of  Leicester,  has  in  its  parish  only  108  inhabitants,  and  1350  acres  of 
land,  chiefly  clay,  with  a  substratum  of  limestone.  Edward  Bouchier 
Hartopp,  Esq.,  M.P.,  is  lord  of  the  manor,  but  part  of  the  soil  belongs 
to  the  Rev.  N.  Simons,  Simons'  Charity  (see  p.  212),  W.  W.  Tailby,  Esq., 
and  a  few  smaller  owners.  The  Hall,  a  large  stone  mansion,  with  a 
beautiful  lawn  and  well-stocked  fish  pond,  is  the  property  of  E.  B.  Har- 
topp, Esq.,  but  is  occupied  by  Thomas  Corah,  Esq.  It  was  formerly  a 
seat  of  the  Hartopps  and  Wigleys,  and  is  surrounded  by  a  mass  of  fine 
woods,  which  cover  nearly  100  acres.  The  Church  (All  Saints)  has  a 
low  tower  and  three  bells,  and  was  handsomely  re-seated  with  oak  about 
twenty  years  ago.  In  the  churchyard  is  a  small  stone  cross,  consisting 
of  a  single  fluted  shaft,  raised  on  three  circular  steps.  The  church  was 
appropriated  to  Coventry  Priory.  The  great  tithes  now  belong  to  the 
landowners,  and  the  living  is  a  vicarage,  valued  in  K.B.  at  £8.  10s.,  and 
now  at  .£161.  E.  B.  Hartopp,  Esq.,  is  patron,  and  the  Rev.  Wm.  L. 
Rolleston,  B.A.,  is  the  incumbent,  and  has  a  good  residence,  and  92£ 
acres  of  glebe.  Post  from  Leicester  at  8£  morning,  returning  at  5 J 
afternoon. 


Corah  Thomas,  Esq.  Scraptoft  Hall 
Kirby  Charles,  parish  clerk 
Rolleston  Rev.  William  Lancelot,  B.A. 
vicar,  Vicarage 


Farmers  and  Graziers. — Eliz.  Cox, 
John  Danzey,  Stephen  Haseldine, 
Edward  Issitt,  Joseph  Wharton  Gill, 
Joseph  Roe,  and  John  Snovr 


SHANGTON,  on  the  north  side  of  a  rivulet,  6  miles  N.  of  Market 
Harborough,  has  in  its  parish  82  souls,  and  1242a.  lit.  3p.  of  land,  of 
which  311  acres  form  the  estate  of  Shangton  Hardwich,  which  belongs 
to  Sir  J.  H.  Palmer,  Bart.,  and  has  a  bridge  which  carries  the  old  Gar- 
tree  road  over  a  rivulet.  Sir  Charles  Edmund  Isham,  Bart.,  owns  most 
of  the  soil,  and  is  lord  of  the  manor  of  Shangton,  which  has  been 
variously  spelt  Sanctone,  Segtone,  and  Shangreton.  The  parish  was 
enclosed  in  1638,  and  the  soil  is  chiefly  clay,  with  some  gravel,  and  the 
ground  hilly.  The  old  hall,  formerly  the  seat  of  the  Isham  family,  was 
pulled  down  in  1836,  and  a  farm-house  built  on  its  site.  The  Church 
(St.  Nicholas)  was  repaired  and  re-seated  in  1846,  and  has  two  bells 
hanging  in  a  small  turret.  An  organ  was  purchased  in  1849,  and  in 
1851  the  chancel  was  restored.  Here  is  an  old  register,  dated  1580. 
The  rectory,  valued  in  K.B.  at  .£10.  13s.  4d.,  and  now  at  .£360,  has 
29a.  1r.  2p.  of  glebe,  and  a  good  residence,  rebuilt  in  1835,  and  com- 
manding beautiful  prospects.  Sir  C.  E.  Isham,  Bart.,  of  Lamport, 
Northamptonshire,  is  patron,  and  the  Rev.  Henry  Vere  Packe,  M.A.,  is 
the  incumbent.  The  other  inhabitants  are  John  Putteril,  clerk  and 
sexton ;  and  Thos.  &  Saml.  John  Hill,  Thos.  French,  Wm.  Pain,  and 
John  Pratt  (Hard wick),  farmers  and  graziers.  Post  from  Market 
Harborough. 


SLAWSTON  is  a  village  on  an  eminence  overlooking  the  vale  of  the 
Welland,  six  miles  N.E.  of  Market  Harborough.  It  has  in  its  parish 
247  inhabitants,  and  1480 a.  3r.  35 p.  of  land,  chiefly  a  stiff  clay,  and 


586  SLAWSTON    PARISH. 

extending  southward  to  the  Welland,  which  divides  it  from  Northamp- 
tonshire. The  Earl  of  Cardigan  is  lord  of  the  manor,  which  has  been 
called  Slanslone,  Slaclieston,  &c. ;  hut  part  of  the  soil  belongs  to  J.  H. 
Heycock,  Esq.,  Wm.  W.  Tailby,  Esq.,  T.  T.  Paget,  Esq.,  Rev.  J.  H. 
Dent,  Mrs.  Geo.  Wartuaby,  and  others.  The  parish  was  enclosed  in 
1793,  and  includes  Othorpe  (200a.,)  now  a  farm,  but  formerly  a  separate 
hamlet  and  manor,  which  has  been  variously  spelt  Outhorp  and  Actorp. 
The  Church  (All  Saints)  has  a  lofty  spire  and  three  bells,  and  was 
appropriated  to  Ouston  Abbey.  The  corn  rents  were  commuted  for  land 
at  the  enclosure,  and  the  living  is  a  discharged  vicarage,  valued  in  KB. 
at  M6.  5s.  7^d.,  and  now  at  .£175,  mostly  arising  from  20a.  of  glebe  here, 
and  31a.  2r.  24p.  at  Sharnford.  .  The  latter  was  purchased  with  ,£200  of 
Q.A.B.,and  £200  given  by  the  Earl  of  Cardigan  and  F.  Edwards,  Esq., 
in  1723.  The  Earl  of  Cardigan  is  impropriator  and  patron,  and  the 
Rev.  J.  M.  W.  Piercy,  M.A.,  is  the  incumbent,  and  has  a  handsome 
rectory  house,  built  in  1848,  at  a  cost  of  £2000,  and  surrounded  by  an 
acre  of  pleasure  ground.  The  Independents  have  a  chapel  here,  built 
in  1850  at  a  cost  of  .£160.  For  distribution  in  coals,  the  poor  have  the 
interest  of  £'100,  left  by  the  Rev.  Thos.  Hope,  in  1758,  and  £12.  7s. 
given  by  unknown  donors. 

Post  Office  at  Beivj.  Peck's.     Letters  arrive  from  Market  Harborough  at  9| 
morning,  and  are  depatched  at  four  afternoon. 

Askby  Mrs  Ann  Tailby 
Bassett  Samuel,  joiner 
Butteris  Henry,  vict.  Blade  Horse 
Jesson  John,  tailor 
Marlow  Timothy,  blacksmith 
Miller  Capt.  Robert,  Othorpe  House 
Peck  Joseph,  victualler,  Bine  Lion 
Piercy  Rev.  John  Morpott  Wm.,  M.A. 
rector  of  Glooston  &  vicar  of  Slawston 


Woodcock  John,  shoemaker 


FARMERS  &   GRZRS. 

Butteris  Henry 
Granger  Samuel 
Jesson  John 
Meadows  John 


Peck  Benjamin 
Pell  William 
Skeffington  John 
Sutton  William 
Ward  Bryan 


Carrier. — John  King,  to  Harborough, 
Tues.,  and  Leicester,  Wed.  and  Sat. 


STOCKEBSTON  is  a  small  village,  in  a  valley,  on  the  west  side  of 
the  small  river  Eye,  which  divides  it  from  Rutlandshire,  three  miles 
S.W.  of  Uppingham,  and  17  miles  E.S.E.  of  Leicester.  Its  parish 
contains  only  50  inhabitants,  and  054a.  1r.  2p.  of  land,  generally  fertile, 
and  having  a  clayey  soil.  Thos.  Walker  and  Geo.  Bellairs,  Esqrs.,  are 
sole  owners,  and  joint  lords  of  the  manor,  and  alternate  patrons  of  the 
rectory.  The  latter  has  the  next  turn.  The  Church  (St.  Peter)  is  a 
small  fabric,  with  a  tower  and  three  bells,  and  is  mantled  with  ivy  on 
the  north  side.  In  some  of  its  windows  are  fragments  of  stained  glass, 
and  in  the  floor'  of  the  south  aisle  are  two  much  worn  brasses,  supposed 
to  have  been  in  memory  of  some  members  of  the  Boyville  family.  The 
rectory,  valued  in  K.B.  at  i:13,  and  now  at  £'215,  is  in  the  incumbency 
of  the  llev.  Gerard  Charles  Fenwicke,  B.A.,  of  Blaston.  The  glebe  is 
32a.,  and  the  tithes  were  commuted,  in  1838,  for  ^104.  2s.  7d.  per  annum. 
Thomas  "Walker,  Esq.,  owns  and  resides  at  the  Hall,  a  large  and 
handsome  brick  mansion,  with  a  beautiful  lawn,  sheltered  with  woods 
and  plantations,  covering  about  130  acres.  There  were  formerly  two 
chantries  here,  and  a  hospital  for  a  chaplain  and  three  poor  men.  The 
latter  was  founded  by  John  de  Boyville,  in  14G6.  From  the  Boyvilles 
the  manor  passed  to  the  Southill,  Druzy,  and  other  families.  The 
principal  inhabitants  are  Thos.  Walker,  Esq.,  Hall ;  Walter  Roberts, 
parish  clerk;  and  Thos.  and  Wm.  Coleman,  Henry  Ward,  and  John 
Wild,  farmers  and  graziers. 


GARTREE    HUNDRED.  587 

STOKE  DRY  parish  is  in  Rutlandshire,  as  afterwards  noticed,  except 
HOLYOAKES,  a  manor  and  farm  of  more  than  400  acres,  in  the  vale 
of  the  small  river  Eye,  3.V  miles  S.W.  by  S.  of  Uppingham,  occupied  by 
Benjamin  Peach,  and  belonging  to  the  Marquis  of  Exeter.  This  small 
liberty  has  been  called  Hallach,  Halisc,  &c. ;  and,  in  108G,  had  a  wood 
100  perches  long,  and  120  broad.  It  has  been  held  by  the  Cheselden, 
Digby,  Powis;  and  other  families. 

STONTON  WYVILLE,  a  small  village,  on  the  eastern  bank  of  a 
rivulet,  six  miles  N.  of  Market  Harborough,  has  in  its  parish  102  souls, 
and  about  1200  acres  of  rich  clayey  land,  which  was  held  b}^  Hugh  de 
Grentemaisnell,  in  1080,  and  afterwards  passed  to  the  Montfort,  Marmion, 
Wyville,  and  Brudeiieil  families.  The  Earl  of  Cardigan  now  owns  all 
the  soil,  except  the  glebe  (100a.),  and  is  lord  of  the  manor  and  patron  of 
the  Church  (St.  Denis),  which  is  a  small  ancient  structure,  without  a 
tower.  It  contains  some  line  old  windows,  and  has  recently  had  a  new 
organ  inserted.  The  parish  registers  commence  in  1538.  On  one  of  its 
monuments  is  a  figure  of  Edmund  Brudenell,  who  died  in  1590.  The 
living  is  a  discharged  rectory,  valued  in  KB.  at  £9.  18s.  lid.,  and  now 
at  £220.  The  Rev.  Thomas  Burnaby,  M.A.,  is  the  incumbent,  and  has 
a  good  residence,  built  in  1858,  at  a  cost  of  .£1150,  and  subsequently 
enlarged  and  improved.  On  the  13th  January,  1862,  the  boiler  of  a 
steam  thrashing  machine,  which  was  at  work  on  Mr.  Edw.  Dunmore's 
farm,  exploded  and  killed  four  men,  and  wounded  five  others.  The 
principal  residents  are  the  Rev.  Thos.  Burnaby,  M.A.,  Rectory ;  Edw. 
Ward,  vict.  Fox  and  Hounds ;  and  Edw.  Dunmore,  Saml.  Garrett,  Thos. 
Neal,  and  Marston  Wade,  farmers  and  graziers.  Post  from  Market 
Harborough. 

THEDDING WORTH,  four  miles  N.N.W.  of  Welfare!,  is  a  pleasant 
village,  on  the  northern  acclivity  of  the  vale  of  the  small  river  Welland, 
and  on  the  road  between  Market  Harborough  and  Lutterworth,  five 
miles  W.  by  S.  of  the  former,  and  eight  miles  E.  by  N.  of  the  latter. 
Its  township  contains  1584a.  2r.  33p.  of  fertile  land,  and  209  inhabitants. 
The  Grand  Union  Canal  traverses  the  north  side  of  the  parish  ;  and  the 
Rugby  and  Stamford  Railway  passes  through  its  centre,  and  has  a 
station  here.  On  the  south  side  of  the  Welland  is  the  small  township 
of  HoTHOiirE,  which  has  1150  acres,  and  12  inhabitants,  all  in  Thedding- 
worth parish,  but  in  Rothwell  Hundred,  Northamptonshire.  Hothorpe 
Hall,  in  a  large  and  beautiful  park,  on  the  south  bank  of  the  river,  is 
the  seat  of  John  Cook.  Esq.,  who  owns  all  that  lordship,  as  well  as  part 
of  Theddingworth,  which  has  been  variously  spelt  Tedingesworde, 
Bedigworde,  &c.  Earl  Spencer  is  lord  of  the  manor  of  Theddingworth, 
but  a  great  part  of  the  soil  belongs  to  John  Cook,  Geo.  Harris,  Thos. 
Paget,  Alfred  Dalby,  H.  S.  Stratford,  and  John  Scott,  Esqrs.  Earl 
Spencer  has  recently  built  here  nine  neat  and  convenient  cottages  for 
labourers.  The  Church  (All  Saints)  is  a  handsome  fabric,  with  a  tower 
containing  four  bells  and  a  clock,  and  crowned  by  a  spire.  The  building- 
was  thoroughly  restored  in  1858,  at  a  cost  of  £2000,  under  the  direction  of 
that  celebrated  architect,  G.  Gilbert  Scott,  Esq.,  R.A.  The  interior  has 
been  furnished  with  new  open  benches,  and  two  stained-glass  windows 
have  been  inserted.  Amongst  the  monuments  are  three  with  effigies  of 
Edward  Villiers  (of  Hothorpe  Hall),  George  Bathurst,  the  Rev.  S. 
Clark,  and  their  wives.  Here  are  also  two  handsome  mural  monuments, 
of  modern  date.  The  benefice  is  a  discharged  vicarage,  valued  in  KB. 
at  £8. 15s.  7d.,  and  now  at  £137,  partly  arising  from  55a.  3b.  of  glebe, 


588 


THEDDINGWORTH    PARISH. 


mostly  allotted  at  the  enclosure  of  the  parish,  in  1715,  in  lieu  of  the  small 
tithes,  except  a  yearly  modus  of  £33,  charged  on  the  old  enclosures  of 
the  two  townships.  John  Cook,  Esq.,  is  patron,  and  the  Rev.  Thomas 
James,  M.A.,  is  the  incumbent,  and  has  a  good  Vicarage  House,  which 
has  been  recently  much  improved.  The  National  School  was  built  in 
1845,  at  the  sole  expense  of  John  Cook,  Esq.  Here  is  an  Independent 
Chapel,  erected  in  1833,  at  the  cost  of  the  late  Mr.  John  Sims,  on  land 
given  by  Mr.  George  Harris,  who  has  since  given  another  piece  of  land 
for  a  burial  ground.  The  chapel  was  much  improved  some  years  ago, 
and  contains  a  harmonium.  The  Poors  Land,  awarded  at  the  enclosure, 
comprises  twenty-five  acres,  of  which  eight  roods  are  occupied  in  spade 
husbandry  by  eight  cottagers,  at  rents  amounting  to  £2  ;  and  the  other 
twenty-three  acres  are  stocked  with  the  cattle  of  sixteen  poor  cottagers, 
rent  free.  About  .£122,  left  to  the  poor  by  Lady  Newdigate  and  sixteen 
other  donors,  was  laid  out,  with  a  small  sum  borrowed,  in  1836,  in  the 
purchase  of  three  tenements,  a  bakehouse,  and  small  close,  now  let  for 
£12.  12s.  a  year.  For  apprenticing  poor  children,  the  two  townships  of 
this  parish  have  .£5  a  year  from  Bathurst's  Charity. 


Post  Office  at  Ann  Ireson's. 
are  despatched  at  7$  evening. 

Arnsby  James,  tailor 
Burrows  Mrs  Ann  ||  Butlin  Mr  Edw. 
Burton  Charles,  grocer  and  shoemaker 
Cherry  Thomas,  carpenter 
Cook  John,  Esq.  Hothorpe  Hall 
Dunkley  William,  carpenter 
Herbert  Thomas  "William,  tailor 
Ireson  John,  victualler,  Crown 
James  Rev.  Thomas,  M.A.,  hon.  canon 
of  Peterborough,    rural    dean,    and 
vicar  of  Theddingworth  and  Sibber- 
toft,  The  Vicarage 
Stain  Jeremiah,  baker 


Letters  arrive  from  Rugby  at  7  morning,  and 


Vears  John  S.  parish  clerk  and  sexton 


FARMERS  &   GRZRS. 

*  are  Owners. 

*  Crick  Thomas 
Ellson      William 

(and  butcher) 
Glover  Thomas 
♦Harris  George 
Hart  William 
Ireson  John 

*  Scott  John 
Smeeton  John 


Smeeton  Jno.  jun. 
Smeeton  Wm.  Geo. 
Tomblin  Henry 

RAILWAY. 

Trains  several 
times  a  day  to 
all  parts. 

CARRIER. 

Edmund  Wright, 
to  Harborough 
Tues.  and  Sat. 


THURNBY,  a  small  village  and  township,  on  the  Uppingham  road, 
4  miles  E.  of  Leicester,  has  190  souls,  and  583a.  2r.  4p.  of  fertile  land, 
watered  by  a  small  rivulet ;  but  its  parish  includes  also  the  two  town- 
ships of  Bushby  and  Stoughton.  Major  the  Hon.  Hy.  L.  Powys-Keck 
is  lord  of  the  manor  of  Thurnby,  which  passed  to  his  family  in  marriage 
with  the  heiress  of  the  Beaumonts,  in  1730  ;  but  part  of  the  soil  belongs 
to  Wm.  Blake,  Esq.,  and  Orlando  Hunt,  Esq.  The  Church  (St.  Luke), 
formerly  attached  to  Leicester  Abbe}',  was  a  cruciform  building,  but  now 
consists  only  of  a  nave,  south  aisle,  small  north  aisle,  and  a  tower.  The 
latter  stands  upon  four  fine  arches,  and  was  originally  in  the  centre  of 
the  building,  but  the  chancel  and  transepts  being  gone,  it  is  now  at  the 
east  end,  and  contains  four  bells.  The  living  is  a  vicarage,  with  the 
curacy  of  Stoughton  annexed  to  it,  valued  in  K.B.  at  £10. 19s.  10d.,and 
now  at  .£258.  The  glebe  is  4a.,  and  the  tithes  were  commuted,  in  1845, 
for  .£205  per  annum,  of  which  i>45  is  paid  by  Thurnby,  £50  by  Bushby, 
and  £110  by  Stoughton.  Major  the  Hon.  H.  L.  Powys-Keck  is  patron, 
and  the  Rev.  J.  R.  Redhead,  B.A.,  is  the  incumbent,  and  has  a  good 
residence  near  the  church.  The  poor  of  Thurnby  and  Bushby  have 
£3. 15s.  per  annum,  as  the  interest  of  £100  left,  in  1847,  by  Mrs.  Allinson, 
to  be  distributed  on  New-year's  Day. 

Bushby  hamlet  and  township  adjoins  the  village  of  Thurnby,  and  is 
in  th«rt  parish.    It  contains  only  60  inhabitants,  and  003a.  Or.  33p.  of 


THURNBY   PARISH, 

land,  belonging  chiefly  to  E.  B.  Hartopp,  Esq.,  Edwyn  Burnaby,  Esq., 
and  Mr.  John  Bramley.  A  farm  of  55a.  belongs  to  the  poor  of  Mount- 
sorrel.  Major  the  Hon.  H.  L.  Powys-Keck  is  lord  of  the  manor,  which 
was  long  held  by  the  Zouch  family. 

THUENBY  AND  BUSHBY  DIRECTOKY. 

Those  marked  f  are  in  Bushby,  and  the  others  in  Thurnby. 

Post  Office  at  David  Dnnkley's.    Letters  arrive  from  Leicester  at  9  morning, 

and  are  despatched  at  5  afternoon. 


Draper  Edward,  parish  clerk 

Donkley  David,  postmaster 

Hunt  John,  surgeon 

Hunt  John,  victualler,  Rose  and  Grown 

+Hunt  Orlando,  Esq. 

Martin  Thomas,  tailor 

Miles  Thomas,  solicitor 

Parsons  Mrs  Eliz.  j|  Wagstaff  Mrs  Sar. 

Pawley  Saml.  carpenter  &  wheelwright 

Bedhead  Rev  Jas.  Roberts,  BA.  vicar 


Smith  Mary  Ann,  schoolmistress 
FARMERS.     (*  are  Oivners.) 


*  + Bramley  John 
+Crosher  George 
fFulshaw  Richard 
+Hall  Thomas 

*  HumberstonWm. 


+ Richardson  Eliz. 
Smith  Amy  Cath. 
Swain  William 
Wait  David 


Carriers  pass  through  from  Houghton 
to  Leicester  on  Wed.  and  Sat. 


Stoughton,  a  pleasant  scattered  village,  township,  and  chapelry,  Si- 
miles E.S  E.  of  Leicester,  is  in  Thurnby  parish,  and  contains  119 
inhabitants,  and  1444  acres  of  land,  mostly  in  pasturage,  and  chiefly 
having  a  clayey  soil,  and  in  some  parts  a  gravelly  loam.  Major  the 
Hon.  Hy.  Lyttleton  Powys-Keck,  son  of  the  second  Lord  Lilford,  is  lord 
of  the  manor,  owns  all  the  soil,  except  one  farm  (belonging  to  Smith's 
Charity),  and  has  a  beautiful  seat  here,  called  Stoughton  Grange,  on 
the  north  side  of  the  old  Gartree  road.  It  is  a  large  and  handsome 
mansion,  in  the  Gothic  style,  with  extensive  gardens  and  well-wooded 
pleasure  grounds,  in  which  is  a  fine  sheet  of  water,  shaded  on  either  side 
with  lofty  trees.  The  Church  is  a  neat  edifice,  with  a  tower,  spire,  and  four 
bells,  aud  contains  some  beautiful  monuments  belonging  to  the  Keck 
family.  It  was  thoroughly  restored  and  nearly  rebuilt  in  1862,  and  fitted 
with  open  benches,  new  pulpit,  organ,  &c.  The  benefice  is  a  curacy, 
annexed  to  Thurnby  vicarage,  as  already  noticed.  In  1552,  Thos.  Farn- 
ham  had  a  grant  of  Stoughton  Grange,  which  had  belonged  to  Leicester 
Abbey,  and  his  daughter  Catherine  carried  it  in  marriage  to  Thos. 
Beaumont,  from  whose  family  it  passed  to  the  Kecks,  in  1739.  The 
Church  Lands,  &c,  given  at  an  early  period  by  John  Zouch  and  Sir 
Thos.  Beaumont  to  this  chapelry,  for  the  reparation  of  the  church,  and 
the  payment  of  fifteenths  and  all  other  common  charges,  comprise  3a.  2r., 
and  four  mud  cottages  at  Barkby,  let  for  <£1G ;  and  10a.  at  Frisby,  let  for 
,£20  a  year.  The  principal  inhabitants  are  Major  the  Hon.  Henry 
Lyttleton  Powys-Keck,  Stoughton  Orange ;  George  Chester  Beeson, 
Richd.  Bickley,  Robt.  Corner,  John  Norman  Hall,  Geo.  Osborn  Smith, 
Bichd.  Swain,  and  John  Way te,  farmers  and  graziers;  Hy.  Leatherland, 
blacksmith ;  and  Wm.  Swanson,  clerk  and  sexton.     Post  from  Leicester. 


TILTON  PABISH  is  all  in  East  Goscotc  Hundred,  except  MARE- 
FIELD  township,  which  is  noticed  with  it  at  a  subsequent  page. 

TUGBY  PARISH  is  all  in  the  same  Hundred,  except  KEYTHORPE 
Liberty,  which  is  noticed  with  it  at  a  subsequent  page. 

WELHAM,  a  small  village,  on  the  north  side  of  the  river  Welland, 
which  divides  it  from  Northamptonshire,  44,  miles  N.E.  by  N.  of  Market 
Harborough,  and  14  miles  S.E.  of  Leicester,  has  in  its  parish  only  65 


590 


WELHAM    PARISH. 


inhabitants,  and  1097a.  3rt.  34r.  of  land,  chiefly  a  fertile  clay.  Wm. 
Ward  Tailby,  Esq.,  is  lord  of  the  manor,  which  has  been  held  by  the 
Seymour,  Berkele}7,  Halford,  Edwards,  and  Noel  families ;  but  part  of 
the  soil  belongs  to  Wm.  Gilford,  Esq.,  Mr.  Richd.  Goodman,  and  others. 
The  Church  (St.  Andrew)  is  a  neat  fabric,  consisting  of  nave,  south 
porch,  chapel,  and  a  handsome  square  tower,  containing  two  bells  and  a 
clock.  An  elegant  marble  monument,  in  memory  of  Eras.  Edwards, 
Esq.,  who  died  in  1728,  was  removed  into  a  small  chapel,  built  for  its 
reception,  on  the  north  side  of  the  church,  in  1809,  b}^  Sir  Gerard  Noel, 
Bart.,  whose  family  derived  this  manor  from  the  Edwards  family,  and 
succeeded  to  the  title  of  Earl  of  Gainsborough,  in  1841.  Several  of  the 
Edwards'  are  interred  here.  The  church  also  contains  three  marble 
mural  monuments  of  the  Halford  and  Tailby  families ;  and  also  several 
stained  glass  windows,  one  of  which  is  in  memory  of  Wm.  Tailby,  Esq., 
and  another,  in  the  Edwards'  chapel,  inserted  in  1862,  represents  the 
"  Acts  of  Mercy."  The  church  was  appropriated  to  Launde  Priory,  and 
the  living  is  a  vicarage,  valued  in  K.B.  at  <£G.  8s.  4d.,  and  now  at  £240. 
The  Lord  Chancellor  is  patron,  and  the  Rev.  John  Harwood  Hill, 
B.A.,  of  Cranoe,  is  the  vicar.  The  glebe  is  40a.  3r.  2p.,  and  the  tithes 
were  commuted  in  1844  for  .£105  per  annum.  The  poor  have  the 
interest  of  £58,  left  by  Lady  Halford,  Mr.  Williams,  and  another  donor; 
and  the  dividends  of  £183.  Is.  4d.  Three  per  cent.  Consols,  purchased 
with  £100,  left  by  Richard  Bryan,  in  1803.  The  yearly  ru-oceeds  are 
distributed  in  bread  and  coals.  The  Church  and  Clock  Land  is  in  the 
adjoining  parish  of  Slawston,  and  was  exchanged  at  the  enclosure,  in 
1794,  for  1a.  la.  15r.,  now  let  for  £2.  2s.  per  annum.  The  poor  children 
of  Welham  attend  the  National  School  at  Weston,  on  the  opposite  side 
of  the  Welland,  in  Northamptonshire.  Directory: — Thos.  Gamble, 
parish  clerk  and  sexton  ;  Saml.  Skemngton,  grazier  and  vict..  Bed  Lion; 
and  Thos.  Hawcs,  Thos.  Skemngton,  and  John  and  Eliz.  Ward, farmers 
and  graziers.  Post  from  Market  Harborough  at  9  morning,  returning  at 
4 1  afternoon. 


WI  STOW,  on  the  south  side  of  a  tributary  stream  of  the  Soar  and  the 
Union  Canal,  7  miles  S.S.E.  of  Leicester,  has  in  its  township  only  44 
inhabitants  and  about  890  acres  of  land  ;  but  its, pariah  includes  also  New- 
ton Harcourt.  In  old  records  it  is  written  Wistanesto,  Wystanstone,  and 
Winstanton,  from  St.  Winstan,  to  whom  the  church  is  dedicated.  Sir 
Henry  Halford,  Bart.,  who  was  one  of  the  representatives  of  the 
Southern  Division  of  Leicestershire,  from  1832  to  1857,  is  owner  of  the 
soil  and  lord  of  the  manor,  which  was  purchased  of  the  Browne  family 
by  Andrew  Halford,  Esq.,  in  1603.  He  resides  at  Wistow  Hall,  a 
large  stuccoed  .mansion,  pleasantly  seated  in  a  large  and  well-wooded 
park,  in  which  is  a  fine  sheet  of  water.  In  the  front  are  five  gable 
pediments,  and  the  principal  room  is  a  large  and  lofty  apartment, 
extending  nearly  the  whole  length  of  the  house.  It  has  a  fine  collec- 
tion of  paintings,  including  excellent  portraits  of  Charles  I.  and  II. 
In  this  hall,  Sir  Bichard  Halford.,  knight,  furnished  the  unfortunate 
Charles  I.  with  a  place  of  refuge  and  retirement.  He  also  supplied  the 
monarch  with  sums  of  mone}7,  and  sent  his  eldest  son,  Andrew,  with  a 
number  of  men,  whom  he  had  raised  and  maintained  at  his  own  charge, 
to  protect  and  attend  his  Majesty  in  Leicestershire,  and  the  adjoining 
counties.  In  their  excursions  the}7  took  a  party  of  the  rebels  prisoners, 
among  whom  was  a  person  of  the  name  of  Elude,  who  was  then  High 
Constable  of  Guthlaxton  Hundred.  They  were  all  conveyed  to  the 
King's  camp,  where  they  were  tried  and  hanged  ;  and  for  this  SirRichd. 


WISTOW    PARISH.  591 

Halford  was  doomed  to  suffer  severely.  Cromwell  condemned  him  to 
die  for  the  murder  of  these  men ;  but  his  life  was  purchased,  .according 
to  the  statement  of  Sir  William  Halford,  ';  for  no  less  a  sum  than 
£30,000."  In  the  Journals  of  the  House  of  Commons,  Vol.  III.,  page 
572,  is  the  following  entry  respecting  this  gentleman : — •'•  Resolved  upon 
the  question,  that  Sir  Richard  Halford  shall  pay  £5000 ;  it  appearing  that 
he  put  the  commission  of  array  in  execution  in  Leicestershire ;  hath 
been  a  main  incendiary  of  the  divisions  between  the  King  and  Parlia- 
ment, and  a  continual  persecutor  of  good  men  ;  and  hath  not  to  this  day 
shewed  himself  in  any  considerable  matter  that  hath  conduced  to  advance 
the  proceedings  of  Parliament.  Hath  £1800  lands  per  annum,  under 
his  own  stock ;  besides  he  rents  much,  and  stocks  it  himself;  and  there- 
fore we  hold  him  fit  to  pay  the  said  ,£5000  ;  his  son's  estate  not  being 
considered  in  this  valuation."  Again,  in  another  entry,  "August  16, 
1645,  Sir  Richard  Halford's  fine  of  £2000  was  accepted  for  his  delin- 
quency." The  saddle,  horse,  and  sword  of  Charles  I.  were  left  here 
by  that  monarch,  and  the  former  is  still  preserved  by  the  family,  but 
the  latter  was  given  by  the  late  baronet  to  George  IV.  The  Church 
(St.  Winstan)  stands  near  the  hall,  and  is  a  plain  edifice,  with  a  tower 
and  three  bells.  It  contains  several  handsome  monuments,  with  in- 
scriptions to  different  members  of  the  Halford  family ;  and  one  of 
them  has  an  effigy  to  Sir  Richard  Halford,  Knight,  who  died  in-1659. 
He  is  represented  as  a  knight  in  armour,  lying  on  his  side,  and  resting 
his  head  on  his  right  hand.  The  late  Sir  Henry  Halford,  Bart.,  M.D., 
F.R.S.,  and  F.S.A.,  long  known  as  Dr.  Vaughan,  was  physician  to 
George  III.,  George  IV.,  William  IV.,  and  Queen  Victoria,  president 
of  the  College  of  Physicians,  &c.  He  assumed  the  name  of  Halford, 
in  lieu  of  his  patronymic,  on  the  extinction  of  the  baronet's  family  of 
that  name,  to  whom  he  was  distantly  related  through  his  mother.  He 
was  created  a  Baronet  in  1800,  and  died  in  1844,  when  he  was  suc- 
ceeded by  his  son,  the  present  baronet,  who  was  born  in  1708,  and 
is  patron  of  the  vicarage,  valued  in  K.B.  at  £8.  18s.  4d.,  and  now  at 
.£92,  with  the  curacy  of  Newton  Harcourt  annexed  to  it.  It  was 
augmented  in  1729  and  1761,  with  £400  of  Q.A.B.,  and  £400  given 
by  Sir  Wm.  Halford.  It  has  16a.  of  glebe  at  Newton  Harcourt,  and 
a  portion  of  36a.  at  Lubbenham.  The  latter  was  purchased  with 
augmentation  monc}^,  and  the  former  was  allotted  in  lieu  of  tithes  at 
the  enclosure  in  1772.  The  Rev.  Henry  Kibbell,  LL.B.,  of  Kilby, 
has  held  the  living  since  1813,  but  the  Rev.  John  Frederick  Halford, 
M.A.,  who  resides  with  his  father  at  the  Hall,  officiates  here  and  at 
Newton  Harcourt.  The  only  resident  farmer  is  Mr.  John  Bradder; 
but  Albert  Pel],  Esq.,  of  Hazlebeech,  Northamptonshire,  farms  part 
of  the  parish. 

Newton  Harcourt,  a  pleasant  village  on  the  banks  of  the  Union 
Canal  and  a  rivulet,  six  miles  S.S.E.  of  Leicester,  is  in  Wistow  parish. 
Its  township  and  chapelry  contains  203  inhabitants  and  880  acres  of 
fertile  land,  chiefly  clay,  and  partly  a  gravelly  loam.  Sir  Hy.  Halford, 
Bart.,  owns  most  of  the  soil,  and  is  lord  of  the  manor,  which  was 
anciently  held  by  the  Harcourt  family,  and  afterwards  by  the  Wolf, 
Pultney,  Hastings,  and  Chamberlain  families,  the  latter  of  whom  sold 
it  to  the  Halfords  about  1650.  The  Church  (St.  Luke)  is  a  neat 
structure,  with  a  tower  and  one  bell.  The  nave  was  rebuilt  in  1834, 
and  the  gallery  was  erected  in  the  following  year,  and  in  1860,  a  new 
vestry  was  built  on  the  north  side.  The  curacy  is  consolidated  with 
the  vicarage  of  Wistow.  The  Manor  House  is  the  seat  of  Major  Henry 
St.  John  Halford,  son  and  heir  of  Sir  Henry  Halford,  Bart. ;  and  in  one 


592  NEWTON    HARCOURT    TOWNSHIP. 

of  its  rooms  is  a  curious  solid  oak  chimney  piece,  supposed  to  be  300 
years  old.  Sir  H.  Halford,  Bart.,  is  impropriator  of  the  great  tithes  ; 
and  the  small  tithes  were  commuted  for  an  allotment  of  16a.  at  the 
enclosure  in  1772,  when  the  Poors  Land,  10a.  2 p.,  was  awarded.  The 
latter  is  divided  into  28  garden  allotments,  except  2^-a.  still  in  grass, 
and  is  let  at  rents  amounting  to  i;l2  per  annum,  which  is  distributed 
chiefly  in  clothing.  A  house,  built  upon  it  by  the  Overseers,  was  used 
as  a  Workhouse,  till  the  chapelry  was  joined  to  Billesdon  Union.  The 
annual  feast  is  on  the  Sunday  after  October  18th.  The  chief  residents 
are  Major  Hy.  St.  John  Halford,  Manor  House ;  Thos.  Allen,  grocer ; 
Thomas  Freestone,  shoemaker  and  parish  clerk ;  Samuel  Smeeton,  vict., 
Recruiting  Sergeant;  Wm,  Barnes,  Matthew  Freeman,  Wm.  Edward 
Knight,  Mary  Eliz.  Turner,  and  Wm.  Weston,  farmers  and  graziers ; 
and  Thomas  Thompson,  carrier  to  Leicester  every  Saturday.  Post 
from  Leicester  at  9£  morning,  returning  at  4£  afternoon. 


EAST  GOSCOTE  HUNDRED. 


East  Goscote  is  the  central  of  the  three  Hundreds,  forming  the 
Northern  Parliamentary  Division  of  Leicestershire,  and,  with  West 
Goscote,  it  forms  the  Deanery  of  Goscote,  in  the  Archdeaconry  of 
Leicester,  except  a  few  of  its  parishes,  which  are  in  the  Peculiar  of 
Rothley,  and  Dalby-on-the-Wolds,  or  Old  Dalby,  which  is  also  an 
exempt  jurisdiction,  as  noticed  at  page  51.  The  two  Goscotes  were 
formerly  one  Hundred,  but  were  separated  in  1346,  as  noticed  at  page 
390.  East  Goscote  has  not  one  market  town  ;  but  those  of  Leicester, 
Loughborough,  and  Mountsorrel,  adjoin  it  on  the  west ;  and  Melton- 
Mowbray  is  within  a  short  distance  of  its  north-eastern  boundary.  It  is 
divided  among  four  Unions,  and  comprises  56  parishes,  &c,  in  which  are 
about  20,000  inhabitants,  and  more  than  78,000  acres  of  land;  forming 
an  irregular  shaped  district,  averaging  about  13  miles  in  length,  from 
north  to  south  ;  and  10  in  breadth,  from  east  to  west.  It  is  bounded  by 
Nottinghamshire,  on  the  north ;  by  Framland  Hundred,  and  a  small 
part  of  Rutlandshire,  on  the  east ;  by  Gartree  Hundred,  on  the  south ; 
and  by  the  Borough  of  Leicester  and  West  Goscote  Hundred,  on  the 
west.  The  navigable  river  Soar  forms  its  western  boundary  ;  and  it  is 
crossed  in  the  centre  by  the  river  Wreak,  which  has  been  made 
navigable  from  the  Soar  to  Melton  Mowbray,  where  there  is  a  canal  to 
Oakham.  The  Midland  Railway  traverses  its  western  side,  in  the  vale 
of  the  Soar,  and  has  Stations  at  Barrow,  Sileby,  and  Syston,  in  its  route 
from  Loughborough  to  Leicester;  and  from  the  last  named  place  the 
Syston  and  Peterborough  Railway  runs  across  the  Hundred  in  a 
north-easterly  direction  to  Melton  Mowbray,  and  has  Stations  at  Rearsb3r, 
Brookesby,  Frisby,  and  Asfordby.  The  eastern  and  northern  parts  of 
the  Hundred  consist  of  lofty  hills  and  picturesque  dales,  forming  part  of 
the  Wolds,  from  whence  many  rivulets  flow  westward  to  the  Soar. 
Near  the  line  of  the  Roman  Fosseuay,  at  Six-hills,  and  near  Ratcliffe 
and  Thurmaston,  are  several  tumuli.  At  its  south-eastern  end  are  some 
considerable  woods, — the  remains  of  I^cighfield  Forest.  A  Roman 
Catholic  academy,  called  Ratcliffe  College,  has  been  founded  amid  the 
Ratcliffe  hills,  by  a  fraternity  of  religious  men,  called  Brothers  of  Charity. 
(See  Cossiugton.)  Petty  Sessions,  for  various  parts  of  East  Goscote, 
are  held  at  East  Norton,  Leicester.  Loughborough,  and  Melton  Mowbray. 


EAST   GOSCOTE   HUNDRED. 


593 


The  following  enumeration  of  the  56  parishes,  &c.  in  East  Goscote 
Hundred,  shews  their  territorial  extent,  their  population  in  1861,  and 
the  annual  value  of  their  lands  and  buildings,  as  assessed  to  the  county- 
rate  ;  with  subjoined  notes,  shewing  the  Unions  to  which  they  respec- 
tively belong. 


PARISHES,  &c. 

Acres. 

Pop. 

in 
1861. 

Annl. 

Value 

£. 

PARISHES,  &c. 

Acres. 

Pop. 
in 

1861. 

Annual 

Value. 

£. 

*Allexton  parish  . . 
+Asfordby  parish. . 
+Ashby  Folville  p. 

+Barsby  twp 

iBarkby  parish  . . 
JBarkby  Thorpe  c. 
tThurmaston        ) 

(North)  twp...  J 
iBarrow-on-Soar  ) 

(part  of)  par...  J 
JBeeby  parish  .. 
JEelgrave  (part    \ 

of)  parish  . ,  J 
iThurmaston(S).. 
+Brookesby  parish 
♦Cossington  parish 
tCroxton(S)  parish 
+Dalby  Magna  p. . . 
+Dalby  on  Wolds  p. 
•rFrisbyon-the-     \ 

Wreak  parish.  J 
■fGaddesby  parish 
+Grimstone  parish 
+Hoby  parish  .... 
*Humberstone  par. 
*Hungerton  (prt. ) 

of)  parish  ....  J 
*Quenby  Hamlet 
♦Launde  parish  .. 
*Loddington  par... 
*Lowesby  parish . . 
♦Newton  Cold  ch. . 
♦Norton  East  par. 
JPrestwold    parish 

977 
1483 
1915 

940 
2114 

530 

481 

2403 

1400 

1744 

1200 
822 
1551 
1583 
2292 
3056 

1422 

1624 
1019 
1605 
1600 

900 

600 
1415 
1840 
1390 
1535 
1087 

650 

67 
485 
160 
290 
511 

74 

209 

1800 

119 

1542 

894 
44 
408 
311 
484 
359 

424 

341 
190 
369 
550 

196 

26 
42 
142 
120 
138 
139 
71 

1274 

2003 
2630 
1407 
3800 
900 

1512 

7343 

4220 

9116 

4059 
1700 
4220 
2129 
2916 
2899 

2380 

2724 
1496 
2937 
3132 

1218 

890 
1293 
3170 
1896 
1928 
1374 
1780 

jBurton-on-the-  \ 
Wolds  twp.    . .  J 

gCotes  township.. 

?Hoton  chap 

tQueniborough  p. 
+Ragdale  parish  . . 
tRatcliffe-on-the- 1 

Wreak  parish  . .  J 
+  Rearsby  parish  . . 
+Rotherby  parish. . 
tRothley(partof)p. 
*Keyham  chap.. 
•rWartnaby   chap 

+Wycomb    with  ( 

Chadwell  ch    J 

•f-Saxelby  parish  . . 

JSeagrave  parish.. 

+Sboby  parish 

tSileby  parish 

*Skefhngton  par. . . 
tSyston  parish. . . . 
JThrussington  p.. 
*Tilton(partof)p. 

*Halstead  twp.  . . 

*Whatborough    b. 

*Tugby  (part)  par. 
tTwyford  parish . . 

+Thorpe  Satch-  > 

villechapelry..  J 

JWalton-on-the-   ) 

Woldsparish..  J 

gWymeswold  par.. . 

2300 

430 
1300 
2077 
1417 

551 

1624 

761 

917 
750 

759 

944 
2391 

796 
2176 
1952 
1768 
2178 
1504 
1510 

460 
1294 
1124 

1278 

1443 

3500 

442 
55 
401 
510 
120 

126 

467 
134 

121 
116 

139 

120 

438 

39 

1571 
244 

1656 
574 
180 
211 
13 
331 
372 

171 

221 
1209 

3600 

1090 
2820 
3580 
1560 

1045 
3300 
1661 

1550 
1015 

1006 

975 
2739 
1075 
5714 
3272 
6000 
3783 
2221 
2043 

521 
1967 
1573 

1662 

1890 
6000 

Totals 

78,462 

20,502 

138,817 

UNIONS.— Those  parishes,  &c,  in  the  above  table  marked  thus  *  are  in  Billesdon  Union  ; 
+  in  Melton  Mowbray  Union;  gin  Loughborough  Union;  and  t  in Barrow-upon-Soar  Union. 

ggjp™  Barrow-upon-Soar,  and  Rothley  parishes  are  mostly  in  West  Goscote  Hundred ;  and 
that  of  Belgrave  is  partly  in  that  Hundred.  The  parishes  of  Hungerton,  Tilton,  and  Tugby, 
are  partly  in  Gartree  Hundred. 


ALLEXTON,  or  Alexton,  is  a  small  village  and  parish,  at  the  south- 
east extremity  of  East  Goscote  Hundred,  on  the  west  side  of  the  small 
river  Eye,  which  separates  it  from  Rutlandshire.  It  is  3 £  miles  W.  of 
Uppingham,  and  16  miles  E.  by  S.  of  Leicester,  and  contains  only  67 
inhabitants,  and  977a.  2r.  8p.  of  land,  chiefly  clay,  and  the  surface 
generally  hilly,  but  in  some  places  flat.  Lord  Berners  is  lord  of  the 
manor,  which  has  been  spelt  Athelok stone,  Aldlixton,  &c,  and  was  pur- 
chased, in  1760,  of  Lord  Willoughby  de  Broke.  It  has  been  held  by 
various  families,  and  the  Knights  Templar  held  part  of  it  as  parcel  of 
the  Soke  of  Rothley.  John  Eagleton,  Esq.,  has  an  estate  here,  and  all 
the  rest  of  the  parish  belongs  to  Lord  Berners,  who  is  patron  of  the 
rectory,  valued  in  KB.  at  £Q.  18s.  2d.,  and  now  at  ,£200  per  annum. 
The  Rev.  George  E.  Winslow,  M.D.,  of  Tugby,  is  the  incumbent.  The 
glebe  is  20  acres,  and  the  tithes  were  commuted  in  1837  for  £175  per 
annum.  The  Rectory  House  is  a  neat  building,  occupied  by  the  curate. 
The  Church  (St.  Peter)  has  a  tower,  spire,  and  four  bells.  In  1862,  it 
underwent  a  thorough  restoration,  at  a  cost  of  nearly  £400,  of  which 

2p 


594 


ALLEXTON   PARISH. 


MO  were  given  by  John  Eagleton,  Esq.,  ^50  by  the  parish,  and  the 
remainder  by  Lord  Berners.  The  north  aisle,  which  had  been  taken 
down  nearly  300  years  ago,  has  been  rebuilt,  and  two  beautiful  Norman 
arches  in  the  north  wall  re-opened.  The  chancel  arch,  which  had  been 
taken  down  at  the  beginning  of  this  century,  has  also  been  rebuilt,  and 
the  entire  church  has  been  newly  roofed,  and  an  early  decorated  window 
has  been  placed  in  the  chancel,  instead  of  an  unsightly  square  one.  The 
gallery  at  the  west  end  has  been  removed,  and  the  church  is  now  fitted 
up  with  open  oak  benches.  The  Hall,  formerly  occupied  by  Lord 
Berners,  was  converted  into  a  farm-house,  and  partly  taken  down  in 
1843.  Directory:— Rev.  Thomas  Norris,  B.A.,  curate;  Edw.  Betts, 
sexton ;  John  Smith,  victualler,  Wilson's  Arms ;  and  Thos.  Barsby,  Mary 
Hall,  Walter  Islip  (Hall),  John  Jelley  (and  miller),  Wm.  Shelton,  sen. 
and  jun.,  and  Jeremiah  Weal,  farmers  and  graziers.  Post  from  Upping- 
ham at  8  morning,  returning  at  5  afternoon. 


ASFORDBY,  a  village,  consisting  chiefly  of  one  street,  with  several 
neat  houses,  on  the  north  side  of  the  navigable  river  Wreak,  3  miles  W. 
of  Melton  Mowbraj^,  has  in  its  parish  485  inhabitants,  and  1482a.  2r.  13p. 
of  land,  generally  having  a  clayey  soil  and  a  Hat  surface.  The  Rev. 
Frederick  Geo.  Burnaby,  B.A.,  is  lord  of  the  manor  and  patron  of  the 
rectory,  valued  in  K.B.  at  £15.  lis.  7d.,  and  now  at  £'475.  The  Rev. 
John  Cartmell,  M.A.,  is  the  incumbent,  and  has  a  good  residence,  built 
in  1808,  and  260  acres  of  glebe,  mostly  allotted  in  lieu  of  tithes,  at  the 
enclosure,  in  1701.  The  Church  (All  Saints)  lias  a  tower,  spire,  and 
five  bells,  and  was  renovated  in  1830.  The  north  aisle  was  paved  in 
1827,  at  the  expense  of  the  late  rector.  Mrs.  Burnaby  has  an  estate 
here,  and  resides  at  Asfordby  Hall,  a  large  and  handsome  mansion, 
built  in  1840,  at  the  cost  of  about  £4000,  in  the  Italian  style,  of  brick, 
cemented  in  imitation  of  stone.  Wm.  Inett,  Esq.,  Mr.  Daniel  Hall,  Mr. 
Henry  Houghton,  Mrs.  Stower,  and  some  smaller  proprietors,  have 
land  in  the  parish.  The  National  School  was  built  by  the  late  rector, 
in  1843,  at  a  cost  of  £300  ;  and  a  house  for  the  master  was  built  near 
it,  in  1859,  by  Miss  C.  C.  Burnaby,  at  a  cost  of  £250.  The  master  has 
the  dividends  of  £172.  0s.  lOd.  three-per-cent.  consols,  purchased  with 
£100,  left  by  Morris  Cam,  in  1709 ;  and  the  interest  of  £200,  left  by  the 
late  rector,  the  Rev.  Andrew  Burnaby,  in  1857.  The  poor  have  the 
interest  of  £40,  left  by  one  Humberstone ;  and  of  £20,  left  by  the  Rev. 
Andrew  Burnaby,  in  1770.  The  Wesleyans  and  Primitive  Methodists 
have  small  chapels  here,  the  latter  built  in  1840,  and  the  former  in  1838. 

Post  Office  at  John  Lovett's.  Letters  arrive  from  Melton  at  8i  moruiDg, 
and  are  despatched  at  5  afternoon. 


Black  Miss  Selina  |f-Harby  Mrs  Sarah 
Burnaby  Mrs  Eliza,  Asfordby  Hall 
Bury  Thos.  &  Eliza,  National  School 
Cartmell  Rev.  John,  M.A.  Rectory 
Dawson  Wm.  cooper  |l  Marriott  Mr  Dnl. 
Hill  Martha,  mistress,  National  School 
Hives  Wm.  corn  miller  and  coal  dealer 
Inett  Wm.  Esq.   ||  Driver  Mrs  Alice 
Large  Thomas,  parish  clerk 
Marriott  William,  sexton 
Plowman  John,  butcher 
Ronton  Alfred,  baker 
Sills  John,  police  constablo 
TTnderwocd  William,  baker 


INNS  AND  TAVERNS. 
Blue  Bell,  Charles  Swift 
Crown,  William  Bishop 
Horse  Shoes,  William  Stevens 


BAKERS. 

Routen  Alfred 
Underwood  Wm. 

BLACKSMITHS. 

Stevens  William 
Toone  John 

FARMERS  &  GRZRS. 

(*  are  Owners.) 
Dawson  William 
♦Gibson  George 


*  Glover  Joseph 
•Hall  Daniel,  Hall 
Hallam  George 
Houghton  Anthy. 
♦Houghton  Henry 
♦Houghton  Jasper 
Houghton  J.  jun. 
Houghton  John 
Houghton  Willm. 
hceJno.AlmaLdg. 


ASFORDBY   PARISH. 


595 


Lee  Stephen 
Orson  John 

JOINERS. 

Hazlewood  Edwin 
Hazlewood  John 


Pym  James 

SHOPKEEPERS. 

Large  Frances 
Littlewood  Tbos. 
Lovett  John&Geo. 


SHOEMAKERS. 

Dalby  Joseph 
Johnson  John 

TAILORS, 

Green  Isaac 


I  Green  Thomas 
King  Henry 
Carrier,  G.Bates, 

to  Leicester  Sat. 

&  Melton  Toes. 


ASHBY  FOLVILLE,  a  small  village,  on  the  banks  of  a  rivulet,  near 
the  Wold  hills,  6£  miles  S.S.W.  of  Melton  Mowbray,  and  10  miles  N.E. 
by  E.  of  Leicester,  has  in  its  parish  160  inhabitants,  and  1953a.  3r.  8p. 
of  land,  including  the  estate  of  Ncwbold  Folville  (200a.),  but  exclusive  of 
Barsby,  which  is  a  separate  township.  E.  H.  Cheney,  Esq.,  of  Gad- 
desby,  is  lord  of  the  manor,  but  part  of  the  soil  belongs  to  Mr.  Thomas 
Black,  Mrs.  Eliz.  Butt,  Mr.  Benj.  Adcock,  Mr.  Robt.  Tiptaft,  Mr.  Wm. 
Taylor,  and  a  few  other  proprietors.  The  Manor  House,  a  large  stone 
mansion,  in  the  Gothic  style,  was  a  seat  of  the  Cheneys,  but  is  now 
occupied  by  a  farmer.  The  Church  (St.  Mary)  has  a  tower  and  live 
bells,  and  was  appropriated  to  Launde  Priory.  The  living  is  a  discharged 
vicarage,  valued  in  K.B.  at  £',),  and  now  at  .£190.  The  liev.Wm.  Prosser 
is  patron  and  incumbent,  and  has  a  good  residence,  built  about  twenty 
years  ago,  and  108  acres  of  glebe  in  Barsby,  allotted  in  lieu  of  tithes,  at 
the  enclosure.  Wm.  Folville,  a  Franciscan  friar  of  some  note  in  the 
controversy  "  De  pueris  induendis,"  was  born  here.  Limekilns  were 
established  here  about  two  years  ago,  and  the  lime  is  of  similar  quality 
to  that  at  Barrow,  and  is  said  to  become  much  harder  under  water. 
A  collection  of  fossils  found  embedded  in  it  is  now  in  the  possession  of 
Mr.  Thos.  Black.  The  Church  Land  contains  one  rood.  The  Alms- 
house consists  of  eight  small  rooms,  and  has  1£  rood  of  garden  ground, 
let  for  10s.  It  was  founded  in  1673,  by  Francis,  Lord  Carrington,  for 
seven  poor  aged  men  of  this  parish,  and  of  Warrens  Wootton,  in  War- 
wickshire, and  North  Kelsey,  in  Lincolnshire,  to  be  appointed  by  Iris 
male  heirs,  who  are  now  extinct.  The  founder  endowed  it  with  an  estate 
at  North  Kelsey,  now  consisting  of  144  acres,  let  for  .£135  per  annum; 
but  31  acres  being  in  the  Ancholme  level,  are  subject  to  a  drainage  tax. 
Out  of  the  clear  income,  only  three-eighths  are  sent  to  Ashby,  for  divi- 
sion among  three  poor  people  in  the  Almshouse  ;  and  the  remainder  is 
distributed  among  poor  men  at  North  Kelsey  and  Warrens  Wootton. 
This  is  contrary  to  the  founder's  intentions  ;  and  the  Charity  Commis- 
sioners have  certified  the  case  to  the  Attorney- General,  in  order  that 
trustees  may  be  appointed.  The  founder  directed  that  in  case  of  failure 
of  his  heirs  male,  the  charity  should  be  under  the  management  of  the 
lord  of  the  manor  of  Ashby  Folville  ;  but  the  vicar  and  Mr.  Edw.  Astill 
are  the  present  trustees,  and  Mr.  Thos.  Miles,  of  Keyham,  is  the  agent. 
Post  from  Melton  Mowbray. 


Fawkes  Arthur,  corn  miller 
Mason  Henry,  victualler,  Maltshovel 
Prosser  Rev.  William,  Vicarage 
Riley  William,  victualler,  Royal  OaJc 
Tebbs  John,  joiner  ||  White  Mrs  Eliz. 
Watts  John,  shopkeeper  &  parish  clerk 


FARMERS  AND  GRAZIERS. 

Astill  Edward,  Manor  House 
Black  Thomas  (and  owner) 
Flavell  Thomas,  Ashby  Lodge 
Palmer  John  ||  Blount  Henry 
Payne  Charles,  Jennefs  Lodge 
Riley  John  ||  Sills  William 


Barsby,  a  small  village  on  an  eminence,  7^  miles  S.S.W.  of  Melton 
Mowbray,  and  9  miles  N.E.  by  E.  of  Leiceister,  is  in  Ashby  Folville 
parish;  and  its  township  and  chapclry  has  290  inhabitants,  and 
939a.  3r.  16p.  of  land,  partly  in  the  Peculiar  Jurisdiction  of  Rothley, 

2p2 


596 


BARSBY   TOWNSHIP. 


of  which  the  trustees  of  the  late  Sir  James  Parker,  Kt.,  are  lords  (see  p. 
500) ;  but  a  portion  of  the  soil  belongs  to  E.  H.  Cheney,  Esq.,  Mrs.  Butt, 
Mr.  W.  H.  Gillson,  and  a  few  smaller  owners.  The  Chapel,  which  was 
appropriated  to  Launde  Priory,  went  to  decay  several  centuries  ago. 
The  Knights  Templar  and  Tutbury  Priory  had  lands  here,  as  also  had 
the  Ashby,  Ferrers,  and  other  families.  The  soil  is  chiefly  clay.  The 
School,  a  good  brick  building,  was  erected  in  1849,  and  is  supported  by 
public  subscription.  It  is  attended  by  about  45  children,  from  Ashby, 
Barsby,  and  South  Croxton.  A  small  Wesleyan  Chapel  was  built  here 
in  182G,  and  enlarged  in  1840.  The  poor  have  for  distribution  in  clothing 
about  £26  yearly  from  Woollastons  Charity.  (See  Lowesby.)  Post 
from  South  Croxton. 

Baker  Christopher,  boot  &  shoe  maker,  butchers.  Smith  John 

and  victualler,  Plough  Black  William  Smith  William 

Brown  John,  shopkeeper  Brown  George  Stevenson  Willm. 

Burgin  John,  tailor  farmers  &  grzrs.  Walker  John 

Greaves  Atkins,  baker  Brown  John  Smith  Warrington  Jsha. 

Henson  John,  vict.  Shoulder  of  Mutton  Brown  Robt.  sen.  joiners,  &c. 

Hollingshead  James,  schoolmaster  Brown  Robt.  jun.  Manfield  Richard 

Nichols  Richard,  vict.  William  IV.  Chapman  John  Smith  John 

Smith  Mr  William  Cooke  Elizabeth 

Warrington  John,  plumber  and  glazier  Gillson  John  carrier. 

blacksmiths.  Hall  Thomas  Tebbs  Matthew,  to 

Henson  John  |  Percy  William  Nichols  Richard  Leicester  Wed. 

Smith  Edward  and  Sat. 


BARKBY,  a  village  near  the  confluence  of  two  rivulets,  5  miles  N.E. 
of  Leicester,  and  1|  mile  E.S.E.  of  Sj'ston  Station,  has  in  its  township 
511  souls,  and  2114  acres  of  land,  including  Hamilton,  or  Hameldon,  an 
estate  of  367  acres.  Its  parish  includes  also  the  adjoining  township  of 
Barkby  Thorpe,  which  has  74  inhabitants  and  530  acres  of  land.  The 
soil  is  various,  consisting  of  clay,  marl,  and  gravel,  and  many  of  the 
inhabitants  are  framework  knitters.  Wm.  Ann  Pochin,  Esq.,  is  lord  of 
the  manors  of  Barkby  and  Barkby  Thorpe,  and  owner  of  Barhby  Hall, 
a  large  plain  mansion,  in  a  well- wooded  park,  having  a  modern  porch 
entrance,  in  the  Gothic  style,  built  of  Mountsorrel  granite.  Merton 
College,  Oxford,  has  a  small  manor  in  Barkby  Thorpe,  and  here  are 
a  few  smaller  proprietors.  In  1604,  Richard  Stanford  sold  the  manor 
and  advowson  of  Barkby  to  the  Pochins,  who  have  since  been  seated 
here.  The  Church  (St.  Mary)  is  a  neat  structure,  consisting  of  a  nave 
with  aisles,  a  chancel,  and  a  tower  in  which  arc  five  bells.  In  1820,  it 
underwent  considerable  external  repairs,  at  the  expense  of  the  parish  ; 
and  in  1838,  the  whole  interior  was  renewed,  at  the  cost  of  .£700,  raised 
by  subscription.  The  tower  was  restored,  a  lightning  conductor  affixed, 
the  bells  re-hung,  and  other  improvements  effected,  in  1855-'6,  at  the 
cost  of  W.  A.  Pochin,  Esq.  The  stained-glass  window  in  the  chancel 
was  the  gift  of  the  late  G.  Pochin,  Esq.,  who  built  the  National  School 
(in  1826),  which  is  supported  by  subscription,  and  is  now  attended  by 
about  80  children.  The  benefice  is  a  discharged  vicarage,  valued  in  K.B. 
at  ,£10,  and  now  at  £300,  in  the  patronage  of  W.  A.  Pochin,  Esq., 
and  incumbency  of  the  Rev.  E.  II.  Hoare,  A.M.,  who  has  149  acres  of 
glebe,  mostly  allotted  in  lieu  of  tithes,  at  the  enclosure,  in  1770.  The 
Wesley ans  and  the  Primitive  Methodists  have  chapels  here.  The  poor 
have  the  interest  of  £100,  left  by  George  Pochin,  Esq.,  in  1706.  They 
also  ought  to  have  the  interest  of  £10.  IDs.,  left  by  Wm.  Coolie,  which 
appears  to  have  been  lost.    Post  from  Leicester. 


BARKBY   PARISH. 


597 


Those  Marked  *  are  in  Barkey  Thorpe,  and  the  others  in  Barkby. 


Angrave  Sarah,  milliner,  &c. 
Bingley  Misses  Betsy  and  Sarah 
Carnall  Thomas,  jun.  gardener 
Chapman  Captain  — ,  Barkby  Hall 
Clifton  Joseph,  victualler,  Maltshovel 
Fisher  Ann,  mistress,  National  School 
Goode  Mrs  Eliz.  ||    Lewin  Mrs  Mary 
Goodman  John,  vict.  Hope  &  Anchor 
Hams  John,  master,  National  School 
Hoare  Rev.  Edw.  Hatch,  M.A.  vicar 
Kirton  John,  wheelwright 
Linley  Charles,  farm  bailiff 
Lowe  Frederick,  tailor 
Moore  Mrs  Mary  Ann 
Sharpless  William,  blacksmith 

BEERHOUSES. 

Norwell  James 


Wells  William 

BUTCHERS. 

Carnall  John 


Mason  Arthur 

CARPENTERS. 

Chavlesworth  Jno. 
♦Robinson  Geo. 
Robinson  Isaac 


Veasey  George 

COWKEEPERS. 

Carnall  Thomas 
Simpson  Francis 

FARMERS   &  GRZRS. 

*Beeson  Thomas 
*  Chamberlain  Wm 
Charlesworth  Jno. 
♦Cocks  John 
♦Cocks  John,  jun. 
Cooper  William 
Elson   John    (and 

land  agent) 
♦Frearson  John 
Gruramitt  Mrs 
Heggs  Daniel 
Henson  Thomas 
♦Kirkman  Francis 
Mason  Thomas 


♦Sharpless  John  & 

Edward 
♦Smith  William 
Stones  Henry 
Taylor  Rt.  Barkby 

Holt  Lodge 
Ward  Jph.  Barkby 

Grange 

SHOEMAKERS. 

Frett  Thomas 
Smith  William 
Stevenson  John 

SHOPKEEPERS. 

Dakin  Franci3 
Kin  ton  Wm.  (and 
baker) 

CARRIER. 

Wm.Lakiu,  toLai- 
cesterWed.&Sat. 


BARROW-UPON-SOAR,  a  large  village  and  township,  noted  for  its 
excellent  lime,  is  in  this  Hundred,  but  is  described  with  the  rest  of  its 
parish  in  West  Goseote  Hundred,  at  pages  452  to  465.  The  Union  to 
which  it  gives  name  is  noticed  at  page  455. 


BELGRAVE,  a  large  village  and  parish  in  this  Hundred,  is  noticed 
at  pages  407  to  470,  together  with  its  township  of  Birstall,  in  West  Gos- 
eote Hundred. 


THURMASTON  is  a  large  village  and  ecclesiastical  parish,  on  the 
east  bank  of  the  river  Soar,  and  on  the  Melton  Mowbray  road,  3  miles 
N.N.E.  of  Leicester,  and  1|  mile  from  Syston  Station,  on  the  Midland 
Railwa}r,  which  passes  within  half-a-mile  east  of  the  village  and  the  line 
of  the  Roman  Fosseway.  It  is  divided  into  two  townships,  viz. : — Thur- 
maston  Sooth  End,  which  was  formerly  in  Belgrave  parish,  and  has 
1200  acres  of  land  and  894  souls;  and  Thormaston  North  End,  which 
was  formerly  in  Barkby  parish,  and  has  209  souls,  and  about  481  acres, 
so  that  the  whole  parish  has  1103  inhabitants  and  about  1681  acres. 
W.  A.  Pochin,  Esq.,  is  lord  of  the  North,  and  Thomas  Allen,  Esq.,  of 
the  South  Manor.  The  other  principal  landowners  in  the  former  are — 
Henry  Paget,  Esq.,  and  W.  Day,  Esq. ;  and  in  the  latter,  Nicholas 
Simons,  Esq.,  William  Day,  Esq.,  and  Thomas  Allen,  Esq.  The  Church 
(St.  Michael)  consists  of  a  nave,  aisles,  chancel,  and  a  tower  containing 
five  bells.  It  is  in  the  perpendicular  st}de,  and,  with  the  exception  of 
the  tower,  was  rebuilt  in  1848,  at  a  cost  of  about  .£1800.  The  clock  was 
purchased  in  1844,  and  cost  £80,  of  which  £19.  19s.  was  left-by  the  late 
John  Henson.  The  interior  of  the  church  is  plain  but  neat,  and  in  the 
wall  over  the  communion  table,  and  beneath  an  ornamental  border,  are 
inserted  four  marble  slabs,  given  by  Mrs.  and  Miss  Simpkin,  on  which 
are  inscribed  the  commandments,  &c.  Here  are  several  mural  tablets 
of  the  Simons,  Day,  Gamble,  and  other  families.  Thurmaston  was 
formed  into  a  separate  parish  a  few  years  ago,  and  the  benefice  is  a 
vicarage,  which  was  valued  in  1831  at  £100,  and  was  augmented  in  1724 


598 


THURMASTON    PARISH. 


and  1797  with  MOO  of  Q.A.B. ;  in  the  latter  year  with  .£230,  given  by 
the  Bishop  of  Dromore ;  and  in  1814,  with  a  Parliamentary  grant  of 
.£1200.  The  trustees  of  the  late  John  Pochin,  Esq.,  are  patrons,  and  the 
Rev.  Edward  Walker  Woodcock  is  the  incumbent,  and  has  a  good  resi- 
dence, built  in  1838.  The  tithes  were  commuted  at  the  enclosure  in 
1762.  There  are  Wesleyan  and  Primitive  Methodist  Chapels  in  the 
village,  the  former  built  in  1792,  and  the  latter  in  1833 ;  and  Sunday 
schools  are  attached  to  them  and  the  church.  The  National  School  was 
built  in  1844,  at  the  cost  of  .£600,  on  land  given  by  Thomas  Allen,  Esq., 
who  has  also  endowed  the  school  with  ,£10  a-year.  There  are  generally 
about  100  children  in  attendance.  The  teacher's  house  was  erected  in 
185G,  at  a  cost  of  .£220,  by  the  Rev.  James  Spurrel,  a  former  curate  of 
this  parish,  who  also  gave  the  munificent  sum  of  .£750  towards  the  resto- 
ration of  the  church  in  1848.  Gutridge's  Farm,  comprising  a  house  and 
67a.  2r.  3p.  of  land,  now  belonging  to  Messrs.  J.  C.  Moor,  J.  Hodson, 
William  Taylor,  and  William  Day,  is,  according  to  the  will  of  Elizabeth 
Davies,  dated  1723,  subject  to  the  payment  of  £5  a-year  to  the  vicar  of 
Thurmaston,  and  20s.  a-year  for  the  poor  of  Thurmaston  North  End. 
In  1861,  the  late  Miss  Diana  Simpldn  left  =£50  to  the  vicar,  in  trust,  to 
apply  the  interest  towards  the  support  of  the  school.  A  lodge  of  Odd- 
fellows meets  at  the  Plough  Inn ;  and  there  are  also  in  the  village  a 
clothing  club  and  a  club  for  females.  The  parish  feast  is  held  on  the 
Sunday  before  the  10th  October,  or  on  that  day  if  it  falls  on  a  Sunday. 

Post  Office  at  Fletcher  Bail's.     Letters  arrive  from  Leicester  at  8  a.m.,  and 
are  despatched  at  5.20  p.m. 

Those  marked  *  are  in  Thurmaston  North  End,  and  the  others  in  Thurmaston 
South  End  Township. 


Allen  Thos.  Esq.  ||  Allsop  Mrs  Eliz. 

Barratt  Mr  William 

*Foyster  John,  joiner 

Goodman  Beuj.  coal  dlr.  and  beerhouse 

Kiik  James,  painter 

Rudkin  Eliza,  schoolmistress 

Sheriffe  Thos.  Bowen,  Esq.  The  Lodge 

Smith  Thomas,  blacksmith 

Smith  William,  wheelwright 

Snell  Robert,  schoolmaster 

♦Woodcock  Rev.  Edw.  Walker,  vicar 

INNS  AND  TAVERNS. 
Black  Horse,  Samuel  Smith 
♦Boat,  Enoch  Toon 
Harrow,  Ann  Burdelt 
Plough,  Joseph  Allen 
*Unicorn,  William  Dalby 
White  Hart,  Charles  Fox 

Lane  William 


BAKERS. 

Gibbius  George 
Lane  Thomas 
Winter  John 

BUTCHERS. 

Lane  Thomas 


Smith  William 

FARMERS. 

Bates  Richard 
Goodman  Benj. 
Lander  James 


Lane  William 
*Tehbs  John 
*Wilcock  ltd.  Bay 
Winterton  Henry 

FRAMESMITUS. 

Briggs  John 
Pick  Charles 

FRAMEWORK 
KNITTERS. 

Bishop  William 
Daft  John 
Fisher  Samuel 
Fox  William 
Foyster  Thomas 
Hartshorn  Charles 
Hurst  Thomas 
Pick  William 
Robinson  Joseph 
Sarson  Amos 
Sarson  Henry 
Toe  Daniel 
Toe  Thomas 
Toon  Joseph 


Westbury  John 

GARDENERS. 

Hook  Thomas 

*  Knight  James 

HAIRDRESSERS. 

Gatliff  Thomas 
Hartshorn  Thomas 

SHOEMAKERS. 

Clayton  William 
Lane  Joseph 
Tyres  John 

SHOPKEEPERS. 

Bail  Fletcher  (and 

parish  clerk) 
Roberts  Richard 
Toon  Arthur 

*  Wright  Thomas 

TAILORS. 

♦Berridge  Joseph 
♦Hubbard  Joseph 

CARRIER. 

Edw.  Wright,daily 
to  Leicester 


BEEBY,  on  the  banks  of  a  rivulet,  6  miles  E.N.E.  of  Leicester,  is 
a  village  and  parish,  containing  119  souls  and  1418  acres  of  land,  chiefly 
a  fertile  clay.  Wm.  Ann  Pochin,  Esq.,  is  lord  of  the  manor;  but  John 
Marriott,  Esq.,  Mr.  S.  Davenport,  Roger  D.  Miles,  Esq.,  and  other  pro- 


BEEBY   PARISH.  '599 

prietors,  have  estates  here.  In  1086,  the  manor  belonged  to  Croylancl 
Abbey.  The  Church  (All  Saints)  consists  of  nave,  clerestory,  aisles, 
chancel,  a  handsome  tower  containing  three  bells,  and  an  incomplete 
spire,  for  the  unfinished  state  of  which  tradition  has  found  a  reason,  by 
saying  that  the  builders  were  two  brothers  who  quarrelled  when  they 
got  to  its  present  height,  and  that  one  threw  the  other  off  the  scaffold, 
and  then  in  remorse  threw  himself  down.  The  chancel  was  rebuilt  by 
the  present  rector,  in  1819,  when  the  east  window  was  beautified  with 
stained  glass,  representing  Noah,  Daniel,  Job,  Abraham,  Moses,  and  Elias ; 
and  the  broken  corbels,  piscina,  &c,  were  renovated.  The  total  cost  was 
about  £460.  In  the  south  aisle  is  some  old  oak  screen  work  of  wood, 
and  an  ancient  piscina,  and  near  the  entrance  to  the  chancel  is  an 
incised  slab,  bearing  half-obliterated  figures  of  a  gentleman  and  lady, 
and  part  of  an  inscription  recording  the  death  of  Henry  Dockett  and 
Alicia,  his  wife.  The  corbels  in  the  nave  are  very  quaint,  and  in  the 
north  aisle  is  a  doorway  and  a  newel  staircase,  which  formerly  led  to  the 
ancient  rood  loft.  The  font  is  early  English.  It  is  of  a  lozenge  form 
and  stands  upon  four  pillars,  between  which  the  tooth  ornament  is  still 
visible.  The  principal  part  of  the  church  is  of  the  perpendicular  period, 
and  is  finely  mantled  with  ivy ;  and  the  churchyard  is  laid  out  in  a 
beautiful  manner.  The  rectory,  valued  in  K.B.  at  £15.  2s.  3d.,  and  now 
at  £300,  is  in  the  patronage  of  the  Rev.  Edw.  Walker  Woodcock,  and 
incumbency  of  the  Rev.  George  Calvert,  M. A.,  who  has  a  good  residence, 
built  in  1818,  at  a  cost  of  .£1800  ;  and  36a.  of  glebe.  The  tithes  have 
been  commuted  for  £300  per  annum.  Day  and  Sunday  schools  are 
supported  by  the  rector,  with  the  aid  of  Id.  a  week  paid  by  each  of  the 
children.  Near  the  church  is  a  well  of  beautiful  water,  over  which  the 
present  rector,  in  1855,  built,  at  the  cost  of  £50,  a  sort  of  pyramid  with 
the  apex  off,  on  the  south  side  of  which  is  the  following  inscription : — 

"  In  summer's  heat  and  winter's  cold 
One  constant  temperature  I  hold  ; 
When  brooks,  and  wells,  and  rivers  dry, 
I  always  yield  a  full  supply. 
My  neighbours  say  (I'm  often  told,) 
I'm  more  than  worth  my  weight  in  gold." 

The  poor  parishioners  have  10s.  a  year  out  of  land  at  South  Croxton, 
left  by  the  Rev .  Thomas  Paul  Bahjuy,  in  1724  ;  and  the  interest  of  £20, 
left  by  Thos.  Stevenson,  in  1822.  The  latter  is  for  schooling  two  poor 
boys.  The  parish  clerk  has  £5  a  year,  as  the  rent  of  3a.  3r.  20p.  of 
land  at  Keyham,  left  by  an  unknown  donor.  Foot  Post  from  Leicester, 
at  10  mominsf,  returning  at  4  afternoon. 


Barber  William,  parish  clerk  &  sexton 
Calvert  Eev.  George,  M.A.  Rectory 
Cooper  Mrs  Mary  ||  Lewin  Mr  Wm. 
FARMERS  AND  GRAZIERS. 
Marked  *  are  Owners. 
*Beeson  Thos.  ||  Bunnc*y  Wm.  &  Jno. 


Chamberlain  John,  The  Grange 
Cocks  Charles         j|  Nuttall  Thomas 
Horton  Samuel,  The  Lodge 
*  Marriott  John,  Esq.  Manor  House 
Morley  Thos.  (and  cream  cheese  mkr.) 
Sharpe  Thos.  (&  carrier  to  Le'ster,  Sat.) 


BROOKE SBY,  on  a  declivity  south  of  the  river  Wreak,  6  miles 
W.S.W.  of  Melton  Mowbray,  is  a  small  parish,  containing  only  44  inha- 
bitants and  823a.  2r.  7p.  of  fertile  land,  including  Hoby  New  Fields. 
Lord  Alfred  Henry  Paget,  M.P.,  is  lord  of  the  manor,  owner  of  the  soil, 
and  patron  of  the  rectory,  valued  in  K.B.  at  £5.  12s.  6d.,  and  now  at 
£300.  The  Rev.  Henry  Gregg  is  the  rector,  and  resides  at  Syston,  there 
being  neither  parsonage  house  nor  glebe  here.   The  Church  (St.  Michael) 


600  BROOKESBY   PARISH. 

is  a  small  ancient  structure,  with  a  tower,  spire,  and  one  bell.  In  the 
chancel  is  a  handsome  marble  monument  to  the  memory  of  Sir  William 
Villiers  and  his  lady,  who  were  buried  here  in  1711,  and  were  the  last 
of  the  celebrated  Villiers  family.  The  Hall,  a  large  old  mansion,  with 
pleasant  grounds,  in  the  vale  of  the  Wreak,  is  occupied  by  Wells  Charlton, 
Esq. ;  and  on  the  river  is  a  corn  mill,  occupied  by  Elijah  Cunningham, 
who  also  farms  part  of  the  parish.  The  Syston  and  Peterborough  Rail- 
way passes  through  the  parish,  and  has  a  station  here.  William  Howitt 
is  the  station  master. 

Brookesby,  or  Brockesbi,  was  the  demesne  of  the  Countess  Judith, 
in  1086,  and  was  held  by  the  Villiers  family  from  the  13th  century  till 
1711,  when  they  sold  it  to  Sir  Nathan  Wright.  Of  this  family 
was  George  Villiers,  Duke  of  Buckingham,  who  was  born  at 
Brookesby  Hall,  in  1592,  and  is  memorable  in  English  history  for 
having  been  the  favourite  of  two  kings.  When  young,  he  attracted 
the  attention  and  excited  the  admiration  of  King  James,  and  proved 
himself  one  of  those  supple  and  insinuating  courtiers  who  can  condescend 
to  flatter  the  vices  or  follies  of  a  monarch,  or  any  person  of  superior 
fortune,  to  promote  their  own  interests.  "  This,  Villiers  did  to  an  amazing 
extent,  and  was  progressively  advanced  in  dignity  from  a  commoner  to 
a  dukedom.  Sir  Henry  Wotton  quaintly  remarks,  that  favours  poured 
upon  him  '  liker  main  showers,  than  sprinkling  drops  or  dews.'  Hume 
gives  the  following  character  of  him,  by  stating  that  he  '  governed,  with 
an  uncontrolled  sway,  both  the  court  and  nation  ;  and,  could  James's  eyes 
have  been  opened,  he  had  now  full  opportunity  of  observing  how  unfit  his 
favourite  was  for  the  high  station  to  which  he  was  raised.  Some  accom- 
plishments of  a  courtier  he  possessed — of  every  talent  of  a  minister  he 
was  utterly  devoid.  Headlong  in  his  j)assions,  and  incapable  equally 
of  prudence  or  of  dissimulation ;  sincere  from  violence  rather  than  can- 
dour ;  expensive  from  profusion  more  than  generosity ;  a  warm  friend, 
a  furious  enemy ;  but  without  any  choice  or  discernment  in  either ; 
with  these  qualities  he  had  early  and  quickly  mounted  to  the  highest 
rank,  and  partook  at  once  of  the  insolence  which  attends  a  fortune 
newly  acquired,  and  the  impetuosity  which  belongs  to  persons  born  in 
high  stations,  and  unacquainted  with  opposition.  Among  those  who 
had  experienced  the  arrogance  of  this  overgrown  favourite,  the  Prince 
of  Wales  himself  had  not  been  entirely  spared ;  and  a  great  coldness, 
if  not  an  enmity,  had,  for  that  reason,  taken  place  between  them.  Such 
is  the  character  of  an  eminent  statesman,  who  exercised  those  pas- 
sions and  powers  for  many  years.  The  House  of  Commons  at 
length  had  courage  to  impeach  him,  and  charged  him  with  having  united 
many  offices  in  his  own  person  (a  crime  that  still  seems  very  prevalent); 
of  having  bought  two  of  them ;  of  neglecting  to  guard  the  seas,  in  con- 
sequence of  which  several  merchant  ships  had  been  taken  by  the  enemy ; 
of  delivering  ships  to  the  French  king,  in  order  to  serve  against  the 
Huguenots ;  of  being  employed  in  the  sale  of  honours  and  offices ;  of 
accepting  extensive  grants  from  the  crown ;  of  procuring  many  titles  of 
honour  for  his  kindred ;  and  of  administering  physic  to  the  late  king 
•without  acquainting  his  physicians.  Another  charge  was  that  of 
extorting  ^10,000  from  the  East  India  Company,  &c.  The  impeach- 
ment never  came  to  a  determination  ;  and  the  validity  of  the  charges  are 
left  for  the  investigation  and  decision  of  the  historian,  who  being  enabled 
to  review  past  events  untrammelled  by  partiality,  bribery,  or  fear,  may, 
with  tolerable  safety,  pronounce  sentence  of  condemnation,  or  acquittal, 
on  this  public  plunderer,  as  well  as  on  many  others.  Villiers  was  at 
length  assassinated  by  Lieut.  Felton,  in  1628,  and  interred  in  Henry 


DUKE   OP  BUCKINGHAM.  601 

the  Seventh's  chapel  at  Westminster.  His  son,  George  Villiers,  DuTte 
of  Buckingham,  was  a  distinguished  profligate  in  the  licentious  court  of 
King  Charles  the  Second ;  and,  as  a  consummation  and  just  reward  of 
his  vicious  career,  died  a  beggar.  He  was  author  of  '  The  Rehearsal,' 
and  distinguished  himself  by  his  wit  and  talents  as  well  as  by  his  vices." 


COSSINGTON  is  a  pleasant  village,  on  the  east  side  of  the  river 
Soar,  near  its  confluence  with  the  Wreak  or  Melton  Mowbray  naviga- 
tion, and  on  the  west  side  of  the  Midland  Railway,  1  mile  S.  of  Sileby 
Station,  2  miles  S.E.  of  Mountsorrel,  and  6i|  miles  N.  by  E.  of  Leicester. 
Its  parish  contains  408  inhabitants  and  1551  acres  of  land,  extending 
about  two  miles  north-east,  nearly  to  the  source  of  a  rivulet  among  the 
Ratcliffe  Hills.  The  soil  in  the  lower  grounds,  near  the  Soar,  is  mostly 
clay,  and  in  the  higher  parts  a  sandy  loam.  The  trustees  of  the  late 
Thomas  Gisborne  Babington,  Esq.,  are  lords  of  the  manor;  but  part  of 
the  soil  belongs  to  various  freeholders,  and  some  of  it  is  charity  land, 
belonging  to  this  and  other  parishes.  The  rectory,  valued  in  K.B.  at 
£17.  7s.  3d.,  and  now  at  the  net  yearly  income  of  £428.  18s.  lid.,  is  in 
the  patronage  and  incumbency  of  the  Rev.  Joseph  Mayor,  who  has  a  good 
residence,  and  about  51a.  of  glebe.  The  tithes  were  commuted  in  1846, 
for  ,£428.  18s.  lid.  per  annum.  The  Church  (All  Saints)  is  a  very 
ancient  structure,  with  a  square  tower,  containing  four  bells,  and  luxu- 
riantly clad  with  ivy.  The  parish  was  enclosed  by  agreement  in  1063. 
In  a  retired  situation,  amid  the  Ratcliffe  Hills,  but  in  Cossington  parish, 
near  the  line  of  the  Roman  Fosse-way,  is  Ratcliffe  College,  of 
which  the  foundation  stone  was  laid  July  29th,  1843.  This  Roman 
Catholic  establishment  is  conducted  by  a  body  of  religious  men,  called 
Brothers  of  Charity.  Only  the  front,  or  south  part  of  the  building,  has 
been  as  yet  erected ;  but  if  ever  completed  according  to  the  plans  of  the 
architect,  the  late  A.  W.  Pugin,  Esq.,  it  will  present  an  extensive  quad- 
rangular range,  in  the  Gothic  style  of  monastic  times,  with  a  large  and 
elegant  cruciform  church,  forming  one  side  of  the  square,  and  having 
a  tower  crowned  by  a  lofty  spire.  This  college  is  about  12  miles  east 
of  the  convent  of  Mount  St.  Bernard,  noticed  at  pages  518  to  523  ;  and 
commands  picturesque  and  extensive  views  of  the  surrounding  country, 
bounded  on  the  north-east  by  a  lofty  range  of  the  Wold  hills.  William 
Staveley,  who  left  a  house  and  2a.  2r.  of  land  to  the  successive  rectors 
of  Cossington,  also  left  .£2  per  annum  for  the  poor  of  the  parish,  as 
noticed  with  Sileby.  At  the  enclosure,  in  1663,  several  allotments,  com- 
prising 29a.  2r.  29p.,  were  awarded  to  the  poor  of  Cossington,  and  they 
are  now  let  at  rents  amounting  to  £80  a  year,  of  which  about  £50  is 
carried  to  the  general  parish  account,  the  application  of  the  income 
being  vested  discretionally  with  the  freeholders.  It  is  supposed  that 
these  allotments  were  awarded  partly  in  lieu  of  land  left  by  Babington 
Staveley.  The  Bull  Piece,  3a.  4p.,  let  for  about  £7,  has  been  vested 
from  time  immemorial  for  the  poor  parishioners,  among  whom  the  rent 
is  distributed  by  the  rector.  In  1684,  Agnes  Brewin  left  a  yearly  rent- 
charge  of  5s.,  for  buying  bibles  for  poor  children,  and  it  is  now  paid  by 
Mrs.  Hulse,  at  whose  decease,  £50,  left  by  her  late  husband,  Col.  J.  W. 
Fisher  Hulse,  will  be  vested  for  the  poor,  and  the  interest  divided  among 
them  at  Christmas.  The  interest  of  £120,  vested  at  five  per  cent,  on 
the  Harborough  and  Loughborough  turnpike,  and  arising  from  a  legacy 
of  £100,  left  by  John  Ooode,  in  1816,  is  paid  to  the  mistress  of  the 
School,  which  is  attended  by  about  40  children. 

Post  Office   at  Wm.  Green's.      Letters  arrive  from  Loughborough  at  9 
morning,  and  are  despatched  at  4£  afternoon. 


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COSSINGTON    PARISH. 


An  grave  Richard,  Esq. 

Bott  Mrs  Ann    ||  Draycott  Mr  Thomas 

Cliester  Jane,  schoolmistress 

Coston  John,  tailor 

Dakin  William,  joiner 

Gamble  John,  shoemaker 

Green  Willm.  parish  clerk,  Post  Office 

Hancock  Peter,  miller,  Water  Mill 

Hogg  Isabella  &  Eleanor,  bordg.  schl. 

Hudson  Wm.  wheelwright  &  beerhouse 

Hulse  Mrs  Frances 

Hutton  Rev.  Peter  (Roman  Catholic), 

principal  of  Ratcliffe  College 
Mayor  Rev.  Joseph,  Rectory 
Measures  Wm.  shoemkr.  and  lock-kpr. 


Parr  Thomas  Carter,  Esq.  {removing 

to  Belgrcwe  Grange) 
Walker  Charles,  blacksmith 

Warner  Robert ;  h 


FARMERS       AND 
GRAZIERS. 

Astill  Richard 

Cory  Thomas 

Glover  John,  Car- 
thagena  House 

Neal  James,  Hum- 
ble Farm 

Reeves  George 

Smith  Rt.  Edwin, 
Gossington  Lodge 

Ward  Jonathan 


Leicester 
Wright  John,  Rye- 
field  Lodge 

SHOrKEEPEBS. 

Brown  Mary 
Parsons  Ann 

CABBIE  B. 

Hugh  Marshall  to 
Leicester,  Wed. 
Sat.  and  Lough- 
borough, Thurs. 


CROXTON  (SOUTH)  is  a  pleasant  village,  on  an  acclivity,  on  the 
north  side  of  a  rivulet,  9  miles  E.N.E.  of  Leicester,  and  8  miles  S.S.W. 
of  Melton  Mowbray;  and  has  in  its  parish  311  inhabitants  and  1583 
acres  of  land,  chiefly  clay,  and  the  ground  diversified  and  well- wooded. 
It  is  in  two  manors,  called  Upper-end  and  Nether-end,  and  Edwyn  Bur- 
naby,  Esq.,  is  lord  of  the  former,  and  G.  W.  Johnstone,  Esq.,  of  the 
latter ;  but  part  of  the  soil  belongs  to  W.  A.  Pochin,  Esq.,  E.  H.  Cheney, 
Esq.,  Mr.  Wm.  Clifford,  aud  a  few  smaller  freeholders.  The  Abbey  of 
Croxton  Xenial  had  lands  here,  and  a  small  portion  of  the  parish  is  in 
the  Peculiar  of  Rothley.  The  Church  (St.  John)  is  an  ancient  fabric, 
consisting  of  a  nave,  aisles,  chancel,  porch,  and  tower.  The  latter  con- 
tains four  bells,  and  is  surmounted  by  a  spire.  The  benefice  is  a  rec- 
tory, valued  in  KB.  at  £8.  3s.  4d.,  and  now  at  J130.  The  glebe  is 
115a.,  mostly  allotted  in  lieu  of  tithes,  at  the  enclosure  in  1794.  The 
Duke  of  Rutland  is  patron,  and  the  Rev.  John  Ferdinando  Wilkinson, 
B.A.,  is  the  incumbent.  The  Primitive  Methodists  have  a  chapel  in  the 
village,  built  in  1857  ;  and  here  also  is  a  Sunday  school.  The  poor  have 
the  following  yearly  doles,  viz. : — About  £2±  from  Woollaston's  Charity 
(see  Lowesby)  for  clothing  ;  a  rent-charge  of  10s.,  left  by  the  Rev.  Paul 
Balguy  ;  and  the  rent  of  four  small  tenements,  purchased  in  1802  with 
.£'35,  left  by  Henry  Mowbray  and  other  donors. 

Post  Office  at  Thomas  Lines'.     Letters  arrive  from  Syston  at  11  morning, 
and  are  despatched  at  3  afternoon. 


Burton  Thomas,  parish  clerk 
Cooper  Edward,  baker  aud  shopkeeper 
Frishy  Mrs  Harriet  |]  Lowe  Mrs  Sarah 
Leather] and  Thos.  smith  &  vict.  Fleece 
Morley  Ann,  schoolmistress 
Randell  Ann,  infant  school 
Tuunicliff  Joseph,  tailor 
Underwood  Joseph,  tailor  and  draper 
Ward  Mrs  Catherine 
Wittrick  William,  grocer 

FARMERS  AND  GRAZIERS. 
Duffin  George  |]  Kirk  Thoma3 
Humphrey  William  Edward,  Grange 


Kilby  Felix  (and  shopkeeper) 

Kirk  Arthur  Stokes 

Lowe  Thomas  Foster 

Nuttall  William  ||  Leatherland  John 

Talbott  Mary  ||  Ward  John 

Walpole  William  (and  beerhouse) 


SHOEMAKERS. 

Smith  Edward 
Squires  Elijah 
Swift  Thomas 

WHEELWRIGHTS. 

Smith  Edward  and 
Matthew 


CARRIER. 

Swift  John  ,toMel- 
tonTuesday,and 
Leicester  Satur- 
day 


DALBY  MAGNA,  or  Great  Daley,  is  situated  on  the  banks  and 
near  the  source  of  a  rivulet,  3£  miles  S.  of  Melton  Mowbray,  and  its 
parish  contains  481  inhabitants  and  2292  acres  of  land,  mostly  a  strong 


DALEY   MAGNA   PARISH. 


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clay,  and  the  surface  hilly.  Sir  Robert  Burdett,  Bart.,  owns  most  of  the 
soil,  and  is  lord  of  the  manor,  impropriator  of  the  rectory,  and  patron  of 
the  Church  (St.  Swithin)  which  is  an  ancient  edifice,  consisting  of  a  nave, 
chancel,  south  aisle,  and  square  tower,  the  latter  containing  five  bells. 
It  was  repewed  and  otherwise  improved  in  1847.  The  south  aisle  is 
separated  by  two  broad  arches,  and  the  windows  have  square  heads. 
The  benefice  is  a  discharged  vicarage,  valued  in  K.B.  at  ,£8.  4s.  7d.,  and 
now  at  £235.  The  Rev.  Wm.  Lancelot  Rolleston,  B.A.,  of  Scraptoft,  is 
the  incumbent,  and  has  here  one  acre  of  glebe,  and  a  good  residence,  built 
in  1843,  and  now  occupied  by  the  Rev.  John  Fox,  M.A.,  the  curate.  The 
living  was  augmented  with  .£200  of  Q.A.B.  in  1780.  The  manor  has 
been  called  Chakundalbi  and  Dolby  Schaucombe,  and  has  been  held  by 
various  families.  In  the  15th  century  it  was  held  by  the  Mowbrays, 
Dukes  of  Norfolk,  from  whom  it  passed  to  the  Berkeley s.  In  1778,  Sir 
Charles  Sedley  sold  it  to  Sedley  Burdett,  and  it  passed  to  its  present 
owner  from  the  late  Sir  Francis  Burdett,  Bart.  The  parish  was  enclosed 
in  1753,  and  the  tithes  were  commuted  in  1840 — the  vicarial  for 
£235.  Is.  Gd.,  and  the  rectorial  for  £49.  8s.  Od.  per  annum.  The  Wes- 
leyans  have  a  chapel  here,  built  in  1846.  The  Notional  School  was  built 
on  the  Green  in  1840,  but  was  removed  to  its  present  situation  in  1844. 
For  teaching  four  poor  children  to  read,  the  master  has  £2.  7s.  yearly 
from  the  dividends  of  £105  new  3£  per  cents.,  purchased  with  .£100,  left 
by  Thos.  Bunney,  in  1804.  The  remainder  of  the  dividends  are  dispensed 
in  a  weekly  distribution  of  bread  to  the  poor,  who  have  also  10s.  a-year, 
left  by  Thos.  Hurst,  and  paid  by  the  Corporation  of  Grantham.  Post 
from  Melton  at  8  morning,  returning  at  5  afternoon. 

Buddon  Ann,  schoolmistress  carpenters. 

Cluer  William,  blacksmith  Meays  William 

Foster  Isaac,  police  constable  Pepper  Jonathan 
Fox  Rev.  John,  M.A.  incumbt.  of  Kirby    Sharpe  George 

Bellars,  and  curate  of  Great  Dalby       farmers  &  grzrs. 

Martin  Thomas,  tailor  Adcock  Thomas 

Sharp  Mrs  Mary  Ann  (landowner)  Fisher  Joseph 

Soames  Mrs  Mary  Ann  Fisher  Thos.  Wm. 

Walker  George,  corn  miller  Gunn  Robert 

Warner  John,  wheelwright  Lloyd  William 

Wartnaby  John,  Esq.  Parker  William 

INNS  AND  TAVERNS.  Sharpe  John 

Malt  Shovel,  John  Digby  Walker  Tidd  John 

Royal  Oak,  William  Measures  Walker  Luke 


Walker  William 
Wartnaby  John  (& 

owner) 
Wilford  Andrew 
Williamson  Mary 

shoemakers. 
Goodman  John 
Gould  John 
Rose  George 

SHOPKEEPERS. 

Cluer  Joseph 
Goodman  John 
Rollings  John  (and 
baker) 


DALBY-on-tiie-WOLDS,  or  OLD  DALBY,  is  a  village  in  a  pic- 
turesque dale,  encompassed  by  some  of  the  highest  of  the  Wold  hills, 
which  bound  the  Vale  of  Belvoir,  6  miles  W.N.W.  of  Melton  Mow- 
bray, and  10  miles  E.  by  N.  of  Loughborough.  Its  parish  contains 
3047a.  2r.  20p.  of  land,  and  359  inhabitants,  and  is,  ecclesiastically,  a 
Peculiar  Jurisdiction  of  the  lord  of  the  manor;  but  no  officers  have  been 
appointed  for  it  of  late  years.  (See  page  51.)  Mrs.  Hay,  Mr.  J.  Orson, 
Mr.  Sykes,  and  a  few  smaller  owners,  have  estates  in  the  parish,  but  the 
greater  part  of  the  soil,  with  the  manorial  rights,  belongs  to  the  Rev. 
W.  G-.  Sawyer,  M.A.,  who  is  also  impropriator  and  patron  of  the 
Church  (Saint  John),  which  is  a  donative,  valued  at  only  £40,  and 
was  rebuilt  by  him  in  1835,  at  the  cost  of  nearly  .£5000,  so  that  it  is  now 
a  handsome  structure,  consisting  of  a  nave,  chancel,  aisles,  and  tower ; 
the  latter  containing  four  bells.  In  1837,  he  erected  a  Chapel  of  Ease  at 
Six  Hills,  at  the  west  end  of  the  parish,  at  the  cost  of  £500,  and  service 


604 


DALBY-ON-THE-WOLDS. 


is  performed  there  on  Sunday  afternoons ;  and  in  185?  he  built  here  a  com- 
modious parsonage  house,  which  is  now  occupied  by  the  Rev.  Robt.  Coal- 
bank,  the  incumbent.  He  has  also  much  improved  the  village,  by  erecting 
neat  houses  and  cottages  on  the  sites  of  old  ones,  and  has  expended 
upwards  of  .£1000  in  improving  his  occasional  seat,  called  Dalby 
Hall,  which  is  a  large  stone  mansion,  with  tasteful  pleasure  grounds, 
and  was  the  residence  of  the  late  Admiral  Sir  Herbert  Sawyer,  K.G.B. 
The  parish  is  noted  for  its  Stilton  Cheese,  and  its  farmers  have  usually 
as  many  as  300  milch  cows.  The  soil  is  mostly  a  clayey  loam,  and  the 
surface  hilly,  rising  into  some  of  the  boldest  elevations  of  the  Wolds, 
especially  near  the  line  of  the  Roman  Fosse- way,  at  Six  Hills,  more 
than  2J  miles  S.W.  of  the  village,  where  there  are  several  tumuli,  and 
where  the  Willoughby  rivulet  has  its  source,  and  six  parishes  unite,  one 
of  which  is  Willoughby,  the  Roman  Vernometum,  in  Nottinghamshire, 
which  bounds  this  parish  on  the  north  and  west.  In  the  village  are 
schools,  for  boys  and  girls,  built  between  the  years  1830  and  1834,  and 
supported  by  the  Rev.  W.  G-.  Sawyer.  All  the  children  of  the  parish  are 
admitted  as  free  scholars ;  and  those  from  the  adjoining  parishes  pay  2d. 
each  per  week.  A  large  Missionary  Meeting  has  been  held  at  Six  Hills 
yearly  since  1841,  and  is  generally  attended  by  upwards  of  500  people, 
who  partake  of  tea,  &c.  The  Poor's  Close,  said  to  have  been  given  by 
Sir  A.  Noel,  comprises  4a.  3r.,  let  for  about  £Q  a  year,  which  is  distri- 
buted by  the  churchwardens  among  the  poor  parishioners,  who  have  also 
the  interest  of  £75,  left  by  Francis  Bowater,  in  1814,  and  distributed  in 
stockings.  The  manor  has  been  called  Dalby  sujier  Maleas,  and  was 
given  in  the  twelfth  century,  by  the  Earl  of  Leicester,  to  the  Knights 
Hospitallers.  In  1543,  it  was  granted  to  Sir  A.  Noel,  whose  son  sold  it 
to  the  Duke  of  Buckingham,  one  of  whose  successors  sold  it  to  Judge 
Jeffreys,  who  conveyed  it  to  Sir  Charles  Duncombc.  Some  of  the  farm- 
houses are  dispersed  on  the  Wolds  ;  and  in  the  parish  is  a  chalybeate 
spring.  Part  of  the  manor  formerly  belonged  to  the  Earl  of  Bad  nor,  in 
right  of  his  lady;  and  he  presented  to  Nether  Broughton  church  a 
"  paten  and  chalice  of  silver,"  of  exquisite  taste  and  design,  as  appears 
by  an  engraving  in  Nichols's  History  of  the  County.  The  Wesley  an  s  have 
a  chapel  here,  which  was  built  in  1805.    Post  from  Melton  Mowbray. 


Allen  Robert,  joiner  and  wheelwright 

Asher  Joseph,  corn  miller 

Biddies  George,  butcher 

Coalbank  Rev.  Robt.  iucbt.  Parsonage 

Goodacre  Robert,  tailor 

Johnson  Rohert,  shopkeeper 

Marriott  Henry,  shopkeeper 

Marriott  Sarah,  victualler,  Plough 

Pratt  Miss  Sarah 

Spong  William,  blacksmith 

Turner  Elizabeth,  victualler,  Crown 

Woodford  William,  joiner,  &c. 

FAEMEKS  &  GRAZIERS. 

Asher  Joseph         |  Brewtnall  William 


Bryans    William, 

Six  Hills 
Burroughs  Isaac 
Gill  John  Waito 
Hill  Thomas 
Howard  John 
Howard  Thomas 
Jalland  Sarah 
Johnson  John 
Marriott  Edward 
Marriott  Rohert 
Orson  James 
Tuckwood  William 

Hawley 


Woodford  Adam 
Woodford  John 

SHOEMAKERS. 

Copley  John 
Lockton   Thomas, 
and  parish  clerk 
Perkins  John 

CARRIERS. 

George  Bonser  and 
Eliz. Marriott,  to 
Melton,  Nottgm. 
and  Loughboro' 
on  market  days. 


FBISBY-on-tiie-WREAK,  4  miles  W.  by  S.  of  Melton,  is  a  village 
and  fertile  parish  on  the  south  side  of  the  navigable  river  Wreak,  con- 
taining 424  inhabitants  and  1429  acres  of  land,  chiefly  clay.  In  the 
village  is  an  ancient  stone  cross,  with  ornamental  mouldings,  standing 
on  three  steps ;  and  at  Frisby  Hags  is  another  shaft,  on  four  circular 
steps,  commonly  called  Stump  Cross.    The  parish  was  enclosed  in  1760, 


FMSBY-ON-THE-WKEAK. 


605 


when  the  tithes  were  commuted.  Lord  Scarsdale  is  lord  of  the  manor, 
but  a  great  part  of  the  soil  belongs  to  Joseph  Hames,  Esq.,  Mrs.  Sarah 
Harby,  Messrs.  T.  and  H.  Black,  Mr.  Thomas  Hartopp,  Mr.  Wing,  and 
others.  Launde  Priory  had  land  here,  and  the  manor  has  been  held  by 
various  families.  The  Church  (St.  Thomas-a-Becket)  has  a  tower,  spire, 
and  three  bells,  and  was  thoroughly  restored  in  1851,  at  a  cost  of  £1500, 
raised  by  subscription.  The  living  is  a  discharged  vicarage,  valued  in 
K.B.  at  £7.  16s.  8d.,  and  now  at  .£210,  having  a  yearly  tithe  rent-charge 
of  £'30,  and  33a.  of  glebe  here,  23a.  at  Asfordby,  and  two  houses  and  2a. 
of  land  in  Melton.  The  Lord  Chancellor  is  patron,  and  the  Rev.  Win. 
Jones,  M.A.,  incumbent.  The  Vicarage  House  was  improved  in  1842, 
at  a  cost  of  £350.  The  National  School  was  built  in  1854,  and  is  sup- 
ported by  subscription.  The  Syston  and  Peterborough  Railway  crosses 
the  Wreak,  near  the  water  mill,  by  a  long  wooden  viaduct,  and  has  a 
station  close  to  the  village.  Here  is  a  Wesleyan  Chapel,  built  in  1822. 
Briggss  Hospital,  founded  and  endowed  by  Judith  Briggs,  in  1718,  has 
been  recently  pulled  down.  It  was  an  old,  decayed  building,  and  was 
intended  for  the  residence  of  six  poor  old  maids  or  widows,  but  had  not 
been  used  for  the  reception  of  the  objects  of  the  charity  since  1774.  The 
endowment  consists  of  a  farm  of  48a.  Ik.  8p.,  at  Colston  Bassett,  which 
yields  a  clear  income  of  £00  per  annum ;  and  the  site  of  the  old  Hospital, 
which  is  now  let  for  £4  a-year.  The  present  trustees  are  J.  M.,  J.  H., 
and  L.  Wingfield,  Esqrs.,  the  Rev.  J.  H.  Fludyer,  and  Major- General 
Fludyer  ;  but  the  charity  is  now  in  abeyance,  being  under  the  considera- 
tion of  the  Charity  Commissioners,  who  will  probably  ere  long  issue  a 
new  scheme  for  its  management.  The  poor  parishioners  have  the  inte- 
rest of  £55,  left  by  Henry  Loclcett,  in  1790  ;  and  the  interest  of  £20,  left 
by  Ann  Simpson,  in  1825,  is  applied  in  schooling  poor  children. 

Post  Office  at  William  Whittaker's.     Letters  arrive  from  Leicester  at  1\ 
morning,  and  are  despatched  at  h\  afterneon. 


Black  Wm.  gent.  ||  Chester  Mr  Win. 
Brown  William,  saddler,  &c. 
Crofts  John,  gardener  and  seedsman 
Foister  Charles,  baker 
Greasley  Miss  Eliz.  ||  Hardy  Mr  Jas. 
Greaves  Elizabeth,  corn  miller 
Hartopp  Mr  Thcs.  |j  Johnson  Mr  Hy. 
Jones  Rev.  Wm.  M.A.  vicar,  Vicarage 
Knapp  Mr  Wm.  |]  Walker  Mrs  Maria 
Paulson  Edward  and  Ellen, Natl.  School 
Pearson  Henry,  parish  clerk 
Thompson  John,  station  master 
Ward  James,  vict.  Blue  Bell 
Whait  Edward,  bricklayer 
Whait  Elizabeth,  vict.  Black  Horse 
Whil  taker    Wiiliam    and    Anthony, 
saddlers,  &c. 


BLACKSMITHS. 

Black  William 
Pearson  George 


BUTCHERS. 

Knapp  William 
Wallin  Francis 


FARMERS  &  CRAZRS. 

*  are  Oicners. 
Berridge  John, and 

maltster 
Black  Thomas 
♦Black  Thos.jun. 
Bryan s  James 
*Flavi!l  Henry 
Garner  Thomas 
Knapp  Solomon 
*  MackleyJno.N<ni? 

York  Farm 
Rodwell  Thomas 
Rodwell  William 

JOINERS. 

Long  William 
Pearson    Matthew 
(&  wheelwright) 
Pym  Frank 
Ward  John 


SHOEMAKERS. 

Palmer  James 
Walker  Joseph 

SHOPKEEPERS. 

Haines  Thomas 
Ward  John 
Ward  Robert 
Whait  Elizabeth 

TAILORS. 

Hives  Timothy 
Marriott  William 
Ward  James 

RAILWAY 

Trains  to  all  parts 
sev.  times  a-day 

CARRIERS 

To  Leicester  Wed. 
S&L&MeltonTs. 
Hornbuck  Joseph 
Marriott  Joseph 


GADDESBY,  a  village  and  parish,  on  the  north  side  of  a  rivulet,  6 
miles  S.W.  of  Melton  Mowbray,  and  9  miles  N.E.  of  Leicester,  has  341 
inhabitants,  and  1G24  acres  of  land.  It  is  in  the  Peculiar  of  Bothley. 
(See  page  51.)  The  trustees  of  the  late  Sir  James  Parker,  Kt,  are  lords 
of  the  manor,  which  was  purchased,  about  20  years  ago,  from  the  Trus- 
tees of  the  late  T.Babington,  Esq. ;  but  a  great  part  of  the  parish  belongs 


606 


GADDESBY   PARISH. 


to  E.  H.  Cheney,  Esq. ;  Isaac  Harrison,  Esq. ;  Messrs.  Jas.  Messenger, 
T.  B.  Saunt,  and  W.  K.  Hardy,  the  poor  of  Coventiy,  and  several  smaller 
proprietors.  Mr.  Messenger  owns  and  occupies  the  Manor  House  ; 
and  the  manorial  rights  have  been  claimed  by  his  family  since  1825, 
when  they  are  said  to  have  been  purchased  from  Edw.  King,  Esq.,  of 
Earl  Shilton;  Paske  Hall,  the  seat  of  E.  H.  Cheney,  Esq.,  is  a  large 
brick  mansion,  with  octagonal  wings,  in  a  small  park,  near  the  village. 
The  parish  was  enclosed  in  1C55,  when  the  tithes  were  commuted.  The 
Church  is  an  ancient  structure,  with  a  tower,  spire,  and  three  bells ;  and 
the  living  is  a  curacy,  with  40a.  of  glebe,  annexed  to  the  vicarage  of  Roth- 
ley,  (see  p.  500,)  in  the  incumbency  of  the  Hev.  H.  J.  Shackleton,  M.A. 
A  day  and  Sunday  school,  supported  by  subscription,  is  held  in  part  of 
the  church,  and  a  reading  room  and  library  are  in  connection  with  it. 
The  Weslcyans  have  a  chapel  in  the  village,  built  in  1837,  and  enlarged 
in  1818.  Wm.  Chamberlain,  in  1672,  left  .£500  for  augmenting  four  poor 
benefices,  and  £30  for  apprenticing  a  poor  boy  of  this  parish,  to  be  vested 
in  land  for  these  purposes.  The  land  purchased  comprises  20a.  at 
Barsby,  let  for  £33,  of  which  £5  belong  to  this  parish  for  apprentice 
fees.  A  legacy  of  £80,  left  by  Ellinor  Cooke,  in  1079,  was  laid  out  in 
the  purchase  of  the  Poor's  Close,  11a.  3r.,  now  let  for  £22.  15s.,  which  is 
distributed  on  St.  Thomas's  day,  among  the  poor  not  receiving  parochial 
relief.  The  Play  Close,  1a.,  was  given  by  the  late  Colonel  Cheney,  in 
exchange  for  1r.  2 5 p.,  which  had  belonged  to  the  poor  from  an  early 
period,  but  now  forms  part  of  the  lawn  of  Paske  Hall.  £25,  left  by  Win. 
Sutherington,  in  1783,  has  been  expended  in  distributions  to  the  poor. 
Post  Office  at  Wm.  Whaite's.     Letters  from  Melton. 


Baukarfc  Samuel  Tuffley,  gentleman 
Beasley  Misses  Mary  and  Fanny 
Bland  Charles,  schoolmr.  &  bookkpr. 
Bonslior  William,  bricklayer 
Brown  James,  butcher 
Brown  John,  parish  clerk 
Cheney  Edw.  Henshaw,  Esq.PasJce  HI. 
Cook  Jas.  wheelwgt.  |j  Cox  Wm.  joiner 
Foster  William,  blacksmith 
Mason  Henry,  vict.  Malt  Shovel 
Montgomery  Fras.  Wm.  gentleman 
Rose  William,  victualler,  Gate 
Smith  William,  joiner  and  cooper 
Whaite  Thomas,  tailor 

cowkeepers.       I  Greaves  Samuel, 


Carr  Thomas 


(and  baker) 


Hardy  William 
Moore  John 
Stannage  Sarah 

FARMERS  &  GRZRS. 

Brown  John 
Dexter  Geo.  Gad- 

desby  Lodge 
FostexThs. Grange 
Hardy  Wm.  Heich, 

The  Villa 
Mason  Henry 
Messenger  James, 

Manor  House 
Needham  Sarah 
North  Mary  Ann 


Smith  John 
Smith  William 
Swift  William 
Underwood  Wm. 

GROCERS. 

Carr  Robert 
Whaite  William 

SHOEMAKERS. 

Payne  Samuel 
Stannage  William 

CARRIER. 

Mason   Henry,  to 
Melton,  Tues.  & 


GRIMSTON,  or  Grimstone,  a  small  village  and  parish,  on  the  southern 
declivity  of  the  Wold  hills,  5£  miles  W.N.W.  of  Melton  Mowbray,  has 
190  inhabitants  and  999a.  Or.  22p.  of  land,  chiefly  clay,  and  the  ground 
hilly.  The  Earl  of  Aylesford  is  lord  of  the  manor,  but  part  of  the  soil 
belongs  J.  Bishop,  Esq.,  Mrs.  Williamson,  the  Executors  of  Mr.  J. 
Austin,  and  a  few  other  proprietors.  The  parish  was  enclosed  in  1705, 
and  belongs  ecclesiastically  to  the  Peculiar  of  Rothley.  (See  p.  51.) 
The  Church  (St.  John)  is  an  ancient  Gothic  fabric,  with  a  tower  and 
three  bells  ;  and  the  living  is  a  donative,  in  the  patronage  of  the  vicar  of 
Rothley,  and  incumbency  of  the  Rev.  John  Wilson,  of  Broughton  Sid- 
ney. It  is  valued  at  £05,  and  has  41a.  1r.  Ip.  of  glebe,  mostly  allotted 
in  lieu  of  tithes,  at  the  enclosure.  It  was  augmented,  in  1791  and  1810, 
with  £400  of  Queen  Anne's  Bounty.  The  Church  Land,  5a.  Or.  35p.,  let 


GRIMSTON   PARISH. 


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for  .£12,  was  awarded  at  the  same  time.  The  School  is  supported  by  sub- 
scription, to  which  the  Earl  of  Aylesford  gives  <£5  per  annum.  For  teach- 
ing a  few  poor  children  of  Grimston  and  Shoby,  the  mistress  has  £2. 10s. 
a  year  from  Stevens  s  Charity.  (See  Saxelby.)  On  the  village  green,  a 
sycamore  tree  was  planted,  Dec.  31st,  1815,  in  commemoration  of  the 
present  Earl  of  Aylesford  coming  of  age.  The  small  Wcsleyan  Chapel 
here  was  built  in  1839.     Post  from  Melton  Mowbray. 


Burton  Mary,  schoolmistress 
Fryer  Stephen,  shopkeeper 
Gamble  Charles,  shopkr.  &  par.  elk. 
Gamble  George,  joiner,  &c. 
Hill  Asher,  blacksmith 
Hill  John,  vict.  Black  Horse 
Hollingshead  Reuben,  draper 


Perkins  Jasper,  shoemaker 

FARMERS  AND  GRAZIERS. 


Austin  William 
Gilson  Samuel 
Hemsley  John 
Moffatt  John 
Sharpe  Samuel 


Shelton  William 
Stockwell  Henry 
Tyres  George 

I  Whitaker  William 

I 


HOBY,  a  village  and  parish,  on  the  north  side  of  the  navigable  river 
Wreak,  G  miles  W.  by  S.  of  Melton  Mowbray,  has  369  inhabitants, 
and  1601a.  2r.  32p.  of  land,  rising  boldly  from  the  river,  and  having  a 
mixed  soil  of  clay  and  gravel.  Thos.  Paget,  Esq.,  is  lord  of  the  manor, 
which  has  been  variously  spelt  Hobie  and  HolbrooJc,  and  has  been  held 
by  various  families,  the  last  of  whom  were  the  Villiers  and  Hentons. 
Part  of  the  soil  belongs  to  the  Duchess  of  Sforza,  Lord  Alfred  Paget,  A. 
Lafargue,  Esq.,  Thos.  Simpkin,  Esq.,  Mr.  Thos.  Willows,  Mr.  Jas.  Cart, 
and  several  smaller  owners.  The  parish  was  enclosed  in  1760.  The 
Church  (All  Saints)  was  repaired  in  1812,  and  has  a  tower,  containing  a 
clock  and  four  bells,  and  surmounted  by  a  spire.  The  living  is  a  rectory, 
valued  in  KB.  at  .£22.  8s.  5d.,  and  now  at  .£800,  with  that  of  Rotherby 
annexed  to  it.  Mrs.  A.  Beresford  is  patroness,  and  the  Rev.  Gilbert 
Beresford,  M.A.,  is  the  incumbent,  and  has  here  a  good  residence  and 
240a.  of  glebe.  He  has  also  35a.  at  Rotherby,  and  4a.  at  Thrussington. 
Here  is  a  small  Wesleyan  Chapel,  built  in  1832  ;  and  also  National  and 
Infant  Schools,  established  in  1842.  The  sum  of  £83.  6s.  8d.,  given  by 
Catherine  Gregory,  Sir  Win.  Villiers  (£50),  and  others,  for  schooling  and 
apprenticing  poor  children,  was  laid  out  in  1792,  in  the  purchase  of 
3a.  1r.  8p.,  at  Long  Clawson,  now  let  for  £9  a-year.  The  schoolmaster 
has  also  the  interest  of  £20,  left  bw  Mrs.  Simpson,  in  1822.  The  poor 
of  Hoby  have  6s.  a  year  out  of  the  Poor's  Close  at  Over  Broughton, 
left  by  an  unknown  donor.  The  Church  Land,  2a.  2r.  2p.,  in  Austrean 
Meadow,  was  awarded  at  the  enclosure,  and  is  let  for  about  .£12  a-year. 
Broohesby  Station,  on  the  Syston  and  Peterborough  Railway,  is  about  a 
mile  south  of  Ploby. 

Post   Office   at  James   Gardiner's.      Letters  arrive   from  Leicester  at  9| 
morning,  and  are  despatched  at  5  afternoon. 

Addy  George,  lock  keeper  butchers.  shoemakers. 

Barker  Rev.  John  Collier,  B.A.  curate  Wilson  Robert  Jordan  John 

Beresford  Rev.  Geo.  G\\htM..K.Rectory  Wilson  Robt.  jun.  Kirby  John 

Dyer  Robert,  schoolmaster  farmers  &  grzrs.  shopkeepers. 

Gardner  James,  postmaster  Beeby  William  Oswin  Thomas 

Henson  Isaac,  cooper  (91  years  old)  Cart  James  Ward  Thomas 

Henson  Isaac,  baker  aud  grocer  Henton  Barfoot  wheelwrights. 

Henson  Wm.  cooper  &  vict.  Blue  Bell  Vernon  Shield  William 

Hickling  Mary,  vict.  Rutland  Arms  Lacey  Thomas  Squires  Joseph 

Lacey  Mrs  M.  A.  ||  Simpkin  Mrs  Mary  Simpkin  Thomas  carriers. 

Matthews  Jesse,  parish  clerk  Henton  Thomas  Ward  and 

Worrall  Charles,  blacksmith  Wilson  Robt.  jun.  'Thos.  Oswin,  to 

Wood  William  Le'ster  &  Lo'bro 


608  EAST   GOSCOTE   HUNDEED. 

HUMBERSTONE,  or  Humberston,  a  pleasant  village,  on  a  declivity 
north  of  a  small  rivulet,  2£  miles  E.  by  N.  of  Leicester,  has  in  its  parish 
550  inhabitants,  and  about  1600  acres  of  land,  partly  clay,  and  partly 
loam  and  gravel.  It  has  been  variously  spelt  Humerstane  and  Hubstayn. 
Being  one  of  the  numerous  manors  granted  by  the  Conqueror  to  Hugh 
de  Grentemaisnell,  it  was  held  as  parcel  of  the  honor  of  Leicester,  in 
1474,  by  Sir  Wm.  Hesilrigge.  Part  of  it  was  held  by  Leicester  and 
Croxton  Abbeys.  Wm.  A.  Pochin,  Esq.,  is  now  lord  of  the  manor, 
which  was  purchased  by  his  family  in  1750,  but  a  great  part  of  the  soil 
belongs  to  Thomas  Paget,  Wm.  W.  Tailby,  E.  B.  Hartopp,  Thos.  Allen, 
Halford  Adcock,  and  Wm.  A.  Kendall,  Esqrs.,  and  several  smaller 
owners,  one  of  whom  is  Mr.  Wm.  Hawes,  whose  family  has  resided  here 
more  than  two  centuries.  The  Church  (St.  Mary)  comprises  nave  with 
aisles,  clerestory,  chancel,  vestry,  south  porch,  tower,  and  spire.  The 
tower,  which  contains  five  bells,  is  of  the  geometrical  period,  and  consists 
of  four  stages.  The  upper  stage  has  windows  of  two  lights  each,  and 
the  parapet  is  ornamented  with  figures  of  men  and  animals.  The  spire 
is  low  and  octagonal,  and  is  lighted  by  quatrefoil  lights  on  each  side. 
The  principal  entrance  to  the  church  is  by  a  plain  recessed  doorway 
under  the  tower,  and  over  it  is  a  small  quatrefoil  window,  filled  with 
stained  glass,  at  the  expense  of  Halford  Adcock,  Esq.  The  south  porch 
is  lighted  by  a  quatrefoil  window  on  each  side,  and  the  corbel  table  is 
enriched  with  the  tooth  ornament  and  the  four  leaved  flower.  The 
chancel  is  in  the  geometrical  style  of  architecture,  and  is  fitted  with  stalls 
having  carved  finials.  Like  the  rest  of  the  church  it  is  lighted  by 
appropriately  designed  corona).  Over  the  communion  table  is  a  window 
of  three  lights,  filled  with  stained  glass,  by  Hardman,  of  Birmingham,  at 
the  cost  of  E.  B.  Hartopp,  Esq.,  M.P.,  representing  the  Ascension  of 
Our  Lord  into  Heaven.  On  the  north  side  of  the  chancel  is  another 
three-light  window,  also  filled  with  stained  glass,  depicting  the  Resur- 
rection, the  Raising  of  Lazarus,  and  the  Raising  to  Life  of  the  Son  of 
the  Widow  of  Nairn.  On  a  brass  beneath  it  is  the  following  inscription : — 
"  This  window  has  been  inserted  as  an  offering  to  the  House  of  God, 
and  a  memorial  to  the  Rev.  John  Dudley,  M.A.,  sometime  Fellow  of 
Clare  College,  Cambridge,  and  47  years  one  of  Her  Majesty's  Justices 
of  the  Peace  for  the  County  of  Leicester.  For  02  years  he  fulfilled  the 
duties  of  Vicar  of  this  parish,  and  for  a  period  of  Gl  years  held  the 
vicarage  of  Sileby,  in  this  county.  He  was  the  eldest  son  of  the  Rev. 
John  Dudley,  also  vicar  of  this  parish  35  years,  and  grandson  of  the 
Rev.  Paul  Dudley,  likewise  vicar  of  this  parish  45  years.  He  was  the 
author  of  several  learned  works,  and  a  kind  and  liberal  friend  to  the 
poor.  This  church  was  re-pewed  by  him  in  the  year  1850.  He  died 
January  7th,  1856,  in  the  94th  year  of  his  age."  On  the  south  side  of 
the  chancel  there  is  another  stained  glass  window  of  three  lights,  repre- 
senting the  parable  of  the  Good  Samaritan.  It  was  erected  by  W.  A. 
Kendall,  Esq.,  in  memory  of  several  of  his  deceased  relatives.  The 
chancel  was  thoroughly  restored  in  1857-'8,  at  a  cost  of  .£800,  jointly 
contributed  by  E.  B.  Hartopp,  Esq.,  M.P.,  W.  A.  Kendall,  Esq.,  and  the 
late  Mr.  Benj.  Broadbent,  the  lay  impropriators.  At  the  same  time,  the 
nave  and  aisies  were  entirely  rebuilt  in  the  early  English  style,  at  a  cost 
of  about  £2000,  principally  given  by  Halford  Adcock,  Esq.  The  nave 
is  of  five  bays,  and  over  each  arch  a  text  of  scripture  is  painted.  The 
pillars  are  alternately  circular  and  clustered,  and  the  capitals  are  of 
alabaster,  beautifully  carved  to  represent  foliage.  The  small  pillars 
supporting  the  chancel  arch,  the  corbels  supporting  the  roof,  the  interior 
jambs  of  the  windows,,  and  the  lower  portion  of  the  walls  of  the  chancel, 


HUMBEESTONB    PARISH. 


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are  also  of  alabaster  procured  in  the  neighbourhood.  The  clerestory  has 
five  triple-lancet  windows  on  each  side,  and  the  roof,  which  is  open  to 
the  nave,  rests  on  carved  corbel  heads.  The  organ  is  placed  at  the  east 
end  of  the  south  aisle,  and  obstructs  the  view  of  a  somewhat  poor 
stained  glass  window.  The  font  is  at  the  west  end  of  the  same  aisle,  and 
is  of  marble,  circular  in  form,  and  ornamented  with  foliage.  The  nave 
and  aisles  are  filled  with  open  benches,  and  250  sittings  are  free.  The 
pulpit  and  reading-desk  stand  at  the  entrance  of  the  chancel;  and  the 
chancel  floor,  and  the  easternmost  bay  of  the  nave,  are  laid  with  encaustic 
tiles,  in  various  designs.  At  the  east  end  of  the  north  aisle  is  an  altar 
tomb,  ornamented  with  shields,  in  trefoil-headed  panels.  The  slab  on 
the  top  of  the  tomb  is  of  marble,  and  bears  an  incised  figure  of  a  man  in 
armour,  with  sword,  dagger,  &c,  and  his  feet  resting  on  a  dog.  Around 
the  edge  of  the  slab  is  a  Latin  inscription,  in  mediaeval  letters,  to  the 
memory  of  Richard  Hotoft,  who  died  in  1451.  This  monument  was 
restored  in  1852.  Here  are  also  several  mural  tablets  of  the  Dudley, 
Pares,  Tailby,  and  Taylor  families.  The  ancient  font,  which  was  very 
much  dilapidated,  has  been  repaired,  and  is  now  in  Mr.  Kendall's  garden. 
It  is  of  the  early  English  period,  the  basin  octagonal,  and  decorated 
with  panel  work.  The  church  was  formerly  appropriated  to  Leicester 
Abbey,  and  the  living  is  a  discharged  vicarage,  valued  in  K.B.  at  £&, 
and  now  at  .£200,  having  a  glebe  of  120a.,  allotted  in  lieu  of  tithes,  at 
the  enclosure  in  1788.  It  was  augmented,  in  1787,  with  £200  of  Q.A.B., 
and  .£200  given  by  Isaac  Dudley  and  Wm.  Stevens,  Esqrs.  The  Rev. 
Charles  Edward  Waller,  M.A.,  is  patron  and  incumbent,  and  has  a  good 
residence.  The  National  School  is  a  neat  building  of  brick,  with  stone 
dressings,  in  the  Tudor  style,  belonging  to  H.  Adcock,  Esq.,  who  built 
it  in  1857  at  a  cost  of  .£400.  It  is  attended  by  about  70  scholars,  and  is 
supported  by  subscription  and  the  children's  pence.  Here  are  two 
Wesleyan  Chapels,  built  in  1841  and  1851.  The  Church  and  Poor's 
Land,  comprising  an  orchard  of  1a.  2r.,  and  3k.  32 p.,  awarded  at  the 
enclosure,  is  let  for  .£12  per  annum.  Two  benefactions  to  the  poor> 
amounting  to  .£55,  are  lost.  The  parish  feast  is  on  the  Sunday  after 
the  19th  September. 

Post  Office  at  Edmund  Goddard's.     Letters  arrive  from  Leicester  at  eight 
morning,  and  are  dispatched  at  six  evening. 


Allen  John,  wine  mercht.  at  Leicester 
Bosworth  Mr  John  Allen 
Bradshaw  Joseph,  boot  &  shoe  maker 
Bryan  Mr  Frederick  Thomas 
Cam  all  Joseph,  blacksmith 
Goddard  Edmund,  parish  clerk 
Hall  Mr  William  ||  Hawes  Mr  William 
Lewis  William,  tailor 
Paget  Thomas,  Esq.  banker 
Paget  Thomas  Tertius,  Esq.  banker 
Sands  Maria,  schoolmistress 
Sargent  John  Richard,  schoolmaster 
Sheppard  Thos.  elk.  to  Blaby  Union, &c. 
Smith  Mr  Wm.  ||  Stephens  Mr  Wm. 
Taylor  Wm.  cotton  spinner,  Lodge 
Waller   Rev.    Charles   Edward,    M.A. 
vicar,  Vicarage 


INNS  AND  TAVERNS. 
Plough,  Charles  Kilby,  (and  baker) 
Windmill,  Joseph  Bent,  (and  baker) 


F. 


FARMERS  &  GRZRS. 

Bent  Joseph 
Coster  John 
Frost  Thomas 
Hawes  Geo.  E 
Haynes  Mrs 
Hincks  Richard  R. 
Kendall  Wm.Allen 
Kilby  Charles 
Kirby  Benjamin 

GARDENERS. 

Culverwell  John 
Draycott  William 
Underwood   Thos. 


Walker  George 

JOINERS. 

Blankley  Benj  amin 
Fewkes  George 

SHOPKEEPERS. 

Elliott  Joseph 
Pears  William 

CARRIERS 
To  Leicester,  Mon. 

Wed.  and  Sat. 
Culverwell  John 
Kilby  Chas.  Jph. 
Underwood  Thos. 


HUNGERTON  is  a  well-built  village,  on  rising  ground,  7  miles 
E.N.E.  of  Leicester,  and  10  miles  S.S.W.  of  Melton  Mowbray.     It  con- 

2q 


610  HUNGKEBTON   PARISH. 

tains  196  inhabitants,  and  its  manor  about  900  acres;  but  its  parish 
includes  also  the  hamlets  and  manors  of  Quenby,  in  this  Hundred ;  and 
Baggrave  and  Ingarsby,  in  Gartree  Hundred.  The  four  hamlets  main- 
tain their  poor  conjointly  as  one  township,  and  contain  together  302 
inhabitants,  and  about  3500  acres  of  land.  The  manor  of  Hungerton 
was  called  Hungretone,  at  the  Norman  Conquest,  when  it  was  granted 
to  Robert  de  Todenei.  It  afterwards  passed  to  various  families,  and 
part  of  it  was  given  to  Leicester  Abbey.  It  passed  in  marriage  with  one 
of  the  Ashbys  to  the  late  Sir  Thos.  Apreece,  Bart.  The  Rev.  Edward 
Quenby  Ashby,  of  Quenby  Hall,f  is  now  lord  of  the  manor ;  but  a  great 
part  of  the  soil  belongs  to  Edwyn  Burnaby,  Esq.,  of  Baggrave  Hall, 
Thos.  Miles,  Esq.,  and  a  few  smaller  proprietors.  The  soil  is  chiefly  clay 
and  mostly  rich  grazing  land.  The  Church,  (St.  John),  which  has  been 
restored  at  intervals  during  the  last  ten  years,  at  a  cost  of  i:1500,  prin- 
cipally contributed  by  the  late  Mrs.  Freeman,  daughter  of  Sir  Thomas 
Apreece,  Bart.,  is  a  neat  structure  with  a  lofty  spire  and  five  bells.  It 
has  a  nave,  chancel,  south  aisle,  and  porch,  and  the  latter  is  a  fine 
specimen  of  ancient  architecture,  in  good  preservation.  During  the 
restorations  five  beautiful  stained  glass  windows,  by  Hardman,  of 
Birmingham,  were  placed  in  the  church  ;  a  new  oak  pulpit,  and  reading 
desk,  and  open  benches,  were  fitted  up ;  an  organ  was  erected,  and  the 
building  was  entirely  re-roofed.  The  benefice  is  a  vicarage,  valued  in 
K.B.  at  £9.  8s.,  and  now  at  .-£320,  with  the  vicarage  of  Twyford,  and 
the  perpetual  curacy  of  Thorpe  Satchville  annexed  to  it.  It  is  in  the 
patronage  of  the  Rev.  E.  Q.  Ashby,  and  incumbency  of  the  Rev.  George 
Knight,  M.A.,  who  has  a  pleasant  and  commodious  residence,  with 
tasteful  shrubberies,  &c.  The  tithes  of  this  parish  were  commuted  at  the 
enclosure,  in  1762,  and  the  vicar  has  here  60  acres  of  glebe,  and  receives 
£8  per  annum  from  Ingarsby ;  but  Baggrave  being  extra-parochial,  was 
always  tithe  free,  though  united  with  Hungerton  for  the  support  of  the 
poor.  Here  is  a  Wesley  an  Chapel,  built  in  1845  ;  and  &  National  School 
is  about  to  be  erected.  The  parish  feast  is  on  the  Sunday  before  July 
6th.  The  poor  have  the  dividends  of  .£100  Three  per  Cent.  Stock, 
purchased  with  two  legacies  of  £50,  left  by  Shuckburgh  Ashby  and 
Hamlet  Clarke,  in  1665-'6.  Post  from  Leicester  at  10  morning,  return- 
ing at  4  afternoon. 


Ashby  Rev.Edw.  Quenby,  Quenby  Hall 

Burnaby  EdwyD,  Esq.  Baggrave  Hall 

Goodman  Elizabeth,  shopkeeper 

Greaves  William,  bricklayer 

Hill  Edward,  tailor 

Knight  Rev.  George,  M.A.  vicar  and 

rural  dean,  Vicarage 
Meadows  John,  shoemaker 
Rawson  Thomas,  police  constable 
Sharpe  Samuel,  wheelwright 
Wakerley  Mary,  shopkeeper 


FARMERS  AND  GRAZIERS. 
Breedon  John,  Neiv  Ingarsby 
Brooks  Henry,  (and  vict.  Black  Boy) 
Carver  William,  Old  Ingarsby 
Clifford  Ann  |J   Clifford  William 
Cocks  Thomas  ||  Lathbury  John 
Dixon  William,  (&  vict.  Ashby  Arms) 
Fox  William,  Ingarsby  Lodge 
Jones  Slaney,  Quenby  Lodge 
Shilcock  Thomas  ||   Sketchley  Robert 
Spittle  Elizabeth  ||   Stain  John 
Wakerley  Thomas 


Baggrave,  though  now  united  with  Hungerton  Parish,  is  an  extra- 
parochial  lordship,  forming  a  detached  member  of  Gartree  Hundred,  and 
situated  a  little  north  of  Hungerton,  7  miles  E.N.E.  of  Leicester.  It 
contains  26  inhabitants  and  800  acres  of  land,  and  is  the  sole  property 
and  manor  of  Edwyn  Burnaby,  Esq.,  of  Baggrave  Hall,  a  handsome 
mansion,  surrounded  by  beautiful  and  well-wooded  pleasure  grounds. 
The  hall  and  grounds  have  been  much  embellished  and  improved  by  the 


HUNGERTON    PABISH.  611 

present  proprietor,  and  the  former  contains  a  valuable  library,  and  a 
small  but  choice  collection  of  paintings,  which  were  partly  collected  by 
J.  Burnaby,  Esq.,  many  years  ambassador  and  minister  at  several  foreign 
courts ;  and  partly  by  the  present  owner  during  his  residence  in  Italy. 
Amongst  them  is  a  fine  landscape  by  Salvator  Rosa ;  also  a  fine  Guido, 
a  Canaletto,  and  a  Holy  Family  by  Ghirlandajo.  Baggrave  was  anciently 
possessed  by  the  Knights  Templar,  and  at  the  dissolution  of  Leicester 
Abbey,  was  presented  by  Henry  VIII.  to  Francis  Cave,  LL.D.  It  was 
purchased  in  1060,  by  John  Edtvyn,  Esq.,  whose  grandson,  of  the  same 
name,  rebuilt  the  hall.  The  only  daughter  and  heiress  of  the  latter, 
married  Andrew  Burnaby,  D.D.,  archdeacon  of  Leicester,  who  tvas  lineally 
descended  from  the  ancient  family  of  de  Burnabi,  of  Watford,  in  North- 
amptonshire, who  held  lands  at  Holt  and  Medbourne,  in  this  county, 
and  founded  a  small  priory  at  Bradley,  near  the  former  place,  in  1199. 
One  of  them,  Nicholas  de  Burnaby,  represented  Northamptonshire  in 
three  parliaments,  in  the  reign  of  Edward  III.  After  the  civil  wars,  they 
sold  their  property  in  Northamptonshire,  and  acquired  other  possessions 
in  this  county  and  Huntingdonshire.  Many  sepulchral  relics  have  been 
found  in  opening  the  ground  at  Baggrave,  and  some  of  them  were  pre- 
sented to  the  British  Museum,  by  Archdeacon  Burnaby.  They  were  all 
considered  to  have  belonged  to  Saxon  interments,  prior  to  the  8th  century. 
At  the  death  of  Archdeacon  Burnaby,  in  1814,  Baggrave  became  the 
property  of  his  eldest  son,  Edwyn  Andrew  Burnaby,  Esq.,  father  of  the 
present  owner. 

Ingarsby  is  a  hamlet  and  lordship,  in  Hungerton  parish,  but  in 
Gartrce  Hundred,  six  miles  E.  by  N.  of  Leicester.  It  contains  only  54 
inhabitants,  and  about  1200  acres  of  land,  all  the  property  of  Viscount 
Maynard,  the  lord  of  the  manor,  which  was  formerly  held  by  Leicester 
Abbey,  and  granted  at  the  dissolution  to  Sir  Bryan  Cave.  It  afterwards 
passed  to  Robert  Banister,  whose  daughter,  about  1640,  carried  it  in 
marriage  to  William,  Lord  Maynard.  In  1319,  John  Aungerville,  had  a 
grant  of  free  warren  here.  It  is  now  in  three  farms,  viz. : — Old  Ingarsby, 
occupied  by  Wm.  Carver ;  New  Ingarsby,  occupied  by  John  Breedon  ; 
and  Ingarsby  Lodge,  occupied  by  William  Fox.  The  old  hall,  once 
encompassed  by  a  moat,  has  been  many  years  occupied  merely  as  a 
farm-house,  and  still  contains  a  massive  and  richly  carved  oak  bedstead, 
said  to  be  the  same  on  which  Cardinal  Wolsey  died,  at  Leicester  Abbey. 
The  centre  window  of  the  east  front  retains  some  ancient  stained  glass, 
and  in  the  sitting  room  are  the  arms  of  Cave  and  Whalley,  carved  over 
the  fire  place,  and  dated  1579.  An  adjoining  building,  now  a  stable,  is 
supposed  to  have  been  a  chapel  before  the  Reformation,  and  there  are 
still  a  few  fragments  of  stained  glass  in  its  windows.  Skeletons,  coins, 
and  other  relics  have  often  been  found  here.  One  of  these  antiquities 
was  a  large  clasp,  supposed  to  have  been  worn  on  the  cloak  of  an 
Ancient  Briton. 

Quenby,  a  hamlet  and  manor  in  Hungerton  parish,  about  a  mile 
S.E.  of  the  church,  and  eight  miles  E.  by.  N.  of  Leicester,  has  only  26 
inhabitants,  and  about  600  acres  of  land,  mostly  a  strong  clay,  and  the 
ground  hilly  and  well- wooded.  It  is  the  property  of  the  Rev.  Edward 
Quenby  Ashby,  of  Quenby  Hall,  a  fine  old  brick  mansion,  upon  a 
lofty  eminence,  in  a  large  and  well- wooded  park,  near  which  two  rivulets 
have  their  sources.  The  Ashbys  have  flourished  here  since  the  13th 
century,  but  the  present  hall  was  built  about  the  reign  of  Elizabeth. 
It  is  substantial,  large,  and  commodious,  and  consists  of  a  centre,  with 
a  large  and  lofty  entrance  hall,  and  two  side  wings,  projecting  from  each 
front.     The  windows  are  large,  and  divided  into  several  lights  by  stone 

2q2 


612  QUEMBY   HAMLET. 

nmllions  and  transoms.  The  hall  and  grounds  were  greatly  improved 
by  the  late  Shuckburgh  Ashby,  Esq.,  in  the  latter  part  of  last  century. 
The  terrace  which  surrounds  the  mansions,  commands  extensive  pros- 
pects over  this  and  the  adjacent  counties.  On  one  side,  the  Peak  of 
Derbyshire  is  seen  in  the  distance;  and  on  the  other  is  a  beautiful  land- 
scape of  hanging  hills,  with  scattered  wood,  shelving  into  a  winding  valley. 
The  farm  of  Queriby  Lodge  is  occupied  by  Mr.  Slaney  Jones. 


LAUNDE,  or  Laund,  is  an  extra- parochial  liberty,  adjoining  Rutland- 
shire, in  a  picturesque  valley,  about  live  miles  N.W.  of  Uppingham  and 
S.W.  of  Oakham,  and  15  miles  E.  of  Leicester.  It  contains  42  inhabi- 
tants, and  1414a.  8b.  18p.  of  well  wooded  and  generally  fine  grazing  and 
dairy  land.  Great  quantities  of  Stilton  Cheese  are  made  here.  Edward 
Finch  Dawson,  Esq.,  is  sole  proprietor  and  lord  of  the  manor,  and 
resides  at  Launde  Abbey,  a  large  and  commodious  mansion  on  the  site 
of  Launde  Piuory,  which  was  founded  by  Richard  Basset  and  his  wife, 
Maude  Revel,  in  1225,  for  Black  Canons  of  the  Augustine  order.  This 
Priory  was  so  richly  endowed,  that  its  revenues  amounted  to  £510. 16s.  Id. , 
and  its  clear  annual  income  to  £399.  3s.  3d.,  arising  from  lands  and 
tithes  in  this  and  neigbouring  counties.  The  site  of  the  Priory,  with 
the  manor  buildings  and  lands  thereto  belonging,  were  granted,  at  the 
dissolution,  to  Thomas  Cromwell,  whom  Fuller  quaintly  calls  the  "  scout- 
master general,"  in  the  act  of  dissolving  the  monasteries.  This  gentle- 
man was  created  by  Henry  VIII.  Earl  of  Essex  and  Lord  High 
Chamberlain  of  England,  and  was  particularly  active  in  promoting  the 
overthrow  of  the  monks.  In  advising  the  King  to  marry  Anne,  daughter 
of  the  Duke  of  Cleves,  and  by  zealously  accelerating  that  union,  he 
excited  the  enmity  of  that  lustful  and  cruel  monarch,  who,  in  spite  of 
the  artfully  hypocritical  letter  of  Cromwell,  ordered  him  to  be  beheaded 
on  Tower  Hill,  July  28th,  1540.  Though  Cromwell  and  Iris  emissaries 
(the  Commissioners)  were  very  strict  in  securing  the  property  and 
effects  of  the  monasteries,  they  were  often  deceived  and  cheated  by  the 
superior  cunning  and  contrivances  of  the  monks,  who,  before  the  arrival 
of  the  Commissioners,  often  granted  leases  of  their  lands,  and  gave 
much  of  their  effects  and  valuables  to  lay  friends,  as  appears  to  have 
been  the  case  at  Launde  and  the  neighbourhood,  for  where  there  had 
shortly  before  been  2000  sheep,  they  found  only  500,  and  in  other 
places,  where  the  prior  had  had  large  flocks,  all  had  vanished.  The 
manor  of  Launde  passed  to  Sir  Wm.  Smith,  in  1G03,  and  was  afterwards 
sold  to  George  Clarke.  In  1763,  it  was  sold  by  Mrs.  Jennings  to  John 
Simpson,  Esq.,  and  became  the  property  of  the  late  Edward  Dawson, 
Esq.,  by  marriage  with  the  daughter  of  the  late  John  Finch  Simpson, 
Esq.  The  mansion,  called  the  Abbey,  is  a  large  building  in  the  Eliza- 
bethan style,  erected  on  the  site,  and  partly  with  the  remains  of  the 
Priory.  It  has  high  gables  and  large  bay  windows,  and  attached  to  it  is 
a  small  Chapel,  in  which  the  Rev.  Matthew  Wilson,  of  Loddington, 
officiates.  This  chapel  was  repaired  and  newly  fitted  up  with  carved 
oak  seats,  in  1839.  It  has  a  beautiful  stone  screen  and  a  rich  stained 
glass  window.  Under  it  are  two  vaults,  in  one  of  which  arc  the  remains 
of  Gregory  Lord  Cromwell,  to  whose  memory  there  is  a  mural  monument, 
stating  that  he  died  July  4th,  1551.  The  original  burial  ground  is  still 
preserved,  planted  with  trees  as  an  ornamental  shrubbery;  and  it  is 
occasionally  used  for  the  interment  of  servants  and  tenants  of  the 
lordship.  The  late  J.  F.  Simpson,  Esq.,  at  the  beginning  of  the  present 
century,  made  great  additions  to  the  house,  and  greatly  improved  the 


EAST    GOSCOTE    HUNDRED.  613 

pleasure  grounds  and  plantations,  which  are  now  luxuriant  and  beautiful. 
As  already  noticed,  Edward  Finch  Dawson,  Esq.,  resides  at  the  Abbey. 
Mr.  Thomas  Exton  is  the  butler :  and  the  resident  farmers  and  graziers 
are  Wm.  Atkin,  Jan.,  Win,  Stubbs,  John  and  Jane  Ward,  and  Wm.  Ward. 


LODDINGTON,  a  pleasant  village  in  a  valley  adjoining  Rutland- 
shire, 5  miles  W.N.W.  of  Uppingham,  has  in  its  parish  142  inhabitants, 
and  1840a.  Or.  37p.  of  land,  chiefly  clay,  and  the  surface  much  diversi- 
fied ;  extending  northward  to  Launde,  and  southward  to  the  rivulet 
which  separates  it  from  East  Norton.  Lord  Berners,  Edward  Finch 
Dawson,  Esq.,  and  James  York,  Esq.,  own  part  of  the  parish  ;  and  the 
rest,  with  the  manor,  belongs  chiefly  to  Chas.  Hy.  Morris,  Esq.  Lod- 
dington  Hall,  a  large  and  handsome  modern  mansion,  with  woody 
pleasure  grounds,  in  which  are  many  large  lime  trees,  is  the  property  of 
C.  H.  Morris,  Esq.,  but  is  now  occupied  by  J.  W.  C.  Ewari  Esq.  Nichols 
describes  Loddington  as  "  one  of  the  finest  lordships  of  old  enclosure  in 
Leicestershire,"  and  as  having  a  "  famous  wood,  called  Reddish  Wood." 
In  Conduit  Close,  about  a  mile  N.E.  of  the  hall,  are  the  remains  of  a 
building  covering  two  wells  of  remarkably  clear  and  pure  water,  which 
was  formerly  conveyed  in  lead  pipes  to  Launde  Priory.  There  is  a 
spring  of  a  petrifying  quality  near  the  Church  (St.  Michael),  which  was 
appropriated  to  Launde  Priory,  stands  nearly  a  mile  from  the  village, 
and  has  a  low  square  tower  and  three  bells.  In  1859,  it  was  restored 
and  fitted  with  open  oak  benches,  and  the  fine  oak  pulpit  which  formerly 
belonged  to  Launde  Priory  was  renovated.  The  living  is  a  vicarage, 
valued  at  i>l75,  and  having  a  good  residence,  built  in  1845,  and 
18a.  3r.  Up.  of  glebe.  C.  H.  Morris,  Esq.,  is  patron  and  lay  impro- 
priator, and  the  Rev.  Matthew  Wilson,  B.A.,  incumbent.  The  tithes 
were  commuted  in  1847  for  <£17 5  per  annum.  The  manor  was  granted, 
at  the  dissolution,  to  Thomas,  Lord  Cromwell,  whose  grandson  exchanged 
it  with  Lord  Mountjoy.  In  1670,  it  was  sold  by  Sir  John  Pretyman  to 
John  Morris,  an  ancestor  of  its  present  owner.  Post  from  Uppingham 
at  9  morning,  returning  at  4  afternoon. 

Broom  TI103.  carpenter  and  par.  clerk 
Butcher  Tobias,  shopkeeper 
Chambers  Thomas,  blacksmith 
Ewart  John  Williara    Cheney,    Esq. 

Loddington  Hall 
Wilson  Rev.  Matthew,  B.A.  Vicarage 
Yates  Wm.  steward,  &c.  at  the  Hall 


FARMERS  AND  GRAZIERS. 


Allin  Willm.  Copt 
Hill  House  Farm 
Andrew  Wm.  Ldg. 
Ash  by  William 
Burbidge  Thomas 


Burton  Thomas 
Butcher  Tobias 
Meadows  William 
Wright   Hy.   (and 
corn  miller) 


LOWE  SB  Y,  or  Loseby,  is  a  township  of  scattered  houses,  10  miles 
E.  by  N.  of  Leicester  and  W.  of  Oakham,  and  contains  120  inhabitants, 
and  1390a.  Or.  13 p.  of  land,  inclining  to  clay,  but  mostly  rich  grazing 
land,  with  a  hilly  surface ;  and  extending  southward  to  a  range  of  the 
Wolds,  where  a  rivulet  has  its  sources.  The  parish  of  Lowesby  includes 
also  Cold  Newton  township,  as  afterwards  noticed.  Bricks  and  draining 
tiles  are  extensively  manufactured  here  ;  and  there  have  been  made  here 
of  the  "Lowesby  Terra  Gotta"  many  beautifully  enamelled  and  painted 
Vases,  Sc,  after  the  antique.  Sir  Frederick  Thomas  Fowhe,  Bart.,  is 
lord  of  the  manor  of  Lowesby,  and  owner  of  nearly  all  the  soil.  He 
resides  at  Lowesby  Hall,  a  large  and  handsome  brick  mansion,  in  a 
well-wooded  park  of  100  acres,  watered  by  a  rivulet,  and  commanding 
picturesque  views.  The  late  Sir  Frederick  Oustavus  JFowhe  was  created 
a  baronet  in  1814,  and  was  for  many  years  the  highly  esteemed  Provin- 


614  LOWESBY    PARISH. 

cial  Grand  Master  of  the  Freemasons  of  Leicestershire.  In  108G,  Hugh 
Burdett  held  land  here,  under  the  Countess  Judith,  and  here  was  a  wood 
40  perches  long  and  40  broad.  In  1308,  Wm.  Burdett  held  the  manor, 
and  in  1380  it  passed  by  marriage  to  Richard  Ashby.  In  1041,  it 
belonged  to  Lord  Carnarvon,  and  in  1600,  it  was  bought  by  Richard 
Woollaston.  In  1772,  it  passed  in  marriage  with  Frances  Anne,  to 
Thomas  Fowke.  Mr.  Thos.  Leadbetter  owns  a  fox  cover  in  this  township 
called  "John  6 'Gaunt 's  Cover."  The  Church  (All  Saints)  consists  of 
nave  with  aisles,  chancel,  vestry,  south  porch,  and  tower,  and  was 
appropriated  to  the  Hospital  at  Burton  Lazars.  The  tower  contains 
three  bells,  one  of  which  is  000  years  old.  The  impropriate  rectory  was 
granted  at  the  dissolution,  to  John  Dudley,  Lord  Lisle.  The  living  is 
a  discharged  vicarage,  valued  in  KB.  at  £7.  Is.  4d.,  and  now  at  only 
<£105,  though  it  has  52a.  of  glebe  at  Cold  Newton,  and  has  been  aug- 
mented, since  1802,  with  £'000  of  Queen  Anne's  Bounty ;  £600  by 
Parliamentary  grant ;  £000  given  by  the  Rev.  J.  Wilkinson,  J.  F.  Simp- 
son, Esq.,  and  the  late  Sir  F.  G.  Fowke;  and  a  portion  of  the  rectorial 
tithes  given  by  the  latter  gentleman.  Sir  Fredk.  Thos.  Fowke,  Bart.,  is 
impropriator  and  patron,  and  the  Rev.  G.  J.  A.  Jones,  B.A.,  is  the 
incumbent,  and  has  a  neat  residence.  The  School  is  supported  by  Lady 
Fowke.  The  yearly  sum  of  £144.  Gs.,  as  one  moiety  of  Woollaston  s 
Charity,  is  divided  among  the  poor  of  six  parishes  in  this  county  as 
follows : — two-tenths  each  to  Twyford,  South  Croxton,  Billesdon,  and 
Barsby ;  and  one-tenth  each  to  Lowesby  and  Cold  Newton.  Sir  F.  T. 
Fowke,  Bart.,  who  is  heir-at-law  of  the  founder  of  this  charity,  is  the 
acting  trustee,  and  the  money  is  mostly  distributed  in  clothing,  marked 
W.C.     Post  from  Leicester  at  10  morning,  returning  at  2  afternoon. 


Fowke,  Sir  Frederick  Thos.  Bart.  (& 

Dowager  Lady  Fowke) ,  Lowesby  Hall 

Joues  Rev.  George  John  Averay,  B.A. 

vicar,  Vicarage 
Thomas  Paul,  clerk  and  sexton 
Throsby  Wm.  brick  and  tile  maker 
Underwood  Elizabeth,  schoolmistress 


FARMERS  AND  GRAZIERS. 


Barnes  Henry 
Frisby  William  (& 

shopkeeper) 
Leadbetter    Thos. 

Lowesby  Grange 
Pitts        Shadracb, 

Caicdell  Field 


Bent  John 

PywellWm.  Bull's 
Lane  Cottage 

Skirth  Rd.  High- 
field  Farm 

Ward  John,  South 
Lodge 


Cold  Newton  is  a  township  and  chapelry  of  scattered  houses,  in 
Lowesby  parish,  9  miles  E.  by  N.  of  Leicester.  It  has  138  inhabitants, 
and  about  1535  acres  of  land,  generally  a  strong  loam,  and  chiefly 
appropriated  to  grazing.  Wm.  Clifford,  Esq.,  who  resides  at  the  Manor 
House,  a  stone  mansion  in  the  Elizabethan  style,  is  lord  of  the  manor 
and  owner  of  part  of  the  soil ;  and  the  rest  belongs  to  Sir  F.  T.  Fowke, 
Bart.,  the  Rev.  E.  Q.  Ashby,  J.  H.  Stallard,  and  Wm.  and  Thos.  White, 
Esqrs.,  and  others.  The  manor  belonged  to  Burton  Lazars'  Hospital, 
and  was  granted  at  the  dissolution  to  Hy.  Chamberlain  and  Wm.  Faunt. 
The  Chapel  went  to  ruin  many  years  ago.  The  inhabitants  use  Lowesby 
Church,  and  pay  one  moiety  of  the  church  rates.  The  poor  have  about 
£15  a  year  from  Woollaston  s  Charity,  as  noticed  with  Lowesby.  The 
principal  inhabitants  are  Wm.  Clifford,  Esq.,  Manor  House;  Miss  Alice 
Illson ;  and  the  following  farmers  and  graziers : — John  Clayton ;  Cath. 
Enderby,  Stone  Pit  Lodge;  Isaac  Frith,  Port  Hill  Lodge;  George 
Jones ;  Pickard  Large,  Springfield  Hill ;  Luke  Lewin  ;  Wm.  Robinson ; 
and  Wm.  Ruddle.  James  Flint  is  carrier  to  Leicester  on  Wednesday 
and  Saturday. 


EAST    GOSCOTE    HUNDRED.  615 

EAST  NORTON  is  a  pleasant  village,  in  a  picturesque  valley,  on  the 
road  from  Leicester  to  Uppingham,  13^  E.  by  S.  of  the  former,  and  5£ 
miles  W.  of  the  latter  town.  Its  parish,  which  is  watered  by  a  rivulet, 
extends  eastward  to  Finchley  Bridge,  on  the  borders  of  Rutlandshire, 
and  contains  139  inhabitants,  and  1087a.  1r.  28p.  of  land,  chiefly  a  fertile 
clay,  and  the  surface  rising  to  a  bold  range  of  hills  on  the  south.  Thos. 
Chamberlain,  Esq.,  is  lord  of  the  manor ;  but  part  of  the  soil  belongs  to 
Lord  Berners  and  J.  II.  Heycock,  Esq.  Petty  Sessions  are  held  at  the 
White  Bull,  on  the  first  Friday  of  every  month,  and  Mr.  Wm.  Shield,  of 
Uppingham,  is  clerk  to  the  magistrates.  The  Church  (All  Saints)  is  an 
ancient  fabric,  with  a  tower  containing  three  bells,  and  surmounted  by 
a  short  spire.  It  was  thoroughly  restored  in  1850,  at  a  cost  of  ,£556, 
when  a  new  north  transept  was  built,  the  church  was  fitted  with  open 
oak  benches,  a  new  pulpit  of  carved  oak  was  erected,  and  the  old  font 
renovated.  The  building  contains  several  mural  tablets,  belonging  to 
the  Heycock  and  other  families.  The  living  is  a  perpetual  curacy,  an- 
nexed to  Tugby  vicarage,  and  the  tithes  were  commuted,  in  1842,  for 
£147.  8s.  per  annum.  Goisfrid  de  Wirce  held  the  manor  in  108G,  and 
it  was  held  by  the  Earl  of  Newport  in  1641.  It  afterwards  passed  to 
the  Dimmer  and  Dance  families.  Here  is  a  small  Wesleyan  Chapel, 
built  in  1855.  A  poor  widow  of  East  Norton  participates  in  Cath.  Par- 
ker's Charity,  as  noticed  with  Tugby.  The  Cow  Pastures,  13a.  2r.  36p., 
were  given  by  Lord  Berners  in  1859,  in  exchange  for  12a.  Or.  12p.,  which 
were  allotted  for  the  use  of  the  poor  parishioners,  at  the  enclosure  in 
1651.  They  consist  of  nine  pastures,  which  are  occupied  rent-free  b}' 
the  poor  cottagers.  The  poor  participate  in  the  charity  of  Leverach  and 
others,  noticed  with  Tugby,  and  have  also  the  interest  of  £10,  left  by 
Richard  Freeston,  in  1743.   Post  from  Leicester,  via  Tugby,  at  9  morninc. 

Gray  John,  farmer  and  grazier  :  Payne  George,  blacksmith 

Hammond  William,  vict.  White  Bull     '  Rowlett  Thomas,  police  inspector 
Hardy  John,  farmer  and  grazier  Spreckley  Mary  Ann,  schoolmistress 

Heycock  John  Hippisley,  Esq.  Manor    West  Sarah,  shopkeeper 
Jarman  William,  wheelwright   [House    Wigginton  James,  farmer  and  grazier 
Newham  William,  farmer,    seed  mert. '' 

and  agt.  for  Norfolk  Farmers'  Cattle  j  CARRIER. 

and  Liverpool  and  London  Insurance    Woodcock  John,  to   Leicester,  every 

Companies,  The  Grange  Wednesday  and  Saturday. 


PKESTWOLD,  a  small  township  at  the  western  termination  of  the 
Wolds,  3  miles  E.  by  N.  of  Loughborough,  has  only  71  inhabitants, 
and  about  700  acres  of  land  ;  but  its  parish  includes  also  Burton-on-the- 
Wolds,  Cotes,  and  Hoton  townships,  and  comprises  altogether  about 
5000  acres  and  969  inhabitants.  The  soil  is  a  sandy  and  clayey  loam, 
and  limestone  is  found  in  the  parish.  The  manor  of  Prestwold  belongs 
solely  to  Charles  Wm.  PacJce,  Esq.,  M.P.,  one  of  the  Parliamentary 
representatives  of  the  Southern  Division  of  Leicestershire,  who  resides 
at  Branhsome  Tower,  near  Poole,  Dorsetshire  ;  but  till  about  three  years 
ago  occupied  Pkestwolu  Hall,  a  large  and  elegant  mansion,  pleasantly 
situated  in  a  well-wooded  park,  which  is  crossed  by  a  rivulet,  which 
flows  to  the  Soar,  on  the  west  side  of  the  parish.  Though  a  modern 
mansion,  a  great  part  of  the  hall  was  rebuilt,  on  a  larger  and  handsomer 
plan,  about  eighteen  years  ago,  and  the  whole  cased  with  Ancaster  stone, 
under  the  superintendence  of  William  Burn,  Esq.,  the  architect.  The 
principal  front  has  an  elegant  Doric  portico.    The  apartments  are  many 


616  PRESTWOLD    PARISH. 

of  them  spacious,  and  were  formerly  elegantly  furnished,  and  contained 
a  fine  collection  of  paintings,  and  several  good  family  portraits,  by  Van- 
dyck,  Sir  P.  Lcly,  Sir  Godfrey  Kneller,  and  Dahl.  Among  these  were 
the  following  portraits : — Jane  Shore,  a  good  picture,  and  believed  to 
be  the  original ;  the  Rt.  Hon.  Sir  Christopher  Packe,  Lord  Mayor  of 
London,  in  1655  ;  Sir  Oervase  Clifton,  Bart.,  who  had  seven  wives,  and 
died  in  1668 ;  and  Sir  James  Houblen,  Kt.,  by  Sir  G.  Kneller.  All 
the  pictures  and  other  valuable  articles,  and  a  great  part  of  the  furni- 
ture, were  removed  about  three  years  ago  to  Branksome  Tower;  and  the 
house  has  since  then  been  unoccupied.  The  Church,  (St.  Andrew,) 
which  stands  on  the  west  side  of  the  park,  is  a  plain  building,  which 
underwent  a  general  repair  in  1743,  when  most  of  its  architectural 
beauties  were  destroyed,  so  that  the  tower,  and  a  low  door  and  win- 
dow on  the  south  side  of  the  chancel,  are  the  only  portions  of  the 
ancient  fabric  which  remain  in  their  original  state.  The  tower  con- 
tains a  clock  and  five  bells  ;  and  in  a  gallery  in  the  church  is  a  fine- 
toned  organ,  presented  by  C.  W.  Packe,  Esq.  The  body  of  the  church 
is  still  filled  with  unsightly  high  pews.  The  chancel  floor,  contrary  to 
the  usual  custom,  is  a  step  lower  than  the  rest  of  the  church,  and  con- 
tains a  monument  of  alabaster  and  touch,  in  memory  of  Sir  Wm.  Skip- 
with,  Kt.,  of  Cotes,  and  his  lady.  Sir  William  died  in  1610.  Here  are 
also  monumental  inscriptions  in  memory  of  Sir  Chpr.  Packe  and  other 
members  of  his  family,  and  a  beautiful  monument  with  a  reclining  figure 
of  white  marble,  from  the  chisel  of  Westmacott,  to  the  memory  of  Chas. 
Hussey  Packe,  eldest  son  of  G.  H.  Packe,  Esq.,  of  Caythorpe,  Lincoln- 
shire. The  benefice  is  a  donative,  exempt  from  episcopal  jurisdiction, 
and  valued  at  only  .£19,  with  the  curacy  of  Hoton  annexed  to  it,  in  the 
gift  of  C.  W.  Packe,  Esq.,  M.P.,  and  incumbency  of  the  Rev.  Henry  W. 
Wasse,  M.  A.,  of  Hoton.  It  was  appropriated  to  Bolyngton  Priory,  Lin- 
colnshire ;  and  Lenton  Priory,  Nottinghamshire,  had  a  pension  out  of  it. 
The  manor  was  purchased  of  the  Skipwiths,  in  1650,  by  Chpr.  Packe,  Esq., 
who  was  Lord  Mayor  of  London  in  the  time  of  Cromwell,  and  one  of 
the  lords  created  by  the  Protector.  A  Girls'  School  was  built  here  in  1834, 
by  Mrs.  Packe,  who  still  supports  it  and  clothes  most  of  the  girls,  of 
whom  there  are  generally  above  40  in  attendance.  The  Free  School, 
which  stands  between  Prestwold  and  Burton  on-the-Wolds,  was  erected 
about  25  years  ago,  in  lieu  of  the  old  school  which  stood  in  the  church- 
yard. It  was  endowed  in  1657,  by  Myles  Newton,  with  42  acres  of  land, 
at  Burton-on-the-Wolds,  now  let  for  <£45  a  year.  This  sum  not  being 
sufficient  to  pay  the  salary  of  the  master,  clothe  six  of  the  poorest  boys, 
find  books,  &c,  for  the  use  of  the  boys  and  coal  for  the  poor,  and  keep 
the  school  buildings  in  repair,  in  accordance  with  the  founder's  inten- 
tions, the  deficiency  is  made  up  by  the  munificence  of  C.  W.  Packe, 
Esq.,  without  whose  generous  aid  the  school  could  not  be  carried  on. 
The  present  trustees  are  Lord  Archibald  St.  Maur,  C.  W.  Packe,  Esq., 
M.P.,  Rev.  H.  W.  Wasse,  M.A.,  and  Messrs.  Albert  Mullett,  Hy.  Gill, 
Sharpies  Adcock,  Rd.  Crosher,  Hy.  Blakeman,  and  T.  W.  Lacey.  Poor 
widows  of  Prestwold,  Burton,  and  Hoton,  have  a  yearly  rent-charge  of 
20s.  left  by  Roger  Cox,  in  1717,  out  of  land  at  Hoton.  In  1681,  Chpr. 
Packe,  Esq.,  charged  the  rectorial  tithes  with  the  yearly  payment  of  £2, 
for  the  poor  of  Burton ;  £2,  for  the  poor  of  Prestwold ;  and  £2  for  those 
of  Cotes  and  Hoton.  As  impropriator,  C.  W.  Packe,  Esq.,  now  pays 
these  rent-charges.  The  incumbent  has  15s.,  and  the  schoolmaster  30s. 
from  Joseph  Clarke  s  Charity,  noticed  at  page  454.  The  village  of  Prest- 
wold is  gone,  and  here  are  no  resident  farmers.  The  principal  inhabitants 
are  Sharpies  Adcock,  farm  bailiff' ;  Mrs.  Kitty  Brown ;  Thos.  Cook,  land 


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617 


agent  anil  master  of  Free  Softool ;  Ann  Herbert,  mistress  of  Girls  School ; 
Thos.  Russell,  gardener ;  and  Daniel  Sharman,  gamekeeper. 

Burton-on-the-Wolds,  a  neat  village  and  township,  3£  miles  E.  by 
N.  of  Loughborough,  has  442  souls  and  2300  acres  of  land,  and  extends 
about  four  miles  eastward,  to  that  lofty  part  of  the  Wolds,  called  Six 
Hills.  Lord  Archibald  Henry  Algernon  St.  Maur,  son  of  the  eleventh 
Duke  of  Somerset,  is  lord  of  the  manor  and  owner  of  most  of  the  soil, 
and  resides  occasionally  with  his  brother,  Lord  Algernon  Percy  Banks 
St.  Maur,  at  the  Hall,  which  is  a  large  cemented  mansion,  in  a  small 
park,  between  two  rivulets,  on  the  south  side  of  the  village,  where  there 
is  a  water  corn  mill,  belonging  to  Mr.  William  While.  The  hall  was  the 
seat  of  C.  G.  Mundy,  Esq.,  and  the  manor  has  been  held  by  his  and 
many  other  families.  It  was  held  by  Garendon  Abbey,  and  was 
granted  at  the  dissolution  to  the  Earl  of  Rutland.  The  inhabitants  use 
Prestwold  Church ;  but  here  is  a  small  Wesleyan  Chapel,  which  was 
built  in  1846  ;  and  a  Sunday  School,  supported  by  the  lord  of  the  manor. 
The  poor  participate  in  Packe's  and  Cox's  charities,  and  the  Free  School, 
noticed  with  Prestwold.  They  have  also  .£16.  16s.  a  year,  as  two-thirds 
of  one-fifth  of  Wm.  Chester's  Charity,  noticed  at  page  327.  They  have  also 
a  bible  yearly,  from  Hickling's  Charity.  (See  page  409.)  The  annual 
feast  is  on  the  Sunday  after  August  12th.     Post  from  Loughborough. 


Those  marked  *  are  on  Burton  Wolds, 

near  Six  Hills. 
St.  Maur  Lord  Archibald  and  Lord 

Algernon,  Burton  Hall 
Barnett  Edward,  baker 
Barnett  Robert,  shoemaker 
Basford  Jame*,  blacksmith 
Bond  Edward,  wheelwright 
Cooke  Ann,  shopkeeper 
Cooper  James,  corn  miller 
Grundy  Richard,  vict.  Greyhound 
Harrison  William,  gardener 
Howe  William,  gardener 
James  Frederick,  beerhouse 
Jarvis  John,  cowkeeper 
Lowesby  William,  shopkeeper 


Robinson  Thos.  butcher  &  shopkeeper 
White  Richard,  groom 

FARMERS   AND    GRAZIERS. 


♦Bennett  Thomas 
♦Burrows    Edw. ; 

h  Wymeswold 
♦FlewittW.  (owr.) 

Hust  Hills  Farm 
♦Freestoa  Wm. 
Gill  Wm.  &  Hy. 
Hallam    Edward, 

Manor  House 


Harvey  Chas.  ;  h 
NetherBroughton 
♦Hitherly  John 
♦Hitherly  Willm. 
Lacy  Thomas 
♦Morris  John 
Mullett  Albert 
Ryder  William 
♦Saunders  Thos. 


Carriers. — Chamberlain  William,  to 
Lougborough,  daily;  and  Crookes 
Enoch,  from  Wymeswold  to  Leices- 
ter, Wednesday. 


Cotes  township,  in  Prestwold  parish,  is  on  the  east  side  of  the  river 
Soar,  nearly  2  miles  E.  by  N.  of  Loughborough,  and  has  only  55  inha- 
bitants and  430  acres  of  land,  which  has  a  good  loamy  soil,  but  tho 
lower  parts  are  liable  to  inundation  in  wet  seasons.  C.  W.  Packe,  Esq., 
M.P.,  owns  most  of  the  soil  and  is  lord  of  the  manor,  which  was  pur- 
chased by  his  family  of  the  Skipwiths,  in  1650.  Here  are  some  remains 
of  an  ancient  chapel ;  and  a  lofty  stone  barn,  built  during  the  time  of  the 
Skipwiths,  and  measuring  34  yards  long  by  11  yards  wide.  The  poor 
have  .£1  a  year,  left  by  Christopher  Packe,  in  1681.  The  chief  inhabit- 
ants are  John  Hallam,  gardener ;  and  John  Burrows,  John  Garton,  and 
Thos.  Warner  Lacey,  farmers. 


Hoton,  a  well-built  village,  3{-  miles  N.E.  of  Loughborough,  gives 
name  to  a  township  and  chapelry,  in  Prestwold  parish,  containing  401 
inhabitants,  and  about  1300  acres  of  land,  extending  northward  to  a 
rivulet  which  separates  it  from  Nottinghamshire,  and  bounded  on  the 
east  by  the  Wolds.    The  soil  is  chiefly  clay,  though  there  is  some  light 


018 


HOTON    TOWNSHIP. 


land,  and  the  ground  is  greatly  diversified.  G.  W.  Packe,  Esq.,  M.P., 
owns  most  of  the  soil,  and  is  lord  of  the  manor,  which  has  been  spelt 
Hoston,  Hawton,  do.  The  Church,  or  Chapel  of  Ease,  was  rebuilt  in 
1838,  by  Mr.  Packe,  the  impropriator,  and  is  a  neat  structure,  with  an 
embattled  tower,  a  clock,  and  a  bell.  The  curacy  is  annexed  to  the 
donative  of  Prestwold.  Here  is  a  small  Wesleyan  Chapel,  and  the  poor 
participate  in  Packe 's  and  Cox's  charities,  as  noticed  with  Prestwold. 
The  chapelry  was  enclosed  in  1759.  PgsI  from  Loughborough.  Here 
is  a  Pillar  Letter  .Box. 


Bainbridge  Mr  John  ||  Spencer  MrHy. 
Broadhurst  Misses  Eliz.  and  Mary  Ann 
Burnett  Edward,  baker 
Cooper  Mary  &  Eliza,  boarding  school 
Dodimeade  Miss,  boarding  school 
Hardy  Thomas,  blacksmith 
Knight  Chas.  shopkeeper  and  joiner 
Lockwood  John,  butcher  &  shopkeeper 
Luther  Susannah,  shopkeeper 
Potter  Misses  Eliz.,  Ann,  &  Letitia 
Tansley  Henry,  beerhouse 
Toone  Thos.  John,  gent.  Rose  Villa 
WasseRev.  Hy.  Watson,  M.A.  incmbt. 
Watchorn  Richard,  viot.  Packe's  Arms 
farmers  &  graziers  (*  are  owners). 
Barrs  Elizabeth  |]    Gill  Wm.  &  Henry 


Hen  son  "William, 
Hoton  Hills 

Hoult  William 

*Lacey  Robert 

*  Morton  William 

Peel  Edward 

Trigg  John 

Watkin  Joseph, 
(&  corn  miller) 

SHOEMAKERS. 

Thornton  Thomas 
Wood  George 
Woolerton  John 

TAILORS. 

Shepherd  Henry 
Shepherd  Joseph 


Walker  Hames,  (& 
parish  clerk) 

WHEELWRIGHTS. 

Abell  Joseph 

Lamb   Wm.    (and 
joiner  &  builder) 

Omnibus  from 
Loughborough  to 
Nottingm.  passes 
thro'  the  village 
every  Mon.  Wed. 
and  Saturday. 

Carriers   pass 

through  daily 
from  Wymeswold 
to  Loughborough 


QUENIBOROUGH,  a  well-built  village,  on  the  south  bank  of  a 
rivulet,  7  miles  N.E.  of  Leicester,  and  2£  miles  E.  by  N.  of  Systou 
Station,  has  in  its  parish  510  inhabitants,  many  of  them  framework- 
knitters;  and  2077a.  2r.  1p.  of  land,  partly  clay  and  partly  sand,  and 
extending  westward  to  the  navigable  river  Wreak.  Mrs.  Agnes 
Williamson,  of  the  New  Hall,  a  neat  cemented  mansion,  with  beautiful 
lawn  and  shrubberies,  is  lady  of  the  manor,  but  a  great  part  of  the  soil 
belongs  to  Messrs.  Thos.  Paget,  Wm.  Blake,  Fredk.  Wm.  Ordish,  Allen 
Bent,  Wm.  Smith,  and  others.  The  Church  (St.  Mary)  is  a  fine  Gothic 
structure,  with  a  tower  containing  four  bells,  and  surmounted  by  a 
handsome  crocheted  spire,  rising  to  the  height  of  54  yards.  The  interior 
was  restored  in  1858,  at  a  cost  of  about  £500.  It  is  now  fitted  up  with 
open  benches,  and  has  378  sittings,  of  which  170  are  free.  The  organ 
is  new,  and  the  pulpit  is  finely  carved,  and  was  made  out  of  the  old  oak 
seats.  The  chancel  contains  a  fine  brass  to  the  memory  of  Margaret 
Bury,  who  died  in  1033  ;  and  in  the  north  aisle  is  a  curious  tablet,  with 
the  word  Seagrave  and  the  figure  of  a  griffin  upon  it.  The  living  is  a 
discharged  vicarage,  valued  in  KB.  at  £*8,  and  now  at  .£85  ;  having  only 
9  acres  of  glebe,  and  a  small  rent-charge  in  lieu  of  tithes.  It  was 
augmented  in  1772,  with  £200  of  Q.A.B.,  and  £200  given  by  J.  P. 
Hungerford,  Esq.  The  Rev.  Wm.  Johnson  Goodacre  is  the  incumbent, 
and  lias  a  neat  residence,  built  in  1851,  by  the  Rev.  C.  L.  March- 
Phillipps,  at  a  cost  of  £1100.  Thomas  Frewen,  Esq.,  is  patron ;  and 
William  Blake,  Esq.,  is  impropriator  of  the  rectorial  tithes,  which  were 
commuted  for  about  500  acres  of  land,  at  the  enclosure,  in  1703.  Here 
is  a  small  General  Baptist  Chapel,  built  in  1828,  and  also  a  chapel 
belonging  to  the  Primitive  Methodists.  The  National  School,  a  hand- 
some brick  building,  with  gable  belfry,  was  erected  in  1847,  at  a  cost  of 
£400,  and  is  supported  by  subscription.  The  Infant  School  is  main- 
tained at  the  expense  of  the  lady  of  the  manor  and  the  Rev.  C.  L.  March- 


QUENIBOEOUGH    PARISH. 


G19 


Phillipps.  The  Church  Land,  awarded  at  the  enclosure,  comprises 
12a.  Or.  5p.,  let  in  equal  portions  to  five  cottagers,  at  rents  amounting 
to  £24  per  annum,  which  is  applied  with  the  church  rates.  Post  from 
Syston.     Here  is  a  Pillar  Letter  Box,  which  is  cleared  at  5  p.>r. 


Adcock  Mr  Wm.  [||Freeman  Mr3  My. 

Bent  Allen,  gentleman 

Goodacre  Rev.  Wm.  Johnson,  vicar 

Knight  Eliz.  mistress,  Infant  School 

Knight  Joseph,  bricklayer 

Marson  Mrs  Ann  j|  Rowley  Mrs  Dorothy 

Marson  Thomas,  hairdresser 

Ordish  Fredk.  Wm.  architect,  Old  Hall 

Walton  John,  parish  clerk 

Whittle  Mahlon,  butcher 

Williamson  Mrs  Agnes,  New  Hall 

Wilson  Edmund,  butcher 

INNS  AND  TAVERNS. 
Britannia,  George  Whittle 
Horse  and  Jockey,  Henry  Whittle 
William  IV.  Thomas  Whittle 

BLACKSMITHS. 

Sarson  John       II      Sarson  William 


FARMERS. 

(*  are  oivners.) 
Ardron  John 
*Bent  Thomas 
Hemsley  Henry 
♦Higginson  John 
*  Jennaway  John  " 
Johnson  Ealing 
Main  John^  ■  :>-?# 
♦Morris  Hodgkin- 

son;  h  Tollerton 
♦Paget  Lewis 
Rowley  John 
Stevenson  John 

Walton 

JOINERS. 

Black  Robert 


Needham  Samuel 
Whittle  William 

SHOEMAKERS. 

Garner  James 
Robinson  Isaac 
Sewell  Thomas 

SHOPKEEPERS. 

Kilby  Joseph 
Needham  Samuel 
Rowley  John 

TAILORS. 

Fox  Thomas 
Lowe  John 

CARRIER. 

Hy.  Whittle  to  Lei- 
cester, Wd.&  Sat. 


RAGDALE,  or  Wreahdale,  is  a  small  scattered  village,  G  miles  W.  of 
Melton  Mowbray,  on  the  banks  of  a  rivulet  which  flows  southward  from 
the  Wold  hills  to  the  river  Wreak,  through  a  picturesque  dale.  Its 
parish  contains  120  inhabitants,  and  1421a.  2r.  29p.  of  land,  including 
an  estate  called  Willouahes,  and  extending  westward  to  the  Fosse- way, 
near  Six-hills,  one  of  the  highest  portions  of  the  Wolds.  The  soil  is 
partly  clay,  and  the  surface  much  diversified  and  well  wooded.  The 
manor  was  held  by  Robert  de  Buci,  in  1080,  and  passed  in  the  15th 
century,  to  the  Shirleys,  one  of  whom  was  created  Earl  Ferrers,  in  1711. 
The  Duchess  of  Sforza,  one  of  the  heiresses  of  the  eighth  Earl  Ferrers, 
is  now  lady  of  the  manor,  owner  of  nearly  all  the  soil,  and  patroness  of 
the  Church  (All  Saints),  which  is  an  ancient  structure,  with  a  small 
tower  and  two  bells.  In  the  church-yard  is  a  stone  cross,  raised  on  steps. 
The  living  is  a  perpetual  curacy,  valued  at  only  .£40,  and  now  in  the 
incumbency  of  the  Rev.  Edward  Morgan,  M.A.,  of  Syston.  An  Infant 
School  is  supported  by  subscription.  The  New  Hall  is  a  neat  cemented 
mansion,  which  was  built  by  the  eighth  Earl  Ferrers  in  1785,  and  stands 
on  a  bold  eminence,  commanding  extensive  views,  in  which  the  valley 
and  windings  of  the  Wreak  constitute  a  striking  and  pleasing  feature. 
The  Old  Hall,  occupied  by  two  farmers,  is  a  large  mansion ;  and  over  the 
entrance  porch,  which  was  built  about  1029,  is  a  coat  of  arms,  carved 
in  stone,  with  fifty  quarterings.  In  this  house,  Robert  Shirley,  first  Earl 
Ferrers,  frequently  resided,  and  kept  his  hawks  here  in  a  room  which 
still  remains,  and  in  which  is  a  stone  trough  from  which  they  were  fed. 
Directory: — James  Richards,  Esq.,  New  Hall;  John  Pym  (90  years 
old),  parish  clerk  ;  Julia  Lewin,  schoolmistress ;  and  John  Beeby,  Thos. 
Hart  {Wold  farm),  and  Thomas  Henton  and  John  Nuttall  {Old  Hall), 
farmers.     Post  from  Melton. 


RATCLIFFE-on-the-Wreak  is  a  small  village,  7  miles  N.N.E.  of 
Leicester,  and  S.E.  of  Loughborough,  situated  on  the  north  side  of  the 
navigable  river  Wreak,  on  which  a  new  county  bridge  was  built  in  1845-'G, 
near  the  place  where  it  was  crossed  by  the  Roman  Fosseway.    The 


620  RATCLIFFE-ON-THE-WREAK. 

parish  contains  126  inhabitants  and  about  G60  acres  of  land,  partly  a  cold 
clay;  but  near  the  river  the  soil  is  sand  and  red  marl.  Among  the  Rat- 
cliffe Hills,  on  the  north  side  of  the  parish,  is  Ratcliffe  College,  which 
stands  in  Cossington  parish,  as  noticed  at  page  601.  The  Duchess  of 
Sforza  is  lady  of  the  manor  and  owner  of  most  of  the  soil.  Samuel 
Charlton,  Esq.,  and  a  few  smaller  owners  have  land  here.  Ratcliffe 
Hall,  a  large  brick  mansion  picturesquely  situated  on  a  commanding 
eminence,  is  the  seat  of  John  Dove  Harris,  Esq.,  late  M.P.  for  Leicester. 
Near  the  place  where  the  Fosseway  crossed  the  Wreak  is  a  large  tumulus, 
or  mound  of  earth,  measuring  about  350  feet  by  120,  and  40  feet  in 
height.  It  is  called  Shipley  Hill,  and  Dr.  Stukeley  attributes  it  to  a 
Celtic  origin,  whilst  Mr.  Carte  thinks  it  was  raised  as  a  monument  to 
the  memory  of  a  Danish  king.  The  eighth  Earl  Ferrers,  in  a  letter  to 
Mr.  Nichols,  opposed  both  these  conjectures,  and  considered  the  hill  a 
"  wonderful  work  of  nature,"  produced  by  some  uncommon  surflux  of  the 
Wreak,  as  "it  was  found  to  contain  strata  of  gravel  and  red  marl, 
evidently  washed  together  by  some  extraordinary  vortex  of  the  river,  or 
water  making  stands  round  it."  Another  correspondent  of  Mr.  Nichols 
says  it  does  not  appear  likely  that  any  part  of  it  could  have  been  washed 
together,  as  it  is  "  a  furlong  at  least  from  the  Wreak."  There  are  other 
tumuli  of  a  similar  character  at  different  places  near  the  Fosseway. 
Ratcliffe  is  about  2£  miles  E.S.E.  of  Sileoy  Station,  on  the  Midland 
Railway,  and  1£  mile  S.W.  of  Rearshy  Station,  on  the  Syston  and  Peter- 
borough Railway.  The  Church  (St.  Botolph)  is  an  ancient  structure, 
with  a  tower,  slender  spire,  five  bells,  and  a  clock,  the  latter  of  which 
cost  .£200,  and  was  given  by  Earl  Ferrers  in  1821.  The  vicarage,  valued 
in  KB.  at  .£7.  16s.  8d.,  and  now  at  .£191,  has  83a.  of  glebe,  mostly 
allotted,  in  lieu  of  tithes,  at  the  enclosure  in  1774.  It  is  in  the  patronage 
of  the  Lord  Chancellor,  and  incumbency  of  the  Rev.  E.  Morgan,  M.A., 
of  Syston.  An  infant  school  is  supported  by  subscription.  The  Church 
Land,  about  3a.,  iet  for  £9,  was  awarded  at  the  enclosure,  but  is  charged 
with  the  yearly  payment  of  20s.  for  schooling  poor  children,  as  interest 
of  iJ20  left  by  Eleazer  Boyer,  in  1729,  and  expended  in  fencing  this  land. 
Post  Office  at  Edward  Stevenson's.     Letters  from  Leicester  at  8  morning. 


Goodman  John,  corn  miller 
Harris  John  Dove,  Esq.  Ratcliffe  Hall 
Hubbard  Jane,  vict.  Fox  and  Goose 
Randall  Sarah,  schoolmistress 
Stevenson  Edward,  parish  clerk 


FARMERS. 

Beeby  George,  Wreak  House 

Church  Ann  ||  Church  Arthur  Thomas 

King  William  II  North  Elizabeth 


REARSBY,  a  pleasant  village,  on  the  banks  of  a  rivulet  south  of  the 
river  Wreak,  is  distant  8  miles  N.E.  by  N.  of  Leicester,  and  W.S.W.  of 
Melton  Mowbray ;  being  on  the  turnpike  about  half-way  between  those 
towns,  and  near  the  Syston  and  Peterborough  Railway,  on  which  it  has 
a  station.  Its  parish  contains  467  inhabitants  and  about  1624  acres  of 
land,  chiefly  clay,  but  partly  a  gravelly  loam,  and  extending  north  and 
west  to  the  south  bank  of  the  river  Wreak,  where  there  is  a  wharf  for 
coal,  &c.  W.  A.  Pochin,  Esq.,  is  lord  of  the  manor;  but  part  of  the  soil 
belongs  to  W.  Simpson,  Esq.,  Mrs.  Williamson,  and  a  few  smaller 
owners.  The  manor  was  granted  by  the  Conqueror  to  Robert  de  Buci, 
and  has  been  held  by  the  Aston,  Keble,  Cotton,  Sacheverell,  and  other 
families.  It  was  enclosed  in  1761,  when  the  tithes  were  commuted.  The 
Church  (St.  Michael)  is  an  ancient  structure,  with  a  tower  and  three 
bells.  It  was  thoroughly  restored  in  1857,  and  fitted  with  new  seats.  A 
handsome  floor  of  encaustic  tiles  was  at  the  same  time  laid  down  in  the 


REARSBY   PARISH. 


621 


chancel,  an  elegant  south  porch  was  built,  and  a  new  organ  purchased. 
The  living  is  a  rectory,  valued  in  K.B.  at  £17.  9s.  7d.,  and  now  at  .£650, 
having  335a.  2r.  4p.  of  glebe,  mostly  allotted  at  the  enclosure,  in  lieu  of 
the  tithes.  The  Rev.  Thomas  Hassall  is  patron  and  incumbent,  and 
has  a  good  residence,  which  he  has  recently  considerably  improved.  The 
church  was  appropriated  to  Charley  Priory ;  and  Leicester  Abbey  had 
lands  here,  which  were  granted  at  the  dissolution  to  Thomas  Grey.  The 
Poon's  Close,  1a.,  let  for  £4.  10s.,  is  supposed  to  have  been  purchased 
with  .£15  left  by  John  Orton,  in  1754.  The  poor  have  also  a  yearly 
rent-charge  of  20s.  out  of  Dole  Close,  left  by  a  Mrs.  Faunt.  In  1843, 
Greenacre  Close  was  let  in  garden  plots,  at  moderate  rents,  to  the  poor. 
The  Wesleyans  and  the  Primitive  Methodists  have  chapels  in  the  village. 

Post  Office  at  Spreckley  Woollerton's.      Letters  arrive  from  Leicester  at 
7 1  morning,  and  are  despatched  at  8  night. 


Beeson  Mr  John 

Clarke  Mrs  Mary  Ann 

Glover  Alice,  draper 

Hassall  Rev.  Thomas,  rector,  Rectory 

Jackson  Ann,  bonnet  maker 

Kilby  Geo.  gent.  ||  Kilby  Miss  Emma 

Kirby  William  John,  jobber 

Marriott  John,  coal  dealer 

Palmer  Mrs  Elizabeth  Finch 

Phipps  Samuel,  parish  clerk  and  sexton 

Sarson  William,  blacksmith 

Sharp  Thomas,  station  master 

Weston  Miss,  schoolmistress 

Woodcock  Kj.Clea,Yer,~Esq.RearsbyHs. 

WoollertorjRoyle,stone  &  marble  mason 

WoollertonSpreckley,drugt.brewer,&c. 

INNS  AND  TAVERNS. 
Horse  and  Groom,  James  Hall 
Wheel  Inn,  Maria  Louisa  Carver 

bakers,  &c.       I  Benskin     William 
Lane  Samuel  J      (and  maltster) 


Slater  Joseph  (and 
corn  miller) 

BUTCHERS. 

Benskin  Richard 
ChamberlainThos. 
Thompson  Watts 
Willbourn  Richard 

FARBIERS. 

Beeson  William  (& 

maltster) 
Benskin  John 
Betts  Thomas 
Foster  Alice 
Taylor  William 

JOINERS  AND 
Vv-UEELWRIGHTS. 

Benskin  William 
Cotton  Stephen 
Ward  Thomas 

SHOEMAKERS. 

Cooke  George  H. 


Ham  son  Charles 
Jackson  Thomas 

SHOPKEEPERS. 

Hubbard  Francis 
Sarson  Galn-iel  (& 

gardener) 
Woollerton  S. 

TAILORS. 

Lowe  William 
Morris  Alfred 
Spencer  Tom 

RAILWAY 
Trains  to  all  parts 
several  times  a- 
day. 

CARRIER. 

John  Parsons  to 
Melton  Tues.  & 
Leicester  Wed. 
and  Saturday 


ROTHERBY,  a  small  village  on  the  south  side  of  the  navigable  river 
Wreak,  6  miles  W.  by  S.  of  Melton  Mowbray,  and  near  Brookesby 
Station,  on  the  Syston  and  Peterborough  Railway,  has  in  its  parish  134 
inhabitants  and  761  acres  of  land,  generally  a  mixture  of  clay  and  gravel, 
and  in  some  parts  a  rich  loam.  Thomas  Johnson,  Esq.,  is  lord  of  the 
manor,  which  he  purchased  in  1856,  of  Langford  "Wilson,  Esq. ;  but  a 
great  part  of  the  parish  belongs  to  Mrs.  Seaman,  John  Berridge,  Esq., 
and  a  few  smaller  owners.  The  Manor  House,  a  good  residence,  near 
the  church,  is  occupied  by  Mr.  Johnson,  who  has  partly  rebuilt  it.  The 
Hall  belongs  to  Mrs.  Seaman,  but  is  occupied  by  Mr.  Joseph  Hames. 
The  Church  (All  Saints)  has  a  tower,  spire,  and  three  bells,  and  was 
re-pewed  in  1842.  The  living  is  a  rectory,  consolidated  with  that  of 
Hoby.  (See  page  607.)  In  1723,  Catherine  Gregory  left  a  close  of  nearly 
4  acres,  in  trust,  to  apply  the  rent  in  schooling  and  apprenticing  poor 
children.  This  land  is  now  let  for  .£18.  10s.  a  year,  to  which  is  added 
the  interest  of  £250  derived  from  unapplied  income.  About  £10  are  paid 
to  the  schoolmistress,  and  the  rest  is  applied  occasionally  in  apprentice 
fees  of  £10  each.  The  School  was  built  in  1848,  by  the  late  B.  C.  P. 
Seaman,  Esq.,  and  is  principally  supported  by  his  widow.  The  nearest 
Post  Office  is  at  Brookesby  Railway  Station,  about  half  a  mile  distant. 


622 


ROTHERBY   PARISH. 


Cory  Mary,  sclioolmisiress 

Hames  John,  farmer 

Hames  Joseph,  gentleman,  Hall 

Johnson  Thomas,  gent.  Manor  House 


Richards  Simeon,  brick  &  tile  maker 
Starbuck  Joseph,  parish  clerk 
Watts  John,  butcher 
Wood  David,  farmer,  Lodge 


EOTHLEY  PARISH  is  all  in  West  Goscote  Hundred,  as  noticed 
at  page  500,  except  Keyliam,  Wartndby,  and  Wycombc-wilh-Chadwell 
Chapclries,  which  are  widely  detached  members  of  that  Parish  and  Pe- 
culiar Jurisdiction,  as  noticed  below. 

Keyham  is  a  scattered  village,  township,  and  chapelry,  between  two 
rivulets,  6  miles  E.  by  N.  of  Leicester.  It  lias  121  inhabitants  and  017 
acres  of  land,  which  were  enclosed  in  1771.  It  belongs  to  the  peculiar 
jurisdiction  of  the  manor  of  Rothley,  of  which  the  trustees  of  the  late 
Sir  James  Parker,  Kt.  are  lords  ;  but  the  soil  is  mostly  the  property  of 
Thos.  Miles,  Esq.,  E.  B.  Hartopp,  Esq.,  the  Rev.  R.  A.  Lafargue,  T.  B. 
Saunt,  Esq.,  and  Mr.  Thos.  Gooclacre.  The  Church  is  a  small  antique 
fabric,  with  a  tower  and  three  bells,  and  the  curacy  is  annexed  to 
the  vicarage  of  Rothley.  The  Sunday- School  is  supported  by  Thos. 
Miles,  Esq. ;  and  here  is  an  old  Free  School,  the  master  of  which  has 
£lo  a  year  for  teaching  all  the  poor  children  of  the  chapelry,  from  the 
rents  of  28a.  6p.  of  land,  awarded  at  the  enclosure,  in  1772,  in  lieu  of  the 
old  poors  land,  which  was  given  at  an  early  period  by  an  unknown  donor. 
This  land  is  now  let  for  .£42  a  year ;  and  there  are  belonging  to  the 
charity  seven  small  cottages,  occupied  by  poor  families  at  trilling  rents, 
amounting  only  to  14s.  Gd.  per  annum.  Out  of  this  income  £20  is  dis- 
tributed in  coals  among  the  poor,  and  the  schoolmaster  has  also  10s. 
worth.  In  1680,  Thomas  Woodcock  charged  Debdale  Close,  now  belong- 
ing to  E.  B.  Hartopp,  Esq.,  with  the  yearly  distribution  of  20  cwt.  of  coal 
amongst  four  poor  widows,  and  thirty- two -penny  loaves  among  the  most 
deserving  poor  of  the  chapelry.     Foot  Post  from  Leicester. 

FARMERS  AND  GRAZIERS. 
Chamberlain  Samuel 
Goodacre  Thomas,  High  Leys 
Humberston  Thomas  Woodward 
Lewin  Daniel  Clayton 
Carrier. — James    Flint,    from    Cold 

Newton  to  Leicester,  Wednesday  and 

Saturday 


Harrison  Wm.  relvg.  officer  &  registrar 
Hartshorn  William,  grocer 
Miles  Roger  Dutton,  Esq.  land  agent 
Miles  Thomas,  Esq.  land  agent 
Sarson  Thomas,  boot  &  shoe  maker 
Wildbore  Michael,  parish  clerk,  sexton, 

master  of  the  Free  School,  and  vict. 

Dog  and  Gun 


Waetnaby,  a  township  and  chapelry  among  the  Wold  hills,  4  miles 
N.W.  of  Melton  Mowbray,  belongs  to  the  Parish  and  Peculiar  Jurisdic- 
tion of  Rothley,  though  distant  12  miles  from  that  village.  It  has  116 
inhabitants  and  about  749a.  of  land,  having  a  clayey  soil  and  highly 
diversified  surface.  The  manorial  rights  belong  to  the  Trustees  of  the 
late  Sir  James  Parker,  Knight,  as  lords  of  the  manor  of  Rothley.  The 
Wartnabys,  of  Market  Harborough,  have  their  name  from  this  chapelry, 
and  were  formerly  seated  here ;  but  the  soil  now  belongs  to  several  other 
proprietors,  the  largest  of  whom  are  H.  C.  Bingham,  Esq.,  of  Wartnahy 
Hall;  Mr.  Philip  Rippin,  and  Mr.  William  Pickard.  The  Church  is  a 
small  ancient  structure  with  two  bells,  but  no  tower ;  and  the  curacy  is 
annexed  to  the  vicarage  of  Rothley.  The  Rev.  John  Wilson,  of  Upper 
Broughton,  officiates.  The  chapelry  was  enclosed  in  1764,  and  the  poor 
have  the  dividends  of  £105  New  Three-and-a-half  per  Cents.,  and 
£179.  3s.  5d.  Three  per  Cent.  Consols,  purchased  with  £200,  left  by  Wm. 


WARTNABY   TOWNSHIP.  62& 

Cant,  at  an  unknown  date,  and  the  Rev.  James  Bingham,  in  1818.  They 
each  left  .£100,  and  the  former  also  gave  a  yearly  rent-charge  of  10s.  out 
of  Lawyer's  Close,  in  Nether  Broughton,  for  the  poor  of  Wartnaby,  who 
have  likewise  a  yearly  rent  of  £2,  left  b}^  an  unknown  donor,  out  of  land 
in  Grimstone,  called  the  Wongs.  Post  from  Melton.  Here  is  a  pillar 
letter  box.  Directory  : — Henry  Corles  Bingham,  Esq.,  Hall ;  Stevens 
Thomas,  shopkeeper ;  and  Herbert  Adams.  George  Bates  (and  parish 
clerk),  Fish  Pond ;  George  March,  Daniel  Rippin,  Philip  Rippin,  Robert 
Ward,  and  William  Wilford,  farmers  and  graziers. 

Wycombe-and-Chadwell  are  two  hamlets  locally  situated  in  the  centre 
of  Framland  Hundred,  5  miles  N.N.W.  of  Melton  Mowbray,  but  forming 
a  chapelry  and  detached  member  of  East  Goscote  Hundred,  and  the 
Parish  and  Peculiar  Jurisdiction  of  Rothley.  They  arc  on  the  banks 
and  near  the  source  of  a  rivulet  on  the  western  side  of  a  bold  range  of 
the  Wold  hills,  and  contain  about  770  acres  of  land  and  139  souls,  of 
which  about  300  acres  and  70  souls  are  in  Chadwell,  and  the  remainder 
in  W,ycombe.  The  manorial  rights  belong  to  the  lords  of  the  manor  of 
Rothley ;  but  the  soil  is  mostly  the  property  of  the  Duke  of  Rutland,  and 
Messrs.  George  Ashbourn,  Thomas  Morris,  Thomas  Stowe,  Frederick 
Newcome,  John  Glenn,  and  Thomas  Marshall.  The  chapelry  has  been 
spelt  Cawdwell-cum-Wykeham,  and  was  enclosed  in  1777.  The  manor 
house,  now  a  farm-house,  and  about  114a.  of  land  here,  belong  to  Wyg- 
geston's  Hospital,  Leicester,  but  are  held  by  lessees  under  the  will  of 
Robert  Johnson,  Esq.,  at  small  reserved  rents,  amounting  only  to  £13.  4s. 
per  annum,  though  the  land  is  worth  upwards  of  30s.  per  acre.  The 
chapel  is  a  small  ancient  building,  in  Chadwell,  with  a  tower  and 
three  bells  ;  and  the  living  is  a  curacy,  with  48a.  of  glebe,  annexed  to  the 
vicarage  of  Rothley.  The  Rev.  Geo.  Pidcock,  B.A.,  is  the  non-resident 
curate,  for  whom  the  Rev.  Charles  Shaw,  B.A.,  of  Waltham,  officiates. 
The  poor  have  the  interest  of  £20,  left  by  Mrs.  Hackelt ;  and  ought  to 
have  a  yearly  rent-charge  of  £3,  left  by  William  George  Ashbourn,  in 
1831,  out  of  40a.  of  land  here  belonging  to  Mr.  G.  Ashbourn,  but  it  is 
not  now  paid. 

Marked  1  reside  in  Chadwell,  and  2  in  Wycombe. 

Post  from  Melton  Mowbray,  which  is  FARMERS  &  GRZRS.  (*are  Owners.) 

also  the  nearest  Money  Order  Office.  1  Barlow  James 

1  Marshall  Spencer,  grocer  and  draper  1  Clarke  Thomas 

2  Stowe  Mrs  Catherine,  Wycombe  villa  2  Clarke  William 

1  Marshall  James 


2  Morley  Joseph 
2*  Morris  Thomas 
2  Wood  William 


SAXELBY,  a  small  village,  betwixt  and  near  the  confluence  of  two 
rivulets,  at  the  southern  foot  of  a  range  of  Wold  hills,  4  miles  W.N.W. 
of  Melton  Mowbray,  has  in  its  parish  120  inhabitants  and  944  acres  of 
land,  mostly  an  inferior  clay.  The  Earl  of  Aylesford  owns  all  the  soil 
except  the  glebe,  and  is  lord  of  the  manor  and  patron  of  the  rectory, 
valued  in  K.B.  at  .£9,  and  now  at  <£227,  having  160a.  of  glebe,  mostly 
awarded,  in  lieu  of  tithes,  at  the  enclosure  in  1765.  The  Rev.  George 
Nesse  Clark,  B.A.,  is  the  incumbent.  The  Church  (St.  Peter)  has  a 
tower,  spire,  and  three  bells.  It  was  thoroughly  restored  by  subscrip- 
tion, in  1856,  when  the  chancel  was  rebuilt  at  the  expense  of  the  rector. 
A  new  Schoolroom  was,  in  the  same  year,  built  by  the  Earl  of  Aylesford. 
The  manor  was  formerly  held  by  a  family  of  its  own  name,  and  after- 
wards by  the  Brookesby  and  Englefield  families.  The  latter  sold  it,  about 
1673,  to  Heneage  Finch,  Lord  Guernsey,  an  ancestor  of  its  present 


SAXELBY   PARISH. 


owner.  The  poor  have  2a.  2b.  34p.  of  land  in  Long  Clawson,  left  by  the 
Rev.  Robert  Kirby,  and  now  let  for  £8.  The  school  has  .£2  a-year  out 
of  the  interest  of  .£100,  left  by  Deborah  Stevens,  in  1718,  for  schooling 
poor  children  of  Saxelby,  Shoby,  and  Grimstone;  and  £1. 17s.  4d.  a-year 
as  the  interest  of  £69,  in  the  Melton  Savings'  Bank,  which  is  all  that 
remains  of  .£100  left  by  Jasper  Houghton,  in  1808.  Post  from  Melton 
Mowbray.  Directory  : — Rev.  George  Nesse  Clark,  B.A.,  rector ;  Mary 
Goodson,  schoolmistress ;  Thomas  Hall,  shoemaker ;  Robert  Hollinshead, 
parish  clerk ;  and  William  Adkins,  Orange;  Thomas  Barnes,  George 
Goodson.  Geo.  Johnson,  Thomas  Marriott,  and  George  Storey,  farmers 
and  graziers. 


SEAGRAVE,  or  Segrave,  a  straggling  village,  on  the  north  side  of  a 
rivulet  at  the  western  termination  of  the  Wolds,  nearly  4  miles  N.E.  of 
Mountsorrel,  2  miles  N.E.  of  Sileby  Station,  and  6  miles  E.  by  S.  of 
Loughborough,  has  in  its  parish  438  inhabitants  and  2391  acres  of  land, 
traversed  on  the  east  by  the  Fosse-vmy,  and  extending  northward  to  Six 
Hills,  in  one  of  the  highest  parts  of  the  Wolds.  The  soil  is  mostly  a 
strong  clay,  and  limestone  is  found  in  the  parish  nearly  of  the  same 
nature  as  that  at  Barrow,  but  much  inferior  in  quality.  Mrs.  Marriott 
holds  the  manor  and  most  of  the  land  by  lease  under  the  Dean  and 
Chapter  of  Westminster,  who  purchased  the  manor  of  Leonard  Fosbrooke, 
in  1825.  Part  of  the  parish  belongs  to  smaller  proprietors.  The  Church 
(All  Saints)  has  an  embattled  tower  and  three  bells,  and  was  repaired, 
in  1856,  at  the  expense  of  the  rector.  The  living  is  a  rectory,  valued  in 
KB.  at  £19.  8s.  ll^d.,  and  now  at  .£406.  The  glebe  is  284a.,  mostly 
awarded  in  lieu  of  tithes  at  the  enclosure,  in  1760.  The  patronage  is  in 
Queen's  College,  Cambridge ;  and  the  Rev.  James  Edward  Dalton,  B.D., 
is  the  incumbent,  and  has  a  good  residence.  Here  is  a  small  Primitive 
Methodist  Chapel,  built  in  1845.  The  National  School  is  a  large  build- 
ing, erected  in  1820,  at  the  expense  of  the  late  rector,  aided  by  a  donation 
from  the  Leicester  National  School  Society.  The  master  has  the  divi- 
dends of  £'210  Three  per  Cent.  Reduced  Annuities,  purchased  with  the 
principal  and  accumulations  of  £100,  left  by  William  Richards,  in  1799. 
The  poor  have  10s.  and  a  bible  yearly  from  John  and  Bartw.  Hickling's 
Charities.  (See  p.  409.)  At  the  enclosure,  the  rent  of  the  herbage  of  the 
Walton  and  Thrussington  roads  was  awarded  to  the  poor  parishioners, 
and  now  yields  about  £14  a-year.  The  annual  feast  is  on  the  Sunday 
after  All  Saints'  day. 

Post   Office   at  Thomas   Sharpe's.      Letters  arrive  from  Loughborougk  at 
10  morning,  and  are  despatched  at  4.20  afternoon. 


Cart  Sarah,  victualler,  White  Horse 
Chester  Samuel,  corn  miller  and  vict. 

Swan-with-two-Necks 
Chester  Samuel,  jun.  joiner 
Dalton  Rev.  James  Edw.  B.D.  Rectory 
Hardy  Joseph,  blacksmith 
Sharpe  Thos.  schoolmaster  &  par.  clerk 
Walton  Thomas,  shoemaker 


BRICKLAYERS. 

Knight  Robert 
Knight  William 

BUTCHERS. 

Cart  Samuel 
Jackson  Thomas 
Priestley  Edward 


FARMERS. 

(*Are  Owners.) 
♦Bassett  William 
Benskin  John 
Benskin  Willism 
Cooper  George 
Draycott  Jno. Ban- 
ker's Hill 


♦Draycott  Thomas 
Gill  John 
Houghton  Jasper 
Knight  Robert 
Loseby  Sarah 
Orton  William 
Phipps  Joseph 
Sanders  John 
♦Smith  William 
*Snodin  John 
Tomlinson  Joseph 
Tomlinson  Thos. 
'Wells  Hy.  John 
•Wells  John 
♦Wells  Thomas 
Wildbore  George 


SHOPKEEPERS. 

Bakewell  Maria 
Bray  William 
Knight  William 
Orton  Hannah 
Orton  William 

TAILORS. 

Rolletfc  Alfred 
Scott  Joseph 

CARRIERS. 

To  Leicester,  Wed. 
and  Sat.  and  to 
Loughbro'  Thrs. 
Hardy  John 
Joyce  William 


EAST  GOSCOTE   HUNDEED.  625 

SHOBY,  an  extra-parochial  liberty,  on  the  southern  declivity  of  the 
Wold  hills,  near  Saxelby  and  Grimstone,  and  4£  miles  W.  by  N.  of 
Melton  Mowbray,  has  only  39  inhabitants  and  796  acres  of  land,  chiefly 
clay,  and  in  some  parts  of  inferior  quality.  It  has  been  called  Shouldby 
and  Siwoldeby,  and  belongs  to  the  Earl  of  Aylesford,  to  whose  family  it 
passed  with  the  manor  of  Saxelby.  The  inhabitants  use  Grimston  church. 
Here  are  only  two  farmers, — Mr.  Henry  Redfern  and  Mr.  Wm.  Wright. 
The  former  occupies  Shoby  House,  a  large  brick  mansion,  built  in  1830, 
when  great  quantities  of  human  bones  were  found  in  digging  the  founda- 
tions, and  were  supposed  to  be  the  remains  of  Romans  or  Saxons. 


SILEBY  is  a  large  and  well-built  village,  severed  by  the  Midland 
Railway,  which  crosses  the  streets  by  two  lofty  bridges,  and  has  here  a 
commodious  Station,  1\  mile  E.  of  Mountsorrel,  5  miles  S.E.  of  Lough- 
borough, and  7£  miles  N.  by  E.  of  Leicester.  Its  parish,  crossed  by  a 
small  rivulet,  and  bounded  on  the  west  by  the  Soar  navigation,  contains 
2175a.  3r.  35p.  of  land,  and  1571  inhabitants,  many  of  whom  are  frame- 
work knitters.  The  soil  is  various,  being  partly  clay  and  partly  good 
turnip  and  barley  land.  Earl  Ferrers  is  lord  of  the  manor,  and  formerly 
held  a  court  here  every  three  years ;  but  no  manorial  rights  have  been 
claimed  for  more  than  thirty  years.  W.  A.  Pochin,  Breedon  Everett, 
T.  A.  Tucker,  and  Wm.  Knight,  Esqrs. ;  Messrs.  Dalrin,  Davis,  Palmer, 
and  Wilkinson,  and  several  smaller  proprietors,  own  land  in  the  parish. 
There  were  formerly  two  ancient  mansions  here,  occupied  by  the  Pochin 
and  Sherard  families.  The  manor  passed  from  the  Mowbrays  to  the 
Berkeleys,  and  was  given,  in  1586,  by  Henry  Lord  Berkeley  in  marriage 
with  his  daughter  to  George  Shirley,  Esq.,  an  ancestor  of  the  present 
Earl  Ferrers.  It  has  been  variously  spelt  Cilebi,  Siglebi,  and  Sylebi ; 
and,  in  1086,  six  carucates,  two  bovates,  and  10  acres  of  meadow,  were 
held  here  by  the  King,  as  part  of  the  manor  of  Rothley.  The  parish  was 
enclosed  under  an  act  passed  in  1759,  in  which  Wm.  Pochin  is  said  to  be 
impropriator  of  the  tithes  and  the  glebe  land.  The  Church  (St.  Mary) 
is  a  handsome  structure,  ornamented  with  much  sculpture,  and  consist- 
ing of  a  nave,  aisles,  chancel,  porch,  and  tower.  The  latter  has  purfled 
pinnacles,  with  ornamental  buttresses,  and  contains  five  bells,  a  clock, 
and  chimes.  An  organ  was  presented  to  the  church,  in  1858,  hy  Mr. 
William  Knight,  at  a  cost  of  about  .£100.  The  rectory  was  appropriated 
to  St.  Ebrulph's  Priory,  in  Normandy,  and  afterwards  to  Epworth  Priory, 
Lincolnshire.  W.  A.  Pochin,  Esq.,  is  now  impropriator  of  the  rectory, 
and  patron  of  the  discharged  vicarage,  valued  in  K.B.  at  £8. 15s.  5d.,  and 
now  at  .£200.  The  Rev.  Edward  Norman  Pochin  is  the  present  vicar, 
and  has  a  good  residence,  which  he  greatly  improved  in  1857.  He  has 
also  20  acres  of  glebe  here,  and  42  acres  at  Cossington,  partly  left  by  the 
Rev.  W.  Staveley,  and  partly  purchased  with  £200  given  by  the  Gover- 
nors of  Queen  Anne's  Bounty,  and  £'200  given  by  the  Rev.  Ralph 
Heathcote,  in  1732.  All  the  tithes  were  commuted  for  land  at  the  enclo- 
sure. Here  are  three  small  chapels,  belonging  to  the  General  Baptists, 
and  the  Wesleyans  and  the  Primitive  Methodists.  A  handsome  National 
School  and  master's  house  were  built  of  Mountsorrel  granite  in  1860,  at 
a  cost  of  £1300,  raised  by  subscription.  The  school  will  accommodate 
220  children,  and  is  endowed  with  £4  a-year,  left  by  the  Rev.  William 
Staveley,  in  1702;  and  the  dividends  of  £54.  6s.  9d.  new  three-and-a-half 
per  cents.,  purchased  with  .£50  left  by  George  Pochin,  Esq.,  in  1706. 

Other  Charities  belonging  to  Sileby  Parish. — In  1639,  Wm.  Lane  left 
£100,  to  be  laid  out  in  land  worth  £6  a-year,  of  which  £1  is  to  be  paid 

2r 


SILEBY    PARISH. 


to  the  vicar  for  two  sermons  yearly,  and  the  remainder  to  be  distributed 
in  equal  moieties  among  five  poor  men  of  Sileby  attending  the  sermons. 
This  charity  now  consists  of  16a.  1r.  34p.  at  Barrow,  and  2a.  lit.  in 
Chamwood  Forest,  let  for  £48  per  annum.  The  income  is  divided  into 
six  equal  parts,  for  the  vicar  and  five  poor  men.  The  vicar  has  10s., 
and  four  poor  parishioners  10s.  each,  at  Whitsuntide,  left  by  Thomas 
Oswyn,  in  1655,  out  of  a  farm  of  102  acres.  Five  poor  widows  have  a 
yearly  rent-charge  of  £1,  and  the  vicar  £1,  out  of  the  water  mill,  left  by 
Robert  Barnard,  in  1672.  The  mill  now  belongs  to  Benj.  Adcock,  Esq., 
of  Syston.  In  1702,  the  Rev.  Wm.  Staveley  left  land  for  the  vicar  of 
Sileby,  and  various  charitable  uses,  comprising  38  acres  at  Cossington 
and  9  acres  atBelgrave,  now  let  for  £'87  a-year,  of  which  the  vicar  retains 
£76  for  his  own  use,  and  the  remainder  (£11)  is  dispensed  as  follows  : — ■ 
£4  for  schooling  poor  children  of  Sileby  ;  £2  to  the  poor  of  Cossington  ; 
£1  to  the  poor  of  Rothley  ;  £2  to  the  minister  of  Mountsorrel ;  and  £1 
for  the  chaplain,  and  £1  for  the  poor  of  Trinity  Hospital,  in  Leicester. 
The  poor  of  Sileby  have  a  yearly  rent-charge  of  6s.  8d.,  left  by  William 
Bent,  in  the  20th  of  Charles  I. ;  and  a  Bible  j^early  from  Hickling's 
Charity.  (See  page  409.)  The  vicar  has  a  yearly  rent  of  £10  out  of 
the  impropriate  tithes  of  Breedon,  left  by  Tobias  Rustat,  whose  charity 
is  noticed  at  page  472. 

Post  Office  at  Wm.  Burgess's.     Letters  arrive  from  Loughborough  at  9  morn- 
ing, and  are  despatched  at  4.50  afternoon. 

Those  marked  1  are  in  Bach  lane;  2,  Barrow  road;  3,  Brook  street;  4, 
Church  lane ;  5,  Cossington  lane;  6,  High  street;  7,  King  street;  8,  Mount* 
sorrel  road ;  and  9,  at  the  Banks. 


7  Adcock  William,  foreman  of  brickyd. 
7  BerringtonWm.grcr.draper,&clothier 
2  Bishop  William,  sawyer 
9  Brook  William  Peel,  grocer 

4  Burgess  William,  parish  clerk 
7  Burrows  John,  coal  agent 

5  Burton  Benjamin,  gardener 

6  Cart  Mr  Jas.  ||  6  iDglesant  Miss  My. 
6  Cooper  Edward,  corn  miller,  &c. 

6  Dalton  John  Heywood,  surgeon 

5  Downey  Patrick,  surgeon 

7  Gutteridge  Thomas,  gardener 
7  Jones  Richard,  saddler 

6  JonesWm.&SophiaLouisa, Natl.Schl. 
9  Knight  Misses  Charlotte  and  Harriet 
9  Knight  William,  brick  and  tile  maker 

7  Payne  Mary  Ann,  grocer  and  draper 
Pochin  Rev.  Edward  Norman,  Vicarage 
7  Preston  Benjamin,  station  master 
Reeve  William,  grocer  and  prov.  dealer 

5  Reffin  James,  sinker  maker 

7  Robinson  William,  grocer,  bookseller, 
tax  collector,  and  assistant  overseer 

7  Shuttlewood  Robert,registrar  of  births 
and  deaths 

2  Smith  Eliza,  grocer,  &c. 

7  Thompson  John,  tobacconist  and  Bri- 
tish wine  dealer 
4  Webster  John,  coal  agent 

INNS  AND  TAVERNS. 

6  Duke  of  York,  James  Nash 

3  Fountain,  Anne  Sarson 


6  Horse  and  Trumpet,  Alfred  Newball 

6  Plough,  Harriet  Parkinson 

7  Red  Lion,  Edward  Parkinson 


BAG   HOSIERS. 

9  Deakin  William 

2  Fisher  Thomas 
7  Hall  Thomas 

6  Oswin  Goodman 

3  Parkinson  Hnh. 

5  Widdowson  Wm. 

BAKERS. 

6  Church  Ann 

4  Daykin  William 
9  Garton  William 

3  Harley  George 
2  Smith  Eliza 

BEERHOUSE. 

5  Ferryman  Thos. 

BLACKSMITHS. 

4  Shuttlewood  W. 

6  Wilkinson  John 

BRICKLAYERS. 

5  Barradell  Geo. 

5  Knight  Daniel 

BUTCHERS. 

6  Cramp  Thomas 
Daykin  Henry 

7  Marshall  Wm. 

6  Oswin  William 

7  Parkinson  Edw. 
6  Tinkler  George 


COAL    MERCHANTS. 

(At  Railway  Stn.) 
Ellis  and  Sons 
Kirk  William 
Lea  John  N. 

FARMERS  &    GRZRS. 

(*Are  doners.) 
9  Bednall  John 
9  Carver  John 
2* Condon  John 
9*Dakin  John 
3*Dakin  John 
4*Dakiu  Joseph 
7  Daykin  John 

6  Hall  George 
Harrison       John, 

Quebec  Lodge 
Jones  Geo.  How- 
gate  Field 
9  *  Knight  Wm. 

7  Marshall  Chas. 
7  Parkinson  Edw. 
Porter  Jabez,  Isle 

Lodge 
Porter     William, 

Hanover  Lodge 
2  Sanders  John 
4  Smith  Henry 
7  Smith  Hy.  jun. 


EAST    GOSCOTE    HUNDRED. 


627 


♦Wilkinson    Jph. 

Southjield 

JOINERS,  &C. 

4  Carter  Joseph 

6  Whittington  Jph. 

(&  wheelwright) 

SHOEMAKERS. 

5  Betts  Thomas 

7  Bradshaw  Geo. 


5  Disney  William 
7  Sharpe  William 
GShuttlewoodGeo. 

6  Taylor  John 

SHOPKEEPERS. 

7  Porter  Joseph 
.9  Rastall  William 
5  Whittington  Win. 
9  Wyse  Matthew 


TAILORS. 

6  Barradale  Geo. 

7  Barradale  Wm. 

6  Collington  Geo. 
9  Collington  Wm. 

7  Dakin  William 
7  Warner  John 

RAILWAY. 

Trains  toLeicester, 


Longhbro',  Not- 
tingham, &c.  se- 
veral times  a  day. 

CARRIER. 

Thos.  Gambles,  to 
Leicester  Wed.  & 
Sat.  and  Lough- 
borough Thurs. 


SKEFFINGTON,  a  pleasant  village,  with  several  neat  houses,  on  an 
eminence,  10  miles  E.  by  S.  of  Leicester,  and  9  miles  W.N.W.  of 
Uppingham,  has  in  its  parish  244  inhabitants  and  1952a.  la.  23p.  of  land, 
generally  fertile  and  well- wooded,  and  the  surface  hilly.  The  soil  varies 
from  clay  to  gravelly  loam.  The  late  Sir  Richard  Sutton,  Bart.,  pur- 
chased the  manor  of  the  Rev.  J.  Bright,  in  1845  ;  but  it  was  sold,  in  1861, 
by  his  second  son,  Richard  Sutton,  Esq.,  to  Wm.  Ward  Tailby,  Esq., 
who  resides  at  the  Hall,  which  was  considerably  improved  in  1846,  and 
is  a  large  mansion,  having  a  castellated  south  front.  In  the  early  part 
of  the  present  century,  it  was  the  seat  of  the  late  Sir  Wm.  Charles  Farral 
Sli effing ton,  who  was  created  a  baronet  in  1786,  and  died  in  1815.  The 
floor  and  wainscotting  of  the  drawing-room,  32  feet  by  23,  are  said  to 
have  been  obtained  from  one  oak  tree,  which  grew  in  the  neighbouring 
woods.  The  greater  part  of  the  parish  belongs  to  the  Rev.  Samuel  and 
Rev.  Thos.  Richards,  Lord  Berners,  G.  C.  Neale,  Esq.,  Wm.  Shield,  Esq., 
and  several  resident  yeomen,  distinguished  as  owners  in  the  subjoined 
list  of  farmers  and  graziers.  The  manor  has  been  variously  spelt  Scijie- 
tone,  Shestentone,  &c. ;  and  in  1086,  the  king  held  here  12  carucates,  a 
mill,  and  a  wood,  140  perches  long  and  8  broad,  as  part  of  the  manor  of 
Rothley.  Croxton  Abbey  had  lands  here,  and  in  1539  the  manor  was 
granted  to  the  Earl  of  Rutland,  as  part  of  the  possessions  of  that  monas- 
tery. In  1301,  Geoffrey  Skeffington  had  a  grant  of  free-warren  here. 
Thomas  Skeffington,  who  was  consecrated  Bishop  of  Bangor  in  1509,  was 
born  here,  and  was  highly  distinguished  for  his  learning.  When  young 
he  was  instructed  in  theology  at  Merevale  Abbey,  and  was  afterwards  made 
Abbot  of  Waverley.  He  died  in  1533,  and  his  heart  was  interred  in  Bangor 
Cathedral,  nearly  the  whole  of  which  was  rebuilt  by  him.  Skeffington 
Church  is  dedicated  to  St.  Thomas  a-Becket,  and  is  in  the  late  perpendi- 
cular style,  and  consists  of  a  nave,  aisles,  chancel,  south  porch,  and  a 
low  square  tower  containing  live  bells.  It  was  completely  restored,  and 
almost  entirely  rebuilt,  in  1860,  at  a  cost  of  .£2800,  of  which  <£2300  were 
contributed  by  Richard  Sutton,  Esq.,  and  the  remainder  was  raised  by 
subscription.  The  church  is  now  almost  a  new  structure ;  but,  with  the 
exception  of  the  porch  and  chancel,  it  is  a  faithful  copy  of  the  original 
building.  The  seats  are  of  Spanish  deal,  and  open  at  the  ends.  The 
roof  is  of  the  same  wood,  and  is  copied  from  one  bay  of  the  old  roof 
which  fortunately  remained.  The  font,  of  Aubigny  stone,  is  placed 
close  to  the  south  door.  The  chancel  was  rebuilt  in  a  similar  style 
to  the  rest  of  the  church,  the  old  chancel  being  in  a  later  and  somewhat 
debased  style.  The  reredos  is  of  stone,  with  alabaster  panels,  and 
is  richly  carved.  The  chancel  stalls,  screens,  altar  rails,  pulpit,  and 
reading  desk,  are  of  carved  oak,  of  admirable  workmanship,  and  the  east 
window  is  filled  with  beautiful  stained  glass,  by  Wailes,  of  Newcastle, 
representing  our  Saviour  and  the  four  evangelists.  One  end  of  the  north 
aisle  was  a  private  chapel  for  the  Skeffingtons,  to  whom  there  are  several 

2  r2 


628  SKEFFINGTON    PARISH. 

neat  monuments.  The  benefice  is  a  rectory,  valued  in  KB.  at  .£12. 13s.  5d., 
and  now  at  £600,  having  236a.  of  land,  allotted  at  the  enclosure,  in  1772, 
in  lieu  of  part  c€  the  tithes,  and  a  yearly  rent  of  £193,  awarded  in  1844, 
in  commutation  of  the  remainder  of  the  tithes.  The  Rev.  J.  C.  Daven- 
port, B.A.,  is  the  patron  and  incumbent,  and  has  a  handsome  Rectory 
House,  built  in  1835,  at  a  cost  of  £2800.  In  the  village  is  an  Independent 
Chapel,  adjoining  the  Leicester  and  Uppingham  road.  Post  from  Bil- 
lesdon  at  8  morning,  returning  at  Q>\  evening. 

Butteriss  George,  bricklayer 
Butteriss  Tkos.  vict.  Fox  and  Hounds 
Davenport  Rev.  John  Charles,  B.A. 

rector,  Rectory 
Goodman  Frances  Holmes,  schoolmrs. 
Goodman  James,  parish  clerk  &  sexton 
Neale  George  Cowdell,  Esq. 
TailbyWm.Ward,  Esq.  SkejjingtonHall 


Webster  Alfred,  joiner 

FARMERS  AND  GRAZIERS. 
Marked  *  are  Oivners. 
*Atkin  Wm.  sen.    {  Cox  Francis 
Blaxley  Thomas     j  Curtis  Jonathan 
Boyer  William 
♦Brown  John 
*Brown  Jno.  Chas. 


Sikes  Robert 
Webster  Ann 


SYSTON  is  a  large  and  well-built  village,  upon  a  pleasant  declivity, 
on  the  north  side  of  a  rivulet,  and  about  a  quarter  of  a  mile  east  of  the 
Midland  Railway,  on  which  there  is  a  commodious  Station,  9  miles 
S.E.  by  S.  of  Loughborough,  and  5£  miles  N.N.E.  of  Leicester.  The 
Syston  and  Peterborough  Railway  commences  at  this  station.  The 
parish  of  Syston  had  1264  inhabitants  in  1821,  1349  in  1831,  1421  in 
1841,  1669  in  1851,  and  1656  in  1861 ;  and  many  of  them  are  framework 
knitters,  employed  chiefly  by  the  Leicester  manufacturers.  The  parish 
comprises  1768  acres  of  land,  bounded  on  the  north  by  the  navigable 
river  Wreak,  which  falls  into  the  Soar  navigation,  about  a  mile  further 
to  the  west.  The  arable  portions,  on  the  south  side  of  the  parish,  are 
light  and  sandy,  but  very  productive ;  and  the  meadows  are  rich  and 
fertile,  being  well  watered  fry  the  Wreak  and  the  Old  Soar.  The  Earl 
of  Stamford  and  .Warrington  is  lord  of  the  manor,  but  the  greater  part 
of  the  soil  belongs  to  Oxford  University,  W.  A.  Pochin,  H.  C.  Woodcock, 
and  B.  &  H.  Adcock,  Esqrs.,  and  a  few  smaller  owners.  Gypsum,  or 
sulphate  of  lime,  of  superior  quality,  is  found  on  the  eastern  side  of 
the  parish,  in  strata  varying  from  1  to  12  feet  in  thickness,  at  from  10  to 
15  yards  below  the  surface,  and  it  is  in  great  request  in  the  neighbour- 
hood for  plaster  floors,  &c.  The  quarry  is  worked  by  Messrs.  George 
Baker  &  Son.  The  streets  are  wide,  and  are  well-drained  by  large  cul- 
verts, which  discharge  their  contents  into  the  rivulet  at  the  foot  of  the 
declivity.  Gas  Works  were  established  here  in  1859,  at  a  cost  of 
£2000,  raised  in  £5  shares,  and  gas  is  supplied  to  consumers  at  6s.  8d. 
per  1000  cubic  feet.  During  the  last  ten  years  the  village  has  been 
much  improved,  and  many  new  houses  have  been  built. 

Syston  Bridge,  built  in  1797,  is  said  to  have  been  begun  and  com- 
pleted in  nine  days,  by  three  bricklayers,  with  then*  six  labourers ;  and, 
from  the  rapidity  of  its  execution,  it  has  been  called  "  The  Nine  Days' 
Wonder."  The  quantity  of  materials  used  in  its  erection  was  25,000 
bricks,  and  150  tons  weight  of  stone.  Within  the  lordship  is  an 
eminence  called  Mowde  Bush  Hill,  on  which  is  a  stone  inscribed  with 
that  name.  The  late  Sir  John  Danvers  formerly  held  a  meeting  at 
Mountsorrel,  called  Mowde  Bush  Court,  at  which  time  he  and  the 
steward  went  to  this  hill,  and  cutting  a  piece  of  turf,  carried  it  to  the 
court.  At  the  Norman  Conquest,  the  manor  of  Syston  was  granted  to 
Hugh  de  Grentemaisnell ;  it  afterwards  passed  to  various  families,  but 
has  been  held  by  the  Earl  of  Stamford's  family  since  1641.   The  Parish 


SYSTON   PARISH.  629 

Register  begins  in  1591,  and  contains  many  curious  entries,  illustrative 
of  the  customs  and  expenses  of  former  times,  and  from  which  the  fol- 
lowing are  selected: — "1597,  paid  the  armour  dresser,  3s.  4d. ;  also  for 
the  town  swords,  7s. :  1599,  paid  for  a  bull,  30s. :  1600,  paid  for  moving 
the  bull-hooke,  12d. :  1602,  harvest  late  ;  barley  not  got  in  till  St.  Mat- 
thew's day :  1602,  paid  to  Lord  Morden's  players,  because  they  should 
not  play  in  the  church,  12d. :  1603,  a  pound  of  wood  hoops  sold  for 
2s.  8d. ;  a  strike  of  malt,  I7d. ;  and  a  strike  of  wheat,  2s.  4d. :  1606, 
grinding  was  so  scant,  by  wind  and  water,  that  at  the  feast  of  St.  Luke, 
people  came  from  Hinckley  to  Syston  to  grind  their  corn:  1609,  at 
Loughborough,  500  people  died  of  the  plague." 

The  Church  (St.  Peter)  is  a  large  Gothic  structure,  with  a  nave, 
aisles,  chancel,  and  square  tower  containing  a  clock  and  six  bells.  It 
was  repewed  in  1800,  and  a  large  gallery  was  erected  in  1816,  chiefly  by 
subscription.  A  passage  to  the  rood  loft  still  remains,  and  a  screen 
separates  the  nave  and  chancel.  Here  was  a  chantry,  founded  by  Wm. 
Grendell,  for  a  priest  to  sing  mass,  and  perform  other  service,  for  which 
he  was  to  receive  .£3.  lis.  2d.  yearly.  At  the  enclosure  of  this  parish, 
in  1777,  about  248a.  of  land  were  allotted,  in  lieu  of  the  tithes,  to  the 
Chancellor,  Fellows,  and  scholars  of  Oxford  University,  the  appropria- 
tors ;  of  whom  it  is  now  held  on  lease  by  Henry  Cleaver  Woodcock, 
Esq.  The  discharged  vicarage,  valued  in  KB.  at  £7.  2s.  7d.,  and  now 
at  £150,  has  only  about  8a.  of  land,  and  a  stipend  of  £60  per  annum 
from  the  appropriators.  It  was  augmented  in  1814  by  the  Governors  of 
Queen  Anne's  Bounty  and  a  Parliamentary  Grant.  The  patronage 
belongs  to  the  University  of  Oxford  ;  and  the  Rev.  Edw.  Morgan,  M.A., 
has  been  the  incumbent  since  1814,  and  has  a  neat  residence. 

Here  is  a  Wesleyan,  and  also  a  Particular  Baptist  Chapel — the  former 
built  in  1797,  at  the  cost  of  £700,  of  which  £400  were  given  by  William 
Cooper,  Esq. ;  and  the  latter  built  in  1818,  at  the  cost  of  £400.  Here 
is  also  a  small  Primitive  Methodist  Chapel,  built  in  183C.  Sunday 
schools  are  attached  to  the  church  and  chapels.  The  Parochial  School 
is  a  spacious  brick  building,  in  High  street,  erected  in  1856,  at  a  cost  of 
£700,  including  the  master's  residence.  Benj.  Adcock,  Esq.,  gave  the 
site,  and  the  Rev.  Jas.  Spurrell,  a  late  curate,  contributed  £400  Awards 
the  cost  of  the  building.  It  is  attended  by  about  120  boys  and  80  girls. 
The  Infant  School  was  built  in  1817,  and  attached  to  it  is  a  house  for 
the  mistress.  It  is  endowed  with  about  £20  a  year,,  as  the  rent  of  five 
cottages,  purchased  by  subscription  many  years  ago.  The  Church  and 
Poor's  Land  comprises  3a.  2r.  28p.,  let  for  about  £13  a  year,  one-half  of 
which  is  distributed  amongst  the  poor  on  St.  Thomas's  day,  and  the 
remainder  is  carried  to  the  church  account.  This  land  was  awarded  at 
the  enclosure,  in  exchange  for  land  which  had  been  purchased  with 
£27.  10s.,  left  to  the  poor  by  Hugh  Bottom  and  others,  and  £20  left  by 
William  Lacer.  The  sum  of  £30,  left  to  the  poor  by  Lady  Catherine 
Palmer,  appears  to  have  been  lost.  At  the  enclosure,  an  allotment  of 
7a.  2r.  2p.  was  awarded  for  the  augmentation  of  the  vicar's  income,  pro- 
vided he  resides  in  the  parish  ;  but  should  he  not  reside  here,  the  rent 
is  to  be  applied,  during  his  non-residence,  in  paying  a  schoolmaster  for 
teaching  reading,  writing,  and  arithmetic,  to  poor  children,  and  in  putting 
them  out  apprentice. 

In  the  following  DIRECTORY  op  SYSTON,  those  marked  1,  are  in  Bath 
street ;  2,  Barkby  street ;  3,  Brook  street;  4,  Chapel  street;  5,  Lower  Church 
street ;  6,  Upper  Church  street ;  7,  Cramp  lane ;  8,  at  the  Green ;  9,  in  High 
street;  10,  Melton  road;  11,  Leicester  road ;  12,  at  Lewin  Bridge ;  and  13, 
in  Turnagain  lane. 


G30 


SYSTON    DIRECTORY. 


Post  Office  at  the  White  Swan.  Letters  arrive  from  Leicester  at  7h 
morning,  and  are  despatched  at  5|  afternoon  ;  bat  they  may  he  forwarded  by 
the  Melton  Mail  Cart,  which  passes  through  the  village  at  8  night,  by  payment 
of  Id.  extra. 

10  AdcockMrBenj.||  1  Adcock  Miss  E. 

10  Adcock  Mrs  Elnr.  ||  7  Adcock  Mr  Ed. 
9  Adcock  John,  clock  cleaner 
9  AdcockMrRt.||9  AdcockWm.postmn. 

11  Bail  William,  relieving  officer 
Baker  George  and  Son,  brick  and  tile 

makers,  Syston  Brick  Kilns 
11  Bate  Thomas,  fellmonger 
2  Beavans  Joseph,  cowkeeper 
11  Bramley  Joseph,  station  master 
IS  Briggs  William,  cooper 
9  Brown  Robert,  pork  butcher 
2  Brown  William,  sawyer 

7  Chamberlain  Mr  Webster 
11  Doubleday  Mr  William 
6  Freeman  John,  parish  clerk 
2  Gregg  Rev.  Hy.  rector  of  Brookcsby 

2  Harris  Henry,  haberdasher 
9  Hoe  John,  inland  revenue  officer 

3  Hudson  Edwin,  manfr.  at  Leicester 
Leadbetter  John  Sturgess,  Esq. 
9  Keeling  Wm.  jun.  tinner  &  brazier 

8  Moore  Joseph  Cooper,  gent. 
11  Moore  William,  chair  maker,  &c. 
C  Morgan  Rev.  Edward,  M.A.  vicar  of 

Syston  and  Ratcliffe-on-the-Wreak 

4  NeedhamHy.corn,  cake,  &  seed  mert. 

9  Needham  Thomas  Woodcock,  corn, 
cake,  and  seed  merchant 

11  Nichols  Wm.  rope  &  twine  maker 
4  Orme  Arthur,  needle  maker 

10  ^ayne  Mr  j>s.  ||  1  Potter  Mrs  Eliz. 

11  Pri^more  Abim.agrcl.  machine mkr. 
G  Raynei  George,  manager,  Gas  Works 
9  Savage  John,  chemist  &  druggist 
4  Sheffield  Jo'.m,  corn  miller,  &  malt- 
ster, Water  Hill   ) 

4  Sheffield  Mather,  gentleman 
2  Tiptaft  Mr  Rt.  [j  8  Tookey  Mrs  Sar. 
9  Toone  Matthew,  house  agent,  &c. 
13  Wale  Mr  Wm.  ||  10  Wan-en  Mrs  Ann 

INNS  AND  TAVERNS. 
11  Blue  Bell,  Joseph  North 
9  Bull's  Head,  William  Wing 
9  Fox  and  Hounds,  Thomas  Webster 
11  Midland  Counties  Arms,  E.  Bruxby 
9  White  Swan  Inn,  George  Randell 


bakers,  &c. 
9  Baum  Thomas 
1  Bradshaw  John 
30  Clayton  John 
9  Pettifor  William 

BEERHOUSES. 

4  Baker  George 

12  Beavans  Saml. 

13  Blaukley  Geo. 


9  Johnson  Wm. 
9  Moore  John 
Morris  Geo.  wharf 
To«ne  John 

BLACKSMITHS. 

9  Shelton  John 
9  ShutilewoodDnl. 

BRICKLAYERS. 

9  Hicklincf  Edwd. 


9  Moore  John 
7  Moore  William 

BUTCHERS. 

Many     of     them 
attend      Leicester 

Markets. 
5  Adcock  Edwd. 
5  Adcock  John 
5  Adcock  Robt. 
7  Adcock  William 
13  Bass  William 

4  Bevans  Thomas 
3  Blankley  George 
13  Briggs  Robert 
13  Cart  John 
13  Clarke  William 

5  Driver  Samuel 
13  Gandy  Jarvis 
7  Holyland  Eliz. 

6  Peel  Robert 
13  Sheffield  Henry 
9  Shelton  Hugh 

CATTLE    DEALERS. 

3  Driver  Joseph 
9  Pryor  John 

COAL,  &C  AGENTS. 

Bail  Thomas  Gray 

and  Company 
11  Burdett  John 
Ellis  John  &  Son 
Kirk  William 

DRAPERS. 

9  Jackson  Thomas 

10  OsbornThomas 

DRESSMAKERS. 

7  Adcock  Annie 
1  Bennet  Mary 
1  Draycott  Eliz. 

11  Hall  Mary 

4  Hubbard  Eliza 

9  MorrisCatherine 

10  Sharpe  Eliza 
9  Sharpe  Ellen 

FARMERS  &  GRZRS. 

1  Bennett  William 
1  Brown  William 
9  North  David 
9  North  Samuel 

5  Peel  Francis 
Savage      Edward, 

Syston  Grange 
4  Sheffield  George 
13  Shelton  John 
Ward    Wm.    Neiv 

York  Lodge 
1  Wardlo  John 


FRAMESMITHS. 

9  Cart  Robert 
9  Cart  William 

FRAMEWORK 
KNITTERS. 

9  Adcock  John 
3  Adcock  Richard 
1  Baile  John 
9  Bilsdon  Thomas 

7  Brown  Henry 

GARDENERS. 

1  Bennett  William 
G  Freeman  Thos. 

2  Halford  Samuel 

2  Kirk  Edward 

GROCERS    &     SHOP- 
KEEPERS. 

3  Adcock  Richard 
13  Bilsdon  John 

8  Cousins  Mark, 
(&  hair  net  mfr.) 

9  Fowkes  Thomas 
Bywater 

11  Haseldine  Ths. 
9  Johnson  Henry 

8  Mason  Charles, 
(&  tallow  chndlr. 

Mahew  John,  (and 
saddler,  &c.) 

9  Shuttleworth  Dl. 
11  Swain  William 
11  Taylor  Samuel 

HAIR     DRESSERS. 

9  Cart  Henry 

8  Toone  John 

JOINERS. 

I  Draycott  John 

II  Hill  Jonathan 

10  Sharpe  Robert 

PIG   JOBBERS. 

13  Cart  John 
7  Sowtcr  Joseph 

PLUMBERS,    &C 

9  Keeling  William 
9  Sharpe  George 
Talbot  Richard 

SCHOOLS. 

9  Baum  Jane 

7  Le  Butt  James, 
(boarding) 

9  Parochial,  John 
HomerLanning, 
and  Mary  Ann 
Lanning 

7  Infant,  Eliza- 
beth Watts 


EAST    GOSOOTE    HUNDRED. 


681 


8  Tookey  Eliz. 

SHOEMAKERS. 

3  Clayton  William 

I  Freer  Ambrose 

II  Johnson  John 

9  Underwood  Blk. 

SHOPKEEPERS. 

(See  Grocers.) 

SURGEONS. 

10  Gill  John 


lODalleyWm.Chs. 
and  Son,   Villa 
3  Robinson  John 

TAILORS. 

(*are  Draprs.also.) 
9  Berridge  Thos. 
11  Charlesworth 

William 
9*JohnsonWilliam 
10*Lowe  Henry 


11  Taylor  Samuel 

WHEELWRIGHTS. 

3  Baum  Timothy 
11  Brown  Charles 
5  Gamble  Edward 

RAILWAY 

Trains  many  times 
a  day,  to  Lei- 
cester,   Lough- 


borough,    Mel- 
ton, &  all  parts. 

CARRIERS 

To  Leicester, Wed, 

and  Sat. 
Freeman  John 
Walker  George 
Ward   Mary,  (and 
to  Melton,  Tues.) 


THRUSSINGTON,  a  considerable  village,  on  the  north  side  of  the 
navigable  river  Wreak,  1\  miles  W.S.W.  of  Melton  Mowbray,  and  9 
miles  N.N.E.  of  Leicester;  lias  in  its  parish  574  inhabitants  and  2178 
acres  of  land,  chiefly  clay,  traversed  by  the  Fosse-way  on  the  west,  and 
rising  boldly  on  the  north  to  a  range  of  the  Wold  hills.  J.  H.  Heycock, 
W.  Charlton,  T.  C.  Beasley,  and  T.  H.  Simpkin,  Esqrs.,  own  most  of 
the  soil,  and  are  joint  lords  of  the  manor,  which  has  been  variously  spelt 
Thurstanton,  Tlmr  sting  ton,  &c.  In  1080,  Guido  de  Renbudcurt  held  18 
caracutes,  with  12  ploughs ;  and  here  were  30  socmen,  4  villans,  and  3 
bordars,  with  11  ploughs ;  a  mill,  and  10  acres  of  meadow.  The  Church 
(Holy  Trinity)  is  an  ancient  structure,  with  a  tower  and  three  bells.  It 
was  thoroughly  repaired  in  1830,  by  the  trustee  of  the  Rev.  C.  B.  Woolley, 
the  late  patron  and  incumbent.  The  tithes  were  commuted  for  land  at 
the  enclosure,  in  1789,  and  the  church,  was  formerly  appropriated  to 
Sempringham  Priory,  Lincolnshire.  The  vicarage,  valued  in  K.B.  at 
.£0,  and  now  at  ^240,  has  129  acres  of  glebe  here,  and  20  acres  at 
Wjanondham.  Mrs.  Jane  W.  Bishopp  is  patroness,  and  the  Rev.  John 
Owen  is  the  incumbent,  and  has  a  good  residence.  The  rectorial  land, 
consisting  of  147  acres,  belongs  to  J.  H.  Heycock,  Esq.  Here  are  three 
Chapels,  belonging  to  the  Baptists,  Wesleyans,  and  Primitive  Methodists. 
The  Free  School  was  rebuilt  in  1837,  by  the  Trustee  of  the  late  Rev. 
C.  B.  Woolley.  For  teaching  ten  poor  children  to  read,  the  master  has 
£o  yearly  from  Thos.  Haynes  Charity  (see  p.  202) ;  and  £1  is  received 
every  third  year  from  the  same  charity,  for  a  distribution  of  bibles.  In 
the  4th  of  Charles  I..  Wm.  Gilbert  and  others  charged  land  at  Hose  with 
the  yearly  payment  of  £2  to  this  parish,  one-half  for  schooling  three 
poor  children,  and  the  other  for  equal  division  among  five  poor  families. 
The  Poors  Money,  given  by  unknown  donors,  is  .£55,  vested  at  five  per 
cent.  Of  the  interest,  the  schoolmaster  receives  13s.  4d.,  for  teaching 
two  poor  children,  and  the  rest  is  distributed  among  the  poor.  The 
Church  and  Town  Land,  awarded  at  the  enclosure,  is  Ia.  Or.  23p.,  let 
for  £7.  About  half-an-acre  in  Ratcliffe  parish,  called  Ratcliffe  Garden, 
belongs  to  Thrussington  Church,  and  is  let  for  £1.  7s.,  but  it  is  not 
known  how  it  was  acquired.  The  Syston  and  Peterborough  Railway  has 
a  station  near  Thrussington  village,  but  in  Rearsby  parish. 

Post  Office  at  Edgar  Potter's.     Letters  from  Leicester  at  8  morning. 


Arnall  Mr  Wm.     ||     Beasley  Misses 
Bexton  Joseph,  bricklayer 
Biddle  William,  vict.  Blue  Lion 
Eyrl  Samuel,  schoolmaster 
Foster  Henry,  baker 
Graves  John,  corn  miller 
Hallam  Jonathan,  tailor 
Hitherley  Thomas,  wheelwright 


Hubbard  Thomas,  victualler,  Star 
Langford  Mrs  Sarah 
Lee  John,  blacksmith 
Owen  Rev.  John,  vicar,  Vicarage 
Potter  Edgar,  tailor  and  draper 
Richards  Wm.  baker  &  vict.  Blue  Boar 
coal  mert.  &  wharfinger 
Poland  surveyor 


632 


THRUSSINGTON    PARISH. 


BUTCHERS. 

Cart  Tom 
Driver  William 

FARMERS  &  GRZRS. 

Arnall  Thomas 
Buck  Hart 
Cart  John 
Garner  W.  Grange 


Holwell  John 
Holwell  Joseph 

GROCERS. 

Cliffe  Barton 
Derby  William 
Hubbard  Thomas 

JOINERS. 

Pailthorpe  Michl. 


Penford  William 

SHOEMAKERS. 

Hubbard  William 
King  Frank 
Underwood  Wm. 
UnderwoodW.jun. 

RAILWAY. 

Trains  from  Rears- 


by  Station  several 
times  a  day. 

CARRIERS. 

To  Leicester,  Wed. 
Sat.  &  Loughbro' 
Thurs.  Boulter 
Willm.;  EvrlGeo. 
(MoMeltonTues) 


TILTON-ON-THE-HILL,  a  small  village  upon  a  lofty  eminence, 
nearly  9  miles  W.  by  S.  of  Oakham,  and  11  miles  E.  by  N.  of  Leicester, 
has  in  its  township  180  inhabitants  and  1504a.  1r.  33p.  of  land  ;  but  its 
parish  includes  also  Marefield,  Halstead,  and  Whatborough  townships, 
and  comprises  altogether  3990  acres,  but  only  432  inhabitants.  The 
representatives  of  the  late  Rev.  Robert  Wildbore  are  lords  of  the  manor 
of  Tilton,  but  the  greater  part  of  the  soil  belongs  to  Lord  Berners,  J.  P. 
Sikes,  Esq.,  William  Hutton,  Esq.,  C.  T.  Freer,  Esq.,  and  some  smaller 
proprietors.  At  Howbarik  Hill  there  is  supposed  to  have  been  a  Roman 
Station,  and  several  entrenchments  may  still  be  traced.  The  manor  has 
been  held  by  various  families,  and  was  sold,  in  1C24,  by  Sir  K.  Digby  to 
the  Hervey  family  for  £10,000.  In  1742,  Michael  Harvey  sold  it  to 
Bartholomew  Clarke  for  £'28,000.  The  Church  (St.  Peter)  is  a  large  and 
handsome  fabric  with  nave,  aisles,  chancel,  south  porch,  and  a  tower 
containing  a  clock  and  four  bells,  and  crowned  by  a  lofty  spire,  which  is 
seen  from  a  great  distance.  It  stands  in  Halstead  township,  and  was 
restored,  in  1854,  at  a  cost  of  £'1200,  when  new  roofs  were  placed  over 
the  nave  and  south  aisle,  an  organ  was  purchased,  a  new  floor  laid  down, 
new  pulpit  and  reading  desk  provided,  and  the  church  fitted  throughout 
with  open  benches.  Here  are  three  stone  monuments  in  memory  of  Sir 
Everard  and  Sir  John  Digby,  and  the  wife  of  the  latter.  Both  the 
knights  are  represented  in  armour.  The  vicarage,  valued  in  1535  at 
£12.  16s.  Cd.,  and  now  at  £380,  has  no  glebe,  and  is  in  the  alternate 
patronage  of  Richard  Sutton,  Esq.,  Edward  Holden,  Esq.,  and  the  Rev. 
Richard  Adnutt.  The  Rev.  G.  Nevile,  M.A.,  is  incumbent,  and  Richard 
Sutton,  Esq.,  is  impropriator  of  the  rectory.  The  tithes  were  commuted 
in  1843— the  vicarial  for  £380,  and  the  rectorial  for  £92  per  annum ; 
and  the  Vicarage  House,  a  handsome  stone  building,  was  erected  in  1850, 
at  a  cost  of  £1250.  The  National  School  was  built,  in  1844,  of  stone 
got  in  the  parish,  and  given  by  H.  Nevile,  Esq.  The  great  tithes  are 
charged  with  the  expense  of  providing  a  bull  for  the  use  of  the  parish, 
and  formerly  provided  a  boar  also.  The  poor  have  the  interest  of  £10, 
left  by  one  Chamberlain.  The  Wesley ans  have  a  chapel  here,  which 
stands  partly  in  this  and  partly  in  Halstead  township,  and  was  built,  in 
1813,  on  land  let  on  a  99  years'  lease  at  a  nominal  rent  of  three  pepper- 
corns a-year,  by  the  late  T.  Sikes,  Esq.  It  was  enlarged  in  1852,  and 
again  in  1862. 

Post  Office  at  William  Oliver's.     Letters  arrive  from  Billesdon  at  9  morning, 
and  are  despatched  at  5|  afternoon. 

Nevile  Rev.  Gerard,  M.A.  Vicarage 
Oliver  William,  grocer  and  postmaster 
Shield  William,  letter  carrier 
Sikes  James  Parke,  Esq. 
Stableford  William,  joiner,  &c. 
Tomlin  John,  beerhouse 
Wilkinson  William,  schoolmaster 


Burton  Lebbeus,  parish  clerk  &  sexton 

Burton  William,  beerhouse 

Chambers  John  Thomas,  blacksmith 

Clarke  Frances,  schoolmistress 

Clifford  Richard,  butcher 

Hall  John,  baker 

Needham  Elizabeth,  vict.  Rose  d-  Crown 


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FARMERS  AND  GRAZIERS. 
Butt  Amos   Thos.  I  Clifford  Richard 
Manor  House        Hall  John 


McLaren     John, 
Tilton  Grange 
Needham  Eliz. 


Sikes  James  Parke 
Stableford  William 
Tomlin  Mary 


Marefield,  or  South  Mardefield,  is  a  small  township  in  the  parish, 
and  1£  mile  N.  by  E.  of  Tilton.  It  has  only  28  inhabitants,  and  516 
acres  of  land,  in  a  detached  part  of  Gartree  Hundred.  Thomas  Cooper 
Hincks,  Esq.,  is  owner  of  the  soil  and  lord  of  the  manor.  The  soil  is 
chiefly  clay  and  the  ground  hilly,  and  watered  by  a  small  rivulet.  The 
Farmers  and  Graziers  are  Thomas  Clarke,  John  Martin,  Sarah  Jane 
Martin,  William  Snow,  and  William  Reeve  Warrington. 


Halstead  is  a  straggling  village  and  township,  in  Tilton  parish,  eight 
miles  W.  by  S.  of  Oakham,  and  eleven  miles  E.  of  Leicester.  It  adjoins 
Tilton,  and  contains  211  inhabitants,  and  1510  acres  of  land,  having  a 
various  soil  and  hilly  surface,  some  parts  being  clay  and  others  gravel. 
Here  are  several  petrifying  springs.  Richard  Sutton,  Esq.,  is  lord  of 
the  manor,  but  part  of  the  soil  belongs  to  E.  A.  Holden,  Esq.,  Mrs.  Mary 
Sikes,  J.  P.  Sikes,  Esq.,  the  Rev.  Richard  Adnutt,  and  Lord  Berners. 
At  the  dissolution,  the  manor,  which  belonged  to  Launcle  Priory,  was 
granted  to  Thomas  Cromwell,  Earl  of  Essex. 

Chester  Mrs  Isabella 
Clarke  John  William,  tailor 


Lane  Arthur,  carpenter 
Large  William,  miller,  Tilton  Mill 
Needham  James,  shoemaker 
Randell  James,  blacksmith 


Randell  Mary,  shopkeeper 
Stirton  James,  steward  for  Richd.  Sut- 
ton, Esq.  Halstead  House 
FARMERS  AND  GRAZIERS. 
Barton  Thomas       I  Large  John 
Hart  William  Roe  William 


Whatborough,  a  small  manor  and  township  in  Tilton  parish,  is  about 
7  miles  W.  of  Oakham,  and  contains  only  13  inhabitants  and  4£0  acres, 
in  three  farms,  occupied  by  Thos.  Selby,  John  Large,  and  Sarah  Barsby, 
and  belonging  to  All  Souls'  College,  Oxford ;  but  held  on  lease  by  J.  L>. 
Barnard,  Esq.,  and  the  Executors  of  the  late  Robert  Peake  and  Samuel 
Bullock,  Esqrs.  It  has  been  variously  called  Wadborough  and  West- 
berge,  and  formerly  belonged  to  Albetbury  Priory,  Shropshire,  which 
was  a  cell  to  Grandimont  Abbey.  At  the  suppression  of  the  Alien 
Monasteries  this  manor  was  given  to  All  Souls'  College. 


TUGBY,  a  pleasant  village  upon  an  eminence  on  the  road  between 
the  two  towns,  is  7£  miles  W.  of  Uppingham,  and  nearly  12  miles  E.  by 
S.  of  Leicester.  Its  parish  contains  1294a.  2r.  15p.  of  land  and  331 
inhabitants,  exclusive  of  Keythorpe  Liberty,  which  forms  the  north  side 
of  the  parish,  as  afterwards  noticed,  and  contains  21  inhabitants  and  799 
acres.  Lord  Berners  is  lord  of  the  manor  and  owner  of  the  soil,  which 
is  chiefly  clay.  The  manor  has  been  variously  spelt  Tokeby,  Tochebi, 
&c.  It  belonged  to  Croxden  Abbey,  and  was  sold  at  the  dissolution  to 
Rowland  Shakelady.  It  has  been  held  by  the  Wilson  family,  of  which 
Lord  Berners  is  the  head,  since  1739.  The  Church  (St.  Thomas-a- 
Becket)  is  a  small  neat  structure,  with  a  low  square  tower  and  four  bells. 
It  was  repaired  and  newly  seated,  in  1837,  at  a  cost  of  <£200  ;  and,  in 
1857,  it  was  considerably  improved  and  restored  at  a  cost  of  i>1447,  of 
which  ^£1300  were  given  by  Lord  Berners,  and  the  remainder  was  raised 
by  subscription  and  rate.    The  chancel  was  rebuilt,  and  a  new  aisle 


G34  TUGBY    PARISH. 

added  to  it.  The  whole  building  was  newly  roofed  and  fitted  with  open 
benches,  the  churchyard  was  enlarged  and  walled  in,  a  new  organ  was 
given  by  the  vicar,  and  three  stained  glass  windows  were  placed  in  the 
chancel,  one  of  them  in  memory  of  the  late  Lady  Berners.  The  living 
is  a  vicarage,  with  the  perpetual  curacy  of  East  Norton  annexed  to  it, 
valued  in  KB.  at  £11.  8s.  Id.,  and  now  at  £300.  It  has  125a.  2r.  8p. 
of  glebe  in  this  parish,  and  6a.  Or.  30p.  at  East  Norton — the  former 
allotted,  in  lieu  of  the  vicarial  tithes,  at  the  enclosure  in  1781.  Lord 
Berners  is  patron,  and  the  Rev.  G.  E.  Winslow,  M.D.,  incumbent.  The 
-p&i'ish  feast  is  on  the  Sunday  after  St.  Peter's  day.  The  School,  a  neat 
brick  building,  with  teacher's  house  attached,  was  built,  in  1859,  by  Lord 
Berners,  and  is  chiefly  supported  by  Lady  Berners.  The  Wesleyans 
have  a  small  chapel  here,  built  in  1844,  at  a  cost  of  £150. 

In  1746,  Catherine  Parker  left  for  three  poor  widows  of  Hallaton,  and 
three  of  Tugby  and  East  Norton,  land,  which  now  consists  of  a  farm  of 
02a.  28p.,  at  Tur  Langton,  let  for  £100.  One-half  belongs  to  Hallaton, 
and  the  other  is  divided  into  three  parts,  one  for  a  poor  widow  of  East 
Norton,  and  two  parts  for  three  poor  widows  of  Tugby.  The  rector  of 
Hallaton  and  the  vicar  of  Tugby  are  the  trustees.  Tugby  Clerk's  and 
Poor's  Land,  awarded  at  the  enclosure,  comprises  17a.  2r.  14p.,  let  for 
£25  a-year,  of  which  £2  belongs  to  the  parish  cleric,  and  the  rest  is 
chiefly  applied  in  apprenticing  poor  children.  £140  left  to  the  poor,  by 
Catherine  Parker,  John  Leverach,  and  six  other  donors,  were  laid  out,  in 
1763,  in  the  purchase  of  8a.  of  land  at  Wartnahy,  now  let  for  £8.  6s.,  of 
which  £1.  Is.  is  paid  to  the  schoolmaster  for  teaching  poor  children  of 
Tugby  and  East  Norton,  and  the  rest  is  distributed  among  the  poor. 

Keythorpe  Liberty,  which  adjoins  Tugby  on  the  south,  is  in  that 
parish,  with  which  it  keeps  its  poor.  It  has  only  21  inhabitants,  and 
799a.  2r.  of  land,  belonging  to  the  Right  Hon.  Henry  William  Wilson, 
Lord  Berners,  who  is  lord  of  the  manor,  and  resides  at  Keythorpe  Hall, 
a  handsome  mansion  in  the  Boman  style,  built,  in  1843,  of  stone  from 
Tilton  Quarry,  and  standing  on  a  commanding  eminence.  The  principal 
rooms  are  spacious  and  lofty,  and  the  grounds  have  been  tastefully  laid 
out,  and  are  terminated  by  extensive  plantations,  which  add  much  to  the 
beauty  of  the  picturesque  scenery  of  the  neighbourhood.  The  Barony 
of  Berners  was  created  in  1455,  and  fell  into  abeyance  in  1743,  but  was 
called  out,  in  1832,  in  favour  of  the  present  peer's  uncle,  on  whose  death 
without  issue,  in  1838,  the  abeyance  into  which  it  fell  again  was  termi- 
nated in  favour  of  the  present  peer's  father.  It  had  its  origin  by  writ 
of  summons  directed  to  Sir  John  Bourchier,  K.Gr.,  whose  grandson  died 
without  issue,  but  whose  daughter  married  Edmund  Knyvet,  Esq.,  whose 
daughter,  Elizabeth  Knyvet,  married  Henry  Wilson,  Esq.,  of  Didlington, 
Norfolk ;  and  by  this  route  the  present  Lord  Berners  derives  his  title. 
His  nephew,  Harry  Yv^lliam  Piggott,  Esq.,  is  heir  presumptive  to  the 
barony. 

TUGBY    PARISH    DIRECTORY. 

Post  Office  at  Robert  Spark's.    Letters  arrive  from  Leicester  at  4&  morning, 
and  are  despatched  at  8.40  p.m. 


Berners    Right  Honourable  Lord, 

Keythorpe  Hall 
Harrison  Mrs  Elizabeth 
Ham  Susan,  schoolmistress 
Ingle  Hy.  farm  steward  to  Lord  Berners 
Shellaker  Richard,  butcher 
Shellaker  Sarah,  beerhouse 
-Skinner  Charles,  baker 


Sparks  Robert,  parish  clerk  and  sexton 
Stokes  John,  gardener  at  the  Hall 
Waldrum  John,  wheelwright 
Winslow  Rev.Chas.DeBlois,B.A.curate 
Winslow  Rev.  Geo.  Erving,  M.D.  rec- 
tor of  Allexton,  and  vicar  of  Tagby 
INNS  AND  TAVERNS. 
Black  Horse,  Sarah  Fretsom 


EAST    GOSCOTil    HUNDRED. 


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Fox  and  Hounds,   Thomas  Bnttoviss 
(and  bricklayer) 

FARMERS    AND    GRAZIERS. 


Allen  Joseph 
Cook  James 
Hall  George 
Harman  Thos,  (& 
cattle  salesman) 
Marriner  William 


Issitt    Hannah, 

Keythor-pe 
Mittin    William, 

Keytlwrpe 
Rowson  Susanna 
Winter  George 


SHOEMAKERS. 

Cook  James 
Kempin  Thomas 
Howe  Jn.  Swingler 
Walker  George 

SHOPKEEPERS. 

Kempin  Thomas 
KetteringhamThs. 


TAILORS. 

Broom  Edward 
Watkin  James 

CARRIERS. 

John  Blyth  Curtis 
and  Geo.  Smith, 
toUppghain,Tn. 
and  Wed.  and  to 
Leicester,  Sat. 


TWYFORD,  a  village  on  the  banks  of  a  rivulet,  6J  miles  S.  by  W.  of 
Melton,  and  11  miles  E.N.E.  of  Leicester,  lias  in  its  parish  372  inha- 
bitants and  1124a.  2b.  10p.  of  land,  exclusive  of  Thorpe  Satchville 
township.  The  soil  is  generally  a  cold  clay,  and  the  surface  hilly.  The 
Ilcv.  E.  Q.  Ashby  is  lord  of  the  manor,  formerly  held  by  the  Apreece, 
and  other  families;  but  a  great  part  of  the  land  belongs  to  General 
Reeve,  Archdeacon  Davys,  W.  H.  Hardy,  Esq.,  J.  B.  Leadbeatter,  Esq., 
and  others.  The  village  is  at  the  bottom  of  a  picturesque  valley,  and 
has  several  springs  of  hard  and  three  wells  of  soft  water.  The  latter 
are  in  a  line  at  nearly  equal  distances,  and  are  said  to  rise  from  the  same 
spring.  They  are  remarkable  for  the  purity  and  softness  of  the  water. 
The  bridge  has  three  arches,  and  near  it  is  a  pit  of  water,  in  which  several 
poor  women  were  ducked,  in  1775,  for  the  supposed  crime  of  witchcraft, 
and  one  was  nearly  drowned.  A  ridiculous  story  prevails  that  the 
witches  of  Twyford  often  visited  those  of  South  Croxton, in  a  dough-tub, 
in  the  form  of  purring  cats ;  and  a  wizard,  named  old  Joe,  is  said  to 
have  blunted  the  scythes  of  the  mowers.  The  windmill  here  pays  a 
small  quit-rent  to  the  Duchy  of  Lancaster,  for  the  right  of  toll  of  all 
corn  ground  in  the  parish.  The  Church  (St.  Andrew)  is  a  neat  fabric, 
With  a  tower  and  three  bells,  the  largest  of  which,  after  being  cracked 
for  about  80  years,  was  recast  in  1853,  when  a  new  clock  was  also  placed 
in  the  tower.  The  church  was  restored  by  subscription  and  rate  in 
1849,  when  it  was  furnished  with  open  benches  and  new  pulpit  and 
vestry.  The  porch  was  rebuilt  by  the  vicar  in  1858.  The  font  is  a 
very  remarkable  one,  being  a  square  block  of  stone  with  the  tooth  orna- 
ment at  the  angles.  The  living  is  a  discharged  vicarage,  with  70a.  of 
glebe,  awarded  at  the  enclosure  in  1796,  in  lieu  of  tithes.  It  is  an- 
nexed to  the  vicarage  of  Hungerton,  as  noticed  at  page  G10.  Here  is  a 
Wesleyan  Chapel,  built  in  1845,  at  a  cost  of  ,£300,  and  attached  to 
it  is  a  school-room,  built  in  1853,  and  attended  by  both  day  and  Sun- 
day scholars.  The  National  School  is  a  neat  stone  building,  erected  in 
1845,  in  the  Gothic  style,  at  the  cost  of  £225,  for  boys  and  girls,  who 
pay  from  Id.  to  6d.  each  per  week.  The  yearly  sum  of  £144.  6s.,  as 
one  moiety  of  Woollaston's  Charity,  is  divided  among  the  poor  of  six 
parishes  in  this  county,  as  follows:  —  Two-tenths  each  to  Twyford, 
South  Croxton,  Billesdon,  andBarsby;  and  one-tenth  each  to  Lowesby 
and  Cold  Overton.  Sir  Fredk.  Fowke,  Bart.,  of  Lowesby,  as  heir-at- 
law  of  the  founder,  is  the  acting  trustee,  and  the  money  is  mostly 
distributed  in  clothing  marked  W.C.  The  poor  of  Twyford  parish  have 
40s.  a  year  out  of  a  close  belonging  to  J.  B.  Leadbeatter,  Esq.,  left  by 
Oeo.  Williamson,  in  1764.  One-half  of  this  annuity  is  given  to  the  poor 
of  Thorpe  Satchville.  Those  of  Twyford  have  the  dividends  of  £20 
three  per  cent.  Stock,  left  by  Mary  Woodrnffe,  in  1824 ;  and  the 
interest  of  £100,  left  by  ShucTthurgh  Ashby,  and  invested  in  the  Leicester 
and  Peterborough  Turnpike-road.  Post  from  Melton  at  12  noon, 
returning  at  3  afternoon. 


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TWYFORD    PARISH, 


Allin  Thomas,  butcher 

Beer  Alfred,  master,  Wesley  an  School 

Burbidge  John,  hawker 

Easton  George,  castrator  and  farrier 

Greasley  Mrs  Sarah 

Hipwell  Jas.  master,  National  School 

Lee  Mary  Ann,  milliner,  &c. 

Pailthorpe  William,  blacksmith 

Palling  (James)  and  Julian  (William), 

corn  millers  and  bakers 
Scre&tonA.mi,mistYees,National  School 
Screaton  John,  saddler,  &c. 
Tordiffe  Rev.  Stafford,  B.A.  curate 

INNS  AND  TAVERNS. 
Plough,  Charlotte  Ward 
Saddle,  Thomas  Fairbrother 
Three  Horse  Shoes,  Geo.  &  Eliza  Lee 

BRICKLAYERS. 

Armstrong  Richd.  }  Meadows  James 


FARMERS  &  GRAZRS. 

Enderby  Joseph 
FairbrotherAbigail 

(aod  beerhouse) 
Gilson  John 
Goodman  Joseph 
Greasley  Richard 
Higgs  William 
Hubbard  John 
Kestin  John 
Kestin  Sheldon 
Knight  Thomas 
Rollings  John 
Stannage  William 
Walker  John 
Ward  James 
Ward  Jas.  Paling 
Ward  Thomas  (and 

parish  clerk) 


Westerdale  Jph.  D. 

SHOEMAKERS. 

Freckingham  Ths. 
Kestin  Joseph 
Kestin  William 

SHOPKEEPERS. 

Farrow  Joseph 
Lee  Geo.  &  Eliza 
Spencer  Stephen 

TAILORS. 

Coulson  Thomas 
Tollington  Joseph 

WHEELWRIGHTS. 

Lee  George 
Morley  Samuel 
CARRIER. 
Ths.Lee,toMelton, 
Tu.  &  Leicester, 
Wed.  and  Sat. 


Thorpe  Satchville,  a  small  village  on  a  bold  eminence,  five  miles 
S.  by  W.  of  Melton  Mowbray,  gives  name  to  a  township  and  chapelry 
in  Twyford  parish,  containing  171  inhabitants  and  1278  acres  of  land, 
mostly  hilly  and  clayey.  E.  A.  Paget,  Esq.,  owns  a  great  part  of  the 
soil,  and  resides  at  the  Hall,  a  neat  cemented  mansion,  with  pleasant 
grounds;  and  the  rest  belongs  to  Messrs.  Wm.  Black,  J.  B.  Leadbeatter, 
and  Thomas  Fisher,  and  a  few  other  freeholders.  Geo.  Finch,  Esq.,  is 
lord  of  the  manor,  which  has  been  called  Thorpe  Bussard,  and  been  held 
by  the  Mowbray,  Naunton,  Ashby,  and  other  families.  The  Church,  or 
Chapel  of  Ease,  is  a  small  ancient  building,  with  one  bell.  It  was 
partially  restored  in  1861,  when  a  new  east  window,  new  font,  and  new 
doors,  pulpit,  and  benches  of  oak  were  inserted,  at  cost  of  .£210.  The 
curacy  is  annexed  to  Twyford  vicarage.  A  Fox  Cover  of  18a.  was  given 
to  the  poor  as  a  cow  pasture  many  years  ago,  and  12  acres  of  it  are 
now  let  to  the  master  of  the  South  Quorn  Hounds.  It  is  commonly 
called  Thorpe  Trussell,  and  the  trustees  pay  £22  a  year  out  of  the 
rent  to  the  mistress  of  the  school,  which  they  built  in  1857,  at  a  cost 
of  £100,  and  for  which  she  teaches  all  the  poor  children  of  the  township 
free.  The  rest  of  the  rent  is  distributed  to  the  poor  in  coals.  The  poor 
have  also  a  share  of  Williamson's  Charity,  as  noticed  with  Twyford  ; 
20s.  a  year  out  of  land  belonging  to  J.  B.  Leadbeatter,  Esq.,  left  by  one 
Briton ;  and  20s.  a  year  from  Patemans  Charity,  noticed  with  Upping- 
ham.    Post  from  Melton  at  10  morning,  returning  at  4£  afternoon. 


Allin  William,  church  clerk 

Cooke  Robert,  carpenter,  &c. 

Everitt  William,  joiner 

Julian  Thomas,  tailor 

Mason  Elizabeth,  schoolmistress 

North  William,  butcher 

Paget  Edmund  Arthur,  Esq.  Hall 

Shilcock  Miss  Susannah 

Thorpe  William,  blacksmith 


Walker  William,  shopkeeper 
Warren  Thomas,  beerhouse 

FARMERS  AND   GRAZIERS. 

(*Are  Owners). 


♦Black  William 
*Bowley  William 
*Fisher  Thomas 
♦Leadbeatter  John 
Beeston 


♦Underwood  Adam 
♦  Underwood  Sarah 

and  William 
Topley  Thomas 


WALTON- on-the -WOLDS  is  a  scattered  village,  in  a  valley,  at  the 
western  termination  of  the  Wold  hills,  4  miles  E.  of  Loughboro'.  Its 
parish  contains  221  inhabitants,  and  1443  acres  of  land,  having  a  various 


WALTON-ON-THE-WOLDS. 


637 


soil,  including  much  clay,  and  some  good  barley  land.  It  extends  west- 
ward to  the  river  Soar,  and  lime  is  found  in  it  similar  to  that  at  Barrow. 
Mrs.  Packe  is  lady  of  the  manor,  but  a  great  part  of  the  soil  belongs  to 
Lord  Archibald  St.  Maur,  and  Messrs.  J.  and  M.  Mason,  John  Shuttle- 
wood,  Hy.  Hulse,  and  W.  Hitherly.  The  Church  (St.  Mary)  is  a  brick 
structure,  upon  an  eminence,  with  a  tower  and  three  bells.  It  is  finely 
mantled  with  ivy  on  the  north  side  of  the  tower  and  nave,  and  the  rectory, 
valued  in  K.B.  at  «£15,  and  now  at  .£409,  has  289a.  of  glebe,  awarded  at 
the  enclosure,  in  1790,  in  lieu  of  tithes.  Mrs.  Packe  is  patroness,  and 
the  Rt.  Rev.  George  Trevor  Spencer,  D.D.,  late  Bishop  of  Madras,  is 
the  incumbent,  and  resides  at  the  Rectory  House,  a  spacious  building 
near  the  church.  He  is  great  grandson  of  the  second  Duke  of  Marlborough 
and  brother  to  the  present  Bishop  of  Jamaica,  and  was  educated  at  the 
Charter  House,  where  he  obtained,  in  1816,  the  prizes  for  the  English 
Essay  and  for  the  Latin  Alcaic  Verse.  He  graduated  B.A.,  in  1822,  at 
University  College,  Oxford,  and  was  consecrated  Bishop  of  Madras,  in 
1837,  but  was  compelled  by  seriously  impaired  health  to  resign  the  see 
in  1819,  and  became  rector  of  Walton-on-the-Wolds,  and  chancellor  of 
St.  Paul's  Cathedral  in  1861.  He  is  the  author  of  3  v"ols.  of  "  Travels 
in  India."  The  poor  have  18s.  a  year  from  Blunts  Charity  (see  p.  203), 
and  a  bible  yearly  from  Hicklings  Charity.  (See page  409.)  Here  is  a 
small  Sunday  School.     Foot  Post  from  Loughborough. 


Spencer  Rt.  Kev.  Geo.  Trevor,  D.D., 

rector,  Rectory 
Basford  James,  blacksmith 
Daft  William,  saddler  and  harness  mkr 
Hammond  Thomas,  tailor 
Hulse  Mr  Henry  and  Miss  Dorothy 
Mee  Joseph,  gentleman 
Rouse  Ann,  victualler,  Anchor 
Utting  Henry,  wheelwright 

FARMERS   &   GRAZIERS. 

Daft  William  Glover  John 


Henson  John 
Hitherly  Wm.Wal- 

ton  Thorn  Ldg. 
Ellard  James 
Mason  John,  Rose 

Villa 
Mason  Matthew 
Mountstephen 
Ckpr.bailifftoLd. 
Archd.  St.  Maur 
Monk  Thomas 


Rouse  James 
Sharp  Richard 
Shuttlewood  Jesse 
Swain  Joseph 

SHOEMAKERS. 

Brookes  John 
Hulse  Henry 

SHOPKEEPERS. 

Brookes  John 
Daykin  Mary 
Smith  Samuel 


WYMESWOLD  is  a  large,  well-built  and  improving  village,  on  the 
banks  of  the  Mantle  rivulet,  at  the  western  termination  of  the  Wolds,  5 
miles  E.N.E.  of  Loughborough,  and  10  miles  S.  of  Nottingham.  Its 
parish  is  bounded  on  the  west  by  a  rivulet  which  separates  it  from 
Nottinghamshire,  and  contains  3500  acres  of  land,  which  is  a  strong  clay 
upon  the  Wolds  hills,  and  a  rich  loam  near  the  village.  It  had  only  788 
inhabitants  in  1801,  and  1061  in  1821 ;  but  they  had  increased  in  1861 
to  1209  ;  some  of  whom  are  employed  by  the  Nottingham  lace  manu- 
facturers, and  occupy  about  60a.,  in  240  garden  allotments.  Gas  WorJcs 
were  established  here  in  1859,  at  a  cost  of  J1000,  raised  in  shares  of  £5 
each  ;  and  Mr.  M.  Brown  is  the  secretary.  The  village  contains  several 
neat  residences,  a  number  of  good  shops,  and  an  excellent  boarding  school, 
kept  by  Mr.  Thos.  Smith.  The  Manor  House,  which  belongs  to  the  lords 
of  the  manor,  is  now  occupied  by  Mr.  E.  T.  Keightley;  and  the  Three 
Crowns,  a  commodious  inn,  kept  by  Mr.  J.  Bakewell,  is  the  property  of 
Hy.  Toone,  Esq.,  of  Loughborough.  Mr.  T.  R.  Potter,  the  well-known 
antiquarian,  and  author  of  the  "  History  of  Charnwood  Forest,"  &c, 
resides  in  the  village,  and  some  years  ago  had  the  distinguished  honour 
to  receive  an  autograph  letter  from  the  late  lamented  Prince  Consort. 
The  trustees  of  the  late  Wm.  Fisher  Ella,  Esq.,  are  lords  of  the  manor; 
and  the  other  principal  landowners  are — the  Master  and  Fellows  of 
Trinity  College,  Cambridge ;  Messrs.  John  Burrows  and  Joseph  Sheppard, 


638  WYMESWOLD    PARISH. 

and  a  few  smaller  proprietors.  In  1086,  Robert  and  Serlo  lield  the 
manor  under  Hugh  de  Grentemaisnell,  and  since  then  it  has  been  held 
by  various  families.  The  Church  (St.  Mary)  is  a  large  and  handsome 
structure,  with  an  embattled  tower,  containing  six  bells.  In  1844,  it  was 
new  roofed,  re-seated,  and  thoroughly  repaired  and  beautified,  at  a  cost 
of  .£3000,  raised  by  subscription  and  grants,  chiefly  through  the  exertions 
of  the  Very  Rev.  Henry  Alford,  D.D.,  Dean  of  Canterbury,  who  was  at 
that  time  vicar  of  this  parish.  The  renovation  of  the  chancel  cost  .£445, 
paid  by  the  impropriators.  The  east  window,  which  is  enriched  with 
stained  glass,  cost  ,£200.  All  the  tithes  were  commuted  at  the  enclosure, 
in  1757.  The  church  was  appropriated  to  Reauchief  Abbey,  Derbyshire ; 
and  at  the  dissolution  the  rectory  was  given  to  Trinity  College,  Cam- 
bridge, together  with  the  patronage  of  the  discharged  vicarage,  valued  in 
K.B.  at  £9,  and  now  at  £350.  It  was  augmented  in  1734  with  £200  of 
Q.A.B.,  and  £200  given  by  the  Rev.  Thomas  Green.  The  Rev.  Robert 
Walker,  M.A.,  is  the  incumbent,  and  has  74  acres  of  glebe,  and  a  hand- 
some Vicarage  House,  built  in  1844,  at  a  cost  of  £1500,  on  the  west  side 
of  the  village,  and  commanding  a  fine  view  of  Charnwood  Forest.  The 
National  School,  with  a  house  for  the  master,  forms  a  neat  brick  building, 
erected  in  1845,  at  a  cost  of  £G00,  by  the  town  feoffees,  aided  by  a  Govern- 
ment grant.  The  master  has  a  salary  of  .£40  a  year,  and  the  children's 
pence.  There  is  also  an  Infant  School  in  the  village.  The  Primitive 
Methodist  Chapel  was  erected  in  1830.  The  General  Baptist  Chapel 
was  built  about  70  years  ago,  but  was  greatly  enlarged  in  1847.  The 
Wesleyan  Chapel  was  built  in  1845,  at  a  cost  of  £700.  The  Town  Lands, 
which  have  been  vested  from  time  immemorial  for  the  repairs  of  the 
highways,  the  relief  of  the  poor,  the  payment  of  the  common  charges,  or 
otherwise  for  the  general  benefit  of  the  parishioners,  were  augmentedby 
Wra.  Leake,  in  1017,  and  exchanged  at  the  enclosure  for  53a.  Or.  7p.,  now 
let  for  £115  per  annum.  Of  this  income  about  £16  go  towards  tho 
repair  of  the  roads  ;  £5  arc  paid  to  the  mistress  of  the  Infant  School, 
who  is  also  provided  with  coals;  and  the  remainder  is  expended  in 
apprentice  fees  for  poor  boys,  and  distributions  of  coals  and  clothing 
amongst  the  poor  parishioners.  Messrs.  J.  and  C.  Burrows,  John,  Jph., 
and  Wm.  Sheppard,  Wm.  Hallam,  B.  W.  Brown,  and  W.  Wibberley  are 
the  feoffees.  In  1730,  Joseph  Thompson  bequeathed  to  the  town  feoffees 
£100,  to  be  invested,  and  the  yearly  proceeds  applied  in  schooling  poor 
boys.  This  legacy  was  laid  out  in  the  purchase  of  10a.  of  land,  called 
Rayland  Close,  at  Burton- on- the- Wolds,  now  let  for  £15  a  year,  which 
is  paid  towards  the  salary  of  the  master  of  the  National  School,  who 
is  expected  to  teach  15  poor  boys  free  in  consideration  of  it.  Six  poor 
widows  have  the  rent  of  2  acres  of  land,  now  let  for  £5,  and  purchased  with 
£50,  left  by  Daniel  Ballad.  The  dividends  of  £120  Three-and-a-half  per 
cent.  Stock,  are  distributed  in  bibles  among  the  poor.  Of  this  stock,  £20 
were  given  by  the  Rev.  W.  Chamberlain,  and  £100  by  Dr.  Jobson,  a  late 
vicar.  The  Herbage  Charity  was  established  at  the  enclosure  of  the 
parish,  when  two-thirds  of  the  herbage  and  pasture  of  the  public  roads 
were  vested  for  the  use  of  the  poor.  The  herbage  of  the  several  roads 
produces  about  £00  a  year,  of  which  about  £40  are  distributed  among 
the  poor. 

In  the  following  DIRECTORY  OF  WYMESWOLD  those  marked  1,  reside 
in  Brook  street ;  2,  Church  lane;  3,  Far  street;  4,  Little  End;  5,  Stockwcll 
street;  6,  at  the  Clay ;  and  7,  in  East  street 

Post  Office  at  Joseph  Colliugton  and  Son's.  Letters  arrive  from  Lough- 
borough at  9  morning,  and  are  despatched  at  5£  afternoon. 


V/YMESWOLD    DIRECTORY. 


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6  Alsop  Richard,  jobber 

DRAPERS. 

1  Wadkin  William 

Basford  Thomas,  wood  dealer 

1  Bass  Thomas 

SADDLERS. 

2  Brown  Benj.  Webster,  surgeon 

6  Collington&Son 

7  Bradwell  Thos. 

1  Charles  Mr  George  &  Miss  Ann 

DRUGGISTS. 

Pepper  Thomas 

3  Codling  Jno.  Chas.  National  School 

Astlett  William 

SHOEMAKERS. 

Dawkins  Captain  Charles,  R.N. 

7  Brown  Marshall 

1  Braisby  John 

3  Ella  Misses  Ann  and  Mary 

FARMERS  &  GRZRS. 

3  Charles  Edward 

6  Fox  Jno.  rate  coir.  ||  3  Fox  Mr  Jas. 

7  Barnett  Edward 

1  Giles  John 

Gutteridge  John,  parish  clerk 

6  Burrows  Edwd. 

1  Lamb  Robert 

3  Holwell  Thomas,  lace  agent 

3  Burrows  John 

6  Paget  George 

3  Lacey  Mrs  Ann  ||   1  Gee  William 

6  Charles  Reuben 

5  Radford  Charle3 

Lacey  Eliz.  &  Mary,  Infant  School 

3  Fletcher  Samuel 

3  Wood  Joseph 

3  Potter  Thomas  R.  gentleman 

3  Freeston  Wm. 

SHOPKEEPERS. 

7  Sheppard  John,  cattle  dealer 

3  Goddard  Debrh. 

G  Fox  William 

2  Sheppard  Mr  J.  ||  3  Sheppard  Mr  W. 

1  Hallam  William 

5  Goodburn  Jem. 

Shipman  John,  plumber,  &c. 

1  Hardy  William 

5  Holwell  Wm. 

3  Staples  Rev.  George,  (Baptist) 

1  Hoe  Thomas 

G  Page  Ann 

6  Tylers  John,  confectioner 

Keightley  Ed.  Ts. 

1  Wood  Joseph 

Walker  Rev.  Robert,  M.A.  Vicarage 

Manor  House 

TAILORS. 

Wibberley  William,  highway  surveyor 

Mann  Robert 

6  Abell  Thomas 

Wild  Mrs,  school  ||   7  Robinson  Mrs 

1  Monk  James 

3  Collington  Jph. 

3  Wye  Edward,  hosiery  manufacturer 

1  Roworth  John 

5  Holwell  William 

INNS  AND  TAVERNS. 

1  Simpson  Benj. 

3  Mee  Thomas 

3  Bull's  Head,  John  Marriott 

1  Sowter  John 

3  MillsTThomas 

1  Fox,  Mary  Wootton 

6  Wildbore  Saml. 

1  Shepherd  John 

3  Three  Crowns,  John  Bakewell 

1  Wootton  Edwd. 

WHEELWRIGHTS. 

1  Windmill,  William  Wilson  Ford 

GROCERS,     &C 

1  Lamb  John 

BAKERS. 

4  Dexter  John 

1  Bass  Thomas 

4  Tyers  John 

3  Ferriman  Fanny 

1  Whyman  John 

7  Brown  Marshall 

CARRIERS. 

2  Ferriman  John 

BRICKLAYERS. 

6  Collington  Jph. 

To  Loiighborougli, 

Sawbridge  James 

1  Harris  William 

and  Son 

Crookes  Eno. daily 

Wood  Joseph,  jun. 

6  Screaton  Thos. 

Frearson  Thomas 

Dewick  Jas.     do. 

BEERHOUSES. 

BUTCHERS. 

Gill  William 

Mills  John,  Thnrs. 

6  Bampton  Joseph 

3  Fox  William 

6  Miller    Joseph 

Smith  John,     do. 

Dexter  John 

1  Glover  Joseph 

Freeston 

Utting  Rd.  daily 

6  Goddard  Debrh. 

3  James  John 

JOINES.  &BUILDRS. 

To    Nottingham, 

Higgitt  John 

CORN    MILLERS. 

1  Ford  William  W. 

Miles  Jno.,W.&  S. 

BLACKSMITHS. 

7  Barnett  Edward 

2  Freeston  John 

Smith  Johu,    do. 

6  Corner  John 

Ford  William  W. 

3  Hickling  Wm, 

(&  to  Melton,  Tu,) 

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WARKENHO 

f       

E  HUNDBEj 

D. 

Sparkenhoe  is  the  western  of  the  three  Hundreds  forming  the  Southern 
Parliamentary  Division  of  Leicestershire.  It  is  in  the  Archdeaconry  of 
Leicester,  and  in  the  Deaneries  of  Guthlaxton  and  Sparkenhoe.  It  was 
separated  from  Guthlaxton  Hundred  by  Edward  III.,  in  1340,  when  it 
was  said  to  contain  17  knights'  fees,  and  was  assessed  i;34  to  the  aid 
then  granted  for  knighting  Edward  of  Woodstock,  the  King's  eldest  son. 
Petty  Sessions  are  held  at  Hinckley  every  alternate  Monday  ;  at  Market 
Bosworth  every  alternate  Wednesday,  and  at  Leicester  every  Saturday. 

The  following  enumeration  of  the  parishes,  tounships,  hamlets,  dc,  in 
Sparkenhoe  Hundred,  shews  their  territorial  extent,  their  population 
in  1861,  and  the  annual  value  of  their  lands  and  buildings,  as  assessed  to 
the  county  rate  ;  with  subjoined  notes,  shewing  the  Unions  to  which  they 
respectively  belong. 


640 


SPARKENHOE   HUNDRED. 


Pop. 

Annual 

1 

Pop. 

Annua 

PARISHES,  &c. 

Acres. 

in 

Value 

PARISHES,  &c. 

Acres. 

in 

Value. 

1861. 

£. 

1861. 

£. 

♦Appleby  (part  of)p.  11 

1752 

494 

3000 

t  My  the  ex-par 

170 

i9 

425 

II  Aston  Flamvillcpat. 

1050 

81 

1413 

{Nailstone  parish. . 

1880 

302 

2771 

IIBurbage    chapelry 

3170 

1865 

5087 

£Barton.in'the-  ) 
Beans  U  twp..  j 

650 

158 

1211 

+Aylestone(prt.of)par. 

« 

+Lubbesthorpe   chp. 

1190 

'64 

1770 

♦Normanton  le   \ 
Heath  chap...  J 

1321 

*Bardon  ex-parochial 

1408 

50 

855 

178 

2088 

II  Barwe  11  parish 

2268 

1357 

4322 

+Narborough  par . . 

1527 

716 

3622 

+Potters  Marston  tw. 

700 

7 

1000 

+Huncote  Hamlet 

904 

440 

1784 

II  Stapleton  Hamlet . 

1317 

240 

2256 

+Littlethorp  (part) 

IT 

100 

+Basset  House,  ex  p. 

200 

21 

290 

{Newbold  Verdon  p. 

1750 

708 

2877 

{Cadeby  parish 

797 

196 

1160 

{Norton-juxta- ) 
Twycross   par.  > 

1890 

338 

2118 

{Osbaston  twp.  1T.. . 

1280 

228 

2015 

{Congerstone  parish... 
-rCroft  parish 

992 

250 

950 

{Bilston    chapelry 

690 

116 

976 

1089 

334 

1696 

{Orton-on-Hill  par. 

1536 

344 

2322 

{Desford  parish 

2357 

981 

4200 

iJPeckleton  parish  IT 

2161 

350 

2900 

1  Drayton  Fenny  par. 

1280 

115 

1700 

{Ratby  parish  

1620 

690 

2583 

HElmsthorpe  parish... 

1300 

45 

1265 

{Botcheston  ham. 

480 

68 

600 

+Enderby  parish 

1661 

1333 

3410 

{Groby  hamlet.... 

1758 

461 

3307 

+Glenfield  parish 

710 

520 

1777 

{Newton  Un-       ) 
thank  hamlet  J 

346 

45 

632 

tBraunstone  chap... 

1783 

204 

3001 

■rKirbyMuxloe  chap. 

1634 

318 

3040 

HSapcote  parish  .. 

1465 

668 

2534 

+Glenfield  Frith  ex  p. 

301 

11 

437 

{Shackerstone  par. 

1182 

298 

1706 

{Gopsall  Hall  parish 

600 

63 

900 

{Odestone   hamlet 

1098 

184 

2076 

♦Heather  parish  .... 

1000 

371 

2065 

HSharnford    parish 

1423 

589 

2426 

{Higham-on-hill  par. 

253S 

559 

3983 

tSheepy  Magna  p. 

1593 

400 

2514 

II Hinckley  parish    . . 

3565 

6448 

12,000 

JRatdiffe  Culey  c. 

1192 

240 

1910 

{Dadlington  chap... 

1022 

216 

1607 

t Sheep y  Parva  par. 

582 

no 

941 

II  Stoke  Golding  ch. 

1237 

638 

2540 

{Sibston  parish 

1300 

242 

1686 

{Ibstock  parish 

2292 

1107 

3485 

{Wellesborougb.  ) 
{Temple  Hall  tw  } 

1250 

93 

1557 

♦Donington  and  \ 
♦Hugglescote  ch. ) 

761 

1203 

}3953 

1751 

1006 

{Upton    township 

1270 

145 

2240 

+Kirby  Frith  ex-par.. 

231 

21 

380 

♦Snareston    parish 

1325 

355 

2416 

{Kirkby  Mallory  par... 

1940 

216 

2572 

HStanton(Stoney)p. 

1480 

703 

2768 

II Earl  Shilton  chap. 

1976 

2176 

4700 

{Thornton  parish. . 

2020 

446 

3638 

♦Leicester  Forest ) 
(E.and  W.)  ..  J 

660 

60 

1006 

{Bagworth  char).... 

2193 

534 

3470 

{Stantou  under  ) 
Bardon  chap.    J 

1394 

312 

1542 

+New  Parks  ex  p. . . 

740 

52 

1400 

§  Market  Bos  worth  p. 

2800 

996 

5050 

+Thurlaston  p.  T"j 

1905 

660 

\ 

{Barlestone  chap.. 

1028 

544 

2000 

+Normanton....  V 
Turville  hamlet  J 

1075 

52 

I   4173 

{Carlton  chapelry... 

725 

277 

1050 

) 

{Shenton   chapelry 

1515 

206 

1924 

{Twycross  parish . . 

1500 

336 

2249 

{Sutton  Cheney  ch 

1620 

353 

2245 

iWitherley    parish 

774 

488 

1978 

{Markfield  parish.... 
$  Merevale  (part)  1T.. 

2436 
1056 

1391 
100 

3000 
2559 

tAtterton  hamlet.. 

635 

96 

950 

Totals 

105,065 

37,700 

176,032 

UNIONS. — Those  marked  thus  ♦  are  in  Ashby-dc-la-Zouch  Union  ;  +  in  Blaby  Union;  tin 
Atherstone  Union;  {  in  Market  Bosworth  Union;  and  II  in  Hinckley  Union.  Athersrone 
Union  is  mostly  in  Warwickshire;  and  the  others  are  described  with  the  parishes  from  which 
they  are  named. 

IT  Merevale  parish  is  partly  in  Warwickshire.  The  Leicestershire  part  is  a  scattered  district, 
including  Moorbarns,  Lea  Grange,  and  Newhouse-and-Pinnals.  Appleby  parish  is  partly  in 
Derbyshire.  Aylestone  is  in  Guthlaxton  Hundred.  Osbaston  township  is  in  Cadeby  and 
Market  Bosworth  parishes.  Barton-in-le-Beans  township  is  in  the  three  parishes  of  Nailstone, 
Market  Bosworth,  and  Shackerstone.  Littlethorpe  is  mostly  in  Cosby  parish,  Guthlaxton 
Hundred.     Peckleton  includes  Tooley  Park  ;  and  Thurlaston  includes  New  hall  Park. 

ATHERSTONE  UNION  comprises  Atherstone,  Ansley,  Baddesley-Ensor,  Baxterley, 
Bentley,  Grenden-with-Whittingham,  Mancetter-and-Poleswortb,  and  part  of  Merevale,  in 
Warwickshire  ;  and  the  parishes  marked  thus  t  in  the  foregoing  table.  It  embraces  an  area  of 
34  square  miles. 

Sparkenhoe  is  the  largest  of  the  six  Hundreds  of  Leicestershire,  and 
forms  the  south-western  portion  of  the  county ;  being  bounded  on  the  south 
by  the  Roman  Watling  street,  which  separates  it  from  Warwickshire;  on 
the  west,  by  the  latter  county  and  a  detached  part  of  Derbyshire ;  on  the 
north,  by  West  Goscote  Hundred;  and  on  the  east,  by  Guthlaxton 
Hundred,  and  the  Borough  of  Leicester.  It  is  of  an  irregular  oblong 
figure,  comprising  about  105,000  acres,  and  38,000  inhabitants;  and 
averaging  about  18  miles  in  length,  from  east  to  west,  and  12  in  breadth, 
from  north  to  south.    The  river  Soar  defines  nearly  the  whole  of  its 


SPARKENHOE    HUNDRED.  641 

eastern  boundary,  and  is  crossed  in  three  places  by  the  Roman  Fosse-way. 
Being  a  highly  picturesque  district  of  hills  and  valleys,  it  is  watered 
by  the  Sence  and  many  other  small  rivers  and  rivulets,  winding  their 
courses  eastward  to  the  Soar,  or  southward  to  the  Anker.  The  Leicester 
and  Burton  Railway  traverses  its  northern  side,  by  Thornton,  Bagworth, 
and  Hugglescote,  where  there  are  several  collieries ;  and  the  Leicester, 
Hinckley,  and  Nuneaton  Railway  crosses  the  south-east  angle  of  the 
Hundred.  The  Ashby- de-la- Z ouch  Canal  traverses  its  western  parishes 
southward,  in  a  winding  course  from  Snareston  to  the  neighbourhoods  of 
its  two  market-towns,  Hinckley  and  Market  Boswortli.  Hinckley,  and 
many  other  parishes  in  this  Hundred,  are  extensively  engaged  in  the 
hosiery  manufacture. 

The  name  of  Sparkenhoe  has  now  become  familiar  to  every  one  on 
account  of  its  Farmers'  Club,  one  of  the  most  celebrated  of  the  great 
agricultural  societies  of  the  kingdom,  which  numbers  amongst  its  patrons 
and  members  most  of  the  nobility,  gentry,  and  leading  farmers  of  this 
and  many  other  counties,  and  gives  away  annually  upwards  of  .£1000 
in  prizes.  This,  now  great  club,  was  commenced  some  sixteen  years  ago, 
in  an  unostentatious  way,  in  the  very  quiet  village  of  Kirkby  Mallory, 
by  a  few  of  the  farmers  of  that  neighbourhood,  who  formed  themselves 
into  a  debating  society,  and  met  to  discuss  subjects  of  general  interest 
connected  with  agriculture.  After  some  time  it  was  determined  to  give 
the  institution  a  more  practical  character  by  holding  an  annual  meeting 
and  giving  prizes  for  excellence  in  horses,  cattle,  sheep,  implements,  corn, 
roots,  cheese,  wool,  fruits,  flowers,  and  poultry,  skill  in  husbandry,  &c. 
The  attempt  was  crowned  with  eminent  success,  and  the  society  has  gone 
on  increasing  in  activity  and  importance  until  it  has  become  second  only 
to  the  Royal  Agricultural  Society  of  England.  A  large  measure  of  its 
success  is  attributed  to  the  gallantry  of  its  members,  in  being  the  first 
to  set  the  example,  which  has  since  been  so  largely  followed,  of  inviting 
ladies  to  join  in  its  annual  shows  and  banquets.  Two  smaller  kindred 
societies,  established  at  Hinckley  and  Ashby-de-la-Zouch,  have  been 
amalgamated  with  it.  T.  H.  Kinton,  Esq.,  of  Leicester,  is  the  treasurer ; 
and  Mr.  Thos.  Davenport,  of  Ashby-de-la-Zouch,  is  secretary  and  collector. 


APPLEBY  parish  comprises  the  neighbouring  villages  of  Appleby 
Magna  and  Parva,  8  miles  N.  of  Atherstone,  6  miles  S.W.  by  S.  of 
Ashby-de-la-Zouch,  and  about  20  miles  W.  by  N.  of  Leicester.  It  has 
1070  inhabitants,  and  2748  acres,  of  which  494  inhabitants  and  1752 
acres  are  in  Leicestershire,  and  576  inhabitants  and  996  acres  are  in  a 
detached  part  of  Repton  and  Gresley  Hundred,  Derbyshire.  Appleby 
Parva  is  mostly  in  Leicestershire,  and  lies  south  of  Appleby  Magna, 
which  is  mostly  in  Derbyshire,  but  the  parish  church  is  in  Leicester- 
shire. The  Leicestershire  and  Derbyshire  parts  of  the  parish  form  two 
separate  townships,  in  Ashby-de-la-Zouch  Union,  and  these  counties 
unite  with  those  of  Stafford  and  Warwick  at  the  western  extremity  of 
this  parish,  which  is  skirted  on  the  east  by  the  river  Mease  and  the 
Ashby  canal.  The  soil  is  chiefly  clay  and  marl,  and  the  surface  diver- 
sified and  well  cultivated, — the  commons  and  open  fields  being  enclosed 
in  1772.  The  trustees  of  Boswortli  School  are  lords  of  the  manor  of 
Appleby  Magna,  but  a  great  part  of  the  soil  belongs  to  Geo.  Moore,  Esq., 
the  Rev.  John  Mould,  and  some  others.  It  is  parcel  of  the  Honour  of 
Tutbury.  George  Moore,  Esq.,  is  lord  of  the  manor  of  Appleby  Parva, 
and  resides  at  the  Hall,  a  handsome  modern  mansion,  with  an  elegant 
portico  supported  by  fluted  Doric  pillars,  pleasantly  situated  in  a  beauti- 

2s 


642  APPLEBY   PAKISH. 

ful  park  of  50  acres,  a  little  south  of  the  village.  About  a  mile  north  of 
the  church  is  White  House,  the  seat  of  the  Misses  Moore.  The  Countess 
Godiva,  Burton  Abbey,  and  the  Ferrers  family  held  most  of  the  parish 
in  1086.  Sir  Wolstan  Dixie  purchased  the  manor  of  Appleby  Magna, 
in  1604,  and  gave  it  to  Bosworth  School ;  and  that  of  Appleby  Parva 
was  purchased  by  Charles  Moore,  in  1630.  The  old  moated  Manor 
House  of  Great  Appleby,  now  called  Moat  House,  has  been  occupied^y  the 
Taverner  family  for  more  than  200  years,  and  was  anciently  the  seat  of 
the  Applebys.  It  is  much  decayed,  aud  has  undergone  many  repairs. 
The  -Church  (St.  Michael)  is  a  large  and  handsome  edifice,  with  a  mas- 
sive tower,  crowned  by  a  spire,  and  containing  six  bells  and  a  clock.  It 
was  originally  in  the  perpendicular  style,  but  about  30  years  ago  it  was 
restored  in  the  decorated  style,  at  a  cost  of  about  £3000 ;  half  of  which 
was  contributed  by  the  Moore  family,  and  the  remainder  was  raised  by 
subscription.  It  has  a  good  organ,  and  a  beautiful  groined  roof.  All  the 
windows  are  enriched  with  stained  and  painted  glass ;  and  on  the  right 
of  the  communion  table  is  an  altar  tomb,  with  recumbent  effigies  of  Sir 
Edmund  Appleby,  Knight,  and  his  lady,  the  former  of  whom  was  slain 
at  the  battle  of  Cressy.  Here  are  also  several  monuments,  belonging  to 
the  Moore,  Mould,  Jones,  and  other  families.  A  new  clock  was  placed 
in  the  tower,  in  1850,  at  the  expense  of  the  Misses  Moore.  The  advow- 
son  was  given  by  Richard  FitzRoger  to  Lathom  Priory,  in  Lancashire, 
and  was  purchased  about  a.d.  1600,  by  the  Moulds,  an  ancient  family  of 
this  parish.  The  Rev.  Thos.  Mould,  who  died  in  1642,  was  both  rector 
and  patron,  and  there  is  a  mural  monument  to  his  memory  in  the  church. 
From  the  Moulds  the  advowson  passed  by  marriage  to  the  Dawsons,  of 
whom  it  was  purchased  many  years  ago  by  George  Moore,  Esq.,  the 
present  patron.  The  rectory,  valued  in  KB.  at  £20.  9s.  3d.,  and  now 
at  £850,  is  held  by  the  Rev.  John  Manuel  Echalaz,  M.A.,  who  has 
a  good  residence,  built  in  1810,  at  a  cost  of  £2000,  and  423  acres  of  glebe, 
awarded  in  lieu  of  tithes,  at  the  enclosure  of  the  parish,  in  1772.  The 
Particular  Baptist  Chapel  was  erected  in  1825,  by  the  late  Mr.  George 
Hear,  who  also  endowed  it  with  1^  acre  of  land,  on  which  five  cottages 
have  since  been  built,  and  now  produce  about  £20  per  annum.  Here 
are  also  Chapels  belonging  to  the  General  Baptists  and  Wesleyans,  the 
former  built  in  1820,  and  the  latter  in  1841.  The  National  School  is  a 
large  brick  building,  erected  in  1844,  at  a  cost  of  £400,  and  now  attended 
by  about  30  girls  and  100  infants. 

The  Free  School,  founded  and  endowed  in  1627,  by  Sir  John 
Moore,  Kt.,  of  whom  there  is  an  effigy  in  the  school-room,  is  free  for 
instruction  in  Latin,  Greek,  English,  and  Writing,  to  all  the  boys  of 
Appleby,  Norton,  Austrey,  Newton,  Chilcot,  Stretton,  Measham,  Swep- 
stone,  and  Snareston ;  and  by  statutes  made  in  1706,  it  was  declared  free 
for  boys  from  any  part  of  England.  It  is  governed  by  the  Rector  of-' 
Appleby  and  twelve  other  trustees,  among  whom  vacancies  are  filled  up 
by  the  survivors,  but  it  is  directed  that  two  or  three  shall  be  of  the  name 
of  Moore.  The  school  premises  form  a  large  pile  of  building,  which  was 
erected  for  the  founder  by  Sir  Christopher  "Wren.  The  centre  is  occupied 
by  a  very  spacious  Grammar  School,  52  feet  by  27,  with  a  cloister  hi  front. 
At  the  west  end  is  a  good  residence  for  the  head  master,  who  has  also  the 
upper  rooms  over  the  school,  a  large  dining  hall  in  the  cloister  at  the 
back,  and  several  apartments,  which  have  recently  been  added,  and  form  a 
new  wing.  At  the  east  end  is  a  similar  house,  the  two  lower  rooms  of 
which  are  the  Writing  and  English  Schools,  and  the  rest  is  the  residence 
of  the  English  master.  There  is  no  residence  for  the  writing  master. 
There  are  stables  and  out-offices  for  the  two  residences,  and  to  each  is 


APPLEBY    PARISH. 


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attached  a  garden  and  orchard.  There  is  a  gallery  in  the  church  for  the 
use  of  the  masters  and  scholars.  The  endowment  consists  of  a  farm  of 
228a.  2r.  2p.,  at  Upton,  let  for  about  ,£300  per  annum.  The  headmaster 
has  a  yearly  salary  of  £100,  and  has  generally  about  20  boarders,  each  pay- 
ing £40  a  year  or  upwards,  according  to  age.  The  English  master  has 
a  yearly  stipend  of  £65,  and  has  generally  from  30  to  50  scholars,  many 
of  them  from  Twycross,  Orton,  Gopsall,  and  Norton.  The  writing  master 
has  a  yearly  salary  of  £40,  and  instructs  the  boys  of  the  English  school. 
All  repairs  of  the  building  are  paid  for  out  of  the  trust  fund,  as  well  as 
all  rates,  taxes,  and  other  incidental  expenses.  All  the  boys  are  admitted 
by  the  masters  on  application,  but  a  capitation  fee  of  £5  is  charged  for 
boys  entering  the  Latin  school.  By  direction  of  the  Charity  Commis- 
sioners in  1861,  a  second  master,  or  usher,  was  appointed  at  a  salary  of 
£60  a  year,  to  instruct  such  of  the  boys  as  desired  it,  in  the  higher 
branches  of  an  English  education,  so  as  to  enable  them  to  compete  for 
civil  or  military  appointments.  The  Rev.  John  Wharton,  M.A.,  is  the 
head  master ;  Mr.  James  Paton,  second  master;  Mr.  Edwin  Hague, 
English  master  ;  and  Mr.  J.  Anscomb,  writing  master.  The  foundation 
scholars,  according  to  the  statutes,  are  taught  Latin  and  Greek,  and  the 
head  master  is  allowed  to  take  boarders,  for  whom  the  house  and  play- 
ground are  admirably  adapted. 

The  poor  parishioners  of  Appleby  have  the  dividends  of  £199. 13s.  2d. 
Three  per  Cent.  Consols,  purchased  with  benefaction  money,  left  by  Chas. 
Moore,  John  Erpe,  the  Rev.  Isaac  Mould,  and  other  donors.  They  have 
also  the  following  yearly  doles,  viz: — £1.  5s.,  left  by  the  Rev.  Aim. 
Mould,  in  1683,  out  of  land  now  belonging  to  the  Moore  family ;  and  12s., 
as  interest  of  £12,  left  by  Mrs.  Anna  WUde  and  Susan  Mould.  Near  the 
church  are  five  cottages,  built  in  1839,  by  the  Misses  Moore,  and  let 
to  the  poor  at  nominal  rents. 


APPLEBY  MAGNA  DIRECTORY. 

Post  Office  atWm.  Jackson's.  Letters  arrive  from  Atkerstone  at  6  morning, 
and  are  despatched  at  S\  nigkt.  Money  Orders  are  granted  and  paid,  and  here 
is  a  Post  Office  Savings'1  Bank. 


Anscomb  John,  writing  master 
Boden  Edw.  maltster  and  brick  maker 
Boss  William,  plumber  and  glazier 
Bowley  James,  builder  &  timber  inert. 
Echalaz  Rev.  John  Manuel,  M.A.  rector 

of  Appleby,  rural  dean,  &  hon.  canon 

of  Peterborough,  Rectory 
Farmer  Elizabeth,  cooper 
Foster  Mr  Thomas,  Heath  Cottage 
Gresley  William,  wheelwright 
Haywood  Samuel,  overlooker 
Lees  Henry,  draper  and  milliner 
Marshall  Thos.  seedsman  &  shoe  dlr. 
Moore  Miss  Cath.  &  Eliz.  White  House 
Parker  William,  carpenter 
Princep  John,  gentleman 
Saddington  Edward,  saddler 
Saddington  William,  maltster 
Tunnadine  James,  gentleman 
Tunnadine  Thos.  gent.Woodbcne  Cotg. 

INNS  AND  TAVERNS. 
Black  Horse,  Thomas  Bowley 
Crown,  George  Ragg  (and  butcher) 


BEERHOUSE. 

Garner  Mary 

BLACKSMITHS. 

Pearson  Joseph 
Tunnadine  James 

FARMERS. 

Adcock      John, 
Barn's  Heath 

Boden  Edward 

Boss  John 

Chandler  Mary 

Lindley  William 

Marshall  George 

Parker  James 

Parker  Thomas 

Potter  John 

Stevenson  Willm. 

Taverner  William, 
Moat  House 

Taverner      John 
(and  butcher) 

Thompson  John 


Wood  Wm.  Manor 
*  House 
Wyatt  John 

SHOEMAKERS. 

Bates  Thomas 
Davis  Samuel 
Marshall  Thomas 
Winter  John 

SHOPKEEPERS. 

Bates  Charles  (and 

baker,  &c.) 
Boston  John 
Bowley  Samuel 
Brown  John  (and 

druggist) 
Tilley  Charles 
Wyatt  James 
Wyatt  John 
Wyatt  Thos.  (and 

bricklayer) 

TAILORS. 

Baker  William 
2s2 


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APPLEBY    PARISH. 


Bates  Thomas 
Chandler  Aaron  (& 
draper) 


Jackson  Win.  (and 
par.clk.)Pos«0/. 
Taylor  John 


CARRIERS. 

To  Atherstone  Tu. 
Burton  Thurs.  & 


Tamworth  Sat. 
Haywood  William 
Parker  Thomas 


APPLEBY  PARVA  DIRECTORY. 


Bowker  Roht.  Btanser,  surgeon,  Villa 
Bowley  Jno.  joiner  &  vict.  Moore's  Arms 
Cooper  Mrs  Mary 

Edmunds  Spercer,  surgeon,  The  Cotg. 
Garner  John,  shopkeeper 
Godfrey  Jonathan,  beerhouse 
Hague  Edwin,  English  Free  School 
Hatton  William,  boot  and  shoe  maker 
Lee  Chas.  shopkeeper  &  confectioner 
Moore  George,  Esq.  The  Hall 


Paton  James,  asst.  master,  Free  School 
Saddington  Bateman,  farmer  &  butcher 
Shakespeare  Wm.  boot  and  shoe  maker 
Stevenson  William,  farmer 
Thompson  Tkos.f axmeY,Westhill  House 
Wharton  Rev.  John,  M.A.  head  master, 
Grammar  School 

Carrier. — James  Fish,  to  Barton-on- 
Trent,  Thurs.,  and  Ashby,  Sat. 


ASTON  FLAMVILLE,  a  small  village  and  township,  nearly  3  miles 
E.S.E.  of  Hinckley,  contains  only  81  inhabitants  and  about  1050  acres, 
but  its  parish  includes  also  the  large  township  and  cliapelry  of  Burbage 
and  its  hamlets,  and  comprises  altogether  about  4220  acres  and  1046 
inhabitants.  The  river  Soar  has  one  of  its  sources  in  the  parish,  and  the 
soil  is  various,  but  generally  fertile.  Sir  William  E.  C.  Hartopp,  Bart., 
is  owner  and  lord  of  the  manor  of  Aston  Flamville,  which  was  held  by 
the  Flamville  family,  under  Coventry  Priory,  in  1100,  and  afterwards 
passed  to  the  Hastings,  Mowbray,  'Turville,  and  Ashby  families,  the 
latter  of  whom  sold  it  to  the  Cradocks  in  1752.  The  Church  (St.  Peter) 
is  a  very  ancient  building,  with  a  tower  and  short  spire,  and  was  re-roofed 
in  1862,  at  a  cost  of  about  j£80.  The  benefice  is  a  rectory,  valued  in 
K.B.  at  .£33.  12s.  8^d.,  and  now  at  .£878,  with  the  curacy  of  Burbage 
annexed  to  it.  The  glebe  comprises  01a.  in  Aston,  and  13.U.  in  Bur- 
bage; and  the  tithes  of  the  parish  (except  20a.)  were  commuted,  in  1839, 
for  ,£670  per  annum.  The  Dowager  Countess  Cowper  is  patroness,  and 
the  Rev.  Willoughby  "W.  T.  Balfour,  B.A.,  is  the  incumbent,  and  has  a 
good  residence  in  Burbage.  The  church  contains  several  monuments  of 
the  Turville  family.  The  principal  inhabitants  of  Aston  are : — The 
Misses  Mary  Ann  and  Dorothy  Gilbert ;  and  Thomas  Gilbert  (Rectory 
Farm),  Mary  Itobinson,  Mr.  Simons.  Saml.  Wykes,  and  Jonathan  Wood 
(Michle  Hill),  farmers. 

Burbage,.  or  Burbach,  a  considerable  village,  1  milcS.S.E.  of  Hinck- 
ley, gives  name  to  a  large  township  and  cliapelry  in  Aston  Flamville 
parish,  containing  about  3170a.  of  land  and  1805  inhabitants,  exclusive 
of  about  60  inhabitants  in  Sketchley  hamlet,  and  a  small  part  of  Smock- 
ington.  Many  of  the  inhabitants  are  framework  knitters,  and  the  clia- 
pelry is  crossed  by  one  of  the  sources  of  the  river  Soar,  and  separated 
from  Warwickshire  by  the  Roman  Watling  street.  The  Dowager  Coun- 
tess Cowper  is  lady  of  the  manors  of  Burbach  and  Sketchley,  but  part 
of  the  soil  belongs  to  several  smaller  owners,  the  largest  of  whom  is  J.  S. 
Crosland,  Esq.,  of  Burbach  House,  which  was  rebuilt  in  1842,  and  is  a 
handsome  Gothic  mansion,  with  beautiful  grounds,  about  a  mile  S.  of 
the  village.  Both  manors  were  held  at  the  Conquest  by  Coventry  Abbey, 
and  afterwards  passed  to  the  Hastings,  and  from  them  to  the  Lords  Grey, 
of  Ruthyn.  The  soil  is  mostly  a  sandy  loam,  and  the  ground  is  pictu- 
resquely diversified,  and  well  wooded.  That  eminent  statesman,  the  late 
Right  Hon.  George  Canning,  resided  some  time  in  the  salubrious  village 


BUEBAGE    TOWNSHIP.  G45 

of  Burbach,  in  the  house  now  occupied  by  Thomas  Crafts,  Esq.,  and 
employed  himself  in  the  cultivation  of  a  few  acres  of  land  in  the  village, 
when  his  parliamentary  duties  permitted.     Sketchlcy  contains  about  367 
acres,  and  had  anciently  a  chapel.    Sketclilcy  Hall,  a  neat  brick  mansion, 
about  1|  mile  S.  of  Hinckley,  is  the  seat  of  Mrs.  S.  Milhouse.     SmocJc- 
ington,  on  the  Roman  Watling  street,  nearly  4  miles  S.S.E.  of  Hinckley, 
was  formerly  a  manor  of  about  600  acres,  which,  at  the  Conquest,  was 
held  by  Henry  de  Ferieres.     It  is  now  partly  in  the  townships  of  Bur- 
bach  and  Wigston  Parva,  and  partly  in  Wolvey  parish,  Warwickshire, 
and  belongs  principally  to  John  Godfrey,  Esq.,  and  Mrs.  Harris.     The 
greater  part  of  Burbach  Church  (St.  Catherine)  was  rebuilt  in  1842,  in 
the  modern  Gothic  style,  at  the  cost  of  £2500,  raised  by  subscription  and 
a  grant  from  the  Diocesan  Society.     It  is  a  handsome  structure,  and 
contains  several  mural  tablets,  one  of  which  is  in  memory  of  Anthony 
Grey,  Earl  of  Kent,  who  died  in  1643,  and  was  rector  of  this  parish,  in 
which  he  long  resided;  another,  painted  in  fresco,  was  erected,  in  1587, 
to  commemorate  some  of  the  Wightman  family ;  and  a  third  records  the 
death  of  Sir  Wm.  Parkyns,  Kt,  in  1721.     An  organ  was  placed  in  the 
church  in  1856,  at  a  cost  of  ,£120,  and  the  churchyard  is  well  enclosed 
and  finely  shaded  with  trees.     The  benefice  is  a  curacy,  annexed  to  the 
rectory  of  Aston  Flamville.     The  Independent  Chapel  was  built  in  1815, 
and  enlarged  in  1856.     The  Wcsleyan  Chapel  was  built  in  1815,  and  in 
1850,  a  commodious  school-room  was  added  to  it.     It  is  endowed  with 
.£30  per  annum,  left  by  the  late  Rev.  Benjamin  Hurst.     The  Primitive 
Methodists  have  also  a  chapel  here,  erected  in  1843.     In  the  village  is  a 
National  School,  founded  by  the  late  Countess  De  Grey  in  1825,  and 
supported  by  subscription.     The  poor  of  the  chapelry  have  the  following 
Charities: — The  site  of  the  New  Inn  is  charged  with  the  yearly  pay- 
ment of  £2.  6s.,  for  apprenticing  a  poor  boy,  pursuant  to  the  bequest  of 
the  Rev.  Roht.  Cotes,  in  1717.     The  interest  of  £45,  left  by  Dr.  Duport, 
William  Martin,  and  Sarah  Forryan,  is  distributed  in  coals,  except  the 
value  of  a  gown,  given  to  a  poor  woman.     The  dividends  of  £178.  3s.  8d. 
Three-and-a-half  per  Cent.  Stock,  purchased  with  £200,  left  by  Elizabeth 
Hutchinson,  in  1786,  are  distributed  in  gowns,  bibles,  prayer-books,  and 
coals,  to  six  poor  widows  not  receiving  parochial  relief.     The  dividends 
of  £105  Three-and-a-half  per  Cent.  Stock,  purchased  with  £100,  left  by 
Richard  Spooner  Jacques,  Esq.,  in  1811,  are  dispensed  as  follows,  viz. : — 
10s.  6d.  for  a  sermon  on  Christmas  Day,  and  the  remainder  in  a  distri- 
bution of  bread  among  all  the  poor  attending  the  sermon.     A  legacy  of 
£200,  left  by  William  Grundy,  in  1319,  has  been  increased  to  £215.  4s. 
now,  in  the  Hinckley  Savings'  Bank.     The  yearly  interest  is  dispensed 
as  follows,  viz. : — £5  in  providing  ten  gowns  to  as  many  widows  not 
receiving  parochial  relief,  and  £2.  4s.  Id.  in  a  general  distribution  of 
bread  among  the  poor  of  the  chapelry. 

Post  Office  at  Ann  James's.     Letters  are  despatched  via  Hinckley  at  6|  p.m. 

Croslaud  John  Smitb ,  Esq.  Burbach  Hs. 


Archer  Geo.  par.  clerk,  regr.  of  births 
and  deaths,  assistant  overseer,  and 
agent  to  Birmingham  Fire  Office 

Balfour  Rev.  Willonghhy  Wm.  Town- 
ley,  B.A.  rector,  Rectory 

Berry  Rev.  T.  Marlborough,  B.A.curate 

Campton  Thomas,  music  seller 

Campton  William,  tailor 

Colley  Mr  John 

Cotton  Mrs,  Lash  Hill  House 

Crafts  Thomas,  Esq. 


Gilbert  Daniel,  master,  National  ScJiool 

Greenway  Miss  Sar.  [|  Waters  MrWm. 

Hame3  John,  painter,  &c« 

Holyoak  Richard,  blacksmith 

Lord  Thos.  Seagrave,  painter,  plumber, 

glazier,  and  engraver 
McNeall  Rev.  Hugh,  curate 
Milhouso  Mrs  S.  Sketchley  Hall 
Pilgrim  Samuel  C.  Esq.  Manor  House 
Reeve  John,  master,  Wesleyan  School 


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BURBAGE    TOWNSHIP. 


INNS  AND  TAVERNS. 
Anchor,  James  Hudson 
Bull's  Head,  Thomas  Perkins 
Chequers,  Edward  Sparrow- 
Cross  Keys,  John  Gent 
Earl  de  Grey's  Arms,  Samuel  Nickels 
Red  Lion,  Thomas  Goode 
Roebuck,  James  Whitmore 
Three  Pots,  Edward  Hollier 


BAKERS. 

Gater  Charles 
Hudson  James 

BEERHOUSE. 

Hill  Richard 

BUTCHERS. 

Gater  Charles 
Perkins  Thomas 
Sparrow  John 

CARPENTERS,  &C. 

Atkins  Uriah 


j Bates  John 

:  Bee  ford  Benjamin 

j  Lord  John 

|  FARMERS    &   CRZRS. 

I  Aid  ridge  William, 
WJiite  House 

\  Ball  Timotby,73«r- 
bach  Outicoods 

[  Bentley  Jno.&  Jph. 
Lasli  Hill  House 

1  Chamberlain  M. 


Chapman  William 
Gibbius  William 
Goode  Thomas 
Granger  Samuel 
Hollier  Edward 
James  Edward 
McEwen   William, 

Park  Farm 
Moore  Joseph 
Pridmore  John 
Record  Thomas 
Sharp  Thomas 
Sheepy      William, 

Sketchley 
Withers  Jas.  Hogg 

Hall 
Wood  Thomas 

GARDENERS    AND 
NURSERYMEN. 

Hurst  Charles  C. 


Lee  Joseph,  jun. 
Lee  William 

GROCERS 
AND    SHOPKEEPERS. 

Chamberlain  Jph. 
Foxon  Jane  M. 
Gater  Charles 
Heir  Edward 
James  Ann 
Perkins  Elizabeth 
Sparrow  John 

SHOEMAKERS. 

ArcherGeorge  (and 

parish  clerk 
Wightman  Charles 

CARRIER. 

Richard  Hill,  to 
Leicester,  every 
Saturday 


LUBBESTHORPE,  3  miles  S.W.  of  Leicester,  is  a  township  and 
chapelry  in  Aylestone  parish,  as  noticed  at  a  subsequent  page.  It  has 
only  64  inhabitants,  and  1190  acres  of  land,  mostly  a  light  loam,  with 
some  sand,  and  bounded  on  the  east  by  the  river  Soar.  The  Duke  of 
Rutland  is  sole  owner  and  lord  of  the  manor,  which  was  held  by  William 
Peverel,  in  1086,  when  here  was  an  "  unfruitful  wood,  240  perches  long 
and  40  broad."  It  afterwards  passed  to  the  Cantelupe,  Grindal,  Zouch, 
Constable,  Ashby,  Sacheverel,  and  Hastings  families,  the  latter  of  whom 
sold  it  in  1534,  to  Sir  Geo.  Manners,  an  ancestor  of  its  present  owner. 
As  early  as  1300,  here  was  a  chapel,  dedicated  to  St.  Peter,  and  the 
chaplain  had  a  house,  34  acres  of  land,  and  6s.  8d.  in  rents.  The  chapel 
went  to  decay  many  years  ago,  and  the  curacy  is  consolidated  with 
Aylestone  rectory.  For  their  sittings  in  the  parish  church,  the  inhabi- 
tants of  Lubbesthorpe  pay  four  marks  (.£2.  13s.  4d.)  per  annum.  Until 
about  six  years  ago,  some  of  the  ruins  of  an  Abbey  were  to  be  seen  near 
the  residence  of  Mr.  Whattoff,  and  coins,  bones,  &c,  have  often  been 
found  there,  but  the  place  is  now  built  upon.  The  farm  houses  are 
scattered,  and  one  of  them  is  called  Hat,  from  its  site,  and  about  25  acres 
of  land  having  been  given  by  one  of  the  Edwards,  to  one  of  his  knights, 
to  purchase  a  new  hat,  in  place  of  one  he  had  lost  while  hunting  with 
his  Majesty  in  this  neighbourhood.  The  Farmers  are — Wm.  Adcock, 
Lawn ;  John  Waldren  Catcheside,  Millfield  (house,  Enderby) ;  Henry 
Hitchcock,  Hat;  George  Oram,  Warren;  John  Oram,  Old  and  Neiv 
House;  Joseph  Benjamin  Reynolds,  Hopyar d;  and  Thomas  Whattoff, 
Abbey  Farm. 


BARDON,  or  Bardon  Parle,  is  an  extra-parochial  liberty,  supporting 
its  poor  as  a  separate  township  in  Ashby-de-la-Zouch  Uniou.  It  con- 
tains 50  inhabitants,  and  1408  acres  of  land,  occupying  the  crown  and 
declivities  of  a  bold  eminence,  on  the  south  side  of  Charnwood  Forest, 
9  miles  N.W.  by  W.  of  Leicester,  and  8  miles  E.S.E.  of  Ashby-de-la- 
Zouch.  It  is  bounded  on  the  west  by  the  Leicester  and  Burton  Rail- 
way, on  which  it  has  a  station,  and  is  the  property  of  the  Exors.  of  the 
late  R.  J.  Hood,  Esq.  Bardon  Hall  is  a  handsome  modern  stone  man- 
sion, in  the  Tudor  style  (now  unoccupied),  picturesquely  seated  on  the 


BARDON    PARK.  647 

banks  of  a  rivulet,  at  the  southern  foot  of  Bardon  Hill,  which  is  the 
highest  and  most  conspicuous  elevation  in  this  county,  rising  to  the 
height  of  853  feet  above  the  level  of  the  sea.  The  declivities  of  this  hill 
are  well  wooded,  and  the  summer  house  on  its  summit  commands,  per- 
haps, a  more  extensive  prospect  than  any  eminence  of  the  same  altitude 
in  the  kingdom.  Belvoir  Castle,  Lincoln  Cathedral  (at  a  distance  of 
45  miles),  the  Peak  hills  of  Derbyshire,  and  Coventry  spires,  may  all  be 
seen  on  a  clear  day,  and  sometimes  the  Malvern  hills  of  Worcestershire 
— the  whole  range  of  vision  embracing  an  area  of  5000  square  miles. 
With  the  aid  of  a  telescope,  the  Chalk  Hills  of  the  south  may  be  distin- 
guished. During  the  summer  months,  this  spot  is  frequently  visited  by 
pleasure  parties  from  Leicester,  &c,  "who  partake  of  their  rural  repast, 
and  enjoy  their  exercise  and  amusements,  in  a  salubrious  air,  surrounded 
by  an  expanse  of  varied  fertility  and  picturesque  prospects  scarcely  to 
be  equalled  in  the  kingdom,"  though  the  height  of  the  hill  is  insignificant 
when  compared  with  the  mountains  of  the  north.  On  the  turnpike  road 
is  an  Independent  Chapel,  with  a  school -room  attached.  Bardon  was 
held  at  an  early  period  by  the  Earls  of  Buchan,  and  passed  in  marriage, 
in  1505,  to  the  Earl  of  Oxford.  On  the  attainder  of  Lord  Lovel,  Henry 
VIII.  granted  it  to  the  Marquis  of  Dorset.  In  1569,  it  was  granted  to 
Sir  H.  Hastings  and  Henry  Cutler,  Esq.,  who  sold  it  to  the  Hoods. 
Extensive  stone  quarries  have  been  recently  opened  on  the  west  side  of 
Bardon  Hill,  by  Messrs.  Ellis  and  Everard,  who  have  also  erected 
powerful  machinery  in  the  adjoining  township  of  Hugglescote,  for  the 
purpose  of  breaking  the  stone,  which  is  of  a  porphyritic  character,  and  is 
sent  in  large  quantities,  by  means  of  a  branch  railway,  to  London,  and 
all  parts  of  the  kingdom,  for  macadamizing  roads.  The  Farmers  and 
Graziers  are — John  Bramley,  Jane  Harris,  Thomas  Harris,  Benj.  Hill, 
Old  Hall,  Daniel  Pettifor,  George  Powdrill,  William  Sharp,  and  Robert 
Taylor.     Post  from  Ashby-de-la-Zouch. 


BAR  WELL,  2  miles  N.  by  E.  of  Hinckley,  is  a  large  village,  with 
many  old  and  irregularly  built  houses,  many  of  them  occupied  by  frame- 
work-knitters. Its  toivnship  contains  1357  inhabitants  and  2268  acres, 
exclusive  of  Stapleton  hamlet,  afterwards  noticed.  Its  parish  includes 
also  Potters-Marston  township,  and  comprises  altogether  1604  inhabi- 
tants and  4285  acres  of  land.  Colonel  T.  H.  Pearson  is  lord  of  the 
manor  of  Barwell ;  and  the  other  principal  owners  of  the  soil  are  the 
Rev.  Peckleton  Power,  Samuel  Burbeary,  Esq.,  Rev.  —  Clay,  and  S. 
R.  Bonner,  Esq.  The  soil  is  chiefly  a  clayey  loam,  and  here  are  several 
large  market  gardens.  Barwell  House,  a  large  mansion  belonging  to  the 
Rev.  P.  Power,  is  occupied  by  Mr.  F.  A.  Price.  The  Church  (St.  Mary) 
is  an  ancient  structure,  with  a  low  square  tower.  Some  of  its  windows 
are  of  early  English  character,  but  the  greater  part  of  the  building  is  in 
the  early  decorated  style,  and  in  the  chancel  is  a  mural  monument  in 
memory  of  Richard  Breton,  Esq.,  whose  family  resided  in  the  neighbour- 
hood as  early  as  1139.  In  1854,  the  church  was  re-seated  and  tho- 
roughly repaired,  at  a  cost  of  ,£700,  of  which  ,£100  were  given  by  the 
Diocesan  Society,  and  the  remainder  was  raised  by  rate  and  subscrip- 
tion. At  the  same  time  the  rector  restored  the  chancel  and  inserted  a 
beautiful  stained  glass  window,  at  a  cost  of  .£400.  The  benefice  is  a 
rectory,  valued  in  KB.  at  .£20.  10s.  7^d.,  and  now  at  ^1000,  with  Staple- 
ton  and  Potters-Marston  annexed  to  it,  Christopher  Barrow,  Esq.,  is 
patron,  and  the  Rev.  Christopher  Brome  Barrow,  M.A.,  is  the  incum- 
bent, and  has  200  acres  of  glebe  and  a  good  residence,  which  has  re- 


648 


HARWELL    PARISH. 


cently  been  much  improved.  The  tithes  were  commuted  in  1842,  for 
.£759  per  annum.  The  Wesleyan  Chapel  is  a  large  brick  building, 
erected  in  1797,  and  considerably  enlarged,  at  a  cost  of  £200,  in  1829. 
The  Primitive  Methodist  Chapel  was  built  in  1853,  on  the  site  of  a 
smaller  chapel,  erected  in  1833.  The  Church  Land  is  3a.  2r.,  let  for  £7. 
The  Poor's  Land,  awarded  at  the  enclosure  in  1G70,  comprises  about 
14a.,  which  is  divided  into  garden  plots,  occupied  rent-free  by  the  poor 
parishioners.  The  poor  have  also  the  interest  of  £ld,  left  by  William 
Wightman  and  John  Shenton  ;  and  4s.  2d.  yearly  from  Sir  Wm.  Roberts' 
charity,  but  these  sums  have  been  for  some  years  accumulating  in  the 
Hinckley  Savings'  Bank.  The  interest  of  £400,  invested  in  three  per 
cent.  Consols,  and  left  by  Wm.  Hunt  Power,  Esq.,  in  1861,  is  distributed 
on  St.  Thomas's  Day,  in  coals  or  blankets.  The  Fiiee  School,  for 
clothing  and  educating  20  poor  boys,  receives  £20.  10s.  yearly  from 
Alderman  Newton  s  charity,  as  noticed  at  page  199  ;  and  from  the  same 
charity  it  received,  many  years  ago,  £120,  now  out  on  mortgage.  The 
free  boys  are  clothed  in  green,  once  in  two  years,  and  the  master  is  al- 
lowed to  take  other  scholars.  The  present  school  was  built  by  subscrip- 
tion, in  1845.  In  1854,  an  ancient  and  valuable  Missal,  richly  illuminated 
on  vellum,  was  found  in  the  chimney  of  an  old  house,  near  the  church. 
It  was  enclosed  in  a  hollow  stone,  along  with  a  beautiful  piece  of  carved 
wood  work,  and  is  now  in  the  possession  of  E.  F.  Jackson,  Esq.,  the 
owner  of  the  house. 
Post  Office  at  John  White's.     Letters  are  despatched  to  Hinckley  at  6.30  p.m. 


Allen  John,  brickmaker 
Barrow  Rev.  Chpr.  B.  M.A.  Rectory 
Bonner  SI.  Robinson,  Esq.  Frith  House 
Garratt  John,  shoemaker  &  registrar 
Greaseley  George,  corn  miller 
Grewcock  Geo.  carpenter  &  builder 
Hill  Samuel,  shoemaker 
Jelley  Thomas,  master,  Free  School 
Needham  John,  parish  clerk 
Norman  William,  tailor 
Rowse  Rev.  Wm.  M.A.  curate 
Stoneley  Wm.  carpenter  and  carrier 
Woodford  Emma,  schoolmistress 
INNS  AND  TAVERNS. 
Cross  Keys,  Thomas  Spence 
Queen's  Head,  William  Powers 
Red  Lion,  John  Powers 
Three  Crowns,  John  Wright 


BLACKSMITHS. 

Cobley  Neal 
Wright  William 

BUTCHERS. 

Grewcock  William 
Powers  George 
Robinson  William 


FARMERS  &  GRAZRS. 

Cross  Charles 
Dalton  Daniel,  Red 

Hall 
Dalton     George, 

Manor  Farm 
DaltonGeorge,jun. 


Do  well  John 
Dowell  William 
Grewcock  William 
Hallara  Thomas 
Harrold  Samuel 
Kibble  William 
Norton  William  H. 
Patterson  George 
Powers  George 
Price  Francis  ;  hs 

Earl  Shilton 
Price  Fras.  Allen 
Price  John 
Robinson  William 
Sleath  Thomas 
Smith  James 
Smith  Jane 
Smith  John 
Wigson  Elizabeth 
Wright  William 
Wright  Thomas 

GARDENERS. 

Clamp  Joseph 
Clamp  Thomas 
Dale  George 


Grewcock  Charles 
Grewcock  George 
Grewcock  Thomas 

SHOPKEEPERS. 

Argill  Robert 
Bates  Thomas 
Chapman  Thomas 

(and  farrier) 
E  wen  William  (and 

draper,  &c.) 
Garner  William 
Powers  Richard 
White  John    (and 

baker,  &c.) 

WHEELWRIGHTS. 

Dalton  Daniel 
Drakeley  George 
Hodgkin  Edward 

CARRIER 
Wm.  Stoneley,  to 
Hinckley,  Mon. 
and  Leicester, 
Wednesday  and 
Saturday. 


Potters-Mahston,  though  commonly  called  a  hamlet,  is  a  small 
township  and  chapelry,  in  Harwell  parish,  5  miles  E.N.E.  of  Hinckley. 
It  contains  only  about  700  acres  of  land  and  8  inhabitants  resident  in 
the  Hall,  now  a  farm-house,  occupied  by  Mr.  Wm.  Spencer,  farmer  ;  and 
formerly  a  seat  of  the  Hartopps.  The  soil  is  a  strong  clay,  and  belongs 
to  the  Rev.  Robert  Boothby  Heathcote,  who  is  lord  of  the  manor,  which 
passed  to  the  Hartopps  in  17  70.     It  is  supposed  to  have  anciently  had 


BARWELL    PARISH. 


G49 


a  village,  and  a  pottery  of  coarse  earthenware.  Its  small  antique  chapel 
(St.  Mary)  stands  near  the  Hall,  and  its  curacy  has  long  been  consoli- 
dated with  Barwell  rectory.  It  contains  several  monuments  of  the 
Boothby  family,  and  service  is  performed  in  it  once  a  month.  From 
before  the  time  of  the  Conquest,  till  the  dissolution,  the  manor  was  part 
of  the  barony  of  Coventry  Priory,  and  it  was  afterwards  held  by  the 
Vincents,  Corbetts,  and  Boothbys. 


Stapleton,  a  hamlet  and  chapelry  in  the  parish  and  township  of 
Barwell,  3^-  miles  N.  of  Hinckley,  has  240  inhabitants  and  about 
1217a.  Or.  89p.  of  land,  belonging  to  John  Gullson,  Esq.  (lord  of  the 
manor),  the  Earl  of  Lovelace,  F.  K.  Adams,  Esq.,  G.  R.  Morgan,  Esq., 
and  others.  The  Church  is  an  ancient  structure  in  the  early  English 
st}de,  consisting  of  a  nave,  with  a  square  tower  containing  one  bell 
and  croAvned  by  a  short  spire.  The  curacy  is  annexed  to  Barwell  rector}', 
and  here  are  50  acres  of  glebe.  The  Infant  School  was  built  in  1847,  at 
a  cost  of  .£120.  It  is  supported  by  subscription,  and  attended  by  about 
30  children.     Here  is  a  small  Methodist  Chapel. 


Alsebrook  George,  vict.  Queen's  Head 
Beale  Mr  Richard  Joseph 
Nutting  George,  corn  miller 
Price  William,  brick  and  tile  maker 
Stoneley  Joseph,  wheelwright 
Stoneley  Samuel,  shopkeeper 
White  George,  vict.  Nag's  Head 
Wright  Wm.  blacksmith  ;  h  Barwell 


FARMERS    &  GRZRS. 

Baldwin  John 
Beale  Joseph 
Chamberlain  Wm. 
Forman  John 
GrewcockThomas, 

Manor  Farm 
Grewccck  James 
Jowett  Ann 


Lap  worth  Jonthn. 
Letts  John 
Mason  Samuel 
Oldacres  Thos.  K. 
Price  William 

CARRIER. 

John    Forman    to 
Hinckley,  Mon. 


BASSETT  HOUSE  and  KNOLL  HOUSE,  with  about  200a.  of 
tithe  free  land,  0  miles  N.E.  of  Hinckle}^  are  extra-parochial,  and  com- 
prise 21  inhabitants.  William  Worswick,  Esq.,  is  sole  owner  and  lord 
of  the  manor,  which  is  farmed  by  Mr.  Barnabas  Pickering,  who  resides 
in  Knoll  House,  and  some  of  his  servants  occupy  what  remains  of  Bas- 
sett  House,  which  was  anciently  a  seat  of  the  Bassett  family,  whose 
fish-pond  and  gardens  may  still  be  traced.  In  the  reign  of  Henry  III. 
it  passed  from  the  Bassetts  to  the  Mo  tons  ;  and  it  afterwards  passed  to 
the  Harringtons.  In  1783,  it  was  sold  to  H.  Smith,  Esq.,  and  afterwards 
to  the  late  Sir  Richard  Arkwright. 


CADE  BY,  a  small  village  and  township,  H  mile  E.S.E.  of  Market 
Bosworth,  has  100  inhabitants  and  797a.  On.  3r.  of  land,  but  its  parish 
includes  also  part  of  Osbaston  township.  The  soil  is  partly  clay,  with 
some  good  barley  land.  Sir  A.  B.  C.  Dixie,  Bart.,  is  lord  of  the  manor, 
but  a  great  part  of  the  soil  belongs  to  Lady  Wilmot  Horton.  It  was  one 
of  the  numerous  manors  granted  by  William  the  Conqueror  to  Hugh  cle 
Grentemaisnell,  and  was  given  to  Leicester  Abbey  by  Thos.  Lathbury, 
in  1470.  At  the  dissolution  it  was  granted  to  Richard  Andrews  and 
Nicholas  Temple.  In  1G00,  Sir  James  Harrington  sold  it  and  the 
advowson  to  Sir  Wolstan  Dixie.  The  Church  (All  Saints)  is  an  ancient 
structure,  with  a  tiled  roof,  and  a  low  square  tower  containing  two  bells. 
It  has  two  fine  Norman  arches  and  a  piscina.  The  rectory,  valued  in 
KB.  at  M.  10s.  2£d.,  and  now  at  .£230,  has  55a.  1r.  17p.  of  glebe  and  a 
good  residence,  which  has  recently  been  much  improved.  Sir  A.  B.  C. 
Dixie,  Bart.,  is  patron,  and  the  Rev.  R.  T.  Adnutt,  M.A.,  is  the  incum- 
bent, and,  about  18  years  ago,  presented  to  the  church  a  fine-toned  organ. 


650 


CADEBY   PARISH. 


The  tithes  were  commuted  in  1840,  for  .£180  per  annum.  The  Church 
Estate,  given  by  Nathaniel  Ball,  in  1582,  comprises  11a.,  let  for  £23, 
and  two  tenements  and  a  blacksmith's  shop,  let  for  £10. 


Adnutt  Eev.  Robert  Thos.  M.A.  rector 

Brooks  John,  beerhouse 

Clamp  John,  tailor 

Gilbert  Jno.maltster  &  vict.  Barley  Mow 

Martin  Thos.  shopkeeper  &  par.  clerk 


Thorp  Captain  John 

FARMERS  AND  GRAZIERS. 


Alcock  Elizabeth 
Drackley  William 
Faux  William 


Marson  Benjamin 
Wortkington  Rd.  ; 
h  Pecldeton 


Osbaston,  a  township  of  scattered  houses,  from  1  to  2  miles  N.E.  of 
Market  Bosworth,  is  in  the  two  parishes  of  Cadeby  and  Market  Bosworth, 
and  contains  228  inhabitants  and  12?9a.  3r.  2Gp.  of  land.  The  soil  is  a 
mixture  of  cla}^  and  gravel,  and  the  ground  gently  diversified.  Thomas 
Cope,  Esq.,  who  owns  nearly  the  whole,  and  is  lord  of  the  manor,  resides 
at  Osbaston  Hall,  a  spacious  brick  mansion,  with  a  well-wooded  lawn, 
and  a  lake  covering  two  acres.  This  mansion  was  the  seat  of  the  late 
Josias  Cochshutt  Twisleton,  Esq.,  who  was  high  sheriff  of  the  county  in 
1789.  The  manor  has  belonged  to  various  families,  and  was  purchased 
by  Mr.  Cope  in  1827.  The  Rev.  W.  Moore,  Sir  W.  E.  C.  Hartopp,  Bart., 
and  Peterhouse  College,  Cambridge,  have  small  estates  here. 

FARMERS  AND  GRA.ZIERS. 


Post  from  Newbold  Verdon. 
Cope  Thomas,  Esq.  Osbaston  Hall 
Gardner  John,  carpenter 
Hextall  Mr  Joseph 
Meller  Joseph,  carpenter 
Poyser  William,  maltster 


Baxter  William 
Brown  Ephraim 
Cart  James 
Drackley  William 
HookeWm.&Natl. 


Freeman  Jnc.  (and 

brickmaker) 
Nutting  James 
Poyser  Joseph 
Thorpe  James 


CONGERSTONE,  a  village  and  parish,  U  miles  N.W.  by  W.  of 
Market  Bosworth,  has  250  inhabitants  and  992  acres  of  land,  crossed 
by  the  small  river  Sence  and  the  Ashby-de-la-Zouch  Canal.  The  soil 
is  chiefly  clay,  with  some  gravel,  and  is  mostly  the  property  of  Earl 
Howe,  the  lord  of  the  manor,  which  was  anciently  called  Cuningstone, 
and  has  been  held  by  the  Ferrers,  Hastings,  Beaumont,  and  other  fami- 
lies. The  Church  (St.  Mary)  has  a  low  tower  and  five  bells,  and  was 
thoroughly  repaired  about  30  years  ago,  at  the  expense  of  the  noble 
patron,  who  also  erected  a  gallery,  and  placed  in  it  a  fine-toned  organ. 
The  rectory,  valued  in  KB.  at  £5.  3s.  0^d.,  and  now  at  £260,  has  150a. 
of  glebe,  mostly  awarded  in  lieu  of  the  tithes  at  the  enclosure  in  1825. 
Earl  Howe  is  patron,  and  the  Rev.  R.  E.  Hall,  M.A.,  is  the  incumbent. 
There  is  a  small  Baptist  Chapel  in  the  village,  built  in  1821.  A  School, 
for  this  parish  and  Shackerstone,  was  built  in  1825,  by  Earl  Howe,  who, 
about  30  years  ago,  erected  neat  Almshouses  for  four  poor  people.  The 
Church  Land,  awarded  at  the  enclosure,  consists  of  4a.,  let  for  £8,  and 
half-an-acre,  occupied  by  the  Canal  Company,  at  the  yearly  rent  of 
£2.  lis.  Cd.  The  poor  have  £2.  10s.  yearly,  and  the  minister  20s.  every 
third  year  from  Qlenns  Charity  (see  Norton-juxta-Twycross),  for  preach- 
ing a  sermon  on  Sept.  16th.  Post  from  Atherstone  at  9  morning,  re- 
turning at  0  evening.     Here  is  a  wall  letter  box. 


Baldock  Chas.  carpenter  &  wheelwgt. 
Baxter  Thomas,  blacksmith 
Burton  Mr  John 
Dawkins  John,  butcher 
Hall  Rev.  Robt.  Edw.  M.A.  rector 
Johnson  Emily,  schoolmistress 
Jones  Henry,  organist 
Lakin  Thomas,  parish  clerk 


Murby  George,  boot  and  shoe  maker 
Sands  Belinda  F.  Infant  School 
Sands  Jane,  shopkeeper 
Sands  Jph.  Parker,  vict.Horse  d- Jockey 
FARMERS   AND   GRAZIERS. 


Bates  William 
Grundy  Mary  Ann 
(and  maltster) 


Heafield  Sarah 
Morris  William 
Spencer  William 


SPAKKENHOE    HUNDRED.  651 

CROFT,  a  village  and  parish  on  the  west  side  of  the  river  Soar,  6  miles 
E.N.E.  of  Hinckley,  and  8  miles  S.W.  by  S.  of  Leicester,  has  about  1089 
acres  of  land  and  330  inhabitants.  The  whole  village  stands  on  a  rug- 
ged sienite  rock,  which  rises  from  the  edge  of  the  Soar,  and  continuing 
north,  terminates  in  a  remarkable  conical  hill,  which  commands  exten- 
sive views,  and  was  planted  in  1840.  The  soil  is  light  on  the  north,  but 
there  is  a  little  stiff  clay  on  the  south,  near  the  Fosse-way.  The  low 
meadows  are  subject  to  inundations  from  the  Soar,  which  is  here  but  a 
small  stream,  in  a  very  circuitous  channel,  passing  in  one  place  between 
two  rocks.  William  Brookes,  Esq.,  of  Croft  Hall,  a  handsome  mansion, 
with  beautiful  grounds,  is  lord  of  the  manor  and  patron  of  the  rectory, 
valued  in  KB.  at  £12.  13s.  3d.,  and  now  at  £584;  having  about  2G0a. 
of  glebe,  mostly  awarded  at  the  enclosure  in  1779,  in  lieu  of  the  tithes. 
The  Rev.  Robt.  Thos.  Adnutt,  M.A.,  of  Cadeby,  is  the  incumbent.  The 
Church  (St.  Michael)  is  a  narrow  but  long  slated  building,  containing  a 
large  antique  font,  and  several  memorials  of  the  Chambers  and  other 
families.  The  Rev.  R.  B.  Heathcote  and  Mr.  John  Pratt  have  estates 
here.  The  Rectory  House,  a  very  ancient  building  occupied  by  the 
curate,  is  the  Manor  House.  William  I.  granted  the  manor  to  Saer  de 
Quincy,  Earl  of  Wilton,  and  it  afterwards  passed  to  the  Everingham, 
Turville,  and  Chambers  families.  In  1788,  Edward  Hackett  bought  the 
manor  and  advowson,  and  gave  them  to  his  nephew,  the  Rev.  Thomas 
Adnutt,  and  they  were  purchased  in  1850,  by  Win.  Brookes,  Esq.  A 
substantial  stone  bridge  of  three  arches  was  built  over  the  Soar  here,  in 
1859,  at  a  cost  of  £700,  paid  out  of  the  county  rates.  The  School  was 
erected  in  1854,  at  a  cost  of  £200,  on  a  piece  of  land  given  by  the  rector, 
and  a  house  for  the  mistress  was  added  in  1801,  at  a  cost  of  £120. 

Post  Office  at  Alice  Hurst's.    Letters  arrive  from  Hinckley  at  10£  morning, 
and  are  despatched  at"  4|  afternoon. 


Atkins  Miss  Sarah  ||  Jarratt  Mrs  Eliz. 
Brookes  William,  Esq.  Croft  Hall 
Crick  Thomas,  parish  clerk 
Farmer  Rev.  Jas.  S.C.h.cur&te,Rectory 
Harrison  George,  veterinary  surgeon 
Hurst  Alice,  baker  and  shopkeeper 
Lucas  John,  grocer 
Taylor  John,  shoemaker 


TaylorWm.carptr.&victHeaMco^ras 
Turner  Susan,  schoolmistress 
West  James,  blacksmith 

FARMERS.     (*  are  owners.) 


Berridge  Thomas 
Buxton  Edward 
Kendall  Stephen 
Pratt  James 


'Pratt  John 
♦Swain  William 
Wyles  Thomas ;  h 
Ponton 


DESFORD,  a  large  village,  with  many  framework-knitters,  is  plea- 
santly situated  on  a  bold  acclivity,  about  half-a- mile  south  of  the  station, 
to  which  it  gives  name,  on  the  Leicester  and  Burton  Railway,  5  miles 
E.  by  N.  of  Market  Bosworth,  and  8  miles  W.  by  S.  of  Leicester.  Its 
parish  comprises  915  inhabitants  and  2357a.  2a.  17p.  of  land,  exclusive 
of  the  hamlet  of  Baron's  Park,  which  has  10  inhabitants  and  415  acres 
of  land,  situated  about  two  miles  E.  of  the  village,  and  mostly  in  three 
farms,  two  belonging  to  John  Blakesley,  Esq.,  of  Newtown  Unthank ; 
and  one,  of  about  90  acres,  to  Miss  Bott ;  but  38  acres  of  it  form  part 
of  the  Rector  of  Glenfield's  glebe.  The  Queen,  as  Duchess  of  Lancas- 
ter, is  lady  of  the  manor  of  Desford ;  but  the  soil  belongs  to  Mrs. 
Chamberlain,  the  Hon.  Capt.  Reynolds-Moreton,  J.  Blakesley,  Esq., 
Messrs.  Geo.  Webster,  R.  and  J.  Fox,  and  Chas.  Spencer,  and  several 
smaller  owners,  some  of  whom  occupy  their  own  land.  The  soil  is 
chiefly  a  rich  red  marl,  with  a  small  portion  of  gravel.  The  Church  (St. 
Martin)  is  an  ancient  structure,  with  a  tower  and  spire,  and  may  be 
seen  at  the  distance  of  many  miles.    It  is  chiefly  in  the  early  decorated 


DESFORD    PARISH. 


style,  and  contains  some  curious  old  windows,  and  an  antique  font. 
There  are  sedilia  in  the  chancel,  and  a  piscina  in  the  south  aisle.  The 
tower  contains  three  bells.  The  living  is  a  discharged  rectory,  valued 
in  K.B.  at  £8.  9s.  7d.,  and  now  at  .=6193.  It  has  a  good  residence,  and 
104  acres  of  glebe ;  and  it  is  in  the  gift  of  the  Lord  Chancellor,  and  in- 
cumbency of  the  Rev.  John  Owen  Pic  ton,  B.A.  The  General  and  Par- 
ticular Baptists  and  the  Primitive  Methodists  have  Chapels  here,  and  an 
Infant  School  is  held  in  the  former  on  week  days.  Lind  ridge  House,  a 
handsome  mansion  in  the  Tudor  style,  erected  in  1850,  about  a  mile 
north  of  the  village,  is  now  the  seat  of  Capt.  the  Hon.  Augustus  Rey- 
nolds-Moreton,  R.N.,  son  of  the  second  Earl  of  Ducie.  It  was  pur- 
chased by  him  in  1861,  and  has  since  been  considerably  improved  and 
enlarged.  The  poor  have  the  benefit  of  the  following  Charities: — In 
1729,  Wm.  Barnes  left  a  yearly  rent-charge  of  10s.  for  a  sermon  to  the 
young  on  New  Year's  Day,  and  ,£100  to  be  invested  for  apprenticing 
poor  children.  The  land  purchased  with  the  latter  consists  of  15a.  3n. 
now  let  for  .^30  per  annum,  which  is  applied  in  apprenticing  two  or 
three  boys  yearly ;  except  16s.  distributed  in  bread,  as  interest  of  .£10, 
left  by  Wm.  Wightman,  Holled  Smith,  and  others.  Joseph  Pougher, 
in  1730,  left  a  yearly  rent-charge  of  10s.,  to  provide  two  Bibles  for  two 
poor  children  capable  of  reading  them.  In  1738,  the  Rev.  John  Mnxloe 
left  two  yearly  rent-charges  out  of  a  close  here,  viz.  :• — 20s.  for  the  poor 
of  Desford,  and  40s.  to  the  subscribers  for  the  relief  of  the  widows  and 
orphans  of  poor  clergymen,  within  the  Hundred  of  Sparkenhoe.  The 
rector  and  churchwardens  distribute  £2.  6s.  amongst  the  poor  on  St. 
Thomas's  day. 

Post  Office  at  Thomas  Wesley's.  Letters  arrive  from  Leicester  at  7  morning, 
and  are  despatched  at  6^  evening.  Money  Orders  are  granted  and  paid,  and 
here  is  a  Post  Office  Savings'  Bank. 


Reynolds-Moreton,  Captain  the  Hon. 

Herbert    Augustus,    R.N.    Lind- 

ridge  House 
Bailey  Ann,  boarding  school 
Buckley  Captain  John,  Leic.  Militia 
Burdett  Sarah  and  Julia,  Infant  School 
Chamberlain  Mrs  Mary  Ann 
ChawnerRobt.Carr,draper,druggist,&c. 
Dormer  William,  plumber  and  glazier 
Faux  John,  saddler,  &c. 
Green  Francis,  surgeon 
Hooke  Edward,  gentleman 
Lester  Eliza,  flour  seller 
Ludlam  Thomas  and  Son,  corn  millers 
Mansfield  Mrs  Dorothy 
Picton  Rev.  John  Osven,  B.A.  rector 
Taylor  John,  station  master 
Warren  John,  canal  inspector 
Wesley  Thos.  postmaster  &  par.  clerk 

INNS  AND  TAVERNS. 
Blacksmiths'  Arms,  John  Storer 
Blue  Bell,  Thomas  Webster 
Bull's  Head,  William  B.  Edley 
Old  Wheel,  James  Lane 
Red  Lion,  George  Jordan 
Roebuck,Wm.Laughton  (asst.  overseer) 
White  Horse,  Henry  Gutteridge  (and 

thrashing  machine  owner) 


BAKERS. 

Bailey  Thomas 
Burdett  Thomas 

BLACKSMITHS. 

Cramp  William 
Frith  Michael 
Jones  Joseph 

BUTCHERS. 

Bailey  Robt.  King 
Bent  Richard 
Edley  William  B. 
Jordan  George 

CARPENTERS. 

Bradley  Thomas 
Lampart  William 
Stretton  Thomas 

FARMERS  &    GRZRS. 

(*Are  Oivners.) 
*Bott  Miss    Eliz. 

Baron's  Park 
♦Chamberlain  Mrs 
Chamberlain  H.  B. 
*Fox    Mrs    Cath. 

Forest  Lodge 
*Fox  Joseph 
♦Freeman    Henry 

(and  maltster) 
Gibbs  Ts.ParkHs. 


Goodacre  William; 

h  Roe's  Rest 
Gutteridge  Henry 
Herrick  Richard 
*Hooke  Edward 

*  Miles  William;  h 

Leicester 

*  Moore  — ;  house 

Burton-on-Trent 

NichollsCornelir.s, 
Baron's  Park 

Robinson  Chs.Jas. 

Sharp  John ;  house 
Pecklcton 

♦Webster  George, 
HallficM  House 

Webster  John,  Fo- 
rest House 
grocers,  &c. 

Bailey  Ann 

Chawner  Robt.  C. 

Webster  Thomas 
shoemakers. 

Burdett  William 

Gregory  Jolm 

Moss  John 

Orme  Edward 


SPARKENHOE    HUNDRED. 


653 


TAILORS. 

Boulds  Samuel  and 

Benjamin 
Lavis  Samuel 


WHEELWRIGHTS. 

Lane  James 
Weet  John 


RAILWAY.  CARRIERS. 

Trains  to  Burton,  |  To  Leicester  Wed. 
Leicester,&c.se-  I  and  Sat.  Heap 
veral  times  a  day  |      Chas ;  Poole  Hy. 


DRAYTON,  (FENNY)  or  Drayton-in-the-Glay,  is  a  retired  village, 
about  a  mile  north  of  Watling  street,  6  miles  W.N.W.  of  Hinckley, 
3  miles  E.  of  Atlierstone,  and  4  miles  N.N.W.  of  Nuneaton,  has  in  its 
parish  112  inhabitants,  and  about  1280a.  of  land.  The  soil  is  a  mixture 
of  clay  and  loam,  an<£  except  the  glebe,  belongs  to  Vincent  Anthony 
Eyres,  Esq.,  of  Lindley  Hall,  who  is  also  lord  of  the  manor  and  patron 
of  the  rectory,  valued  in  K.B.  at  <£11.  Is.  5£d.,  and  now  at  .£400,  in  the 
incumbenc}7-  of  the  Rev.  J.  C.  Colyer,  B.A.  The  glebe  is  197  acres,  and 
the  Rectory  House  is  a  commodious  mansion,  built  in  1830,  near  the 
Church  (St.  Michael),  which  is  an  ancient  structure,  with  a  tower  crowned 
by  a  spire  and  containing  four  bells,  the  largest  of  which  was  given  by 
Sir  Hy.  Purefoy,  Bart.,  in  1684,  and  re-cast  in  1710.  It  was  thoroughly 
restored  in  1860,  at  a  cost  of  £500,  raised  by  subscription  and  rate.  The 
old  low-pitched  roof  which  formerly  covered  both  nave  and  aisles,  was 
replaced  by  new  high-pitched  ones ;  the  walls  were  cleared  of  stucco, 
and  partly  rebuilt ;  a  new  east  window  was  inserted ;  the  old  pews  were 
replaced  by  carved  stalls  in  the  chancel  and  open  benches  in  the  body 
of  the  church ;  the  wooden  beam  which  finished  the  old  ceiling  gave 
place  to  a  new  chancel  arch  with  responds ;  the  singers'  gallery  was  taken 
down  and  the  tower  arch  opened ;  and  a  new  stone  porch  was  built  in 
place  of  the  old  brick  one.  The  church  contains  several  handsome 
tablets  to  the  memory  of  members  of  the  Purefoy,  Bracebridge,  and 
Heming  families.  One  of  them,  dated  1637,  in  memory  of  Wm.  Purefoy 
and  his  wife,  is  of  slate  and  marble,  curiously  carved,  and  enriched  with 
gilding  and  colours.  The  churchyard  is  shaded  by  ancient  yews.  The 
manor  has  been  held  by  the  Quincy,  Bassett,  and  Purefoy  families,  In 
1703,  F.  Purefoy  sold  it  to  S.  Bracebridge,  Esq.,  from  whom  it  passed  to 
the  family  of  its  late  owner,  the  Rev.  S.  B.  Heming.  Geouge  Fox,  the 
founder  of  the  Quakers,  or  Society  of  Friends,  was  born  here.  He 
preached  his  first  sermon,  it  is  said,  in  this  vicinity,  under  a  tree  which 
was  long  held  in  veneration  by  his  followers,  many  of  whom  took  away 
portions  of  it,  and  it  has  now  entirely  disappeared.  Having  seceded 
from  the  Protestant  Church,  he  left  his  natal  soil,  and  first  attracted 
public  notice  at  Derby,  in  1650.  Here  he  was  imprisoned  on  a  charge  of 
"profanely  addressing  the  church  congregation  after  divine  service." 
Having  regained  his  liberty  he  proceeded  northward,  and  zealously  pro- 
claimed his  mission,  doctrine,  and  tenets.  These  being  novel  and  singu- 
lar, were  adopted  by  some,  and  scouted  by  others.  After  encountering 
much  persecution  he  reached  Furness,  in  the  northern  part  of  Lancashire, 
and  there  married  the  widow  of  Judge  Fell,  of  Swartmoor  Hall,  in  1669. 
He  died  in  1691,  but  his  widow  survived  till  1702,  when  she  died  in  the 
88th  year  of  her  age.  The  sect  which  he  founded  suffered  much  perse- 
cution and  ridicule  for  many  years  after  his  death ;  but  now  forms  a 
numerous,  consistent,  and  highly  respected  body  of  Christians.  Michael 
Drayton,  the  celebrated  poet,  was  born  at  Hartshill,  near  here,  in  1563, 
and  is  said  to  have  derived  his  surname  from  this  parish,  and  his  chris- 
tian name  from  its  church.  About  a  mile  from  the  village  the  notorious 
highwayman,  Dick  Turpin,  is  said  to  have  had  a  cottage,  and  to  have 
kept  his  famous  horse  in  a  cave  near  it.  The  Queen  Dowager,  in  her 
visits  to  Earl  Howe,  changed  horses  at  the  Royal  Red  Gate  Inn,  in  this 
parish.    Post  from  Nuneaton. 


654 


FENNY   DRAYTON    PARISH. 


Atkins  John,  blacksmith 

Chadaway     Charles,     carpenter     and 

parish  clerk 
Crane  George,  brewer,  and  vict.  Royal 

Red  Gate  Inn,  Watting  street 
Colyer  Rev.  John  Edmeades,  B.A.rector 


Hurley  William,  shopkeeper 

FARMERS  AND  GRAZIERS. 


Ballard  Mrs  Eliz. 
Clark  Thomas 
Douce  William 
Earp  Joseph 


Grundy  Joseph 
Robinson  Rowland 
LodgelaneFarm 


ELMSTHORPE,  a  small  parish,  in  a  low  situation,  from  2  to  3  miles 
N.E.  of  Hinckley,  has  only  43  inhabitants  and  about  1300  acres  of  land, 
mostly  a  cold  clay,  and  remarkable  for  its  botanical  productions,  upwards 
of  90  different  plants  being  sought  for  here  by  botanists  at  the  proper 
seasons  for  gathering  them.  The  springs  give  rise  to  a  small  rivulet. 
The  parish  was  much  improved  by  the  late  Baroness  Wentworth,  by 
draining  the  land,  forming  new  roads,  &c.  The  Earl  of  Lovelace  is 
owner  of  the  soil,  and  Richard  de  Barry,  Esq.,  is  lord  of  the  manor,  which 
lias  been  called  Aylmersthorpe,  and  was  sold,  in  1710,  by  Lord  Cullen  to 
Lady  Mary  Noel.  The  village  was  depopulated  soon  after  the  battle  of 
Boswortli  Field ;  for  three  nights  previous  to  which,  Richard's  army  used 
the  church  as  their  head- quarters ;  and  a  great  number  of  skeletons, 
found  here  a  few  years  since,  are  supposed  to  have  been  the  remains  of 
some  of  the  wounded,  who  died  here  on  their  way  to  Leicester.  A  stone 
coffin  was  found,  about  10  years  ago,  in  an  ancient  vault  in  the  ruins  of 
the  church,  and  is  now  in  the  Leicester  Museum.  The  Church  (St. 
Mary)  has  been  in  ruins  since  1725,  but  the  tower  is  still  entire.  In 
1710,  service  was  performed  in  it  once  a  month  ;  but,  in  1763,  it  would 
have  been  taken  down  for  the  repair  of  the  highways  but  for  the  influence 
of  Dean  Noel.  The  inhabitants  use  the  churches  of  Earl  Shilton,  Bar- 
well,  and  Stoney  Stanton.  The  living  is  a  rectory,  valued  at  £300,  with 
Earl  Shilton  curacy  annexed  to  it,  in  the  patronage  of  the  Earl  of  Love- 
lace, and  incumbency  of  the  Rev.  Ferdinand  Ernest  Tower,  M.A.,  who 
has  here  a  yearly  modus  of  £'56.  From  1829  to  1835,  there  were  among 
the  parishioners  neither  husband,  nor  wife,  nor  father,  or  mother  !  The 
Leicester,  Hinckley,  and  Nuneaton  Railway  traverses  the  parish,  and 
has  a  station  here.  The  farmers  are — Edward  Driver,  Hill  Ingle,  Wm. 
Singleton,  Emma  Smith,  and  Wm.  Worthington.     Post  from  Barwell. 


ENDERBY,  a  large  and  populous  village,  with  many  framework 
knitters,  is  situated  on  a  declivity,  on  the  west  side  of  the  vale  of  the 
Soar,  5  miles  S.W.  by  S.  of  Leicester.  Its  parish  increased  its  popula- 
tion from  1143  souls  in  1821,  to  1333  in  1861,  and  comprises  1661a.  1r. 
of  land,  bounded  on  the  east  by  the  river  Soar,  and  on  the  north  by  a 
small  rivulet,  which  divides  it  from  Braunstone.  The  soil  is  partly  clay, 
and  in  some  parts  a  light  loam,  and  the  ground  is  rocky  and  well  wooded. 
Being  one  of  the  manors  granted  to  Hugh  de  Grentemaisnell,  Enderby 
is  part  of  the  honor  of  Leicester,  and  as  such  it  has  been  held  by  various 
families.  In  1086,  it  had  a  mill,  and  a  wood  240  perches  long  and  160 
broad.  In  1565.  the  Earl  of  Huntingdon  sold  the  manor  to  Thomas 
Gardiner,  from  whom  it  passed,  in  1625,  to  George  Quarles.  In  1696, 
Sir  Thomas  Dolman  sold  it  to  Richard  Smith  for  £9500.  It  was  held 
by  the  late  Charles  Lorraine  Smith,  Esq. ;  but  Richard  Mitchell,  Esq., 
is  now  lord  of  the  manor  and  owner  of  a  great  part  of  the  soil.  He 
resides  at  Enderly  Hall,  a  large  and  handsome  mansion,  with  extensive 
park-like  grounds,  surrounded  by  rocky  and  well  wooded  scenery.  It 
has  been  much  enlarged  and  improved  by  its  present  owner,  who  pur- 
chased it  in  1837.  Wm.  Rawson,  Esq.,  and  several  smaller  owners,  have 


ENDERBY    PARISH. 


655 


land  here,  as  also  have  some  of  the  Leicester  charities.  The  discharged 
vicarage,  valued  in  K.B.  at  .£10.  8s.  10d.,  and  now  at  £300,  with  the 
curacy  of  Whetstone  annexed  to  it,  is  in  the  patronage  of  Richard  Mit- 
chell, Esq.,  and  incumbency  of  the  Rev.  Richard  John  Newby,  M.A.,  of 
Blaby,  who  has  60  acres  of  glebe  in  Whetstone,  awarded  at  the  enclosure, 
in  1764,  in  lieu  of  the  tithes  of  that  parish.  The  tithes  of  Enderby  were 
commuted,  in  1846,  for  £175  per  annum.  The  Church  (St.  John)  is  a 
long  narrow  building,  with  a  tower  containing  three  bells  and  crowned 
by  four  pinnacles.  At  the  west  end  is  a  handsome  arch,  decorated  with 
the  heads  of  men,  animals,  &c,  and  supported  by  fluted  columns,  with 
foliated  capitals,  but  it  is  mostly  hidden  by  a  gallery.  The  tower  was 
repaired,  in  1846,  at  a  cost  of  £150.  The  National  School,  with  master's 
house  attached,  was  built  in  1860-'l,  at  a  cost  of  £1380,  which  sum  was 
obtained  by  subscription,  a  grant  of  £411,  and  the  sale  of  the  old  School 
buildings.  It  is  in  the  decorated  style  of  architecture,  built  of  granite, 
and  contains  a  large  room  for  120  children,  an  infant  school-room  for 
30  children,  and  a  class-room,  &c.  Blaby  Union  Workhouse  is  about  a 
mile  east  of  the  village,  near  the  bridge  which  crosses  the  Soar,  and 
about  half  a  mile  from  it  is  an  ancient  burial  ground,  now  used  for  the 
interment  of  paupers.  The  Independent  Chapel  is  a  good  brick  building, 
containing  an  organ,  and  having  seats  for  350  hearers.  It  was  erected 
in  1822,  and  was  enlarged  in  1860,  at  a  cost  of  £240.  The  Primitive 
Methodist  Chapel  was  built  in  1849,  at  a  cost  of  £150.  The  school  is 
endowed  with  the  interest  of  £200,  left  by  Richard  Smith,  Esq.,  in  1750. 
The  same  donor  also  left  the  interest  of  £100  to  the  vicar  for  reading 
prayers  twice  a  week  during  Lent.  He  was  lord  of  the  manor,  and  left 
£500  for  the  propagation  of  the  gospel  in  foreign  countries,  and  £500  to 
the  Marine  Society.  He  resided  at  the  Hall,  and  there  is  a  neat  monu- 
ment to  his  memory  in  the  church.  His  great  ancestor  came  over  with 
William  the  Conqueror,  and  his  family  were  seated  first  at  Durham,  and 
afterwards  in  Northumberland. 

Post  Office  at  Samuel  Shipp's.    Letters  via  Leicester. 


Barber  Mrs  My.  [j  Hudson  Mrs  Frances 
Bramley  William,  parish  clerk 
Burgess  Geo.  Foster,veterinary  surgeon 
Evans  Misses  Mary,  Amelia,  &  Anna 
Freer  Thomas,  framesmith 
Gillott  Henry,  master  of  Workhouse 
Gregory  Annie,  schoolmistress 
Marston  George,  jun.  stone  merchant 
Marston  Thomas  Robert,  and  George, 

gentlemen 
Mitchell  Richard,  Esq.  Enderby  Hall 
Murby  Henry,  wheelwright 
Newby  Mrs,  Hill  House 
Podd  Mr  Thomas,  Cliff  House 
Rawson  William,  Esq. 
Taylor  WiUiam,  carpenter 
Upton  William,  builder 
Warner  Misses  Maria  and  Emily 
Watson  George  E.  schoolmaster 
INNS  AND  TAVERNS. 
Bull's  Head  Inn,  John  Harford 
New  Inn,  Henry  Marston 

BAKEKS.      '         |  BEERHOUSES. 

Fox  Samuel  l  Briggs  William 

Rumbold  Henry      |  Dixon  Joseph 


Marston  Henry 
Screaton  Eliza 
Webster  James 
West  George 
West  Robert 

BLACKSMITHS. 

Biddle  William 
Webster  James 

BUTCHERS. 

Jayes  George 
West  Robert 

COWKEEPERS. 

i  Freeston  John 
Frost  Edward 
Spencer  Matthew 
Timson  John 

FARMERS     AND 
GRAZIERS. 

(*  are  Owners.) 
Briggs  Samuel 
Brookes  Robert 
*Catcheside  John, 

Cross  roads 
Darnell  John  (and 

corn  miller) 


Drink  water  Wm. 
Frost  Edward 
Geary  John 
Jayes  William 
*Jobnson  John  F. 
Johnson  Joseph 
Langton  Wm.  &  G. 
May  Thos.  Grove 
Norman  Frederic 
Robinson  Thomas 
Wildman  Thomas, 
The  Warren 

GARDENERS. 

Derbyshire  Chas. 
Marston  Henry 

SHOEMAKERS. 

Biggs  Edward 
Biggs  William 
Freeston  John 
Gregory  William 
West  William 

SHOPKEEPERS. 

Benford  George 
Dixon  Joseph 
Fellows  Mary 


656  SPARKENHOE    HUNDRED. 


Mason  James  (and 
horse  breaker) 

Shipp  Samuel  (and 
draper,  &c.) 


Hill  Ann  I  Bradshaw        Job, 

Vaun  David  Mon.Wed.  &  Sat. 

Carriers  to  Lei-  Charlton       John, 

cester: —  !    Mon.Wed.  &  Sat. 


Spence  Chas.  daily 
Spence      Edward, 

Wednesday  and 

Saturday. 


GLEN  FIELD,  a  considerable  village,  picturesquely  situated  on  the 
banks  of  a  rivulet,  on  the  south  side  of  the  Leicester  and  Swannington 
Railway,  on  which  it  has  a  station,  3^  miles  W.N.W.  of  Leicester,  has 
in  its  township  710  acres  of  land,  and  531  inhabitants,  but  its  parish 
includes  also  the  townships  and  chapelries  of  Braunstone  and  Kirby 
Muxloe,  attached  to  which  are  the  three  small  extra-parochial  liberties  of 
Glen [field  Frith,  Braunstone  Frith,  and  Kirby  Frith,  formerly  parts  of 
the  Frith  or  Forest  of  Leicester,  but  which  now  support  their  poor  as 
separate  parishes  attached  to  Blaby  Union.  The  Earl  of  Stamford  and 
Warrington  is  lord  of  the  manor  of  Glenfield,  but  most  of  the  soil  belongs 
to  Thos.  Pares,  Esq.,  and  several  smaller  owners.  It  was  one  of  the 
manors  granted  at  the  Conquest  to  Hugh  de  Grentemaisnell,  who  gave 
part  of  it  to  St.  Ebrulf's  Abbey,  in  Normandy.  It  afterwards  passed  to 
the  Quincy,  Glenfield,  Ferrers,  Grey,  and  other  families.  The  soil  is 
chiefly  clay  and  gravel,  and  the  surface  diversified.  The  Church  (St. 
Peter)  is  an  ancient  structure  with  one  bell,  and  was  thoroughly  repaired 
and  re-pewed  in  1844,  and  again  in  1850,  so  that  the  interior  has  now  a 
neat  and  comfortable  appearance.  In  the  chancel  are  three  antique  stalls, 
and  a  piscina.  An  alabaster  effigy  of  a  female,  now  placed  upright  in 
the  vestry,  was  formerly  on  a  tomb  in  the  chancel,  and  is  supposed  to 
represent  one  of  the  Glenfield  family.  The  rectory,  valued  in  K.B.  at 
£1S.  9s.  7d.,  and  now  at  ,£868,  with  the  curacies  of  Braunstone  and 
Kirby  Muxloe  annexed  to  it,  has  a  good  residence  and  155a.  of  glebe, 
mostly  awarded  at  the  enclosure  in  1809,  when  the  tithes  were  commuted. 
The  executors  of  the  late  J.  B.  Winstanley,  Esq.,  are  the  patrons,  and 
the  Rev.  T.  S.  Carlyon,  M.A.,  is  the  incumbent.  Here  is  a  Wesleyan 
Chapel,  built  in  1821,  and  an  old  Quakers  Burial  Ground,  which  has 
not  been  used  during  the  last  forty  j'cars.  The  National  School  was 
built  in  1842,  by  Mrs.  Pares,  and  is  attended  by  40  boys  and  girls.  An 
Infant  School  was  built  on  the  glebe  land,  in  1841,  at  a  cost  of  .£80, 
raised  by  subscription,  and  it  is  attended  by  above  30  infants.  In  1701, 
Benj.  Styan  left  a  yearly  rent-charge  of  10s.,  out  of  land  at  Cuckold's 
Haven,  to  be  applied  every  sixth  year  in  apprenticing  a  poor  boy,  but  it 
has  not  been  received  for  some  years.  The  Church  Acre,  let  for  .£2,  was 
allotted  at  the  enclosure,  for  the  parish  clerk,  in  consideration  of  his 
strewing  the  church  with  new  hay,  on  the  Sunday  after  the  5th  of  July. 
In  1800,  Sarah  Woodhcad  left  ,£90  to  be  invested,  and  the  interest  to  be 
applied  in  support  of  the  National  School. 

Glenfield  Feitii  and  Kirby  Fkitii  are  both  extra-parochial  liber- 
ties, near  Glenfield,  the  former  containing  10  souls  and  301a.  1r.  7p., 
and  the  latter  30  inhabitants  and  231  acres.  They  both  formed  part  of 
the  Chase  or  Frith  of  Leicester  (see  page  494),  and  are  now  mostly  the 
property  of  Thomas  Pares,  Esq.,  of  Hopwell  Hall,  whose  pleasant  seat 
here,  called  Frith  Hall,  is  occupied  by  Thos.  Hy.  Pares,  Esq.  It  is  a 
large  ancient  mansion  in  a  fine  park.  Mr.  John  Shipley  Ellis  farms 
most  of  Glenfield  Frith,  and  the  other  farmers  are  Wm.  Cramp,  and 
Samuel  and  Thomas  Burchnall. 

Post  Office  at  Joseph  Sutton's.     Letters  arrive  from  Leicester  at  7.45  a.m., 
and  are  despatched  at  5.45  p.m. 


GLENFIELD   PARISH. 


657 


Adcock  Abraham,  parish  clerk 
Carlyon  Rev.  Thos.  Stackhouse,  M.A. 

rector,  Rectory 
Cramp  Martha  &  My.  vict.  Nag's  Head 
Ellis  Misses  Mary,  Hanh .  Sar.  &  Sophia 
Everard  John,  carpenter 
Hassall  John,  grocer,  draper,  and  dea- 
ler in  building  sand 
Maunering  George,  schoolmaster 
Moore  Mrs  Car.    ||  Ratcliffe  Mr  John 
Moore  Robert,  station  master 
Pares  Thos.  Henry,  Esq.  Frith  Hall 
Pickford  Samuel,  lime  and  coal  mer- 
chant, and  vict.  Railway  Inn 
Read  Joseph,  baker 
Smith  George,  vict.  Griffin  Inn 


Thompson  William^  blacksmith 

BUTCHERS. 

Culver  Chrislhr. 
Hubbard  John 

CORN    MILLERS. 

Barsby  Samuel 
Hassall  William 


FARMERS    AND 
GRAZIERS. 

Astill  Jno.  Lewin 
Cramp  Win.  Frith 
Ellis  Jno.  Shipley 

(&  owner)  Frith 
Hitchcock     John, 

Glevficld  Frith 
Pickford  Samuel 


SHOEMAKERS. 

Mills  Thomas 
Wright  Thomas 

WHEELWRIGHTS. 

Hadfield  John 
Harrison  James 

RAILWAY 

Trains  to  Leices- 
ter, &c,  several 
times  a  day. 

CARRIER. 
Robert  Shipley,  to 
Leicester,  Wed. 
and  Saturday. 


Braunstone,  a  picturesque  village,  2  miles  S.W.  of  Leicester,  gives 
name  to  a  township  and  chapelry,  in  Glenneld  parish,  containing  204 
inhabitants  and  1783a.  Or.  6p.  of  land,  crossed  by  the  Roman  Fosse-way, 
and  bounded  on  the  east  by  the  river  Soar,  and  on  the  north  by  the 
borough  of  Leicester.  The  soil  is  partly  a  strong  clay,  and  partly  light 
and  sandy.  Braunstone  Frith  is  an  extra-parochial  farm  of  about  200a. 
The  executors  of  the  late  J.  B.  Winstanley,  Esq.,  are  lords  of  the  manor 
and  owners  of  most  of  the  soil.  Mrs.  and  Miss  Winstanley  now  occupy 
the  Hall,  a  plain  mansion,  which  was  built  about  1775,  by  the  late  C. 
Winstanley,  Esq.  It  stands  in  a  well-wooded  park  of  62  acres,  and 
commands  interesting  views  of  Leicester  and  the  adjacent  country.  At 
the  Conquest,  Robt.  Burn  ell  held  the  manor  under  Hugh  de  Grente- 
maisnell.  It  afterwards  passed  to  the  Herle,  Erdyngton,  and  Hastings 
families.  In  1650,  Ferdinando  Hastings  sold  it  to  James  Winstanley, 
Esq.,  for  £'6000.  The  Duke  of  Rutland  has  an  estate  here.  The  Church 
is  an  ancient  structure,  with  three  bells,  and  the  interior  is  neatly  fitted 
up.  It  contains  an  organ,  presented  in  1861,  by  the  late  J.  B.  Win- 
stanley, Esq.    The  curacy  is  consolidated  with  the  rectory  of  Glenneld. 

Burchnall  Joseph,  The  Lodge 


Winstanley  Mrs  and  Mis?,  The  Hall 
Costobadie  Capt.  James  P.  adjutant  of 
Leicestershire  Militia,  Roioley  Fields 
Cuff  Amelia,  schoolmistress 
Haywood  Catherine,  wheelwright 
Jones  Edmund,  blacksmith  &  par.  elk. 
Richards  Rev.  Thomas,  M.A.  curate 
FARMERS  AND  GRAZIERS. 
Bloxam  Mary     ||  Harrison  William 


Farmer  Job,  Braunstone  Frith 
Gimson  John,  Braunstone  Parks 
Green  Joseph,  Hockley  Farm 
Johnson  John,  Old  Hall 
Mousiey  John,  Garrett's  Hill 
Stone  Joseph  Chamberlain ;  h  Aylestone 
Tilley  Robert         ||  Tilley  William 
Tilley  William,  New  Field 


Kirby  Muxloe  is  a  village,  township,  and  chapelry,  in  Glenfield 
parish,  about  five  miles  W.  by  S.  of  Leicester,  containing  318  inhabitants, 
and  1634a.  1r.  30p.  of  land,  nearly  surrounded  by  the  Leicester  and 
Burton,  and  Leicester  and  Swannington  Railways,  and  rising  boldly  on 
the  south-west  to  one  of  the  highest  parts  of  Leicester  Forest,  where 
there  is  a  pleasant  but  unoccupied  mansion,  called  The  Oaks,  belonging 
to  the  executors  of  the  late  J.  Grundy,  Esq.,  and  encompassed  by  well- 
wooded  pleasure  grounds,  commanding  extensive  prospects.  The  other 
principal  land  owners  are  the  executors  of  the  late  J.  B.  Winstanley, 
Esq.,  who  are  also  lords  of  the  manor.  The  soil  is  mostly  a  red  marl, 
and  the  surface  is  greatlv  diversified.     Near  the  village  are  the  remains 

2   T 


658  KIRBY    MUXLOE. 

of  a  Castle,  which  was  built  about  the  year  1475,  by  Sir  William,  after- 
wards Lord  Hastings.  Tradition  says  it  was  for  some  time  a  place  of 
refuge  for  Jane  Shore.  It  was  formerly  encompassed  by  a  moat,  enclosing 
an  oblong  space  of  nearly  two  acres.  A  gateway,  flanked  by  two  semi- 
octagonal  towers,  conducts  into  the  court-yard.  The  whole  edifice  is 
built  of  brick,  with  sandstone  facings,  mullions,  copings,  door  mouldings, 
&c.  To  the  right  of  the  gateway  is  a  lofty  square  tower,  embattled,  three 
stories  high,  and  overgrown  with  ivy.  A  corresponding  structure  is 
supposed  to  have  stood  on  the  left  of  the  entrance.  In  the  grand  door- 
way are  grooves  for  a  portcullis.  On  each  side  of  the  entrance 
passage  are  vaulted  rooms,  formerly  used  by  the  porters.  The  heads  of 
the  windows  are  square,  and  of  the  doors  pointed  but  depressed.  A 
number  of  loop-holes,  through  which  missiles  were  intended  to  be  dis- 
charged upon  an  enemy,  are  to  be  seen  in  various  parts.  By  application 
at  the  house  of  the  farmer  who  resides  near  the  ruins,  the  keys  may  be 
obtained  by  parties  wishing  to  inspect  the  remains  of  this  ancient  cas- 
tellated mansion.  The  Church  is  a  small  antique  fabric,  with  three  bells, 
and  was  thoroughly  restored,  re-roofed,  and  re- seated  in  1848,  at  a  cost 
of  ,£800,  raised  by  subscription,  and  a  grant  of  .£40  from  the  Church 
Building  Society.  An  organ  was  purchased  in  1857,  at  a  cost  of  £'80  ; 
and  in  1858,  T.  H.  Pares,  Esq.,  placed  two  splendid  stained  glass  windows 
at  the  east  and  west  ends,  one  representing  the  four  evangelists,  and  the 
other  the  nativity,  the  baptism,  and  the  crucifixion.  The  result  of  these 
improvements  has  been  to  render  the  interior  of  the  church  one  of  the 
prettiest  in  the  county.  The  curacy  is  consolidated  with  the  rectory  of 
Glenfielcl.  A  large  and  handsome  School,  with  master's  house  attached, 
was  built  in  1858,  in  the  Swiss  style,  by  the  late  J.  B.  Winstanley,Esq., 
and  it  is  attended  by  about  70  children.  The  tithes  have  been  commuted 
for  £'150  per  annum.  The  manor  was  held  by  the  Pakernans  till  the 
early  part  of  the  15th  century,  when  it  passed  to  the  Hastings,  who  sold 
it,  in  1636,  to  Robert  Banister,  It  was  purchased  in  1778,  by  the  late 
C.  Winstanley,  Esq.  Kirby  Frith  is  already  noticed  at  page  656.  Kirby 
Muxloe  Station  is  on  the  Leicester  and  Burton  Railway,  and  Ratby 
Station  on  the  old  Leicester  and  Swannington  line.  Both  are  within 
about  half-a-mile  of  the  village. 


Barker  Joseph,  carpenter 

Brigstock    Thomas,    station     master, 

Kirby  Muxloe  Station 
Chesterton  Edw.  blksmith.  &  par.  elk. 

and  carrier  to  Leicester,  Wed.  &  Sat. 
Colpas  James,  vict.  Royal  Oak 
Cufflin  Thomas,  corn  miller 
Ellis  Jph.  &  Sons,  coal  &  lime  merts. 
Ellis  James,  merchant  (J.  E.  &  Sons) 
Flude  Daniel,  boot  and  shoe  maker 
Hudson  William,  shopkeeper 
Jones  Thomas,  blacksmith 
Macaulay  Colin  Alexander,  Esq. 
Miles  Edward  Pares,  Esq.  Kirby  Field 


Mitchell   Thomas,   schoolmaster    and 
organist 

Tunnicliffe  Henry,  butcher 

Whitby  Alfred,   quartermaster  of  Lei- 
cestershire Militia,  Rowley  Fields 

Wilkinson  John,   station  master,  and 
vict.  Railway  Inn,  Ratby  Station 
FARMERS  AND  GRAZIERS. 

Beaumont  Thomas  ||  Ellis  James 

Brown  Robert,  Kirby  Parks 

Cramp  Wm.  Kirby  Frith  ;  h  Glenfield 

Gill  George,  Lodge  ||  Lee  John 

Hooke  John,  Castle  Farm 

OramDanl. BrickmanHill:  h Leicester 


GOPSALL  HALL,  with  about  600  acres  of  land,  nearly  all  in  the 
Park,  is  the  seat  of  Earl  Howe.  This  large  and  elegant  mansion  stands 
on  a  gentle  eminence,  nearly  in  the  centre  of  the  Park,  4^  miles  N.W. 
of  Market  Bosworth,  6£  miles  N.  by  E.  of  Atherstone,  and  7  miles  S. 
of  Ashby-de-la-Zouch.  It  was  built,  and  the  grounds  laid  out,  about 
the  year  1750,  by  the  late  Chas.  Jennens,  Esq.,  at  a  cost  of  more  than 


GOPSALL    HALL.  659 

,£100,000.  He  was  famous  for  his  friendship  to  Handel  and  the  Pre- 
tender, and  was  descended  from  an  opulent  family  of  Birmingham,  who 
had  acquired  a  large  fortune.  He  died  without  issue  in  1773,  and  left 
Gopsall,  or  Gopeshille,  to  his  grand-nephew,  Penn  Assheton  Curzon,  Esq., 
who  made  a  considerable  collection  of  pictures,  and  adorned  the  grounds 
with  ornamental  temples,  &c.  The  principal  front  of  the  Hall  looks 
towards  the  south,  and  in  its  centre  are  six  Corinthian  columns,  of  fine 
proportions,  supporting  a  row  of  balustrades,  behind  which  there  is  a 
receding  pediment  (part  of  the  wall  of  the  house  itself,)  having  a  ship  in 
a  storm  carved  in  white  stone,  with  a  haven  in  the  foreground ;  and  an 
inscription  over  the  entrance,  "  Fortiter  occupaPortum."  On  each  side 
of  the  centre  of  this  front  is  a  wing  (that  on  the  left  forming  the  Chapel, 
and  the  other  the  Library,)  projecting  27  feet  from  the  front,  the  whole 
length  of  which,  including  the  two  wings,  is  180  feet.  The  principal 
entrance  is  at  the  north  front,  and  there  is  a  small  stone  portico  over 
the  door  which  leads  into  the  Entrance  Hall.  This  hall  is  about  28  feet 
square,  and  at  the  south  end  is  a  Gallery,  supported  on  five  Corinthian 
columns,  the  balustrades  of  which  are  richly  carved  and  ornamented, 
forming  a  passage  to  the  sleeping  rooms  above ;  and  the  ceiling  is  exqui- 
sitely chased  in  compartments,  bearing  various  devices.  The  Library 
is  a  splendid  room,  about  52  feet  G  inches  long,  by  24  feet  6  inches  wide, 
and  very  lofty.  The  window  at  the  south  end  is  of  painted  glass,'  the 
painting  of  which  was  executed  by  the  late  Baroness  Howe,  and  is  par- 
ticularly beautiful,  both  from  the  excellence  of  the  painting,  and  its 
admirable  situation.  The  principal  Drawing  Room  is  about  40  feet  by 
25,  and  is  splendidly  furnished.  Between  it  and  the  Library  is  an  Ante- 
room, 18  feet  by  24,  and  by  means  of  folding  doors  these  three  rooms 
can  be  laid  into  one.  A  splendid  Picture  Gallery,  70  feet  by  40,  has 
recently  been  built  next  to  the  Drawing  Room,  with  which  it  communi- 
cates by  large  folding  doors.  It  is  principally  lighted  from  the  roof,  but 
has  one  large  window  on  the  north  side.  It  contains  many  family 
portraits,  and  one  of  the  late  Queen  Dowager ;  and  is  rich  in  the  works 
of  the  most  celebrated  ancient  masters,  including  some  fine  paintings  by 
Claude,  Murillo,  Poussin,  Rembrandt,  Cuyp,  Teniers,  Canaletto,  Wouver- 
mann,  Vandevelde,  Vandyck,  &c.  The  Dining  Room,  32  feet  by  23,  is 
lighted  by  four  windows,  and  four  smaller  ones  above.  It  has  an  elegant 
centre  piece,  occupying  nearly  the  whole  of  the  ceiling,  representing 
Neptune  riding  in  a  Nautilus  shell,  drawn  by  horses,  and  accompanied 
by  a  small  figure  playing  on  a  conch  before  him.  The  remainder  of  the 
ceiling  is  beautifully  stuccoed,  as  indeed  are  the  whole  of  the  ceilings 
throughout  the  house.  There  are  several  fine  paintings  in  this  room, 
amongst  which  are  the  portrait  of  Mr.  Jennens ;  a  full-length  figure  of 
Handel,  who  composed  his  Messiah  and  some  of  his  other  works  at 
Gopsall;  and  a  full  length  portrait  of  the  present  Earl,  presented  by  his 
tenantry  in  1858.  The  chimney  piece  is  very  splendid,  having  for  sup- 
porters two  Angels  in  Parian  marble,  with  then-  wings  folded  across 
their  breasts.  The  Chapel  is  perhaps  one  of  the  most  beautiful  in 
England;  its  length  is  36  feet,  and  breadth  24  feet ;  the  seats,  altar,  and 
wainscotting  are  entirely  of  cedar,  richly  and  tastefully  carved,  except 
the  standards  of  the  communion  table,  which  are  made  out  of  the  oak  in 
which  Charles  II.  concealed  himself  after  the  battle  of  Worcester ;  the 
chimney  piece  is  most  exquisitely  carved  in  marble,  and  over  it  hangs  a 
fine  painting  of  our  Saviour's  Crucifixion,  by  Vandyck  ;  the  ceiling  is 
tastefully  chased  with  flowers  in  various  compartments,  similar  to  those 
of  the  rest  of  the  house ;  and  the  reading  desk,  or  pulpit,  is  partly 
formed  of  a  golden  eagle,  with  its  wings  expanded,  and  partly  of 

2  t2 


660  GOPSALL    HALL. 

cedar,  elaborately  carved  and  decorated. — The  Park,  wliicli  is  well 
stocked  with  deer,  was  originally  much  smaller,  not  having  included 
within  it  above  300  acres  ;  but  great  additions  have  been  made  to  it  by 
the  present  owner,  and  it  now  contains  the  greater  part  of  the  liberty  of 
Gopsall,  and  about  100  acres  in  the  parishes  of  Bilston,  Twycross,  and 
Shackerstone,  comprising  altogether  580  acres.  At  the  entrance,  near 
Twycross,  is  a  Lodge  of  similar  design  to  the  arch  of  Constantine,  built 
by  Sir  G.  Wyattville  ;  and  the  carriage  road  from  it  to  the  Hall  is 
1^  mile  in  length.  The  outhouses  are  sheltered  from  view  by  being 
embosomed  in  very  thick  and  lofty  plantations.  Bardon  Hill  forms  a 
tine  distance  to  the  landscape  from  the  east  side  of  the  house  ;  and  indeed 
on  every  side  the  view,  if  not  very  extensive,  is  extremely  pleasing ;  the 
slope  on  all  sides  leads  the  eye  along  a  fine  tract  of  verdure  in  the  park 
to  the  various  clumps  of  trees  with  which  it  is  adorned.  The  park  is 
well  wooded,  and  the  gardens  occupy  an  area  of  about  20  acres,  and 
contain  a  row  of  fine  cedars,  near  which  is  a  stone  obelisk,  originally 
erected  at  Twickenham,  by  Pope,  to  the  memory  of  his  mother.  It  is 
simply  inscribed  in  Latin,  "  Ah  !  Edith,  best  of  mothers,  most  loving  of 
women,  Farewell!"  In  the  garden,  at  the  east  side  of  the  Hall,  is  a 
marble  monument  with  a  long  inscription  to  the  memory  of  Edward 
Holds  worth,  who  died  in  1746,  and  was  author  of  "  Muscipula,"  and 
"  Remarks  and  Dissertations  on  Virgil."  The  present  earl  has  recently 
planted  thirteen  fine  specimens  of  the  Wellingtonea-Gigantea,  as  me- 
morials of  his  thirteen  children.  The  Ashby-de-la-Zouch  Canal  passes 
close  to  the  north-east  side  of  the  Park,  and  on  its  western  side  is  the 
Ashby  and  Atherstone  road. 

Gopsall  was  held  at  the  Conquest  by  Henry  de  Ferrers,  and  its  chapel 
was  given  by  Earl  Ferrers,  about  1380,  to  Merevale  Abbey.  In  1395, 
the  manor  was  sold  to  the  Langham  family.  In  1560,  George  Langham 
sold  it  to  Francis  Hastings,  Earl  of  Huntingdon.  It  afterwards  passed 
to  the  Merrys  and  Lowthers,  the  latter  of  whom  sold  it,  in  1685,  to 
Humphrey  jennens,  from  whose  family  it  passed,  as  already  stated,  to 
that  of  its  present  noble  owner,  the  Rt.  Hon.  Riehd.  Wm.  Penn,Asshcton 
Cur zon- Howe,  G.C.H.  and  D.C.L.  Earl  Howe,  Viscount  Curzon,  &c, 
who  was  for  some  years  Lord  Chamberlain  to  the  Queen  Dowager,  a 
Governor  of  the  Charter  House,  Trustee  of  Rugby  School,  Deputy  Grand 
Master  of  the  Freemasons  of  England,  dc,  and  has  been  since  1856  the 
highly  esteemed  Provincial  Grand  Master  of  the  Freemasons  of  Leicester- 
shire. Ho  was  bora  in  1796,  and  succeeded  his  grandfather  in  the 
viscounty  and  barony  of  Curzon  in  1820  ;  and  his  mother  in  the  barony 
of  Howe  in  1826.  He  assumed  the  name  of  Howe,  and  was  created  Earl 
Howe  in  1821,  and  became  a  G.C.H.  in  1830,  and  a  Privy  Councillor 
in  1831.  His  father,  the  Hon.  Penn  Assheton  Curzon,  was  son  and 
heir  of  the  first  Viscount  Curzon,  but  died  Avithout  succeeding  to  the  title  ; 
and  his  mother,  the  late  Baroness  Howe,  was  the  eldest  daughter  and 
co-heiress  of  the  gallant  Admiral  Hone,  who,  in  1792,  succeeded  the  brave 
Rodney,  as  Vice-Admiral  of  England,  and  was  the  fourth  Viscount  Howe, 
in  Ireland,  but  Avas  raised  to  the  English  peerage  by  the  title  of  Viscount 
Howe,  of  Langar,  Nottingham  shire,  in  1782.  He  Avas  created  Baron 
and  Earl  Howe  in  1788,  and  died  in  1799,  when  the  Viscounty  and 
Earldom  became  extinct,  but  the  Barony  deA'olvedon  his  eldest  daughter. 
The  present  Earl  married  Harriet,  daughter  of  the  late  Earl  of  Cardigan, 
in  1820,  but  she  died  in  1836 ;  and  in  1845,  he  married  the  Hon.  Miss 
Gore,  daughter  of  the  late  Admiral  Sir  John  Gore,  K.C.B.  The  Earl  is 
guardian  of  the  young  Marquis  of  Hastings,  and  is  highly  distinguished 
for  his  benevolence  to  the  poor  and  his  liberality  and  indefatigable  exer- 


SPARKENHOE    HUNDRED.  CGI 

tions  in  the  promotion  of  religious  instruction.  He  lias  laid  the  first 
stones  of  many  churches  and  national  schools  in  this  and  adjacent 
counties,  and  is  also  a  liberal  patron  of  agriculture.  His  son  and  heir 
the  Right  Hon.  George  Augustus  Frederick  Louis  Carson- Howe,  Viscount 
Curzon,  who  was  born  in  1821,  has  been  M.P.  for  South  Leicestershire 
since  1857,  and  Lieut.-Colonel  of  the  Leicestershire  Yeomanry  Cavalry 
since  1860,  and  resides  at  Penn  House,  Buckinghamshire.  The  Earl's 
farm  of  Shorn  Hill,  in  Norton  Parish,  on  the  north  side  of  the  Park,  is 
under  the  management  of  Mr.  John  Savidge.  Mr.  Edward  Atkinson  is 
house  steward  and  butler ;  Mr.  Chas.  Stephen  Cole,  groom  of  the  chambers ; 
and  Mr.  Emmanuel  Sage,  head  gardener. 


HEATHER,  a  village  and  parish,  U  miles  S.S.E.  of  Asliby-de-la- 
Zouch,  and  5^-  miles  N.  by  W.  of  Market  Bosworth,  has  371  inhabitants 
and  about  1000  acres  of  land,  under  which  coal  was  worked  more  than 
two  centuries,  but  the  mine  has  been  closed  25  years.  The  soil  is  chiefly 
a  light  sandy  loam,  with  a  small  portion  of  deep  rich  loam.  The  parish 
is  traversed  on  the  east  by  a  rivulet,  and  bounded  on  the  north  and  south 
by  a  detached  part  of  Derbyshire.  Two-fifths  of  it  are  arable,  and  the 
rest  pasturage  and  meadow.  Here  was  anciently  a  Commandery  of 
Knights  Hospitallers  of  St.  John  of  Jerusalem,  to  which  Ralph  Gresley, 
in  the  reign  of  Henry  II.,  gave  the  church  and  parish.  The  only  vestige 
at  present  remaining  of  this  building  is  some  wrainscotting  in  the  Manor 
House,  which  stands  upon  its  site.  Its  revenues  were  estimated  at 
.£49.  Is.  5d.  per  annum  at  the  dissolution,  when  it  was  granted  to  Oliver 
St.  John  and  Robert  Thornton.  A  great  part  of  the  parish  belongs  to 
Lord  Belper,  Lady  Edith  Abney-Hastings,  Robt.  Kirkman  Goode,  Esq., 
Thomas  Clare,  Esq.,  and  others ;  but  the  Rev.  G.  P.  Belcher,  B.D.,  who 
resides  at  the  Manor  House,  a  neat  brick  mansion,  is  lord  of  the  manor, 
and  patron  and  incumbent  of  the  discharged  rectory,  valued  in  K.B.  at 
£'7.  17s.  8d.,  and  now  at  £377.  The  glebe  is  42a.,  and  there  is  upon  it 
an  ancient  residence.  The  tithes  were  commuted,  in  1845,  for  £320  per 
annum.  The  Church  (St.  John)  is  a  handsome  building  in  the  decorated 
style,  with  a  square  tower  containing  three  bells.  It  was  restored  and 
the  chancel  was  rebuilt  in  1847,  at  a  cost  of  £1200,  of  which  £500  were 
given  by  Earl  Howe,  and  the  remainder  was  raised  by  subscription. 
There  is  a  piscina  in  the  south  aisle,  and  in  the  chancel  is  a  mural  monu- 
ment in  memory  of  Stephen  Everard,  Esq.,  who  died  in  1015,  and  is 
represented,  with  his  wife  and  seven  children,  in  the  attitude  of  prayer. 
The  National  School  is  a  neat  brick  building  in  the  Elizabethan  st}de, 
attended  by  30  children.  It  was  built  in  1845,  at  a  cost  of  £150,  towards 
which  the  late  Queen  Dowager  gave  £20,  and  Earl  Howe  £30.  Here 
is  a  Wesleyan  Chapel,  built  in  1828,  at  a  cost  of  £250,  and  also  a  Primi- 
tive Methodist  Chapel,  erected  in  1852,  at  a  cost  of  £120.  Heather  Hall, 
the  seat  of  R.  K.  and  J.  B.  Bakcwell,  Esqrs.,  is  a  handsome  mansion 
pleasantly  situated  about  a  mile  west  of  the  village.  It  is  surrounded  by 
ornamental  timber,  and  has  recently  been  partly  rebuilt.  Some  of  the 
apartments  are  constructed  of  Caen  stone,  with  groined  ceilings  of  Gothic 
character,  in  which  both  the  stone  and  woodwork  are  beautifully  and 
elaborately  carved.  Post  from  Ashby-de-la-Zouch  at  8£  morning,  return- 
ing at  5^-  evening. 


Bates  John,  parish  clerk 

Belcher  Rev.  George  Paxil,  B.D.  rector, 

Manor  House 
Bradley  Mrs  Annie 


Clare  Thomas,  Esq.  and  Mrs 
Gadsby  John,  baker 
Goode  Robert  Kirkman,  and  Jas.  Bake* 
well,  Esqrs,  Heather  Hall 


662 


HEATHER    PARISH. 


Hinks  Henry  John,  corn  miller 
Hunt  John,  tailor 

Jackson  William  Edward,  gentleman 
Newton  Henry,  blacksmith 
Norman  Joseph,  vict.  Queen's  Head 
Pojnton  Richard,  hatcher 


Sharp  Mary,  shopkeeper 

Smith  Wm.  wheelwright  &  vict.  Grown 

Waterfield  Joseph,  shoemaker 

FARMERS. 
George   Andrews,  Richard  Fox,  and 
George  Thirlby 


HIGHAM-ON-THE-HILL,  about  a  mile  N.  of  Watling  street,  and 
3  miles  W.N.W.  of  Hinckley,  is  a  village  and  parish,  containing  2532 
acres  of  land  and  559  inhabitants,  of  whom  30  are  in  Lindley  and 
Rowden,  two  adjacent  hamlets.  The  soil  is  chiefly  marl  and  clay,  and 
the  Ashby-de-la-Zouch  canal  crosses  the  east  side  of  the  parish.  The 
principal  landed  proprietors  are  the  Earl  of  Lovelace,  N.  E.  Hurst,  Esq., 
Mrs.  Browne,  the  Rev.  John  Fisher,  and  the  Trustees  of  Ravenstone 
Hospital.  Lindley  Hall  is  the  seat  and  property  of  V.  A.  Eyre,  Esq. ; 
and  Higham  Grange  is  the  seat  and  property  of  N.  E.  Hurst,  Esq. 
Higham  Hall,  or  the  White  House,  belongs  to  Mrs.  Browne,  but  is  occu- 
pied by  R.  Stelfox,  Esq.  It  is  a  large  mansion  on  an  eminence  on  the 
east  side  of  the  village,  and  commands  beautiful  views.  It  contains  a 
fine  collection  of  paintings,  and  the  grounds  attached  to  it  are  tastefully 
laid  out.  The  Rev.  John  Fisher,  M.A.,  is  lord  of  the  manor  and  patron 
and  incumbent  of  the  rectory,  valued  in  K.B.  at  £7.  9s.  4^d.,  and  now  at 
.£552,  mostly  derived  from  367a.  of  glebe,  awarded  in  lieu  of  tithes  at  the 
enclosure  in  1808.  The  Church  (St.  Peter)  was  thoroughly  restored  in 
1854,  at  a  cost  of  £'1200.  It  is  fitted  with  neat  open  benches,  and  has  a 
handsome  stained  glass  window  at  the  east  end.  Its  fine  old  Norman 
tower  contains  three  bells,  and  is  somewhat  spoiled  by  four  modern 
pinnacles.  The  Rectory  House  is  a  commodious  residence  at  the  east 
end  of  the  village.  The  National  School,  built,  in  1810,  at  a  cost  of 
£150,  is  attended  by  about  50  children.  The  village  being  on  a  lofty 
eminence,  commands  extensive  views  of  the  surrounding  country.  It  has 
several  good  houses,  and  the  poor  have  £-1  a-year  as  the  rent  of  Heath 
Close  (1a.  2r.  38p.),  purchased  with  £2±  benefaction  money  in  1089. 
They  have  also  a  yearly  rent-charge  of  0s.,  left  by  John  Hall,  out  of  a 
farm  belonging  to  N.  E.  Hurst,  Esq. 

Lindley  was  formerly  a  chapelry,  and  some  remains  of  its  chapel  may 
be  seen  in  the  grounds  of  the  hall.  Its  hamlet  comprises  about  one-third 
of  Higham  parish.  V.  A.  Eyre,  Esq.,  is  lord  of  the  manor,  which  he 
purchased,  in  1850,  of  D.  Heming,  Esq.  His  seat,  called  Lindley 
Hall,  is  a  heat  mansion,  with  pleasant  grounds,  4  miles  W.N.W.  of 
Hinckley,  and  is  memorable  from  having  been  the  residence  of  John 
Hardwick,  Esq.,  who  led  the  Earl  of  Richmond  to  the  battle  of  Bosworih 
Field.  It  was  afterwards  possessed  by  William  Burton,  one  of  the  first 
historians  of  Leicestershire,  who  was  born  here  in  1571.  He  was  a  bar- 
rister in  the  Court  of  Common  Pleas,  and  published  his  ';  Description  of 
Leicestershire,  containing  Matters  of  Antiquity,  Historye,  Armoury e,  and 
Genealogy,"  in  1022.  This  folio  work  was  corrected  and  re-published  by 
AVm.  Whittingham,  of  Lynn,  in  1777.  The  typographical  errors  in  this 
volume,  especially  in  the  Latin,  are  so  numerous,  and  the  style,  according 
to  the  manner  of  that  time,  so  loose,  that  the  meaning  is  often  doubtful. 
Robert  Burton,  a  younger  brother  of  William,  was  born  here  in  1570, 
and,  falling  in  with  the  prevalent  whim  of  the  times,  called  himself 
"  Democritus  Junior."  Under  this  signature  he  published  a  satirical 
work  with  the  quaint  title  of  "  The  Anatomy  of  Melancholy,"  which,  by 
the  injudicious  praise  of  Dr.  Johnson  and  Dr.  Ferriar,  obtained  consider- 


HIGHAM-ON-THE-HILL. 


663 


able  celebrity.     One  of  his  biographers  says  he  was  an  exact  mathema- 
tician, a  curious  calculator  of  nativities,  a  thorough-paced  philologist,  a 
clevourer  of  authors,  and  a  melancholy  yet  humorous  man. 
Post  Office  at  Sarah  Hardy's.     Letters  despatched  to  Hinckley  at  5.45  p.m. 


Abell  Richard,  baker 

Burt  Edward,  gentleman 

Choice  Thos.  wheelgt.  &  parish  clerk 

Elson  Abraham,  victualler,  Fox 

Ensor  Miss  Hanh.  (|  Geary  Miss  Eliz. 

Evatt  James,  blacksmith 

Eyre  Vincent  Anthny.  Esq.  Lindley  HI 

Fisher  Rev.  John,   M.A.    rector   and 

rural  dean,  Rectory 
Foster  John,  victualler,  Barley  Sheaf 
Frith  Joseph,  assessor  &  coir,  of  taxes 
Gimson  James,  corn  miller 
Hurst  'Nichls.'E.dw.'Esq.HighamGrange 
Lewis  William,  maltster 
Stelfox  Richard,  Esq.  land  surveyor, 

White  House 

FARMERS  &   GRZRS. 


CARPENTERS. 

Hammonds  Wm. 
Holmes  William 


Abell  Samuel 
Baker  George 


Bates  George 
Brown  Arthur 
Butler  Charles 
Clark  Chas.  Lind- 
ley Hall  farm 
Cooke  Jas.Higham 

Grange  farm 
Farmer   Joseph, 
Higham  Vale 
Freeman  William 
Heathcote  Edward 
HollierAmosLind- 
ley  Grange  fin. 
Jeffcote    William 
Lea    Christopher, 

Bowden  House 
Lord  William  (and 

butcher) 
Oliver  Richard 


Richardson  John, 
Hig  hamVa  lefm . 
Taylor  Jno.Bivdn. 
Ward  James 

SHOEMAKERS. 

Cope  John 
Furborrow  John 
Jebbett  William 
Pittaway  George 

SHOPKEEPERS. 

Evatt  James   and 

Richard 
Foster  John 
Hammonds  Thos. 

(and  baker) 
Jebbett  Mary 

TAILORS. 

Harrison  Moses 
Holyoak  William 


HINCKLEY. 

Hinckley,  an  ancient  market  town,  extensively  engaged  in  the  hosiery 
manufacture,  is  situated  more  than  a  mile  east  of  the  Asrdry-de-la-  Zouch 
Canal ;  nearly  2  miles  north  of  Watling  street ;  14  miles  S.W.  of  Lei- 
cester;  5  miles  E.N.E.  of  Nuneaton;  13  miles  N.N.E.  of  Coventry; 
and  100  miles  N.W.  by  N.  of  London.  Good  turnpike  roads  to  Leicester, 
Ashby,  Nuneaton,  Coventry,  &c,  diverge  from  the  town,  which  has  been 
much  enlarged  and  improved  by  new  streets,  &c,  during  the  present  cen- 
tury. The  South  Leicestershire  Railway,  which  is  a  branch  of  the  London 
and  North  Western  Railway,  from  Nuneaton  to  Wigston,  near  Leicester, 
has  a  commodious  station  here.  This  line  was  opened  in  1862  between 
Nuneaton  and  Hinckley,  and  the  remainder  will  be  completed  early  in 
1803.  The  improved  facilities  it  affords  for  the  cheap  and  rapid  transit 
of  passengers  and  merchandise  are  already  beginning  to  be  felt  in  the 
increasing  prosperity  of  the  town.  The  stocking  frame  was  introduced 
here  as  early  as  1640,  by  Mr.  W.  Iliff,  and,  excepting  Leicester,  more 
stockings  are  made  here  than  at  any  other  place  in  the  kingdom.  (See 
pages  132  to  130.)  In  1853,  Mr.  Thos.  Payne  introduced  and  applied 
steam  power  in  the  manufacture  of  hosiery,  &c,  in  this  town,  and  there 
are  now  several  factories  here,  in  which  the  frames  are  worked  by  steam ; 
and  fancy  woollen  goods,  as  well  as  stockings,  are  largely  manufactured. 
There  are  still,  however,  many  hand  frames  both  in  the  town  and  neigh- 
bouring villages.  The  population  of  the  township  of  Hinckley  was  only 
4216  in  1821,  but  it  had  increased  to  6448  inhabitants  in  1841,  and  de- 
creased to  6177  in  1851 ;  but  in  1861  it  had  again  increased  to  6448. 
The  Parish  comprises  also  the  townships  and  chapelries  of  Dadlington 
and  Stoke  Golding,  and  the  hamlets  of  Wykin  and  Hydes  Pastures  ;  and 
had  7302  inhabitants  in  1801.  Its  total  area  is  about  5824  acres,  including 
the  hamlet  of  Hydes  Pastures  (470a.),  which  is  on  the  Warwickshire  side 
of  Watling  street.      The  township  of  Hinckley  comprises  3565   acres, 


664  HISTORY   OF    HINCKLEY. 

including  the  small  hamlets  of  Wykm  (900  acres)  and  Hydes  Pastures, 
as  afterwards  noticed.  The  principal  land  owners  are  Nicholas  Charles 
Hurst,  Esq.,  of  Clifton,  near  Bristol ;  the  Dean  and  Chapter  of  West- 
minster; Thos.  Browne,  Esq.,  Nicholas  Edw.  Hurst,  Esq.,  Stanhope 
Hunter,  Esq.,  the  Trustees  of  the  late  C.  S.  Preston,  Esq.,  and  the  Trus- 
tees of  the  Greater  and  Lesser  Feoffments  and  the  Manor  Trust,  which 
are  noticed  at  subsequent  pages.  S.  R.  Bonner,  Esq.,  as  feoffee  of  the 
latter,  is  lord  of  the  manor  of  Hinckley. 

Soon  after  the  Norman  Conquest,  Hinckley  was  created  a  Baeony, 
and  was  held  by  Hugh  de  Grentemaisnell,  who  erected  a  stately  castle 
here,  and  also  a  parish  church.  At  the  time  of  the  Conquest,  Earl 
Aubrey  held  it,  and  here  were  14  carucates  and  4  ploughs  in  the  de- 
mesne ;  8  bondmen,  42  villans,  16  bordars,  and  3  socmen,  with  9£ 
ploughs ;  a  meadow,  240  perches  long  and  120  broad  ;  and  a  wood,  a  mile 
long  and  120  perches  broad.  In  1296,  the  manor  and  barony  passed 
to  Edmund,  Earl  of  Leicester  and  Lancaster,  and  in  1335,  they  merged 
in  the  Crown  as  parcel  of  the  Duchy  of  Lancaster ;  but  the  estates 
have  been  granted  out  to  various  families,  subject  to  certain  fee-farm 
rents,  &c.  Under  its  ancient  Barons,  Hinckley  certainly  enjoyed  the 
privileges  of  a  Borough,  and  probably  sent  deputies  to  the  great  coun- 
cil of  the  nation;  but,  being  connected  with  the  royal  House  of  Lan- 
caster, and  taking  a  decided  part  in  favour  of  the  Lancastrians  in  the 
civil  wars  between  them  and  the  Yorkists,  the  inhabitants  were  de- 
prived of  their  former  privileges,  when  Edward  IV.,  the  conquering 
monarch  of  the  House  of  York,  ascended  the  throne.  The  town  is  still 
in  two  divisions  or  liberties,  called  the  Borough  and  the  Bond,  and  the 
former  comprised  the  whole  of  the  ancient  town,  in  which  the  assizes 
for  the  county  were  held,  but  the  gaol  and  the  gallows  were  removed 
some  centuries  ago.  Both  liberties  are  under  different  municipal  go- 
vernments, a  bailiff  (commonly  called  a  7nayor),  a  constable,  and  two 
headboroughs,  being  appointed  yearly  at  the  court  leet,  for  the  Bo- 
rough ;  and  a  constable  and  three  headboroughs  for  the  Bond.  As  no- 
ticed with  the  Manor  Trust,  three  juries  are  summoned  to  the  court 
leet,  viz. : — The  Borough,  the  Bond-End,  and  the  Foreign.  The  parish 
was  enclosed  in  1780,  when  many  human  bones  were  found  in  a  state 
of  petrifaction  in  that  part  of  the  common  where  the  gallows  had  stood. 
Hinckley  Castle  is  supposed  to  have  been  demolished  when  it  fell  into 
the  king's  hands,  in  1173.  Its  site  had  long  been  occupied  as  garden 
ground,  when,  in  1760,  it  was  purchased  by  William  Hurst,  Esq.,  who 
built  a  handsome  mansion  upon  it,  now  the  property  and  residence  of 
Stephen  Pilgrim,  Esq.,  steward  of  the  courts  leet  and  baron.  When  this 
house  was  built,  the  foundations  of  a  bridge  which  had  crossed  the  castle 
moat  were  discovered.  The  moat  is  still  supplied  with  water  from  an 
adjoining  spring,  and  the  foundations  of  the  outer  walls  may  jTet  be 
traced  in  many  places ;  and  also  the  vestiges  of  what  are  called  two 
Roman  works — a  mound  near  the  small  rivulet,  and  the  ruins  of  a  bath 
near  the  church.  A  small  Priory  of  Benedictine  monks  was  founded 
here,  according  to  Tanner,  by  Robert  Blanchmains,  Earl  of  Leicester, 
and  according  to  Dugdale,  by  Bossu,  the  father  of  Robert ;  but  Nichols 
ascribes  its  foundation  to  the  great  Norman  baron,  Hugh  de  Grente- 
maisnell, the  first  baron  of  Hinckley,  and  the  founder  of  the  castle. 
The  Priory,  with  the  appropriation  of  the  church,  was  given  to  Lyra 
Abbey,  in  Normandy,  and,  like  all  foreign  cells,  it  w7as  often  seized  by 
the  Crown  during  the  wars  with  France.  It  was  suppressed  by  Henry 
V.,  as  an  alien  prioiy,  and  re-founded  as  a  cell  to  Montgrace  Priory,  in 
Yorkshire.    At  the  general  dissolution,  it  was  given,  with  its  posses- 


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sions,  and  the  advowson  of  the  church,  to  the  Dean  and  Chapter  of 
Westminster,  in  exchange  for  lands  near  St.  James's  Hospital,  West- 
minster. The  Priory  House,  near  the  church,  was  the  residence  of  Sir 
John  Oneby  in  the  17th  century;  and  in  the  latter  part  of  the  last  cen- 
tury, when  it  was  occupied  by  a  manufacturer,  the  Priory  Garden  was 
converted  into  a  Bowling-Green.  The  house  was  pulled  down  in  1827, 
when  a  number  of  small  dwellings  were  built  near  its  site. 

The  Town,  which  is  the  largest  in  the  Sparkenhoe  Hundred,  is  a  pol- 
ling place  for  the  Southern  Division  of  the  county,  and  stands  on  an 
elevated  tract  of  table  land,  from  which  50  churches  may  be  seen.  The 
walks  and  prospects  in  the  vicinity  are  pleasant  and  extensive ;  and  in 
the  neighbourhood  are  several  mineral  springs,  viz. : —  Cogg's  Well, 
Christopher's  Spa,  Priest's  Hill,  and  Holy  Well ;  the  latter  of  which 
is  near  the  south  entrance  to  the  town,  and  its  water  is  exquisitely  clear 
and  good.  The  late  Dr.  Chessher,  who  resided  here,  was  highly  cele- 
brated for  the  cure  of  spinal  diseases,  and  had  usually  a  considerable 
number  of  patients  from  distant  parts  of  the  country,  for  whose  accom- 
modation several  large  houses  were  built.  The  market-place  and  prin- 
cipal streets  have  many  good  houses,  well-stocked  shops,  and  commo- 
dious inns  and  taverns;  and  the  town  is  now  lighted  witXi  gas,  from  works 
erected  in  1834,  by  a  company  of  shareholders.  The  Market,  held 
every  Monday,  is  well  supplied  with  corn,  provisions,  &c.  From  300 
to  500  quarters  of  wheat,  barley,  and  oats  are  sold  here  weekly.  Fairs 
for  the  sale  of  cattle,  horses,  sheep,  &c,  are  held  on  the  first,  second, 
and  third  Mondays  after  (Epiphany)  January  6th  ;  on  Easter  Monday ; 
on  the  Monday  before,  and  on  Whit-Monday  ;  on  the  26th  of  August; 
and  on  the  first  Monday  in  November.  A  statute  fair  for  hiring  servants 
is  held  in  September.  An  extensive  Steam  Corn  Mill  was  built  here  in 
1845-'6,  by  several  proprietors,  at  the  cost  of  about  £10,000  ;  worked  by 
two  engines — one  30  and  the  other  20  horses'  power.  It  was  purchased 
about  nine  years  ago,  by  Messrs.  T.  and  W.  Farmer,  for  about  £'650,  and  is 
occupied  by  them,  except  some  few  rooms  let  off  to  stocking  weavers. 
The  Town  Hall,  in  the  Market  place,  is  a  small  building,  erected 
on  the  site  of  the  old  one,  in  1806.  The  magistrates  of  the  Market 
Bosworth  Division  hold  petty  sessions  here  every  alternate  Monday ;  and 
at  Market  Bosworth  every  alternate  Wednesday.  Stephen  Pilgrim,  Esq., 
is  clerk  to  the  magistrates.  A  Police  Station,  or  House  of  Detention,  was 
erected  by  the  County  magistrates,  in  1842,  in  Chapel  street,  at  the  cost 
of  £600,  and  part  of  it  is  the  residence  of  a  superintendent  of  the  County 
Constabulary  Force.  It  was  considerably  enlarged  in  1861.  Hinckley 
County  Court  is  held  at  the  Town  Hall  every  alternate  month,  and  its 
district  includes  Aston  Flamville,  Bar  well,  Burbage,  Burton-Hastings, 
Elmsthorpo,  Earl  Shilton,  Higham-on-the-Hill,  Hinckley,  Hydes  Pas- 
tures, Lindley,  liowden,  Sapcote,  Sharnford,  Sketchley,  Smockington, 
Stoney  Stanton,  Stoke  Golding,  Stretton  Baskcrville,  Wolvey,  and 
Wykin.  Mr.  Serjeant  Robert  Miller  is  judge ;  Thomas  Heath,  Esq.,  of 
Warwick,  treasurer ;  Stephen  Pilgrim,  Esq.,  registrar ;  Mr.  John  Colt- 
man,  high  bailiff;  and  John  Dare  and  John  Wilson,  assistant  bailiffs. 
The  Cemetery,  situated  about  a  mile  from  the  town,  on  the  Market 
Bosworth  road,  comprises  about  3|  acres  of  land,  and  two  pretty  mortuary 
chapels.  It  was  formed  by  the  Burial  Board  in  1851,  at  a  cost  of  £2500, 
to  be  repaid  by  twenty  annual  instalments.  About  half  of  the  ground, 
with  one  of  the  chapels,  is  consecrated ;  and  the  other  chapel,  and  the 
remainder  of  the  ground,  is  for  the  use  of  dissenters.  The  Burial  Board 
consists  of  nine  members,  three  of  whom  go  out  of  office  annually.  Mr. 
T.  C  Harris  is  the  chairman ;  Mr.  G.  M.  Brocklehurst,  clerk ;  and  Wm. 


HISTORY    OF    HINCKLEY. 

Cowdell,  Esq.,  jun.,  solicitor.  The  Rifle  Corps  meets  for  drill,  &c.,  at 
the  old  Friends'  Meeting  House,  in  Castle  street.  It  is  the  10th  Com- 
pany of  the  Leicestershire  regiment  of  Volunteers,  and  numbers  upwards 
of  70  members.  William  Brookes,  Esq.,  is  captain,  and  J.  H.Ward,  Esq., 
lieutenant.  The  Rifle  butt  is  at  Burbage  Common,  and  the  range  is 
about  1000  yards.  The  Inland  Revenue  Office  is  at  the  George 
Hotel.  Two  Fire  Engines  are  kept  at  Stockwell  head,  and  there  is  a 
brigade  of  28  firemen.  Mr.  William  Harrold  is  superintendent.  The 
Removal  of  Nuisances  Committee  was  instituted  in  1855,  under  the 
act  of  18th  and  19th  Victoria,  cap.  121.  Mr.  Thomas  Taylor  is  the 
inspector. 

The  Parish  Church,  dedicated  to  St.  Mary,  is  a  large  and  handsome 
edifice,  with  a  tower,  containing  eight  bells,  a  clock  and  chimes,  and 
crowned  by  a  lofty  spire.  The  body  of  it  is  in  the  style  of  the  thirteenth 
century,  and  the  west  door  resembles  those  of  the  time  of  Edward  I.  The 
window  immediately  over  the  latter  is  supposed  to  be  an  improvement 
made  about  the  reign  of  Edward  IV.,  when  windows  were  generally 
enlarged,  and  divided  with  four  or  live  mullions.  The  upper  windows 
were  improved  about  the  same  time,  but  are  supposed  to  have  been  built 
in  the  reign  of  Edward  II.,  when  they  were  generally  divided  in  the 
middle  by  one  mullion.  The  steeple,  which  is  40  yards  high,  was  pro- 
bably built  in  the  reign  of  Edward  IV.  The  length  of  the  church  from 
the  chancel  to  the  western  door  is  22  yards ;  and  the  width  near  the 
chancel,  26£ ;  and  in  the  body,  18^.  The  chancel  is  6  yards  by  13.  The 
roof  is  of  beautiful  oak,  and  the  beams  are  supported  by  large  pendant 
Cherubim s  (like  those  in  Westminster  Hall),  and  ornamented  with  a 
number  of  grotesque  faces.  The  nave  is  neatly  pewed,  and  has  a  good 
organ,  which  was  purchased  in  1808,  at  a  cost  of  more  than  .±'500.  In 
1835,  the  churchyard  was  enlarged  by  the  purchase  of  some  adjacent 
land,  at  a  cost  of  .£710,  raised  by  subscription  and  rate.  The  tithes 
were  commuted  in  184G,  and  the  living  is  a  vicarage,  valued  in  K.B.  at 
£9.  9s.  9M.,  and  now  at  £545,  with  the  rectory  of  Stoke  Golding  and 
the  vicarage  of  Dadlington  annexed  to  it.  It  has  21a.  of  glebe  at 
Higham-on-the-Hill.  The  Dean  and  Chapter  of  Westminster  are 
patrons,  and  the  Rev.  Wm.  Skirrow,  M.A.,  is  the  incumbent,  and  resides 
at  Granville  Lodge.  The  Vicarage  House  is  an  ancient  building,  conti- 
guous to  the  churchyard,  and  is  now  occupied  by  the  curate  and  the 
schoolmaster.  St.  Mary's  National  School  is  a  neat  brick  building,  of 
Gothic  architecture,  built  in  1855,  at  a  cost  of  £400,  raised  by  subscrip- 
tion.   It  is  attended  by  about  95  boys,  and  145  girls  and  infants. 

Trinity  Church,  a  neat  chapel  of  ease,  or  ''District  Church,"  stands 
on  the  south  side  of  the  town,  and  was  built,  in  1838,  by  Mrs.  Frewen 
Turner,  of  Cold  Overton  Hall,  at  a  cost  of  about  £2000,  and  also  at  the 
same  time  endowed  with  £1000.  It  has  350  sittings,  of  which  200  are 
free  ;  and  contains  a  good  harmonium.  The  perpetual  curacy,  valued  at 
£100  per  annum,  is  in  the  rnatrouage  of  Mrs.  Frewen  Turner,  and  incum- 
bency of  the  Rev.  Spencer  Perceval  Powys,  B.A.  Trinity  Church 
Schools,  together  with  a  house  for  the  master  and  mistress,  were  built  in 
1853,  at  a  cost  of  more  than  £900,  raised  by  subscription,  and  grants  of 
£200  from  the  Committee  of  Council  on  education,  and  £80  from  the 
National  School  Society.  They  are  near  the  church,  and  are  now  only 
used  as  Sunday  schools,  and  for  an  infants'  day  school ;  and  the  dwelling 
house  is  occupied  by  the  scripture  reader. 

Flere  is  a  neat  Roman  Catholic  Chapel,  built  in  1824,  at  a  cost  of 
£400,  and  attached  to  it  is  a  house  for  the  priests,  and  an  Academy  for 
Catholic  Youths,  built  at  the  same  time,  at  a  cost  of  £4500.     The  estab- 


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lishment  is  designated  St.  Peter's  Priory,  and  is  conducted  by  a  body  of 
Dominicans,  whose  predecessors  emigrated  from  Flanders,  and  settled 
in  this  country  at  the  time  of  the  French  Revolution.  The  chapel  is 
handsomely  fitted  up,  and  has  several  fine  paintings,  and  a  curious  old 
font  supposed  to  have  been  originally  in  the  parish  church.  The  Rev. 
Lewis  Weldon  is  the  president,  and  is  assisted  in  his  pastoral  and  scho- 
lastic duties  by  four  other  Dominican  brothers,  two  of  whom  are  priests. 
The  Unitarian  Chapel,  at  Stockwell  head,  is  a  large  quaint  building, 
erected  in  1722,  and  enlarged  in  1727,  b}r  the  erection  of  a  gallery.  It 
contains  a  marble  tablet,  in  memory  of  Charles  Noel,  Esq. ;  and  Dr. 
Doddridge  is  said  to  have  officiated  here  in  1722.  The  Rev.  William 
Mitchell  is  the  present  minister,  and  has  a  small  endowment  of  ,£30  per 
annum.  The  Independent  Chapel,  at  Stockwell  head,  was  built  in  17(56, 
and  will  shortly  be  taken  down,  when  a  new  and  more  commodious 
building,  of  Gothic  architecture,  is  to  be  erected  in  its  stead.  The  Rev. 
John  James  is  the  minister.  The  Wesley  an  Chapel,  in  Stockwell  head, 
was  erected  in  1783,  at  a  cost  of  .£500.  It  has  been  subsequently 
enlarged,  and  will  now  seat  500  hearers.  The  Rev.  Benj.  Mitchell  and 
Rev.  Chas.  Currelly  are  its  ministers.  The  General  Bap)tist  Chapel,  in 
Spring  gardens,  was  built  in  1807,  at  a  cost  of  £1800,  and  has  upwards 
of  500  sittings.  The  Rev.  James  Parkinson  is  its  minister.  The  Pri- 
mitive Methodist  Chapel,  in  New  buildings,  was  purchased,  in  1854,  of 
the  Particular  Baptists,  at  a  cost  of  .£300.  It  is  a  neat  building,  in  the 
Grecian  style,  and  will  seat  300  hearers.  The  Rev.  Arthur  Beanland, 
and  the  Rev.  Isaac  Joseph  Hardy,  are  the  ministers. 

The  Greater  and  Lesser  Feoffments  form  a  consolidated  charity, 
which  is  the  principal  charitable  endowment  in  the  town ;  but  to  whom  it 
is  indebted  for  the  benefaction  is  unknown,  though  it  is  believed  that  the 
once  noble  lord  of  its  castle,  John  of  Gaunt,  was  the  donor.  The  deed 
of  benefaction  has  been  long  lost,  so  that  the  original  intentions  of  the 
benefactor  are  involved  in  obscurity ;  and  this  led  to  great  dissatisfaction 
as  to  the  application  of  the  funds,  and  ultimately  caused  long  and  expen- 
sive proceedings  in  Chancery,  which  only  terminated  in  June,  1850,  by 
an  order  establishing  the  scheme  under  which  the  charity  is  now  managed. 
The  endowment  comprises  the  plot  of  land  containing  the  Town  Hall, 
one  inn,  one  tavern,  and  four  houses ;  also  various  other  houses  in  dif- 
ferent parts  of  the  town,  and  about  74  acres  of  land  in  the  lordship.  By 
the  before-mentioned  scheme  a  row  of  ruinous  old  buildings  in  Upper 
Castle  street  was  directed  to  be  pulled  down,  and  on  their  site  13  neat 
semi-detached  dwellings  were  erected  in  1852.  The  total  annual  income 
of  the  charity  is  now  about  £430.  Most  of  the  land  was  allotted  at  the 
enclosure,  in  1760,  in  lieu  of  ancient  commonright.  &c,  and  has  much 
increased  in  value  since  that  period.  The  income  has  always  been  spent 
in  repairing  the  church  and  highways,  supporting  schools  for  the  educa- 
tion of  the  poor,  and  for  the  general  benefit  of  the  town  and  the  improve- 
ment of  the  trust  property.  In  1835,  £100  of  the  trust  money  were  given 
towards  enlarging  the  parish  churchyard.  The  trustees  have,  at  various 
periods,  expended  large  sums  in  paving  the  Market  place,  Castle  street, 
&c. ;  and,  on  days  of  public  rejoicing,  have  contributed  liberally  towards 
the  general  entertainment  of  the  townspeople.  Formerly  they  supported 
a  Grammar  School,  as  well  as  a  Free  School  for  poor  children.  In  1820, 
they  erected  a  new  Free  School,  which  comprises  two  spacious  rooms, 
and  is  attended  by  about  60  boys  and  50  girls.  They  allow  yearly 
salaries  of  £80  to  the  master  and  £40  to  the  mistress,  and  provide  books, 
stationery,  and  coals  for  the  school.  They  contribute  towards  the  repa- 
ration of  the  highways  and  the  general  improvement  of  the  town,  and  also 


668  HISTORY   OF   HINCKLEY. 

provide  a  town  servant  or  crier.  The  present  trustees  are  Messrs.  T. 
Short,  N.  Ward,  T.  C.  Harris,  J.  Blakesley,  W.  Beardsmore,  H.  Miles 
Ward,  C.  Dale,  T.  Goadsby,  C.  Watson,  James  H.  Ward,  T.  O.  Farmer, 
and  Samuel  B.  Bonner;  and  Wm.  Cowdell,  jun.,  Esq.,  is  their  solicitor. 

The  Manor  Trust. — In  1604,  all  the  manorial  rights,  &c,  of  Hinck- 
ley (except  about  C8a.,  called  Hinckley  Astwood,  or  Hinckley  Park,) 
were  granted  under  the  seal  of  the  Duchy  of  Lancaster  and  the  Great 
Seal  to  Thos.  Sansome,  Thomas  Smithe,  Balph  Bobinson,  and  Thomas 
Wightman,  and  their  heirs  and  assigns,  to  hold  the  same  as  of  the  Honor 
of  Tutbury,  under  the  yearly  rent  of  .£22.  0s.  7^d.  The  chief  part  of  the 
demesne  lands  subject  to  this  chief  rent  was  sold  before  1793,  when  the 
manor  was  conveyed  to  Thomas  Sansome  and  William  Brown,  and  their 
heirs,  upon  trust,  to  pay  the  chief  rent  (£'1.  8s.  6d.)  and  the  steward's 
fee,  and  the  expenses  of  the  juries  at  the  Court  Leet ;  and  to  apply  the 
surplus  income,  if  any,  in  repairing  the  church  and  highways,  or  in  any 
other  way  for  the  general  benefit  of  the  town.  The  income  is  only  about 
£19  per  annum,  arising  from  several  small  tenements,  the  herbage  of 
two  lanes,  and  several  common  and  suit  fines.  Three  juries  are  sum- 
moned to  the  Court  Leet,  viz.: — The  Borough  Jury,  the  Bond-end  Jury. 
and  the  Foreign  Jury.  The  latter  consists  of  the  "  headboroughs"  of 
Witherley,  Wykin,  Upton,  Higham-on-the-Hill,  Stoke-Golding.  and 
Atterton.  From  1793  to  1829,  the  trustees  appointed  a  gamekeeper  for 
the  manor,  which  was  conveyed,  in  trust,  in  1836,  to  Samuel  Bonner, 
Charles  Sansome  Preston,  and  Thomas  Sansome,  Esqrs. ;  but  Samuel 
Bobinson  Bonner,  Esq.,  is  the  present  and  sole  trustee. 

The  Green  Coat  School,  taught  in  a  hired  building  in  Castle  street, 
was  formerly  the  Grammar  School,  and  for  some  years  received  £26 
a-year  from  Alderman  Newton's  charity,  noticed  at  page  199  ;  but  the 
grant  has  been  withdrawn,  and  the  school  has  to  depend  upon  the  pay- 
ments of  the  scholars  and  occasional  subscriptions  from  the  public.  It 
is  attended  by  about  54  boys. 

Benefactions. — The  poor  of  Hinckley  have  the  following  yearly  doles 
distributed  among  them  by  the  "  Charity  Committee"  viz : — £6,  from 
2a.  2r.  of  land  in  Earl  Shilton,  purchased  with  £50  left  by  John  Wight- 
man,  in  1636;  4s.  2d.,  from  £5  left  by  Sir  Wm.  Roberts ;  40s.,  left  by 
Eliz.  Fitch,  out  of  the  tolls  of  Hinckley ;  10s.,  from  £10  derived  from 
the  gift  of  Sarah  Forryan ;  20s.,  from  £20  left  by  Dorothy  Noel  and 
others,  and  vested  with  the  trustees  of  the  Greater  and  Lesser  Feoffments ; 
£7,  from  Stocking  close  (2a.),  purchased  with  £40  left  by  Sampson  and 
Richard  Woodland,  in  1741 ;  £3.  13s.  0d.,  from  £105  Three-and-a-half 
per  Cent.  Stock,  purchased  with  £90  left  byRichd.  Spooner  Jacques,  Esq., 
in  1803 ;  £7.  7s.,  from  £210  Three-and-a-half  per  Cent.  Stock,  bequeathed 
by  Sarah  Brown,  in  1806 ;  £2,  from  £40  left  by  John  Brockhurst,  in 
1788  ;  and  £74,  from  £2466. 13s.  4d.  Three  per  Cent.  Consols,  purchased 
with  £1900  left  by  Robert  Chessher,  Esq.,  in  1830.  The  latter  is  applied 
yearly  as  follows: — £24  in  twelve  suits  of  men's  clothes,  £18  in  twelve 
suits  of  women's  clothes,  £20  in  blankets,  and  £12  in  distributions  of 
bread.  The  Clerk's  Close  contains  1a.  lit.  2p.,  allotted  for  the  use  of 
the  parish  clerk,  at  the  enclosure,  in  1760,  in  lieu  of  several  detached 
pieces  which  had  been  held  by  him,  as  part  of  his  salary,  from  an  early 
period.  The  poor  have  also  about  £15  a  3Tear,  as  the  dividends  of  £500 
Three  per  Cent.  Consolidated  Bank  Annuities,  left  in  1855,  by  John 
Hay,  Esq.  It  is  distributed  on  St.  Thomas's  day,  one-third  in  money 
and  the  rest  in  coals. 

The  Freemasons'  Lodge  (Knights  of  Malta,  No.  58,)  holds  its  meetings 
in  the  Town  Hall,  on  the  last  Wednesday  of  every  month ;  and  here  are 


HISTORY    OF   HINCKLEY.  669 

also  lodges  of  Oddfellows,  Druids,  &c,  a  Widow  and  Orphans  Friend 
Society,  established  in  1833,  a  Co-operative  Society,  several  Benefit 
Societies,  and  a  provident  institution  called  the  Guild,  of  St.  Augustine, 
and  held  in  the  Roman  Catholic  School.  A  Savings' Bank  was  estab- 
lished here  in  1823  ;  and  its  deposits,  in  November,  1861,  amounted  to 
i"31,054.  lis.  8cl.,  belonging  to  782  individuals,  2G  charitable  societies, 
and  44  friendly  societies.  It  is  open  every  Monday,  from  twelve  to  one 
o'clock.  Earl  Howe  is  the  president ;  a  number  of  gentlemen  of  the  town 
and  neighbourhood  are  the  trustees ;  and  Mr.  Thos.  Short  is  the  secretary. 
Here  is  also  a  Young  Mens  Christian  Association,  with  a  library  and 
reading  room.  Earl  Howe  is  president ;  Mr.  Wm;  Farmer,  secretary ; 
Mr.  Geo.  Woodcock,  treasurer ;  and  Mr.  Thos.  Kiddle,  librarian. 

That  eccentric  musician  and  poet,  James  Harrold,  died  here  April 
23rd,  1846,  aged  74  years.  For  more  than  thirty  years  he  was  leader  of 
the  choir  at  the  church ;  and  he  frequently  cut  no  inconsiderable  figure 
at  various  musical  festivals.  At  Birmingham,  he  attracted  the  notice  of 
Madame  Catalini,  who  is  said  to  have  preferred  the  performances  of  the 
"  Hinckley  Man"  to  those  of  the  celebrated  Dragonetti.  His  cleverness 
on  the  violin,  and  his  great  facility  in  narrating  passing  events  in  jingling 
rhyme,  rendering  him  a  welcome  guest  at  festive  parties ;  and  he  was 
usually  to  be  found  at  most  village  wakes  and  club  feasts.  His  "  Elegy 
on  the  Death  of  Nelson"  has  been  much  admired  ;  and  his  "  Seasons" — 
especially  the  "Spring,"  which  contains  the  song,  "Hark!  I  hear  the 
cuckoo  sing," — shews  much  poetical  fancy,  combined  with  good  taste  ; 
but  many  of  his  songs  are  mere  doggerel  verses,  composed  and  sung  by 
him  on  the  spur  of  the  moment. 

HINCKLEY  UNION,  comprises  the  fourteen  parishes,  &c,  of 
Hinckley,  Barwell,  Earl-Shilton,  Burbage,  Aston-Flamville,  Elmsthorpe, 
Higham-on-the-Hill,  Sharnford,  Sapcote,  Stoke  Golding,  Stoney- Stan- 
ton, Burton-Hastings,  Stretton-Baskerville,  and  Wolvey,  the  three  latter 
of  which  are  in  Warwickshire.  These  parishes,  &c,  extend  over  an  area 
of  about  25,000  acres,  and  contain  nearly  17,000  inhabitants.  The  Union 
Woukhouse  is  a  neat  building,  on  the  Leicester  road,  in  the  Tudor  style, 
erected  in  1838,  at  the  cost  of  about  £4000.  It  has  room  for  450  paupers, 
but  has  seldom  half  that"  number.  In  1841  it  had  197,  in  1851  it  had 
118,  and  in  1861  it  had  166  inmates  when  the  census  was  taken.  Mr. 
David  and  Mrs.  Mary  Gillespie  are  master  and  matron  of  the  Workhouse ; 
Ellen  Dunkley,  schoolmistress ;  Eliza  Smith,  nurse ;  and  Wm.  Brigstock, 
porter.  Saml.  Preston,  Esq.,  is  union  clerk  and  superintendent  registrar ; 
Mr.  John  Allen,  is  relieving  officer ;  and  Mr.  G.  M.  Brocklehurst,  registrar 
of  marriages.  The  registrars  of  births  and  deaths  are  Messrs.  Willoughby 
Privey,  for  Hinckley  District ;  Geo.  Archer,  for  Burbage  District ;  and 
John  Garratt,  of  Barwell,  for  Earl-Shilton  District.  The  union  surgeons 
are  S.  Argent,  T.  S.  Cotterell,  Stamp  Garrard,  and  Thos.  Spencer,  Esqrs. 

WYKIN  is  a  hamlet  of  scattered  houses,  in  Hinckley  township,  ex- 
tending from  1  to  2  miles  north  and  west  of  the  town,  and  comprising  74 
inhabitants,  and  about  1000  acres  of  land,  traversed  on  the  west  b}'  the 
Ashby  Canal.  The  soil  varies  from  a  cold  clay  to  a  light  sandy  loam. 
Thos.  Brown,  Esq.,  is  lord  of  the  manor  and  impropriator  of  the  great 
tithes,  but  a  great  part  of  the  soil  belongs  to  the  representatives  of  the 
late  C.  S.  Preston  and  Thos.  Townsend,  Esqrs.,  and  several  other  pro- 
prietors. Robert  Bossu,  Earl  of  Leicester,  gave  the  manor  to  Nuneaton 
Priory,  founded  by  his  wife  Amecia.  At  the  dissolution,  the  manor  was 
granted  to  Lord  Clinton  and  Sir  R.  Tyrwhit,  who  sold  it  to  Wm.  Wight- 
man,  by  whose  heir  it  was  sold  to  Thos.  Disne}r.  In  1805,  it  was  sold  to 
D.  Preston,  Esq.,  and  in  1808,  to  Wm.  Brown,  Esq.    Edward  Wightman, 


670  HINCKLEY    PARISH. 

of  this  place,  is  said  to  have  been  burnt  at  the  stake  at  Lichfield,  in  1611, 
for  refusing  to  believe  in  the  Trinity.  The  Farmers,  &c,  are — Charles 
Budd,  Dank  farm  ;  Thos.  Clarke,  Jno.  Blott  Ferriman,  Springfield  Farm; 
Thos.  Hollier,  Edw.  Hollick,  Geo.  Jacques,  Tithe  farm;  Chas.  Mason, 
Harrow  farm ;  John  Townsend,  and  Chas.  Watson,  Manor  farm. 


HYDES  PASTURES  is  a  hamlet  in  Hinckley  parish,  but  in  the 
county  of  Warwick,  2  miles  S.W.  of  the  town.  It  contains  about  420 
acres  of  land  and  20  inhabitants.  T.  B.  Troughten,  Thos.  Brown,  and 
E.  and  J.  Clementson,  Esqrs.,  own  most  of  the  soil ;  and  the  Farmers 
are — Geo.  Clementson,  John  Orton,  John  Clarke,  and  Robert  Sims. 


DADLTNGTON,  a  village,  township,  and  chapelry,  in  Hinckley 
parish,  but  in  Market  Bosworth  Union,  is  on  an  eminence  on  the  east 
side  of  the  Ashby-de-la-Zouch  Canal,  3^  miles  N.N.W.  of  Hinckley.  It 
has  210  inhabitants,  and  1021a.  3r.  23p.  of  land,  belonging  to  the  Hurst, 
Geary,  Freeman,  Moore,  Vernon,  and  other  families.  The  soil  is  gravelly 
and  the  surface  diversified.  Before  the  Conquest,  Leofric,  Earl  of 
Mercia,  gave  the  manor  to  Coventry  Priory,  and  it  afterwards  passed  to 
the  Hastings,  and  other  families.  In  1772,  it  was  purchased  by  William 
Hurst,  and  now  belongs  to  H37.  Russell  Hurst,  Esq.  The  Church  (St. 
James)  is  a  small  structure  of  great  antiquity,  with  a  wooden  turret  con- 
taining two  bells.  There  are  a  few  fragments  of  stained  glass  in  its 
windows,  and  in  the  chancel  are  two  stone  stalls  and  a  piscina.  Many 
of  tho  slain  at  Bosworth  field  were  buried  in  this  church-yard.  The 
vicarage  is  consolidated  with  that  of  Hinckley ;  and  the  Dean  and  Chapter 
of  Westminster,  as  appropriators  and  patrons,  allow  the  incumbent  M20 
per  annum.     In  the  village  is  a  small  Independent  chapel. 

Post  Office  at  J.  Kendall's.     Letters  despatched  to  Hinckley  at  5  p.m. 


Fairfield  William,  shopkeeper 
Freeman  George,  carpenter 
Geary  Mr  Johr,  Dadlington  Cottage 
Kendall  John,  vict.  Dog  and  Hedgehog 
Lewis  William,  maltster  ;  h  Higham 

FARMERS    AND    GRAZIERS. 

Freeman  Henry      |  Geary  John  Abel 


Hacket  Thomas 
Hurst  Henry  R. 
Moore  Henry 
Rubley  John  B. 
Shilton  John 
Spencer  James 


Vernon  Thomas 

CARRIERS 

To  Hinckley, Mon- 
days.GrimesAnn , 
Rose  Benjamin. 


STOKE  GOLDING,  a  considerable  village,  pleasantly  situated  on 
the  east  side  of  Ashby-de-la-Zouch  Canal,  is  a  township  and  chapelry  in 
the  parish  of  Hinckley,  about  3  miles  N.W.  of  that  town,  containing  038 
inhabitants,  and  1237  acres  of  land.  The  soil  is  of  various  qualities, 
but  generally  of  a  light  description,  and  the  surface  flat.  N.  Hurst,  Esq., 
is  lord  of  the  manor,  but  the  greater  part  of  the  soil  belongs  to  Robert 
Baxter,  Thos.  Warner,  and  Wm.  Neal  Berry,  Esqrs.  Though  anciently 
and  still  commonly  called  a  chapelry  to  Hinckley,  it  was  declared  to  be 
a  distinct  and  separate  parish  in  the  reign  of  Edward  III. ;  when  the 
Church  was  enlarged  and  partly  rebuilt  by  Sir  Robert  de  Champaigne, 
■who,  by  his  marriage  with  the  heiress  of  Sir  Roger  de  Stoke,  became 
possessed  of  half  of  the  manor.  He  commenced  rebuilding  the  church 
about  1304,  and  dedicated  it  to  St.  Margaret.  It  is  a  handsome  structure, 
chiefly  in  the  florid  Gothic  style,  and  was  repewed  and  thoroughly  re- 
paired in  1844,  and  the  spire  was  repaired  in  1800.  This  church  is  one 
of  the  finest  specimens  of  the  early  decorated  style  in  the  county,  and 
consists  of  a  sort  of  [double  nave,  divided  by  a  row  of  beautiful  clustered 
shafts  with  foliated  capitals.    The  north  side  is,  however,  the  more 


STOKE    GOLDING    TOWNSHIP.  671 

ancient,  and  was  the  original  nave  ;  the  south  aisle  having  been  sub- 
sequently built  by  Sir  Robert  de  Champaigne.  In  the  middle  of  the 
south  wall  of  the  Champaigne  chapel  is  a  recess,  surmounted  by  a  seg- 
mental arch,  and  supposed  to  mark  the  burial  place  of  the  founder ;  and 
towards  its  original  east  end  is  a  piscina,  with  an  elongated  hood  mould. 
A  second  chapel  at  the  east  end  of  the  Champaigne  one,  appears  to  have 
been  subsequently  built  by  some  unknown  individual,  thus  making  the 
whole  church  of  the  same  length  ;  and  an  arch  was  opened  between  it 
and  the  chancel.  In  this  chapel  is  a  double  piscina,  and  a  bracket  that 
formerly  supported  a  figure  of  St.  Margaret.  The  chancel  is  now  undis- 
tinguishable,  as  the  arch  and  screen  which  once  separated  it  from  the 
nave  have  been  removed.  The  font  is  richly  sculptured,  and  on  one  of  its 
panels  is  a  figure  of  St.  Margaret,  with  the  conquered  dragon  beneath 
her  feet,  into  whose  mouth  she  has  thrust  the  end  of  her  cross-sur- 
mounted staff,  while  a  praying  figure  kneels  before  her.  On  another 
panel  is  a  figure  of  St.  Catherine,  crowned,  holding  the  spiked  wheel  in 
her  right  hand,  and  a  sword  in  her  left.  In  a  third  panel,  a  bishop  is 
represented  in  the  act  of  blessing,  with  the  episcopal  mitre  on  his  head 
and  the  staff  in  his  left  hand ;  perhaps  representing  St.  Nicholas.  On  the 
other  panels  are  shields-  one  of  which  bears  a  chevron  between  three 
quatrefoils,  but  the  others  are  defaced.  Most  probably  one  of  them 
bore  "  or  a  fret  sable,"  for  Champaigne,  as  this  font  appears  to  be  of  the 
same  date  as  the  Champaigne  chapel.  The  stem  is  plain,  and  would 
have  been  greatly  improved  by  angle  shafts  obviating  the  crudeness  of 
the  design  below  the  bowl.  The  tower  is  ornamented  with  a  beautiful 
perforated  panelled  parapet,  containing  in  two  of  its  quatrefoils  the 
crowned  heads  of  Edward  III.  and  Queen  Philippa,  and  below  it  is  a  line 
of  ball  flowers  and  a  drop  moulding.  A  similar  parapet  exists  on  the 
south  side  of  the  church.  In  a  cause  tried  at  the  Lent  Assizes,  at 
Leicester,  in  1627,  and  confirmed  by  the  Court  of  King's  bench,  Stoke 
Golding,  was  declared  to  be  perfectly  distinct  as  to  parochial  rates, 
though  its  rectory  is  and  has  always  been  consolidated  with  the  vicarage 
of  Hinckley.  The  Free  School  here  was  founded  in  1078,  by  Hester 
Hodges,  who  gave  .£500  to  be  laid  out  in  lands,  &c,  for  erecting  and 
continuing  a  free  grammar  school,  and  the  maintenance  of  a  school- 
master, who  should  be  in  holy  orders,  and  should  teach  all  the  boys  of 
Stoke  Golding ;  as  well  as  read  prayers,  morning  and  evening,  in  the 
church,  on  Wednesdays  and  Fridays,  and  on  all  holidays  throughout  the 
year.  The  .£500  given  by  the  foundress,  were  laid  out,  with  £100  given 
by  Thomas  Daville,  and  several  smaller  sums  given  by  other  donors,  in 
the  purchase  of  a  farm,  at  Earl  Shilton,  now  let  for  £127  per  annum, 
of  which  £10  are  retained  for  the  repairs  and  improvement  of  that 
property,  and  the  remainder  is  paid  to  the  master,  who  has  also  a  good 
residence  adjoining  the  school,  for  the  improvement  of  which  the  late 
master  expended  upwards  of  £300,  about  1827.  In  1825,  he  adopted  the 
line  of  teaching  an  English  free  school,  and  making  a  charge  for  Latin, 
when  taught ;  there  being  no  precise  rules  for  the  master's  government. 
Soon  after  the  appointment,  in  1842,  of  the  present  master,  the  school- 
house  was  rebuilt  at  a  cost  of  £400,  of  which  part  was  given  by  the  Earl 
of  Denbigh  and  his  friends,  and  the  remainder  was  defrayed  out  of  the 
proceeds  of  the  estate,  thus  reducing  the  master's  salary  for  several  years. 
In  1400,  Thomas  Barton  gave  for  the  repairs  of  the  roads  and  cause- 
ways of  Stoke  Golding,  property,  now  worth  about  £70  a  year,  and  con- 
sisting of  a  house  and  21a.  Ir.  10p.  of  land,  four  cottages,  and  three 
tenements  with  gardens.  Mr.  Wm.  Neal  was  the  sole  acting  trustee,  till 
his  death  in  1832,  but  since  1837  the  property  has  been  vested  in  several 


672 


STOKE    GOLDING    TOWNSHIP. 


trustees,  and  about  18  acres  are  let  in  small  allotments  to  the  poor  at 
low  rents.  Thos.  Daville,  in  1723,  left  a  yearly  rent-charge  of  £3.  9s.  5d., 
out  of  land  at  Aldrich,  in  Staffordshire,  for  charitable  uses  in  Stoke 
Golding,  but  it  has  not  been  paid  for  a  great  number  of  years.  The 
Particular  Baptists  and  the  Primitive  Methodists  have  chapels  here, 
the  former  built  in  1853,  and  the  latter  in  1857. 
Pobt  Office  at  Geo.  Meller's.     Letters  despatched  to  Hinckley  at  5.30  p.m. 


Beeby  Robt.  Esq.  ||  Frith  Mrs  Phoebe 
Bourne  Rev.  Thomas,  B.A,  master  of 

Free  Grammar  School,  and  curate 
Clark  Sarah,  cowkeeper 
Clark  Thomas,  carpenter 
Fisher  John,  tailor 
Foster  John,  gardener 
Garrett  Joseph,  canal  inspector 
Hall  Thomas,  butcher,  tax  collector,&c. 
Lawrence  Mrs  Ann 
Mayn  John,  victualler,  Sican  Inn 
Meller  George,  victualler,  Horse  Slioes 
Meller  Mary  vict.  George  and  Dragon 
Payne  Daniel  and  James,  hosiery  mfr3. 

&agts.  to  Union  Ins.Co. ;  h  Hinckley 


FARMERS    AND 
GRAZIERS. 

(*  are   Owners.) 
Berry  Wm.  Neal 
Cross  John 
♦Hall  Thomas 
Hollier  James ;    h 

Mkt.   Bosicorth 
Jones  Hugh,  Stoke 

Lodge 
Lewis  John 
Mayn  John 
Moore  George 
*Orton  Elizabeth 
Peat  Edward 


Shilton  William 

SHOEMAKERS. 

BricMey  Thomas 

SHOPKEEPERS. 

Argill  Thomas 
Payne  David  and 

James 
Pegg  Joseph 

CARRIERS 
To  Leicester  Mon. 
and  Sat.,  Meller 
George,  Carter 
John  (and  to 
Atherstone,  Tu). 


HINCKLEY   DIRECTORY. 


Post  Office,  Regent  street.  Miss  Sarah  Jane  Hollier,  postmistress.  Letters 
are  despatched  for  London  and  the  south,  via  Nuneaton,  at  9.30  a.m. ;  and 
to  all  parts  at  9.20  p.m.  Letters  are  delivered  at  8.30  a.m.,  and  also  (except 
on  Sundays)  at  3.30  p.m.  Money  Orders  are  granted  and  paid  from  9  a.m.  till 
6  p.m.,  and  on  Saturdays  till  8  p.m.  Here  is  also  a  Post  Office  Savings' 
Bank,  open  during  the  same  hours. 

Miscellany  cf  Gentry t  Clergy,  and  others  not  arranged  in  the  succeeding 
Classification  of  Trades  and  Professions. 


Abell  Thomas,  manufacturer  (Flavell 

&  A.)  ;  h  Mill  view 
Allen  Mrs,  Church  street 
Ashford  Mrs  Louisa,  Castle  street 
Atkins  John,  mfr.  (A.  Bros.) ;  h  Borough 
Atkins  Thomas  &  Hugh,  manufacturers 

(A.  Brothers) ;  h  Lower  Bond  street 
Baker  Miss,  Elm  Grove 
Barnwell  Wm.  cutter-out,  Mansion  st 
BeanwellRev.  Arthur  (P.Meth)  Wood  st 
Beardsmore  Mrs.  Mary,  Trinity  lane 
Beardsmore   William,    brick   and   tile 

manufacturer,  Regent  street 
Bloxham  Elizabeth,  confectioner  and 

furniture  broker,  Castle  street 
Bond  Enoch,  leather  dlr.  Market  place 
Bonner  Mrs  Hannah,  Upper  Bond  st 
Bostock  Robert,  manufacturer  (Earp  & 

B.) ;  h  Coventry  road 
Brocklehurst  Geo.  Marsden,  acct.  coir. 

registrar,  assessor,   clerk   to  Burial 

Board,    and   manager   of    Hinckley 

Building  Society,  Bond  street 


Cleaver  Joseph,  sweep,  Stockwell  head 
Cotman  John  Dove,  gent.  Castle  st 
Cowdell  William,  sen.  solicitor  (C.  & 

Bramah)  ;  h  Castle  street 
Currelly  Rev.  Chas.  (We3.)  New  bldgs 
Curtis  George,  supervisor,  Castle  st 
Dale  Charles,  manufacturer  (Harris  & 

D.) ;  h  Regent  street 
Dale  John,  Town-hall  keeper 
Dare  George,  agent,  Stockwell  head 
Dawson  Catherine,  cooper,  Castle  st 
Docksey  Mr  William,  New  buildings 
Eales  Nicholas,  pawnbroker,  Market  pi 
Earp  Cbarles,  manufacturer  (E.  &  Bos- 
tock) ;  h  New  buildings 
Farndon  Charles,  draper  (Taylor  F.  & 

Co.) ;  h  Castle  street 
Farmer  Thomas  &  Sons,  curriers  and 

leather  merchants,  Castle  street 
Farmer  Thomas  Orme  (F.  &  Sons) ;  h 

Castle  street 
Farmer  William  Gray  (F.  &  Sons) ;  h 

Coventry  road 


HINCKLEY    DIRECTORY. 


673 


Farmer  Mrs  Elizabeth,  Castle  street 
Flavell  Thomas,  manufacturer  (F.  & 

Abell) ;  h  Castle  street 
Foxwell  Matthew,  clothier,  Castle  st. ; 

h  Manor  house 
Goodall  Anna  Maria,  cowkpr.  Le'ster  rd 
Goude  John  Marshall,  veterinary  sur- 
geon, Regent  street 
Gray  Mr  Charles,  Granville  Lodge 
Greatorex  William,  ale  and  porter  mer- 
chant, Borough 
Griffin  Wm.  clerk  at  Hinckley  wharf 
Hailstone  Mrs  Sarah,  Castle  street 
Hall  Wm.  scripture  reader,  Coventry  rd 
Hardy  Rev.  Isaac  (P.  Meth.)  Wood  st 
Harris  Thomas   Carter,  manufacturer 

(H.  &  Dale) ;  h  Borough 
Harris  Mrs  Susan,  Castle  street 
Hewitt  Ellen  R.  tobacconist,  Castle  st 
Hollier  Sar.  J.  postmistress,  Regent  st 
Hollier  Mrs  Ruth,  New  buildings 
Holdich  Mrs  Margaret,  Leicester  road 
Horner  Wm.  wheelwright,  Regent  st 
James  Rev.John(Indpt.)Stockwell  head 
Jeacock  Joseph,  fruiterer,  Borough 
Knight    Thomas,     scripture    reader, 

Coventry  road 
Knight    Mrs,   market   toll,   and  stall 

proprietor,  Bond  street 
Law    Charlotte,  lessee   of  Corn  Ex- 
change, Market  place 
Lees  James,  frame  setter-np,  gasfitter, 

&c.  Castle  street 
Lilley  Jph.,  Burton  ale  agent,  Castle  st 
M'Carthy     John     O'Brian,    revenue 

officer,  Coventry  road 
M'Ewen  Wm.  organist  &  professor  of 
music,  Castle  st.&  Park  fa,rm,Burbage 
Mason  William,  trimmer,  Castle  street 
Mauley  James,  clock  repairer,  Castle  st 
Meigh  William,  turner  and  chair  maker, 

Upper  Bond  street 
Mitchell  Rev.  Benj.  (Wes.)  New  bldgs 
Mitchell  Rev.  Wm.  (Unit.)  Mill  walk 
Moore  John,supt.of  police,  Stockwell  hd 
Morley  Mr  Abraham,  Lower  Bond  st 
Murcott  Mrs  Ann,  Castle  street 
Orton  Mrs  Elizabeth,  Church  street 
Orton  John,  parish  clerk,  Castle  st 
Parker  Thomas,  collector  and  master  of 

Green  Coat  School,  Castle  street 
Parsons  Miss  Hester,  Borough 
Powjs   Rev.   Spencer   Perceval,   B.A. 

incumbent  of  Trinity  church 
Preston  MissesFrances&  Eliz.Regent  st 
Privey  Willoughby,  glass  &  china  dlr. 
&  regr.  of  births  &  deaths,  Regent  st 
Puffer  Thos.  gunmaker,  Leicester  road 
Purfield  Peter,  solicitor's  elk.  Bond  st 
Robotham  John,  hatter,  Lower  Bond  st 


Shean  Samuel,  Esq.  Elm  Grove 
Shilton  William,  fishmonger,  Castle  st 
SkirrowRev.Wm.  M.A.  vicar,  Granville 

Lodge 
Smithson  Rev.  John,  (Wes.)  Mill  View 
Smith  Mr  John,  Castle  street 
Smith  Miss  Catherine,  Granville  Lodge 
Snape  John,  manager,  Gas  Works 
Stephenson  John,  agent,  Borough 
Sutton  Samuel,  cowkeeper,  Regent  st 
Thompson  Mr  John,  Mansion  street 
Tomlin  William,  fruiterer,  Castle  street 
Verow  Rev.  Robert,  (Baptist)  Borough 
Wheat  John,  thrashing  machine  owner 
Wilson  John,  postman,  Lowr.  Bond  st 
Wood  Rev.  Chas.  Clayton,  B.A.  curate 

of  parish,  Church  street 

ACADEMIES  AND  SCHOOLS. 
Free  School,  New  buildings,  Francis 

and  Mrs  Oliver 
Green  Coat  Sclwol,  Castle  st.  Ts.  Parker 
National  School,  Wm.  Adams    Todd 

and  Catherine  Todd,  Church  street 
Infant  School,  Ann  Needle  and  Ellen 

Rowley,  Church  walk 
St.  Peter's  Roman  Catholic,  Castle  st 

ATTORNEYS. 
Cowdell  and  Bramah,  Castle  street 
Cowdell  Wm.  jun.,  (and  solr.  to  town 

feoffees,    Burial  Board,     Gas    Co., 

Licensed  Victs.  Soc,  and  Asscn.  for 

Prosecution  of  Felons,)  Borough 
Pilgrim  Stephen,  (&  elk.  to  magistrates, 

regr.  of  County  Court,  steward  of 

Manor  Courts,  &c.,)  Regent  street ; 

h  Castle  Hill  House 
Preston  Sarnl.   (and  union   clerk  and 

supt.  regr.)Churchst;  hGrnvlle.Ldg 
Wood  Fdk.  J.  Market  pi.;  h  Nuneaton 

AUCTIONEERS. 
Blakesley  John,  Castle  street 
Payne  Thomas,  Castle  street 
Ward  Daniel,  King  street 
BAKERS  AND  FLOUR  DEALERS. 
An cott  William  Mason,   (confectioner) 

Castle  street 
Aris  William,  Castle  street 
Bloxham  Elizabeth,  Castle  street 
Butler  Francis,  (confectr.)  Borough 
Dawkins  Thos.  Stockwell  head 
Hevvens  Mary  Maria,  New  buildings 
Hunt  William,  Regent  street 
King  John,  King  street 
King  Aaron,  Upper  Bond  street 
Pickering  Mrs,  Regent  street 
Rowbotham   Andrew,    (and  poulterer) 

Castle  street 
Wheway  Henry,  (and  photographer) 

Castle  street 
Wright  John,  Market  place 

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BANKS. 
Pares'    Leicestershire    Banking    Co., 

Borough,  (draw  on  Smith,  Payne  & 

Smiths,)  Joseph  Bolus,  agent 
Leicestershire  Banking  Co.  Castle  st. 

(draw  on  London  and  Westminster,) 

open  on  Mondays  only 
Savings'  J3a?ift,Borough,(open  Monday, 

12  to  1,)  Thomas  Short,  secretary 
Post  Office  Savings'  Bank,  Regent  st. 

(open  daily  from  nine  till  six,  and  on 

Saturdays,  till  eight) 

BLACKSMITHS. 
Harding  John,  Coventry  road 
Lawrence  John,  Castle  street 
Wathers  Francis,  Castle  street 
BOOKSELLERS,  PRINTERS,  &c. 
Ay  res  Richard,  Market  place 
Baxter  John,  (&  binder,)  King  street 
Burgess    James,     (publisher     of    the 

Hinckley  Journal,)  Castle  street 
Marvin   John,   (depot   of  British  and 

Foreign  Bible  Society,)  Borough 
Short  Thomas,  Borough 

BOOT  AND  SHOE  MAKERS. 
Bacon  Frederick,  Castle  street 
Bass  John,  Stockwell  head 
Chamberlain  Henry,  Stockwell  head 
Copson  John,  Castle  street 
Clay  Elizabeth,  Castle  street 
Good  (Thos.)  &  Green  (Jph.)  Regent  st 
Griffin  John,  Stockwell  head 
Holt  William,  Stockwell  head 
Lord  John,  Castle  street 
Lord  Joseph,  Castle  street 
Macartney  James,  Castle  street 
Marvin  John,  Borough 
Orton  George,  Castle  street 
Orton  William,  Castle  street 
Smith  John,  New  buildings 
BUTCHERS. 
Lord  Thomas,  Regent  street 
Mason  John,  Stockwell  head 
Mason  Samuel,  (&  brazier,)  Castle  st 
Moore  Joseph,  Borough 
Overton  Thomas,  Lower  Bond  street 
Overton  Thos.  French,  Stockwell  head 
Payne  Benjamin,  (&  grazier,)  Castle  st 
Payne  Arthur,  Regent  street 
Taylor  Titus,  Castle  street 
Ward  Daniel,  King  street 

CHEMISTS  AND  DRUGGISTS. 
Ayres  Richd.  (& photographer),  Mkt.  pi 
Knight  Inchle  (&  seed  inert.),  Castle  st 
Pridmore  Thomas   (secretary    to   Gas 

Company),  Castle  street 
COAL  AND  CORN   MERCHANTS. 
Clarke  Thomas  (and  timber  and  slate), 

Coventry  road 
Hackett  Thomas,  Upper  Boad  street 


Ridgway  George,  Stockwell  head 
Ward  James  Hand,  Wharf;  h  Spring 

Gardens 
Woodward  William,  Lower  Bond  street 

EARTHENWARE  DEALERS. 
Aucott  Thos.  (glass  &c),  Borough 
Griffin  John,  Stockwell  head 
Privey  Willoughby,  Regent  street 

FARMERS. 
Beardsmore  William,  Regent  street 
Checkley  William,  Borough 
Clark  Robert,  Coventry  road 
Dalby  William,  Leicester  road 
Griffiths  Sarah,  Hinckley  Fields 
Hull  John,  Priory  Farm 
Lilley  Jacob,  New  buildings 
Lord  Thomas,  Regent  street 
Lord  William,  Leicester  road 
Neal  Charles  and  Hy.  Hinckley  Fields 
Smith  John,  Hinckley  Fields 
Woodward  William,  Lower  Bond  st 
Wright  John,  White  house 

FIRE  AND  LIFE  OFFICES. 
Alliance,  J.  Preston,  Church  street 
British  Empire,  J.  Bromhead,  Castle  st 
European,  J.  Baxter,  King  street 
Globe,  P.  Purfield,  Bond  street 
Liverpool  &  London,  Norfolk  Farmers' 

Cattle,  Accidental,  and  Kent  Mutual, 

W.  Greatorex,  Borough 
London  Assurance,  J.  Marvin,  Boro' 
Provident  Fire  and  County  Life,  G. 

M.  Brocklehurst,  Lower  Bond  street 
Royal  Exchange,  J.  Orton,  Castle  st 
Royal  Farmers',  G.  Penton,  Market  pi 
Sun,  Daniel  Ward,  King  street 

FRAME  SMITHS. 
Brooks  John,  King  street 
Brooks  Boultbee,  Stockwell  head 
Robinson  William,  New  buildings 
Wheatley  Daniel,  Upper  Bond  street 
Wheatley  Stephen,  Upper  Bond  street 

GARDENERS. 
Ghent  William,  Market  place 
Lord  Thomas,  Castle  street 
GROCERS  AND  TEA  DEALERS. 
Bromhead  John,  Castle  street 
Chawner  Wm.  (&  hop  mert.),  Mkt.  pi 
Choice  Jph.  (&  tal.  chand.),  Regent  st 
Flavell  Mary,  Castle  street 
Ginns  Thomas,  Lower  Bond  street 
Goode  John  Hames  (and  tallow  chand- 
ler), Coventry  road 
Goode  William,  Castle  street 
Gutteridge  William,  (seedsman  &  hop 

dealer),  Lower  Bond  street 
Hunt  William,  Market  place 
Lees  William  Lingham,  Borough    • 
Mason  Robert,  Castle  street 
Payne  James  C.  Castle  street 


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Watson  John,  Borough 
Ward  Henry  Miles,  Borough 
Wright  John,  Market  place 

HABERDASHERS. 
Barker  William,  Castle  street 
Haynes  Wm.  (&  ribbon  mfr.)  Castle  st 
Jeacock  Eliza,  Borough 
Lee  Charlotte  A.  Castle  street 
Spiers  Thomas  (and  servants'  registrar 
office),  Castle  street 

HAIR  DRESSERS. 
Aucott  Thomas,  senior,  Borough 
Stean  John  (and  grinder),  Borough 

HOSIERY  MANUFACTURERS. 
Atkins  John  and  Bros.  Lower  Bond  st 
Barker  William,  Castle  street 
Billiugs  John  &  Co.  Castle  street 
Davis  Samuel,  New  buildings 
Earp  and  Bostock,  Castle  street 
Flavell  and  Abell,  New  buildings 
Goadby  Thomas,  Upper  Bond  street 
Grundy  George,  Church  walk 
Mason  Robert,  Castle  street 
Messenger  John,  Mansion  street 
Neale  George,  Stockwell  street 
Payne  Thomas,  Castle  street 
Spiers  Thomas,  Castle  street 
Woodcock  George,  Castle  street 
INNS  AND  TAVERNS. 
Barley  Sheaf,  Wm.  Goode,  Lwr.  Bond  st 
Black  Horse,  Eli  Bnckler,  Upr.  Bond  st 
Blue  Bell,  Elizabeth  Robinson,  Lower 

Bond  street 
Blue  Boar,  Elizabeth  Evatt,  Regent  st 
Boot,  Fredk.  Chas.  Bird,  Coventry  rd 
Castle,  Thomas  Dowell,  Regent  street 
Crown  Inn,  John  Blakesley,  Castle  st 
Crown  &  Anchor,  John  Hill,  Castle  st 
Dog  and  Gun,  Ann  Ayre,  Borough 
George    Hotel    (posting),   Eliza  Ann 

Winterton,  Market  place 
Globe,  Eliza  Bass,  Church  street 
Greyhound,Thos.Wheatley,NewB'ldgs 
Holywell  Inn, Thos.Aucott,Leicester  rd 
Jolly  Bacchus,  Wm.  Team,  Borougk 
King's  Head,  William  Topp,  Castle  st 
Marquis  of  Granby.John  Hall,Regentst 
New  Inn,  Joseph  Marshall,  Castle  st 
Plough,  Wm.  Palmer,  Stockwell  head 
Prince  of  Wales,John  Clark, Coventryrd 
Prince's  Feathers,Wm.Hunt,Wolvey  rd 
Queen's  Head,  Charles  Sargent,  Up- 
per Bond  street 
Ram  Inn,  Thomas  Burdett,  Castle  st 
Royal  Oak,  Joseph  Spiers,  Mansion  st 
Star  Inn,  John  Muston,  Stockwell  head 
Town  Hall  Tav.  Geo.  Cooper,  Makt.pl 
Union,  William  Harrold,  Borough 
Wharf  Inn,  James  Payne,  Coventry  rd 
White  Bear  Inn,  J.  Peacey, Coventry  rd 


White  Hart,  Thos.  Taylor,  Market  pi 

BEER  HOUSES. 
Clark  Robert,  Coventry  road 
Fielding  Mary,  Stockwell  head 
Paul  Joseph,  Stockwell  head 

IRONMONGERS. 
Brooks  John,  King  street 
Harries  Andrew  Joseph,  Market  place 
Hull  Samuel  (and  gas  fitter),  Borough 
Jude  Elizabeth,  Market  place 
Penton  George,  Market  place 

JOINERS  AND  BUILDERS. 
Bassett  Richard,  Upper  Bond  street 
Billings  John,  Derby  road 
Flavell  George,  Borough 
Harrold  Thomas  and  George,  Castle  st 
Harrold  William,  Borough 
Ireson  William,  Church  street 
Muston  John,  Stockwell  head 
LINEN  and  WOOLLEN  DRAPERS. 
Bally  George  Henry,  Borough 
Harris  and  Dale,  Borough 
May  George,  Market  place 
Kiddle  Thomas,  Castle  street 
Taylor,  Farndon,  &  Co.,  Castle  street 

MALTSTERS. 
Beardsmore  William,  Regent  street 
Blakesley  John,  Castle  street 
Dowell  Thomas,  Regent  street 

MILLINERS,  &c. 
Bond  Mrs,  Market  place 
Burgess  Sarah  Ann,  Castle  street 
Lees  Charlotte  Anson,  Castle  street 
O'Neil  James,  Castle  street 
Pridmore  Mary,  Castle  street 
Spiers  Elizabeth,  Castle  street 
Varnon  Annie,  Church  walk 
Wheatley  Mary  Ann,  Wood  street 

NEEDLE  MAKERS. 
Jeacock  Joseph,  Borough 
Shipman  John,  Castle  street 

PAINTERS,  PLUMBERS,  &c. 
Chanler  Thomas,  Castle  street 
Morley  Thomas  Francis,  Castle  stree 
Varnon  Arthur,  Castle  street 
Whadcock  Charles,  Borough 

SADDLERS. 
Allen  Thomas,  Market  place 
Wale  Charles,  Market  place 
Wykes  William,  Stockwell  head 

SHOPKEEPERS. 
Argyle  Thomas,  Castle  street 
Bedford  Thomas,  Upper  Bond  street 
Brooks  Boultbee,  Stockwell  head 
Chamberlain  Hephzibah,  Stockwell  hd 
Chanler  Charles,  Stockwell  head 
Choice  Joseph,  Upper  Bond  street 
Fielding  Mary,  Stockwell  head 
Francis  Henry,  Castle  street 
Ghent  William,  Market  place 
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Hackett  William,  New  buildings 
Hopkins  Thomas,  Castle  street 
Herbert  William,  Castle  street 
Ireland  Thomas,  Castle  street 
Jackson  John,  Lower  Bond  street 
Kirk  John,  Lower  Bond  street 
Livey  John,  Market  place 
Lockley  Daniel,  Upper  Bond  street 
Moore  William,  Castle  street 
Peacey  John,  Coventry  road 
Pinchbeck  Joseph,  Castle  street 
Rice  William,  Upper  Bond  street 
Shipman  John,  Castle  street 
Toone  Edward,  Grove  street 
Wilson  John,  Coventry  road 
Wood  Joseph  (&  basket  mkr.)Wolvey  rd 
Wykes  Elizabeth,  Stockwell  head 

SINKER  MAKERS. 
Buswell  John,  New  buildings 
Kirk  John,  Lower  Bond  street 

STONE  MASONS. 
Harrold  Thomas  and  George,  Castle  st 

STRAW  HAT  MAKERS. 
Parker  Ann,  Castle  street 
Robinson  Mary  Ann,  New  buildings 

SURGEONS. 
Argent  and  Ludlow,  Castle  street 
Argent  Samuel ;  h  Church  walk 
Cotterell  Thomas  Samuel,  Castle  street 
Garrard  Stamp,  Regent  street 
Ludlow  Thomas  Sutton ;  h  Castle  st 

TAILORS. 
Argyle  Thomas,  Castle  street 
Bowe  Samuel,  New  buildings 
Eales  Nicholas  (clothier),  Marketplace 
Enson  Jonathan,  Borough 
Goode  Robert  Frederick,  Borough 
Herbert  William,  Castle  street 
Holt  James,  Castle  street 
Hoi  well  John,  Lower  Bond  street 
Midgaff  William,  Stockwell  head 
Orton  William,  Castle  street 
Palmer  James,  Regent  street 
Quigley  William,  Stockwell  head 
Stevenson  Samuel,  Lower  Bond  street 
Tavlor  Richard,  Regent  street 
WATCHMAKERS. 
Haynes  James,  Borough 
Hood  William,  Castle  street 
Freeman  Thomas,  Stockwell  head 
WINE  &  SPIRIT  MERCHANTS. 
Blakesley  John,  Castle  street 


Cooper  George,  Market  place 
Taylor  Thomas,  Market  place 

RAILWAY 
Trains  to  Nuneaton  several  times  a 

day  ;  Thos.  Orton,  station  master 

OMNIBUSES 

From  the  George  Hotel  to  meet  every 

train. 
Hy.  Francis's  'Bus  to  Leicester,  Mon. 

Tues.  and  Sat.  at  8£  morning. 
Wm.  Shilton's  'Bus  to  Leicester,  Mon. 

Tues.  Thurs.  and  Sat.  at  8£  morning. 
CARRIERS  FROM  THE  INNS. 
Atherstone,  R.  Sketchley,  Marquis  of 

Granby,  Monday 
Barlstone,  George  Everstone,  Barley 

Sheaf,  Monday 
Barwell,  Wm.  Whitmore  &  J.Bonser, 

Crown,  Mon. ;  G.King,  Greyhound, 

Monday,  Wednesday,  and  Saturday. 
Copson,  Phoebe  Rowley,  George,  Mon. 
Claybrooke,  Thomas  Blythe,  Crown, 

Monday. 
Dadlington,  Ann  Grimes.Barley  Sheaf, 

Mon.;  and  Ben j. Rose,  Blue  Bell  Mon. 
Desford,  Hy.  Poole,  Greyhound,  Mon. 
Ibstock,  Thos.  Clamp,  Blue  Bell,  Mon. 
Leicester,  John  Hammond,  Bond  st, 

Mon.  Wed.  Fri. ;  Jno.  Hill,  Crown 

and  Anchor,  Mon.  Wed.  Sat. ;    and 

Wm.  Toone,  Nelson,  Tu.  Wed.  Sat. 
Lutterworth,  Wm.  Willey,  George, 

Monday 
Market  Bos  worth,  J.Poynton,  Barley, 

Sheaf,  Monday 
Newbold  Verdon,  T.  Priestnal,  Bar- 
ley Sheaf,  Monday 
Sapcote,  Wm.  Biddies,  White  Hart; 

J.   Kirkby,   Ram ;    and  S.  Jesson, 

Crown,  Monday 
Sharnford,  John  Wilson,  Ram,  Mon  ; 

and  Jph.  Roe,  White  Hart,  Mon. 
Stapleton,     John    Forman,    Barley 

Sheaf,  Monday 
Sutton  Cheney,  George  Parsons,  Bar- 
ley Sheaf,  Monday 
STONYSTANTON,Wm.Hunt,Crown,Mon. 
THURLSTON,WmTutt,Greyhound,Mon. 
Ullesthorpe,  S.  Cooke,  Marquis  of 

Granby,  Monday 
Wolvey,  R.  Veasey  &  J.  Neal,  George, 

Mon. ;  N.  Astill,  Castle,  Monday. 


IBSTOCK,  a  large  and  populous  village,  is  situated  on  and  near  the 
Hinckley  road,  6  miles  S.E.  by  S.  of  Ashby-de-la-Zouch,  and  5  miles  N. 
of  Market  Bosworth.  It  is  in  a  picturesque  valley,  near  the  source  of  a 
rivulet,  and  its  township  contains  1107  inhabitants  and  about  2292  acres 
of  land,  chiefly  clay  and  gravel,  and  the  surface  greatly  diversified. 
Here  is  a  colliery,  with  a  bed  of  good  coal  8£  feet  thick,  at  the  depth  of 


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about  130  yards,  worked  by  E.  M.  Green,  Esq.,  of  Newtown  Linford. 
The  parish  of  Ibstock  includes  also  the  chapelry  of  Donington  and 
Hugglescote,  afterwards  noticed,  and  comprises  altogether  2315  inhabi- 
tants and  4804  acres  of  land.  Earl  Howe  is  lord  of  the  manor  of 
Ibstock,  but  the  soil  belongs  to  about  50  freeholders,  many  of  whom  are 
residents.  The  largest  owners  are  T.  T.  Paget,  Esq.,  the  Executors  of 
the  late  Mr.  T.  Bradley,  Mr.  Henry  Clare,  Mr.  Pdchard  Thirlby,  and 
E.  M.  Green,  Esq.  Earl  Howe's  claim  to  the  manorial  rights  was  for 
some  time  disputed  by  the  freeholders,  and  also  by  Mr.  Brentnall,  of  Bag- 
worth,  who  purchased  the  ancient  manor  house  of  Sir  John  Astley.  An 
old  farm  house,  called  Pickering  Grange,  has  been  occupied  more  than 
a  century  by  the  Thirlby  family,  and  was  formerly  encompassed  by  a 
moat.  The  Church  (St.  Denis)  is  an  ancient  structure,  with  a  square 
tower  containing  four  bells,  and  crowned  by  a  spire.  The  chancel  is  an 
ugly  modern  brick  addition,  and  contains  two  antique  brasses  of  the 
Mansfield  and  Brewster  families,  and  several  mural  tablets  in  memory 
of  former  rectors.  The  rectory,  valued  in  KB.  at  £19.  8s.  lid.,  and 
now  at  .£1100,  with  the  curacy  of  Hugglescote  and  Donington  annexed 
to  it,  has  293a.  of  glebe  in  Ibstock,  and  130a.  in  Hugglescote,  awarded 
in  lieu  of  part  of  the  tithes,  at  the  enclosure  of  the  parish  in  1774,  and  a 
yearly  rent-charge  of  £297. 16s.  4d.  awarded  in  commutation  of  the  re- 
mainder of  the  tithes  in  1838.  The  Bishop  of  Peterborough  is  patron,  and 
the  Rev.  John  Bennett,  M.  A.,  is  the  incumbent ;  but  the  living  is  in  seques- 
tration, and  the  duty  is  performed  by  a  curate.  The  General  Baptist 
Chapel  was  built  a  few  years  ago,  at  a  cost  of  £500,  in  lieu  of  the  old 
one  which  was  erected  in  1814,  and  is  now  used  as  a  Sunday  School. 
The  Wesleyan  Chapel  was  built  in  1821,  at  a  cost  of  £200,  and  enlarged 
in  1840,  at  a  further  cost  of  £140.  The  Wesleyan  Reform  Chapel  was 
erected  in  1855,  at  a  cost  of  £120.  The  British  School  is  a  commodious 
brick  building  in  the  Elizabethan  style,  built  in  1847,  at  a  cost  of  .£200, 
raised  by  subscription  and  a  Government  grant  of  .£81.  The  ground 
was  given  by  Thos.  Paget,  Esq.,  and  the  school  is  attended  by  about 
120  children.  The  National  School  was  built  in  1818,  and  the  master 
has  the  interest  of  £20,  derived  from  the  sale  of  the  site  of  an  old  school 
room,  which  was  given  by  Thomas  Clare  in  1732.  The  poor  of  Ibstock 
ought  to  have  the  interest  of  £40,  left  by  four  donors,  and  vested  with 
the  overseers ;  and  those  of  Donington  and  Hugglescote  ought  to 
have  the  interest  of  £45,  left  by  several  donors,  and  vested  with  the 
overseers,  but  these  sums  appear  to  have  been  lost  for  some  years. 
Laud,  Archbishop  of  Canterbury,  was  once  rector  of  Ibstock. 

Post  Office  at  Thos.  Bailey's.    Letters  arrive  from  Ashby-de-la-Zouch,  at  9 
morning,  and  are  despatched  at  4.45  afternoon. 


Badcock  Henry  Charles  and  Hannah, 

teachers  of  British  School 
Bennett  Mary,  cowkeeper 
Brooks  Kev.  Edw.  Augustus,  curate 
Compton  Miss  Mary  Anne 
Craven  Thomas,  police  officer 
De  Underwood  Thomas  and  Ellen, 

teachers  of  National  School 
Dormer  Mrs.  Dorothy  and  Mrs.  Bessy 
Farmer  Thomas,  cooper 
Freeman  John,  baker 
Hunter  Mr  Wm.  ||  Paget  Miss  Clare 
Ibstock  Colliery  Company ;  Geo.  Myolt, 

manager 


Manchester  Edw.,  tinner  &  brazier 
Mee  Thomas,  haberdasher 
Paterson  Mr  Thos.  Wm.  gentleman 
Perry  Joseph,  farrier 
Thirlby  Misses  Sarah,  Ann,  &  Caroline 
Thomas  Richard  Henry,  surgeon 
Twamley  Mr  Samuel 
Walker  Benjamin,  gardener  and  nur- 
seryman 
Walker  James,  brewery  agent 

BEERHOUSE. 

Saddington  Thos. 


BRICKLAYERS. 

Crane  James 


Neal  John 

BUTCHERS. 

Hill  Richard 
Ragg  Frederick 


678 


IBSTOCK    PARISH. 


Storer  William 

CARPENTERS,  &C. 

Belcher  John 
Chiswell  Thomas 
Hextall  Thomas 

DRAPERS. 

Compton  John  and 

George 
Thirl  by  Benjamin 

FARMERS  &   GRZRS. 

Clark  Joseph 
Deacon  Joseph 
Hextall  Richard 
Hill  Richard 
Jackson  Joseph 
Lowe  George 
Neal  John  &  Jph. 
Palmer  George 
Rowell  Wm.  Lodge 


Storer  William 

Shepherd  Thos. 

Thirlby  Benj.  jun. 

Thirlby  Richard 

ThirlbyRicd.PtcA;- 
ering  Grange 

Walker  Benjamin ; 
h  Odestone 

Wajte  Francis, lb- 
stock  Grange 

INNS. 

Boot,  Sar.  Fowkes 
Crown,  Geo.  Neal 
Ram,W.  Chapman 
Royal  Oak,  Fredk. 
Ragg 

PLUMBERS   AND 
GLAZIERS. 

Dormer  James 


Dormer  John 

SADDLERS. 

Messenger  John 
Tebbett  Robert 

SHOEMAKERS. 

Crane  John,  dealr. 
Davis  Edward 
Hopkins  John 
Pegg  Thomas 

SHOPKEEPERS. 

Alcock  John 
Clamp  Joseph 
Dent  William 
Gadsby  Hannah 
Jacques  Thomas 
Johnson  Frederick 
Newbold  Joseph 
Thirlby  Richard 


TAILORS,  &C. 

Bailey  T  bom  as 
Chaplin  William 
Tunneley  William 

WHEELWRIGHTS. 

Cresswell  William 
Palmer  Leonard 

CARRIERS. 

Thos.  Jacques  and 
Wm.  Newman  to 
Leicester,  Sat. 
Francis  Garfoot  to 
Ashby,  Sat.  and 
Loughbi'o'Thms. 
and  Jph.  Clamp 
to  Ashby,  Sat.  & 
Hinckley,  Mon. 


Hugglescote  and  Donington  form  a  township,  chapelry,  and 
straggling  village,  in  Ibstock  parish,  from  4^-  to  G  miles  S.E.  by  E.  of 
Ashby-de-la-Zouch,  and  adjoining  Coalville,  where  there  is  a  station  on  the 
Leicester  and  Burton  Railway.  They  comprise  1208  inhabitants,  and 
2512  acres,  of  which  1000  inhabitants  and  1751  acres  are  in  Hugglescote, 
and  202  inhabitants  and  7G1  acres  in  Donington  hamlet.  The  Marquis 
of  Hastings  is  lord  of  the  two  manors,  but  the  Earl  of  Stamford  and 
Warrington,  as  lord  paramount,  claims  the  royalties :  and  a  great  part 
of  the  soil  belongs  to  other  proprietors,  among  whom  are  the  Bloomar, 
Roby,  Exton,  Green,  and  other  families;  and  Jas.  Whetstone,  Esq.,  of 
Spring  Cottage,  and  Chas.  Tayleur,  Esq.,  of  Liverpool.  Osgathorpe 
Hospital  lias  land  in  Donington,  which  has  been  called  Dunington-on- 
tlie-Heath,  and  contains  several  mineral  springs.  Hugglescote  was 
enclosed  in  1774,  when  the  tithes  were  commuted  for  130  acres  of  land. 
11  is  watered  by  two  rivulets,  which  flow  westward  on  either  side  of 
Bardon  Hill,  and  unite  near  the  village,  where  there  is  a  water-mill. 
The  soil  in  some  parts  is  clay,  and  in  others  a  light  loam.  The  surface 
is  greatly  diversified,  and  the  low  grounds  and  lower  parts  of  the  village 
are  subject  to  inundation.  Messrs.  Ellis  and  Everard  a  few  years  ago 
erected  large  works  and  powerful  machinery  in  this  township,  near 
Bardon  Hill,  for  the  purpose  of  breaking  and  crushing  the  granite  from 
Bardon  and  Markfield  Quarries,  so  as  to  make  it  available  for  macadam- 
ising roads.  The  stone  is  broken  by  passing  between  a  number  of  heavy 
spiked  rollers,  and  after  being  screened  is  sent  to  London  and  various 
parts  of  the  kingdom,  by  means  of  a  branch  railway  extending  from  the 
Works  to  the  Leicester  and  Burton  line.  Many  hands  are  employed  at 
the  Works,  and  a  number  of  neat  houses  have  been  built  for  their 
accommodation,  and  also  a  small  Chapel  of  Ease,  in  which  service  is 
performed  by  the  curate.  Hugglescote  Church  (St.  James)  is  a  small 
structure,  with  a  square  tower  and  two  bells.  The  curacy  is  annexed 
to  the  rectory  of  Ibstock.  The  National  School,  with  a  house  for  the 
master  attached,  was  built  in  18G2,  at  a  cost  of  about  .=6750,  of  which 
i:270  were  contributed  by  Government,  and  the  remainder  raised  by 
subscription.  It  is  attended  by  about  100  children.  The  General 
Baptist  Chapel  is  a  spacious  and  handsome  brick  structure,  which  was 
rebuilt  and  enlarged  in  1858,  at  a  cost  of  <£450,  and  attached  to  it  is  a 


HUGGLESCOTE    AND    DONINGTON. 


679 


house  for  the  minister.  The  Wesley  an  Reform  Chapel  was  built  in 
1851 ;  and  in  Donington  is  a  small  Independent  Chapel,  built  in  1808, 
and  having  a  small  endowment.  Here  is  also  a  Particular  Baptist 
Chapel,  which  was  built  in  1852,  and  is  in  the  Hugglescote  part  of  Coal- 
ville. The  north  side  of  Hugglescote  adjoins  and  includes  a  small  part 
of  the  large  modern  village  of  Coalville,  which  has  about  2000  inhabi- 
tants, of  whom  about  100  are  in  Hugglescote,  (see  page  523).  This  large 
colliery  village  has  sprung  up  in  consequence  of  the  great  extension  of 
the  neighbouring  collieries  of  Snibston  and  Whitwick.  Coalville  Church, 
which  is  dedicated  to  Christ,  stands  in  this  township,  and  was  built  in 
1840,  at  a  cost  of  ^£1500,  and  enlarged  in  1854,  at  a  cost  of  £6hL  About 
1^  acre  of  ground  has  been  recently  purchased  near  it,  as  a  Cemetery,  at 
a  cost  of  .£150,  and  half  of  it  is  consecrated. 

In  the  following  Directory,  those  marked  *  are  in  Donington,  and  the 
others  in  Hugglescote. 


Alcock  Mr  R.  Hy.  ||  Orton  Mrs  Sarah 
Aldington  Wm.  Bar  don  station  master 
Cave-Browne-Cave  Rev.Edw.  Farsyde, 

MA.   curate   of   Hugglescote   with 

Donington 
Ellis  &  Everard,  quarry  owners  and 

stone  merchants,  &c. 
Everard  Breedon,  Esq.  Bardon  HillHs. 
Gardner  Rev.  William,  incumbent  of 

Coalville,  The  Parsonage 
Heward  Thomas,  carpenter 
Heward  William,  maltster 
Hewes  James,  bookseller,  Coalville 
Pearson  Oswald  D.  National  School 
Salisbury  Rev.  James  (Baptist) 
Stenson  William,  civil  engineer,  and 

mining  agt.  to  Whitunch  Colliery  Co. 
Turner  Mrs  Hannah,  Coalville 
Whetstone  James,  Esq.  Spring  Cottage 
White    John   Paxley,  head    clerk    to 

Snibston  Colliery  Co. 

INNS  AND  TAVERNS. 
Birch  Tree,  Samuel  Hill 
Castle  Inn,  Samuel  Ward 
Engine,  James  Shaw,  Coalville 
*01d  Gate,  William  Wilkins 
Three  Horse  Shoes,  Thomas  Lovett 


BAKERS. 

*  Smith  James 
Thompson  Wm. 
Weston  James 

BLACKSMITHS. 

Biddle  Frederick 
Lovett  Thomas 

BUTCHERS. 

Heward  Wm.  jun. 
Moore  Godfrey 
Taylor  William 

CORN    MILLERS. 

Franks  John 
Ward  John 

DRAPERS. 

Brewin  Joshua 
Sutton  Wm.  Toone 

FARMERS  &   GRZRS. 

Bott  Edward 
Brooks  Thomas 
Cheatle  William 
*Dean  John 
Dennis  Henry 
Glover  Sarah 
Hill  Samuel 
Jackson  John 
Ludlow  John 
*Osborn  Dorothy 


*Osborn  Joseph 
*  Stone  Henry 
♦Varnam  Thomas 
Weston  John 

SHOPKEEPERS. 

Brewin  Joshua 
Hewes  John 
Moore  Godfrey 
Mugginson  Joseph 
Wayte  Sarah 

TAILORS. 

Cramp  Thomas 
Green  Joseph 
Riley  Jph.  Josiah 

WHEELWRIGHTS. 

Biddle  Thomas 
Page  Richard 
Smith  Thomas 

CARRIERS. 

John  Barber,  to 
Leicester  Sat.,  & 

..  William  Bott,  to 
Ashby  Sat. 

RAILWAY. 

Trains  from  Bar- 
don Station  seve- 
ral times  a  day. 


KIRKBY-MALLORY,  a  pleasant  village,  on  the  north  side  of  the 
vale  of  a  rivulet,  4}  miles  N.N.W.  of  Hinckley,  and  4  miles  S.E.  of 
Market  Bosworth,  has  in  its  parish  216  inhabitants,  and  about  1940  acres 
of  land.  Earl  Shilton  township,  which  was  formerly  a  chapelry  to 
Kirkby-Mallory,  was  constituted  a  separate  parish  in  1854,  as  noticed  at 
page  681.  The  Earl  of  Lovelace  is  lord  of  the  manor,  and  owner  of  all 
the  soil,  except  one  farm,  belonging  to  Mr.  Thomas  Jee ;  but  his  seat  of 
Kirkby-Mallory  Hall  is  occupied  by  the  Baroness  de  Clijford,  grand- 
daughter of  the  twentieth  Lord  de  Clifford.  The  abeyance  into  which 
the  barony  of  De  Clifford  fell,  on  the  death  of  the  twenty-first  baron,  in 
1832,  was  terminated  in  favour  of  the  present  peeress  in  1833.  The 
first  baron  was  Earl-marshal  of  England,  in  1307,  and  fell  at  the  Battle 
of  Bannockburn.    Lady  de  Clifford,  in  1822,  married  the  late  Captain 


680 


KIRKBY    MALLORY   PARISH. 


John  Russell,  RN. ;  and  her  son  and  heir,  the  Hon.  Edward  Southwell 
Russell,  late  MP.  for  Tavistock,  was  born  in  1824.  The  Hall  is  a  plain 
stuccoed  building,  standing  on  an  eminence,  in  a  well- wooded  park  of 
70  acres.  Hugh  de  Grenteniaisnell  held  the  manor  at  the  Conquest ; 
and  in  1220,  it  was  held  by  Richard  Mallory.  In  1245,  the  Knights 
Hospitallers  had  a  grant  for  a  market  and  a  fair  here.  The  Noels  have 
held  the  manor  since  1022.  The  soil  is  chiefly  a  light  loam  and  gravel, 
and  the  surface  diversified.  The  Church  (All  Saints)  is  a  small  structure, 
in  the  Park,  with  a  tower  and  three  bells,  and  contains  several  hand- 
some monuments  belonging  to  the  Noel  family.  The  Right  Hon.  Thos. 
Noel,  Viscount  and  Baron  Wentworth,  died  without  issue,  in  1815,  when 
the  viscounty  became  extinct ;  and  the  barony  fell  into  abeyance,  but 
was  revived  in  1850,  in  the  person  of  the  late  Lady  Noel  Byron,  daughter 
of  the  late  Sir  Ralph  Milbanke  Noel,  Bart.,  and  relict  of  that  distin- 
guished poet,  the  late  Lord  Byron.  On  her  death,  in  1800,  the  barony 
of  Wentworth  descended  to  her  grandson,  Byron  Noel  King-Noel,  Vis- 
count Ockham,  eldest  son  and  heir  of  the  first  Earl  of  Lovelace,  by  Ada 
Augusta,  the  only  and  beloved  daughter  of  Lord  and  Lady  Byron.  On 
his  death,  in  September,  1802,  his  titles  descended  to  his  younger  brother, 
the  Hon.  Ralph  Gordon  Noel-King-Milbanke,  the  present  Viscount 
Ockham  and  Baron  Wentworth.  In  the  churchyard  there  is  a  fine 
arched  monument,  erected  by  the  late  Baroness  Wentworth,  to  the 
memory  of  the  Countess  of  Lovelace,  who  died  in  1852.  In  the  floor  of 
the  church  is  an  incised  slab,  dated  1594,  with  figures  of  Richard  Dilks, 
his  two  wives,  and  their  thirteen  children.  The  rectory,  valued  in  K.B. 
at  <£15,  and  now  at  £370,  has  191a.  2r.  30p.  of  glebe,  allotted  in  lieu  of 
tithes,  at  the  enclosures,  in  1771  and  '8.  The  Earl  of  Lovelace  is  patron, 
and  the  Hon.  and  Rev.  Augustus  Byron,  M.A.,  son  of  the  present  Lord 
Byron,  is  the  incumbent,  and  has  a  handsome  residence,  which  he  greatly 
improved  in  1857,  at  a  cost  of  .£1000  ;  and  a  small  rent-charge  of  .£45,  in 
lieu  of  part  of  the  tithes.  The  late  Baroness  Wentworth  built  and  sup- 
ported two  free  schools  for  boys  and  girls,  and  they  are  now  supported 
by  the  Earl  of  Lovelace.  In  addition  to  reading,  writing,  and  arithmetic, 
the  boys,  to  the  number  of  about  00,  are  taught  gardening,  &c,  and  each 
has  a  small  plot  of  ground  under  his  own  cultivation.  A  Farmers  Club, 
which  was  established  here  in  1840,  has  now  attained  a  world-wide  cele- 
brity, under  the  title  of  the  Sparkenhoe  Farmers'  Club.  (See  page 
041.)  In  1002,  Wm.  Dilkes  left  £100  for  clothing  and  apprenticing  poor 
boys,  and  it  was  laid  out  in  the  purchase  of  8a.  of  land  at  Barwell,  now 
let  for  £10  a  year.  The  sum  of  £92,  left  for  apprenticing  poor  children, 
and  other  charitable  uses,  by  Henry  Noel,  Lady  Noel,  and  others,  was 
laid  out,  about  1702,  in  the  purchase  of  11a.  2r.  23p.  of  land  at  Earl 
Shilton,  now  let  for  £19  per  annum.  The  rents  of  both  these  charities 
are  applied  chiefly  in  apprentice  fees  and  clothing,  and  partly  in  dis- 
tributions of  money,  bibles,  &c,  together  with  the  interest  of  about  £350, 
derived  from  unapplied  income. 
Post  Office  at  the  Roebuck  Ins.  Letters  arrive  from  Hinckley  at  8  a.m., 
and  are  despatched  at  6  p.m. 


Baroness  De  Clifford,  KirJtby  Mal- 
lory Hall,  and  3  Carlton  House  Ter- 
race, London,  S.W. 
Byron  Hon.  &  Rev.  Augustus,  M.A. 

rector,  Rectory 
Bacon  Joseph,  shopkeeper 
Beck  Thomas,  victualler,  Roebuck 
Bonsir  Augustus,  wheelwright 


Bonsir  William,  carpenter 

Brown  James,  butler 

Faith  Jane,  schoolmistress 

Hassall  Robert,  blacksmith 

Marryat  James,  farm  steward 

Ogilby  Henry,  schoolmaster 

Rowley  John,  shopkeeper 

Rowley  Rd.&  Thos.  grocers&shoemkrs. 


SPARKENHOE   HUNDRED. 


681 


Tickner  Henry,  gardener 

FARMERS  AND  GRAZIERS. 
Baker  Ann,  Old  Parks 
Beck  James,  Beck's  Farm 
Mayne  John,  Kirkby  House  Farm 


Moxon  James,  Kirkby  Lodge 
Norman  Charles,  Glebe  Farm 
Carriers. — Thomas    Priestnall,  from 

Newbold  Verdon  to  Hinckley,  Mon. ; 

&Ann  Belton,to  Leicester  ,Wed.&  Sat. 


EARL  SHILTON,  one  of  the  largest  villages  in  the  county,  has  many 
framework  knitters,  and  consists  chiefly  of  one  long  street,  on  the  high 
road  from  Leicester  to  Hinckley,  9  miles  S.W.  by  W.  of  the  former,  and 
4  miles  N.E.  by  N.  of  the  latter.  It  is  mostly  on  a  commanding  emi- 
nence, and  is  still  a  township,  and  was  formerly  a  chapelry  to  Kirkby 
Mallory,  but  in  1854  it  was  constituted  a  separate  parish  for  ecclesiastical 
purposes,  and  comprises  about  1980  acres,  and  2176  inhabitants.  The 
soil  is  chiefly  clay  and  a  gravelly  loam,  and  the  open  fields,  &c,  were 
enclosed  in  1778,  when  the  tithes  were  commuted.  The  Queen,  as 
Duchess  of  Lancaster,  is  lady  of  the  manor ;  but  the  rights  thereof  are 
reserved  to  the  copyholders  themselves.  The  chief-rents  were  sold  by 
Charles  I.  to  the  Earl  of  Ilchester,  whose  descendant  still  receives  them, 
but  pays  them  over  to  Guy's  Hospital,  London.  The  soil  belongs  to 
Thomas  Wilkinson,  George  Allen,  William  Clark,  and  Thomas  Atkins, 
Esqrs.,  several  smaller  proprietors,  and  Alderman  Newton's  and  other 
charities.  The  ancient  Earls  of  Leicester  had  a  baronial  castle  here,  but 
it  was  destroyed  some  centuries  ago,  and  its  site  is  now  only  denoted  by 
a  mound,  and  a  place  called  the  Castle  yard.  The  court  leet  held  here 
embraces  25  parishes,  &c.  After  the  death  of  Simon  de  Montfort,  Earl 
of  Leicester,  at  the  battle  of  Evesham,  the  manor  was  given  by  Henry 
III.  to  Edmund,  Earl  of  Lancaster,  his  second  son ;  and  since  then  it  has 
been  parcel  of  the  Duchy  of  Lancaster.  The  Church  is  a  large  and  com- 
modious structure,  with  a  handsome  window  in  the  chancel,  and  was 
rebuilt,  in  1855,  except  the  tower  and  spire,  at  a  cost  of  £3500,  raised  by 
subscription  and  grants.  It  is  in  the  decorated  style  of  architecture,  and 
will  seat  800  persons.  The  tower  contains  three  bells,  and  the  perpetual 
curacy  is  annexed  to  the  rectory  of  Elmsthorpe  (see  page  654.)  The 
Rev.  Ferdinand  Ernest  Tower,  M.A.,  is  the  incumbent,  and  has  here  86 
acres  of  glebe,  a  yearly  tithe-rent  of  .£6,  and  a  handsome  parsonage  house 
near  the  church,  built  in  1859,  at  a  cost  of  .£1000.  The  School  is  a  large 
building,  with  room  for  200  children,  and  was  built  in  1858,  at  a  cost  of 
£1050,  raised  by  subscription  and  a  parliamentary  grant.  The  Wesleyan 
Chapel  was  built  in  1822,  and  has  200  sittings.  The  Independent  Chapel 
has  an  endowment  of  £20  per  annum,  and  was  erected  in  1824,  at  a  cost 
of  £1400.  It  has  500  sittings,  and  the  Rev.  John  Stewart  is  its  minister. 
The  Primitive  Methodist  Chapel,  built  in  1840,  at  a  cost  of  £140,  will 
seat  200  hearers;  and  the  Baptist  Chapel,  built  in  1758,  and  rebuilt  and 
enlarged  in  1844,  at  a  cost  of  .£300,  contains  an  organ  and  400  sittings, 
and  is  endowed  with  £5  per  annum.  Here  is  a  permanent  benefit  build- 
ing society,  established  in  1857,  and  there  are  six  sick  clubs  in  the  village. 
About  100  acres  of  land  are  let  to  the  poor  in  allotments,  at  small  rents, 
amounting  to  from  50s.  to  60s.  per  acre.  The  schoolmaster  receives 
£18  yearly  from  Alderman  Newton 's  Charity  (see  p.  199),  for  teaching  20 
poor  boys,  who  are  also  clothed  about  once  in  two  years  from  a  further 
yearly  payment  of  £2.  16s.  from  the  same  charity,  and  the  interest  of 
£300,  which  was  obtained  as  nineteen  years'  arrears  in  1800.  The 
schoolmaster  teaches  several  other  boys,  in  consideration  of  2  roods  33 
perches  of  land,  and  a  yearly  rent-charge  of  17s.,  left  by  James  Ooodacre. 
The  sum  of  £200,  left  by  Sir  Verney  Noel  and  Henry  Noel,  Esq.,  about 


682 


EARL    SIIILTON. 


1094,  for  apprenticing  poor  ijpys,  was  laid  out  in  land,  which  was  ex- 
changed at  the  enclosure  for  three  allotments,  comprising  22a.  2r.  34p., 
let  for  about  £40  a-year.  At  the  same  time,  land  purchased  with  .£55, 
left  by  Thomas  Davenport  and  John  Sutton,  for  distributions  of  bread, 
was  exchanged  for  5a.  3r.  of  land,  let  in  garden  plots  for  about  .£16  a-ycar. 
The  Poor's  Allotment,  awarded  at  the  enclosure,  contains  1  3a.  lit.  3p., 
let  for  £14.  lis.  0d.  a-year,  which  is  distributed  in  small  sums.  The 
interest  of  £100,  left  by  Thomas  Ison,  in  1833,  is  distributed  in  bread  on 
Easter  Monday.  He  also  left  the  interest  of  £20,  half  for  the  church 
choir,  and  half  for  the  Sunday  school.  The  Cleric's  Close  is  2r.  13r.,let 
for  20s. 

Post  Office  at  Michael  Pickering's.  Letters  arrive  from  Hinckley  at  8 
morning,  and  are  despatched  at  6  evening.  This  is  also  a  Money  Order  Office 
and  a  Post  Office  Savings'  Bank. 


Atkins Thos.Esq.  ||  HeathcoteMissSar. 

Bucktin  Miss,  schoolmistress 

Carr  Mrs,  schoolmistress 

Coley  John,  tailor,  draper,  hatter,  and 

stays  manufacturer 
Cooper  Samuel,  corn  miller 
Deaville  William,  police  constable 
Hobill  Ralph  Oldacre,  draper 
King  John  Edward,  Esq. 
Mansfield  Thomas,  wheelwright,  and 

agricultural  implement  maker,  &c. 
Reynolds  Samuel,  schoolmaster 
Randle  Charles,  watch  and  clock  maker 
Rowe  Frederick,  draper 
Salisbury  Sml.harness  mkr.&  seed  mert. 
Stewart  Rev.  John  (Independent) 
Tower  Rev.   Ferdinand  Ernest,  M.A. 

rector  of  Elmsthorpe  witbEarlShilton 
Walker  John  and  Reuben,  plumbers,  &c. 
WilemanMrRd.  ||  Wright  Mr  Wnt.sen. 
Wilkinson  Thomas,  gentleman 

INNS  AND  TAVERNS. 
Bowling  Green,  Matthias  Ward 
Dog  and  Grun,  Thomas  Gilford 
King  William,  Samuel  Tomlinson 
Lord  Nelson,  Joseph  Tillson 
Plough  Inn,  John  Tibballs 
Red  Lion,  William  Gilbert 

Roebuck, 

Royal  Oak,  William  Varnam 
Three  Tuns,  William  Reynolds 


bakers  and  flour 

DEALERS. 

Kinder  William 
Weston  Thomas 
Whitwell  Frances 

BUILDERS. 

Carr  George 
Carr  Samuel 
Randle  Joseph 


BLACKSMITHS. 

Mansfield  Thomas 
West  James 

BUTCHERS. 

Carr  Josiah 
Coley  William 
Elliott  John 
Mansfield  William 
Taylor  George 


Wileman  Thomas 
Wileman  William 

DRUGGISTS. 

Bannister  Stephen 
Bown  Enos 
Gilbert  George 

FARMERS  &  GRZRS. 

Clarke  Wm.  Huit 
Cotton  William 
Dowell  George 
Freckingham  Frs. 
Gilbert  Geo.  Huit 
Hallam  John 
Holy  land  Job 
Kinton  Joseph 
Poole  John 
Poole  Joseph 
Price  Francis 
Salisbury  Samuel 
Tibballs  John 
White  Ralph 
Wright  William 

FRAMESMITHS. 

Brings  Benjamin 
Puffer  John 

grocers,  &c. 
Bannister  Stephen 
Bown  Enos 
Cooper  James 
Elliott  John 
Homer  John 
Kinder  William 
Martin  John 
Puffer  John 
Toone  Job 

HOSIERY  MANFRS. 

Everard  John  Mil- 
ler ihNeivhaven 
Cottage,  Leices- 
ter Forest 


Homer Jno.  (steam) 
Pawley  James 
Toone  Job 

JOINERS,  &C 

Lane  Charles 
Mansfield  Thomas 
Pegg  John 

SHOEMAKERS. 

Abbotts  Jacob 
Colver  Jonathan 
Cotton  William 
Dalby  Michael 
Gee  John 
Rowley  Richard 
Smith  Samuel 

SHOPKEEPERS. 

King  Joseph 
Toone  Ann 
Wright  James 

SURGEONS. 

Fulshaw  Ralph 
Spencer  Thomas 

TAILORS. 

Abbotts  John 
Coley  John 
Kirkland  Thomas 
Rowley  George 

CARRIERS 

To  Leicester. 
Bonser  Henry,  Tu. 

Thurs.  and  Sat. 
Reynolds  William, 

Mn.  Wd.  &  Sat. 
Whitmore  William, 

Wed.  and  Sat. 

OMNIBUSES 

To  Leicester  and 
Hinckley  every 
Mn.  Wd.  &  Fri. 


LEICESTER  FOREST  (EAST  and  WEST)  are  two  extra-paro- 
chial liberties,  the  former  containing  00  and  the  latter  40  inhabitants. 
They  include  also  New  Parks  (740a.)  and  Leicester  Grange;  and 


LEICESTER    FOREST. 


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comprise  altogether  about  1400  acres  of  land,  extending  from  2|-  to  5^ 
miles  W.  and  W.S.W.  of  Leicester.  They  keep  their  poor  jointly  as  a 
township  in  Blaby  Union,  and  formed  part  of  the  once  extensive  Frith 
or  Forest,  attached  to  Leicester  Castle,  as  noticed  at  page  494.  At  the 
enclosure  of  this  forest  or  chase,  it  was  allotted  to  the  neighbouring 
parishes,  except  these  and  some  other  extra-parochial  liberties.  The 
soil  is  various,  and  the  surface  diversified,  and  the  chief  landowners  are 
Miss  Ellen  Walker,  J.  E.  Dalton,  Esq.,  John  Mellor,  Esq.,  (lord  of  the 
manor  of  New  Parks),  Thos.  Stokes,  Esq.,  John  D.  Harris,  Esq.,  and 
the  Corporation  of  Leicester.  Leicester  Forest  Orange,  near  Hinckley 
road,  3£  miles  W.S.W.  of  Leicester,  is  the  pleasant  seat  of  Major  Ches- 
ter, but  belongs  to  Miss  Ellen  Walker;  and  Thomas  Stokes,  Esq.,  has 
a  neat  mansion  in  New  Paries,  built  in  1845-'G.    Post  from  Kirby  Muxloe. 


Chester  Major,  Leicester  Forest  Grange 
Hardy  Jas.  carpenter  and  wheelwright 
Hitchcock  Robert  Wills,  vict.  Red  Cow 
May  Richard,  vict.  Half  wag  House 
Stokes  Thos.  Esq.  New  Parks  House 
FARMERS  AND  GRAZIERS. 


Ashby    William, 
Grange  Cottage 
Brown  Caleb 
Brown  Wm.  Yew 


Tree  Cottage 
Bardett  William 
Clark  Thomas  S. 

New  Parks 


Crosher    William, 

King's  Stand 
Fox  Cath.  Holloio; 

h  Desford 
Goodacre  William, 

Roe's  Rest 
Goodman  Benj. 
HitchcockRtWells 
Hutchinson  John ; 

h  Leicester 


May  Richard 
Stain  Thomas  ;  h 

Barton 
Tealby  George 
Tannicliff    Ann, 

New  Haven 
White   Geo.  New 

Parks 
Wykes  3  no. Mount 

Pleasant 


MARKET    BOSWORTH, 


Market  Bosworth  is  a  small  ancient  market  town,  seated  on  a  plea- 
sant eminence,  13  miles  W.  by  S.  of  Leicester,  7  miles  N.  by  W.  of 
Hinckley,  and  107  miles  N.W.  by  N.  of  London.  Its  township  contains 
096  inhabitants  and  about  2800  acres  of  land,  including  Naneby,  a  farm 
and  manor  of  200  acres,  and  the  hamlet  of  Coton  (Far  and  Near) 
which,  has  about  60  inhabitants,  and  extends  from  1  to  2  miles  S.S.W. 
of  the  town.  Its  parish  includes  also  the  townships  and  chapelries  of 
Barlstone,  Carlton,  Shenton,  and  Sutton  Cheney,  and  parts  of  those  of 
Barton-in-the-Beans  and  Osbaston ;  and  comprises  altogetherJ2376 
inhabitants  and  7688  acres.  The  Ashby-de-la-Zouch  Canal  passes  within 
about  a  mile  west  of  the  town.  The  soil  is  chiefly  clay,  and  belongs 
partly  to  the  Earl  of  Lovelace,  but  mostly  to  Sir  Alexander  Beaumont 
Churchill  Dixie,  Bart.,  M.D.,  who  succeeded  his  father  in  1857,  and  is 
the  tenth  baronet.  He  is  lord  of  the  manor,  and  resides  at  Bosworth 
Hall,  a  fine  old  mansion,  built  of  stone  by  Inigo  Jones,  but  many  years 
ago  cased  with  brick.  It  contains  a  number  of  spacious  and  handsome 
apartments,  with  many  valuable  paintings,  and  a  collection  of  arms  and 
armour  found  on  Bosworth  Field ;  and  is  pleasantly  situated  on  a  command- 
ing eminence,  in  a  large  and  well-wooded  park,  on  the  east  side  of  the  town, 
stocked  with  about  300  Norwegian  deer  of  the  purest  breed,  and  having  a 
large  lake  or  decoy.  The  manor  has  been  held  by  the  Mellent,  Harcourt, 
Beaumont,  and  Grey  families,  and  was  granted  by  Queen  Mary  to  Sir 
Edward,  Lord  Hastings,  of  Loughborough,  who  left  it  to  his  nephew 
Henry,  Earl  of  Huntingdon.  In  1567,  this  Earl  sold  it  to  Sir  Wolstan 
Dixie,  knight,  whose  descendent  of  the  same  name  was  created  a  baronet 
in  1660,  on  account  of  the  great  pecuniary  assistance  he  rendered  to 
Charles  L,  and  the  activity  he  displayed  in  the  royal  cause.  Sir  Wm. 
Harcourt,  in  1285,  obtained  a  royal  charter  for  a  market  and  fair  to  be 


684  MARKET  BOSWORTH. 

held  here ;  the  former  every  Wednesday,  and  the  latter  on  the  eve,  day, 
and  morrow  of  St.  Peter  and  St.  Paul.  The  market  is  still  held  every 
Wednesday,  chiefly  for  the  sale  of  corn ;  and  fairs  for  cattle,  &c,  are 
held  on  the  8th  of  May  and  the  10th  July,  and  for  hiring  servants  about 
Martinmas.  Petty  Sessions  are  held  every  alternate  Wednesday  at 
the  Dixie  Arms,  and  the  County  Court  is  held  at  the  same  place  once 
in  every  two  months.  Market  Bosworth  County  Court  District  com- 
prises the  parishes,  &c,  of  Bagworth,  Barlestone,  Barton-in-the-Beans, 
Bilstone,  Botchestone,  Brascote,  Cadeby,  Carlton,  Congerstone,  Dad- 
lington,  Desford,  Gopsall,  Groby,  Ibstock,  Ibstock  Pastures,  Kirkby  Mai- 
lory,  Market  Bosworth,  Merry  Lees,  Nailstone,  Newbold  Verdon, 
Newtown  Unthank,  Norton-juxta-Twycross,  Odstone,  Orton-on-the- 
Hill,  Osbaston,  Peckleton,  Shackerstone,  Shenton,  Sibson,  Stanton- 
under-Bardon,  Stapleton,  Sutton  Cheney,  Thornton,  Twycross,  Upton, 
and  Wellesborough  and  Temple  Hall.  Mr.  Serjeant  Robert  Miller  is 
judge;  Thos.  Heath,  Esq.,  of  Warwick,  treasurer;  Edw.  Bird  Bramah 
Esq.,  registrar ;  Mr.  John  Coltman,  Idgli  bailiff;  and  Wm.  Storer,  assist 
ant  bailiff.  The  County  Police  Station  is  a  neat  Elizabethan  brick 
building,  built  in  1847,  and  containing  a  residence  for  a  police  sergeant, 
and  two  cells  for  the  temporary  detention  of  prisoners. 

Thomas  Simpson,  F.R.S.,  was  born  here  in  1710,  and  rose  from 
poverty  to  respectability  and  fame,  by  the  proper  exercise  of  his  natural 
faculties.  In  1732,  he  removed  to  London,  and  was  sometime  a  weaver 
in  Spitalfields.  So  rapid  was  the  progress  of  this  self-taught  scholar, 
in  his  favourite  science,  that,  inl737,  he  published  his  excellent  Treatise 
on  Fluxions.  In  1743,  he  was  appointed  Professor  of  Mathematics  to 
the  Military  School  at  Woolwich,  and  soon  after  became  a  Fellow  of  the 
Royal  Society,  and  a  Member  of  the  Academy  of  Sciences  at  Paris.  He 
died  in  1761,  and  his  widow  was  provided  with  an  annuity  from  the 
Crown.  She  died  in  1782,  aged  102.  One  of  his  principal  works  is  the 
"  Elements  of  Geometry  and  Algebra,"  and  many  papers  from  his  pen 
are  to  be  found  in  the  "  Philosophical  Transactions." 

The  Parish  Church  (St.  Peter)  is  a  large  antique  fabric,  with  a  lofty 
tower  containing  five  bells  and  crowned  by  an  elegant  spire,  which  may 
be  seen  at  the  distance  of  many  miles.  It  was  repaired  and  beautified 
at  the  cost  of  about  .£1400  in  1843,  and  the  chancel  was  restored  in 
1855,  at  a  cost  of  £500,  given  by  the  present  rector.  The  original  building 
was  of  early  English  architecture,  but  the  restorations  are  in  the  per- 
pendicular style.  There  is  an  opening  called  a  hagioscope,  or  squint, 
from  the  south  aisle  to  the  chancel,  which  enabled  the  congregation  in 
that  aisle  to  see  the  elevation  of  the  host.  The  Church  contains  several 
beautiful  stained  glass  windows.  That  under  the  tower  arch  contains 
figures  of  St.  Peter  and  St.  Paul,  and  was  presented  by  the  present  rector 
in  1859.  One  at  the  east  end  of  the  south  aisle  is  in  memory  of  the 
Rev.  A.  B.  Evans,  D.D.,  who  was  for  20  years  head  master  of  the  Free 
Grammar  School  here.  It  was  purchased  by  subscription.  Another 
window  in  the  chancel  is  in  memory  of  the  Rev.  Beaumont  Dixie,  M.A., 
a  late  rector,  who  died  in  1840.  The  clerestory  windows  have  also  been 
filled  with  stained  glass  by  subscription.  Here  are  also  several  monu- 
ments of  the  Dixie  and  other  families.  The  benefice  is  a  rectory,  valued 
in  KB.  at  £'55.  18s.  2d.,  and  now  at  £903,  with  the  curacies  of  Sutton- 
Cheney,  Barlestone,  Carlton,  and  Shenton  annexed  to  it.  It  has  about 
170a.  of  glebe  in  Bosworth,  and  50  acres  at  Carlton,  and  certain  annual 
sums  from  the  other  townships  in  lieu  of  tithes.  Sir  A.  B.  C.  Dixie, 
Bart.,  is  patron,  and  the  Rev.  Nathaniel  Pomfret  Small,  M.A.,  is  the 
incumbent.     The  Rev.  Fredk.  Fowler  Bradford  is  curate ;  Mr.  Thomas 


MARKET   BOSWORTH.  685 

Farren,  organist;  and  Joseph  Goadby,  sexton.  The  Independent  Chapel, 
built  in  1799,  and  enlarged  in  1811,  will  seat  200  hearers,  and  the  Rev. 
Charles  Haddon  is  its  minister.  The  Baptist  Chapel,  bnilt  in  1848,  at 
a  cost  of  £200,  has  150  sittings ;  and  the  Primitive  Methodist  Chapel, 
built  in  1850,  at  a  cost  of  ,£110,  will  seat  80  persons.  In  the  town  ere 
several  Friendly  Societies,  a  lodge  of  Odd  Fellows,  belonging  to  the 
Manchester  Unity,  and  including  among  its  members  many  of  the 
gentry  of  the  town  and  neighbourhood.  Here  is  also  a  Cattle  Insurance 
Society,  numbering  sixty  members.  Its  principal  object  is  to*  insure 
against  that  disease  so  fatal  to  cattle,  called  pleuro-pneumonia,  and  the 
members  receive  four-fifths  of  their  loss.  Mr.  Thomas  Drackley  is  the 
secretary. 

Free  Schools  : — There  was  a  Free  Grammar  School  here  at  a  very 
early  period,  endowed  with  land  and  tenements  in  this  and  several  other 
parishes,  as  appears  by  various  deeds  of  the  16th  century,  still  in  the 
school  chest ;  but  the  founders  are  unknown,  though  it  is  sometimes 
asserted  that  Hugh  de  Grentemaisnell  was  the  benefactor.  At  the  disso- 
lution of  the  monasteries,  it  was  in  the  possession  of  Our  Lady's  Guild, 
of  Bosworth.  In  1592,  Sir  Wolstan  Dixie,  Kt.,  who  was  Lord  Mayor  of 
London  in  1585,  bequeathed  .£200  for  the  erection  of  a  new  free  school, 
.£500  for  its  endowment,  and  .£500  for  the  foundation  of  two  scholarships 
(since  increased  to  four)  at  Emmanuel  College,  Cambridge,  for  boys 
from  this  school,  and  for  his  own  poor  kindred.  His  intentions  were 
carried  into  effect  by  Iris  nephew  and  heir,  Wolstan  Dixie,  Esq.,  who 
purchased  for  £550  an  estate  at  Appleby,  for  the  school,  and  in  1601 
obtained  letters  patent  from  Queen  Elizabeth,  granting  license  to  him 
and  his  heirs  to  build  and  establish  a  grammar  school,  of  which  they  and 
others  were  incorporated,  by  the  same  letters  patent,  as  governors,  by 
the  name  of  "  The  Governors  of  the  Grammar  School  of  Wolstan  Dixie, 
Knight,  of  Market  Bosworth."  In  1617,  the  trustees  of  the  old  free 
school  property  transferred  the  same  to  the  governors  of  the  new  school, 
and  thus  the  two  trusts  were  consolidated,  for  the  support  of  a  master 
and  usher,  to  teach  Latin,  Greek,  Hebrew,  and  English  freely  to  all  the 
children  and  youth  of  Market  Bosworth  and  its  chapelries,  and  Cadeby, 
and  the  kindred  of  the  founder.  In  1732,  the  celebrated  Dr.  Samuel 
Johnson  for  a  few  months  held  the  office  of  second  master  of  this  school, 
but  is  said  to  have  ever  looked  back  to  that  period  with  horror,  on 
account  of  the  treatment  he  received  from  the  patron.  The  affairs  of  this 
valuable  charity  were  the  subject  of  litigation  in  the  Court  of  Chancery, 
from  1779  till  1835,  when  the  suit  terminated,  and  a  new  scheme  for  its 
future  management  was  sanctioned.  A  third  master  was  added  in  1826, 
when  the  Court  of  Chancery  sanctioned  the  expenditure  of  £5550,  for 
the  erection  of  three  new  schools  and  two  houses  for  the  first  and  second 
masters,  and  that  sum  was  paid  out  of  £14,010  Three  per  Cent.  Consols, 
then  belonging  to  the  charity,  but  standing  in  the  Accountant-General's 
name.  The  school  premises  comprise  a  large  and  handsome  stone  and 
brick  building,  divided  into  three  spacious  school-rooms,  with  a  play- 
ground and  other  conveniences  at  the  back,  and  two  commodious  houses 
adjoining,  with  gardens,  &c,  for  the  residence  of  the  head  and  under 
masters.  The  English  master  has  the  free  use  of  a  good  house,  built  by 
the  governors,  about  1830,  at  the  corner  of  Church  lane,  in  a  different 
part  of  the  town.  The  school  estates  are  situated  chiefly  at  Appleby, 
Loughborough,  Measham,  Carlton,  Quorndon,  Woodthorpe,  and  Barton- 
in-the-Beans,  and  yield  an  annual  income  of  about  .£790,  which,  added  to 
the  dividends  of  ^7320.  9s.  2d.  Three  per  Cent.  Consols,  swells  the  total 
yearly  income  to  about  £1012.    The  yearly  salaries  paid  to  the  teachers 


MARKET   BOSWORTH. 

are  £250  to  the  head  master,  £130  to  the  under  master,  and  £90  to  the 
English  master.  The  two  first  are  required  to  be  clergymen,  and  to 
teach  the  Classics,  but  they  have  seldom  more  than  6  or  7  free  scholars. 
The  English  master  has  generally  about  70  free  scholars,  and  he  in- 
structs them  in  reading,  writing,  arithmetic,  book-keeping,  and  English 
grammar.  The  governors  supply  coals,  books,  &c,  for  the  schools. 
According  to  proposals  sanctioned  by  the  Court  of  Chancery,  hi  1835, 
the  governors  may  send  from  1  to  4  boys,  who  have  been  free  scholars 
here,  to  either  of  the  Universities,  with  exhibitions  of  .£80  per  annum. 
The  rector  and  churchwardens  of  Market  Bosworth,  for  the  time  being, 
and  six  other  parishioners,  are  the  governors,  and  meet  four  times  a  year. 
T.  Miles,  Esq.,  is  the  bailiff,  in  which  capacity  he  has  the  general 
management  of  the  estates  and  the  charity.  The  head  master  is  allowed 
to  take  twelve  boarders ;  and  boys  from  other  parishes  are  admitted  to 
any  of  the  schools  on  payment  of  a  capitation  fee  of  £6  per  annum.  In 
1848,  the  governors  built  a  new  school  for  the  education  of  girls  and 
infants.  It  is  a  neat  brick  building,  of  Elizabethan  architecture,  and  is 
attended  by  about  70  children.  The  prize  books  formerly  given  to  the 
boys  are  now  discontinued  for  some  unknown  reason,  and  the  charity, 
though  a  splendid  one  in  itself,  and  having  handsome  and  commodious 
buildings  for  educational  and  other  purposes,  has  not  hitherto  been 
productive  of  that  benefit  which  might  have  been  expected  from  so 
munificent  an  endowment,  as  it  has  given  rise  to  a  great  deal  of  litigation 
and  bickering ;  but  it  is  hoped  that  its  position  will  shortly  be  improved, 
and  its  sphere  of  usefulness  considerably  enlarged. 

The  parish  of  Market  Bosworth  has  the  right  of  sending  six  poor 
widows  to  Spence's  Almshouse,  at  Carlton,  near  Skipton,  in  Yorkshire, 
founded  by  Ferrand  Spence,  in  1698,  where  they  have  each  a  separate 
apartment,  an  allowance  of  coals,  and  a  yearly  stipend  of  20  guineas,  in 
quarterly  payments.  Though  at  so  great  a  distance  from  then*  native 
place,  the  six  widows  express  themselves  contented  and  happy,  and  the 
appointment  is  much  sought  after.  In  case  of  a  vacancy,  information  is 
sent  to  the  rector,  and  the  place  is  filled  up  at  a  meeting  of  the  parish- 
ioners, and  the  widow  appointed  is  sent  down  at  the  expense  of  the 
parish.  The  dividends  of  £'70. 19s.  Id.  Three  per  Cent.  Consols,  derived 
from  the  bequest  of  Charles  Wag  staff e,  in  1784,  are  distributed  among 
the  poor  parishioners  in  bread,  on  New  Year's  day.  Market  Bosworth 
is  entitled,  with  Atherstone,  in  Warwickshire,  to  an  equal  share  of 
Sharps  Charity,  which  produces  £20  a  year,  for  apprenticing  four  poor 
boys.  In  1847,  Miss  Eleanor  Dodson,  of  Reading,  left  £400  Three  per 
Cent.  Consols,  to  the  rector  of  Market  Bosworth  for  the  time  being,  in 
trust  to  distribute  the  dividends  on  the  13th  January,  in  such  a  manner 
as  he  shall  think  fit,  to  poor  aged  women  residing  in  the  town  and  not 
receiving  parochial  relief. 

MARKET  BOSWORTH  UNION  comprises  30  parishes  and  town- 
ships, marked  thus  §  in  the  table  at  page  040.  They  are  divided  into 
the  Market  Bosworth  and  Ibstock  Districts,  and  embrace  an  area  of 
about  45,500  acres,  and  comprise  more  than  13,500  inhabitants,  occupy- 
ing nearly  30,000  houses.  The  Union  Workhouse,  on  the  Atherstone 
road,  is  a  large  brick  building,  erected  in  1836,  at  the  cost  of  about  £3000, 
and  having  room  for  about  200  inmates,  though  it  has  seldom  half  that 
number.  The  aggregate  average  annual  expenditure  of  the  Union  is 
about  £7000.  The  Rev.  N.  P.  Small,  M.A.,  is  chaplain ;  Mr.  John  and 
Mrs.  Ann  Palmer  are  master  and  matron  of  the  Workhouse;  Sarah 
Kimberlin,  schoolmistress;  and  William  Pollard,  porter.  Mr.  James 
Hollier  is  union  clerk  and  superintendent  registrar;  and  Mr.  Richard 


.    MARKET    BOSWORTH.  687 

Stretton,  of  Barton,  is  registrar  of  marriages.  The  latter  is  also  relieving 
officer  and  registrar  of  births  anil  deaths  for  Market  Bosworth  District, 
and  Mr.  Thos.  Wilkins,  of  Barlestone,  relieving  officer  and  registrar  of 
births  and  deaths  for  Ibstock  District. 

The  Battle  of  Bosworth  Field  is  one  of  the  most  memorable  events 
in  English  history,  and  has  been  rendered  more  particularly  popular  by 
the  much  admired  and  often  repeated  drama  of  our  immortal  Shakspere, 
under  the  title  of  "  King  Richard  the  Third."  The  scene  of  this  des- 
perate conflict  was  Redmoor,  a  large  open  plain,  or  field,  about  three 
miles  south  of  the  town  of  Bosworth,  in  the  chapelry  of  Sutton  Cheney. 
The  opposing  and  contending  houses  of  York  and  Lancaster  had  created 
a  continued  succession  of  wars,  hostilities,  and  personal  animosities  in 
the  nation,  from  the  beginning  of  the  reign  of  Henry  Sixth  to  the  ter- 
mination of  that  of  Richard  the  Third.  At  this  eventful  crisis,  August, 
1485,  a  battle  more  desperate  and  sanguinary  was  fought  than  any  of  the 
former ;  and  the  issue  of  it  tended  to  unite  the  two  families,  and  gave 
tranquillity  to  the  nation.  It  may  not  be  irrelevant  to  narrate  a  few 
particulars  respecting  this  national  event.  Richard  the  Third  supported 
the  British  crown  about  two  years,  during  which  short  government  he 
exercised  (according  to  the  testimony  of  most  historians)  a  cruel,  arbitrary, 
and  intolerant  dominion  over  his  subjects.  This  naturally  excited  some- 
thing more  than  discontent ;  and  Henry,  Earl  of  Richmond,  who  had 
some  claim  to  the  English  sceptre  by  reason  of  his  connection  with  the 
house  of  Lancaster ;  and  whose  life  had  been  endangered  both  by 
Edward  IV.  and  Richard  III.,  was  invited  to  head  the  Lancastrian 
party.  This  he  readily  agreed  to ;  and  bringing  from  Harfleur  (where 
he  had  retreated  from  the  persecution  of  Richard)  about  2000  men,  he 
landed  at  Milford- Haven,  in  Wales,  August  6th,  1485,  and  proceeding 
through  the  central  part  of  the  principality,  soon  increased  his  numbers. 
When  he  arrived  at  Shrewsbury,  his  army  became  very  formidable,  not 
merely  in  number,  but  from  the  rank  and  influence  of  many  persons  who 
joined  his  standard.  Richard,  who  had  heard  of  Richmond's  landing 
and  progress,  exerted  all  his  influence  to  assemble  an  army,  and  marched 
to  Nottingham.  The  Usurping  Tyrant  was  exposed  at  once  to  the  just 
indignation  of  his  open  enemies,  and  to  the  infidelity  of  his  pretended 
friends.  This  must  have  greatly  embarrassed  him  ;  and  it  is  evident 
that  suspicion  was  generally,  if  not  always,  preying  on  his  vitals.  Thus 
circumstanced,  he  laboured  under  palpable  disadvantages ;  but  such  dis- 
advantages must  ever  attend  the  career  of  the  cruel  and  crafty  tyrant  in 
his  intercourse  with  society.  With  the  exception  of  the  Duke  of  Norfolk, 
scarcely  any  nobleman  was  attached  to  his  cause  ;  and  those  who  feigned 
the  most  loyalty,  appeared  only  to  have  waited  for  an  opportunity  to 
desert  and  betray  him.  But  the  persons  of  whom  he  entertained  the 
greatest  suspicion  were  Lord  Stanley,  and  his  brother,  Sir  William ; 
whose  connection  with  the  family  of  Richmond,  notwithstanding  their 
professions  of  attachment  to  his  person,  were  never  entirely  forgotten  or 
overlooked  by  him.  When  he  employed  Lord  Stanley  to  levy  forces,  he 
still  retained  his  eldest  son,  Lord  Strange,  as  a  pledge  for  his  fidelity. 
The  two  rivals  at  last  approached  each  other,  and  rallied  their  respective 
armies  in  a  spacious  plain,  situated  between  the  towns  of  Bosworth  and 
Hinckley,  on  Monday,  August  22nd,  1485.  Henry  appears  to  have 
headed  about  6000  men ;  and  Richard  an  army  of  more  than  double 
that  number.  Stanley  had  accumulated,  and  commanded  about  7000 
men,  whom  he  posted  at  Atherstone,  not  far  from  the  rival  camps,  but  so 
situated,  that  he  could  readily  join  that  party  which  proved  to  be  the 
most  successful  in  the  conflict.    This  disposition  was  perceived  and  sus- 


688  BATTLE   OF  BOSWORTH. 

pected  by  Richard ;  but,  confident  in  the  superiority  of  his  numbers,  he 
forebore  to  intimate  his  doubts,  or  demand  obedience  from  Stanley. 
Fully  expecting  to  secure  a  victory,  and  knowing  that  he  could  then 
exercise  unrestrained  power  over  those  he  suspected  or  feared,  he  des- 
perately rushed  on  to  battle.  Richmond,  more  wary  and  prudent,  calcu- 
lated on  contingencies,  and  sought  every  advantage  of  time,  place,  and 
mode  of  fighting.  The  van  of  his  army,  consisting  of  archers,  was 
commanded  by  the  Earl  of  Oxford ;  Sir  Gilbert  Talbot  led  the  right  wing ; 
Sir  John  Savage  the  left ;  the  Earl  himself,  accompanied  by  his  uncle, 
the  Earl  of  Pembroke,  preceded  and  directed  the  centre.  Richard  also 
commanded  his  main  body,  and  entrusted  his  van  to  the  Duke  of  Norfolk ; 
whilst  the  right  wing  was  led  by  the  Earl  of  Northumberland,  and  the 
left  by  Sir  Robert  Brakenbury.  Thus  situated,  an  awful  anxiety  and 
suspense  pervaded  both  armies,  whilst  that  of  Stanley  was  kept  in  am- 
biguous uncertainty.  Though  this  General  had  decided,  his  men  were 
not  apprised  of  his  intention.  This  policy  of  Stanley  determined  the 
issue  of  the  contest ;  for,  soon  after  the  battle  commenced,  he  proclaimed 
his  resolution,  and  rushed  forward  in  aid  of  Richmond.  This  measure 
produced  its  intended  effect  on  the  two  armies ;  for  it  inspired  that  of 
Richmond  with  confidence  and  courage,  and  at  the  same  time  terror- 
struck  and  dismayed  their  adversaries.  Yet,  far  from  desiring  to  seek 
the  ignominious  means  of  safety  which  the  great  dramatist  has  ascribed 
to  him,  Richard  indignantly  rejected  the  proposal  of  some  of  those  who 
remained  faithful,  and  refused  to  mount  the  fleet  horse  which  they  brought 
to  him.  Never  did  his  intrepid  spirit  soar  higher  than  when  he  prepared 
to  use  his  own  arm  and  shed  his  own  blood  in  defence  of  that  crown 
which  he  had  obtained  by  wading  through  the  blood  of  his  own  brother's 
sons,  whom  he  was  every  way  bound  to  protect.  He  therefore  ex- 
claimed, "  Bring  me  my  battle-axe,  and  fix  my  crown  upon  my  head,  for 
by  him  that  shaped  both  sea  and  land,  King  of  England  this  day  will  I 
die,  and  if  none  will  follow  me,  I  will  try  the  cause  alone."  Nor  did  he 
make  that  appeal  in  vain,  for  when  he  had  quenched  his  thirst  at  the  well, 
still  bearing  his  name,  he  again  closed  his  visor  and  galloped  forward, 
a  train  of  faithful  and  gallant  knights  was  ready  to  follow  him  whereso- 
ever he  might  lead.  Fully  sensible  of  his  desperate  situation  he  cast  his 
eye  around  the  field,  and  descrying  his  rival  at  no  great  distance,  spurred 
on  his  famous  white  charger,  and,  followed  by  a  train  of  noble  attendants 
with  lance  in  rest,  rushed  like  a  hungry  lion  towards  him,  in  hopes  that 
either  Henry's  death  or  his  own  would  decide  the  victory  between  them. 
He  killed,  with  his  own  hands,  Sir  William  Brandon,  standard-bearer  to 
the  Earl :  he  dismounted  Sir  John  Cheyney ;  he  was  now  within  reach 
of  Richmond  himself,  who  declined  not  the  combat ;  when  Sir  William 
Stanley,  breaking  in  with  his  troops,  surrounded  Richard,  who,  fighting 
bravely  to  the  last  moment,  was  overwhelmed  by  numbers,  and  fell 
hacked  and  pierced  by  countless  weapons,  leaving  Richmond  master  of 
the  field.  Immediately  there  was  a  rush  around  the  royal  corpse,  all 
being  anxious  to  secure  a  fragment  of  his  brilliant  panoply;  his  surcoat, 
bright  with  the  tints  of  England's  bearings,  was  torn  from  his  person ; 
each  piece  of  armour  was  savagely  hacked  from  his  limbs,  and  there  was 
a  fierce  struggle  for  his  battered  and  crown-encircled  helmet ;  and  then, 
stripped  of  all,  the  naked  body  of  the  last  Plantagenet  King  of  England 
was  contemptuously  cast  aside  amidst  a  heap  of  slain.  His  men  every- 
where sought  for  safety  by  flight.  There  fell  in  this  battle  about  three 
thousand  of  the  vanquished,  and  amongst  them  the  Duke  of  Norfolk,  Lord 
Ferrers,  of  Chartley ;  Lord  Zouch,  Sir  William  Conyers,  Sir  Richard 
Clarendon,  Sir  Richard  Radclifie,  Sir  Robert  Piercy,  Sir  Gervase  Clifton, 


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and  Sir  Robert  Brakenbury.  The  loss  was  about  one  thousand  on  the 
side  of  the  victors.  Sir  William  Catesby,  a  great  instrument  of  Richard's 
crimes,  was  taken,  and  soon  after  beheaded  with  some  others  at  Leicester. 
Richmond  was  no  sooner  assured  of  his  perfect  success  than  he  fell  on 
his  knees  in  grateful  prayer.  He  was  then  conducted  to  an  eminence 
on  the  west  of  Stoke,  by  the  Earl  of  Pembroke,  the  Earl  of  Oxford, 
and  Lord  Stanley,  where  he  publicly  thanked  his  followers  for  the 
immense  service  they  had  just  rendered  him,  praised  their  bravery,  and 
promised  them  due  rewards.  At  this  opportune  moment,  the  crown 
which  had  been  snatched  from  the  fallen  Richard's  helm  by  one  of  the 
many  plunderers  of  his  person,  and  secreted  in  a  thorn  bush,  was  pro- 
duced by  Sir  Reginald  Bray,  who  had  had  the  good  fortune  to  find  it, 
and  was  placed  by  Lord  Stanley,  as  the  Earl  of  Richmond's  father,  and 
as  one  to  whom  he  was  chiefly  indebted  for  his  triumph,  upon  the  brows 
of  him  who  was  thenceforth  to  reign  as  Henry  VII. 

"  While  we  survey  this  awful  field,"  says  Hutton,  "  the  first  in  conse- 
quence in  the  whole  island,  that  of  the  battle  of  Hastings,  in  Sussex, 
alone  excepted,  we  may  consider  it  as  English  classic  ground.  Here 
contemplation  brings  in  review  important  deeds,  and  their  more  important 
effects."  Richard's  departure  from  Leicester  for  the  field  of  battle,  is 
noticed  at  page  125.  No  pillar  has  been  erected  to  commemorate  this 
important  battle,  and  the  well  where  Richard  quenched  his  thirst  in  the 
heat  of  the  battle,  would  have  been  lost  in  oblivion,  had  not  the  late  Dr. 
Parr  erected  over  it  a  stone  monument,  with  the  following  Latin  inscrip- 
tion from  his  own  pen : — 

"Aqua  ex  hoc  puteo  hausta  sitim  sedavit  Ricardus  Tertius  Rex  Akglijb  cum 
Henrico  Comite  de  Richmondia  acerrime  atque  infensissime  tp.mlia-ns  et  vita 
pariter  ac  sceptro  ante  noctem  cariturus  2  kal.  sept.  a.d.  1485." 

The  unfortunate  Duke  of  Norfolk  is  said  to  have  been  warned  on  the 
morning  of  the  fight,  not  to  join  the  King,  by  the  following  couplet, 
affixed  to  his  tent : — 

"  Jack  of  Norfolk,  be  not  too  bold, 
For  Dickon,  thy  master,  is  bought  and  sold." 

The  triumph  of  the  Lancastrians  was  tarnished  by  the  indignities 
which  they  suffered  to  be  heaped  on  the  bodies  of  their  fallen  foe.  In- 
stead of  procuring  Richard  an  honourable  burial,  which  his  rank  and 
valour  demanded,  and  which  the  common  feelings  of  humanity  ought 
to  have  dictated,  his  naked  body  was  tied  with  ropes  across  a  horse,  like 
the  dead  carcase  of  a  beast,  in  which  condition  the  bra  re  but  treacherous 
monarch  was  carried  to  Leicester  and  exposed  to  public  view  upon  a 
table  in  the  Town  Hall  for  two  days,  in  order  that  he  might  be  fully 
identified.  The  Grey  Friars  begged  his  body  and  gave  him  Christian 
interment  in  their  church,  and  Henry  VII.  afterwards  caused  a  stately 
tomb  of  alabaster,  adorned  with  variegated  marbles,  and  surmounted  by 
Richard's  effigy,  to  be  erected;  but  at  the  dissolution  of  the  monasteries 
his  remains  were  irreverently  snatched  from  their  stony  shroud  and  cast 
over  Bow  Bridge  into  the  Soar,  and  the  coffin  in  which  they  had  quietly 
reposed,  is  said  to  have  served  as  a  watering  trough  to  the  White  Horse 
public  house,  for  a  period  of  two  centuries  afterwards. 

On  August  6th,  1802,  there  was  a  gathering  of  more  than  3000  persons 
on  this  famous  battle  field,  when  the  members  of  the  British  Archaeological 
Association,  at  that  time  holding  their  annual  congress  at  Leicester, 
made  an  excursion  hither,  accompanied  by  the  members  of  the  kindred 
societies  of  the  counties  of  Leicester,  Lincoln,  and  Northampton.  On 
thi3  interesting  occasion  a  beautiful  silver-gilt  fac-simile  of  the  imperial 

2  x 


690 


SPARKENHOE    HUNDRED. 


crown  worn  by  Richard  III.  on  the  day  of  his  death,  made  by  Hardman, 
of  Birmingham,  was  presented,  on  behalf  of  the  subscribers,  by  W.  U. 
Heygate,  Esq.,  M.P.,  to  the  Rev.  Canon  Trollope,  M.A.,  who  delivered 
an  interesting  lecture  on  the  ground,  graphically  describing  the  battle 
and  the  events  which  had  led  to  it,  and  pointing  out  those  parts  of  the 
field  where  the  two  rivals  and  their  armies  were  posted. 


MARKET  BOSWORTH  DIRECTORY. 


Post  Office  at  Thos.  Dackley's.  Letters  are  despatched  to  Hinckley,  at 
6£  evening,  and  are  received  at  1\  morning.  Money  Orders  are  granted  and 
paid,  and  here  is  also  a  Post  Office  Savings'1  Bank. 


Dixie  Sir  Alexander  Beaumont 
Churchill,  Bart.,  Bosworth  Hall 

Bailey  Joseph,  beerhouse  keeper 

Beck  William,  builder 

Bradford  Kev.  Frederick  Fowler,  M.A. 
curate  of  Bosworth  and  Carlton 

BramahEdw.  Bird,  solr.(Cowdell&  B.) 
and  registrar  of  County  Court 

Bucknill  John,  Esq.  ||  Gibson  MrJ.W. 

Chitham  Samuel,  tinner  &  brazier 

Clementson  Miss  Mary  Anne 

Evans  Rev.  Thomas  Howell,  curate  of 
Cadeby 

Hadden  Rev.  Charles,  (Independent) 

Hartshorn  Win.  coal  dealer,  Wharf 

Hollier  (Jas.)  &  Drackley  (Thos.)  drug- 
gists, seedsmen,  &c. 

Hollier  James,  auctioneer,  valuer,  and 
union  clerk  and  superintdt.  registrar 

Hollier  Elliott,  high  constable  of  the 
Hundred 

Hubbard  John  Waddington,  surgeon 

Palmer  John  &  Ann,  master  &  matron, 
Union  Workhouse 

Neath  Eliz.  &  Sarah,  milliners,  &c. 

Neath  Jas.  cooper   ||  Thorpe  Mrs  Sar. 

Orton  John,  bricklayer 

Small  Rev.  Nathaniel  Pomfret,  M.A. 
rector  and  surrogate 

Stretton  Joseph,  corn  miller 

Thomas  David  Pestell,  surgeon 

Wood  Robt.  brick  and  tile  manufactr. 
and  coal  merchant 

ACADEMIES. 

Bradbury  Annie 

Free  Schools. — Head  master, (vacant); 
Rev.  Chas.  Wm.  Soden,  MA.  second 
master;  Mr.  John  Westby  Gibson, 
F.S.L.  English  master;  and  Mary 
Messenger,  mistress  of  Girls1  School 

OwstonAun  ||   Smith  Jane 
BANKERS. 

Leicestershire  Banking  Co.  (draw  on 
London  and  Westminster  Bank,) 
Mr  John  Edwards,  agent 


INNS  AND  TAVERNS. 
Black  Horse,  Thomas  Godson 
Dixie  Arms,  William  Trivett 
Old  Red  Lion,  William  Smith 
Wheat  Sheaf,  Catherine  Kimberlin 


BAKERS,  &C. 

Shepherd  Joseph 
Shepherd  Vincent 
Sutcliff  John 
Wain  wright  Wm. 

BLACKSMITHS. 

Gutteridge  Robert 
Skelton  Benjamin 
Wothers  Richard 

BOOT  &  SHOE  MKRS. 

Hextall  Jarvis 
Hextall  Joseph 
Maides  George 
Miller  William 
Prime  George 
Worley  John 

BUTCHERS. 

Grundy  Josiah 
Ragg  Catherine 
Wood  Robert 

DRAPERS. 

Abell  Thomas 
Bradbury  Thomas 
Hardwick  William 
Wallis 

FARMERS. 

(*  are  ovmcrs.) 
♦Clementson  Geo. 
Deacon  William 
*Deacon  Samuel 
*Fox  John 
♦Freeman  John 
Godson  Thomas 
Jackson  William 
Jackson  John 
*Jesson  Abraham 
Kimberlin  Cath. 
Messenger  Richd. 
Smith  William 
♦Thompson  Thos. 


Trivett  William 

Wood  Robert 

Worthington  Rich. 
Naneby ;  house 
Peckleton 
grocers,  &c. 

Hextall  Joseph 

Hollier  &  Drackley 

Khkuian  John 

Neath  Ann 

Sutcliff  John 
joiners,  &c. 

Bailey  Joseph 

Bradley  John 

Gutteridge  Willm. 

NAIL  MAKER. 

Jackson  William 

PLMBRS.  PNTRS.  &C. 

Bailey  Thomas 
Grundy  James 

SADDLERS,  &C. 

Mailes  William 
Messenger  James 

TAILORS. 

Bradbury  Thomas 
Farren  Thomas 
Goadby  Joseph 
Smith  James 
Wilkins  William 

WHEELWRIGHTS. 

Gutteridge  Robert 
Skelton  Benjamin 

OMNIBUS 
To  Leiecester,  Chs. 

Thornton'sWed. 

and  Saturday. 

CARRIERS 

To  Ashby-de-la- 

Zouch,  Thomas 

Ragg,  Saturday. 


MARKET    BOSWORTH    PARISH. 


691 


To  Hinckley,  Ths. 
Ragg  and  John 
Pointon,  Mon. 


To  Ather stone,  Tb. 
Ragg  and  John 
PointoD,  Tues. 


To  Leicester,  Ths.  I  To  Nuneaton  and 
Hextall,  Wed.  &  Bedworth,  John 
Saturday  Pointon,  Sat. 


Barlestone,  a  village,  township,  and  chapelry,  in  the  parish,  and 
2£  miles  N.E.  by  N.  of  Market  Bosworth,  has  544  inhabitants,  and  1028 
acres  of  land,  generally  fertile,  and  rising  boldly  from  a  small  rivulet. 
The  Earl  of  Stamford  and  Warrington  is  lord  of  the  manor,  as  parcel  of 
the  honor  of  Winton,  but  the  soil  belongs  to  Edward  Power,  T>.  Baker, 
S.  Spencer,  T.  Kirkman,  and  S.  Knowles,  Esqrs.,  Mrs.  Baker,  and 
several  smaller  freeholders,  some  of  whom  are  residents.  The  Church 
is  a  neat  early  English  structure,  with  a  tower  and  two  bells,  and  was 
entirely  rebuilt  (except  the  chancel,  which  was  restored  at  the  same  time 
by  the  rector)  in  1855,  at  a  cost  of  ^1367,  raised  by  subscription,  prin- 
cipally through  the  exertions  of  the  Rev.  Hy.  Homer,  M.A.,  the  present 
curate.  It  is  a  curacy,  annexed  to  the  rectory  of  Market  Bosworth,  and 
the  chapelry  pays  a  modus  of  7f  d.  per  acre,  in  lieu  of  tithes.  Here  is  an 
old  General  Baptist  Chapel,  built  in  1798,  and  also  a  Primitive  Methodist 
Chapel,  built  in  1833.  The  poor  have  3s.  6d.  a  year,  left  by  D.  Baker 
and  T.  Butler,  and  £3  a  year  as  the  rent  of  1a.  1r.,  called  the  Bull 
Piece.  A  Free  School  was  built  here  in  1849,  by  the  governors  of  Bos- 
worth School,  from  whose  funds  it  is  still  supported.  It  is  attended  by 
about  90  children,  of  whom  about  30  are  infants.  Here  is  a  wall  letter 
box,  which  is  cleared  at  4.30  p.m.     Letters  via  Leicester. 


Bowler  Thomas,  hardware  dealer 
Cuthbert  Thomas  &  Wm.  carpenters 
Geary  Miss  Elizabeth,  The  Cottage 
Godfrey  Sarah  &  Eliz.  Free  School 
Griffin  Thomas,  wheelwright 
Hackett  Mrs  Martha 
Hackett  William,  tailor  and  draper 
Smith  John,  blacksmith 
Wilkins  Thomas,  relieving  officer  and 
registrar  of  births  and  deaths 
INNS  AND  TAVERNS. 
Crown,  Arthur  Archer 
Jolly  Topers,  John  Clarke 
Old  Red  Lion,  John  Starbuck 
Three  Tuns,  Frederick  Neal 


BUTCHEES. 

Archer  Arthur 
Smith  Thomas 


FAKMEBS  &  GBZRS. 

(*  are  Ovmers.) 
Arnold  William 


Archer  James  (and 

miller) 
*Baker  Dnl.  Hill 
*Brown  James 

*  Gardner  William 
Gimson     Thomas 

and  John 

*  Godfrey  George 
*Khkman    Thos. 

Garland  lane 
♦Power    Edward, 

Manor  House 
*Wall  My.  &  Eliza 

PLUMBEES&  GLZRS. 

Wilkins  John 
Wood  William 

SHOEMAKEBS. 

Clarke  Johu 


Mawby  John 
Newbold  John 
Price  Henry 
Starbuck   Thomas 
(and  parish  elk.) 
Taylor  John 

SHOPKEEPEES. 

Hackett  Richard 
Hackett  Sarah 
Newbold  John 
!  Wood  Charles  (and 
baker) 

CAREIER. 

I  Geo.  Elverston,  to 
Hinckley  Mon- 
day, andLeicester 
Saturday. 


Caklton  is  a  pleasant  village,  township,  and  chapelry,  on  the  east  side 
of  the  Ashby-de-la-Zouch  canal,  in  the  parish,  and  1^  mile  N.N.W.  of 
Market  Bosworth.  It  has  277  inhabitants,  and  about  725  acres  of  land, 
bounded  on  the  south  by  a  rivulet,  and  having  a  stiff  cold  clayey  soil. 
Sir  A.  B.  C.  Dixie,  Bart.,  is  lord  of  the  manor  and  owner  of  most  of  the 
soil,  but  part  of  it  belongs  to  G.  Moore,  Esq.,  Mr.  Thos.  Thompson,  and 
a  few  smaller  owners.  The  Church  is  a  small  brick  building,  with  a 
tower  and  one  bell,  and  the  living  is  a  curacy,  consolidated  with  Market 
Bosworth  rectory,  which  has  here  43a.  of  glebe,  and  a  yearly  tithe-rent 
of  ,£70.  The  Primitive  Methodists  have  a  small  chapel  here,  built  in 
1852.  From  time  immemorial,  10a.  3r.  2p.  of  land  have  been  vested  in 
trust  for  apprenticing  poor  boys,  and  the  relief  of  the  industrious  poor. 

2x2 


692 


CARLTON    TOWNSHIP. 


It  is  let,  with  a  barn  upon  it,  for  £22.  18s.  a  year.  A  Free  School  was 
erected  here  in  1847,  by  the  governors  of  Bosworth  School,  who  still 
support  it,  and  it  is  attended  by  about  40  children.  Post  from  Ather- 
stone,  via  Twycross. 


Bradford  Eev.  F.  F.,  M.A.  curate  ;    h 

Market  Bosworth 
Colington  Samuel,  wheelwright,   and 

beerhouse  keeper 
Farren  Jph.  smith  &  vict.  Maltshovel 
Farren  Thos.thatcher  aud  parish  clerk 
Freeman  Jane,  mistress,  Free  School 
Goddard  William,  tailor 
Grundy  Josiah,  farm  bailiff 
Turner  Joseph,  shopkeeper,  and  basket 

and  sieve  maker 


Ilifife  Joseph,  veterinary  surgeon 
Wood  &  CJementson,  brickmakers,  coal 
merchants,  and  wharfingers 


FARMERS  &   GRZRS. 

Arnold  Ralph ;    h 

Shackerstone 
Bayley  Mary  Ann 
Burton  Ts.  Elisha 
Chessher  William 
Elson  Thomas 
Freeman  Joseph 


Godfrey  Mary  Ann 
Oldacres  James 
Tebbett  John 
Thompson  Thos. 

CARRIER. 

Richard  Clark,  to 
AtherstoneTues. 
and  Ashby  Sat. 


Shenton,  a  picturesque  village,  township,  and  chapelry,  on  the  banks 
of  the  Tweed  rivulet,  and  on  the  west  side  of  the  Ashby- de-la- Z ouch 
canal,  is  in  the  parish,  and  2£  miles  S.W.  of  Market  Bosworth.  It  con- 
tains 206  inhabitants,  and  1515  acres  of  land,  with  a  flat  surface  and  a 
clayey  soil.  Major  Frederick  Wollaston  owns  most  of  the  land,  and  is 
lord  of  the  manor,  and  has  almost  entirely  rebuilt  the  village,  and 
rendered  it  one  of  the  prettiest  in  the  county.  He  resides  at  the  Hall, 
an  ancient  mansion,  built  in  1629,  on  the  site  of  an  older  house  which 
stood  on  the  estate,  when  it  was  purchased  by  the  Wollaston  family,  in 
1625.  It  is  in  the  Elizabethan  style,  of  brick,  with  stone  dressings,  and 
was  restored  in  1862,  and  is  situated  in  a  beautiful  and  well- wooded  park 
of  more  than  100  acres,  nearly  encompassed  by  the  canal  and  the  Tweed 
rivulet.  The  manor  was  anciently  held  by  the  Ferrers  family,  aud  was 
sold,  in  1625,  by  Sir  Richard  Molineaux,  to  Wm.  Wollaston,  Esq.  The 
Church  (St.  John  the  Evangelist)  is  an  elegant  cruciform  structure,  which 
was  entirely  rebuilt  in  1861,  at  a  cost  of  about  .£3000,  nearly  all  of  which 
was  contributed  by  Major  Wollaston  and  his  brother,  the  Rev.  H.  J. 
Wollaston.  It  is  in  the  decorated  style  of  architecture,  of  Sydnop  stone 
of  a  warm  sienna  tint,  with  Bath  stone  dressings,  and  is  quite  an  orna- 
ment to  the  neighbourhood.  It  contains  a  handsome  stone  reredos, 
several  brasses  belonging  to  the  Everard  family,  and  a  number  of  monu- 
ments of  the  Wollaston s.  The  stone  pulpit,  given  by  the  rector,  is  much 
admired.  The  east  and  west  windows  have  been  filled  with  stained 
glass,  at  the  expense  of  the  Rev.  H.  J.  Wollaston,  one  having  a  beauti- 
fully executed  design  representing  the  "  Man  of  Sorrows,"  and  the  other 
being  composed  of  ecclesiastical  emblems.  The  tower  contains  three 
bells.  The  curacy  is  consolidated  with  the  rectory  of  Market  Bosworth. 
The  tithes  were  commuted,  in  1846,  for  £220,  to  Bosworth,  and 
£114.  17s.  lOd.  to  Sibson,  and  here  are  about  29a.  of  glebe.  The  poor 
of  Shenton  have  £5  a  year  from  Monhe's  Charity,  and  two  of  its  poor 
boys  may  be  bound  yearly,  at  the  expense  of  the  same  charity,  which  is 
administered  at  Austrey,  Warwickshire.  A  handsome  School,  with 
teacher's  house,  was  built  here,  in  1858,  by  Major  Wollaston.  There 
are  about  30  scholars,  and  the  governors  of  Bosworth  School  pay  all  the 
expenses.  A  good  bridge  of  three  arches  was  thrown  over  the  river 
in  1851. 

Post  Office  at  Thomas  Smith's.   Letters  arrive  from  Nuneaton,  at 9  morning, 
and  are  despatched  at  4  afternoon. 


SHENTON    TOWNSHIP. 


693 


Wollaston  Major  Frederick,  The  Hall 
Collett  Rev.  Hy.  Pyemont,  B.A.  curate 
Chantrell  Thomas,  brickmaker 
Coley  Robert,  parish  clerk 
Cranstoun  William,  farm  bailiff 
Lobley  Isaac,  shopkeeper 
Sands  Jas.  Wm.  smith,  wheelwrgt.  &c. 


Smith  Thomas,  shoemaker 
Wild  William,  corn  miller 
Yorke  Katherine,  mistress,  Free  School 

FARMERS    AND    GRAZIERS. 


Abell  Samuel 
Bradfield  Richard 
Freeman  Thomas 


Lea  Joseph 
Thorpe     William , 
(aufl  surveyor) 


Sutton-Cheney,  or  Sutton  Gheynel,  is  a  village,  township,  and  cliapelry 
in  the  parish,  and  2  miles  S.  by  E.  of  Market  Bosworth.  It  contains 
353  inhabitants  and  1620  acres  of  land,  traversed  on  the  west  by  the 
Ashby  canal,  and  bounded  on  the  north  and  south  by  two  rivulets.  It 
was  enclosed  in  1794,  when  the  tithes  were  commuted  for  a  yearly  rent 
of  £190  per  annum  to  the  rector.  Wm.  Stuart,  Esq.,  of  Aldenham 
Abbey,  Herts.,  is  lord  of  the  manor,  and  owner  of  a  great  part  of  the  soil, 
and  the  rest  belongs  to  Ravenstone  Hospital  and  a  few  smaller  owners. 
Between  the  village  and  the  canal  is  Redmoor  Plain,  the  site  of  the 
Battle  of  Bosworth  Field,  noticed  at  page  687.  The  Church  is  an  ancient 
building,  originally  of  early  English  architecture,  but  spoilt  by  modern 
repairs.  The  upper  part  of  the  tower  is  of  brick.  The  chancel  contains 
three  sedilia  and  a  piscina,  and  has  several  ancient  monuments,  one  of 
which,  dated  1633,  has  a  recumbent  effigy  of  Sir  Wm.  Roberts,  Knt., 
with  his  two  wives  kneeling  at  his  feet;  and  another  has  a  small  kneeling 
figure  of  Geoffrey  May,  dated  1635.  Here  are  also  tablets  to  the  memory 
of  Richard  Smith,  Esq.,  and  Thomas  Simpson,  F.R.S. ;  the  latter  of  whom 
was  born  at  Market  Bosworth  (see  page  684),  but  was  interred  here.  A 
handsome  Parsonage  House  was  built  here  in  1861,  at  a  cost  of  £1000, 
raised  by  subscription,  towards  which  Wm.  Stuarfc,  Esq.,  liberally  con- 
tributed. The  curacy  is  annexed  to  the  rectory  of  Market  Bosworth, 
and  the  Rev.  Eli  Morris,  B.A.,  is  the  curate.  The  Wesleyans  have  a 
small  chapel  here,  built  in  1820.  The  Almshouse,  adjoining  the  church- 
yard, was  founded  in  1612  by  Sir  Wm.  Roberts,  for  six  poor  aged  men. 
with  an  endowment  of  £24  per  annum,  out  of  land  at  Barwell,  called 
Dunstalls.  From  this  rent-charge,  each  almsman  receives  20s.  per 
quarter.  The  building  was  repaired  and  re-roofed  in  1855,  at  the  cost 
of  Earl  Howe,  and  the  original  garden  ground  has  been  doubled  in  extent 
by  the  liberality  of  the  lord  of  the  manor.  The  building  contains  two 
small  rooms  for  each  inmate ;  and  attached  to  it  are  six  gardens,  com- 
prising an  acre.  Earl  Howe  and  others  are  the  trustees.  Here  is  a  Free 
School,  attended  by  about  50  children,  and  supported  by  the  governors 
of  Market  Bosworth  School.  Here  is  a  wall  letter-box,  which  is  cleared 
at  5  p.m.     Post  from  Hinckley,  at  8  a.m. 


Abell  George,  butcher  and  beerseller 
Buswell  Wm.  tailor  and  vict.  Hercules 
Evatt  Thos.  carpenter,  &  Eliz.  shopkpr. 
Faux  Wm.  butcher  and  shopkeeper 
Lee  Thos.  wharfinger  and  parish  clerk 
Moms  Rev.  Eli,  B.A.  curate,  Parsonage 
Morris  Stephen,  shoemaker 
Panting  Jane,  mistress,  Free  School 
Sands  James,  carpenter 
Swain  Sarah,  vict.  Gate 
Tansey    (Geo.)    and   Willett   (Joseph) 
wheelwrights  and  carpenters 


FARMERS  &  GEZR<3. 

Abell  Thomas 
Bradfield  Thomas, 

Anibian  Hill 
Brickwell  Arthur, 

Manor  House 
Cooper  George 
Evatt  James 
Miller  Joseph,  (and 

blacksmith 
Morris    Rd.    (and 
survr.)  Lawn  Hs. 


Musson  William 
Summers  My.  (and 
brickmaker) 

CARRIERS. 

Geo.   Parsons     to 

Leicester,  Sat.  ; 
Hinckley,  Mon.; 
and  Atherstone, 
Tuesday 
Charles  Ragg  to 
Nuneaton,  Sat. 


694 


SPARKENHOE    HUNDRED. 


MARKFIELD,  a  large  irregularly-built  village  of  rough  stone  houses, 
is  picturesquely  seated  among  the  lofty  rocky  hills  on  the  south  side  of 
Charnwood  Forest,  7  miles  N.W.  of  Leicester.  Its  parish,  anciently 
called  Merc-en-fichl,  comprises  1391  inhabitants,  and  2436  acres  of  land, 
interspersed  with  rocks,  and  mostly  having  a  light  soil.  Markfield  Hill 
is  a  continuation  of  the  lofty  Bardon  Hills,  and  on  its  summit  is  a  wind- 
mill, commanding  extensive  views  of  the  surrounding  country,  and  the 
most  romantic  parts  of  Charnwood  Forest  on  the  north.  The  Earl  of 
Stamford  and  Warrington  is  lord  of  the  manor,  but  a  great  part  of  the 
Boil  belongs  to  Thomas  Pares,  Esq.,  Charles  Tayleur,  Esq.,  Mr.  Jas. 
Shaw,  Messrs.  J.  and  A.  Geary,  and  a  few  smaller  owners.  Granite 
quarries  have  been  opened  in  this  parish  by  Messrs.  Ellis  and  Everard, 
who  employ  here  about  90  hands,  for  whose  accommodation  several  new 
houses  have  been  built.  The  stone  is  of  a  very  durable  description 
(see  page  678).  The  Church  (St.  Michael)  has  a  tower,  spire,  and  three 
bells,  and  its  north  aisle  was  rebuilt  in  1831,  when  a  new  porch  was 
also  added.  The  living  is  a  rectory,  valued  in  K.B.  at  £0.  Is.  8<L,  and 
now  at  £470.  The  glebe  is  180a.,  awarded  at  the  enclosure  in  lieu  of 
part  of  the  tithes,  and  the  rest  have  been  commuted  for  £163  per  annum. 
The  Marquis  of  Hastings  is  patron,  and  the  Rev.  Alfred  Stokes  Butler 
is  the  incumbent,  and  has  a  large  and  commodious  residence  with  four 
acres  of  land  attached,  purchased  in  1847.  The  National  School  is  a 
handsome  brick  building,  erected  in  1861,  at  a  cost  of  £510,  raised  by 
subscription  and  a  Government  grant  of  £158.  It  is  supported  by 
contributions  and  the  children's  pence.  The  Wesleyan  and  Primitive 
Methodists  have  chapels  here,  built  respectively  in  1811  and  1842 ;  and 
here  is  also  an  Independent  Chapel,  built  at  a  cost  of  £200,  in  1852.  The 
poor  have  £10  a-year  as  the  rent  of  4a.  2k.  3p.  of  land,  purchased  with 
£100  left  by  Jane  Avery  in  1723.  The  same  donor  also  left  £20  to  the 
poor,  but  this  sum,  as  well  as  £5  left  by  John  Spencer  in  1686,  was  lost 
in  1837,  but  the  interest  was  paid  out  of  the  church-rates  for  about  15 
years  afterwards.  The  poor  have  also  the  interest  of  £30  left  by  Mary 
Woodruff,  in  1825.  In  1853,  Thomas  Jarvis  left  £20,  the  interest  to  be 
given  in  buns  to  the  church  school  children  on  Christmas  day. 


Post  Office  at  Thos.  Widdowson's.      Letters 
morning,  and  are  despatched  at  four  afternoon. 


arrive  from  Leicester  at  nine 


Allen  George,  saddler,  &c. 
Butler  Rev.  Alfred  Stokes,  rector 
Clapkam  William,  parish  clerk 
Dalley  Mrs  Sarah  ||  Ferry  Mr  George 
Ellis  and  Everard,  quarry  owners 
Morris  Andrew,  corn  miller 
Thorpe  Thomas,  manager  of  Markfield 

and  Bardon  granite  quarries 
Woods  Rev.  John,  (Independent) 
Wright  John,  surgeon 
Wyatt  George,  schoolmaster 

INNS  AND  TAVERNS. 
Bull's  Head,  Jsseph  Brookes 
Coach  and  Horses,  Richard  Hints 
Copt  Oak  Inn,  Elizabeth  Nutting 
Flying  Horse,  William  Phipps 
George  Inn,  William  Allen 
Red  Lion,  George  Callis 
Waggon  and  Horses,  Joseph  Kirk 

bakers.  I  Abell  Samuel, (and 

Jaques  Joseph  asst.  overseer) 


Murfin  John 
Weston  John 

BEERHOUSES. 

Ball  John 
Bott  John 
Gamble  William 
Russell  William 

BLACKSMITHS. 

Dobson  William 
Read  William 
Wetton  John 

BUTCHERS. 

Chamberlain   Jph. 
Spencer  John 

FARMERS  &  GRZRS. 

Abell  Joseph 
Astill  John  Edw. 

Groby  Parks 
Brookes  James 
Burchnall  Samuel, 

Groby  Parks 


I  Chamberlain  Jph. 

Geary     Abraham, 

Markfield  Ldg. 

Haywood    John, 

The~fxrangc 

I  Hinks  Richard 

j  Hinman  Elizabeth 

i  Key  Thomas 
Kirk  Joseph 
Marston  William 
Morris  Andrew 
Robinson  Thomas 
Spencer  John 
Spriggs  Samuel 
Thorpe  Thomas 
WoWW.  Copt  Oak 
Wood  Thomas 

PLUMBERS   AND 
GLAZIERS. 

Widdowson  Thos. 
Widdowson  Wm. 


MARKFIELD    PARISH. 


695 


SHOEMAKERS. 

Bott  Thomas  and 

Charles 
Johnson  Henry 
Mansfield  John 
Morris  Eichard 
Neal  Reuben 
Reid  Joseph 


SHOPKEEPERS. 

Hurst  Ann 
Jaques  Joseph 
Phipps  William 
Scott  Thomas 
Smith  Elizabeth 
Weston  John 
Widdowson  Thos. 


TAILORS. 

Bailey  John 
Weston  Thomas 
Willett  William 

WHEELWRIGHTS. 

Massey  George 
Reid  John 
Walker  Francis 


CARRIERS. 

To  Leicester  Wed. 

and  Sat. 
Chaplin  Edward 
Corah  John 
Ward  John 
Gamble  Wm.  (on 

Saturdays  only.) 


MEREVALE  is  a  small  scattered  village,  in  Warwickshire,  about  a 
mile  W.  of  Atherstone,  but  its  parish  comprises  200  inhabitants,  and 
about  2655  acres,  of  which  100  inhabitants  and  1056  acres  are  in 
Sparkenhoe,  Leicestershire,  on  the  north  side  of  the  river  Anker,  from  2 
to  6  miles  N.  of  Atherstone.  The  Leicestershire  portion  of  the  parish 
comprises  the  small  manors  of  Lea  Grange,  of  which  Sir  A.  B.  C. 
Dixie,  Bart.,  is  lord  and  owner ;  Moor  Barn,  belonging  to  the  Rev. 
S.  D.  Perkins;  Benn  Hills,  belonging  to  the  Rev.  Wm.  Inge;  Pinnals, 
or  Pin  wall,  belonging  to  Sir  George  Chetwynd  and  Mr.  Andrews;  and 
Newhouse  Grange,  belonging  to  Geo.  Moore,  Esq.  In  the  Warwickshire 
part  of  the  parish  are — the  village,  the  Church,  the  Hall,  and  the  ruins 
of  Merevale  Abbey,  which  was  founded  for  Cistercian  monks,  in  1148, 
by  Robert,  Earl  Ferrers,  and  endowed  with  lands,  &c,  in  both  counties, 
valued  at  the  dissolution  at  i!303.  10s.  per  annum.  The  Hall  is  a 
splendid  stone  mansion,  of  mixed  Gothic  and  Elizabethan  architecture, 
with  a  lofty  tower  at  one  corner,  commanding  a  magnificent  prospect. 
It  stands  on  an  eminence,  in  an  extensive  park,  which  is  well- stocked 
with  deer  and  contains  a  number  of  noble  oaks.  It  is  the  beautiful  seat 
of  Wm.  Stratford  Dugdale,  Esq.,  late  M.P.  for  North  Warwickshire,  who 
is  lord  of  the  manor  of  Merevale,  and  patron  of  the  living,  which  is  a 
donative,  valued  at  ^£64  per  annum,  and  now  held  by  the  Rev.  Benj. 
Buckler  Gifford  Astley,  M.A.,  who  has  a  good  residence,  built  by  the 
patron  in  1848.  The  Church  (St.  Mary)  is  part  of  the  old  Abbey  church. 
The  east  window  is  a  splendid  specimen  of  the  perpendicular  style,  and 
is  enriched  with  stained  glass  of  great  antiquity.  The  windows  on  the 
north  side  are  also  perpendicular,  but  those  on  the  south  are  decorated. 
At  the  west  end  of  the  church  is  a  tomb,  with  recumbent  effigies  of  a 
knight  and  lady,  supposed  to  represent  some  of  the  Ferrers  family.  The 
same  figures  are  also  represented  on  brasses  in  the  floor ;  and  here  is 
also  a  very  ancient  effigy  in  stone,  of  a  crusader  in  chain  armour,  with 
shield  and  sword,  which  was  found  in  the  ruins  some  time  ago.  Near 
Newhouse  Grange  is  a  remarkable  barn,  50  yards  long,  and  of  great  width. 
Its  roof  is  supported  by  massive  oak  pillars,  and  it  is  supposed  to  have 
been  the  storehouse  for  the  Leicestershire  portion  of  the  produce  belong- 
ing to  Merevale  Abbey.  There  is  a  colliery  in  the  parish,  near  Atherstone. 
In  the  following  Directory,  those  marked  *  are  in  Warwickshire. 


•Astley  Rev.  Bnjamin  B.  Gifford,  M.A. 

incumbent,  Parsonage 
♦Dugdale     William     Stratford,  Esq. 

Merevale  Hall .      . 
♦Boam  Sarah,  housekeeper  at  the  Hall 
♦Haddon  Thomas  aud  William,  joiners 

and  builders 
♦Hobley  William,  parish  clerk 
♦Loud  John  William,  bailiff 
♦Pogmore  John,  colliery  agent 
♦Price  Joseph,  butler  at  the  Hall 


FARMERS  AND  GRAZIERS. 

Baker  William,  Moorbarn 
Bather  George,  Benn  Hills 
Bladon  Thomas,  Orton  House 
Drackley  Nathaniel,  Pinwall  Grange 
Faux  Edward,  Newhouse  Grange 
Haslam  William  ]|  ♦Morse  John 
Hopley  John,  Highjield 
Jackson  Thomas,  Lea  Grange 
♦Minion  William,  Abbey  Farm 
Moore  Samuel,  Frog  Hall 


696  SPARKENHOE    HUNDRED. 

MYTHE,  (THE)  on  the  north  side  of  the  river  Anker,  1J  mile  N.E. 
of  Atherstone,  is  an  extra-parochial  liberty,  supporting  its  poor  as  a 
township  in  Sheepy  Magna  parish,  and  containing  19  inhabitants,  and 
about  170  acres,  belonging  to  Miss  Ann  Piatt,  of  Clifton,  near  Bristol, 
and  mostly  in  one  farm  occupied  by  Mr.  John  Henry  Farmer.  Mr.  John 
Smith  resides  at  Anker  Hill. 


NAILSTONE,  a  pleasant  village  on  the  Hinckley  and  Asliby  road, 
3  mile  N.  by  E.  of  Market  Bosworth,  and  9  miles  N.  of  Hinckley,  has  in 
its  township  302  inhabitants,  and  1880  acres  of  land ;  but  its  parish 
includes  also  the  township  of  Normanton-le-Heath,  and  the  greater  part 
of  the  township  of  Barton-in-the-Beans.  Earl  Howe  is  lord  of  the  manor 
of  Nailstone,  which  has  been  called  Nelveston,  Naylesford,  dc,  and  has 
been  held  by  Hugh  de  Grentemaisnell,  Robert  de  Buci,  and  the  Hast- 
ings, Grey,  Cox,  and  Astley  families.  Cosmo  Neville,  Esq.,  owns  part  of 
the  township,  in  which  is  Nailstone  Wiggs,  where  an  extensive  and  impor- 
tant colliery  is  now  in  course  of  sinking  by  Messrs.  Benj.  and  Jph. 
Thornton,  under  the  direction  of  Mr.  Wm.  Wilks.  It  is  proposed  to  sink 
upwards  of  300  yards  deep  to  the  Leicestershire  main  coal,  and  the  same 
gentlemen  intend  shortly  to  erect  blast  furnaces  near  the  works.  The  soil 
is  a  mixture  of  clay  and  gravel,  and  the  surface  diversified.  The  Church 
(All  Saints)  is  an  ancient  structure,  with  a  massive  tower  and  spire  rising 
to  the  height  of  39  yards.  It  has  a  good  organ,  presented  by  Earl  Howe, 
in  1844;  and  was  thoroughly  restored  and  repewed  in  1853,  at  a  cost  of 
£1650,  towards  which  Earl  Howe  contributed  £1250.  At  the  same  time, 
a  handsome  stained  glass  window  was  inserted  in  the  south  aisle,  by 
Mr.  Samuel  Knowles,  at  a  cost  of  .£'40.  The  rectory,  valued  in  K.B.  at 
.£24.  9s.  9£d.,  and  now  at  £560,  has  58a.  of  glebe,  and  a  yearly  rent- 
charge  of  £459,  awarded  in  1842,  in  commutation  of  tithes.  The  patron- 
age is  in  the  crown,  and  the  Rev.  Richard  Watts,  B.A.,  is  the  incumbent, 
and  has  a  good  residence.  The  National  School  was  built  in  1828,  by 
Earl  Howe,  who  supports  it  and  clothes  part  of  the  children.  It  was 
enlarged  in  1858  by  the  addition  of  an  Infant  School,  and  is  attended  by 
about  25  boys,  15  girls,  and  30  infants. 

Post  Office  at  John  Pike's.     Letters  arrive  from  Hinckley  at  9  morning,  and 
are  despatched  at  5  evening. 


Brown  Thomas,  tailor  and  shopkeeper 
Gardner  John,  wheelwright,  carpenter, 

and  vict.  BulVs  Head 
Ison  John,  wheelwright  &  parish  clerk 
Jarvis  Thurlby,  shoemaker 
Jayes  Mr  William 
Jordan  George,  vict.  Queen's  Head 
Kerr  William,  draper 
Moore  Thomas,  butcher 
Patterson  Mary,mistress,  NationalSchl. 
Pike  John,  shopkeeper 


Rowbotham  William,  blacksmith 
Simmons  M.3Lvia,,mistress,  Infant  School 
Wardle  George,  shoemaker 
Watts  Rev.  Richard,  B.A.  Rectory 


FARMERS  &   GRZRS. 

Barrs  Joseph 
Gardner  Thomas, 

New  Lodge 
Godfrey  John 
Haywood  Dorothy 
Knowles  Edward 


Knowles  S.(owner) 
Spriggs  John ;  hs 
Stainby 

CARRIER. 

John  Pike  to  Ather- 
stone Tues.  and 
Leicester  Sat. 


Barton-in-the-Beans  is  a  village  and  township,  2  miles  N.  by  W.  of 
Market  Bosworth,  and  is  partly  in  that  and  Shackerstone  parish,  but 
mostly  in  Nailstone  parish.  It  contains  158  inhabitants,  and  650  acres 
of  land.  Earl  Howe  is  lord  of  the  manor,  which  has  been  held  by  various 
families,  the  last  of  whom  were  the  Corbetts  and  Stains,  whose  arms  are 
in  the  old  Manor  House.  The  township  is  skirted  on  the  west  by  the 
Ashby  Canal,  and  Mr.  Thomas  Smith  has  an  estate  in  it.     The  inhabi- 


BARTON-IN-THE-BEANS. 


697 


tants  use  Nailstone  church,  but  the  tithes  belong  to  the  incumbent  of 
Normanton-le- Heath,  and  have  been  commuted  for  ^£'130  per  annum. 
Here  is  a  General  Baptist  Chapel,  built  in  1745,  and  rebuilt  in  1841,  on 
a  larger  scale,  so  that  it  will  now  seat  500  hearers.  Attached  to  it  is  a 
school,  on  the  British  system,  attended  by  about  80  children  of  either 
sex ;  and,  in  1854,  the  burial  ground  was  enlarged,  and  a  house  for  the 
minister  was  built,  at  a  cost  of  MOO.     Post  from  Atherstone. 


Bott  Rev.  Edward  (Baptist) 
Crockett  Miss  Eliz.  ||  Smith  Mrs  Mary 
Deacon  Thos.  sen.  &  jun.  watchmakers 
Farmer  Keuben,  carpenter 
Farmer  Thomas,  farrier 
Fouracre  John,  tailor 
Horton  Mary,  schoolmistress 
Norman  Thomas,  shoemaker 
Norton  George,  schoolmaster 
Stretton  Richard,  relvg.  offr.  &  registrar 


Thompson  Thomas,  shopkeeper 
FARMERS  AND  GRAZIERS. 


Baldock  Ralph 
Deacon  John  and 

Samuel 
Deacon  Thos.  sen. 

Carriers. — Who 


Smith  Thomas 
Stain  Ths.  Wright, 

Manor  House 
Thompson  William 
Houghton  to  Lei- 


cester Wed.  and  Sat. ;  and  John  Pike 
passes  through  from  Nailstone  to  Ather- 
stone on  Tuesday 


NORMANTON-LE-HEATH  is  a  scattered  village  and  township  in 
Nailstone  parish,  3  miles  S.E.  by  S.  of  Ashby-de-la-Zouch,  encompassed 
on  three  sides  by  West  Goscote  Hundred.  It  was  a  chapelry  in  Nail- 
stone parish  till  1852,  when  it  was  formed  into  a  separate  parish  for 
ecclesiastical  purposes.  It  contains  178  inhabitants,  and  1320a.  3r.  19p. 
of  land,  most  of  which  was  part  of  a  large  open  heath  till  the  enclosure, 
in  1629.  Lord  Belper  owns  all  the  soil,  ancl  is  lord  of  the  manor,  which 
was  sold  by  Val.  Green,  Esq.,  in  1826,  to  the  late  William  Strutt,  Esq., 
father  of  its  present  noble  owner.  The  Church  stands  on  an  eminence, 
and  is  an  ancient  fabric,  with  a  spire  and  two  bells.  It  is  of  early  deco- 
rated character,  consisting  of  a  nave  and  north  aisle.  The  chancel  is 
separated  from  the  chancel  aisle  by  an  ancient  oak  screen,  ancl  contains  a 
piscina  and  an  aumbry.  The  building  was  thoroughly  restored  in  1854, 
at  a  cost  of  .£1200,  raised  by  subscription,  and  the  spire  was  repaired  in 
1861,  at  a  cost  of  <£30.  The  living  is  a  rectory,  valued  at  A'270,  and  is  in 
the  patronage  of  the  Crown  and  incumbency  of  the  Rev.  John  Henry 
Bakewell  Green,  M.A.,  who  has  a  good  residence,  built  in  1853,  and 
56a.  3r.  37p.  of  glebe  here,  27  acres  at  Congerstone,  and  5  acres  at 
Nailstone.  The  National  School  was  built,  in  1846,  by  Lord  Belper, 
who  still  supports  it.  It  is  attended  by  about  30  children.  There  is  also 
a  small  Wesleyan  Chapel,  built  in  1822,  and  rebuilt  in  1860.  The  poor 
have  the  interest  of  .£27,  left  by  several  donors.     Post  from  Ashby. 


Green   Rev.   John    Henry    Bakewell, 

M.A.  rector,  Rectory 
Swann  John,  blacksmith 
Thirlby  John,  wheel wgt.  &  shopkeeper 


FARMERS  &  GRZRS. 

Green       William, 

Manor  House 
Oakey  Thomas 


Oakey  William 
Pougher  William 
Singlehnrst  Saml. 
Thirlby  Thomas 


NARBOROUGH,  a  large  village,  on  the  west  side  of  the  river  Soar, 
6  miles  S.W.  by  S.  of  Leicester,  has  in  its  township  1527a.  of  land,  and 
716  inhabitants,  but  its  parish  includes  also  the  township  of  Hnncote 
(904  acres  and  440  souls),  and  a  small  portion  of  the  land,  and  100  of  the 
inhabitants  of  Littlethorpe  hamlet,  which  is  mostly  in  Cosby  parish,  on 
the  opposite  side  of  the  Soar,  as  noticed  at  a  subsequent  page.  The 
total  contents  of  the  parish  are  about  2450  acres,  and  1256  souls.  Roger 
Miles  and  Cleaver  Woodcock,  Esqrs.,  are  lords  of  the  manor  and  owners 
of  a  great  part  of  the  soil  (during  the  life  of  Thomas  Pares,  Esq.,  whose 
interest  they  have  purchased),  but  William  Everard,  John  Knight,  and 


698 


NARBOROUGH    PARISH. 


George  Wills,  Esqrs.,  and  Mrs.  Young,  have  estates  here.  The  parish 
was  enclosed  in  1752,  and  was  formerly  held  by  the  Warren,  Beauchamp, 
Boteler,  Ferrers,  Howard,  and  Hastings  families.  In  1318,  William 
Boteler  had  a  grant  for  a  market  and  fair  here,  but  they  have  long  been 
obsolete.  On  the  completion  of  the  South  Leicestershire  Railway  a 
station  will  be  opened  here.  The  Church  (All  Saints)  is  a  large  and 
handsome  structure,  with  a  massive  tower  contaiuing  five  bells  and  a 
clock.  It  has  a  good  organ,  and  a  gallery,  erected  in  1844.  In  the 
chancel  are  several  neat  mural  tablets  belonging  to  the  Crouch,  Pares, 
Young,  and  other  families  ;  and  on  the  south  side  is  a  fine  Norman  door. 
In  the  south  aisle  are  two  sedilia  and  a  double  piscina.  A  handsome 
porch  was  erected  in  I860,  at  a  cost  of  .£70  ;  in  1861,  two  beautiful 
stained  glass  windows  were  placed  in  the  north  aisle  by  the  late  Gilbert 
Bridges,  Esq. ;  and  in  1802,  two  other  stained  windows  were  inserted  in 
the  south  aisle,  at  a  cost  of  ,£120,  contributed  by  George  Wills,  Esq.,  and 
his  pupils.  The  rectory,  valued  in  KB.  at  .£26.  14s.  4^d.,  and  now  at 
.£490,  is  in  the  patronage  of  T.  Pares,  Esq.,  and  incumbency  of  the  Rev. 
E.  B.  Shaw,  M.A.,  who  has  a  good  residence,  40a.  of  glebe,  and  a  yearly 
rent-charge  of  £360,  awarded  in  1846  in  lieu  of  tithes.  The  Hall  is  an 
old  Elizabethan  mansion,  covered  with  ivy,  and  supposed  to  have  been 
built  in  the  reign  of  Edward  VI.  Here  is  a  large  Independent  Chapel, 
built  in  1763,  by  a  congregation  descended  from  those  who  seceded  with 
the  Rev.  Matthew  Clarke,  who  was  rector  here  in  1660,  and  was  ejected 
in  1662.  Schools  are  attached  to  the  chapel,  and  in  the  village  is  a  large 
and  highly  respectable  Boarding  School,  conducted  by  Messrs.  Wills  and 
Howard ;  and  also  a  Sunday  and  Day  School,  built  chiefly  at  the  expense 
of  the  late  rector,  the  Rev.  Isaac  Crouch,  who  died  in  1835,  and  endowed 
it  with  the  dividends  of  £'233.  6s.  8d.  three-per  cent,  consols.  The 
church  has  10s.  yearly  from  the  Reel-hill  field,  as  charged  at  the  enclo- 
sure, in  lieu  of  two  small  plots  called  the  Church  and  Bridge  Pieces. 
In  1840,  Stephen  Buckingham  left  a  sum  of  money  which  purchased 
£166.  13s.  4d.  three-per-cent.  consolidated  bank  annuities,  the  dividends 
of  which  are  annually  given  to  the  poor  attending  the  church.  In  1861, 
Mrs.  Bingley  left  to  trustees  a  sum  sufficient  to  be  invested  in  the  funds 
so  as  to  produce  .£35  per  annum,  which  she  directed  to  be  given  as  fol- 
lows:— £30  to  be  distributed  amongst  the  poor,  £3  towards  the  support 
of  the  school,  and  £'2  for  the  church  organ.  There  is  a  Lodge  of  Odd- 
fellows, and  also  a  Benevolent  Friendly  Society,  at  the  Narborough  Inu. 

Post  Office  at  Henry  Brown's.  Letters  arrive  from  Leicester  at  9  morning, 
and  are  despatched  at  5  afternoon.  Money  Orders  are  granted  and  paid,  and 
here  is  a  Post  Office  Savings'  Bank. 


Atkins  Benj.  agricl.  implement  maker 
Atkins  Wm.  coach  builder  &  wheelgt. 
Barnett  Robert,  baker,  &e. 
Beckwith  Charles,  gardener 
Beresford    (James   William)    &  Orton 

(William),  surgeons 
Billson  Mrs  Jane  and  Mrs  Sarah 
Brice  Christopher  William,  saddler,  &c. 
Brown  Henry,  grocer  and  draper 
Bryan  William,  joiner 
Coates  Frederick,  butcher 
Dent  John,  beerhouse 
Geary  Joseph,  blacksmith 
Geary  Mary  Ann,  milliner 
Hardy  Fanny,  shopkeeper 
Heighton  George,  parish  clerk 


Hill  William  Rowland,  gentleman 

Hind  Thomas,  Esq. 

Hind  Wm.  Esq.  Narborough  Cottage 

Knight  Benjamin,  joiner 

Lord  Edward,  bricklayer  and  slater 

Moore  Lemuel,  tailor  and  draper 

Oram  William,  butcher  and  registrar 

Orton  Wm.  Esq.  Narborough  Hall 

Payne  Elizabeth,  grocer  and  draper 

Rabjohns  Rev.  James  Nelson  (Indpt.) 

Sanders  Eli,  wheelwright 

Sansom  Sarah,  vict.  Narborough  Inn 

Shaw  Rev.  Edward  Butterwortb,  M.A. 

rector  and  rural  dean,  Rectory 
Simpkin  Mr  Joseph  ||  Waite  Eleanor 
Stanley  Mr  William,  Milk  Home 


SPARKENHOE    HUNDRED. 


699 


Wilson  Thomas,  shopkeeper 

Wills  Mr  George,  Copt  Oak  Cottage 

Wills   (George)   and  Howard  (James), 

boarding  school,  Auburn  House 
Woodcock  Thomas,  veterinary  surgeon 
Young  Mrs  Mary  Grosvenor 

FARMERS  AND  GRAZIERS. 
(Marked  *  are  Oicners.) 
Bryan  Thomas  |j  Bryan  John 


♦Cooper  Abraham,  Cook's  Lodge 
Dexter  Thomas,  Hardivick  Lodge 
*Everard  William,  Narborough  Wood 
Exton  William  ||  *  Knight  John 
Pratt  Joseph,  Elms  |]  Sansom  Sarah 
Swain  Thomas,  Copt  Oak 
Caeeiers. — James    Southam,  to  Lei- 
cester daily;  and  John  Wilson  &  John 
Reynolds,  to  Leicester  Wed.  &  Sat, 


Huncote,  though  commonly  called  a  hamlet,  is  a  village  and  township, 
in  Narborough  parish,  7  miles  S.  W.  of  Leicester,  mostly  on  a  picturesque 
acclivity  rising  from  a  rivulet,  which  falls  into  the  Soar  a  little  below, 
and  has  a  steam  and  water  corn  mill.  It  has  440  inhabitants,  and  about 
904  acres  of  land,  mostly  a  rich  loam,  with  some  gravel.  The  Earl  of 
Stamford  and  Warrington  is  lord  of  the  manor,  but  a  great  part  of  the 
soil  belongs  to  Win.  Everard,  Esq.,  Samuel  S.  Harris,  Esq.,  Mr.  J.  Smith, 
and  a  few  smaller  owners.  It  is  parcel  of  the  honor  of  Winton,  and  has 
been  held  by  the  Mellent,  Quincy,  Burdett,  and  Stafford  families.  Here  is 
a  small  Independent  Chapel,  and  here  was  anciently  a  chapel  of  ease.  The 
Sunday  School  is  a  neat  brick  building,  erected  in  1852,  and  in  it  church 
service  was  performed  every  Sunday  for  about  two  years,  but  it  is  now 
discontinued.  A  valuabe  granite  quarry  near  the  village  is  worked  by 
Mr.  John  Hobill,  and  the  stone  is  chiefly  used  for  paving  and  repairing 
roads.  The  township  contributes  one-third  to  the  rates  of  Narborough 
church,  and  its  poor  have  5s.  a  year,  left  by  Thomas  Vessey,  in  1714. 
Post  from  Leicester. 


Chandler  Elisha,  shopkeeper 
Harrison  John,  boot  and  shoemaker 
Harvey  William,  maltster  and  brewer 
Hobill  John,  corn  miller 
Hopkinson  Mr  John   ||  Hunt  Miss  Sar. 
Lucas  Richard,  shopkeeper 
Riley  William,  boot  and  shoe  maker 
Tailby  Joseph,  grocer  and  shoemaker 
Taylor  James,  timber  dealer  and  vict. 
Bed  Lion 


Taylor  Henry,  carpenter  and  shopkpr. 
Tavlor  James,  jun.  butcher 
Wilson  John,  joiner 


FARMEES   &  GEZES. 

Frost  John 
Hobill  John   (and 

corn  miller) 
Smith  John 
Smith  Samuel  (and 

butcher) 


Swain  John,  Him - 
cote  Hall 

CAEEIEES. 

Wm.  Chandler  and 
ThomasJKnight, 
toLeicesterWed. 
and  Sat. 


NEWBOLD  VEKDON,  a  pleasant  village,  on  a  bold  eminence, 
3  miles  E.  of  Market  Bosworth,  and  10  miles  W.  by  S.  of  Leicester,  has 
in  its  parish  about  1750  acres  of  land,  and  708  inhabitants,  of  whom  37  are 
in  the  small  hamlet  of  Brascote  (about  230a.),  which  is  about  a  mile 
south  of  the  village,  and  is  mostly  in  one  farm,  belonging  to  and  occupied 
by  Mr.  Thomas  Moore.  The  soil  is  mixed,  but  clay  predominates,  and 
there  is  some  land  of  a  lighter  description.  There  are  some  beds  of  coal 
under  the  parish.  Sir  Wm.  E.  C.  Hartopp,  Bart.,  is  lord  of  the  manor 
of  Newbold  ;  but  part  of  the  soil  belongs  to  Mrs.  Brown,  Messrs.William 
Wildman,  and  Thos.  Moore,  and  a  few  smaller  owners.  Llugh  de  Gren- 
temaisnell  held  the  manor  at  the  Conquest,  and  it  afterwards  passed  to 
the  Verdon,  Crophull,  Devereux,  Crewe,  and  other  families.  The  ancient 
Hall  or  Manor  House,  now  occupied  by  a  farmer,  was  formerly  the  resi- 
dence of  Lord  Crewe,  Bishop  of  Durham,  who  left  much  property  to 
charitable  uses,  and  gave  this  manor  to  this  nephew,  Jas.  Montagu,  Esq. 
The  Hall  was  for  some  time  the  residence  of  the  celebrated  Lady  Mary 
Worthy  Montagu,  and  was  then  much  larger  than  it  is  now.     It  is  still 


700 


NEWBOLD    VERDON    PARISH. 


parity  encompassed  by  a  moat,  and  bears  some  traces  of  its  former 
grandeur.  The  Church  (St.  James)  is  a  neat  building,  with  a  tower 
containing  a  clock  and  two  bells,  and  was  repaired  in  1832,  at  a  cost  of 
£700.  The  rectory,  valued  in  KB.  at  M.  8s.  ll^-d.,  and  now  at  .£500, 
has  316a.  of  glebe,  awarded  in  lieu  of  tithes,  at  the  enclosure  in  1810. 
The  patronage  is  in  Trinity  College,  Oxford,  and  the  llcv.  W.  W. 
Greenway,  LL.B.,  is  the  incumbent,  and  has  a  good  residence,  built  in 
1820,  at  a  cost  of  £1500.  Here  is  a  Baptist  Chapel,  built  in  1838,  at  a 
cost  of  £300,  and  also  a  Primitive  Methodist  Chapel,  built  in  1859, 
at  a  cost  of  £100.  The  Free  School  was  purchased  with  £30,  left  by 
Lord  Crewe,  Bishop  of  Durham,  in  1720,  and  is  endowed  with  £20  a 
year,  which  is  paid  by  the  trustees  of  Lord  Crewe's  extensive  charities. 
The  school  was  enlarged  about  20  years  ago,  at  a  cost  of  £70,  part  of 
which  was  given  by  the  trustees,  and  the  rest  by  the  rector  ;  but  for 
some  time  this  charity  has  been  in  abeyance,  and  there  has  been  no 
schoolmaster — the  endowment  being  insufficient  to  support  one,  and  the 
trustees  refusing  either  to  increase  it  or  sanction  the  appointment  of  a 
schoolmistress.  The  parishioners  at  present  use  the  school  at  Kirkby 
Mallory,  which  is  near  this  village,  and  was  built  by  the  late  Baroness 
Wentworth,  as  noticed  at  page  680.  The  Poofs  Land,  10a.  2r.  14p., 
allotted  at  the  enclosure,  in  lieu  of  other  land,  which  had  been  purchased 
in  1719,  with  £100,  left  by  James  Montagu,  is  let  for  £16  a  year.  The 
poor  have  also  six  cottages,  built  in  1794,  with  benefaction  money  and 
the  rents  of  the  poor's  land. 

Post  Office  at  Geo.  Priestnall's.   Letters  arrive  from  Leicester  at  1\  morning, 
and  are  despatched  at  5h  evening. 


Barker  William,  cream  cheese  maker 
Freeman   Robert,    victualler,     George 

and  Dragon 
Geary  Thomas,  carpenter 
Greenway   Rev.    William    Whitmore, 

LL.B.   rector  of   Newbold  Vertlon, 

Leicestershire,    and    of  Hard  wick, 

Northants,  Rectory 
Moore  Miss  Eliz.  |j  Statham  Joseph 
Ogilby  Hy.  master  of  Kirkby  School 
Preston  Thomas,  gardener  &  seedsman 
Priestnall  George,  assistant  overseer 
Wilkinson  Thomas,  vict.  Swan 
Wright  Isaac,   thrashing  machine  onr. 


BEERHOUSES. 

Barrs  John 
Cramp  Ann 
Raven  John 
Riley  Thomas 

BLACKSMITHS. 

Kent  John 
Kent  Thomas 


BUTCHERS. 

Ball  William 
Pegg  John 

CORN  MILLERS. 

Barrs  John 
Freeman  Robert 

DRAPERS. 

Bailey  Samuel 


Cooke  William 

FARMERS  &  GRZRS. 

Beck   James ;     hs 

Kirkby  Mallory 
Gilbert  William 
Gimson    Joseph, 

Manor  House 
Godfrey  William 
Heggs    William, 

Newbold  Heath 
Moore     Thomas, 

Brascote 
Pegg  John 
Thornelow  Thod. 
Wildman  William 
Wrask  Richard 

SHOPKEEPERS. 

Bacon  Joseph 
Bailey  Samuel 
Beck  Robert 
Cooke  William,  (& 
baker) 


Rowley  George 
Smith  Elizabeth 

SHOEMAKERS. 

Brown  John,  (and 

parish  clerk) 
Priestnall  John 
Riley  Thomas 

TAILORS. 

Bacon  Joseph 
Bailey  Samuel 
Rowley  George 

WHEELWRIGHTS. 

Archer  Frederick 
Gilliver  George 

CARRIERS. 

To  Leicester,  Wed. 
Sat.  Thos.  God- 
frey, Ths. Priest, 
nail,  Jas.  Ross, 
&  Ths.  Statham 

To  Hinckleu,  Mn. 
Thos.  Priestnall 


NORTON-juxta-Twycross  is  an  irregularly  built  village,  6  miles  N. 
of  Atherstone,  and  W.N.W.  of  Market  Bosworth.  Its  township  contains 
338  inhabitants  and  1890  acres  of  land,  bounded  on  the  west  by  War- 
wickshire, and  skirted  on  the  east  by  Gopsall  Park  and  Ashby  Canal ; 
but  its  parish  includes  also  Bilstone  township.  Earl  Howe  is  lord  of 
the  manor  of  Norton,  and  owner  of  a  great  part  of  the  soil,  and  he  occu- 
pies Shorn  Hill  Farm.    George  Moore  and  Thomas  Jee,  Esqrs.,  and  a 


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701 


few  smaller  owners,  have  land  here.  The  parish  was  enclosed  in  1749, 
and  the  manor  has  been  held  by  the  Ferrers,  Gresley,  and  Jennens 
families.  The  Church  (Holy  Trinity)  is  a  handsome  structure,  with 
a  tower,  short  spire,  and  three  bells.  It  contains  three  sedilia  and  a 
piscina,  and  was  thoroughly  repaired  and  beautified  in  1843,  at  the  ex- 
pense of  Earl  Howe,  and  its  east  window  is  enriched  with  stained  glass. 
A  vestry  was  built,  a  few  years  ago,  at  the  north  side  of  the  chancel,  at 
a  cost  of  £100.  In  the  chancel  are  two  stones,  one  of  which  is  in  memory 
of  the  Rev.  Theophilus  Brookes,  who,  in  the  words  of  the  epitaph, 
"rescued  this  holy  place  from  spoil  and  profanation,"  in  1716,  and  the 
other  is  in  memory  of  his  wife  and  their  children.  In  the  churchyard  are 
two  ancient  recumbent  effigies  of  a  knight  and  lady.  The  rectory,  valued 
in  K.B.  at  £13.  9s.  lid.,  and  now  at  £300,  has  140  acres  of  glebe,  and  a 
yearly  rent-charge  of  £110,  awarded  in  1748,  in  lieu  of  tithes.  The 
Lord  Chancellor  is  patron,  and  the  Rev.  W.  T.  P.  M.  King,  M.A.,  is  the 
incumbent,  and  has  a  handsome  brick  residence  in  the  Elizabethan  style, 
built  in  1851,  at  a  cost  of  £2000,  and  situated  about  half-a-mile  S.W.  of 
the  village.  The  National  School  was  built  in  1839,  partly  at  the 
expense  of  Earl  Howe,  who  is  also  its  principal  supporter.  In  1730, 
William  Glenn  left  a  yearly  rent-charge  of  £16  out  of  Hollis's  Hills,  in 
Bilstone,  to  be  applied  as  follows : — £5  each  to  Bilstone  and  Norton, 
and  £2  10s.  each  to  Congerstone  and  Shackerstone,  for  the  poor ;  and 
£1,  in  rotation,  to  the  clergymen  of  Norton,  Congerstone,  and  Shacker- 
stone, for  a  sermon  on  the  16th  of  September.  The  Rev.  Wm.  Winston, 
M.A.,  translator  of  the  Works  of  Flavius  Josephus,  was  born  here,  in 
10G7,  at  which  time  his  father  was  rector  of  this  parish.  Post  from 
Atherstone. 


Harris  Joseph,  tailor 

Kiug  Rev.  Wrn.  Tbos.  Pearce  Mease, 

M.A.  rector,  Rectory 
Marshall  Wm.  smith  and  vict.  Moore's 
Parsons  Cordelia,  schoolmistress  [Anns 
Pegg  William,  baker  and  shopkeeper 
Smith  Wm.  shoemaker  &  parish  clerk 


Walton  William,  butcher 

FARMERS  AND  GRAZIERS. 
Arnold  James,  Culloden  House 
Ratcliff  Thomas,  Norton  House 
Savidge  John,   (farm   bailiff   to   Earl 

Howe,)  Shorn  Hill 
Wood  Sarah         ||  Worthington  Sarah 


Bilstone,  a  small  village  and  township,  in  the  parish  of  Norton-juxta- 
Twycross,  on  the  banks  of  a  rivulet,  3£  miles  N.W.of  Market  Bosworth, 
has  only  116  inhabitants,  and  090  acres  of  land.  Earl  Howe  is  lord  of 
the  manor,  and  owner  of  all  the  soil.  It  had  anciently  a  chapel,  and 
the  rector  of  Norton  now  receives  from  it  .£40  per  annum,  which  were 
awarded  in  1849  in  lieu  of  tithes.  Near  this  village  is  the  gibbet  post 
on  which  John  Massey  was  exposed,  after  suffering  death  at  Leicester, 
for  the  murder  of  his  wife,  in  1800.  Directory  : — Thomas  Barber, 
fanner,  Castle  Farm;  John  Dean,  farmer ;  Wm.  Kirk,  corn  miller  ;  Thos. 
Neale,  farmer,  and  agent  for  Earl  Howe ;  and  Edward  Orton,  bricklayer. 


ORTON-on-the-HILL,  7  miles  W.  of  Market  Bosworth,  and  4  miles 
N.  of  Atherstone,  is  a  village  and  parish,  containing  1535a.  3r.  32£p.  of 
fertile  land,  and  344  inhabitants,  including  the  small  hamlet  of  Little 
Orton,  more  than  a  mile  N.  of  the  church.  It  is  bounded  on  the  west 
by  Warwickshire,  and  has  generally  a  loamy  soil,  with  a  little  clay 
on  the  hills.  Orton  Qorse  and  Orton  Woods  are  noted  fox  covers  in 
Atherstone  Hunt.  The  Rev.  D.  S.  Perkins,  B.A.,  is  lord  of  the  manor, 
and  owner  of  part  of  the  soil,  and  resides  at  Orton  Hall,  a  handsome 
mansion,  with  pleasant  grounds.     The  rest  of  the  parish  belongs  chiefly 


702 


ORTON-ON-THE-HILL. 


to  Earl  Howe,  Geo.  Moore,  Esq.,  H.  W.  Gregg,  Esq.,  J.  H.  Anthony, 
Esq.,  and  Burton-upon-Trent  Grammar  School.  In  the  reign  of 
Charles  II.,  the  manor  was  purchased  by  the  Steeles,  whose  heiress 
carried  it  in  marriage  to  the  Perkins  fanrity.  The  Church  (St.  Edith)  is 
an  ancient  building,  with  a  tower  containing  four  bells,  and  is  sur- 
mounted by  a  lofty  taper  spire.  It  is  chiefly  in  the  early  decorated  style, 
but  the  chancel  is  "of  later  date,  and  the  east  window  is  perpendicular. 
The  north  aisle  is  gone,  but  the  south  aisle  contains  the  tomb  of  a 
knight-templar,  with  the  figure  of  a  knight  on  horseback  upon  it.  The 
hagioscope,  or  squint,  a  slanting  opening  from  the  south  aisle  to  the 
chancel,  which  enabled  the  congregation  in  the  former  to  see  the  eleva- 
tion of  the  host,  is  still  in  existence ;  and  in  the  chancel  is  a  piscina. 
Here  is  also  the  effigy  of  an  abbot,  in  his  robes,  probably  one  of  the 
abbots  of  Merevale,  and  the  founder  of  the  church.  The  living  is  a 
discharged  vicarage,  valued  in  KB.  at  £6.  12s.  8d.,  and  now  at  £224, 
mostly  derived  from  155a.  of  glebe,  awarded  at  the  enclosure  in  1782, 
when  all  the  tithes  were  commuted.  The  Bishop  of  Peterborough  is 
patron,  and  the  Rev.  P.  A.  Cooper,  M.A.,  is  the  incumbent,  and  has  a 
good  residence,  built  in  1840.  Earl  Howe  is  owner  of  the  rectorial 
glebe.  Here  is  a  National  School,  built  by  subscription  in  1839,  at  a 
cost  of  .£200,  on  land  given  by  the  vicar,  and  now  attended  by  about  35 
children.  The  poor  have  the  interest  of  £100,  left  by  John  Steele,  in 
1728;  and  of  £20,  left  by  Theodosia  Bromfield,  in  1733. 

Arnold  John,  parish  clerk 
Cart  William,  vict.  Perkins*  Arms 
Cooper  Rev.  Philip  Arden,  M.A.  vicar 
Lingham  My.  mistress  National  School 
Newborough  James,  shopkeeper 
Orme  John,  plumber  and  glazier 
Ottey  John,  shopkeeper 
Perkins  Eev.  Duncomhe  Steele,  B.A. 
and  D.  S.  jun.  Esq.  Orton  Hall 


Thomas  James,  carpenter 

FARMERS   AND    GRAZIERS. 

Bladon  Thomas,  Little  Orton 
Faux  Robert  Wright ;  h  Chilcote 
Humphries  Edw.     ||     Lea  John 
Nuthall  William  and  Robert 
Orme  William     j]     Oughton  John 
Pegg  Joseph  and  John 
Slater  Joseph 


PECKLETON,  a  village  on  a  southern  declivity,  near  the  source  and 
confluence  of  two  small  rivulets,  6  miles  N.E.  by  N.  of  Hinckley,  and  8 
miles  W.S.W.  of  Leicester,  has  in  its  parish  378  inhabitants  and  2161 
acres  of  land,  including  Toole y  Park  (630a.),  now  in  two  farms,  1  mile 
S.W. ;  Alder  Ball  farm,  2  miles  W.  of  the  village,  and  some  other  scat- 
tered houses.  The  Earl  of  Lovelace  is  lord  of  the  manor ;  but  a  great 
part  of  the  soil  belongs  to  the  Rev.  J.  M.  Cooper,  the  representatives  of 
the  late  Rev.  J.  Lynes,  Thos.  Jee,  Esq.,  R.  Worthington,  Esq.,  Mrs. 
Bass,  and  several  smaller  owners.  It  has  partly  a  rich  loamy  and  partly 
a  light  soil,  and  was  held  at  the  Conquest  by  Hugh  de  Grentemaisnell, 
and  afterwards  by  the  Harrington,  Croft,  and  Fisher  families.  The 
Church  (St.  Mary)  is  a  neat  fabric,  with  a  tower  spire,  and  six  bells.  In 
the  chancel  is  an  ancient  tomb,  with  recumbent  effigies  of  a  knight  and 
lady ;  also  a  curiously  carved  font,  and  a  piscina.  Among  its  monuments, 
is  one  in  memory  of  the  celebrated  Dr.  Chessher,  who  was  born  here,  and 
is  buried  in  the  churchyard.  (See  page  665.)  At  the  east  end  is  a  stone 
coffin,  which  was  taken  from  under  the  chancel  many  years  ago ;  and  in 
the  churchyard  is  a  remarkable  large  yew  tree.  The  battlements  and 
pinnacles  of  the  tower  were  restored  in  1848,  at  a  cost  of  £100,  and  the 
bells,  which  form  a  very  musical  peal,  were  re-hung  at  the  same  time, 
at  a  cost  of  £45.  There  is  a  stone  seat  all  round  the  church.  The 
rectory,  valued  in  K.B.  at  £8,  and  now  at  £500,  has  34a.  of  glebe,  and 
a  yearly  rent  of  £400,  awarded  in  1847,  in  lieu  of  tithes.    The  Rev.  T 


PECKLETON    PARISH.  703 

Chattaway  is  patron,  and  the  Rev.  J.  M.  Cooper,  M.A.,  is  the  incumbent, 
and  has  a  handsome  modern  Rectory  House,  on  a  commanding  eminence, 
which  he  has  much  enlarged  and  beautified.  Here  is  a  neat  circular 
school-room  of  iron,  presented  by  the  late  Baroness  Wentworth,  and  at- 
tended by  about  40  girls  and  20  boys.  A  sum  of  £60,  left  by  various 
donors,  to  provide  for  a  yearly  distribution  of  bread  among  the  poor  was 
invested  in  the  funds,  and  now  consists  of  £67.  14s.  three  per  cent. 
Here  is  a  wall  letter-box  which  is  cleared  at  5  p.m.     Post  via  Hinckley. 


Allsford  Uriah,  tailor 
Archer  John,  corn  miller 
Ball  Thomas,  brickmaker 
Barrs  Richard,  parish  clerk 
Bromwick  Hannah,  schoolmistress 
Cooper  Rev.  John  Mawby,  M.A.  rector 
Fulsham  Misses  Mary  Ann  and  Sarah 
Jee  Thomas,  Esq.  Peckleion  Hall 
Lamport  William,  carpenter 
Orme  Thos.  butcher  &  vict.  BulVs  Head 
Rowley  Thomas,  boot  and  shoe  maker 
Seal  Thomas,  grocer  and  draper 
Sherlock  Rev.  Edgar,  M.A.  curate 
Summerfield  William,  tailor  &  shopkpr. 


Timson  Joseph,  wheelwright 
Wardle  Joseph,  boot  and  shoe  maker 
White  Thomas,  blacksmith 
Worthington  Richard,  Esq.  Manor  lis 
FARMERS  AND  GRAZIERS. 
(Marked  *  arc  Owners.) 
Burchnall  John,  Tooley  Park 
♦Cooper  Richard,  Tooley  Old  Park 
Crofts  Geo.  Lockey  House  ||  Fox  Richd. 
Gutteridge  Thomas,  Broivn  Hill 
Mayne  James,  Peckleton  House 
Mills  Wm.  Alder  Hall;  h  Leicester 
*  Sharp  John,  Sherry  Close 
Spivy  John,  Stocks  House 


RATBY,  a  large  and  indifferently  built  village,  with  many  framework 
knitters,  on  the  north  side  of  the  Leicester  and  Swannington  Railway, 
on  which  it  has  a  station,  5  miles  W.  by  N.  of  Leicester,  gives  name  to 
a  large  parish,  divided  into  several  scattered  hamlets,  and  comprising 
altogether  about  4204a.  Or.  19p.  of  land,  and  1264  inhabitants,  of  Avhom 
690  are  in  Ratby,  68  in  Botcheston,  461  in  Orohy,  and  45  in  Newtoivn 
TJnthank.  These  hamlets,  together  with  Whittington  Grange  (337a.),  2 
miles  N.W.  of  Ratby,  support  their  poor  as  one  township,  in  Market 
Bosworth  Union.  Ratby  contains  1620  acres,  and  is  parcel  of  the  Earl 
of  Stamford  and  Warrington's  Manor  of  Groby.  The  soil  is  partly  a 
strong  clay,  and  partly  a  gravelly  loam.  On  the  farm  called  Holywell, 
about  a  mile  W.  of  the  village,  is  a  large  entrenchment,  in  the  form  of  a 
parallelogram.  Throsby  says,  the  embankment  includes  an  area  of 
*t  nine  acres  and  thirty-one  poles,  with  the  slope  of  39£  feet."  From  its 
lofty  apex  is  obtained  an  extensive  view  of  the  circumjacent  country. 
Though  antiquaries  have  not  described  any  Roman  road  in  this  direction, 
it  is  extremely  probable  that  the  Via  Devana,  in  communicating  between 
Rata  and  Deva  Colortia,  passed  this  encampment.  Near  it  is  a  spring 
called  Holywell.  About  1|  mile  to  the  north-east  are  the  granite  and 
slate  quarries,  and  the  site  of  the  ancient  castle  of  Groby.  Ratby  has 
been  spelt  Rotebie,  and  Roceby,  and  was  held  at  the  Conquest  by  Hugh 
de  Grentemaisnell,  who  had  a  larger  share  of  Leicestershire  than  any 
other  of  the  followers  of  William  the  Conqueror.  Ratby  was  enclosed 
in  1770,  and  Groby  in  1789,  when  the  tithes  were  commuted.  The 
Church  (St.  Philip)  was  appropriated  to  Leicester  Abbe}',  in  1291,  and  is 
a  large  ancient  structure,  with  a  massive  tower  and  four  bells.  The 
chancel  was  re-roofed  by  the  Earl  of  Stamford,  in  1855  ;  and  the  east 
window  is  remarkable  for  its  elaborate  and  intricate  tracery.  In  the 
chancel  is  a  tomb  and  monument,  dated  1620,  and  having  a  long  inscrip- 
tion in  Latin  to  the  memory  of  Henry  Sacheverell,  whose  recumbent 
effigy,  in  robes  and  ruff  is  placed  under  an  arch  supported  by  pillars,  and 
is  in  good  preservation.  He  is  said  to  have  resided  at  Old  Hays, 
now  a  farm-house  surrounded  by  a  deep  moat.    Near  this  monument 


704 


BATBY    PARISH. 


is  a  plain  tombstone  in  the  floor  to  the  memory  of  Manfred  Sacheverell, 
who  died  in  1615,  aged  20.  The  living  is  a  discharged  vicarage,  valued 
in  KB.  at  £o.  5s.  10d.,  and  now  at  .£174,  with  Groby  curacy  annexed 
to  it,  and  having  30  acres  of  glebe  in  Ratby,  and  40  in  Groby.  The 
rectorial  tithes  have  been  commuted  for  £169.  19s.  7d.,  and  the  vicarial 
for  £70  per  annum.  The  Earl  of  Stamford  and  Warrington  is  impro- 
priator and  patron,  and  the  Rev.  Robert  Martin,  M.A.,  of  Anstey  Pas- 
tures, is  the  incumbent,  and  his  lady  supports  an  Infant  School  here, 
which  is  attended  by  about  100  children.  In  the  village  is  a  Primitive 
Methodist  chapel,  built  in  1840,  at  a  cost  of  £200.  Henry  Sacheverell, 
about  1620,  left  £100  for  the  poor  of  Ratby  parish,  and  it  was  laid  out 
in  the  purchase  of  14  acres  of  land,  called  Cottage  Close,  now  let  for 
£18  a-year.  An  allotment  of  2  acres,  let  for  £2. 10s.,  was  awarded  to  this 
land  at  the  enclosure  of  Charnwood  Forest,  which  adjoins  this  parish  on 
the  north.  The  lord  of  the  manor  lets  about  13  acres  to  the  poor,  in 
garden  allotments,  at  moderate  rents.  There  is  a  Lodge  of  Odd  Fellows 
at  the  Plough  Inn,  belonging  to  the  Manchester  Unity. 

Post  Office  at  Richard  Kinton's.     Letters  arrive  from  Leicester  at  10  morning, 
and  are  despatched  at  5  afternoon. 


Brierly  Thomas,  beerhouse 
Cumin  Miss  Elizabeth 
Girton  Sar.  boarding  school, Elm  Cottg. 
Hemsley  William,saddle  &  collar  maker 
Kin  ton  Richard,  blacksmith  and  farrier 
Shaw  Sarah,  schoolmistress 
Varnam  Eliz.  baker  and  flour  dealer 
Wilson  William,  brickmaker 

INNS  AND  TAVERNS. 
Bull's  Head,Thos.  Freeman  (&  butcher) 
Earl  of  Stamford's  Arms,  John  Baker 
Plough  Inn,  Matthew  Jennaway 
Railway  Inn,  John  Wilkinson,  Station 
farmers  &  grzrs.    Branson  Thomas 


Allen  Jph.  IV hit- 
ting ton  Grange 

BojmettJno.Holy- 
well 

Branson  John 


Branson  Thos.jun. 
Branson  William 
Chaplin  William 
Cufflin   William, 
Bondman  Hays 


Cowlishaw  John 
Lloyd  James,  Old 

Hays 
ThompsonJoseph ; 

h  Groby 
Wright     William, 

Bondman  Hays  J 

SHOEMAKERS. 

Brookes  John 
Gregory  Charles 
KintonDaniel  (and  i 

parish  clerk) 
Wright  William 

SHOPKEEPERS. 

Cufflin  Richard 
Gregory  Charles 
Hill  Fras.  (hosier) 
Kinton  Richard 
Squires  Jonathan 


TAILORS. 

Squires  Jonathan 
Willett  Abraham 

WHEELWRIGHTS. 

Shipman  John 
Shipman  Thomas 
Sills  William 

RAILWAY 

TrainstoLeicester, 
&c. several  times 
a  day 

CARRIERS. 

To  Leicester,  Hy. 
Cramp  and  Jph. 
Richards,  Wed. 
Sat. ;  and  John 
Kirk,  Saturday 


Botch eston,  on  the  north  side  of  a  rivulet,  and  the  Leicester  and 
Swannington  Railway,  7  miles  W.  of  Leicester,  is  a  hamlet  in  Ratby 
parish,  containing  480  acres,  and  08  inhabitants.  It  belongs  chiefly  to 
Lord  Maynard,  Mr.  Thomas  Pool,  Mrs.  Williams,  and  Mrs.  Thompson ; 
but  it  is  parcel  of  the  Earl  of  Stamford  and  Warrington's  manor  of  Groby, 
and  he  has  from  it  about  i:60  a-year,  in  lieu  of  the  impropriate  tithes. 
It  has  been  spelt  Bocharston  and  Bocheston,  and  its  chief  residents  are — 
Mr.  John  Garle  Brown,  Bufton  Lodge;  Miss  Capenhurst,  John  Parker, 
vict.,  Greyhound  Inn;  and  the  followin  %  farmers  and  graziers: — Daniel 
Gardner,  Thomas  Johnson,  Thomas  Pool,  Nathaniel  Roberts,  and  Wm. 
Sanders.     Here  is  a  petrifying  spring. 


GROBY,  a  pleasant  village,  on  the  Ashby  road,  4£  miles  W.N.W.  of 
Leicester,  gives  name  to  a  large  hamlet  in  Ratby  parish,  containing  461 
inhabitants,  and  1758  acres  of  land,  and  many  scattered  houses.  It  is 
well  wooded,  picturesquely  diversified  with  hill  and  dale,  and  watered  by 
several  rivulets,  which  have  their  sources  in  the  neighbourhood.     The 


GKOBY   HAMLET.  705 

open  fields,  &c,  were  enclosed  in  1789,  when  the  tithes  were  commuted. 
The  soil  is  partly  a  strong  loam  and  partly  gravelly,  and  here  are  exten- 
sive granite  and  slate  quarries.  The  Earl  of  Stamford  and  Warrington 
is  sole  owner  of  the  soil,  and  lord  of  the  Manor  of  Qroby.  His  extensive 
but  houseless  Park  of  Bradgate  is  in  this  neighbourhood,  and  near  it  is 
that  romantic  district  called  Charnwood  Forest,  as  noticed  at  pages  475 
to  480.  The  Rev.  Alfred  Payne,  M.A.,  occupies  Pool  House,  a  pleasant 
sylvan  seat,  about  a  mile  E.  of  the  Hall,  on  the  margin  of  Groby  Pool, 
a  fine  sheet  of  water  covering  about  40  acres,  in  the  middle  of  which  is 
a  small  island,  ornamented  with  trees  and  shrubs,  and  affording  a  secure 
retreat  to  the  numerous  waterfowl  which  resort  hither.  In  the  summer 
season,  especially  in  easterly  winds,  the  pool  is  frequently  enlivened  by 
sea  gulls,  and  a  species  of  tern,  or  sea  swallow.  The  heron  is  also  often 
seen  wading  along  the  shallow  margin  in  search  of  prey.  The  pool  pro- 
duces pike,  perch,  bream,  dace,  roach,  gudgeons,  eels,  tench,  and  other 
fish.  No  vestiges  of  the  original  Groby  Castle  are  now  visible,  except 
the  artificial  mound  on  which  it  stood,  which  rises  about  20  feet  above 
the  level  of  the  adjoining  ground,  and  is  of  an  oblong  shape,  70  feet  in 
length,  and  50  in  breadth.  The  ditch  or  fosse  which  surrounded  it  is 
now  filled  up,  but  traces  of  it  are  still  discernible  on  the  north  side. 
Being  demolished  in  1176,  by  order  of  Henry  II.,  it  was  probably  one  of 
those  small  castles  of  which  more  than  1100  were  built  in  various  parts 
of  the  kingdom  during  the  turbulent  reigns  of  Stephen  and  his  predeces- 
sors. The  Manor  House,  which  stands  near  the  site  of  the  castle,  is 
occupied  by  a  farmer,  and  was  long  a  seat  of  the  Greys,  of  Groby,  and 
often  had  for  its  inmate  the  unfortunate  Lady  Jane  Grey.  (See  page 
476.)  It  is  built  partly  of  brick  and  partly  of  stone,  with  square-headed 
mullioned  windows;  and  was  judiciously  restored  in  1858,  so  that  it  is 
now  a  large  and  handsome  residence.  The  manor  courts  were  for- 
merly held  here  in  the  spacious  apartment  called  the  old  hall,  but  they 
are  now  held  annually  at  the  Earl  of  Stamford's  Arms.  At  the  Conquest 
the  manor  was  held  by  Hugh  de  Grentemaisnell,  and  it  afterwards  passed 
from  the  Earl  of  Winton  to  William  Ferrers,  who  was  created  Baron 
Ferrers,  of  Groby.  In  1338,  Henry  Ferrers  had  a  grant  for  a  market 
and  fair  here.  It  passed  in  marriage  with  the  heiress  of  the  Ferrers  to 
the  Greys  in  1444;  and  they  held  the  title  of  Baron  Ferrers,  of  Groby, 
till  1554,  when  Henry  Grey,  Dulce  of  Suffolk,  do.,  was  beheaded.  (See 
page  476.)  In  1603,  Henry  Grey  was  created  Baron  Grey,  of  Groby  ; 
and  in  1628,  his  son  and  successor  was  created  Earl  of  Stamford.  The 
Right  Hon.  George  Harry  Grey,  the  present  Earl  of  Stamford  and 
Warrington,  Baron  Grey,  of  Groby,  and  Baron  Delamar,  was  born 
in  1827,  and,  in  1835,  succeeded  his  father  (who  had  been  summoned  to 
the  House  of  Lords  in  1832)  as  Lord  Grey,  of  Groby.  In  1845,  he  suc- 
ceeded his  grandfather  in  the  other  honours,  and  in  1856  he  built  here  a 
large  and  handsome  mansion  called  Bradgate  House,  in  which  he 
usually  resides  during  the  hunting  season.  It  is  in  the  Elizabethan  style 
of  architecture,  surrounded  by  extensive  and  tasteful  pleasure  grounds, 
commanding  beautiful  views,  and  distant  about  6  miles  W.S.W.  of  Lei- 
cester. The  stables  near  it  are  very  fine,  and  have  accommodation  for 
50  horses.  The  Earl's  other  seats  are  Enville  Hall,  Staffordshire,  and 
Dunham  Massey  Park,  Cheshire  ;  and  his  cousin,  the  Rev.  Harry  Grey, 
is  heir-presumptive  to  the  titles  and  estates. 

Groby  Church  is  a  neat  chapel  of  ease  to  Ratby,  and  was  built  in  1840, 
by  the  Earl  of  Stamford  and  Warrington,  at  a  cost  of  £2000.  It  is  fitted 
up  with  open  seats,  and  has  a  square  tower  containing  five  bells  and  a 
clock.    Near  it  is  a  School,  with  a  house  for  the  master,  erected  by  the 

2y 


706 


GROBY    HAMLET. 


Earl  in  1812,  in  lieu  of  the  school  founded  by  his  great  grandfather  in 
1800.  The  Independent  Chapel  was  originally  built  by  Wesleyans,  in 
1825,  at  a  cost  of  £120,  but  was  purchased  in  1852*  for  £60,  by  its 
present  owners,  who  have  repaired  and  improved  it. 

Post  Office  at  Joseph  White's.    Letters  arrive  from  Leicester  at  9i  morn- 
ing, and  are  despatched  at  4$  afternoon. 


Earl  of  Stamford  and  Warrington, 
Bradg  ate  House;  Enville  Hail;  Dun- 
ham Massey  Park;  and  33  Hill 
street,  London,  W. 

Allen  Rev.  Peregrine  S.,  B.A.  curate 

Collier  John,  wheelwright 

Doleman  Fras.  timber  merchant  and 
viefc.  Earl  of  Stamford's  Arms 

Geary  Henry,  parish  clerk 

Johnson  John  and  Thomas,  carpenters 

Payne  Rev.  Alfred  M.A.  Pool  House 

Pearson  Joseph,  schoolmaster 

Rouse  James,  blacksmith 

Rudkin  George,  builder 

Rudkin  Thos.  builder  &  slate  mercht. 

Seabrook  Mary,  housekeeper  at  the  ifa^ 


Smith  George,  tailor 

Sutton  Thomas,  framesmith 

Taylor  Wm.   Esq.  laud  agent  to  the 

Earl  of  Stamford  and  Warrington 
Wilson  Saml.  foreman,  Slate  Quarries 


bakers,  &c. 
Jordan  John 
Slingsby  Philip 

FARMERS  &  GRZRS. 

Freeman  Henry 
(and  butcher) 
Hemsley  J.  Gilson 
Hinks        George, 
Manor    House 
Thompson  Joseph 
Thornelow  Wm. 


SH0EMAKER3. 

Collier  Richard 
Gray  Jobn 
Swain  William 

SHOPKEEPERS. 

Chaplin  Mary 
Clifford  William 
Rudkin  Thomas 

CARRIER. 

Hy.  Jones  to  Lei- 
cester, W.  &  S. 


Newtown-Unthank,  a  hamlet  in  Ratby  parish,  near  a  rivulet  and 
the  Leicester  and  Swannington  Railway,  C  miles  W.  by  S.  of  Leicester, 
has  only  45  inhabitants,  and  346  acres  of  land,  mostly  gravelly,  and  the 
surface  flat.  Henry  Browne  and  John  Blakesley,  Esqrs.,  own  most  of 
the  soil,  but  the  Earl  of  Stamford  is  lord  of  the  manor,  as  parcel  of  his 
manor  of  Groby.  The  principal  inhabitants  are — John  Blakesley,  Esq., 
and  Richard  Pratt, /miner.  Henry  Browne,  Esq.,  farms  part  of  the  land, 
but  resides  at  Ashby-de-la-Zouch. 


SAPCOTE,  a  pleasant  village,  4  miles  E.  of  Hinckley,  and  10  miles 
S.W.  by  S.  of  Leicester,  is  on  the  west  side  of  the  vale  of  the  Soar,  which 
is  here  traversed  by  the  Roman  fosse-way.  Its  parish  has  668  inhabi- 
tants and  1556a.  3r.  lr.  of  land.  The  quality  of  the  soil  is  various, 
some  strong  and  heavy  with  clay,  and  some  gravel,  but  well  adapted  for 
dairying ;  some  of  the  best  cheese  in  the  county  being  made  here.  There 
are  some  rocks  of  granite,  and  the  meadows  near  the  river,  which  is  here 
but  a  small  stream,  are  subject  to  inundation  in  wet  seasons.  A  mineral 
spring  here,  called  Golden  Well,  has  been  found  serviceable  in  scorbutic 
complaints,  and  was  much  approved  by  the  late  Dr.  Chessher,  but  has 
not  been  much  used  since  his  death.  A  neat  Bath  House  was  erected 
over  it,  at  a  cost  of  ,£600,  by  the  late  John  Frewen  Turner,  Esq.,  who 
owned  nearly  the  whole  parish,  and  was  lord  of  the  manor,  now  held  by 
Thomas  Frewen,  Esq.,  who  is  also  patron  of  the  rectory,  valued  in  KB. 
at  .£10.  lis.  10^d.,  and  now  at  £'600,  mostly  derived  from  276  acres  of 
glebe,  awarded  in  lieu  of  tithes,  at  the  enclosure,  in  1770.  The  Rev. 
John  Homan,  M.A.,  is  the  incumbent,  and  has  a  commodious  residence 
near  the  church,  built  in  1732.  The  Church  (All  Saints)  is  a  handsome 
structure,  in  the  early  English  style  of  architecture,  and  consists  of  a 
nave,  north  aisle,  north  porch,  and  chancel,  with  a  square  embattled 
tower  containing  a  clock  and  four  bells,  and  surmounted  by  a  taper  spire, 
rising  to  the  height  of  120  feet.  There  is  a  piscina  in  the  chancel,  and 
a  piscina  and  an  aumbry  in  the  north  aisle.  The  ancient  Norman  font, 
after  being  ejected  from  the  church  for  nearly  fifty  years,  and  suffering 


SAPCOTE    PARISH.  707. 

much  from  exposure  and  rough  treatment,  was  admirably  restored  in 
1842,  and  replaced  in  its  proper  position.     The  hagioscope  between  the 
north  aisle  and  chancel  still  exists.     In  1800,  a  beautiful  silver  commu- 
nion service  was  presented  to  the  church  by  Miss  Mary  Frewen,  to 
replace  the  old  one,  which  was  stolen  Dec.  31st,  1765 ;  and  an  additional 
chalice  was  given,  in  1838,  by  Mrs.  Frewen  Turner.     About  the  end  of 
last  century,  the  building  was  much  spoiled  by  the  bad  taste  of  the 
churchwardens,  but  during  the  incumbency  of  the  Rev.  J.  Bickersteth, 
M.A.,  the  late  rector,  a  great  deal  was  done  towards  its  restoration, 
though  much  still  remains  to  be  done  to  complete  the  good  work.     In 
1837,  an  organ  was  erected  at  a  cost  of  more  than  £140.     In  1840,  a 
new  vestry  was  built.     In  1843,  the  chancel  was  restored  and  nearly 
rebuilt.     The  plaster  ceiling  was  removed  and  the  roof  restored,  new 
beams  being  added  after  the  pattern  of  the  ancient  ones ;  a  stone  floor 
was  laid  down,  and  the  pews  in  the  chancel  were  replaced  by  neat  open 
benches  ;  a  new  eastern  window,  containing  some  modern  stained  glass, 
and  two  new  windows  on  the  south  side  of  the  chancel  were  inserted. 
The  cost  of  these  improvements  was  about  ,£500.      In  1852,  a  new 
reading  desk,  with  open  tracery  in  front,  was  put  upland  in  1853,  a 
new  pulpit,  of  similar  design,  was  erected.      Here  are  several  tablets 
belonging  to  the   Frewen,   Turner,  Moffat,  Harington,   and   Spencer 
families.     The  Right  Rev.  Robert  Bickersteth,  D.D.,  the  present  Bishop 
of  Ripon,  was  the  son  of  the  late  rector  of  this  parish,  and  officiated  here 
as  curate  in  1841-'2.     The  site  of  a  Castle,  probably  built  by  the  Bassctts, 
is  still  discernible  near  the  church,  and  many  antiquities  have  been 
found  in  this  parish,  especially  in  the  neighbourhood  of  Calver  or  Cover 
Hill,  which  is  conjectured  to  have  been  a  Roman  station.     A  curious 
tesselated  pavement  was  discovered  near  this  spot  in  1770  ;  and  a  brass 
celt,  and  several  Roman  and  Saxon  coins,  were  found  in  1803,  among 
which  were  a  silver  coin  of  the  Emperor  Germanicus  and  a  brass  com  of 
Constantine.     Massive  Roman  tiles,  traces  of  buildings,  quantities  of 
tesselae,  and  large  covering  slates,  have  been  often  found,  and  are  still 
occasionally  turned  up  by  the  plough.   A  Roman  quern  was  dug  up  a  few 
years  ago,  on  Mr.  William  Spencer's  farm,  and  is  now  in  the  Leicester 
Museum ;  and  a  stone  coffin  and  fragments  of  ancient  pottery  have  been 
found  on  Mill  Hill.     Another  stone  coffin  was  found  in  the  churchyard, 
in  1788.     Fossil  shells  arc  found  here  in  abundance,  and  among  others, 
the  Nautilus -Gnccor  urn.    Among  the  petrifactions  dug  up  in  the  gravel 
pit  are  the  Belcmnite,  and  the  Astroites,  or  star- stone.     The  Wesley  an 
Chapel  was  built  in  1805,  at  a  cost  of  £470,  and  a  gallery  was  added  hi 
1825  at  a  cost  of  £150.     In  1842,  a  school-room  was  built  adjoining  it. 
The  manor  has  been  held  by  the  Bassetts,  Ferrers,  Greys,  and  Tuftons, 
and  was  purchased  in  1664  by  John  Turner.     It  has  been  spelled  in 
various  ways,  and  is  supposed  to  have  derived  its  name  from  an  ancient 
and  now  disused  well  of  remarkably  soft  water,  which  was  called  Soap 
Well.     The  School  was  built  by  the  late  John  Frewen  Turner,  Esq.,  of 
Cold  Overton,  who  in  1820  gave  £1500  Three  per  Cent.  Consolidated 
Bank  Annuities,  in  trust  to  apply  the  yearly  proceeds  as  follows: — £12 
to  the  schoolmaster,  for  teaching  as  many  poor  children  as  the  rector 
should  send  to  him ;  £20  for  apprenticing  two  poor  boys  who  have  been 
educated  at  the  school ;  and  the  residue  in  repairing  the  building  and 
bestowing  rewards  of  books  or  clothing  on  the  scholars.     He  also  left 
the  dividends  of  £100  Three  per  Cent.  Consols,  to  be  applied  yearly  in 
aid  of  a  clothing  fund,  which  is  subscribed  to  by  the  scholars  and  many 
of  the  parishioners.     The  schoolmaster  has  also  a  yearly  rent-charge  of 
£13.  Is.  out  of  the  rectorial  lands,  left  by  the  Rev.  Stanley  Burroughs,  a 

2  y2 


708 


SAPCOTE    PAEISH. 


late  rector,  in  1807.  No  boys  are  now  apprenticed,  as  the  whole  endow- 
ment is  insufficient  to  pay  the  master's  salary,  which  is  consequently 
made  up  by  subscription  and  the  children's  pence.  The  last-named 
donor  left  ^1000,  secured  on  the  tolls  of  the  turnpike  road  from  Dun- 
church  to  Old  Stratford,  and  directed  the  interest  thereof  to  be  applied 
in  pensions  for  his  four  servants,  during  their  lives,  and  afterwards  to 
be  given  to  the  Friendly  Society  called  the  Sapcote  Farmer's  Club,  for 
the  relief  of  their  sick  and  need}',  according  to  the  rules  observed  for 
the  disposal  of  the  monthly  contribution  of  Is.  paid  by  each  member  ; 
but  this  bequest  was  set  aside  in  1847,  by  Thos.  Ere  wen,  Esq.,  the  heir- 
at-law,  as  being  illegal,  and  the  money  was  expended  in  building  alms- 
houses for  five  poor  men.  The  Church  Close,  1a.  2r.  28i\,  has  been 
vested  from  an  early  period  for  the  reparation  of  the  church,  and  contains 
a  valuable  stone  quarry. 
Post  Office  at  the  Red  Lion  Inn.     Letters  despatched  to  Hinckley  at  5  p.m. 

Biddle  William,  shopkeeper 
Birchnall  Joseph,  corn  miller 
Bishop  Richard,  wheelwright 
Bishop  Wm.  painter/glazier,  &  par.  elk. 
Bradshaw  George,  gardener 
Bray  Sophia,  shopkeeper 
Clark  Edmund,  brewer  &  vict.  Red  Lion 
Clark  William,  carpenter 
Garratt  William,  baker 
Holyoak  Stephen,  blacksmith 
Homan  Rev.  John,  M.A.  rector 
Kirby  John,  grocer 
Marshall  Wm.  tailor  and  shopkeeper 
Pridmore    Arthur,    victualler,    Lord 
BasseWs  Arms 


FARMERS  AND  GRAZIERS. 


Atkins  John 
Branson  John 
Hextall  Joseph 
Hunt  Joseph 
Lovett  William 
Messenger  James 
Messenger  John 
Messenger  J.  jun 
Moore  William 
Morley  Ephraim 
CARRIERS.— Wm. 


Nurse  Wm.  Sap- 
cote Fields  Farm 

Perkins  William 

Pridmore  Wm. sen. 

Sleath  Jane 

Spencer  Joshua ; 
h  Knossington 

Spencer  William 

Wood  Jonathan ;  h 

Aston  Flamville 

Biddle,  Solomon 


Jesson,  and  John  Kirby,  to  Hinckley 
Mon.,  Leicester  Wed.  &  Sat.,  and 
Lutterworth  Thursdays 


SHACKERSTONE  is  a  small  village,  at  the  point  where  the  Ashby- 
de-la-Zouch  canal  crosses  the  river  Sence  by  an  aqueduct,  3^  miles 
N.W.  by  N.  of  Market  Bosworth ;  and  the  houses  having  been  rebuilt 
by  Earl  Howe  a  few  years  since,  it  has  a  very  neat  and  pretty  appear- 
ance. Its  township  contains  1182  acres  of  land,  and  298  inhabitants, 
but  its  parish  includes  also  Odstone  township,  and  a  small  part  of 
Barton-in-the-Beans.  (See  p.  C96.)  Earl  Howe  is  lord  of  the  manor, 
owner  of  the  soil,  impropriator  of  the  rectory,  and  patron  of  the  Church 
(St.  Peter),  which  is  an  ancient  fabric,  consisting  of  nave,  north  and  south 
aisles,  chancel,  and  a  square  tower  and  three  bells.  It  was  thoroughly 
restored  in  1845,  at  the  expense  of  the  Earl,  who  also  presented  the 
organ.  The  windows  are  principally  of  the  perpendicular  period,  but 
those  in  the  chancel  are  debased,  and  contain  the  arms  of  the  Astley, 
Danvers,  Marmion,  Pembroke,  and  Howe  families,  in  stained  glass. 
The  font  is  very  handsome.  The  benefice  is  a  discharged  vicarage, 
valued  in  KB.  at  £5.  2s.  2£d.,  and  now  at  <£150.  It  has  54  acres  of 
glebe,  and  in  1805,  the  Executors  of  William  Buckle,  Esq.,  and  Mrs. 
Pynecombe's  Trustees,  gave  £2 00,  and  the  Governors  of  Queen  Anne's 
Bounty  <£200,  for  its  augmentation.  Most  of  the  tithes  were  commuted 
at  the  enclosure,  in  1769,  and  the  remainder  in  1845.  The  Rev.  R.  E. 
Hall,  M.A.,  of  Congerstone,  is  the  vicar.  The  National  School,  for  this 
parish  and  Congerstone  and  Bilstone,  was  built  by  Earl  Howe,  at  Con- 
gerstone (see  page  701),  and  is  entirely  supported  by  him,  except 
£1(5.  13.  4d.  received  yearly  from  Jcnncns  Charity.  (See  page  719.) 
The  poor  have  £2.  10s.  a  year  from  Glenn  s  Charity,  as  noticed  with 


SHACKERSTONE    PARISH.  709 

Norton.  Near  the  churchyard  is  an  artificial  mound,  which  has  been 
moated.  The  manor  has  been  spelt  Sacrestone,  SharJcestone,  &c,  and 
has  been  held  by  the  Marmion,  Purefoy,  and  other  families.  The  Wes- 
leyans  have  a  chapel  here,  built  in  1827,  at  a  cost  of  ^SICO. 

Post  Office  at  Elizabeth  Wilson's.    Letters  arrive  from  Atherstone  at  9  a.m., 
and  are  despatched  at  7  p.m. 

Holt  Henry,  shoemaker 
Insley  Thomas,  wheelwright 
Insley  Win.  brickmaker  &  wharfinger 
Jackson  John,  shopkeeper 
Jebbett  Joseph,  shoemaker 
Maskell  Samuel,  vict.  Rising  Sun 
Petcher  William,  parish  clerk 
Startin  Joseph,  shopkeeper 


FARMERS  AND  GRAZIERS. 


Abell  Richard 
Arnold  Ralph 
Dummeller  Richd. 
The  Fields 


Petcher  James 
Richards  Thomas 
Timms  Sarah 


Carrier. — Sar.  Wilson,  passes  through 
daily  from  Congerstone  to  Atherstone 

Odstone,  a  township  in  Shackerstone  parish,  commonly  called  a 
hamlet,  has  only  184  souls,  and  1098  acres  of  land,  from  3  to  4  miles  N. 
by  W.  of  Market  Bosworth.  Earl  Howe  is  lord  of  the  manor  and  owner 
of  most  of  the  soil,  which  is  chiefly  a  strong  rich  marl,  with  some  gravel. 
Mr.  E.  Timms  owns  one  farm  here.  Odstone  Hill,  the  residence  of 
Mr.  John  Swann,  belongs  to  Earl  Howe,  and  commands  extensive  views. 
The  manor  has  been  called  Edestone,  and  was  held  by  the  Despencer, 
Ferrers,  Bradshaw,  Astley,  and  other  families.  In  1820,  Sir  J.  Astley 
sold  it  to  Earl  Howe.  The  old  hall  is  now  occupied  by  a  farmer.  A 
yearly  rent-charge  of  £5,  for  apprenticing  poor  children  of  the  parish,  is 
paid  by  Earl  Howe,  out  of  land  here,  in  consideration  of  ^120  left  by 
Walter  Bressey  in  1663.  The  inhabitants  use  Shackerstone  church, 
and  pay  a  yearly  modus  of  ^8.  19s.  4d.  to  the  vicar.  John  Bradshaw, 
who  presided  over  the  ever-memorable  trial  of  Charles  I.,  is  said  to  have 
resided  for  some  time  at  Odstone  Manor  House.  Here  is  a  com  mill  on 
the  river  Sence,  which  is  so  situated  that  it  is  supplied  with  water  when 
most  other  mills  are  stopped  ;  and  as  it  consequently  sometimes  helps 
persons  out  of  a  difficulty,  it  is  called  Help-out  Mill.  A  steam  engine 
has  recently  been  added  to  it  by  Mr.  E.  Timms,  who  occupies  it.  Here  is  a 
wall  letter  box,  which  is  cleared  at  5  p.m.  The  principal  inhabitants  are — 
The  Rev.  Edward  Robinson,  curate  of  Shackerstone  :  Thomas  Cuthbert, 
blacksmith ;  Thos.  Wain,  shoemaker  and  shopkeeper ;  and  the  following 
farmers,  viz. :— John  Spencer,  John  Swann  {Odstone  Hill),  Geo.  Tivey 
(Odstone  farm),  Elijah  Timms  (and  com  miller),  Thomas  Trueman,  and 
Benjamin  Walker. 


SHARNFORD,  a  considerable  village,  with  many  frame  work- knitters, 
on  one  of  the  sources  of  the  river  Soar,  4  miles  E.  by  S.  of  Hinckley,  has 
in  its  parish  589  inhabitants,  and  1423  acres  of  land,  generally  a  light 
sandy  loam,  but  partly  a  stiff  clay.  The  manorial  rights  appear  to  be 
extinct,  but  Sir  W.  E.  C.  Hartopp,  Bart.,  and  Messrs.  Joshua  Clark, 
John  Campion,  and  Charles  Harrison,  are  each  supposed  to  have  claims 
to  them,  although  no  attempt  is  made  to  enforce  their  claims.  The 
representatives  of  the  late  T.  J.  C.  Harris,  Esq.,  and  John  Campion,  Esq., 
are  the  principal  owners  of  the  soil ;  but  the  rector  of  Claybrook  has  19 
acres,  the  rector  of  Sapcote  2|  acres,  and  the  vicar  of  Slawston  34  acres 
of  glebe  in  this  parish.  At  the  Conquest,  the  Bishop  of  Lincoln,  the 
Countess  Judith,  and  Hugh  de  Grentemaisnell  held  lands  here.  Part 
of  the  parish  was  afterwards  given  to  Pinley  Priory,  Croxton  Abbey,  and 
other  monastic  institutions.  The  Church  (St.  Helen)  is  an  ancient 
structure,  with  a  massive  tower,  crowned  by  four  pinnacles.    It  was  re- 


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SHARNFORD    PARISH. 


seated,  newly  roofed,  and  a  gallery  was  erected  in  1846,  at  a  cost  of  £420, 
raised  by  subscription,  and  a  grant  from  the  Diocesan  Society ;  and  the 
chancel  was  at  the  same  time  rebuilt,  and  a  handsome  window  inserted 
by  the  late  rector,  the  Rev.  Joseph  Cotman,  B.A.  An  organ  was  pre- 
sented in  1853,  by  the  friends  of  the  present  rector,  and  a  handsome 
porch  was  built  by  subscription  in  1854,  at  a  cost  of  £40.  The  rectory, 
valued  in  KB.  at  £8.  18s.  9d.,  and  now  at  £400,  has  229a.  of  glebe, 
awarded  at  the  enclosure,  in  1704,  in  lieu  of  tithes.  The  Lord-Chan- 
cellor is  patron,  and  the  Rev.  H.  L.  Watson,  M.A.,  is  the  incumbent, 
and  has  a  handsome  residence,  rebuilt  at  a  cost  of  £1200,  in  1851.  Here 
is  a  Wesleyan  Chapel,  built  in  1827,  at  a  cost  of  £000,  and  a  National 
School  erected  in  1845,  at  a  cost  of  £330,  raised  by  subscription  and 
grants.  The  Shade,  a  spacious  and  elegant  mansion,  surrounded  by 
extensive  and  well-wooded  pleasure  grounds,  about  a  mile  from  the 
village,  is  the  seat  of  Mrs.  E.  Harris,  and  was  rebuilt  in  1853,  by  the 
late  Thomas  Joseph  Clarke  Harris,  Esq.,  J. P.  The  poor  have  a  meadow 
of  1a.,  let  for  £0,  and  purchased  in  1784,  with  about  £45,  left  by  various 
donors.  The  rent  is  distributed  in  bread,  together  with  the  interest  of 
£00,  of  which  £30  arose  from  the  sale  of  timber  on  the  poor's  meadow, 
and  the  rest  was  left  by  Joshua  Clarke,  in  1825,  and  the  Rev.  John 
Horton,  in  1793.     Post  via  Hinckley. 

•WMtoreU  William 

SHOEMAKERS. 

BuckinghainThos. 
Harris  Richard 
Lap  worth  Thomas 

WHEELWRIGHTS. 

Bacon  John 
Lord  Joseph 


Billson  "William,  gardener 

Clark  Joshua,  Esq.  ||  Clark  Mary 

Fairhurn  Charles,  victualler,  Old  Star 

Haines  Emma,  schoolmistress 

Harris  Miss  Elizabeth,  The  Shade 

Hollier  Johu,  victualler,  New  Inn 

Holy  oak  Richard,  parish  clerk 

Holyoak  William,  blacksmith 

House  Arthur  William,  National  School 

Jacques  Thomas,  tailor 

Johnson  George,  carpenter 

Lord  Thomas,  victualler,  Blue  Bell 

Scotton  Misses  Mary  and  Ann 

Thacker  Richard,  shopkeeper 

Turner  Mr  Thomas 

Turner  William,  grocer  and  hosiery 

manufacturer 
Watson  Rev.  Hy .  Lacon ,  M. A.  rector 

BAKERS. 

Bray  Henry  ||     Scotton  Joseph 


FARMERS  &  GRAZRS.  I 

(*  are  oivners). 
Beale  Joseph  ;    h  | 
Shelf  or  d 

*  Campion  John 

*  Campion  Jno.jun. 
Field  House 

Clarke  Thos.  Jph. 
Forryan  John 
Grant  Richard 

*  Hardy  Thomas 
Hardy  Thos.  jun. 

*  Harrison  Charles 
Hunt  Jph.  and  Hy. 

Sharnford  Ldg. 
Rowles  William 
Banders  Allen 
Banders  John 
Bcotton  Joseph 
-Scotton  William 


CARRIERS. 

To  Coventry,  Fri. 
Rowe  Joseph 

To  Hindi ry,  Mon. 
and  to  Leicester, 
Wed.  and  Sat. 
Rowe  Joseph, 
Wilson  Thomas 

To  Lutterworth, 
Thursday,  Wil- 
son Thomas 


SHEEPY  MAGNA,  a  village,  on  the  west  bank  of  the  river  Sence, 
8  miles  N.N.E.  of  Athcrstone,  and  G  miles  W.S.W.  of  Market  Bosworth, 
has  in  its  township  400  inhabitants,  and  1503  acres;  but  its  parish  in- 
cludes also  Ratclifi'  Culey  township.  The  soil  on  the  north  is  a  strong 
red  marly  clay,  and  on  the  south  a  light  loam.  The  surface  is  diversified, 
and  the  low  grounds  near  the  river  arc  subject  to  inundation.  Here  is  a 
strong  sulphureous  spring,  formerly  in  estimation;  but  it  has  been  much 
weakened  by  the  drainage  of  the  land.  Chas.  Lowe,  Esq.,  is  lord  of  the 
manor,  but  a  great  part  of  the  soil  belongs  to  the  trustees  of  the  late  Sir 
Geo.  Ohetwynd,  Bart.,  the  Gresley  family,  Major  Wollaston,  the  Rev. 
Chas.  Wright,  and  Hy.  Radford,  Esq.  The  Church  (All  Saints)  is  a  neat 
structure  of  early  decorated  architecture,  with  a  tower  containing  a  clock 
and  five  bells.  The  nave  was  rebuilt  in  1780,  when  it  wag  robbed  of  its 
brasses,  andiii  1859  a  north  aisle  was  erected,  a  new  pulpit  was  fitted  up, 


SHEEPY   MAGNA   PAEISH. 


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and  the  edifice  was  thoroughly  repaired,  at  a  cost  of  i£900.  In  the 
chancel  is  a  marble  tablet  to  the  memory  of  the  Rev.  T.  C.  Fell,  B.D., 
who  died  in  1855,  and  was  for  48  years  rector  of  this  parish.  On  the 
outside  of  the  church  is  a  very  ancient  recumbent  figure,  under  an  arch, 
but  the  name  and  date  are  Unknown.  The  rectory,  valued  in  KB.  at 
.£26.  8s.  10d.,  and  now  at  £940,  with  the  rectory  of  Sheepy  Parva,  and 
the  curacy  of  Ratcliff-Culey  annexed  to  it,  has  315a.  of  glebe  in  Sheepy 
Magna,  100a.  in  Sheepy  Parva,  and  125a.  in  Ratclff-Culey,  awarded  at 
the  enclosures  in  lieu  of  tithes.  The  Rev.  Thos.  Fell,  M.A.,  is  patron 
and  incumbent,  and  has  a  handsome  residence,  in  the  Elizabethan  style, 
built  in  1859.  The  National  School  was  erected  in  1847,  by  the  late 
rector,  at  a  cost  of  £400,  of  which  £108  were  granted  by  Government. 
It  is  attended  by  about  2G  boys  and  35  girls.  The  Independents  have  a 
small  chapel  here,  built  in  1810.  Sheepy  Magna  was  enclosed  by  private 
agreement,  in  1659,  and  the  enclosure  was  confirmed  by  an  Act  of  the 
50th  of  George  III.,  under  which  land  was  allotted  in  commutation  of  the 
tithes.  Of  the  interest  of  £80  poor's  money,  £1.  15s.  lid.  belong  to 
Sheepy  Magna  and  Parva,  and  16s.  3d.  to  Ratcliff-Culey.  The  poor  of 
Sheepy  Magna  have  three  cottages,  now  let  for  £5,  and  obtained  in  1811, 
in  lieu  of  a  yearly  rent-charge  of  £2.  10s.,  left  by  Thos.  Leavinge,  in  1727. 
The  Poor's  Estate  comprises  7a.  Or.  7p.,  let  for  £17.  10s.  It  was  allotted 
at  the  enclosure,  in  1659.  The  poor  have  also  a  yearly  rent-charge  of 
£1.  10s.,  out  of  Long  Meadow,  left  by  an  unknown  donor.  The  Bell 
Rope  Land  comprises  5  acres,  and  has  been  appropriated  from  an  early 
period  to  the  parish  clerk,  for  ringing  the  eight  o'clock  bell,  and  finding 
bell  ropes.     It  is  let  for  £14  a-year. 

Post  Office  at  Niairod  Bill's.     Letters  arrive  from  Atherstone  at  7  morning, 
and  are  despatched  at  9  evening. 


Adcock  Mrs  Ann  ||  Key  Mr  Joseph 
Bills  Nimrod,  tailor  and  shopkeeper 
Burrows  Jph.  master,  National  School 
Cope  Wm.  parish  clerk  and  sexton 
Dobson  Matthew,  boot  and  shoe  maker 
Edwards  Edwin,  clerk 
Fell  Eev.  Thos.  M.A.  rector  of  Sheepy 
&  Hon.  Canon  of  Peterboro',  Rectory 
Handford  Eliza,  shopkeeper  and  vict. 

Black  Horse 
Johnson  Matthew,  corn  miller 
Joyce  Rd.  plumber,  glazier,  and  beerhs. 
Lowe  Charles,  Esq.  Sheepy  Hall 
Parker  Joseph,  baker  and  shopkeeper 
Pittam  John  H.  vict.  RedL ion, Pinw a  11 


Prime  Thomas,  wheelwright 
Purcell  Rev.  Usher  Williamson,  curate 
Stafford  George,  clerk 
Thomas  Charles,  blacksmith 
Wheatley  Joseph,  blacksmith 
Withnall  Joseph,  boot  and  shoe  mkr. 
Wood  Mr  John 

FARMERS  AND  GRAZIERS. 


Adams  William 
Bott  Jarvis 
Clare  William  ;    h 

Twycross 
Humphrey  Edw. 
Pittam    John    H. 

Pinwall 


Ridley  Edward  (& 

maltster) 
Tomlinson  Joseph 
Willn    John   (and 

maltster) 
Wood  James,  Pin- 

ivall  Hall 


Ratcliff-Culey  is  a  small  village,  near  the  confluence  of  the  rivers 
Sence  and  Anker,  0  miles  W.S.W.  of  Market  Bosworth,  and  2  miles 
N.E.  of  Atherstone.  Its  township  and  chapelry  is  in  Sheepy  Magna 
parish,  and  contains  240  inhabitants,  and  1192  acres  of  land.  The 
Church  is  a  small  structure  with  a  tower,  spire,  and  two  bells,  and  con- 
tains some  curious  sedilia.  It  was  re-seated  and  thoroughly  repaired 
in  1858,  and  its  curacy  is  annexed  to  the  rectory  of  Sheepy  Magna  and 
Parva.  Here  arc  125  acres  of  glebe,  awarded  in  lieu  of  tithes  in  1766. 
Thos.  Corbett,  Esq.,  of  My  the  Cottage,  Witherley,  is  lord  of  the  manor; 
but  part  of  the  soil  belongs  to  Mrs.  iVnn  Ley,  James  Wood,  Esq.,  Chas. 
Wymi,  Esq.,  M.P.,  and  a  few  smaller  owners.    Poor  widows  of  Ratcliff- 


712  RATCLIFF-CULEY   TOWNSHIP. 

Culey  have  the  interest  of  £5,  left  by  John  Loe;  and  the  interest  of  £'5, 

left  by  John  Smith,  is  distributed  in  bibles  amongst  the  children. 

Angrave  Dennis,  victualler,  Gate 

Lakin  Jane,  shopkeeper 

Ley  Mrs  Ann 

Masser  James,  parish  clerk 

Parkes  Benjamin,  baker  &  shopkeeper 

Shelton  Thomas,  baker  and  shopkeeper 

Toone  Mrs  Jane 


FARMERS  AND  GRAZIERS. 


Angrave  Dennis 
Bacon  Samuel 
Dowell  John 
Eaton  Edward 
Eaton  John ;  house 
Atterton 


Eaton  Joseph 
Stafford  William 
WattersRichard ;  h 

Mancetter 
Wood  James ;   hs 

Pinwall  Hall 


SHEEPY  PARVA  is  a  small  village  and  parish,  on  the  south-east 
side  of  the  small  river  Sence,  3£  miles  N.E.  by  N.  of  Atherstone,  and  5£ 
miles  W.S.W.  of  Market  Bosworth.  It  is  bounded  on  the  south  by 
another  rivulet,  and  contains  only  110  inhabitants,  and  582a.  of  land.  On 
the  Sence  is  a  large  water  and  steam  mill,  owned  and  occupied  by  Chas. 
Lowe,  Esq.,  of  Sheepy  Hall,  and  picturesquely  situated  on  the  margin  of 
a  fine  sheet  of  water.  The  Rev.  Sir  Thos.  Eardley  Wilmot  Blomefield, 
Bart.,  is  lord  of  the  manor;  but  part  of  the  soil  belongs  to  the  Rev.  T. 
Fell,  Mr.  Thomas  Leake,  and  a  few  smaller  owners.  The  tithes  were 
commuted  in  1708,  and  the  rectory  is  consolidated  with  that  of  Sheepy 
Magna.  The  Farmers  are — Thomas  Leake,  Isaac  Leake,  Robert  Staf- 
ford, and  Edwyn  Wilson. 

SIB  SON,  or  Sibston,  a  village,  on  an  acclivity,  on  the  north  side  of  a 
branch  of  the  river  Sence,  3£  miles  N.E.  of  Atherstone,  and  4  miles 
S.W.  by  W.  of  Market  Bosworth,  has  in  its  township  242  inhabitants, 
and  about  1300  acres  of  land,  but  its  parish  comprises  altogether  480 
inhabitants,  and  3820  acres,  of  which  1270  acres,  and  142  inhabitants, 
are  in  Upton  township,  and  1250  acres,  and  93  inhabitants,  in  Welles- 
borough  and  Temple  Hall.  The  Rev.  Chas.  Wright,  and  the  represen- 
tatives of  the  late  John  Moore,  Esq.,  are  lords  of  the  manor  of  Sibson, 
but  a  great  part  of  the  soil  belongs  to  Earl  Howe,  and  a  small  portion 
to  the  Earl  of  Lovelace.  It  has  been  called  Sebetesdone  and  Sibbesdon, 
and  the  whole  of  the  cottages  having  been  recently  rebuilt  in  a  very 
tasteful  manner  by  Earl  Howe,  the  village  has  a  very  pretty  appearance. 
The  Church  (St.  Barnabas)  stands  on  an  eminence,  and  is  an  ancient 
stone  fabric,  except  the  nave,  which  was  rebuilt  of  brick  many  years 
ago,  and  has  recently  been  thoroughly  repaired.  The  tower  is  massive, 
and  contains  four  bells  and  a  clock.  The  chancel  has  a  piscina  and 
three  stone  stalls,  and  under  the  latter  is  a  recumbent  effigy,  supposed 
to  be  that  of  the  founder.  On  the  floor  is  an  ancient  brass,  on  which  is 
engraved  the  figure  of  a  former  rector,  dated  1535.  The  rectory,  valued 
in  K.B.  at  ^15.  18s.  lid.,  and  now  at  .£962,  has  2G5a.  3r.  18p.  of  glebe 
in  Sibson,  awarded  at  the  enclosure  in  1803,  in  lieu  of  tithes ;  72a.  at 
Wellesborough,  and  6a.  at  Ratcliff- Culey.  The  tithes  were  commuted 
in  1845  for  .£534.  19s.  lOd.  per  annum.  The  patronage  is  in  Pembroke 
College,  Oxford;  and  the  Rev.  John  Sheffield  Cox,  M.A.,  is  the  incum- 
bent, and  has  a  good  residence.  The  Rev.  Thos.  Neale,  B.A.,  who  died 
in  1859,  aged  94,  held  this  living  for  the  long  period  of  67  years.  The 
National  School  was  built  by  Earl  Howe,  in  1839,  and  the  first  stone 
was  laid  by  the  late  Queen  Adelaide. 
Post  from  Atherstone  at  9  a.m.,  returning  at  5  p.m.     Here  is  a  wall  letter  box. 


Choyce  William,  carpenter  and  builder 
Cox  Rev.  John  Sheffield,  M.A.  rector 
Genders  Thomas,  baker  &  shopkeeper 


Genders  William,  vict.  Cock 
Griffin  Joseph,  wheelwright 
Henton  William,  tailor  &  parish  clerk 


SIBSON    PARISH. 


713 


Jonea  Rev.  Berm  Wilks,  curate 
Roberts  John,  shopkeeper 
Smith  John,  blacksmith 
Whitaker  Hannah,  schoolmistress 


farmers  &  grzrs.  i  Hopkins  Edward 
Dawkins  Joseph     I  Upton  John 
Genders  William    J  Wood  Joseph 
Griffin  John  J  Wykes  John 


Wellesborough  and  Temple  Hall,  3  miles  W.  by  S.  of  Market 
Bosworth,  form  a  hamlet  in  Sibson  parish,  containing  93  inhabitants,  and 
1250  acres,  two-thirds  of  which  are  in  Wellesborough,  which  is  a  manor 
belonging  to  the  Earl  of  Lovelace,  and  was  anciently  held  by  a  family 
of  its  name ;  but  passed  to  the  Noels  in  1450.  Temple  Hall  was  extra- 
parochial,  owing  to  its  being  given  at  an  early  period  to  the  Knights- 
Templar  by  one  of  the  Earls  of  Leicester.  It  is  now  the  property  and 
manor  of  Earl  Howe,  and  has  a  mill  on  the  river  Sence.  The  Farmers 
are — Samuel  Arnold,  Temple  Hall ;  Wm.  Cooper ;  James  Bevins,  Valley 
farm;  Benj.  Dawkins,  Temple  farm ;  Wm.  Dawkins  (and  corn  miller); 
Isaac  Everett,  Hoo  hills ;  Jar  vis  Hextall  (brickmaker) ;  and  (William) 
Vincent  &  (James)  Cooper,  Hoo  hills. 


Upton,  a  village  and  township  in  Sibson  parish,  4  miles  S.W.  of 
Market  Bosworth,  and  N.E.  of  Atherstone,  contains  145  inhabitants,  and 
1270  acres  of  land,  bounded  on  the  north  by  a  branch  of  the  river  Sence. 
Major  Wollaston  is  lord  of  the  manor,  but  part  of  the  soil  belongs  to 
Appleby  School,  Henry  Radford,  Esq.,  Mr.  William  Choyce,  and  a  few 
smaller  owners.  It  is  supposed  that  there  was  anciently  a  chapel  here, 
but  no  remains  of  it  are  now  extant;  and  a  yearly  tithe-rent  of  £450  is 
paid  to  the  rector  of  Sibson.  This  is  one  of  the  few  places  in  which  the 
original  breed  of  long-horned  cattle  is  still  kept  up  in  its  purity,  having 
been  introduced  here  more  than  a  century  ago.  The  late  Mr.  George 
Chapman  was  famous  for  his  breed  of  long-horns.  The  Farmers  are — 
Thos.  &  Wm.  Beeby,  Rcl.  Hemming  Chapman,  Wm.  Choyce  (The  Lodge), 
Elizabeth  Hand,  and  Michael  Taverner.    Wm.  Darlinson  is  carpenter. 


SNARESTONE,  5  miles  S.  of  Ashby-de-la-Zouch,  and  U  miles  N.W. 
of  Market  Bosworth,  is  situated  on  an  eminence,  under  which  the  Ashby 
Canal  passes  through  a  tunnel,  about  400  yards  in  length.  Its  parish 
contains  355  inhabitants,  and  1325  acres  of  land.  The  soil  is  various, 
some  parts  being  a  fine  deep  loam,  and  others  a  stiff  clay.  John  Gurdon, 
Esq.,  is  lord  of  the  manor,  and  George  Moore,  Esq.,  and  Messrs.  Samuel 
and  John  Spencer,  and  Thomas  Stevenson,  and  a  few  smaller  owners, 
have  estates  here.  The  Church  (St.  Bartholomew)  is  a  brick  structure, 
with  a  square  tower  and  two  bells,  and  is  nearly  covered  with  ivy. 
The  curacy  is  annexed  to  Swepstone  rectory.  (See  page  509.)  The 
glebe  here  is  24a.,  and  the  tithes  were  commuted  in  1843  for  .£197  to  the 
rector  of  Swepstone;  £2.  10s.  to  the  vicar  of  Shackerstone,  and 
£7. 12s.  6d.  to  the  impropriator.  Here  is  a  National  School,  for  girls.  The 
boy's  Free  School,  with  a  good  house  and  garden  for  the  master,  was 
given  by  Thos.  Charnells,  in  1717,  and  endowed  by  him  with  an  adjoining 
cottage  (let  for  .£3.  10s.);  7^a.  of  land,  worth  £20  per  annum;  and 
a  yearly  rent-charge  of  .£38  out  of  an  estate  at  Upton.  He  also  founded 
a  library  of  about  500  volumes  of  ancient  literature,  for  the  use  of  the 
parish,  under  the  care  of  the  schoolmaster,  who  teaches  40  free  scholars, 
appointed  by  the  trustees  from  the  three  villages  of  Snarestone,  Swep- 
stone, and  Newton.  The  poor  of  Snarestone  have  a  yearly  rent-charge  of 
15s.,  left  by  Thos.  Charnells,  in  1089  ;  and  ,£2. 17s.  9d.,  as  their  share  of 


714 


SNARESTONE    PARISH. 


£7.  Os.  3d.,  the  rent  of  2a.  3r.  of  x>oor's  land  at  Newton  Burgoland. 
Here  is  a  wall  letter  box  which  is  cleared  at  4  p.m.    Post  from  Ashby. 

Taylor  Wm.  shopkeeper,  brickmaker, 
and  wheelwright 


Baxter  John,  master,  Free  School 

Bond  William,  coal  dealer,  Wharf 

Bowman  John,  butcher 

Bramley  Rev.  Richard,  B.A.  curate 

Chandler  Thomas,  blacksmith 

Dummeller  Mrs  Ann 

Farnell  Mrs  Eleanor 

Lawes  Annie,  schoolmistress 

Lees  Mrs  Sarah,  Ivy  House 

Lees  Mary,  boarding  school,  Laurel  Gv. 

Meakin  Stephen  &  Benj.  brickmakers 

Parker  Mr  Thomas 

Patrick  William,  shopkeeper 

Roberts  Richard,  joiner 

Siddans  John,  tailor  and  parish  clerk 

Siddans  Thomas,  victualler,  Crown 

Spencer  Miss  Frances 


Tunnicliff  Moses,  gentleman 
Wilkinson  Mary,  shopkpr.  &  vict.  Globe 
Wilkins  George,  shoemaker 

FARMERS  AND  GRAZIERS. 

Marked  *  are  Owners. 


Bown  William 
Glover  William 
Hooke   Nathaniel, 

Lodge  farm 
Meakin  William 
Mills  Thomas,  Bil- 
lingsgate 


*  Pares  John 
Meade  Lewis  (and 

brickmaker) 
Siddans  Thomas 

*  Spencer  Samuel 
Stevenson  Thomas 
Varnam  John 


Carriek. — Wm.  Cooper,  to  Atherstone, 
Tues.,  Derby  Fri.,  and  Ashby  Sat. 


STANTON  (STONEY)  is  a  considerable  village,  on  a  bold  rocky 
eminence,  on  the  west  side  of  the  vale  of  the  Soar,  4£  miles  E.N.E.  of 
Hinckley,  and  10  miles  S.W.  by  S.  of  Leicester.  It  is  famous  for  its 
basalt  rocks,  which  afford  an  inexhaustible  supply  of  that  valuable 
material  for  the  roads  of  the  neighbourhood.  Its  parish  contains  703 
inhabitants,  and  1480  acres  of  land,  extending  eastward  to  the  Soar  and 
the  Fosse-way.  Mr.  John  Orton  is  lord  of  the  manor,  but  the  greater 
part  of  the  soil  belongs  to  Thos.  Frewen,  Esq.,  George  Townshend,  Esq., 
Messrs.  Wm.  and  John  Fogg,  Mrs.  Berridge,  Rev.  C.  T.  Wilkinson,  and 
a  few  smaller  owners.  Stanton  House,  the  property  and  residence  of 
Henry  Townshend,  Esq.,  is  a  neat  stuccoed  mansion,  with  beautiful 
pleasure  grounds.  The  Church  (St.  Michael)  is  a  neat  structure,  with  a 
tower  and  lofty  spire,  and  was  repaired  and  re-pewed  in  1842,  when  a 
new  transept  was  added,  and  a  new  peal  of  six  musical  bells  was  hung 
in  the  steeple,  the  tenor  weighing  nine  cwt.  At  the  same  time,  H.  Towns- 
hend, Esq.,  presented  an  excellent  organ.  The  rectory,  valued  in  K.B. 
at  .£14.  13s.  lfd.,  and  now  at  £390,  has  210a.  of  glebe,  awarded  in  lieu 
of  tithes,  at  the  enclosure  in  1764.  Thos.  Frewen,  Esq.,  of  Brickwall, 
Sussex,  is  patron,  and  the  Rev.  John  Sankey,  M.A.,  is  the  incumbent, 
and  in  1844,  erected  a  handsome  rectory  house,  in  the  Elizabethan  style, 
at  a  cost  of  £750.  A  legacy  of  .£'20,  left  by  Thomas  Franks,  for  that 
purpose,  was  expended  in  erecting  a  Sunday  School,  adjoining  the 
churchyard.  The  poor  have  yearly  30s.,  as  the  interest  of  .£'30,  left  by 
Wm.  and  Dinah  Chamberlain.  In  1751,  the  Rev.  John  Bold  left  £20  to 
the  poor,  and  £20  for  a  yearly  sermon.  These  sums,  with  £52  left  by 
Diana  Major,  and  £20  left  by  Dr.  Geary  and  Penelope  Hill,  for  the  poor, 
were  laid  out,  in  1755,  in  the  purchase  of  4a.  of  land,  called  the  Abbey 
Meadow,  at  Leicester.  Part  of  this  land  was  taken  by  the  Soar  Naviga- 
tion Company,  who  pay  for  it  a  yearly  rent  of  £1.  4s.  l£d.,  and  the  rest 
is  let  for  £7.  Out  of  these  rents,  20s.  is  paid  for  a  sermon  ;  Is.  worth  of 
bread  is  distributed  weekly,  and  the  rest  is  given  away  in  calico  by  the 
rector  and  churchwardens.  Here  is  a  wall  letter  box.  Post  from  Hinckley. 


Brown  Misses  Sarah  and  Maria 
Bryan  John,  wheelwright 
Bimmock  Mrs  Sar.||Kenney  Mrs  Fras. 
Higginson  Sar.  Ann,  drpr.  druggist,&c. 


Howe  William,  blacksmith 
Lane  Francis,  baker  and  beerhouse 
Bane  Thomas,  carpenter  &  organ  bldr. 
Sankey  Rev.  John,  M.A,  rector 


STONEY  STANTON  PARISH. 


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Townshend  Henry,  Esq.  Stanton  Hs. 
Varnam  Harriet,  schoolmistress 
INNS  AND  TAVERNS. 
Blue  Bell,  Richard  Wood 
Bull's  Head,  William  Hunt 
Star,  Robert  Wildbore  (and  mason) 


BUTCHERS. 

Bryan  William 
Coley  John 
Stevens  Thomas 


FARMERS  &   GRZRS. 

Atkins  John 
May  Jeffery 
May  Mary 


Orton  Ghas.  Hig- 
ginson,  ThcLdg. 
Orton  John 
Pegg  John 
Pegg  William 
Williams  Henry 
Wood  Joseph  ;    h 
Sibson 

SHOPKEEPERS. 

Collins  Joseph 


Hackett  John 
Hackett  Joseph 
Higginson  S.  A. 
Stevens  Thomas 
Varnam  Ann 

CARRIER. 

William  Hunt,  to 
Hinckley,  Mon. 
and  Leicester, 
Wed.  and  Sat. 


THORNTON  is  a  long  village,  pleasantly  situated  on  rising  ground 
between  two  small  rivulets,  on  the  north  side  of  the  Leicester  and  Burton 
Railway,  9  miles  W.  by  N.  of  Leicester.  Its  township  contains  2020 
acres  of  land,  and  446  inhabitants,  but  its  parish  includes  also  the  town- 
ships of  Bagwortli  and  Stanton-uncler-Bardon,  and  comprises  altogether 
5G07  acres,  and  1292  inhabitants.  Viscount  Maynard  is  lord  of  the 
manor  of  Thornton,  but  a  great  part  of  the  soil  belongs  to  Mrs.  Cham- 
berlain, and  a  few  smaller  owners.  In  1472,  Lord  Wm.  Hastings  had 
license  to  enclose  and  impark  Thornton.  The  manor  afterwards  passed 
to  the  Harringtons,  who  sold  it  about  1G20,  to  Sir  Robert  Banaster,  whose 
daughter  married  Lord  Maynard.  The  Church  (St.  Peter)  is  a  line  old 
structure  of  early  English  architecture,  with  a  tower  containing  three 
bells,  and  crowned  by  a  beautifully  tapering  spire.  It  is,  however,  in  a 
very  dilapidated  condition,  and  sadly  needs  restoration.  The  living  is  a 
vicarage,  valued  in  K.B.  at  £6.  10s.  2d.,  and  now  at  .£202,  with  the 
curacies  of  Bagwortli,  and  Stanton-under-Bardon  annexed  to  it.  The 
Rev.  Samuel  Adams,  M.A.,  is  the  incumbent,  and  has  a  good  residence, 
built  by  the  patron  in  1851.  Visct.  Maynard  is  impropriator  and  patron ; 
and  the  glebe  is  about  15Ga.,  mostly  allotted  at  the  enclosure  in  1779 
and  1794,  when  all  the  tithes  were  commuted.  Stanton  was  enclosed 
in  the  former,  and  Thornton  and  Bagwortli  in  the  latter  year.  The 
General  Baptist  Chapel  was  built  in  1813,  at  a  cost  of  £400  ;  and  the 
Wesleyan  Chapel  was  built  in  1828,  at  a  cost  of  £200.  The  Parochial 
School  was  erected  in  1854,  at  a  cost  of  £180,  and  attached  to  it  is  a 
residence  for  the  mistress.  On  the  east  side  of  the  village  is  a  large 
reservoir,  covering  80  acres,  and  belonging  to  the  Leicester  Water  Co. 
(See  p.  151.)  It  was  constructed  in  1851,  and  is  supplied  by  two  rivulets 
and  several  springs.  In  1630,  Luke  Jackson  bequeathed  tithes,  then  of 
the  yearly  value  of  £6.  10s.,  to  be  distributed  among  the  poor.  These 
tithes  were  partly  commuted  at  the  enclosure  of  Charnwood  Forest,  for 
two  allotments,  comprising  27a.  1r.  15p.  of  land  in  Stanton  township, 
which,  with  some  tithes  still  belonging  to  the  charity,  are  now  let  for 
£46.  10s.  per  annum.  The  township  of  Bagwortli  and  Stanton  have  an 
equal  share  with  Thornton,  in  this  charity.  The  sum  of  £40,  left  by 
John  Harrington  and  others,  is  vested  at  oh  per  cent,  interest,  which  is 
distributed  among  the  poor.  Merrylces  Railway  Station  is  about  one 
mile  south  of  the  village. 

Post  Office  at  Thomas  Smith's.      Letters  arrive  from  Leicester  at  7.45  a.m., 
and  aro  depatched  at  5.50  p.m. 


Adams  Rev.  Samuel,  M.A.  vicar 
Allen  George,  keeper,  Reservoir 
Arguile  John,  station  master,  Merrylces 
Bancroft  Alfred,  baker 
Christian  Joseph,  corn  miller 


Louch  Ann,  schoolmistress 
Storer  Michael,  blacksmith 

INNS  AND  TAVERNS. 
Bricklayers  Arms,  Wm.Dilks(&bricklyr] 
Old  Bull's  Head,  Thomas  Chetwin 


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THORNTON    PARISH. 


Stag  and  Castle,  John  Dilks 


BUTCHERS. 

Archer  Thomas 
Barnes  Thomas 
Drackley  John 

FARMERS   &  GRZRS. 

Booth  Richard 
Bott  Thomas 
Brewin  Thomas 
Christian  William 
Crosher  William 
Drackley  John 
Drackley  Samuel 
Easom  Alexander 


Ensor  Mary,  Mer- 

rylees 
Geary    Elizabeth, 

Lindridge 
Geary  John 
Lawrence  John 
Lester  Thomas 
Shuttlewood  Danl. 

Bagworth  Heath 
Simpson  Robert 
Varnam  Henry 
Webster  William 


SHOEMAKERS. 

Geary  William 
Gregory  Thomas 
Price  George 

SHOPKEEPERS. 

Brown  John 
Geary  Joseph 
Smith  Thomas 

TAILORS. 

Geary  Henry 
Lawrence  Cphr. 
Smith  Thomas 

WHEELWRIGHTS. 

Gearv  Elias 


Hadfield  George 

RAILWAY. 

Trains  from  Merry- 
lees    station    to 
Leicester  and  all 
parts,  several 
times  a  day 

CARRIERS. 

Thos.  Johnson,  to 
Leicester,  Sat.  & 
Loughboro'  Th. 

Wm.Tillson  toLei- 
cester,Wd.  &  St. 


Bagworth  is  a  village,  township,  and  cliapelry,  in  Thornton  parish, 
10  miles  W.N.W.  of  Leicester,  on  the  south  side  of  the  Leicester  and 
Burton  Railway,  on  which  it  has  a  Station  about  half-a-mile  N.  of  the 
village.  It  contains  534  inhabitants,  and  2193  acres  of  land,  forming  a 
picturesque  district  of  hill  and  dale,  watered  by  several  small  rivulets, 
and  including  Bagworth  Parle  and  part  of  Bagworth  Heath.  A  large 
colliery  has  been  worked  here  about  35  years,  by  Viscount  Maynard,  the 
lord  of  the  manor,  and  owner  of  most  of  the  soil.  The  Duke  of  Rutland 
and  a  few  smaller  owners  have  estates  here.  The  Church  is  an  ancient 
structure,  in  the  early  English  style,  with  a  tower  and  three  bells.  It 
has  a  good  Norman  door,  and  stands,  with  the  village,  on  a  bold 
eminence,  which  commands  extensive  views,  bounded  on  the  N.  by  the 
hills  of  Bardon  and  Charnwood  Forest.  The  curacy  is  annexed  to  the 
vicarage  of  Thornton ;  and  here  are  35a.  of  glebe,  awarded  in  1794,  in 
lieu  of  tithes.  The  Free  School,  with  a  house  for  the  master,  was 
founded  by  Lord  Maynard,  who  endowed  it  in  1761  with  a  yearly  rent- 
charge  of  £8,  for  the  education  of  16  poor  boys  of  Thornton  and  Bag- 
worth,  appointed  by  the  minister  and  churchwardens.  It  was  rebuilt  by 
the  present  Viscount  Maynard  in  1828.  A  yearly  rent-charge  of  20s., 
left  by  John  Lea,  in  1675,  is  applied — 5s.  for  a  sermon,  5s.  for  schooling 
a  poor  boy,  and  10s.  in  a  distribution  to  poor  widows,  who  have  also  12 
penny  loaves  every  other  Sunday,  from  a  rent-charge  of  26s.,  left  by  an 
unknown  donor,  out  of  land  at  Donisthorpe.  The  poor  of  the  township 
have  a  share  of  Jackson's  Charity,  as  noticed  with  Thornton ;  and  the 
interest  of  <£25,  left  by  the  Smith  family,  and  vested  with  the  Trustees 
of  Hinckley  and  Melbourne  turnpike.  The  manor  of  Bagworth,  anciently 
called  Bagewarde,  was  held  by  the  Earl  of  Mellent  at  the  Conquest,  when 
here  was  a  wood  a  mile  long  and  half-a-mile  broad.  In  1310,  the  Bishop 
of  Durham  held  the  manor.  In  1472,  Lord  Win.  Hastings  had  license 
to  embattle,  enclose,  and  impark  Bagworth.  In  the  reign  of  Elizabeth, 
the  Earl  of  Huntingdon  sold  the  manor  to  Sir  John  Harrington,  whose 
family  sold  it  to  Sir  Robert  Banaster,  whose  daughter  carried  it  in 
marriage  to  Lord  Maynard.  The  Park  was  garrisoned  by  the  army  of 
Charles  L,  and  it  was  devastated  and  dis-parked  soon  afterwards.  It 
then  belonged  to  Lady  Frances  Manners.  In  Bagworth  Park,  a  house 
called  the  Moats  is  still  surrounded  by  a  dry  moat,  from  which  numerous 
deer's  horns  and  bones  have  been  dug  ;  and  many  spear  and  arrow  heads, 
bullets,  and  cannon  balls,  have  been  found  in  the  grounds. 

Post  Office  at  Joseph  Johnson's.    Letters  arrive  from  Leicester  at  7%  a.m., 
and  are  despatched  at  6  p.m. 


BAGWORTH    TOWNSHIP. 


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Adcock  John,  station  master 
Fitch  Thomas  Birch,  schoolmaster 
Gardner  John,  wheelwright 
Gardner  Thomas,  blacksmith 
Johnson  Joseph,  shopkeeper 
Kenny  Frederick,  colliery  manager 
Moon  John,  smith  and  vict.  Plough 
Percival  Sarah,  blacksmith 
Roberts  John,  butcher  and  vict.  Barrel 
Shuttlewood  Thos.  steward  to  Viscount 

Maynard 
Willetfc  Oliver,  tailor  and  shopkeeper 


FARMERS   AND    GRAZIERS. 


Annis  Robert 
Croshaw  George 
Crosher  James 
Dowell  Thomas 
Geary  John 
Harris  Joseph 
Harris  Jp .  Crosh  aw 


Harrison  William, 
Bagworth  Park 

Kirkman  Thomas ; 
h  Barlestone 

Lees  Jno.  Brentnll 

Roberts  John 

Wood  Richard 


Carriers. — Erasmus  Johnson  to 
Leicester  Sat.,  and  Loughbro'  Thurs. ; 
and  Jph.  Kelham  to  Leicester  Sat. 

Railway. — Trains  to  Leicester  and 
all  parts,  several  times  a-day. 


Stanton-undeu-Bardon,  a  scattered  village,  picturesquely  situated 
among  the  hills  near  Bardon,  nine  miles  N.W  by  W.  of  Leicester, 
is  in  Thornton  parish,  and  its  township  contains  312  inhabitants,  and 
1394a.  1r.  10  p.  of  land,  including  Horsepool  Orange  and  several  scat- 
tered farms.  The  tithes  were  commuted,  at  the  enclosure  in  1779,  for 
25  acres  of  land,  to  which  4a.  3r.  12p.  have  since  been  allotted,  in  lieu 
of  commonright.  Here  is  a  Wesleyan  Chapel.  The  poor  have  a  share 
of  Jackson  s  Charity,  as  noticed  with  Thornton ;  and  also  about  .£32 
a-year,  as  the  rent  of  21a.  of  land,  bequeathed  by  St.  John  Cole,  in  1694. 
Goisfrid  de  Wirce  held  the  manor  of  Stanton,  or  Steynton,  at  the  Con- 
quest, and  in  1148  it  was  given  by  Wm.  Harcourt  to  Garendon  Abbey. 
At  the  dissolution,  it  was  granted  to  the  Earl  of  Rutland,  and  by  marriage 
it  passed  to  the  Duke  of  Buckingham,  who  sold  it  to  Ambrose  Phillipps, 
Esq.,  in  the  17th  century.  The  Earl  of  Stamford  and  Warrington  is 
now  lord  of  the  manor,  but  a  great  part  of  the  soil  belongs  to  A.  L.  M. 
P.  De  Lisle,  Esq.,  the  Rev.  Wm.  Roby-Burgin,  the  Rev.  James  Baggc, 
and  a  few  smaller  owners. 


Post  from  Leicester. 

Biddies  John,  shoemaker 
Biddies  Richard,  vict.  Plough 
Biggs  Thomas,  vict.  Croion 
Braithwaite  Sarah,  shopkeeper 
Geary  John,  shoemaker 
Geary  Wm.  blacksmith  and  collector 
Hill  Francis,  butcher 
Massey  John,  wheelwright 


FARMERS   AND    GRAZIERS. 

Abell  William  Hood,  Battlejlat  Lodge 

Clark  William,  Battlejlat 

Hill  Francis  ||  Hopkinson  John 

Hood  Edward,  Horsepool  Grange 

Hopkinson  John,  jun.  Billabarrow 

Jesson  — ,  Tithe  Farm 

Norman  Thomas  ||  Warren  Benjamin 

Roby-Burgin  Rev.  Wm. ;  h  Shardlow 

Warren  Isaac     II     Willett  Sarah 


THURLASTON  is  a  secluded  village,  on  an  eminence,  7£  miles  S.W. 
of  Leicester.  Its  parish  is  watered  by  two  small  rivulets,  and  includes 
2980  acres  of  land  and  712  inhabitants,  of  which  52  inhabitants  and  1075 
acres  are  in  Normanton-Turville  hamlet.  It  includes  Newhall  Park 
(199  acres),  Hoe  Fields,  and  other  farms.  The  soil  is  chiefly  a  rich  loam, 
with  some  sand  and  a  portion  of  clay.  The  Trustees  of  the  Newhall 
Park  estate  are  lords  of  the  manors  of  Thurlaston  and  Newhall  Park, 
and  owners  of  most  of  the  soil ;  and  the  rest  belongs  to  William Worswick, 
Esq.,  the  Rev.  G.  E.  Bruxner,  Alfred  Whitby,  Esq.,  Mr.  Joseph  Neale, 
and  several  smaller  owners.  Thurlaston  was  held  at  the  Conquest  by 
Hugh  de  Grentemaisnell,  and  afterwards  passed  to  the  Choupaine,  Tur- 
ville,  and  other  families.  The  Church  (All  Saints)  is  an  ancient  struc- 
ture, with  a  massive  tower  and  three  bells,  and  contains  several  monu- 


718 


THURLASTON    PARISH. 


ments  belonging  to  the  Turville  and  Grundy  families.  One  of  the  former 
is  an  altar  tomb,  bearing  recumbent  effigies  of  a  knight  and  lady,  and 
under  an  arch  is  a  recumbent  figure  of  the  founder,  who  died  in  1140. 
In  1850,  the  chancel  and  north  aisle  were  rebuilt,  and  the  church  was 
reseated  by  subscription.  At  the  same  time  a  splendid  stained  glass 
window,  by  Wailes,  was  inserted,  at  the  expense  of  the  rector,  at  the  east 
end.  There  are  three  other  stained  glass  windows  in  the  chancel,  and 
one  at  the  west  end.  In  1801,  the  remainder  of  the  building  was  tho- 
roughly restored,  the  ancient  Norman  arcade  was  cleaned  of  its  covering 
of  whitewash,  the  whole  of  the  interior  was  newly  stuccoed,  the  windows 
embellished  with  dressings  of  stone,  and  a  new  roof  added.  The  rectory, 
valued  in  K.B.  at  ,£13.  9s.  3d.,  and  now  at  £400,  has  about  230  acres  of 
glebe,  awarded,  in  lieu  of  tithes,  at  the  enclosure  in  1769,  together  with 
a  modus  from  the  old  enclosures.  The  Rev.  George  E.  Bruxner,  M.A., 
is  the  incumbent,  and,  in  1845,  he  erected  a  handsome  new  Rectory 
House,  upon  a  pleasant  eminence,  commanding  extensive  views.  Here 
is  a  General  Baptist  Chapel,  which  was  built  in  1787,  and  rebuilt  in 
1842,  at  a  cost  of  £250.  In  the  village  is  a  National  School  for  botli 
sexes,  rebuilt  in  1855,  at  a  cost  of  £1000,  by  the  rector,  on  the  glebe  land. 
Attached  to  it  is  a  house  for  the  master,  who  teaches  about  70  children, 
of  whom  sixteen  are  free  scholars,  in  consideration  of  the  dividends  of 
£226.  2s.  2d.  Three-and-a-half  per  Cent.  Stock,  purchased  with  £200  left 
by  William  Smart,  in  1802.  The  same  donor  also  left  £50  for  the  poor, 
and  it  was  laid  out  in  the  purchase  of  £57.  7s.  lOd.  of  the  same  Stock, 
the  interest  of  which  is  distributed  in  coals.  The  sum  of  £40,  left  to  the 
poor  by  Richard  Evcrard,  and  £20,  left  by  an  unknown  donor,  have  been 
long  lost.  An  Infant  School  was  built  in  1859,  at  a  cost  of  £500,  on  land 
given  by  the  rector. 

Post  Office  at  John  Ladkin's.     Letters  arrive  from  Hinckley  at  9  morning, 
and  are  despatched  at  5  evening. 


AnscombeWm.  master, National  School 
Barton  Richard,  baker  and  flour  dealer 
Bates  Mr  George  |]  Buckley  Mrs  Susan 
Bruxner  Rev.   George  Edward,  M.A. 

rector,  Bcctory 
Ladkin  Emma  and  M.  A.  milliners 
Moore  Samuel,  assistant  overseer 
Ottley  Rev.  George  L.,  LL.B.  curate 
Taylor  Elizabeth   and   Sons,  joiners, 

builders,  and  timber  merchants 
Taylor  William,  vict.  Bog  and  Gun 
Trotter  Edwin,  wheelwright 
West  John,  blacksmith  and  beerhouse 
West  William  Gilbert,  blacksmith 
Woodward  George,  jun.  vict.  Elephant 

and  Castle 

BUTCHERS. 

Woodward  George  I  Woodward  G.  jun. 


FARMERS    &  GRZRS. 

(*Are  Oicners.) 
Everard  Lydia 
*Fox     Mary     and 

Dorotby,   Thur- 

laston  Lodge 
HeggsDan. Stretch 

Nook 
Huddlestone    Jas. 

Jackson,     The 

Ycnnards 
Ladkin  Jonathan 
Mudford     Joseph, 

Hoe  Fields 
♦Neale  Jpb.  Neic- 

hall  Park 
*Willey  William  (& 

maltster) 


SHOEMAKERS. 

Briggs  Samuel 
Grewcock  William 
Knight  James 

SHOPKEEPERS. 

Hurd  Joseph 
Ladkin  John 
Tutt  Edward 

TAILORS. 

Ladkin  John 
Tarry  Obadiah 

CARRIERS. 

To  Leicester,  Wed. 

and  Saturday 
Bott  William 
Cooper  Richard 
Tutt  Edward 


NoitMANTON-TunviLLE  is  a  hamlet  in  Thurlaston  parish,  6  miles  N.E. 
of  Hinckley,  and  8  miles  S.W.  of  Leicester.  It  has  only  52  inhabitants, 
and  1075  acres  of  land,  much  diversified  with  hill  and  dale,  and  mostly 
having  a  rich  strong  marly  soil,  well  adapted  for  grazing  and  dairy  pur- 
poses. William  Worswick,  Esq.,  of  Birstall  Hall,  near  Leicester,  is  lord 
of  the  manor  and  owner  of  the  soil.  Normanton  Hall  is  a  fine  Eliza- 
bethan mansion,  partly  mantled  with  ivy,  and  standing  in  a  beautiful 


NORMANTON-TURVILLE.  710 

park  on  the  east  bank  of  a  rivulet.  It  is  commonly  called  The  Turville^ 
and  was  anciently  a  seat  of  the  Turville  family,  but  i3  now  the  residence 
of  Henry  Loy,  Esq.  In  front  of  it  is  an  extensive  fishpond,  abounding 
with  pike  and  other  fish  of  large  size.  The  Farmers  are — William  Hulse 
Blunt,  Hill  Farm ;  Barnabas  Pickering,  The  Knoll ;  William  Scott,  and 
William  Slater  Walker,  Normanton  House. 


TWYCROSS  is  a  neat  village,  5  miles  W.  by  N.  of  Market  Bosworth, 
and  5^  miles  N.  by  E.  of  Atherstone,  at  the  junction  of  the  turnpikes 
from  Ashby-de-la-Zouch  and  Burton-upon-Trent,  about  half-a-mile  south 
of  Gopsall  Park,  the  beautiful  seat  of  Earl  Howe.  Its  parish  contains 
330  inhabitants,  and  1500  acres  of  land.  The  soil  is  mostly  an  indifferent 
mixed  loam  and  marl.  Earl  Howe  is  lord  of  the  manor,  and  owner  of  a 
great  part  of  the  soil,  and  the  rest  belongs  mostly  to  W.  H.  Clare,  Esq., 
and  the  Rev.  Charles  Wright.  There  are  several  handsome  residences 
in  the  village,  and  most  of  the  houses  belonging  to  Earl  Howe  were 
rebuilt  in  a  uniform,  neat,  and  substantial  manner,  about  31  years  ago. 

The  Church  (St.  James)  is  a  handsome  structure,  which  was  thoroughly 
restored  in  1840,  at  the  expense  of  Earl  Howe.  It  has  a  tower  and  three 
bells,  and  its  windows  are  enriched  with  stained  glass,  part  of  which  is 
ancient,  being  brought  from  Louis  XIV.'s  chapel  at  Paris,  at  the  time  of 
the  French  Revolution.  In  one  of  the  windows  arc  the  arms  of  the 
Queen  Dowager,  and  in  another  those  of  Earl  Howe.  The  east  window 
is  very  beautiful,  and  contains  representations  of  twelve  scriptural 
scenes,  in  stained  glass,  presented  by  Sir  Thomas  Wathen  Waller,  Bart. 
The  organ  is  an  excellent  instrument.  The  benefice  is  a  perpetual  curacy, 
valued  at  .£130,  in  the  patronage  of  Earl  Howe,  and  incumbency  of  the 
Rev.  Andrew  Bloxam,  M.A.,  late  fellow  of  Worcester  College,  Oxford. 
Here  are  about  100  acres  of  glebe,  and  the  tithes,  which  belong  to  Earl 
Howe,  have  been  commuted  for  a  rent  charge  of  ^£209.  6s.  9d.  The 
National  School  was  built  by  Earl  Howe,  in  1822,  and  is  partly  sup- 
ported by  him.  The  schoolmistress  has  £1($. 13s.  4d.  a  year,  as  one-third 
of  the  interest  of  £1000,  left  by  Chas.  Jennens,  of  Gopsall,  in  1705,  for 
schooling  poor  children  of  this  and  two  other  parishes. 

Post  Office  at  Wm.  Burton's.    Letters  arrive  from  Atherstone  at  5  morning, 
and  are  despatched  at  8-45  evening. 

Berkey  Sir  Hanson,  Bart. 

Bloxam  Rev.  Andrew,  M.A.  incumbent, 

Parsonage 
Burton  William,  carpenter 
Clare  William  Harcourt,  Esq. 
Corbell  Edward,  vict.  Hoive  Arms 
Faux  Edw.  Esq.  ||  Lakin  John,  Esq. 
Oakeley  William  Edw.  Esq.  and  Hon. 

Mrs  Mary,  Cliff  House 
Orton  Wm.  rope  maker  and  shopkeeper 


Starkey  Michael,  parish  clerk 
Startin  Mary,  schoolmistress 
White  Charles,  blacksmith 


FARMERS     AND 
GRAZIERS. 

Allen  Samuel 
Ckoyce  John,  Har- 
ris Bridge 
Corbell  Edward 
Gardner  John 


Haywood  William 
(and  butcher) 

Lea  John 

Morris  Edw.  Gop- 
sall House  farm 

Startin  Edward 


WITHERLEY,  a  neat  village  on  the  east  side  of  the  river  Anker, 
which  divides  it  from  Warwickshire,  is  about  one  mile  E.  of  Atherstone, 
and  7  miles  S.W.  of  Market  Bosworth.  Its  parish  contains  584  inhabi- 
tants, and  about  1409  acres  of  land,  of  which  635  acres  and  90  inhabitants 
are  in  Atterton  hamlet,  about  1$  mile  E.  of  the  village.  The  Roman 
Watling  street  traverses  the  south  side  of  the  parish,  and  near  it  is 
Mancetter,  in  Warwickshire,  the  site  of  the  Roman  station  Manducs- 
sedum.     The  manorial  rights  are  in  dispute  between  S.  R.  Bonner,  Esq,, 


720 


WITHERLEY   PARISH. 


and  the  representatives  of  the  late  C.  S.  Preston,  Esq.,  and  C.  H.  Brace- 
bridge,  Esq.,  but  the  soil  belongs  chiefly  to  the  Rev.  J.  C.  Roberts,  M.A, 
The  manor  was  long  held  by  the  Earls  of  Leicester  and  Dukes  of  Nor- 
folk. The  Church  (St.  Peter)  is  an  ancient  fabric,  with  one  of  the  hand- 
somest steeples  in  the  county,  built  in  the  reign  of  Edward  III.,  by  John 
Lord  Segrave.  The  tower  contains  five  bells,  and  the  spire  rises  to  the 
height  of  156  feet.  The  church  was  re-seated,  at  a  cost  of  ^£250,  in  1850  ; 
and  in  1858  the  rector  rebuilt  the  chancel  and  inserted  a  handsome 
stained-glass  window,  at  a  cost  of  .£500.  The  rectory,  valued  in  KB.  at 
.£16.  2s.  3£d.,  and  now  at  .£550,  has  54a.  of  glebe  in  Witherley,  and  17a. 
in  Atterton.  It  is  in  the  patronage  and  incumbency  of  the  Rev.  J.  C. 
Roberts,  M.A.,  who  has  a  good  residence.  The  Rev.  Edward  Thomas 
Chamberlayne,  M.A.,  of  Atherstone,  is  curate.  The  tithes  were  com- 
muted, in  1848,  for  .£460  per  annum.  The  soil  is  generally  a  strong 
clay,  and  well  cultivated.  Here  are  extensive  stables  and  kennels,  built 
about  26  years  ago  by  the  gentlemen  of  the  Atherstone  Hunt,  at  the  cost 
of  about  £2500,  and  houses  for  the  huntsman  and  head  groom  have  since 
been  added.  Viscount  Curzon,  M.P.,  is  now  master  of  the  hounds.  The 
Sandhills  are  charged  with  providing  yearly  four  pairs  of  shoes  and  four 
grey  coats  for  poor  men  of  Witherley,  pursuant  to  the  bequest  of  Henry 
Watford,  in  1696.  The  poor  have  5s.  a  year  out  of  land  called  the 
Grove,  left  by  Nicholas  Bailey.  The  rector  holds  a  piece  of  land  called 
Bell  Rope  Meadow,  charged  with  finding  ropes  for  the  bells. 

Post  Office  at  the  Blue  Lion  Inn.     Letters  via  Atherstone. 


Alder  Mary,  schoolmistress 
Angrave  Edward,  vict.  Blue  Lion 
Burrows  Robert,  tailor 
Dickens  William,  huntsman,  Kennels 
Didham  Rev.  Rd.  C,  M.A.  The  Lodge 
Fulleylove  John,  wheelwright 
Haywood  James,  parish  clerk 
Hitchcock  George,  baker  and  shopkpr. 
Jones  John,  head  groom,  Kennels 
Mayou  Mr  Edward 
Power  Thomas,  carpenter 
Roberts  Rev.  James  Coral],  M.A.  rec- 
tor, Rectory 


Robinson  John,  shoemaker 
Thompson  Mrs,  Witherley  House 
Tipper  James,  millwright 
Shepherd  Jane,  baker  and  shopkeeper 
Simmonett  George,  victualler,  Bull 
Watters  William,  corn  miller 

FARMERS.     (*  are  Oioncrs.) 


Angrave  Edward 
♦Bolus  William 
♦Corbett  Thomas, 
Mythe  Cottage 
Farmer  John  ■ 
Hitchcock  Isaac 


Pilgrim  John  ;  h 

Atherstone 
♦Pollen  John  ;    h 

Atherstone 
Yeomans  Edward 


Atterton  is  a  small  hamlet  in  Witherley  parish,  nearly  3  miles  E. 
by  N.  of  Atherstone,  containing  only  635  acres,  and  96  inhabitants.  The 
soil  belongs  chiefly  to  Chas.  Wynn  Griffiths-Wynn,  Esq.,  M.P.,  the 
representatives  of  the  late  Capt.  Chas.  Weaver,  Alderman  Newton's 
Charity,  and  the  Rev.  J.  C.  Roberts,  M.A.  The  farmers  are — Sampson 
Choyce  Baker,  Thos.  Crofts,  John  Eaton,  Atterton  House,  Elisor  Hum- 
phrey, and  John  Harding.    Post  from  Nuneaton. 


GUTHLAXTON    HUNDRED. 


Guthlaxton  is  the  central  of  the  three  Hundreds  forming  the  Southern 
Division  of  Leicestershire,  and  forms  the  Deanary  of  Guthlaxton,  in  the 
Archdeaconry  of  Leicester.  It  is  comprised  in  Lutterworth  and  Blaby 
Unions,  and  contains  about  20,000  souls  and  64,000  acres  of  land,  form- 
ing a  fertile  district  of  a  wedge- like  figure,  with  its  narrow  point  running 


GUTHLAXTON    HUNDRED. 


721 


up  to  Leicester,  from  which  it  extends  about  17  miles  south  ;  but  it  is 
only  eleven  miles  across  in  its  broadest  part,  where  it  is  crossed  by  a 
range  of  bold  hills,  near  Peatling  Parva,  Gilmorton,  Ashby  Magna  and 
Parva,  and  Over  Claybrook.  It  is  bounded  on  the  south  by  Northamp- 
tonshire ;  on  the  south-west  by  Warwickshire ;  on  the  north-west  by 
Sparkenhoe  Hundred  ;  and  on  the  east,  by  Gartree  Hundred ;  and  its 
northern  point  joins  the  boundary  of  the  Borough  of  Leicester.  It  is 
watered  by  many  rivulets,  most  of  which  have  their  sources  within  its 
limits,  and  flow  northward  to  the  Soar,  on  its  western  boundary,  or 
southward,  to  the  Avon,  which  divides  it  from  Northamptonshire.  The 
Union  Canal  crosses  it  near  Blaby,  within  four  miles  of  Leicester;  and 
the  Midland  Railway  traverses  its  western  side,  and  between  Wigston 
station  and  Leicester  is  joined  by  the  Leicester  and  Hitchin,  Leicester  and 
Burton,  and  South  Leicestershire  Railways.  It  contains  many  large  and 
pleasant  villages,  but  its  only  market  town  is  Lutterworth,  within  five 
miles  of  its  southern  extremity.  The  great  Roman  road,  Wailing  street, 
divides  it  from  Warwickshire ;  and  near  its  western  boundary  is  the 
Fosse-way.  The  Romans  had  a  station  at  High  Cross,  near  the  point 
where  these  roads  intersect  each  other,  and  they  had  another  at  Dow- 
bridge,  on  the  Avon,  near  Catthorpe.  Guthlaxton  Hundred  was  for- 
merly included  with  that  of  Sparkenhoe,  from  which  it  was  separated 
in  the  reign  of  Edward  III.  Nichols  supposes  that  it  had  its  name  from 
Saint  Guthlac,  a  celebrated  anchorite  of  Cro}*land  Abbey,  Lincolnshire. 
The  following  enumeration  of  the  49  parishes,  &c,  in  Gothlaxton 
Hundred,  shows  their  territorial  extent,  their  population  in  1861,  and  the 
annual  value  of  their  lands  and  buildings,  as  assessed  to  the  county  rate : 


Pop. 

Annl. 

Pop 

Anul. 

PARISHES,  &c. 

Acres. 

in 

Value. 

PARISHES,    &e. 

Acres. 

in 

Value. 

1861. 

£. 

1861. 

£. 

Araesby  parish 

1366 

573 

2288 

Kilworth  North  parish 

2006 

409 

3097 

Ashby  Magnaparish. . 

1804 

3)5 

2821 

Kil worth  South  parish 

1470 

421 

2220 

Ashby  Parva  parish  . . 

1327 

160 

1917 

Kimcote  parish | 

Cotes  de  Val  hmlt.  1 

2597 

111 

3340 

*A\lestone  (part  of)  p. 

1724 

3000 

*Glenn  Parva  twp . . 

770 

130 

1380 

Walton  (part)  hamlt. 

IT 

390 

ir 

Bitteswell  parish 

1724 

438 

2930 

KnHptoft  (part  of  i  par. 

1210 

54 

1678 

*Blaby  parish 

1241 

1023 

2430 

Shearsby  chapelry. . 

1150 

306 

1580 

*Countesthorpe  ch. . 

1234 

975 

3159 

Walton  (part)  hamlet 

1240 

240 

1227 

Broughton  Astley  p.  \ 

*Knighton  chapelry  + 

1638 

641 

7356 

Primethorpe  twp.   V 
Sutton-in-EJms  tp.  ) 

2076 

785 

4660 

1080 

433 

2774 

Lutterworth  parish  . . 

1890 

22S5 

8313 

Bruntingthorpe  p  irish 

1320 

413 

2095 

Misterton  parish  . . .  \ 

Catthorpe  parish   .... 

625 

146 

1073 

Poultney  hamlet. .  {• 

3580 

554 

5600 

Claybrooke  (part)  par. 

IT 

.. 

Walcote  hamlet  . .  j 

Bitt^sby  liberty  . . 

740 

12 

1545 

*Oadby  parish     

1896 

1254 

4300 

Claybrooke  Gt.  twp 

1079 

424 

2094 

Peatling  Magna  parish 

1813 

272 

2800 

Clayb;  ooke  Little  tp. 

491 

84 

932J 

Peatling  Parva  parish 

942 

168 

1629 

Ullesthorpe  townshp 

1208 

600 

3321  j 

Shawell  parish   

1480 

205 

2000 

Wigston  Parva  ch . . 

386 

79 

670 

Swinford  parish 

1566 

402 

2615 

♦Cosby  parish     ) 

*Littlethorpe1T  limit,  f 

2341 

974 

]■   3726 

Westrill  &  Starmore.. 

1620 

6 

2053 

500 

230 

*  Whetstone  parish 

1944 

1057 

3760 

Cottesbach  parish 

1218 

125 

1584 

*Wigston  Magna  par. 

2944 

2522 

6009 

Dunton  Basset  parish 

1280 

524 

1912 

\\  illoughby     Water- ) 
less  parish   J 

1140 

372 

1902 

♦Foston  parish  

1300 

27 

2135 

Frowles worth  parish... 
Gilmorton  parish  .... 
*Kilby  parish 

1472 
2230 
1060 

291 
853 
362 

2534 

1743 

Totals 

63,722 

22,937 

117,429 

*  Those  marked  thus  *  are  in  Blaby  Union,  and  all  the  others  are  in  Lutterworth 
Union,  except  Westrill  and  Starmore,  which  are  in  Rugbt  Union. 

+  Knighton  is  a  chapelry,  in  the  parish  of  St.  Margaret,  Leicester.  Southfields  Liberty  and 
Castle  View  Liberty,  in  St.  Mary's  parish,  Leicester,  are  now  in  the  Borough  of  Leicester,  but 
were  formerly  returned  as  part  of  thi3  Hundred. 

H  Aylestone  parish  is  partly  in  Sparkenhoe  Hundred.  CI  ybrooke  parish  includes  also 
Wibtqft,  in  Warwickshire.  Littlethorpe  hamlet  hes  330  souls,  of  whom  100  are  in  Narborout  h 
parish.  Walton  hamlet  is  in  Kimcote  and  Knaptoft  parishes,  and  its  area  is  returned  with  tfco 
latter.    Knaptoft  parish  is  partlv  in  Gartree  Hundred. 

2z 


722  GUTHLAXTON    HUNDRED. 

ARNESBY,  or  Amsby,  a  well-built  village,  on  an  eminence,  8  miles 
S.  by  E.  of  Leicester,  and  1\  miles  N.E.  of  Lutterworth,  lias  in  its  parish 
1366  acres  of  enclosed  land,  and  573  inhabitants,  some  of  whom  are 
framework  knitters.  The  soil  is  chiefly  a  strong  fertile  clay.  The  manor 
has  been  held  by  the  Despencer,  Peverill,  Beaumont,  Saltmarsh,  and 
other  families ;  and  in  1292,  Hugh  le  Despencer  had  a  market  and  fair 
here.  The  manorial  rights  are  now  held  jointly  by  J.  S.  Sherwin 
Gregory,  Esq.,  and  Miss  A.  M.  Clark ;  but  a  great  part  of  the  soil 
belongs  to  J.  Howcutt,  Esq.,  Eli  Hipwell,  Esq.,  and  several  smaller 
owners.  The  parish  feast  is  on  the  first  Sunday  in  July.  The  Church 
(St.  Peter)  is  an  ancient  and  massive  structure,  with  an  embattled  tower, 
in  which  is  a  very  old  clock,  the  face  of  which  is  12  feet  in  diameter.  It 
was  re-seated  and  a  new  gallery  erected  in  1829,  when  72  additional 
sittings  were  obtained  and  declared  to  be  free,  in  consideration  of  a  grant 
from  the  Incorporated  Society.  Over  the  chancel  window  is  a  small 
figure  of  St.  Peter.  The  nave  is  of  three  bays.  The  two  westernmost 
arches  on  each  side  are  of  heavy  Norman  character,  with  massive  round 
pillars,  but  those  to  the  east  are  pointed  and  of  later  date.  The 
windows  are  of  various  styles  of  early  pointed  architecture,  and  the  east 
window  of  the  chancel  is  early  decorated.  Sedilia  for  three  priests,  and 
a  double  piscina  are  in  the  south  wall  of  the  chancel,  and  in  the  north 
wall  are  two  arches,  probably  intended  for  tombs.  The  west  doorway  is 
a  fine  specimen  of  architecture  of  very  early  date,  and  above  it  is  a  later 
window,  in  the  perpendicular  style.  There  is  a  porch  on  the  north  as 
well  as  on  the  south  side.  The  parish  chest  is  very  ancient,  and  is  braced 
with  strong  iron  hoops.  The  living  is  a  discharged  vicarage,  valued  in 
KB.  at  £5.  16s.  8d.,  and  now  at  £140.  It  was  augmented,  in  1809, 
with  £200  of  Queen  Anne's  Bounty,  and  has  25  acres  of  old  glebe, 
and  44a.,  allotted  in  lieu  of  tithes,  at  the  enclosure  in  1794,  when 
the  rectorial  tithes  were  also  commuted  for  land.  A  little  to  the  south 
of  the  church  is  a  dilapidated  thatched  building,  occupied  by  two  poor 
people,  and  said  to  have  been  the  Vicarage  House.  J.  S.  Sherwin 
Gregory,  Esq.,  is  impropriator;  Mrs.  Chapman,  of  Putney,  is  patroness; 
and  the  Rev.  Joseph  Chapman,  B.A.,  is  the  incumbent.  A  commodious 
School  was  built  here  by  subscription  in  1860,  and  a  Penny  Savings' 
Bank  has  been  established  in  connection  with  it.  The  Particular  Bap- 
tists have  a  chapel  here,  which  was  built  about  1799  ;  but  its  congrega- 
tion date  their  origin  from  1702,  and  their  original  chapel  is  now  a  stable, 
and  was  for  37  years  under  the  ministry  of  the  Rev.  Robert  Hall,  who 
died  in  1791,  and  whose  son,  of  the  same  name,  was  born  here  in  1764, 
and  died  at  Bristol  in  1831.  The  latter  was  one  of  the  most  eloquent 
preachers  of  the  present  century,  and  his  sermons  and  other  writings, 
published  in  six  volumes,  are  in  great  estimation.  He  was  for  some 
years  minister  at  Leicester,  and  removed  thence  to  Bristol.  His  father 
was  author  of  a  small  work  called  "  Help  to  Zion's  Travellers."  The 
chapel  is  endowed  with  15a.  of  land,  let  for  .£60  a  year,  left  by  Mr.  Benj. 
Winkle ;  and  has  a  house  for  the  minister.  Sunday  Schools  are  attached 
both  to  the  church  and  chapel ;  and  here  are  two  Benefit  Societies,  which 
meet  at  the  Old  Cock  and  Blue  Bell.  In  1668,  John  Loseby  left  £60  for 
24  of  the  poorest  parishioners ;  £10  for  the  poor,  at  the  discretion  of  the 
trustees ;  and  £20  for  repairing  the  church,  highways,  and  town  wells. 
These  sums  were  laid  out  in  land,  now  consisting  of  5a.  22p.  in  this 
parish,  and  Ha.  1r.  25p.  in  Gilmorton.  The  latter  is  let  for  £33,  and 
the  former  is  let  to  the  poor  in  garden  plots,  at  rents  amounting  to 
J17.  13s.  a  year.  The  total  net  rents  are  applied  as  follows : — Two- 
ninths  to  the  repairs  of  the  church,  town  wells,  &c.,  and  seven-ninths  in 


ARNESBY    PARISH, 


723 


the  distribution  of  sums  varying  from  2s.  to  18s.  among  the  poor,  on  St. 
Thomas's  day.  The  interest  of  .£30,  left  by  Mary  Tebbs,  in  1817,  and 
Elizabeth  Wyatt,  in  1806,  is  applied  towards  the  support  of  the  Sunday 
School.  Post  from  Rugby,  via  Theddingworth,  at  9  morning,  returning 
at  4.20  p.m.    Here  is  a  wall  letter  box. 

Bull  Thomas,  parish  clerk 
Evans  Rev.  Shem  (Baptist) 
Fox  Frederick,  schoolmaster 
Kemp  Rev.  Thomas  Cooke,  curate 
Pollard  Thomas,  joiner  &  wheelwright 
Smith  John,  chapel  keeper 
Snutch  John,  chemist  and  druggist 


INNS  AND  TAVERNS. 
Blue  Bell,  William  Peberdy 
Old  Cock,  John  Smith 
Shoulder  of  Mutton.  Frederick  Ross 


BLACKSMITHS. 

Barber  William 
Pallat  Robert 


BUTCHERS. 

Groocock  Chas. 
cattle  dealer) 


Langton  William 

FARMERS  &   GRZRS. 

(*Are  Oivners.) 
Blackwell  Samuel 
Chamberlin  John 
Chamberlin  Thos. 
Eales  John 
*Hipwell  Eh 
Horton  Samuel 
Hurst   John    (and 

baker  &  miller) 
♦Perkins  Abraham 
Spriggs  Maria 
Williams  James 
Williams  William 


SHOEMAKERS. 

Carr  Thomas 
Hardy  William 
Sharp  Henry 

SHOPKEEPERS. 

Clements  Thomas 
Freer  Job 
Langton  William 

TAILORS. 

Burdett  John 
Moore  George 

CARRIERS. 

To  Leicester,  Wed. 
&Sat.  Jno.  Freer 
and  Thos.  Walker 


ASHBY  MAGNA,  a  pleasant  village,  U  miles  N.  by  E.  of  Lutter- 
worth, and  10  miles  S.  by  W.  of  Leicester,  has  in  its  parish  315  inhabi- 
tants, and  1804  acres  of  land,  partly  clay  and  partly  gravel,  and  rising 
boldly  to  the  north,  where  a  rivulet  has  its  source.  The  Earl  of  Ayles- 
ford  is  lord  of  the  manor,  impropriator,  owner  of  the  soil,  and  patron  of 
the  vicarage,  valued  in  KB.  at  £7.  8s.  ll^d.,  and  now  at  .£200,  in  the 
incumbency  of  the  Rev.  Edward  Gibson,  M.A.,  who  has  a  rent  charge  of 
^£150  in  lieu  of  tithes,  and  50a.  of  glebe.  The  Church  (St.  Mary)  is  a 
neat  structure  of  decorated  architecture,  with  a  tower  and  three  bells. 
In  1836,  some  of  the  windows  were  ornamented  with  devices  in  painted 
glass;  and,  in  1860,  the  building  underwent  a  thorough  restoration,  at  a 
cost  of  £400.  The  improvements  included  the  removal  of  the  gallery, 
reseating  the  church  with  open  benches,  building  a  new  vestry,  replacing 
the  heavy  south  porch  by  a  new  window,  cleaning  the  pillars,  arches, 
&c,  of  whitewash,  and  erecting  new  pulpit  and  font  of  carved  Bath  stone. 
The  Vicarage  House  has  been  much  enlarged  and  improved  by  the  pre- 
sent incumbent.  The  School  was  built  by  the  lord  of  the  manor  about 
45  years  ago.  The  poor  have  the  interest  of  £50,  left  by  Ann  Crowder, 
in  1836.  At  the  east  end  of  the  village  is  a  fine  spring,  which  supplies 
a  stone  cistern,  and  is  said  to  have  formerly  supplied,  through  leaden 
pipes,  an  ancient  hall,  the  moated  site  of  which  is  now  planted  with  fruit 
trees.  There  is  another  copious  spring,  at  the  west  end  of  the  village, 
said  to  be  efficacious  as  a  cure  for  sore  eyes.  The  manor  was  held  by 
William  Peverill  at  the  Conquest,  and  afterwards  passed  to  various  fami- 
lies. In  1557,  it  was  sold  to  Robert  Brookesby,  and  thence  passed  to  an 
ancestor  of  its  present  owner.  The  parish  feast  is  on  the  Sunday  after 
August  26. 
Post  from  Lutterworth.    Letters  arrive  at  9  a.m.,  and  are  despatched  at  i\  p.m. 

Attfield  Wm.  butcher  &  vict.  Chequers  Hall  John,  tailor 

Burdett  James,  framework  knitter  Hewitt  John,  grocer,  &c. 

Eastwood  Martha  Eliz.  schoolmistress  Hewitt  William  and  John,  carpenters 

Gibson  Rev.  Edw.M. A.  vicar,  Vicarage  Howkins  Amos,  shoemaker 

Hall  Mr  Henry  Howkins  Benjamin,  baker 

Hall  Mr  Thomas  Jeflery  Joseph,  parish  clerk    " 

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ASHBY    MAGNA   PARISH. 


Weston  John,  gardener 
Woodward  William,  blacksmith 

FARMERS  AND  GRAZIERS. 
Beale  John  I  Hall  Henry 


Hubbard  John 
Hubbard  Josiah 
Hubbard  Thomas 
Sammons  John 


Sammons  Mary 
Stevens  John 
WoodcockTs.  Rey- 
nolds. Flat  farm 


ASHBY  PARVA,  on  a  bold  eminence,  3  miles  N.  by  W.  of  Lutter- 
worth, and  1£  mile  E.N.E.  of  Ullesthorpe  Station  on  the  Midland 
Railway,  is  a  small  village  and  parish,  containing  160  inhabitants, 
and  1326a.  2r.  17p.  of  land.  The  soil  is  clay  and  gravel,  and  be- 
longs to  the  Rev.  John  Goodacre,  LL.D.,  (lord  of  the  manor,)  and  a 
few  smaller  freeholders,  most  of  whom  are  residents.  The  manor  was 
sold  about  1507,  by  Lord  Huntingdon's  trustees.  The  Church  (St. 
Peter)  is  a  small  antique  fabric,  consisting  of  nave,  chancel,  tower,  and 
north  porch.  It  has  three  bells,  and  was  repaired  in  1842,  and  repewed 
in  1845.  In  1856,  a  gallery  was  added,  at  a  cost  of  ,£60  ;  and  in  1858, 
an  organ  was  presented  by  the  rector.  The  tower  is  of  the  decorated 
period,  of  two  stages,  with  battlemented  parapet.  The  body  of  the 
church  is  principally  of  perpendicular  architecture.  The  north  porch  is 
modern  and  of  brick,  and  the  vestry  occupies  the  position  of  a  south 
porch.  In  the  chancel  is  a  large  tablet  to  the  memory  of  the  Rev.  Fras. 
Duckett,  who  died  in  1746,  and  was  rector  of  this  parish  for  more  than 
40  years.  The  staircase  and  doorways  leading  to  the  ancient  rood  loft 
still  remain,  as  well  as  a  portion  of  the  rood  screen.  To  the  left  of  the 
pulpit  is  a  small  column,  on  which  very  probably  an  hour-glass  for- 
merly stood.  The  old  parish  chest  is  in  the  vestry,  and  the  ancient 
font  consists  of  a  circular  basin  upon  a  plain  octagonal  pedestal.  The 
living  is  a  rectory,  valued  in  K.B.  at  £5.  7s.  6d.,  and  now  at  £260, 
having  30a.  of  glebe,  and  tithe  rents  amounting  to  about  £193.  The 
Lord  Chancellor  is  patron,  and  the  Rev.  John  Sturges  Lievre,  M.A.,  is 
the  incumbent.  The  Rectory  House  is  a  neat  building  in  the  Elizabethan 
style,  erected  in  1840.  The  Rev.  Win.  Paul,  a  native  of  this  parish,  was 
executed  at  Tyburn  for  high  treason,  in  1716,  having  joined  the  rebels 
in  the  preceding  year,  and  preached  to  them  at  Preston  and  other  places. 
In  1832,  Lucy  Goodacre  bequeathed  all  the  residue  of  her  personal  estate, 
after  the  payment  of  legacies,  &c,  to  Sarah  Boivyer,  to  be  by  her  dis- 
posed and  vested  for  such  charitable  uses  as  she  should  think  fit.  The 
residue  paid  to  Mrs.  Bowjrer  amounted  to  £6571.  10s.  lid.,  and  of  this 
sum  she  laid  out  £4847  in  the  purchase  of  a  farm  of  92a.  1r.  37p.,  at 
Stoney  Stanton,  and  £258  in  the  purchase  of  two  pieces  of  land  and  two 
cottages,  in  this  parish.  She  converted  the  cottages  into  four  Alms- 
houses, adjoining  to  which  she  erected  four  others.  Upon  the  other 
piece  of  ground  she  erected  Schools  for  boys  and  girls,  with  residences 
for  the  master  and  mistress.  These  erections  and  alterations,  including 
the  repairs  of  the  farm  buildings,  cost  £1168.  10s.  The  farm  is  now  let 
for  £142  a-year,  out  of  which  the  schoolmaster  and  mistress  have  each 
a  yearly  salary  of  £30,  for  teaching  8  poor  boys  and  10  girls  ;  and  each 
of  the  eight  alms-women  have  a  quarterly  stipend  of  £3.  10s.  In  1834, 
Mrs.  Bowyer  conveyed  the  charity  to  J.  and  R.  Goodacre,  W.  H.  Gillson, 
the  Rev.  J.  S.  Lievre,  the  Rev.  H.  K.  Richardson,  Marston  Buzzard, 
and  Wm.  Nurse,  in  trust  for  the  aforesaid  uses.  In  1664,  the  open  and 
common  fields  of  the  parish  were  enclosed,  by  agreement  of  the  land 
owners,  and  14  acres  were  allotted  to  the  poor.  This  land  is  now  let  for 
£34.  10s.,  which  is  divided  among  the  poor  parishioners.  The  Church 
Land,  3  acres,  was  awarded  at  the  same  time,  and  is  now  let  in  allot- 
ments, at  2s.  per  hundred  yards,  which  is  applied  with  the  church-rates. 


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At  the  same  time,  2  acres  were  set  out  as  a  Gravel  Pit,  which  has  been 
sold  for  .£25,  the  gravel  being  exhausted.  For  distribution  in  bread  on 
Whit- Sunday,  the  poor  have  the  interest  of  £20,  left  by  Mary  Rymor, 
in  1780  ;  and  they  have  also  the  interest  of  .£15,  left  by  J.  Coltman,  Wm. 
Gilbert,  and  another  donor. 

Post  Office  at  Henry  Tarry's.    Letters  arrive  from  Lutterworth,  at  1{ 
morning,  and  are  despatched  at  6  evening. 


Button  John,  shoemr.  ||  Nurse  Mrs  E. 
Foxon  John,  vict.  Shoulder  of  Mutton 
Knight  Samuel,  cattle  dealer 
Lievre  Kev.  John  Sturges,  M.A.  rector 
Tarry   Hy.  schoolmaster,  postmaster, 

land  surveyor,  and  parish  clerk 
Wickes  Charles,  shopkeeper 


FARMERS.    (*ARE    OWNERS. 


Wm. 


Dowell  John 
*Higginson  Mrs 
*Higginson 

Scott 
Mason  George 
Nurse  Abraham 


♦Stevenson  John 
Tarry  Henry 
Wallin  Nicholas 
Wesson    William, 
Boggy  Brays 


AYLESTONE,  on  the  east  side  of  the  river  Soar  and  the  Union  Canal, 
2|  miles  S.  by  W.  of  Leicester,  is  a  pleasant  village  and  township,  con- 
taining 392  inhabitants,  and  1723a.  2r.  36p.  of  fertile  land.  Its  parish 
includes  also  Glen  Parva  and  Lubbesthorpe,  the  latter  of  which  is  in 
Sparkenhoe  Hundred.  The  Duke  of  Rultand  owns  nearly  all  the  soil, 
and  is  lord  of  the  manor,  which  was  anciently  called  Elstone  or  Allestone, 
and  was  held  in  1080,  by  the  Earl  of  Mellent,  who  had  here  24  villans, 
5  bordars,  and  4  mills.  It  afterwards  passed  to  various  families,  and  was 
carried  in  marriage  with  Dorothy  Vernon  to  Sir  John  Manners,  an 
ancestor  of  the  present  noble  owner,  in  the  ICth  century.  The  open 
fields,  &c,  were  enclosed  in  1766.  The  Church  (St.  Andrew)  is  a  large 
and  handsome  structure,  consisting  of  nave,  aisles,  and  chancel,  with  a 
tower  containing  four  bells,  and  crowned  by  aspire.  The  chancel  is  very 
spacious,  and  the  arch  dividing  it  from  the  nave  is  of  unusual  height, 
The  east  window  is  a  peculiar  specimen  of  architecture.  Three  stone 
sedilia  and  a  piscina  still  remain  in  the  south  wall  of  the  chancel,  and 
on  the  north  wall  is  a  brass,  which  has  been  removed  from  the  floor, 
and  contains  a  full  length  representation  of  Wm.  Heathcote.  It  is  dated 
1594,  and  is  in  good  preservation.  Here  are  also  a  stall  of  14th  century 
work,  and  a  curious  chest,  dated  1663.  An  organ  was  erected  a  few 
years  ago,  at  a  cost  of  £250  ;  and  at  the  same  time,  the  piers  and  arches 
were  restored,  the  west  gallery  removed,  and  other  improvements  effected. 
The  north  aisle  contains  a  piscina,  and  was  formerly  a  chapel,  separated 
from  the  nave  by  a  stone  wall,  parts  of  which  still  remain.  The  west 
door  is  a  good  specimen  of  early  architecture,  but  has  been  much  muti- 
lated, some  of  its  shafts  being  quite  destroyed.  In  one  of  the  registers 
is  a  curious  Protestation  against  Popery,  dated  1641,  and  signed  by  the 
rector  and  many  of  his  congregation.  About  half-an-acre  of  land,  given 
by  the  Duke  of  Rutland,  was  added  to  the  burial  ground,  in  1859.  The 
rectory,  valued  in  K.B.  at  £31.  8s.  lid.,  and  now  at  £845,  has  350a.  of 
glebe,  and  a  handsome  Rectory  House,  in  the  Elizabethan  style,  built 
by  the  late  incumbent,  on  the  site  of  the  old  one.  The  Duke  of  Rutland 
is  patron,  and  the  Rev.  Geo.  Wm.  Straton,  M.A.,  is  the  incumbent.  His 
Grace  contributed  liberally  towards  the  erection  of  the  National  School, 
which,  with  'master's  house,  was  built  in  1844,  at  a  cost  of  ,£300,  and 
is  attended  by  about  60  boys  and  girls.  The  Manor  House  is  an 
ancient  mansion,  with  pleasant  grounds,  now  occupied  by  Mr.  N.  C. 
Stone.  The  parish  feast  is  on  the  Sunday  after  St.  Andrew's  day.  Post 
from  Leicester.    Here  is  a  letter  box,  which  is  cleared  at  6  evening. 


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AYLESTONE    PARISH. 


Attwood  Charlotte,  schoolmistress 
Barker  Mr  George  ||  Webb  Mr  Henry 
Bardett  Thos.  supt.  of  police,  &  inspr. 

of  weights  and  measures 
Bardett  William,  tailor 
Clark  Job,  schoolmr.  and  parish  clerk 
Clark  Thomas,  shopkeeper 
Everard  George,  corn  miller 


Garner  George  William,  blacksmith 
Stone  Nathl.  Chamberlain,  land  agent 
Straton  Rev.  Geo.  Wm.  M.A.  rector 
and  surrogate,  Rectory 

FARMERS   AND  GRAZIERS. 


Bass  Arm 
Bloxom  Wm.  Jas. 
(&  flour  dealer) 


Blockley  Thomas 
Dowell  Richard 
Illston  My.  Ann 


Glen  Parva,  a  small  village  and  township,  in  Aylestone  parish,  on 
the  banks  of  the  Olena  rivulet  and  the  Union  Canal,  4£  miles  S.  of  Lei- 
cester, and  1  mile  W.  of  Wigston  Railway  Station,  comprises  130  souls 
and  about  770  acres  of  land,  mostly  a  light  loam,  with  some  clay.  Capt. 
Joseph  Knight,  who  resides  at  the  Manor  House,  is  lord  of  the  manor 
and  owner  of  a  great  part  of  the  soil,  and  the  rest  belongs  to  the  Simp- 
kins,  Orange,  and  other  families.  The  tithes  were  commuted  in  1839 
for  ^£190  per  annum.  The  South  Leicestershire  Railway  passes  through 
this  township. 

Deacon  Joseph,  victualler,  Union 

Diaper  Mr  Ambrose  Bates   Frederick, 

Glover  Thos.  brickmaker;  h  Blaby  Grange 

Knight  Capt.  Joseph,  Manor  House         Bruce  Joseph 
Staples  George,  wharfinger  Bruce  Thomas 


FARMERS   AND    GRAZIERS. 


Goodman  Job 
Hall  Wm.  Henry 
HandleyRd.Lod<7£ 
Staples  Wm.  Black 


BITTE  SWELL,  a  large  village,  with  several  handsome  houses, 
pleasantly  situated  1  mile  N.W.  of  Lutterworth,  and  2f  miles  S.E.  of 
UUesthorpe  Railway  Station,  has  in  its  parish  438  inhabitants  and 
1724a.  1r.  20p.  of  land,  mostly  a  fertile  clay.  Earl  Denbigh  is  lord  of 
the  manor,  but  a  great  part  of  the  soil  belongs  to  the  Executors  of  the 
late  W.  C.  Smith,  Esq.,  Robert  Paddy,  Esq.,  Messrs.  John  Howcutt, 
Thos.  Scotton,  Richard  Jones,  and  Wm.  Lord,  the  Trustees  of  Bond's 
Hospital,  Coventry,  and  others.  Robert  Fellows,  Esq.,  resides  at  the 
Hall,  an  elegant  mansion,  which  was  finished  in  1839.  The  tithes  were 
commuted  for  allotments  of  land,  at  the  enclosure,  in  1787.  The  Church 
(St.  Mary)  is  a  small  ancient  fabric,  with  nave,  chancel,  north  transept, 
south  porch,  tower,  spire,  and  four  bells.  The  tower  is  of  four  stages, 
with  battlemented  parapet ;  and  on  its  south  side,  occupying  its  entire 
width,  is  a  sepulchral  recess,  with  panelled  work,  probably  at  one  time 
covering  the  tomb  of  some  important  personage,  who,  having  been 
excommunicated,  could  not  be  interred  within  the  church.  The  whole 
building  appears  to  be  of  the  perpendicular  period,  and  contains  several 
tablets  of  the  Sanderson,  Twining,  Nicholson,  and  Smith  families.  The 
interior  was  renovated  and  fitted  with  new  seats  40  years  ago,  and  the 
exterior  was  repaired  about  23  years  ago.  The  east  window  was  filled 
with  stained,  glass  by  Mrs.  Ann  Twining,  in  1834;  and  a  handsome 
octagonal  font,  of  Caen  stone,  ornamented  with  foliage,  was  presented  by 
Mrs.  J.  P.  Jones,  in  1851.  The  transept  was  built  in  1852,  and  in  1847 
a  quarter  of  an  acre  of  land  was  added  to  the  churchyard.  The  Haber- 
dashers' Company,  London,  are  impropriators  of  the  rectory,  formerly 
held  by  Leicester  Abbey;  and  they  and  Christ's  Hospital  have  the 
patronage  of  the  vicarage,  valued  in  KB.  at  .£4.  3s.  0£d.,  and  now  at 
^£428.  It  is  held  by  the  Rev.  Geo.  Monnington,  M.A.,  who  has  a 
good  residence,  built  about  a  century  ago.  The  old  glebe  is  21a.  1r.  21p., 
and  the  tithe  allotments  comprise  about  30Ga.  The  Church  Estate,  given 
by  Robt.  Dowse,  was  mostly  exchanged  at  the  enclosure,  and  now  con- 


BITTE SWELL    PARISH. 


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sists  of  of  34a.  1b.  33p.,  let  for  MO  ;  and  nine  cottages,  let  for  about  MO 
a-year.  The  interest  of  i!20,  left  by  Jane  Crisp,  is  paid  for  schooling  six 
young  children.  In  1614,  Richard  Crane  left  <£30  for  the  poor,  and  it 
was  invested  in  land,  which  was  exchanged  at  the  enclosure  for  2a.  2e. 
24p.,  now  divided  into  30  garden  plots,  let  for  £8.  15s.  6d.  per  annum, 
which  is  mostly  distributed  among  the  poor,  and  partly  applied  in 
apprentice  fees.  The  poor  have  also  the  interest  of  £30,  left  by  John 
Harrison,  in  177S,  and  John  Day,  in  1792,  and  now  vested  in  the  church 
estate.  The  Free  School  was  founded  by  the  Rev.  James  Powell,  the  late 
vicar,  and  was  completed  and  endowed  by  his  daughter,  in  1844.  It  is 
attended  by  about  30  children,  and  attached  to  it  is  a  house  for  the  mis- 
tress, who  is  assisted  in  teaching  by  Miss  Powell  and  other  ladies  of  the 
village.  The  Almshouses,  for  six  poor  persons,  are  on  the  north  side  of 
the  village  green,  and  were  built  in  1847,  at  a  cost  of  ^1000,  left  by 
Wakelin  Welch,  Esq.,oi  Bath,  and  Elizabeth  his  wife,  sister  of  the  late 
Rev.  James  Powell.  The  buildings  are  of  brick,  with  stone  dressings,  in 
the  Elizabethan  style,  and  are  quite  an  ornament  to  the  village.  The 
alms-people  are  appointed  by  Miss  Powell,  and  receive  weekly  stipends 
from  the  interest  of  .£6000,  left  by  the  founders  as  an  endowment.  The 
ancient  stocks  are  still  in  existence  on  the  green,  not  far  from  the  church. 

Post  Office  at  Samuel  Howkin's.     Letters  via  Lutterworth. 


Chapman  Elizabeth,  schoolmistress 
Fellows  Robert,  Esq.  Bitteswell  Rail 
Glover  Francis,  cattle  dealer 
Glover  Mr  William  Bishop 
Hubbard  Thomas,  miller  and  baker 
Monnington  Rev.  George,  M.A.  vicar 
Petty  Geo.  earthenware  &  coal  dealer 
Powell  Miss  Mary  [|  Twining  Mrs  Ann 
Sharinan  William,  woolstapler 
Smith  Thomas,  grocer 
Tilt  Mrs  Sarah     [|     Barton  Miss 
Watson  Thomas,  solicitor 
Wigley  William,  tailor 
Woodward  Jervis,  blacksmith 

INNS    AND    TAVERNS. 

Old  Royal  Oak,  William  Smith 
Royal  Oak,  Thomas  Gardner 


BUTCHERS. 

Read  William 
Smith  William 

CARPENTERS. 

Broughton  Willm. 
Harris  Charles 

FARMERS    &   GRZRS. 

(*  are  owners.) 
Betts  William 
Cattle  Thomas 
Day  Thos.  Cauld- 

well 
*Dowell  Henry 
Draycott  Thomas 
Harrison  Edward 
♦Howcutt  John ;  h 

Leicester 


♦Johnson  Norman 
Wm.BlackenHall 
Lord  Wm.  Bittes- 
well Field 
Morris  William 
♦Paddy  Robert 
*Scotton  Thomas 
Smart  Thos.  Wm. 
Wormleighton  Ts. 

SHOEMAKERS. 

Howkins  Samuel 
Howkins  William 

OMNIBUS 

To  &  from  Lutter- 
worth and  Ulles- 
thorpe  Station, 
twice  a  day. 


BLABY  is  a  considerable  village,  on  the  south  side  of  the  Union 
Canal  and  a  tributary  stream  of  the  Soar,  called  the  Glena,  and  on  the 
Lutterworth  road ;  4^  miles  S.  by  W.  of  Leicester,  and  1£  mile  W.  of 
Wigston  Station,  on  the  Midland  Railway.  Its  township  contains  1241 
acres  of  land,  and  had  1023  inhabitants,  in  1861.  It  gives  name  to  a  large 
Poor  Law  Union,  and  its  parish  includes  also  Countesthorpe  chapelry. 
The  soil  is  light  and  sandy,  and  the  surface  generally  flat.  John  Cooper 
Allen,  Esq.,  is  lord  of  the  manor,  and  resides  at  the  Hall,  a  handsome 
mansion  in  the  Elizabethan  style,  erected  by  John  Clarke,  jun.,  Esq., 
the  late  lord  of  the  manor,  in  1838 ;  and  having  beautiful  pleasure 
grounds  and  gardens,  fish  ponds,  &c,  and  kennels  for  a  pack  of  hounds. 
The  soil  is  freehold,  and  the  greater  part  of  it  belongs  to  J.  C.  Allen, 
Esq.,  Wm.  Dennets,  Esq.,  Trinity  College,  Cambridge,  and  the  Blunt, 
Bruin,  Painter,  Thornton,  and  other  families.  The  manor  was  held 
under  the  Earl  of  Mellent,  in  1086,  and  the  Lodbrookes  held  it  in|the 
reign  of  Henry  VI.  In  1638,  it  was  held  by  George  Saville,  who  sold 
it  to  the  Ashbys,  by  whom  it  wag  sold  in  1760,  to  the  Majors,  who  re- 


728  BLABY   PARISH. 

sided  at  the  old  Hall,  which  was  taken  down  in  1837.  The  Church  (All 
Saints)  is  an  ancient  edifice,  consisting  of  nave,  south  aisle,  chancel  and 
south  porch,  with  a  tower  containing  three  bells,  and  crowned  by  a 
spire.  It  appears  to  have  been  chiefly  built  in  the  13th  century,  but 
nearly  all  the  windows  of  the  nave  have  been  mutilated  and  repaired  with 
wood.  The  clerestory  was  added  at  a  later  date,  and  preserves  its  original 
square-headed  lights.  The  nave  and  aisles  are  divided  by  five  pointed 
arches,  springing  from  octagonal  pillars.  In  1840,  the  church  was  newly 
roofed,  and  the  seats  re-arranged  at  a  cost  of  .£000,  half  of  which  was 
given  by  the  rector.  In  1857,  the  spire  was  partly  taken  down  and 
repaired  at  a  cost  of  £09 ;  and  in  1858,  the  chancel  was  re-roofed  and 
thoroughly  restored  by  the  rector,  at  an  expense  of  .£220,  including  six 
new  windows  in  the  north  and  south  walls,  and  a  handsome  large  early 
decorated  window  at  the  east  end.  At  the  same  time  a  new  stone  porch 
was  built  by  subscription,  at  a  cost  of  .£21.  The  clock  at  present  occu- 
pies part  of  a  very  curious  window  in  the  west  wall  of  the  tower,  but  it 
is  intended  to  have  it  removed  and  the  window  restored.  The  burial 
ground  was  enlarged  in  1844,  but  it  is  now  full,  and  will  be  closed  at  the 
end  of  1802,  when  a  new  cemetery  will  be  provided.  The  rectory,  valued 
in  K.B.  at  £15.  5s.,  and  now  at  .£400,  with  the  curacy  of  Countesthorpe 
annexed  to  it,  has  about  200a.  of  glebe,  mostly  allotted  at  the  enclosure 
in  1770,  when  the  tithes  were  commuted.  The  Lord  Chancellor  is 
patron,  and  the  Rev.  Henry  James  Hoskins,  M.A.,  is  the  incumbent. 
The  Rectory  House  is  a  commodious  residence,  the  principal  part  of 
which  was  added  by  the  present  rector  in  1845,  at  a  cost  of  £2000.  The 
gardens  are  extensive  and  tastefully  laid  out ;  and  adjoin  the  church- 
yard to  the  north-east.  A  handsome  National  School  with  large  class- 
room, master's  house,  and  every  convenience,  was  built  in  1849,  of 
Enderby  granite,  with  freestone  dressings,  at  a  cost  of  £008,  of  which 
£250  were  given  by  the  rector  ;  £180  by  Government  and  the  National 
Society ;  £50  by  Trinity  College,  Cambridge ;  £10  by  the  late  Queen 
Adelaide,  and  the  remainder  by  subscription.  It  is  attended  by  about 
100  children.  The  Baptists  have  a  chapel  here,  which  was  built  about 
1807,  and  has  been  several  times  enlarged.  The  parish  feast  is  on  the 
first  Sunday  in  November.  In  1701,  the  Rev.  Edward  Stokes  gave  for 
charitable  uses  Kinton's  Close,  comprising  3r.,  let  for  £2.  2s. ;  which  is 
applied  in  distributions  of  religious  books,  &c.  The  same  donor  also 
gave  Knight's  Close,  2it.,  the  rent  of  which  was  to  be  paid  to  the  parish 
clerk  for  ringing  a  bell  at  eight  o'clock  each  evening  from  September  to 
March.  This  land  has  been  added  to  the  rectory,  and  the  rector  pays 
annually  the  sum  of  £2.  10s.  to  the  clerk  for  the  above-named  purpose. 
BLABY  UNION  comprises  29  parishes,  viz. : — Aylestone,  Blaby, 
Countesthorpe,  Foston,  Glen  Parva,  Kilby,  Knighton,  Oadby,  and  Wig- 
ston  Magna,  forming  Wigston  District ;  and  Knoll  and  Basset  House, 
Braunstone,  Braunstone  Frith,  Cosby,  Croft,  Enderby,  Freak's  Ground, 
Glenfield,  Glenfield  Frith,  Huncote,  Kirby  Frith,  Kirby-Muxloe, Leicester 
Forest,  Lubbesthorpe,  Narborough,  Newfound  Pool,  New  Parks,  Potters'- 
Marston,  Thurlaston,  and  Whetstone,  forming  Enderby  District.  They 
embrace  an  area  of  58  square  miles,  and  about  14,500  inhabitants.  The 
average  annual  expenditure  of  this  district,  on  the  poor  during  the  three 
years  preceding  the  formation  of  the  Union,  was  £9143,  but  the  expendi- 
ture in  1838  was  only  £0004.  The  Union  Workhouse,  built  in  1837, 
at  the  cost  of  about  £4400,  has  room  for  300  inmates,  and  has  4a.  of 
garden  ground.  It  is  situated  on  the  west  side  of  the  Soar,  in  the  parish 
of  Enderby,  and  in  Sparkenhoe  Hundred,  2  miles  W.  of  Blaby,  and  4 
miles  S.S.W.  of  Leicester.    Mr.  Thomas  Sheppard,  of  Leicester,  is  union 


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clerk  and  superintendent  registrar ;  The  Rev.  H.  D.  Millett,  B.A.,  of 
Leicester,  is  chaplain  ;  Mr.  Henry  and  Mrs.  Gillott  are  master  and  matron 
of  the  Workhouse ;  Mr.  Henry  Gillott  is  also  relieving  officer  for  Enderby 
District ;  and  Henry  Hill  is  relieving  officer  for  Wigston  District.  Mr. 
John  Newby,  of  Wigston,  and  Mr.  Wm.  Oram,  of  Narborough,  are  regis- 
trars of  marriages,  and  the  latter  is  also  registrar  of  births  and  deaths 
for  Enderby  District,  and  Mr.  Kobt.  Screaton  is  registrar  of  births  and 
deaths  for  Wigston  District.  Messrs.  J.  B.  Hulme,  of  Wigston,  W. 
Beresford,  of  Narborough,  and  F.  Fullagar,  of  Leicester,  are  the  surgeons. 
BLABY  PARISH  DIRECTORY. 

Post  Office  at  Maria  Brown's.     Letters  arrive  from  Leicester  at  9  morning, 
and  are  despatched  at  5  afternoon. 


Allen  John  Cooper,  Esq.  Blaby  Hall 
Barnett  Rev.  John  (Baptist) 
Brown  Maria,  draper,  Post  Ojfce 
Clarke  Job,  grocer 
Cotton  Mr  Samuel  Oldershaw 
Hook  William,  blacksmith  and  sexton 
Hoskins  Rev.  Hy.  James,  M.A.  rector 
Looms  Thomas,  blacksmith 
Newby  Rev.  Rd.  John,  M.A.vicar  of  En- 
derby &  perpetl.  curate  of  Whetstone 
Vice  Mr  William  A.  Blaby  Mill 
Vice  William,  corn  miller,  Blaby  Mill 

INNS  AND  TAVERNS. 
Bakers  Arms,  James  Robinson 
Black  Horse,  Maria  Bruin 
Bull's  Head,  Samuel  Bonner 
Golden  Ball,  Jonathan  Greet 


BAKERS,    &C. 

Darnell  James 
Jarvis  Grace 
Law  James 

BRICKLAYERS. 

Harford  David 
Rudkin  Joseph  K. 

BUTCHERS. 

Greenaway  James 


COWKEEPERS. 

Freer  John 
Goodman  Job 
Pegg  Thomas 
Willey  Joseph 

FARMERS   &  GRZRS. 

(*Are  Owners.) 
Bruin  Wm.  Chas. 
Darnell  James 


Hurst  Sarah 
*Painter  Mary 
Parsons    Thomas, 

Blaby  Hill 
♦Tebbs    Wm.  ;    h 

Countesthorpe 
*  Thornton     Geo. 

Blaby  Hill 

FRAMESMITHS. 

Banner  Isaiah 
Ward  John 

HAWKERS. 

Abbott  George 
Beazley  Richard 
Iliffe  John 
Spencer  John 

MILLINERS. 

Glover  Jane 
Law  Ann 
Russell  Eliza 
Simkins  Mary 

SCHOOLS. 

Barnett  Rev.  J. 
Glover  Eliza 
Law  Mary 


Smith  Henry,  Na- 
tional School 

SHOEMAKERS. 

Brett    John    (and 

parish  clerk) 
Brett  William 
Poole  John 

SHOPKEEPERS. 

Jesson  Lucy 
Parsons  Dinah 
Robinson  Ann 
Tomlin  William 
Wilson  Sarah 

TAILORS. 

Wardle  William 

WHEELWRIGHTS. 

Cotton  Samuel 
Glover  Thomas  (& 
brick  maker) 

CARRIER. 

To  Leicester,  Wed. 
and  Sat.  Clarke 
Thos.HuntWm. 
Pegg  Thomas, 
&  Willey  Joseph 


Countesthorpe,  a  large  village,  on  an  eastern  declivity,  above  a 
rivulet,  6  miles  S.  of  Leicester,  and  8£  miles  N.  by  E.  of  Lutterworth, 
gives  name  to  a  township  and  chapelry,  in  Blaby  parish,  containing  975 
inhabitants,  and  1234  acres  of  fertile  land.  It  is  said  to  have  derived 
its  name  from  the  Countess  Judith,  who  held  lands  here  at  the  Domes- 
day survey.  The  Trustees  of  Monk's  Charity,  for  apprenticing  poor 
children  of  Measham,  Derbyshire,  are  lords  of  the  manor;  but  most  of 
the  soil  belongs  to  Messrs.  W.  and  C.  Bassett,  W.  Tebbs,  G.  Payne, 
Samuel  Barrows,  and  several  smaller  freeholders.  The  tithes  were  com- 
muted for  about  200a.  of  land,  at  the  enclosure,  in  1776.  The  Church 
(St.  Andrew)  being  much  decayed,  was  mostly  taken  down,  in  1842, 
except  the  tower,  and  rebuilt  on  a  larger  plan,  at  a  cost  of  more  than 
.£1000,  raised  by  subscription  and  a  grant  from  the  Incorporated  Society. 
It  will  now  seat  400  hearers,  and  the  nave  and  chancel  are  separated  by 
an  open  carved  oak  screen.  A  very  handsome  stained  glass  window  was 
inserted  at  the  east  end,  in  1850,  at  a  cost  of  <£70,  in  memory  of  Mr.  H. 
Ralphs.    The  curacy  is  consolidated  with  the  rectory  of  Blaby,  and  the 


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COUNTESTIIORPE    TOWNSHiP. 


Rev.  John  Rogers',  B.A.,  of  Foston,  is  the  officiating  curate.  The 
National  School  was  erected  in  1848,  on  the  site  of  an  old  building  left 
by  the  Rev.  Edward  Stolces,  in  1753.  It  cost  A'250,  and  is  a  neat  brick 
building,  in  the  early  English  style,  attended  by  about  50  children.  It 
is  endowed  with  the  dividends  of  £'450,  left  by  Henry  Raljjhs,  in  1848, 
and  invested  in  Consols,  and  £7  a-year  as  the  rent  of  three  cottages  left 
by  the  same  donor.  The  school-master  has  also  a  house  and  garden  left 
in  1848,  by  the  Rev.  Lomas  Miles.  The  Particular  Bajrtists  have  a 
chapel  here,  built  in  1829,  and  having  a  Sunday  School  and  a  library 
attached.  Here  is  also  a  Primitive  Methodist  Chapel,  built  in  1841.  In 
the  village  are  three  Friendly  Societies  and  a  Lodge  of  Oddfellows.  The 
annual  feast  is  on  the  first  Sunday  in  December,  About  18  acres  of  the 
glebe  are  let  to  the  poor  inhabitants,  in  garden  allotments,  at  Is.  2d.  per 
100  square  yards.  About  a  quarter  of  a  mile  W.  of  the  village,  is  a  small 
Station,  on  the  Midland  Railway. 

Post  Office  at  Wm.  Ringrose's.   Letters  arrive  from  Lutterworth  at  10.30  a.m., 
and  are  despatched  at  2.40  p.m. 


Barlow  Ephraim,  blacksmith 
Bassett  Mrs  Martha 
Burke  Ulysses,  surgeon 
Burley  Jane,  schoolmistress 
Chapman  John,  bricklayer 
Evans  Rev.  Thomas  Rhys,  (Baptist) 
Haywood  Thomas,  hairdresser 
Humfrey  Richard,  butcher 
Johnson  Wm.  coir,  for  Monk's  Charity 
Jones  Wm.  schoolmaster  &  shopkeeper 
Low  William,  farm  bailiff 
Middleton  Elias,  station  master 
Morris  William,  draper,  &c. 
Wright  Joseph,  framesmith 

INNS  AND  TAVERNS. 
Axe  and  Square,  William  Lord 
Bull's  Head,  Mary  North 
Roebuck,  John  Ringrose 
William  IV.  William  Barlow 


BAKERS,   (fee. 

GldershawWm. 
Ringrose  William 

CARPENTERS. 

ElliottJno.(&bdr.) 
Grant  William 

FRAMEWORK  KNTRS . 

Baum  Josiah 


Cox  William 
Flude  Joseph 
Gee  William 
Glazebrook  John 
Herbert  John 
Hubbard  George 
Hubbard  Job 
Hubbard  John 


Immins  Jacob 
Jarratt  Thomas 
Lord  Anthony 
Lord  Ebenezer 
Lord  William 
Peat  John 
Tompkin  James 
Veasey  Thomas 

FARMERS  &   GRZRS. 

(*Are  Owners.) 
*Bassett  Cphr.  (& 

maltster) 
*Bassett  William 
Clarke      William, 
(and  brickmaker) 
*Hall  Mary 
Humfrey  Richard 
Mastin  William 
Payne  James 
*Tebbs  William 
*Wale  Wm.  Chtn. 

GARDENERS. 

Bachelder  Charles 
Beale  Robert 
Gillam  Jonathan 

MILLINERS. 

Clowes  Ann 


Scott  Ann 
Ward  Mary 

SHOEMAKERS. 

Burley  William 
Cheney  Jonathan 
Wright  William 

SHOPKEEPERS. 

Boat  William 
Clowes  Nathan 
Herbert  George 
Jones  William 
Oldersh  aw  William 
Payne  James 
Ringrose  John 
Townsend  George 

TAILORS. 

Thornton  William 
Turner  Joseph 

RAILWAY 

Trains  sevrl.  times 
adaytoallparts. 

CARRIERS 

To  Leicester  Wed. 

and  Saturday. 
Dowell  William 
Herbert  Job 
Hubbard  Thomas 


BROUGHTON-ASTLEY  is  a  village,  on  the  banks  of  a  small  rivu- 
let, 5|  miles  N.  by  W.  of  Lutterworth,  9  miles  S.S.W.  of  Leicester,  and 
a  quarter  of  a  mile  west  of  the  Midland  Railway,  on  which  it  has  a 
Station.  Broughton-Astley  has  332  inhabitants,  but  its  parish  includes 
also  Primethorpe,  an  adjacent  village,  containing  292  inhabitants,  and 
Sutton-in-the-Elms,  a  scattered  hamlet,  distant  about  a  mile  to  the 
north-west,  and  having  101  inhabitants.  These  hamlets,  though  gene- 
rally called  townships,  support  their  poor  conjointly  with  Broughton- 
Astley.  The  whole  parish  comprises  about  2500  acres  of  land,  extending 
westward  to  the  river  Soar  and  the  Roman  Fosse-way.  It  was  enclosed 
in  1637.  The  soil  is  various,  being  clay,  sand,  and  gravel,  but  generally 
fertile.    The  manor,  anciently  called  Broctone,  or  Brostone,  was  sold,  in 


imOUGHTON-ASTLEY   PAKISH. 


731 


17 G9,  by  George  Wright,  to  the  Rev.  J.  Liptrott,  whose  grandson  sold  it 
to  the  Rev.  Thomas  Adnntt.  Captain  Knight  is  now  lord  of  the  manor  ; 
but  most  of  the  soil  belongs  to  the  Rev.  Jph.  Arkwright,  Wm.  Brookes, 
Esq.,  Rev.  T.  Adnutt,  J.  Curzon,  Esq.,  Messrs.  Birchnell,  Pratt,  and 
Cheatle,  and  many  smaller  freeholders.  In  1086,  there  was  in  Sutton  a 
wood  120  perches  long  and  80  broad.  The  parish  Church  (St.  Mary) 
comprises  nave,  north  aisle,  and  chancel,  with  a  massive  ivy-mantled 
tower  containing  five  bells  and  surmounted  by  an  octagonal  spire.  The 
nave  is  of  five  bays,  and  the  windows  on  its  south  side  are  of  perpendicular 
architecture.  There  are  clerestories  over  both  nave,  aisle,  and  chancel. 
The  east  window  of  the  north  aisle  is  in  the  decorated  style,  with  flowing 
tracery  of  the  variety  called  reticulated  or  net-like,  ornamented  with 
cusps.  The  south  doorway  is  in  the  early  English  period,  but  is  covered 
by  a  modern  porch.  The  chancel  contains  an  ancient  piscina,  and 
several  monuments  of  the  Greaves  family.  The  font,  which  is  octagonal, 
is  very  ancient,  and  doubtless  of  the  Norman  period ;  and  in  some  of  the 
windows  are  fragments  of  old  stained  glass.  The  benefice  is  a  rectory, 
valued  in  K.B.  at  .626.  10s.  5d.,  and  now  at  ^750.  The  glebe  is  126a., 
and  the  tithes  were  commuted  in  1845  for  fixed  rents,  amounting  to 
;£519.  12s.  Od.  per  annum.  H.  Radford,  Esq.,  is  patron,  and  the  Rev. 
Henry  Freer  Radford  is  the  incumbent,  and  has  a  good  Rectory  House, 
which  was  repaired  and  mostly  rebuilt  in  1844.  The  National  School 
was  built  in  1847,  at  a  cost  of  .£360,  raised  by  subscription.  The  old 
Manor  House  is  now  a  public-house,  and  was  formerly  a  seat  of  the 
Astleys,  from  whom  the  parish  has  the  latter  part  of  its  name,  to  distin- 
guish it  from  other  Broughtons.  The  heir-general  of  Lord  Astley  carried 
the  manor  in  marriage,  in  the  fourteenth  century,  to  Lord  Grey,  of 
Ruthyn.  The  Particular  Baptists  have  a  chapel  at  Sutton-in-the-Elms, 
built  two  centuries  ago,  and  repaired  and  enlarged  about  fifty  years  ago. 
Attached  to  it  is  a  Sunday  School.  The  interest  of  ^90,  left  by  Zaccheus 
Duclcett,  in  1783,  is  paid  for  schooling  eight  poor  children.  The  interest 
of  ,£25,  left  by  Lord  Keeper  Wright,  in  1772,  and  vested  with  the  church- 
wardens, is  distributed  amongst  the  poor.  They  have  also  20s.  yearly 
as  interest  of  £40,  left  by  Mary  Bray,  in  1824.  The  church  and  poor 
have  a  yearly  rent-charge  of  £12.  14s.  out  of  Sutton  Lodge  farm,  left  by 
an  unknown  donor.  The  parish  feast  is  on  the  first  Sunday  after  August 
26th.  There  is  a  Friendly  Society,  and  an  Odd  Fellows  Lodge,  at  the 
New  Inn.  Post  from  Lutterworth.  Here  is  a  wall  letter  box.  In  the 
following  Directory,  those  marked  1,  are  in  Primethorpe  ;  2,  in  Sutton- 
in-the-Elms  ;  and  the  others  in  Broughton-Astley: — 


Arkwright    Arthur    William,     Esq. 

Broughton  Lodge 
Berridge  Mrs  Ann  |j  2  BerridgeMrs  Car. 
Bull  Rev.  William  (Baptist) 
Cartwright  William,  swine  dealer 

1  Coltman  Charles,  framesmith 

2  Everett  Thomas,  miller,  Soar  Mill 
Heath  Samuel,  station  master 
Hinman  Robert,  police  sergeant 

1  Knight  Samuel,  hosiery  manufacturer 
and  shopkeeper 

1  Monk  Thos.  plumber  and  glazier 
Murphy  Catherine,  schoolmistress 
Radford  Rev.  Henry  Freer,  rector 

2  Shingler  Michael,  beerhouse 
Wilson  Thos.  miller,  Broughton  Mill 
1  Wilson  William,  wheelwright 


INNS  AND  TAVERNS. 
Bull's  Head,  George  Underwood 
1  George  and  Dragon,  John  Bird 
New  Inn,  Thomas  Brookes 
WhiteHorse,  Jno.  Brookes  (&  butcher) 


bakers,  &c. 
2  Haynes  Albert 
1  Ladkin  James 

BLACKSMITHS. 

1  Bird  John 
1  Pegg  James 

CARPENTERS. 

1  Cook  John 
1  Cook  Robert 

FARMERS  &  GRZRS. 

(*  are  Owners.) 
1  Biddle  Thomas 


2  *Birchnell  Wm. 
2  Bishop  John  C. 
2  *Brewin  Wm.  ... 
1  Buxton  Joseph 
(and  butcher) 

1  *  Carver  Robert 

2  Chandler  John 
Chandler  William 

(&  brickmaker) 
Gilbert  Joseph 
2  Johnson    Thos. 
Dutton  Lodge 


732 


BROUGHTON-ASTLEY   PARISH. 


2  Johnson  John 
2  Martin  John 

SHOPKEEPERS. 

Almey  Samuel 
1  Curtis  George 
Newcombe  Wm. 


TAILORS. 

Bates  William 
Bodycot  Frank 
1  Bainer  Thomas 

SHOEMAKERS. 

Jones  William 


1  Smith  Edward 
1  Smith  Joseph 
Smith  Thomas 

RAILWAY 

Trains  to  all  parts 
sevrl.  times  a  day 


CARRIERS 

To  Leicester  Wed. 

and  Saturday. 
Bevin  Joseph 
Staynes  Thomas 
Underwood  Geo. 


BRUNTINGTHORPE,  on  the  northern  declivity  of  a  range  of  bold 
hills,  6  miles  N.E.  of  Lutterworth,  is  a  village  and  parish,  containing 
413  inhabitants,  and  1215  acres  of  land.  Some  of  the  inhabitants  are 
framework  knitters.  The  soil  is  a  mixture  of  sand,  gravel,  and  clay,  and 
there  is  a  chalybeate  spring  in  the  parish.  The  open  fields,  &c,  were 
enclosed  in  1776.  John  and  Hy.  Clarke,  Esqrs.,  are  lords  of  the  manor, 
for  which  they  hold  a  court  leet ;  but  the  greater  part  of  the  soil  belongs 
to  John  Curzon,  Esq.,  of  Derby,  the  Rev.  G.  J.  Freeman,  Mr.  John  Seal, 
and  several  other  freeholders.  The  poor  parishioners  occupy  about  24 
acres  in  spade  husbandry,  and  there  is  a  Sick  Club  in  the  village.  The 
Church  (St.  Nicholas)  is  an  ancient  structure,  consisting  of  a  nave  and 
chancel,  with  a  low  tower  and  three  bells.  The  chancel  has  been  recently 
repaired  by  the  rector,  and  contains  a  beautiful  altar-piece,  representing 
Christ  being  taken  down  from  the  cross,  painted  by  the  Rev.  Thomas 
Freeman,  LL.B.,  the  late  rector,  who  died  in  1834,  and  was  a  member  of 
the  Royal  Academy.  The  rectory,  valued  in  K.B.at  £10.  7s.  6d.,  and  now 
at  £400,  has  266a.  of  glebe,  allotted  at  the  enclosure,  in  lieu  of  tithes. 
John  Wm.  Bridges,  Esq.,  is  patron,  and  the  Rev.  George  John  Freeman 
is  the  incumbent,  and  has  a  small  Rectory  House.  The  Baptists  have 
a  small  chapel  here,  built  in  1845.  The  parish  feast  is  on  the  Sunday 
after  December  6th. 

Post  Office  at  Joseph  Groocock's.     Letters  arrive  from  Lutterworth  at 
10£  morning,  and  are  despatched  at  4J  afternoon. 


Broadwell  Benjamin,  machine  owner 

Buswell  Thomas,  machine  owner 

Clarke  Miss  Elizabeth 

Freeman  Bev.  Geo.  John,  M.A.  rector 

Harding  George,  butcher 

Herbert  Benjamin,  vict.  Joiners'  Arms 

Herbert  William,  builder 

Higgs  (Ts.)  &  Johnson  (Wm.)  machine 

Kilworth  John,  blacksmith        [owners 

Longhurst  Bev.  John,  M.A. 

Mawson  William,  jun.  machine  owner 

Bobinson  Alfred,  grocer,  draper  &joiner 

Sturgess  George,  farrier 

Tolton  William,  victualler,  Plough 

Warner  Joseph,  sack  mender 

FARMERS  AND  GRAZIERS. 

(*  are  Owners.) 
Brown  William       1  Elliott  Samuel 


*Flude  John 
*Flude  Michael 
Harrison  Joseph 
Herbert  William 
Higgs  William 
Martin  John 
Mawson  Thomas 
Mawson  William 
Parsons   George, 

Holt  Farm 
♦Seal  John 
Tolton  William 
Worth  Thomas 
Wright  Jno.  Black 

SCHOOLS. 

Elliott  Alice 
Lievre  William 
Moore  Emma 


SHOEMAKERS. 

Archer  Thomas 
Judkin  James 

SHOPKEEPERS. 

Bray  William 
Higgs  Thomas,  (& 

baker) 
Moore  Thomas 

TAILORS. 

Moore  Edward 
Moore  Thomas 

CARRIERS. 

To  Leicester,  Wed. 
Sat.  and  Lutter- 
worth, Thurs. 

Higgs  William 

Hunt  Joseph 


CATTHORPE,  a  small  village  and  parish,  at  the  most  southern  point 
of  Leicestershire,  is  on  the  north  bank  of  the  river  Avon,  4£  miles  S.  of 
Lutterworth,  and  4  miles  N.E.  by  E.  of  Rugby.  It  contains  146  inhab- 
itants, and  625  acres  of  land.  John  Walter  Morris,  Esq.,  is  lord  of  the 
manor,  and  owner  of  the  Hall  or  Manor  House,  an  ancient  brick  building, 
which  was  repaired  in  1820,  and  was  formerly  occupied  by  the  Turners, 


CATTHORPE    PARISH. 


733 


and  is  now  the  residence  of  Capt.  Fredk.  Geo.  Sitwell.  Part  of  the 
parish  belongs  to  Miss  Compton.  The  village  stands  on  a  gentle 
eminence,  and  commands  a  fine  view  of  the  picturesque  valley,  through 
which  the  Avon  winds  its  course.  Over  this  stream,  about  half-a-mile 
west  of  the  village,  is  Dowbridge,  or  Dovebridge,  near  the  Tripontium  of 
Antoninus.  A  laconic  inscription  on  this  bridge  tells  us  that  it  is  re- 
paired at  the  cost  of  the  three  counties  of  Leicester,  Warwick,  and 
Northampton.  The  great  Roman  road,  Wailing  street,  passes  over  it, 
and  near  it,  both  at  Catthorpe,  and  at  Lilbourn,  in  Northamptonshire, 
antiquities  have  been  found,  shewing  that  a  Roman  city  stood  on  each 
side  of  the  river,  where  vestiges  of  encampments  may  still  be  traced. 
Watling  street  passed  through  the  middle  of  an  encampment,  which, 
Mr.  Ireland  saj^s,  "was  indisputably  the  Tripontium  of  Antoninus." 
The  circular  tumidus,  called  by  different  writers  the  Prcctorium  Augurale, 
or  Augustale,  is  60  feet  in  height,  having  its  base  formed  by  a  rampart, 
or  vallum,  washed  on  the  north  side  by  the  Avon.  This  elevated  spot, 
which  commands  a  view  of  the  whole  encampment,  was  allotted  to  the 
general,  the  superior  officers,  and  young  men  of  rank,  who  served  as 
volunteers.  On  the  east  side  of  it  is  the  upper  camp,  forming  one  line 
with  the  north  side  of  the  Praetorium,  267  feet  in  length.  The  inner 
vallum  of  the  middle  camp  is  only  28  feet  high,  being  defended  by  the 
river.  South  of  this  encampment  is  another,  of  larger  dimensions, 
which  is  separated  from  the  former  by  a  foss.  Its  southernmost  outer 
vallum  is  about  258  feet  long,  and  the  height  of  the  inner  vallum  57  feet. 
Catthorpe,  in  old  writings,  is  variously  called  Torp  ket,  Thorpe  St. 
Thomas,  and  Thorpe  next  Lilbourn.  The  Church  (St.  Thomas)  is  a 
small  ancient  fabric,  which  was  repaired  in  1838,  and  has  a  low  tower 
and  three  bells.  The  rectory,  valued  in  K.B.  at  £5.  5s.  2£d.,  and  now  at 
^£260,  has  44a.  of  glebe,  and  was  augmented  in  1810,  with  ,£200,  given 
by  the  Rev.  S.  P.  Harpur,  and  a  Parliamentary  grant  of  £300.  The 
Rev.  Latimer  Harpur  is  patron  and  incumbent,  but  resides  at  Burton 
Latimer,  Northamptonshire.  The  Poor's  Land  comprises  about  14a., 
awarded  at  an  enclosure  in  1655,  and  now  let  to  the  poor  in  small 
allotments. 
Post  Office  at  Thos.  Cooke's.    Letters  despatched  to  Rugby  at  8£  evening. 


Compton  Miss  Maria 

Cooke  Thomas,  farm  bailiff 

Drake  John,  carpenter 

Harper  Rev.  Henry,  M.A.  cnrate 

Malin  Thomas,  victualler,  Blue  Bell 

Mattingley  Mrs,  schoolmistress 


Morrice  Jno.  farmer,  Catthorpe  Towers 
Peasnall  William,  Thornley  Hall 
Robinson  Ann,  shopkeeper 
Robinson  Jno.  tailor  &  vict.  Cherry  Tree 
Robinson  Thomas,  parish  clerk 
Sitwell  Capt.  Fdk.  Geo.  Catthorpe  Hall 


CLAYBROOKE  MAGNA  and  PARVA,  or  Nether  and  Over  Clay- 
brooke,  are  two  adjoining  villages  and  townships,  on  the  crown  and 
northern  declivity  of  an  eminence,  on  the  east  side  of  the  Roman  Wat- 
ling  street,  which  divides  them  from  Warwickshire,  about  4  miles  N.W. 
of  Lutterworth,  and  a  mile  W.  of  Ullesthorpe  Station,  on  the  Midland 
Railway.  Claybrooke  Magna,  or  Nether  Clay  brook,  has  364  inhabitants, 
and  1071a.  2r.  16p.  of  land;  and  Claybrooke  Parva,  or  Over  Claybrooke, 
has  60  inhabitants,  and  only  486a.  3r.  14p.  Claybrooke  Parish  com- 
prises also  the  townships  of  Bittesby,  Ullesthorpe,  Wigston  Parva,  and 
Wibtoft ;  but  the  latter  is  in  Warwickshire.  The  whole  parish  comprises 
1203  inhabitants,  and  about  5300  acres,  watered  by  one  of  the  sources  of 
the  river  Soar,  and  crossed  by  the  Roman  Fosse-way.  The  soil  is 
generally  marl,  rich  loam,  and  clay,  and  some  parts  are  sandy.    Mrs. 


784  CLAYBROOKE   PARISH. 

Ann  Mary  Dicey  is  owner  of  the  soil  and  lady  of  the  manor  of  Claybrooke 
Parva,  and  has  a  handsome  seat,  called  Claybrooke  Hall,  a  large 
modern  mansion,  with  pleasant  grounds,  situated  between  the  two  vil- 
lages, and  commanding  extensive  views,  but  now  occupied  by  Captain 
Douglas.  She  also  owns  part  of  Claybrooke  Magna,  where  Lord  Leigh, 
Mr.  Thos.  Mason,  and  other  freeholders,  have  estates ;  but  the  manorial 
rights  of  suit  and  service  are  claimed  by  the  lords  of  the  manor  of 
Weston-in-Ardcn,  Warwickshire,  whose  rights,  however,  are  disputed, 
and  have  never  been  acknowledged  by  Mrs.  Dicey ;  and  being  of  trivial 
value,  they  have  not  been  enforced  of  late  years.  It  was  anciently  held 
of  the  manor  of  Winton,  and  afterwards  passed  to  the  Clinton  and  other 
families.  In  1525,  William  Lucey's  son  sold  it  to  George  Turpin,  who 
sold  it  to  the  principal  tenants.  The  rectory  was  appropriated  to  Nun- 
eaton Priory,  and  granted  at  the  dissolution  to  Lord  Talbot.  The  parish 
was  enclosed,  by  agreement  of  the  landowners,  in  1681,  and  the  enclosure 
was  ratified  by  an  Act  of  Parliament,  in  1733.  Though  the  two  Clay- 
brookes  are  separate  townships,  they  form  one  constablewick.  About  a 
mile  west  of  Claybrooke  is  High  Cross,  at  the  point  where  the  Fosse-way 
crosses  Watling  street,  and  where  the  Roman  Station  Benona,  or  Ven- 
nones,  is  said  to  have  been  situated.  Near  High  Cross  is  a  tumulus, 
called  Cloudesley-bush ;  and  in  the  neighbourhood,  many  ancient  coins, 
bricks,  and  squared  stones  have  been  ploughed,  or  dug  up,  at  various 
periods.  On  opening  a  tumulus  in  1720,  the  bones  of  a  man  were  found. 
High  Cross  is  an  elevated  spot,  commanding  extensive  views  of  the  sur- 
rounding country,  and  it  formerly  had  a  beacon,  near  the  site  of  a  cross 
erected  in  1712. 

The  Church  (St.  Peter)  stands  in  Claybrooke  Parva,  and  is  an  ancient, 
structure,  which  has  undergone  many  repairs,  and  has  a  tower  and  four 
bells.  The  aisles  were  new  roofed  and  leaded  in  17G7  ;  the  chancel  was 
re-roofed,  and  the  east  window  filled  with  stained  glass  in  1854 ;  and  in 
1853  two  new  porches  were  erected.  The  fabric  is  shaded  by  lofty  elms, 
which  may  be  seen  at  a  great  distance.  A  new  burial  ground  of  about 
3  roods  was  consecrated  in  1858.  The  benefice  is  a  vicarage,  wife  Wib- 
toft  and  Little  Wigston  annexed  to  it,  valued  in  K.B.  at  £30.  10s.  5d., 
and  now  at  £529,  arising  partly  from  moduses,  and  partly  from  the  glebe, 
which  comprises  74a.  here,  and  18a.  at  Sharnford.  The  patronage  is  in 
the  Crown,  and  the  Rev.  R.  H.  Johnson,  M.A.  is  the  incumbent.  The 
parish  feast  is  on  the  Sunday  after  St.  Peter's  day.  There  are  several 
benefit  societies  and  tradesmen's  clubs  in  the  parish.  Mrs.  Dicey  lets 
12a.  of  land  to  the  poor  in  garden  allotments.  The  School  at  Claybrook 
Parva  is  supported  by  subscription. 

The  Free  School  was  erected  in  1813,  at  a  cost  of  £150,  upon  land 
given  by  T.  E.  Dicey,  Esq.,  in  exchange  for  the  land  upon  which  the  old 
school  formerly  stood.  For  the  use  of  the  school  house,  and  £00  a  year 
from  Newton's  and  Smith's  charities,  the  master  is  required  to  instruct 
all  the  poor  children  of  the  parish,  but  is  allowed  to  take  pay  scholars. 
For  education  and  clothing,  this  parish  receives  £26  a  year  from  Alder- 
man Newton's  Charities.  (See  page  199.)  A  house  in  Coventry,  now 
divided  into  two,  with  two  front  shops,  was  left  by  Marc  Smith,  in 
trust,  to  apply  the  rents  yearly  as  follows: — 40s.  to  six  aged  men  or 
widows  of  Upper  Claybrooke,  30s.  to  six  such  poor  persons  of  Lower 
Claybrooke,  80s.  to  six  such  persons  of  Ullesthorpe,  and  £4  for  appren- 
ticing a  poor  child.  The  houses  are  now  let  for  about  £70  a  year.  New- 
ton's charity  is  expended  at  Christmas  in  providing  clothing  for  25  of  the 
scholars,  consisting  of  green  coats  with  red  collars,  green  waistcoats,  and 
cord  trousers.    The  interest  of  £20,  left  by  John  Fawkes,  in  1829,  is 


CLAYBROOKE    PARISH. 


735 


applied  half  to  the  poor  and  half  to  the  Sunday  School.  The  poor- 
parishioners  have  also  the  interest  of  £25.  5s.,  left  by  William  Musson, 
Thomas  Warner,  and  Ann  Lawrence.  The  Church  Land  comprises 
16a.  2r.,  allotted  at  the  enclosure,  and  now  let  for  .£38  ;  half  an  acre, 
called  the  Parish  yard,  let  for  .£2.  12s. ;  and  1a.  1r.  6p.  in  Little  Clay- 
brooke,  let  for  £5.  12s.  6d.  The  rents  are  applied  in  the  service  of  the 
church.  The  poor  of  Great  ClaybrooJce  have  the  following  yearly  doles, 
viz. : — M,  as  interest  of  <£100  left  by  Ann  Short,  in  1778  :  30s.,  from  .£50 
left,  in  1828,  by  John  Mason ;  £30  from  the  Poor's  Land  (10a.),  allotted 
at  the  enclosure ;  £1,  out  of  Hog  Hall,  in  Burbage,  left  by  Richd.  Web- 
ster;  and  3s.  4d.,  as  interest  of  £5,  left  by  Win.  Stretton.  The  poor  of 
both  townships  have  the  dividends  of  £149.  5s.  Id.  Three  per  Cent. 
Consols,  purchased  with  £100,  left  by  Thomas  Dicey,  in  1807  ;  and  also 
about  £29  a  year  from  a  charity  called  Baldwins  Green  and  Buildings, 
left  to  be  applied,  at  the  discretion  of  the  landowners  and  occupiers, 
either  for  the  relief  of  the  poor  inhabitants  of  the  parish  or  for  educa-. 
tional  purposes.  The  annual  income  is  now  about  £49,  of  which  £20 
are  paid  to  the  schoolmistress  of  Ullesthorpe.  The  land  is  about  nine 
acres,  of  which  three  acres  were  awarded  at  the  enclosure,  and  the 
remainder  was  left  by  an  unknovvii  donor.  The  buildings  upon  it  were 
originally  erected  as  a  workhouse. 
Post  Office  at  Thos.  "Welton's.  Letters  despatched  to  Lutterworth  at  5.20  p.m. 


CLAYBROOKE  PARVA. 
Allen  Ann,  schoolmistress 
Bailey  Elizabeth,  cowkeeper 
Douglas  Captain  Henry  Sholto,  Clay- 
'  Tjroolie  Hall 
Groocock  Caroline,  school 
Groocock  George,  cooper 
Johnson  Rev.  Robt.  Hy.  M.A.  vicar 
Lennox  John,  gardener 
Mills  Richard,  master,  Free  School 
Watson  Herbert,  solr.  at  Lutterworth 
Wood  Rev.  W.  L.,  M.A.  curate 

CLAYBROOKE  MAGNA. 
Benford  Natbaniel,  beerhouse 
Brookes  Charles,  tailor 
Brown  Miss  My.  |]  Noble  Mrs  Margt. 
Fawkes  John,  corn  miller 
Hall  Richard,  bricklayer 
Harding  William,  saddler,  &c. 
Mclllree  Edward,  surgeon 
Nixon  Thos.  auctioneer,  timber  mer- 
chant, and  building  surveyor 


Sawbridge  Ann,  vict.  Blue  Bell 
Shaw  Thomas,  vict.  BulVs  Head 
Varnam  Mr  John 
Walker  Richard  Philip,  clerk 


BLACKSMITHS. 

Holyoak  William 
Perkins  John 

FARMERS   &  GRZRS. 

Ball  Henry 
Barne3  John 
Blockley  George 
Blockley  Thomas 
Carter  Geo.  High 

Cross 
Clarke  Robert 
Mason  Ann 
Scotton  Jno.  High 

Cross 
Wakefield  Richard 

MILLINERS. 

Blockley  Mary 
Groocock  Martha 


Moore  Aun 

SHOEMAKERS. 

Payne  Ann 
Payne  William 
Thorne  John 

SHOPKEEPERS.  , 

Charles  worth  Hy. 
Payne  William 
Welton  Thomas 

WHEELWRIGHTS. 

Neal  William 
Randle  Thomas 

CARRIER. 

Thomas  Blythe  to 
Hinckley,  Mon.; 
Lutterworth, Th.; 
&  Leicester,  Sat. 


Bittesby  is  a  small  liberty  and  township,  in  Claybrooke  parish, 
near  the  Midland  Railway,  3  miles  W.  of  Lutterworth.  It  has  only 
20  inhabitants,  and  about  600  acres  of  fertile  land,  all  the  property  of 
Edward  Townley,  Esq.,  and  mostly  in  one  farm,  occupied  by  Mr.  George 
Bond..  Mr.  Joseph  Elkins,  of  Willeyfield,  occupies  the  remainder.  It 
has  been  variously  spelt  Bichesbie  and  Butlesby,  and  was  held  by  the 
Fumivals  in  the  early  part  of  the  15th  century,  as  of  the  honor  of  Lei- 
cester. From  them  it  passed  to  the  famous  Earl  of  Shrewsbury,  who 
died  in  1453. 


E.  of  Hinckley,  is  a  large  village  on  an  eminence  on  the  Midland  Rai 


I 


736 


ULLESTHORPE    TOWNSHIP. 


way,  which  passes  here  through  a  deep  cutting.  Its  township  is  in  Clay- 
brooke  parish,  and  contains  600  inhabitants,  and  1173a.  3r.  34p.  of  land. 
The  soil  is  in  some  parts  light,  and  in  others  a  stiff  clay,  but  it  is  alto- 
gether good  land,  and  the  surface  hilly.  The  chief  landowners  are — 
Mrs.  Severn  (lady  of  the  manor),  Mrs.  Langton,  Mr.  William  Simons, 
Mr.  William  Scotton,  and  Robert  Goodacre,  Esq.,  the  latter  of  whom  has 
a  seat  here  called  Four  Elms  Lodge.  The  manor  has  been  variously 
spelt  Ulestorp,  Olesthorpe,  and  Ojf'eWwrpe,  and  has  been  held  by  the 
Clinton  and  many  other  families.  It  passed  in  marriage  with  Anne  Brad- 
gate  to  the  late  Rev.  H.  Wigley.  Here  is  an  Independent  Chapel,  built  in 
1825,  at  the  cost  of  i'800.  There  are  several  Sick  Clubs  in  the  village, 
one  of  them  being  for  women.  Ullestlwrpe  House,  a  spacious  and  hand- 
some mansion,  pleasantly  situated,  is  occupied  as  a  boarding  school  by 
the  Rev.  William  Berry,  B.A.  The  School  here  was  built,  in  1856,  by 
the  late  William  Gillson,  Esq.,  and  the  mistress  has  .£20  a  year  out  of 
Bald wiiis  Green,  and  the  rest  of  her  salary  is  made  up  by  subscription. 
Ullesthorpe  participates  in  Marc  Smith's  Charity,  noticed  with  Clay- 
brooke,  and  has  4a.  3p.  of  Poor's  Land,  allotted  at  the  enclosure,  in 
1725,  and  now  let  for  about  .£19  a-year.  The  interest  of  .£50,  left  by 
Michael  Poole,  in  1762,  is  distributed  among  the  poor  in  coals.  The 
sum  of  .£60,  secured  on  Lutterworth  and  Hinckley  turnpike,  was  left  by 
Richard  Warner,  in  trust,  to  dispose  of  the  interest  as  follows : — One- 
half  for  three  poor  people  of  Ullesthorpe,  and  one  of  Little  Wigston ; 
and  the  other  half  to  purchase  bibles  and  testaments  for  the  poor  of 
Ullesthorpe. 

Post  Office  at  William  Williamson's.     Letters  arrive  from  Lutterworth  at  1\ 
morning,  and  are  despatched  at  6  evening. 


Barnes  William,  blacksmith 

Berry    Kev.  William,    B.A.   boarding 

school,  Ullesthorpe  House 
Cowley  James,  gardener 
Ellis  Joseph  and  Sons,  coal,  lime,  and 

'  cake  merchants  ;  J.  Bird,  agent 
Garratt  William,  tax  collector 
Goodacre  Robt.  Esq.  Four  Elms  Lodge 
Hall  John,  bricklayer 
Heels  Andrew,  saddler,  &c. 
Killpack  Mary,  schoolmistress 
Loomes  Thomas,  shopkeeper 
Reynolds  Miss  Elizabeth 
Shipman  Charles,  needle  maker 
Simons  William,  gent.  Manor  House 
Stevenson  Reuben,  butcher 
Sutton  William,  sawyer 
Till  William ,  corn  and  seed  merchant ; 

h  Moorbarns 
Walker  Thomas,  station  master 

INNS  AND  TAVERNS. 
Chequers,  Geo.  Rowley  (fly  proprietor) 


I  Crown,  James  Vesty 
Swan,  William  Corbitt 


BAKERS. 

Corbitt  William 
Varnam  George 

CARPENTERS. 

Munt  &  Pougher 
Williamson  Wm. 

FARMERS  &    GRZRS. 

Cooper    William, 

(and  maltster) 
Holmes  Edw.  Hy. 
Nickels  Sarah 
Simons  Edward 
Smith  Thomas 

FRAMEWORK 
KNITTERS. 

Coltman  Joseph 
Coltman  Michael 
Elliott  Joseph 

SHOFKEEPERS. 

Corbitt  William 
Cowley  James 


Williamson  Wm. 

TAILORS. 

Brooks  William 
Church  William 

RAILWAY 

Trains  eight  or 
nine  times  a  day 
to  all  parts. 

OMNIBUS 

To     Lutterworth 
twice  a  day. 

CARRIERS. 

John  Boulton  to 
Leicester,  Sat. 

Samuel  Cooke  to 
Hinckley,  Mon.; 
Leicester,  Wed. 
and  Sat. ;  and 
to  Lutterworth, 
Thursday. 


Wigston  Parva,  or  Little  Wigston,  is  a  small  township  and  cha- 
pelry  in  Claybrooke  parish,  betwixt  and  near  the  intersection  of  the 
Roman  Watling  street  and  Fosse-way,  7  miles  N.W.  of  Lutterworth,  and 
three  miles  N.  by  W.  of  Ullesthorpe  Station.  It  has  only  79  inhabi- 
tants and  about  386  acres  of  land,  fertile  and  hilly,  and  belonging  chiefly 


WIGSTON    PARVA    TOWNSHIP.  737 

to  W.  B.  Dickinson,  Esq.,  (lord  of  the  manor)  ;  Mrs.  Harris,  John  God- 
frey, Esq.,  Mr.  Wm.  Till,  and  Mr.  John  Toone.  It  is  mostly  freehold. 
The  manor  was  formerly  held  hy  Reading  Abbey,  Berkshire.  The  Hall, 
a  large  square  mansion,  with  pleasant  grounds,  ornamented  with  yews, 
&c,  is  the  seat  of  John  Godfrey,  Esq.,  and  was  formerly  a  seat  of  the 
Grundy  family.  It  is  about  a  mile  N.  of  High  Cross,  and  the  site  of  the 
Roman  station,  noticed  at  page  734.  The  Chapel  (St.  Mary)  is  a  small 
ancient  building,  and  the  curacy  is  consolidated  with  the  vicarage  of 
Claybrooke.  The  poor  participate  in  Warner's  Charity,  as  noticed  with 
Ullesthorpe.  The  only  farmers  are — Joseph  Beale,  William  Till,  and 
John  Toone. 


Wibtoft,  6  miles  S.E.  of  Hinckley,  and  5£  miles  W.N.W.  of  Lutter- 
worth, is  a  village,  township,  and  chapelry,  on  the  west  side  of  Watling 
street,  and  in  Claybrook  parish,  but  all  in  Knightlow  Hundred,  War- 
wickshire, except  two  houses  on  the  east  side  of  the  road.  It  contains 
about  100  inhabitants  and  800  acres  of  land,  in  the  manor  of  Weston- in- 
Arden,  and  belonging  to  Lord  Leigh,  and  the  Gulson,  Walker,  Marvin, 
and  a  few  other  families.  The  Chapel  (St.  Mary)  is  an  ancient  building 
in  which  the  curate  of  Claybrooke  performs  service  once  a  fortnight.  On 
the  north  side  of  the  chapelry,  the  Roman  Fosse-way  crosses  the  Wat- 
ling  street.  The  principal  inhabitants  are — Mrs.  Celia  Caldecott;  Thos. 
Draper,  Post  Office ;  Mrs.  Ann  and  Mrs.  Mary  Heggs ;  and  Edwin 
Bent,  Henry  Bray,  Thos.  Newport,  Fras.  Spencer,  and  Wm.  Wakefield, 
farmers.    Post  from  Lutterworth. 


COSBY  is  a  village,  on  both  sides  of  a  small  brook,  about  a  mile  W. 
of  the  Midland  Railway,  and  7  miles  N.  of  Lutterworth,  and  S.S.W.  of 
Leicester.  It  has  in  its  parish  974  inhabitants  and  2341  acres  of  free- 
hold land,  exclusive  of  Littlethorpe  hamlet,  where  there  is  a  bridge 
across  the  Soar,  about  a  mile  below  Langham  Bridge,  where  the  Roman 
Fosse-way  enters  this  parish,  6  miles  S.W.  of  Leicester.  The  soil  is 
partly  sand  and  partly  clay,  and  the  surface  flat.  Thomas  Pares,  Esq., 
is  lord  of  the  manor ;  but  most  of  the  soil  belongs  to  the  Armston,  An- 
drews, Kendall,  Brooks,  Richards,  and  other  families,  several  of  whom 
occupy  their  own  farms.  The  Armstons  have  resided  here  500  years, 
and  two  brothers  of  this  family  distinguished  themselves  in  the  cause 
of  King  Charles  at  the  battle  of  Naseby,  where  one  was  wounded  and 
taken  prisoner,  but  lived  till  1696.  The  family  is  still  in  possession  of  a 
sword  taken  from  one  of  Cromwell's  soldiers.  The  manor  has  been  held 
by  various  families,  and  was  sold  by  the  Bents,  in  1730,  to  Sir  Simon 
Clarke.  In  1800,  S.  Clarke  Jervoise  sold  it  and  the  advowson  to  Thos. 
Pares,  Esq.  The  old  hall  is  of  great  antiquity,  as  also  is  the  Manor 
House,  in  which  the  Bents  resided.  The  Church  (St.  Michael)  is  an 
ancient  structure,  with  a  tower,  spire,  and  three  bells.  The  nave  was 
new  roofed  in  1822,  and  it  has  a  gallery,  which  was  erected  in  1824, 
when  the  church  was  repewed.  The  chancel  is  separated  by  an  open 
oak  screen,  and  contains  the  old  parish  chest,  and  several  monuments 
of  the  Armston  and  other  families.  A  newel  staircase  on  the  south  side 
of  the  chancel  arch,  formerly  gave  access  to  the  rood  loft  and  to  the 
leads  of  the  church.  The  south  aisle  is  covered  by  an  ancient  roof,  and 
contains  monuments  of  the  Miles  family,  and  a  good  painted  window, 
executed  by  Miss  Richards,  the  vicar's  daughter,  in  1859,  and  presented 
by  her  to  the  church.  It  represents  St.  Luke  and  St.  John.  Some 
pieces  of  ancient  stained  glass  remain  in  the  windows  on  the  north  side 

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COSBY   PARISH. 


of  the  church,  and  the  north  doorway,  now  built  up,  is  in  the  semi-Nor- 
man or  Transition  period,  but  much  mutilated.  The  tower,  spire,  and 
clerestory  are  of  perpendicular  architecture,  and  nearly  all  the  rest  of 
the  church  is  decorated.  The  south  porch  is  a  modern  brick  excre- 
scence. The  churchyard  contains  a  monument,  erected  by  subscription, 
to  the  memory  of  William  Jones,  a  native  of  this  parish,  who  died  in 
1855,  aged  48,  and  was  author  of  "A  dream  in  the  Woodlands,"  and 
other  poems.  In  1858,  Mr.  Thos.  Billson,  formerly  of  this  parish,  pre- 
sented a  new  clock  to  the  church,  and  repaired  the  floor  of  the  clock  cham- 
ber, at  a  cost  of  about  i:100.  The  rectory  was  appropriated  to  Leicester 
Abbey,  and  is  now  held  by  the  patron ;  but  all  the  tithes  were  commuted 
at  the  enclosure  in  1767,  for  allotments  of  land.  The  living  is  a  dis- 
charged vicarage,  valued  in  KB.  at  £±.  15s.,  and  now  at  ,£138,  having 
100a.  of  glebe,  and  being  augmented,  from  1762  to  1813,  with  i'600  of 
Q. A.B.  Thos.  Pares,  Esq.,  is  patron,  and  the  Rev.  T.  A.  Richards,  M.A., 
is  the  incumbent.  Here  is  a  Particular  Baptist  Chapel,  built  in  1842. 
Sunday  schools  for  boys  and  girls  are  attached  to  the  church.  The 
parish  feast  is  on  the  Sunday  after  October  10th.  The  vicar  has  20s., 
and  the  poor  22s.  yearly,  out  of  a  close  at  Broughton  Astley,  left  by 
Thomas  flowers  and  John  and  George  Bent.  The  poor  have  also  the 
following  yearly  doles: — 10s.  out  of  Little  Close,  left  by  Anne  Howers, 
in  1720  ;  and  M.  Os.  6d.  from  £80.  10s.,  left  by  Edward  Dudley,  Thos. 
Pope,  and  others,  and  now  secured  on  the  Welford  and  Leicester  turnpike. 

Post  Office  at  Josiah  Hackett's.     Letters  arrive  from  Lutterworth  at  10  a.m., 
and  are  despatched  at  3.55  p.m. 


Barley  Abraham,  hosiery  agent 

Hill  Richard  bricklayer 

Pochin  Armston  Peter,  baker,  &c. 

Pochin  Henry,  wheelwright 

Richards  Rev.  Thos.  Ayscough,  MA. 
vicar 

Wall  Thos.  land  surveyor  and  school- 
master 

INNS  AND  TAVERNS. 

Blacksmiths'  Arms,  John  Lucas 

Ball's  Head,  John  Greenwell 

Cross  Keys,  Obacliah  Lewis 

New  Inn,  Hy.  Hill  (bricklayer) 

William  IV.  John  Bacon  (framesmith) 
blacksmiths.         Pochin  Henry   (& 

Hancock  Thomas  wheelwright) 

Holyoak  Thomas,  butchers. 

(&  dragrake  mfr.)    Coleman  John 

carpenters.         Hardy  William 

Orton  Thomas  (&    farmers  &  grzrs. 
painter)  (*Are  Ovmers.) 

Sewell  Thomas         "Armston  John 


Armston  William 
Bennett  Joseph 
Biggs  John 
Bott  George 

*  Clarke  William 
Dracott  John 
*Headley  George 
♦Kendall  Stephen 
Parr  William 
Wall  Messrs 
*Wallin  Thomas 

*  Warren  Joseph 
Wright  Richard 
Wright  Rich.  jun. 

MILLINERS. 

Holyoak  Rebecca 
Newton  Jane 
Oulds  Ann 
Starmer  Hannah 

GARDENERS. 

Hull  William 
Ward  John 


SHOEMAKERS. 

Furboro  Joseph 
Furboro  Robert 
Haughton  William 

SHOPKEEPERS. 

Greenwell  Jno.  (& 

hosiery  agent) 

Hackett  Josiah 

Robinson  Joseph 

Ward   John    (and 

parish  clerk) 

TAILORS. 

Hackett  Josiah 
Lewis  Obadiah 

Carriers  to   Lei- 
cester, Wed.  Sat. 
Burbage  William 
Haines  William 
Hall  William 
Ward.  John 


Littlethobpe,  or  Thorpe  Parva,  is  a  village  on  the  south-east  bank 
of  the  river  Soar,  opposite  Narborough,  where  there  is  a  good  bridge,  6 
miles  S.S.W.  Leicester.  It  contains  330  inhabitants,  of  whom  100  are 
in  Narborough  parish,  and  230  in  Cosby  parish  ;  bnt  the  whole  hamlet 
is  in  Guthlaxton  Hundred,  and  comprises  about  500  acres  of  good 
strong  clay  land,  mostly  the  property  of  Wm.  Perry  Herrick,  Esq.,  the 
lord  of  the  manor ;  but  the  Rev.  J.  Fisher,  England  Richards,  Esq.,  and 
others  have  estates  here.  A  few  houses  here  are  held  of  the  manor  of 
Kilby. 


LITTLETHORPE    HAMLET. 


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Agar  Mr  James      ||  Pratt  Miss  Amy 
Askton  John,  plumber,  glazier,  &c. 
Biddies  Ann,  vict.  Joiner's  Arms 
Bingley  Eobert,  grazier  and  maltster 
Hardy  Thomas  farmer  ;  h  Narborough 
Holland  John  Edw.  gardener  &  florist 
Jones  Robert,  shoemaker 
Lockton  Jonathan,  shopkeeper 


Middleton  John,  ropemaker 
Mortimer  Eliz.  shopkeeper  and  vict. 

Old  Plough 
North  Josepb,  farmer 
Sanders  Eli,  wheelwright 
Wall  Thomas,  farmer 
Watson  John,  grazier 
Willey  Thomas,  surgeon 


COTTESBACH,  a  very  small  but  pleasant  village,  2  miles  S.  by 
W.  of  Lutterworth,  has  in  its  parish  125  inhabitants  and  1220  acres  of 
fertile  land,  mostly  in  rich  pastures,  in  which  many  prize  cattle  have 
been  fed;  and  all  the  property  of  the  Rev.  James  Powell  Marriott,  B.A., 
who  is  also  lord  of  the  manor,  and  patron  and  incumbent  of  the  rectory, 
valued  in  KB.  at  .£10.  6s.  7d.,  and  now  at  £282.  He  occupies  the 
Rectory  House,  which  was  built  by  Dr.  Wells,  a  late  incumbent,  who 
died  in  1727,  and  was  author  of  several  books  on  divinity  and  other  sub-; 
jects.  The  Church  (St.  Mary)  is  a  small  fabric,  with  a  tower  in  the 
centre,  containing  only  one  bell.  The  glebe  is  23a.  3k.  23p.  The  parish 
was  enclosed  in  1607,  but  the  tithes  have  not  been  commuted.  The  early 
enclosure  of  this  and  other  neighbouring  parishes  was  strongly  opposed 
by  the  poor,  who  often  assembled  in  tumultuous  mobs,  to  level  the 
ditches  and  break  down  the  fences.  The  manor  has  been  variously  spelt 
Cotesbege  and  Codesbech,  and  has  been  held  by  the  Verdun,  Clare,  Crophull, 
Marbury,  and  other  families.  In  1765,  it  was  sold  by  James  Haywood 
to  the  late  Rev.  Robert  Marriott.  The  Roman  Watling  street  bounds  the 
parish  on  the  west.  A  Sunday  school  is  held  at  the  Rectory,  and  the 
rector  gratuitously  supplies  the  poor  of  the  parish  with  milk.  Directory  : 
— Rev.  J.  P.  Marriott,  B.  A.,  Rectory ;  John  Burton,  Post  Office ;  Geo. 
Cooke,  carpenter  ;  Jno.  Freer,  gamekeeper  ;  and  Edw.  Boyson,  Jph.  Hill, 
(Manor  House),  James  Marshall,  John  Voile,  and  James  Whiston,/ar- 
mers.    Post  to  Lutterworth,  at  6.30  evening. 


DUNTON  BASSETT,  on  a  bold  southern  declivity,  4  miles  N.  of 
Lutterworth,  and  1£  mile  S.E.  of  Broughton-Astley  Railway  Station, 
is  a  village  and  parish,  containing  1286  acres  and  524  inhabitants. 
Thos.  Stokes,  Esq.,  is  lord  of  the  manor  and  impropriator ;  but  part  of 
the  soil  belongs  to  Messrs.  Pratt,  T.  Hopkins,  T.  Ralphs,  and  several 
smaller  freeholders.  The  soil  is  partly  clay  and  partly  gravel,  and  the 
manor  was  formerly  held  by  the  Bassett,  Shirley,  and  Brookesby  families. 
The  Church  (All  Saints)  is  an  ancient  structure,  with  nave,  north  aisle, 
chancel,  and  north  porch.  It  has  a  tower  containing  three  bells,  and 
surmounted  by  a  lofty  spire,  which  may  be  seen  at  a  distance.  The 
steeple  was  used  as  a  beacon  at  the  time  when  Napoleon  I.  threatened 
to  invade  this  kingdom.  The  building  is  principally  of  the  perpendicular 
period,  and  the  nave  is  filled  with  ancient  open  benches.  The  font  is 
circular  and  of  large  size,  and  a  piscina,  with  double  drain,  still  remains 
in  the  east  corner  of  the  north  aisle.  The  church  was  appropriated  to 
Canwell  Priory,  Staffordshire.  The  Rev.  John  Longhurst  is  patron  of 
the  discharged  vicarage,  valued  in  K.B.  at  £'6.  0s.  Id.,  and  now  at  .£77, 
having  only  32a.  of  glebe,  and  a  modus  of  =€11.  2s.  6d.  per  annum,  fixed 
at  the  enclosure  in  1796,  when  160a.  of  land  were  allotted  to  the  impro- 
priator, in  lieu  of  the  great  tithes.  The  Rev.  Marmaduke  Cockin,  M.A., 
is  the  incumbent,  and  has  a  good  residence.  In  Hall  Close  are  founda- 
tions of  an  ancient  mansion,  supposed  to  have  been  the  residence  of  the 

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DUNTON    BASSETT    PARISH. 


Hewitts,  one  of  whom  was  high  sheriff  of  the  county.  In  the  parish  is 
a  petrifying  spring,  strongly  impregnated  with  soda  The  Duke  of  Cum- 
berland marched  through  Dunton,  in  1745,  on  his  way  to  Culloden. 
Here  is  a  small  thatched  Primitive  Methodist  Chapel,  opened  in  1837. 
The  parish  feast  is  on  the  Sunday  after  November  12th.  The  school 
was  built  in  1849  by  the  lord  of  the  manor,  and  is  partly  supported  by 
him.  Here  is  a  wall  letter  box,  which  is  cleared  at  5  p.m.  Post  via 
Lutterworth. 

Berwick  George,  baker 
Bird  Charles,  blacksmith 
Boddington  Sophia,  cooper 
Bottrill  John,  saddler 
Cockiu  Rev.  Marmaduke,  M.A.  vicar 
Ford  John,  parish  clerk 
Hewitt  William,  carpenter 
Hoden  Thomas,  tailor 
Miles  Thomas,  schoolmaster 
Stevens  John,  framesmith 
Turner  "William,  bricklayer 
Wormleighton  Edwin,  miller 

INNS  AND  TAVERNS. 
Crooked  Billet,  John  Brookes 
Crown  and  Thistle,  John  Dunkley 


Shoulder  of  Mutton 

FARMERS  &  GRZRS.  | 

Berridge  Cathn. 

Hill  William 

Hopkins  Ts.&Wm. 

Moore     Thomas, 
(and  butcher) 

Ralphs  Thomas 

Reynolds  William 
I  Sutton  Ann 
|  Sutton  William 
I  Watts    Geo.    (and  i 
tax  collector) 

SHOEMAKERS. 

i  Frost  William         I 


Thomas  Astill 
Palmer  Thomas 

SHOPKEEPERS. 

Astill  Thomas 
Bennett  Wm.Edw. 

WHEELWRIGHTS. 

Horner  William 
Kilpack  John 

CARRIERS 

To  Leicester, Wed. 
Sat.  and  Lutter- 
worth, Thursdy. 
Brookes  John 
Twigden  John  C. 


FOSTON  is  a  small  parish,  6|  miles  S.  of  Leicester ;  Similes  E.N.E. 
of  Lutterworth  ;  and  2  miles  E.  of  Countesthorpe  Station,  containing  27 
inhabitants,  and  about  1300  acres  of  land,  chiefly  having  a  clayey  soil 
and  a  flat  surface,  and  bounded  on  the  west  by  a  rivulet.  Sir  Archibald 
Lamb,  Bart.,  is  sole  owner,  lord  of  the  manor,  and  patron  of  the  Church 
(St.  Bartholomew)  which  is  an  ancient  Norman  fabric,  with  a  short  tower, 
which  was  formerly  much  higher,  but  being  decayed,  was  partly  taken 
down  above  20  years  ago,  when  two  of  the  three  bells  were  sold.  On  an 
altar  tomb  are  recumbent  effigies  of  Henry  Faunt,  Esq.,  and  his  lady, 
who  died  in  the  17th  centuiy.  The  Faunts  were  long  seated  at  the  Hall, 
an  ancient  mansion,  which  was  taken  down  about  30  years  ago.  The 
rectory,  valued  in  KB.  at  £14.  2s.  3^d.,  and  now  at  £240,  is  held  by  the 
Rev.  John  Henry  Howie tt,  M.A.,  of  Kensington,  who  is  also  reader  at 
the  Chapel  Royal,  Whitehall.  The  glebe  comprises  103  acres,  and  the 
Rectory  House  was  rebuilt  about  50  years  ago,  and  is  a  commodious 
residence.  The  Faunts  purchased  the  manor  in  the  reign  of  Henry  VIII , 
and  sold  it  in  1692,  to  Thomas  Boothby.  In  1800,  C.  B.  Clopton  sold 
it  to  the  Trustees  of  John  Lamb.  The  Rev.  John  Rogers  is  the  curate, 
and  resides  at  the  Rectory ;  and  the  farmers  and  graziers  are — Goodman 
*Payne,  and  Henry  Draycott,  Foston  Lodge. 


FRO  WLES  WORTH,  or  Frolesuorth,  a  village  and  parish,  nearly  5 
miles  N.N.W.  of  Lutterworth,  and  a  mile  W.  of  the  Midland  Railway, 
contains  291  inhabitants,  and  1471a.  2k.  25p.  of  land.  The  north  side  is 
a  cold  clay,  and  the  other  parts  are  generally  light,  and  the  surface  hilly, 
descending  westward  to  the  river  Soar.  The  representatives  of  the  late 
Wm.  Howkins,  Esq.,  are  lords  of  the  manor,  but  the  greater  part  of  the 
soil  belongs  to  the  Collins,  Colquitt,  Miles,  and  other  families.  The 
Church  (St.  Nicholas)  is  a  very  ancient  structure;  but  the  tower,  which 
has  three  bells,  was  rebuilt  in  1763.  The  church  was  new  roofed  in  1843, 
when  the  organ  was  purchased.    It  is  mostly  in  the  perpendicular  style. 


FROWLESWORTH    PARISH.  741 

but  the  north  aisle  appears  to  have  been  of  the  decorated  period,  though 
most  of  the  details  have  disappeared.  The  north  porch  has  been  very 
line,  and  was  probably  entirely  of  wood,  but  is  now  partly  of  brick.  The 
nave  is  ol  three  bays,  and  the  pillars  on  the  north  side  are  circular,  and 
those  on  the  south  side  octagonal.  They  have  plain  capitals,  and  the 
arches  on  the  south  side  are  loftier  than  those  on  the  north.  The  south 
aisle  is  very  narrow.  The  chancel  has  a  battlemented  parapet,  and  in 
its  south  wall  is  a  low  side  window,  square-headed,  and  of  two  lights,  pro- 
bably a  leper  window,  but  now  built  up.  The  ancient  piscina  and  sedilia 
still  remain  in  the  chancel,  and  inside  the  communion  rails  are  two  fine 
altar  tombs  of  alabaster,  with  recumbent  effigies  of  Francis  Stares- 
more,  Esq.,  M.P.,  and  one  of  his  wives.  The  former  died  in  1626,  and 
is  represented  in  armour,  but  bare-headed  ;  and  the  latter  died  in  1657, 
and  is,  in  what  appears  to  be,  a  winding  sheet,  but  the  face  is  uncovered. 
On  one  side  of  the  tomb  of  the  former  are  figures  of  his  eleven  children. 
These  monuments  have  been  recently  restored  at  the  expense  of  Mr. 
John  and  Mrs.  Marvin.  Here  are  several  incised  slabs  to  members  of  the 
Brocas  family,  and  a  tablet  in  memory  of  the  Hon.  John  Smith,  who 
founded  the  almshouses  here,  and  was  born  in  this  parish  in  1656.  There 
are  some  fragments  of  ancient  stained  glass  in  the  chancel  windows,  and 
in  the  south  aisle  are  monumental  tablets  of  the  Marvin,  Smith,  and 
Hudleston  families.  The  north  aisle  has  tablets  belonging  to  the 
Marvin  and  Voile  families,  and  contains  a  newel  staircase  which  for- 
merly led  to  the  rood  loft.  The  rectory,  valued  in  KB.  at  £12. 10s.,  and 
now  at  .£524,  is  in  the  patronage  and  incumbency  of  the  Rev.  S.  L. 
Noble,  B.A.,  who  has  a  good  residence  and  60a.  of  glebe.  The  tithes 
were  commuted  in  1839  for  corn  rents,  &c,  which  yield  about  £457. 
The  Sunday  School  is  attended  by  about  40  children.  The  parish  feast 
is  on  the  Sunday  after  Old  Michaelmas  Day. 

The  Almshouses  at  Frowlesworth,  which  form  three  sides  of  a  square, 
and  have  comfortable  apartments  for  24  poor  women,  with  yearly  stipends 
of  £20  each,  were  founded  in  1725,  by  the  Right  Hon.  John  Smith,  Lord 
Chief  Baron  of  the  Exchequer  in  Scotland.  They  originally  consisted  of 
only  four  tenements,  but  have  been  increased  at  various  times  according 
to  the  augmental  value  of  the  endowment,  and  agreeably  to  the  founder's 
intentions,  and  with  the  sanction  of  the  Court  of  Chancery.  Ten  tene- 
ments were  added  to  the  original  four,  about  1760,  and  ten  more  were 
built  in  1796  and  1834.  The  yearly  income  of  the  charity  is  £539,  of 
which  £108  are  derived  from  a  freehold  estate  of  72a.  3r.  37p.,  atUlles- 
thorpe,  and  the  rest  from  the  dividends  of  £13,054.  3s.  6d.,  Old  South  Sea 
Annuities  ;  £363. 10s.  3d.,  South  Sea  Stock,  and  £1000  Three  per  Cent. 
Annuities.  There  are  also  due  to  the  charity  £5,  out  of  the  yearly  divi- 
dends of  £1500  Bank  Three  per  Cents.,  vested  to  pay  £40  a  year,  left  by 
the  founder  towards  the  support  of  the  minister  of  the  United  Episcopal 
Chapel,  which  he  built  in  Edinburgh.  The  24  aimswomen  are  not  chosen 
from  any  particular  district ;  and  they  are  chiefly  widows  of  decayed 
tradesmen,  farmers,  &c,  appointed  by  the  owners  of  the  estate  at  Frowles- 
worth, formerly  belonging  to  the  founder,  and  now  to  the  Collins  and  Col- 
quitt families.  Earl  Denbigh  and  the  Rev.  S.  L.  Noble  are  the  trustees. 
The  poor  of  Frowlesworth  have  the  interest  of  £50,  left  by  Wm.  Marvin, 
in  1824  ;  and  two-thirds  of  the  interest  of  £39.  9s.,  left  by  a  Mrs.  Hors- 
man,  the  remaining  third  being  paid  to  the  poor  of  Leire. 

Post  Office  at  William  Pickering's.     Letters  arrive  from  Lutterworth  at 
7.55  a.m.,  and  are  despatched  at  5.25  p.m. 

Campbell  Captain  ||  HowkinsMrsEliz.  I  Hill  Joseph,  vict.  Plough  and  Harrow 
Harrison  William,  blacksmith  |  Hopkins  Thomas,  gardener 


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FROWLES WORTH    PARISH. 


Manning  Francis,  vict.  Royal  Oak 
Noble  Kev.  SI.  Lambert,  B.A.  rector 
Pickering  William,  tailor  &  shopkpr. 
Stannage  John,  shopkpr.  &  carpenter 
farmers  &  grzrs.  I  Cave  Mark  S. 
Beale  George  j  Hawthorn  Thomas 

Blackwell  John         Howkins  Charles 


Howkins  James 
Mason  Jabez 
Voile  Thomas 
Webster  Thomas 
Woodbouse  Cath. 

SCHOOLS. 

Greenwell  Mrs 


Parnell  Miss 

SHOEMAKERS. 

Furborongh  Robt. 
Middleton  James 

CARRIER. 

Jph.  Hill,  to  Lei- 
cester,  W.  &  S. 


GILMORTON,  a  large  village  on  an  eminence,  3  miles  N.E.  of  Lut- 
terworth, has  in  its  parish  2230  acres  of  land,  and  853  inhabitants. 
The  soil  is  a  mixture  of  clay  and  gravel,  and  the  surface  rises  boldly 
both  on  the  north  and  south  sides  of  the  parish.  Several  fine  springs 
give  rise  to  rivulets,  which  flow  to  the  Soar  and  Avon ;  and  one,  called 
Broadle-hole  spring,  is  remarkable  for  the  coldness  and  hardness  of  the 
water,  and  has  been  used  as  a  bath.  Sir  A.  B.  C.  Dixie,  Bart.,  is  lord 
of  the  manor ;  but  a  great  part  of  the  soil,  which  is  mostly  freehold,  be- 
longs to  the  Rev.  H.  Fox,  Messrs.  Allen  Bent,  W.  Coltman,  W.  Chandler, 
W.  Warden,  and  T.  Woodcock,  and  several  smaller  owners.  The  manor 
has  been  variously  spelt  Aurea  Morton,  Gildemorton  and  Hulmorton,  <&c, 
and  has  been  held  by  the  Sadington,  ITarcourt,  Haselrigge,  and  Catline 
families.  There  is  a  tumulus  a  little  north  of  the  village.  The  Church 
(All  Saints)  was  rebuilt,  except  the  tower  and  spire,  in  1860,  at  a  cost 
of  about  .£2000,  of  which  £250  were  given  by  the  Church  Building 
Society,  and  £100  by  the  Leicester  Church  Building  Society.  It  has 
nave,  north  and  south  aisles,  and  chancel.  The  floor  is  paved  with 
stone,  banded  with  encaustic  tiles,  those  in  the  chancel  being  glazed. 
The  seats  are  of  oak,  and  open,  and  the  pulpit  is  of  unvarnished  oak, 
on  a  stone  base.  The  lectern,  chancel  stalls,  and  altar  rails,  are  also 
of  unvarnished  oak.  The  font  is  of  Caen  stone  on  a  marble  pillar, 
with  a  Norway  oak  lid,  beautifully  covered  with  ornamental  wrought 
brasswork.  The  carving  of  the  pulpit  and  altar,  and  of  the  capitals 
of  the  pillars,  is  very  handsome.  The  building  is  of  the  style  of  the 
14th  century.  The  external  walls  are  of  granite  rubble,  with  dressings 
of  Ancaster  and  Attleborough  stone  in  alternate  blocks.  The  chancel 
is  lighted  by  one  window,  and  has  sedilia  on  the  south  side.  The 
clerestory  has  two  windows  on  each  side,  and  the  roof  is  of  var- 
nished deal.  The  living  is  a  rectory,  valued  in  K.B.  at  £17.  14s.  9^d., 
and  now  at  £700.  The  Rev.  J.  M.  Lakin,  M.A.,  is  patron  and  incum- 
bent, and  has  444a.  of  glebe,  most  of  which  was  allotted  at  the  enclosure, 
in  1777,  in  lieu  of  tithes.  The  National  School  was  erected  in  1858,  at 
a  cost  of  £300,  and  is  a  neat  brick  building,  in  the  early  English  style. 
It  is  attended  by  about  120  boys,  girls,  and  infants,  and  is  endowed  with 
£600  Three  per  Cent.  Stock,  left  by  Edward  Chandler.  Here  are  small 
chapels  belonging  to  the  Independents  and  Particular  Baptists,  the  latter 
built  in  1836.  About  14  acres  are  let  to  the  poor,  in  small  allotments. 
There  are  several  Sick  Clubs  in  the  village.  The  parish  feast  is  on  the 
lirst  Sunday  in  November.  The  Town  Land,  8a.  3r.  19p.,  and  the 
Church  Land,  4a.  3r.  21p.,  were  allotted  at  the  enclosure,  and  are  let  for 
£28  a-year,  of  which  £16  are  applied  in  the  service  of  the  church,  and  the 
residue  with  the  poor  rates.  The  interest  of  £50,  left  by  Thos.  Bent,  in 
1826,  is  applied  towards  the  support  of  the  Sunday  school.  The  poor 
have  5s.  a  year  out  of  Snelsons  Homestead,  left  by  an  unknown  donor ; 
the  interest  of  £20,  left  by  the  Rev.  Dean  Judd ;  and  the  interest  of 
£49,  left  by  various  donors,  and  lent  to  the  overseers. 
Post  Office  at  Joseph  Willey's.  Letters  arrive  from  Lutterworth  at  8  morning, 
and  are  despatched  at  5  afternoon. 


GILMORTON    PARISH. 


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Bailey  Mr  Samuel  ||  Bishop  Mr  Henry 
Bloxom  Thomas,  wheelwright 
Bloxom  Wm.  engineer  and  machinist 
Broughton  Elisha,  framework  kuitter 

and  parish  clerk 
Goodman  Mr  Wm.  ||  Warden  Mr  Wm. 
Gosling  John,  schoolmaster 
Hincks  Thomas,  framesmith 
Hobill  Joseph,  miller,  Gilmorton  Mill 
Hubbard  John,  baker 
Lakin   Rev.  John  Marsh,  M.A.  rector 

and  rural  dean,  Rectory 
Measures  Richard,  carpenter 
Measures  Thos.  carpenter  and  maltster 
Ward  John,  bricklayer 
Willey  Joseph,  grocer 
Wood  Ann,  schoolmistress 
Wood  John,  hosier  and  coal  dealer 

INNS  AND  TAVERNS. 
Crown,  Richard  Measures 
Old  Red  Lion,  Ann  Warden 
Talbot,  Thomas  Taylor 


BUTCHERS.    " 

Cooke  James  (and 

beerhouse) 
Warden  Joseph 
Warden  Robert 
Warden  William 

FARMERS  &   GRZRS. 

(*are  Owners). 
Billings  John 
Bloxom  Charles (& 

maltster) 
Briggs  Henry 
Burdett  Thomas 
♦Chandler  William 
Coltman  William 
Gardner  William 
Rodgers  Herbert 
♦Woodcock  Thos. 
Woodcock  Wm. 

MILLINERS. 

Moore  Eliza 
Wood  Eliz.  &  My. 


SHOEMAKERS. 

Buckingham  A. 
Broughton  Chas. 
Hunt  Eli 

SHOPKEEPERS. 

Moore  My. (&drpr) 
Simons      William 

(and  draper) 
Spokes  Ann 
Willey  Joseph 

TAILORS. 

Broughton  James 
Goodman  John 
Matthews  Walter 
Mawby  John 

CARRIERS. 

To  Lutterworth, 
Thursday,  and 
Leicester,  Sat. 

Stafford  William 

Wood  John 


KILBY,  a  village,  in  a  valley  on  the  south  side  of  one  of  the  sources 
of  the  river  Soar  and  the  Union  Canal,  6|- miles  S.S.E.  of  Leicester,  has 
in  its  parish  362  inhabitants,  and  1060  acres  of  clayey  land,  extending 
H  mile  N.N.W.  of  the  village  to  Kilby  Bridge,  where  most  of  the  houses 
are  in  the  parish  of  Wigston  Magna,  being  on  the  north  side  of  the  river 
and  canal.  Sir  Henry  Halford,  Bart.,  is  lord  of  the  manor;  but  part  of 
the  parish  belongs  to  William  Draycott,  Esq.,  Jonathan  Glover,  Esq., 
and  a  few  smaller  owners.  The  open  fields,  &c,  were  enclosed  in  1771. 
The  manor  has  been  held  by  the  Villiers,  Faunt,  and  other  families,  who 
had  an  ancient  hall  near  the  church,  where  a  small  cottage  stands  upon 
its  site.  The  Church  (St.  Mary  Magdalen)  was  rebuilt  in  1858,  at  a  cost 
of  i>1500,  towards  which  Sir  Henry  Halford  contributed  £600,  and  the 
Church  Building  Societies  £200.  The  remainder  was  raised  by  sub- 
scription amongst  the  parishioners.  The  building  is  in  the  early  English 
style,  of  Mountsorrel  granite,  with  freestone  dressings,  and  consists  of 
nave  and  north  aisle,  divided  by  an  arcade  of  five  bays  resting  upon  cir- 
cular piers,  with  moulded  bases  and  capitals.  The  interior  of  the  church 
is  fitted  up  with  stained  pine  benches,  c^nd  the  roof  is  open  and  of  high 
pitch,  The  font  is  of  marble  found  in  tlie  neighbourhood.  There  is  a 
bell  gable  with  one  bell,  at  the  west  end  of  the  church.  The  living  is  a 
perpetual  curacy,  not  in  charge,  and  valued  at  only  £180,  though  it  was 
augmented  with  £1400  of  Q.A.B.  and  Parliamentary  grants  from  1733  to 
1816,  and  with  £300  in  the  latter  year,  given  by  Sir  H.  Halford,  Bart., 
and  the  Rev.  Henry  Kebbel,  LL.B.,  the  former  of  whom  is  patron  and 
impropriator,  and  the  latter  is  still  the  incumbent,  and  has  a  good  resi- 
dence. The  tithes  were  commuted  at  the  enclosure,  and  the  land,  now 
belonging  to  the  curacy,  comprises  8a.  in  Kilby,  16a.  in  Kib worth,  and 
the  greater  part  of  36a.  in  Lubbenham,  which  belongs  partly  to  Wistow. 
The  Sunday  School  is  attended  by  about  60  children,  and  has  the  interest 
of  £40,  left  by  Mrs.  Sarah  Glover  in  1860.  Here  is  a  small  Independent 
Chapel,  built  by  the  late  Mr.  John  Langham, .  in  1819,  at  the  cost  of 
.£260.  There  is  a  Sick  Club  of  100  members  at  the  Black  Swan,  and  a 
■  Lodge  of  Oddfellows  at  the  Dog  and  Gun.    The  parish  feast  is  on  the 


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KILBY    PARISH. 


Sunday  after  July  22nd. 
at  5  evening. 


Post  from  Leicester  at  10  morning,  returning 


Chapman  George,  tailor 
Clarke  Thomas,  wheelwright 
Clarke  William,  blacksmith 
Gamble  Thomas  Lloyd,  postman 
Green  Thomas,  cattle  dealer 
Kebbel  Rev.Hy.  LL.B.  vicar  of  Wistow, 
and  perpl.  curate  of  Kilby,  Parsonage 
Knight  William,  carpenter 
Langham  Mrs  Martha 
North  Thomas,  baker 
Pollard  James,  carpenter 
Preston  John,  shoemaker 


Stafford  Mr  Joseph 
Wilkinson  Thomas,  shopkeeper 
INNS  AND  TAVERNS. 
Black  Swan,  John  Asher 
Old  Dog  and   Gun,  William   Loyley 

(and  horsebreaker,  &c.) 
farmers  &  grzrs.    Hunt    Orlando 


Bake  well  John  (& 

butcher") 
Elliott  J.Goodman 
Glover   Jonathan, 

Kilby  Lodge 


Vann 
Knight  Elizabeth 
Ralphs   Joseph, 

Kilby  Grange 


KILWORTH  (NORTH)  is  an  irregularly  built  village,  within  a  mile 
of  the  Avon  and  the  Union  Canal,  3  miles  N.N.W.  of  Welford,  and  5 
miles  E.  of  Lutterworth.     Its  parish  contains  409  inhabitants,  and  about 
2000  acres  of  land.     The  soil  is  a  mixture  of  clay  and  gravel,  and  the 
surface  generally  flat.     Sir  A.  B.  C.  Dixie,  Bart.,  is  lord  of  the  manor ; 
but  a  great  part  of  the  soil  belongs  to  the  Rev.  Charles  William  Belgrave, 
D.  T.  C.  Belgrave,  Esq.,  Richd.  Gougli,  Esq.,  Miss  Cooper,  W.  C.  Smith, 
Esq.,  Mr.  J.  Smeeton,  Mr.  T.  Whiteman,  and  a  few  smaller  owners. 
Kilworth  House,  the  seat  of  Richard  Gougli,  Esq.,  is  a  handsome  resi- 
dence, with  pleasant  grounds,  about  a  mile  W.  of  the  village.     The  manor 
lias  been  variously  spelt  Chile  worth,  Kivelingworthe,  dc.     It  was  pur- 
chased of  the  Earl  of  Huntingdon  by  Sir  Wolstan  Dixie.     The  Church 
(St.  Andrew)  is  a  neat  edifice,  with  a  tower  containing  five  bells,  and 
crowned  by  a  spire.     It  is  chiefly  of  early  English  architecture,  and  lias 
a  nave,  north  aisle,  and  chancel.     The  body  of  the  church  was  reseated 
during  last  century,  and  the  stonework  was  much  mutilated.     A  gallery 
was  about  the  same  time  erected,  blocking  up  the  tower  arch.     The 
chancel  was  restored  in  1856,  when  a  new  open  roof  was  erected,  open 
stalls  were  fitted  up,  and  a  handsome  stained  glass  window  was  inserted 
at  the  east  end  in  memory  of  the  late  rector,  at  a  cost  of  about  £400. 
The  windows  in  the  north  and  south  walls  of  the  chancel  are  fine  speci- 
mens of  the  early  lancet  style,  arranged  two  together  under  a  single 
dripstone,  having  equilateral  heads  and  detached  shafts  with  foliated 
capitals.     The  tower  and  spire  are  about  to  undergo  a  thorough  restora- 
tion.    The  benefice  is  a  rectory,  valued  in  K.B.  at  .£15.  0s.  5d.,  and  now 
at  £583.     It  is  in  the  patronaga  of  D.  T.  C.  Belgrave,  Esq.,  and  incum- 
bency of  the  Rev.  Charles  William  Belgrave,  M.A.,  who  has  411  acres 
of  glebe,  mostly  allotted,  in  lieu  of  tithes,  at  the  enclosure  in  1765.    The 
poor  have,  or  ought  to  have,  the  following  yearly  doles,  viz. : — 5s.,  left  by 
the  Rev.  Wm.  Basset,  in  1699,  and  paid  out  of  the  two  Mill  meadows; 
5s.,  left  by  'Richard  Wathin,  in  1720,  and  paid  out  of  the  same  meadows; 
5s.,  left  by  Thomas  Bates  and  William  Allen ;  Is.  6d.,  left  by  John  John- 
son; 2s.,  left  by  John  Pabody;  6s.  6d.,  left  by  John  Smith,  in  1759 ;  and 
12s.  6d.,  from  £20  left  by  Hannah  Wells,  in  1725.     The  interest  of 
£7.  10s.,  derived  from  the  gift  of  Joseph  Parnell,  is  applied  towards  the 
support  of  the  Sunday  School.     The  Town  Land,  for  the  repairs  of  the 
church  and  highways,  comprises  33a.  1r.  24p.,  in  the  West  Field,  allotted 
at  the  enclosure  in  1766,  and  let  to  11  poor  inhabitants  for  pasturage,  at 
rents  amounting  to  £46  per  annum.     The  poor  rent  24  acres  in  garden 
plots,  and  in  the  village  are  two  Sick  Clubs  (one  for  men  and  the  other 
for  women).     The  School  was  built  in  1847,  at  a  cost  of  about  £300 ;  and 


NORTH    KILWORTH    PARISH. 


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the  Sunday  School  is  endowed  with  the  interest  of  £20,  left,  in  1859,  by 
the  late  rector,  the  Rev.  Thomas  Bel  grave.  Here  is  a  small  dissenting 
chapel,  built  in  1850. 

Post  Office  at  Stephen  Howkin's.     Letters  arrive  from  Rugby  at  6  morning, 
and  are  despatched  at  8  evening. 


Ashby  William,  corn  miller 
Ball  George,  agricultural  implt.  maker 
Barnett  George,  schoolmaster 
Belgrave  Rev.  Charles  William,  M.A. 

incumbent 
Berridge  Mrs  Jane  Hall 
Bottrill  William,  parish  clerk 
Brown  Thomas,  shoemaker 
Bruce  Stewart,  Esq. 
Cooper  Misses  Mary  &  Elizabeth,  Hall 
Dain  Matthew,  butcher  and  maltster 
Dobson  Miss  Eliz.  I!  Wall  Mr  James 
Ellson  David,  thrashing  machine  owner 
Gough  Richard,  Esq.  Kilworth  House 
Jesson  Robert,  tailor 
Knight  William,  coal  dealer  and  grazier 
Savage  James,  gardener 
Weston  Richard,  plumber  and  glazier 
Williamson  Thomas,  bricklayer 


INNS  AND  TAVERNS. 

Boar's  Head,  Henry  Bailey 

Shoulder  of  Mutton,  William  Packwood 

Swan,  George  Hopkins 


BLACKSMITHS. 

Ellson  David 
Robinson  Thomas 
Woodford  Charles 

FARMERS  &    GRZRS. 

Bailey  Henry 
Berridge  William 
Brown  James 
Brown  Joseph 
Dain  Matthew 
Hill  William 
Madderson  Wm. 
Smeeton  Wm.  W. 
Townsend  William 
Wesson  Elizabeth 


Whiteman  Thos. 

SHOEMAKERS. 

Bennett  Thomas 
Brown  Thomas 
Howkins  Stephen 

SHOPKEEPERS. 

Robinson  Thomas 
Townsend  John 

CARRIERS. 

To  Leicester,  Sat. 
and  Lutterworth 

Thursday 
Bennett  George 
Bryan  John  (and  to 

Harborough  ,Ts.) 


KILWORTH  (SOUTH)  is  a  village  on  the  northern  declivity  of  the 
vale  of  the  river  Avon,  and  on  the  Rugby  and  Market  Harborough  road, 
3  miles  W.N.W.  of  Welford,  and  U  miles  E.S.E.  of  Lutterworth.  Its 
parish  has  416  inhabitants,  and  1418  acres  of  fertile  land,  mostly  having 
a  gravelly  soil.  The  co-heiresses  of  the  late  Baroness  Braye  are  ladies 
of  the  manor;  but  a  great  part  of  the  soil  belongs  to  William  Pearson, 
Esq.,  and  a  few  smaller  freeholders.  In  1640,  William  Belgrave  sold  the 
manor  to  Sir  Thomas  Cave,  and  it  passed  in  marriage,  in  1781,  to  Henry 
Otway,  who  assumed  the  name  of  Cave.  In  1276,  Sulby,  Pipewell,  and 
Merevale  Abbeys  had  10  virgates  of  land  here.  The  Church  (St.  Nicho- 
las) is  a  neat  fabric,  with  a  tower,  four  bells,  and  a  spire.  The  chancel 
was  rebuilt  in  1799,  and  the  north  aisle  was  rebuilt  in  1741,  and  again 
in  1836.  The  stone  font  is  very  capacious,  and  the  upper  part  is  sup- 
posed to  have  been  originally  the  capital  of  a  Norman  pillar.  The  organ 
was  given  by  the  Rev.  W.  Pearson,  LL.D.,  the  late  rector.  The  rectory, 
valued  in  KB.  at  £10.  8s.  llfd.,  and  now  at  £463,  has  257a.  of  glebe, 
allotted  in  lieu  of  tithes,  at  the  enclosure  in  1789.  The  Lord  Chancellor 
is  patron,  and  the  Rev.  Assheton  Pownall,  M.A.,  is  the  incumbent,  and 
has  a  commodious  residence,  built  in  1773.  Dr.  Pearson  erected  here, 
in  1834,  an  Observatory,  for  making  astronomical  observations ;  but  it 
has  recently  been  converted  into  a  granary.  In  the  village  is  a  small 
Independent  Chapel,  built  in  1824;  and  between  it  and  the  river  are  ves- 
tiges of  an  entrenchment,  where  a  castle  is  said  to  have  stood.  Here  is 
an  Odd  Fellows  Lodge,  and  also  a  Sick  Club,  the  latter  having  60  mem- 
bers. The  National  School,  with  a  house  for  the  master,  was  built  by 
the  late  rector,  but  was  enlarged  and  partly  rebuilt  by  the  present  incum- 
bent in  1851.  It  is  endowed  with  the  interest  of  £700,  left  by  the  Rev. 
W.  Pearson,  LL.D.,  the  late  rector;  and  the  schoolmaster  also  receives 
£2  a  year  from  Gobert's  Charity.  The  poor  of  South  Kilworth  have  the 
interest  of  £3. 10s.  left  by  John  Smith.  The  Church  Land,  23a.  Ir.  22p., 
was  awarded  at  the  enclosure,  and  is  let  for  £27  per  annum.    Nearly 


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SOUTH    KILWORTH    PARISH. 


half  of  it  is  occupied  in  21  allotments  by  poor  labourers.     The  parish 
feast  is  on  the  first  Sunday  in  December. 

Post  Office  at  John  Bennett's.     Letters  despatched  to  Welford  at  8.13  p.m. 


Bennett  John,  postmaster 
Bonser  Wm.  Hy.  &  Thos.  bricktnakers 
Cave  Thomas,  high  constable 
Harris  George,  butcher 
Mawby  Joseph,  bricklayer 
Pownall  Rev.  Assheton,  M.A.  rector 
Stafford  Thomas,  blacksmith 
Stanhope  Thomas,  schoolmaster 
Tansur  Walter,  parish  clerk 
Tomlinson  William,  framework  knitter 
Weston  Thomas,  maltster 

INNS  AND  TAVERNS. 
Royal  Oak,  Mary  Browning 
White  Hart,  John  Ellson 

bakers.  I  Hill  John  (&  corn 

Angrave  Thomas    |      miller) 


FARMERS  &   GRZRS. 

Bates  Samuel 
Biggs  John 
Cave  Thomas 
Ellson  Thomas 
Ellson  Timothy 
Hill  John 
Hill  William 
Lord  Richard 
Norton  Joseph 

SHOEMAKERS. 

Ashby  William 
Pitcher  Thomas 

SHOPKEEPERS. 

Harris  William 


Pitcher  Ephraim 
Porter  Thomas 

TAILORS. 

Harris  William  (& 

draper) 
Jelley  Thomas 

CARRIERS. 

William  Townsend 
to  Rugby  Wed. 
and  Lutterworth 
Thursday 

John  Wood  to  Har- 
bro'  Tues.  Lut- 
terworth Thurs. 
&  Leicester  Sat. 


KIMCOTE  is  a  small  village,  on  a  southern  declivity  above  the  small 
river  Swift,  3£  miles  N.E.  by  E.  of  Lutterworth.  Its  parish  contains 
149  inhabitants,  •  and  1527  acres  of  land,  exclusive  of  the  hamlets  of 
Cotes-de-Val  and  Walton,  afterwards  "noticed.  About  600  acres  are 
.arable,  and  the  rest  pasturage,  and  the  soil  is  a  mixture  of  clay  and  gravel. 
The  Dowager  Lady  Willoughby  de  Broke  is  lady  of  the  manor,  which 
passed  to  the  Verney  family  in  marriage  with  the  heiress  of  the  Cham- 
pernons ;  but  a  great  part  of  the  soil  belongs  to  Mrs.  Lucas,  Messrs. 
Langham,  Inchle,  Marriott,  Burdett,  and  Robert  and  Charles  Lucas,  and 
several  smaller  freeholders,  most  of  whom  are  residents.  The  old  Manor 
House  is  occupied  by  a  farmer,  and  has  undergone  many  repairs.  The 
Church  (All  Saints)  is  an  ancient  structure,  with  a  tower  containing  four 
bells,  and  crowned  by  handsome  pinnacles.  The  rectory,  valued  in  KB. 
at  .£20.  16s.  3d.,  and  now  at  £566,  has  434  acres,  allotted  in  lieu  of 
tithes  at  the  enclosure  in  1778,  and  a  commodious  residence,  which  was 
considerably  enlarged  in  1834.  Lady  Willoughby  de  Broke  is  patroness, 
and  the  Rev.  Thomas  Cox,  incumbent.  The  Free  School,  with  a  house 
for  the  master,  was  built  in  1844,  at  the  expense  of  the  late  Lord  Wil- 
loughby de  Broke,  and  is  supported  by  subscription,  towards  which  the 
lady  of  the  manor  gives  £20,  and  the  rector  £'12  annually. 

In  1719,  Thomas  Durrad  left  land  at  Lutterworth  for  the  benefit  of 
poor  children  of  Kimcote,  and  it  was  exchanged  at  the  enclosure  for 
17a.  1r.  38p.,  in  Gilmorton  Field,  now  let  for  £28  a  year.  Of  this  rent, 
£20  are  paid  to  a  schoolmistress  for  teaching  30  poor  children,  and  the 
remainder  is-  expended  in  providing  fuel,  books,  &c,  for  the  school.  For 
the  same  use,  Wm.  Carter  left  the  interest  of  £10,  in  1787 ;  and  the 
master  of  the  free  school  has  the  interest  of  £40,  left  by  John  Durrad. 
The  poor  have  £4.  5s.  6d.  a  year  out  of  the  manor  of  Cotes-de-Val,  left 
by  Mary  Poidtney,  in  1665.  Those  of  Kimcote  and  Walton  have  about 
£25  yearly  from  10a.  2r.  Up.  of  land,  left  by  Robert  Bryan,  in  1672; 
and  those  of  Kimcote  and  Knaptoft  have  Peatling  Cross  Close,  6  acres, 
left  by  Francis  Button,  in  1735,  and  now  let  for  £17,  to  which  is  added 
.the  interest  of  £10  derived  from  the  sale  of  timber,  except  £3  given  by 
an  unknown  donor.  The  Town  Land,  allotted  to  the  poor  of  Kimcote, 
■  Walton,  and  Knaptoft,  consists  of  10a.  3r.  16p.,  let  in  allotments  at  Is. 


KIMCOTE    PARISH. 


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per  100  yards,  and  producing  a  clear  yearly  income  of  about  £24,,  of 
which  £  17  belong  to  Kimcote.  and  are  distributed  in  linen  or  cotton 
cloth,  for  shirts  and  sheets.  The  poor  of  Knaptoft,  in  Walton,  have  the 
interest  of  <£20,  left  by  William  Carter  and  Thomas  Button. 


-  Cotes-de-Val,  though  called  a  hamlet,  is  only  a  farm  of  6  inhabitants, 
and  313  acres,  in  Kimcote  parish,  occupying  the  crown  of  a  bold  emi- 
nence, 3  miles  N.  by  E.  of  Lutterworth.  It  belongs  to  Thos.  Pares,  Esq., 
and  is  occupied  by  Mr.  Wm.  Esson  Sanders.  It  is  a  separate  manor,  and 
was  held  by  the  Cotes  family  in  the  fourteenth  century,  and  afterwards 
by  the  Palmer,  Poultney,  Crompton,  Oakley,  and  Ashley  families,  the 
latter  of  whom  sold  it  to  Thos.  Pares.  Esq.,  in  1760.  The  house  occupied 
by  the  farmer  is  very  ancient,  but  has  been  much  altered  and  partly 
rebuilt  during  the  present  century.  It  has  been  a  very  large  mansion, 
as  is  shown  by  the  remains  of  vaults  and  the  foundations  of  buildings 
around.   The  back  and  ends  of  the  house  are  still  encompassed  by  a  moat. 


Walton,  a  large  village,  on  a  declivity,  half-a-mile  E.  of  Kimcote,  and 
4  miles  E.N.E.  of  Lutterworth,  has  585  inhabitants,  of  whom  365  are  in 
Kimcote,  and  220  in  Knaptoft  parish.  It  gives  name  to  a  hamlet  and 
manor,  comprising  828  acres  in  Knaptoft,  and  420  acres  in  Kimcote.  The 
portion  in  the  latter  parish  keeps  its  poor  jointly  with  Kimcote  parish, 
and  the  rest  forms  a  separate  township,  called  Walton-in-Knaptoft.  The 
soil  is  chiefly  clay,  and  the  surface  hilly,  rising  boldly  from  the  main 
source  of  the  small  river  Swift.  The  poor  participate  in  the  benefits  of 
the  Free  School  and  Charities  noticed  with  Kimcote.  Lady  Willoughby 
de  Broke  is  lady  of  the  manor  and  owner  of  most  of  the  soil ;  and  she  lets 
28a.  in  small  allotments  to  the  industrious  poor.  Walton  feast  is  on  the 
second  Sunday  in  August.  The  village  is  irregularly  built,  and  some  of 
the  houses  stand  in  both  parishes,  which  once  had  a  dispute  about  the 
expense  of  burying  a  poor  man,  whose  head  lay  in  one  and  feet  in  the 
other.  It  has  a  chapel,  used  by  Methodists  and  other  sectarians.  Two 
miles  E.S.E.  of  the  village  are  four  farms,  called  Walton  Holt. 

In  the  following  DIRECTORY  of  KIMCOTE  and  WALTON,  those 
marked  1,  are  in  Walton-in -Kimcote  ;  2,  in  Walton-in -Knaptoft  ; 
and  the  others  in  Kimcote  Village. 

Post  Office  at  Mary  Wickes',  in  Walton.     Letters  are  despatched  to  Lut- 
terworth at  5  evening,  and  are  received  at  8  morning. 


2  Allen  Joseph,  blacksmith 

2  Bishop  Zaccheus,  schoolmaster 

Bottrill  William,  hawker 

Coleman  Stephen,  parish  clerk 

Cox  Rev.  Thomas,  rector  of  Kimcote 

1  Crimson  William,  surgeon 

2  Lucas  Robert,  gentleman 
2  Orton  Ann,  schoolmistress 

INNS  AND  TAVERNS. 
2  Dog  and  Gun,  Thomas  Palmer 

1  Red  Lion,  Thomas  Neal 

2  Talbot,  Job  Hanes 

2  Windmill,  William  Brown 


BAKERS. 

Bryan  Charles 
•Hancock  William 


BUTCHERS. 

2  Cooke  William 
1  Palmer  Thomas 


CARPENTERS,  &C 

Bunney  Benjamin 
2  Dorman  William 
Wickes  William 

FARMERS    AND 
GRAZIERS. 

2  Bull  John 
Burdett  Richard 
2  Cobley  William 
Cooke  Edw.  Holt 
2  Cooke  William 

1  CumberledgeTs. 

Walton  Holt 

2  Hearne  Thos. 

1  Hubbard  Willm. 
1  Inchle  John 


2  Inchle  J.  jun. 
2  Langham  John 
2  Lewis  James 
Lucas  Charles 
Martin  Peter 

1  Newton  Rtobert, 
Walton  Holt 

Swingler  William, 
Walton  Holt 

2  WickesJohn  Ber- 
rid  ge,T/ie  Grange 

Wormleighton  Jno 

Wormleighton  Rt. 

Manor  House 

SHOEMAKERS. 

2  Elliott  John 


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GUTHLAXTON    HUNDRED. 


Ellson  William 
2  Webb  George 

SHOPKEEPERS. 

1  Barrows  Mary 


1  Earl  C.  A.  (and 
draper) 

1  Hearne  Sarah 

2  Moore  Robert 


2  Palmer  William 
2  Wickes  Mary 

CARRIERS. 

ToLeicesterfc  Lut- 


& 


terworth  Wed 

Saturday 
Brown  Henry 
2  Clowes  William 


KNAPTOFT  manor  and  township  contain  1400  acres  of  land,  on 
the  crown  and  declivities  of  a  bold  eminence,  but  has  only  54  in- 
habitants, and  5  scattered  farm-houses,  from  0  to  7  miles  E.N.E.  of 
Lutterworth,  and  7  miles  W.  by  N.  of  Market  Harborough.  Its  parish 
includes  "  Walton  in  Knaptoft"  (which  is  a  separate  township,)  and  the 
chapelries  and,  townships  of  Shearsby  and  Mowsley,  the  latter  of  which 
is  in  Gartree  Hundred.  The  whole  parish  comprises  about  5000  acres 
of  land,  and  841  inhabitants.  Knaptoft  is  said  to  have  been  once  a  large 
village,  and  many  antiquities,  foundations  of  buildings,  human  bones, 
&c,  have  often  been  found  in  digging  near  the  ruins  of  its  church,  which 
was  dilapidated  many  years  ago,  so  that  only  a  few  small  fragments  of 
its  walls  are  now  extant ;  but  its  burial-ground  is  still  used  by  the  inhabi- 
tants of  Shearsby  and  Knaptoft.  The  church  appears  to  have  consisted 
of  nave,  chancel,  south  porch,  and  a  north  porch  with  a  tower  over  it. 
The  remains  of  a  piscina  in  the  north,  and  an  aumbiy  in  the  south  wall 
have  been  discovered.  The  building  is  supposed  to  have  been  burnt 
down  by  the  Parliamentarians  on  their  way  from  the  battle  of  Naseby  ; 
and  this  appears  the  more  })robable,  as  the  owner  of  the  Hall"  at 
that  time  was  a  stanch  royalist,  and  was  fined  iJ1164.  13s.  4d.,  and 
afterwards  obliged  to  fly  to  America.  Thos.  Willson,  Esq.,  has  in  his 
possession  some  of  the  molten  lead,  stained  glass,  and  tesselas,  which 
were  found  on  clearing  away  the  rubbish.  A  few  tombs  of  the  Jeyes 
and  Willson  families  still  exist ;  and  at  a  short  distance  are  traces  of  an 
encampment,  and  the  site  of  an  ancient  hall,  upon  which  a  farm-house 
was  built  in  1843.  This  hall  had  been  a  large  mansion,  and  at  one 
angle  of  it  was  a  circular  embattled  tower.  A  gateway  and  window  are 
the  only  portions  still  remaining.  The  Duke  of  Rutland  is  lord  of  the 
manor  of  Knaptoft,  and  owner  of  all  the  soil  except  one  farm  of  141a., 
belonging  to  Mr.  Charles  Allsop.  John  Hood,  Esq.,  is  patron  of  the 
rectory,  valued  in  K.B.  at  £32. 12s.  5d.,  and  now  at  £800,  with  Shearsby, 
Walton-in-Knaptoft,  and  Mowsley  annexed  to  it.  The  Rev.  Plumpton 
Wilson,  LL.B.,  is  the  present  incumbent,  and  has  a  good  residence  and 
247a.  in  Mowsley,  .£10  a- year  in  Knaptoft,  212a.  in  Shearsby,  and  130a. 
in  Walton-in-Knaptoft,  allotted  in  lieu  of  tithes,  at  the  enclosures,  in 
1773  and  1788.  The  mother  church  being  in  ruins,  the  parishioners 
use  those  at  Shearsby  and  Mowsley,  where  the  rector  does  duty.  The 
manor  has  been  held  by  the  Gibson,  Paynell,  and  Turpin  families  ;  and 
three  rivulets  have  their  sources  here  from  copious  springs,  and  flow 
into  three  different  parts  of  England.  The  fanners  are — John  W. 
Ashby,  Sophia  Ashby,  Laxton  Darnell,  Wm.  Henshaw,  John  Willson, 
and  Thomas  Willson,  Hall.     Post  from  Rugby  via  Theddingworth. 


Shearsby  is  a  village,  township,  and  chapelry,  in  Knaptoft  parish,  in 
a  pleasant  valley,  near  the  Leicester  and  Welford  road,  7  miles  N.  by 
W.  of  the  latta-,  and  9  miles  S.  by  E.  of  the  former  town.  It  has  300 
inhabitants,  and  1150  acres  of  fertile  land,  watered  by  two  rivulets, 
which  unite  on  the  west  side  of  the  village.  At  the  Baths  Hotel,  is  a 
mineral  spring,  called  Shearsby  Spa,  which  has  been  long  in  repute  for 
its  medicinal  virtues,  in  scorbutic  and  rheumatic  cases.  There  is  accom- 
modation for  enabling  invalids  to  take  the  benefit  of  bathing  and  drinking 


SHEARSBY    TOWNSHIP.  749 

the  water — one  gallon  of  which  contains  185.75  murate  of  soda,  96.00 
sulphate  of  magnesia,  5.00  carbonate  of  lime,  and  12.08  atmospheric  air, 
5.00  carbonic  acid  gas,  and  a  portion  of  oxide  of  iron  and  sulphuretted 
hydrogen.  The  chapelry  was  enclosed  in  1773,  when  the  tithes  were 
commuted,  as  noticed  with  Knap  toft.  The  soil  belongs  to  small  free- 
holders, of  whom  the  principal  are — Nichls.  Parry,  Geo.  Bond,  Wm. 
Reeve,  and  Wm.  Hollis,  Esqrs.,  Mrs.  Walker,  Mrs.  Grewcock,  and  Mrs. 
Day.  The  Church  (St.  Mary  Magdalen)  is  an  ancient  structure,  but  the 
tower,  which  has  four  bells,  was  rebuilt  in  1789,  and  the  rest  of  the 
building  was  thoroughly  restored  in  1850,  at  a  cost  of  .£'700,  and  the 
interior  was  fitted  with  open  seats.  It  stands  on  an  eminence  on  the 
north  side  of  the  village,  and  is  approached  by  a  long  flight  of  steps.  It 
is  chiefly  in  the  early  English  style,  and  contains  sedilia  for  two  priests. 
A  stone  figure  of  the  patron  saint  formerly  stood  in  one  of  them,  but  was 
removed  in  1850.  There  is  a  trefoil-headed  piscina  in  the  south,  and 
an  aumbry  in  the  north  wall.  The  nave  and  chancel  are  separated  by  a 
beautifully- decorated  oak  screen.  The  curacy  is  consolidated  with 
Knaptoft  rectory,  and  the  Rev.  Henry  Matthews  is  the  officiating  curate. 
The  School  was  built  in  1860,  at  a  cost  of  £'300.  The  poor  have  the 
interest  of  <£60,  left  by  Simon  Ward  and  John  Seale,  for  distributions  of 
bread  and  coal.  There  is  an  Odd  Fellows'  Lodge  at  the  New  Inn  ;  and 
the  poor  inhabitants  occupy  about  17  acres  in  garden  allotments.  Post 
from  Rugby,  via  Theddingworth.     Here  is  a  wall  letter-box. 

Burdett  Mr  Rt.  ||  Walker  Mrs  Christina 
Chance  Robert,  cowkeeper 
Elliott  John,  butcher 


Farnsworth  Anthony,  miller  &  baker 

Heigh  ton  Richard,  carpenter 

Hunt  Thomas,  brickmaker 

Hunt   Thomas,    jun.   shoemaker   and 

shopkeeper 
Kempin  George,  wheelwright 
Matthews  Rev.  Henry,  curate 
Moore  Joseph,  tailor 
Read  John  and  Thomas,  fellmongers 
Simons  Richard,  parish  clerk 
Smart  Christopher,  fellmonger 


Wallis  Thomas,  shopkeeper 
Wootton  Ellen,  schoolmistress 

INNS  AND  TAVERNS. 
Baths  Hotel,  William  Reeve 
Chandler's  Arms,  Rd.  Elliott  Bottrill 
New  Inn,  John  Williams 
Old  Crown,  John  Pallat 

FARMERS  AND  GRAZIERS. 


Freer  John 
Higgs  Benjamin 
Reeve  William 
Williams  James 


Harding  Thomas 
Messenger  Richd. 
Williams  John 
Woolmer  S.Palmer 


CARRIER. 

Wm.  Smart  to  Leicester,  Wed.  &  Sat. 


MOWSLEY,  a  pleasant  village  on  an  eminence,  near  the  source  of 
tvm  rivulets,  12  miles  S.  by  E.  of  Leicester,  and  6  miles  W.  by  N.  of 
Market  Harborough,  gives  name  to  a  township  and  chaperly  in  Knap- 
toft' parish,  but  in  Gartree  Hundred  and  Market  Harborough  Union, 
containing  241  inhabitants  and  1262a.  3r.  4p.  of  land.  The  surface  is 
hilly  and  the  soil  is  chiefly  a  gravelly  loam,  and  partly  clay.  The 
chapelry  was  enclosed  in  1788  ;  and  a  great  part  of  the  soil  belongs  to 
Thds.  Stokes,  Esq.,  Mr.  Joseph  Smith,  Miss  Hidson,  Mrs.  Dowell,  and 
four  resident  yeomen.  Being  parcel  of  the  Honor  of  Leicester,  a  court 
for  the  Duchy  of  Lancaster  is  held  here  twice  a  year  at  the  Staff  of  Life 
Inn,  and  by  paying  small  fees,  the  tenants  enjoy  exemptions  from  tolls 
at  markets  and  fairs,  and  other  immunities.  The  Church  (St.  Nicholas) 
is  an  early  English  structure  of  fine  proportions,  and  consists  of  nave, 
transepts,  chancel,  and  south  porch.  The  latter  was  repaired  by  the 
rector  in  I860,  the  west  and  transept  windows  were  restored,  and  a  new 
bell  gable  was  built  at  the  west  end,  at  a  cost  of  <£170.  The  remainder 
of  the  building  greatly  needs  restoration,  and  as  there  are  already  funds 
in  hand  and  some  subscriptions  promised,  it  is  hoped  the  parishioners 


750  MOWSLEY   TOWNSHIP. 

will  shortly  unanimously  set  to  work  to  effect  the  necessary  improvements. 
Some  of  the  original  lancet  windows  still  remain,  but  the  east  win- 
dow is  of  modern  debased  character.  The  churchyard  was  enlarged 
in  1862.  The  curacy  is  consolidated  with  the  rectory  of  Knapfcoft,  and 
the  rector  resides  here  in  a  neat  Rectory  House,  built  in  1818,  on  a  plea- 
sant eminence  a  little  to  the  south-east  of  the  church.  He  has  here  147a. 
of  glebe.  Here  is  a  small  chapel,  built  in  1839,  and  repaired  and  altered 
in  1860.  It  is  used  both  by  Baptists  and  Independents.  About  10a. 
are  rented  by  the  poor  in  garden  allotments.  The  annual  feast  is  on 
the  Sunday  after  December  7th. 

Post  Office  at  John  Freeston's.     Letters  from  Rugby  via  Theddingworth. 

Clark  William,  shoemaker 
Freestone  John,  baker 
Garlick  John,  tailor 
Glover  Thomas,  saddler 
Hallam  George,  shopkeeper 
Hart  John,  vict.  Staff  of  Life 


Wilson  Rev.  Plumpton,  LL.B.  rector 
farmers  &  grzrs.  |  *Jacques  David 
(*  are  oioners.)     \  Newton  Robert 
Smith  John 

CARRIERS. 

George  Hallam  to 


♦Bindley  Thomas 

Burdett  William 

Dowell  Henry 


Holyland  Charles,  blacksmith  j  Hart  William  Harbro'  Tues.  & 

Horton  Saml.  auctioneer  and  builder     j  Horton  Matthias     j      Leicester,  Wed. 
Townsend  Henry,  corn  miller  |  Hunt  Thomas  and  Saturday. 


KNIGHTON,  2  miles  S.  by  E.  of  Leicester,  is  a  village,  township, 
and  chapelry,  containing  641  inhabitants,  and  1638  acres  of  fertile  land, 
intersected  by  a  small  rivulet,  and  traversed  by  the  Midland  Railway 
and  the  turnpikes  from  Leicester  to  Welford  and  Market  Harborough. 
It  is  in  the  parish  of  St.  Margaret,  in  Leicester.  The  north  side  of  the 
chapelry  is  a  pleasant  suburb  called  Stoneygate,  adjoining  the  Race 
Course  of  Leicester,  and  having  many  handsome  houses,  occupied  by 
manufacturers,  &c,  who  have  their  places  of  business  in  that  town.  The 
soil  on  the  north  is  good  loam,  and  on  the  south  strong  clay,  and  belongs 
to  a  number  of  small  freeholders.  The  chapelry  was  enclosed  in  1755. 
In  1086,  the  Bishop  of  Lincoln  held  two  parts  of  a  hide,  and  here  were 
30  acres  of  meadow,  and  20  villans  and  4  socmen,  with  6  ploughs.  In 
1392,  John  Grey,  of  Codnor,  held  the  manor,  and,  in  1576,  Henry 
Knowles  sold  it  to  Sir  Geo.  Turpin.  In  1630,  it  belonged  to  the  Earl  of 
Devonshire.  The  Church  (St.  Mary  Magdalen)  comprises  nave,  south 
aisle,  chancel,  tower,  and  spire.  The  tower  is  of  three  stages,  the  two 
lower  of  the  decorated,  and  the  uppermost  of  the  perpendicular  period. 
It  contains  four  bells,  and  appears  to  have  originally  terminated  at  the 
second  stage,  as  the  moulding  of  the  parapet  ornamented  with  the  ball 
flower  is  still  visible.  The  belfry  windows  have  transoms,  and  the 
parapet  is  battlemented,  and  has  pinnacles  at  the  angles.  On  the  eastern 
side  of  the  upper  stage  of  the  tower  is  a  niche  containing  a  statue,  sup- 
posed to  represent  the  patron  saint.  The  spire  is  octagonal,  and  has 
two  series  of  spire  lights.  Most  of  the  windows  are  modern,  and  two  of 
them  are  square-headed,  but  the  roofs  are  ancient,  and  probably  of  the 
decorated  period.  The  chancel  contains  sedilia  and  a  piscina  in  the 
south,  and  an  ambry  in  the  south  wall ;  and  on  the  east  wall,  north  of 
the  communion  table,  is  a  bracket  for  an  image.  An  ancient  circular 
font  stands  at  the  west  end  of  the  south  aisle.  The  building  was  restored 
a  few  years  ago,  and  has  now  a  very  neat  appearance.  The  benefice  is 
a  curacy,  consolidated  with  the  vicarage  of  St.  Margaret,  Leicester. 
(See  page  166.)  The  poor  who  regularly  attend  divine  service  have  a 
monthly  distribution  of  bread  from  the  dividends  of  £'86.  6s.  5d.  three- 
per-cent.  consols,  purchased  with  ^50,  left  by  James  Willey,  in  1803.  In 


KNIGHTON  township. 


751 


the  village  is  a  small  Wesley  an  Chapel,  built  in  1816,  and  a  commodious 
National  School,  built  in  1840.  The  annual  feast  is  on  the  Sunday- 
after  August  2nd.  There  is  a  pillar  letter  box  at  Stoneygate,  which 
is  cleared  at  11.15  a.m.  and  6.30  p.m.,  and  letters  are  delivered  here  by 
the  Leicester  letter  carriers. 

In  the  following  Directory,  those  marked  f  reside  in  Stoneygate, 
and  have  their  places  of  business  in  Leicester ;  and  the  others  are  in 
Knighton  : — 


-tBaines  John,  hosiery  manufacturer 
+Bent  Joseph,  corn  miller 
+Biggs  John,  mfr.  Stoneygate  Home 
Birkley  Mrs  Eleanor,  Stoneygate 
+Burgess  Alfred,  woostplr.  Broolcfield 
Clarke  John  Webster, (Iragk.Ashjield  Hs 
Collins  Richd.  mfr.  Knighton  Cottage 
Coltman  Wm.  mfr.  Knighton  Grange 
Eames  Wm.  Kirk,  Esq.,  bigh  bailiff  of 

Leicester,  Springfield  House 
Fielding  Mrs  Martba,  The  Elms 
Franklin  Geo.  Barton,  Stonygt.  School 
+Freer  Wm.  solr.  and  clerk  of  the  peace 
Glover  John,  Esq.  Stoneygate 
+Goddard  Joseph,  chemist  and  druggt. 
Gray  Sarah,  mistress,  National  School 
Hammersley  James  A.  artist,  and  Wm. 

H.  music  professor,  Stoneygate 
+Harris  Richard,  mfr.  Knighton  House 
Harrison  Daniel,  Esq.  The  Woodlands 
+Hodges  Thos.  Wm.  elastic  web  mfr. 
Holwell  James,  parish  clerk 
+Howcutt  John,  seed  &  tillage  mercht 
+Hunt  William,  ironmonger 
Johnson  Jph.  Esq.  [j Kind  Mattw.sexton 
^Jarrom  Joseph,  builder 


Lander  William,  farmer 

Manning  William,  shopkeeper 

+Morley  Richard,  linen  draper,  &c. 

tNoon  Charles,  hosiery  manufacturer 

Nutt  John,  farmer  and  coal  merchant 

Paul  Thomas  Dennis,  ironmonger 

Payne  Theophilus,  farmer 

Porter  William,  farmer 

Raworth  John  Thos.mir. Knighton  Halt 

Robinson  Mrs  Mary,  Stoneygate 

Sargeant  Mr  Thomas 

Sibson  Leonard,  beerhouse 

Simpkin  Samuel,  farmer 

Smith  Conyers,  Esq.  Stoneygate  . 

I- Spencer  Henry,  hay  and  corn  dealer  •• 

t Stafford  John,  wholesale  grocer 

•l-Stone  Samuel,  solr.  and  town  clerk 

f  Toller  Richard,  solicitor,  &c. 

Tompkin     Johnson,     vict.     Cradock- 

Hartopp  Arms 
Underwood  Jph.  mfr.  Portland  House 
•l-Whitmore  John,  spinner,  Eastfield 
Winterton  Daniel,  farmer 
Wood  Richard  Warae r,Esq.Sf oneygate 
Carriers   daily  to    Leicester,   James 

Kind  and  Samel  Ward 


LEIRE,  a  village  upon  a  declivity  on  the  east  side  of  the  Midland 
Railway,  about  2  miles  from  Ullesthorpe  and  Broughton  stations,  and 
4  miles  N.  by  W.  of  Lutterworth,  has  in  its  parish  433  inhabitants,  and 
1079a.  3r.  8r.  of  land,  intersected  by  the  railway,  and  having  a  mixed  soil, 
well  suited  to  the  growth  of  barley.  A  rivulet  flows  hence  to  the  river  Soar, 
which  was  anciently  called  Leire.  Earl  de  Grey  and  Ripon  is  lord  of 
the  manor,  which  has  been  variously  spelt  Legre  and  Leyre ;  but  a  great 
part  of  the  soil  belongs  to  John  Goodacre,  John  Day,  Thomas  Scotton, 
Joseph  Ludford,  and  Michael  and  Thomas  Higginson,  Esqrs.,  and  other 
freeholders,  some  of  whom  are  residents.  The  advowson  and  manor 
passed  from  the  Earls  of  Pembroke  to  Roger,  Lord  Grey  of  Ruthyn. 
The  Church  (St.  Peter)  is  a  neat  antique  fabric,  with  a  tower,  three  bells, 
and  a  spire.  It  contains  mural  tablets  to  the  memory  of  members  of  the 
Cart,  Smith,  Pawsey,  Mason,  and  Walker  families.  A  plain  slab  in  the 
north  wall  of  the  chancel  states  that  Grace,  daughter  of  Anthony,  Earl 
of  Kent,  was  buried  here.  The  east  window,  which  is  modern,  has 
flowing  tracery,  and  is  filled  with  stained  glass,  with  an  inscription  in 
diagonal  lines  across  it  in  memory  of  the  late  wife  of  the  present  rector, 
who  died  in  1844.  The  font  is  of  stone,  octagonal  in  form,  with  a 
crocheted  cover.  Its  sides  are  ornamented  with  representations  of  the 
paschal  lamb,  the  dove,  the  sacred  monogram,  the  cross,  and  the  evan- 
gelistic symbols.    It  was  given  by  the  Countess  of  Beauchamp  in  18511 


752 


LEIKE    PAEISH. 


The  south  porch  is  of  brick.  The  living  is  a  rectory,  valued  in  KB.  at 
£d.  14s.  9£d.,  and  now  at  <£294.  It  has  a  good  residence,  and  142a.  of 
glebe,  mostly  allotted  in  lieu  of  tithes,  at  the  enclosure,  in  1779,  together 
with  a  yearly  modus  of  .£17.  10s.  9d.  Earl  de  Grey  is  patron,  and  the 
Rev.  H.  K.  Richardson,  M.A.,  incumbent.  The  Wesleyans  have  a  chapel 
here,  built  in  1817.  The  Parish  School  was  built  by  subscription,  in 
1814,  to  commemorate  the  peace  with  France ;  and  Richard  Johnson 
gave  .£20,  the  interest  to  be  applied  in  keeping  it  in  repair.  For  a 
weekly  distribution  of  Is.  Gd.  worth  of  bread  among  the  poor  attending 
the  church,  Jane  Cart,  in  1735,  gave  4  acres  of  land,  now  let  for  ,£14  per 
annum,  to  which  is  added  the  interest  of  £20,  derived  from  the  sale  of 
timber.  Out  of  this  income,  £10  is  paid  yearly  for  the  education  of  ten 
poor  children.  For  distribution  in  clothes,  &c,  the  poor  have  the  fol- 
lowing yearly  doles,  viz.,  £1.  15s.,  as  interest  of  £35,  left  by  Bryan,  Hill, 
and  Evans ;  £32.  10s.,  left  by  Benj.  Moore  and  John  Mason  ;  the  divi- 
dends of  £73.  16s.  three-per-cent.  consols,  purchased  with  £50,  left  by 
Susanna  Smith,  in  1793  ;  8s.  8d.  from  Horseman's  Charity  (see  Frowles- 
worth) ;  and  £10.  10s.  from  4a.  36p.  of  land,  left  by  Thomas  Walker,  in 
1835.  A  yearly  rent-charge  of  10s.  left  by  the  Rev.  Thos.  Seagrave,  for 
the  Sunday  school  children,  is  paid  out  of  land  now  belonging  to  Mrs. 
Ludlow.  Here  is  a  wall  letter  box,  which  is  cleared  at  5.30  p.m.  Post 
via  Lutterworth. 

Richardson  Rev.  Henry  Kemp,  M.A.  farmers  &  grzrs.  Masters  Henry 

rector  and  rural  dean ;    and  Hon.  Higginson  Nichls.  Sutton  Thomas 

Mrs  Anne,  Rectory  Higginson  Thos.        wheelwrights. 

Herbert  Joseph,  coal  dealer  Jellis  James  Judd  Thomas 

Johnson  George,  butcher  Johnson  George  Slater  Joseph 

Judd  George,  baker  Johnson  Richard 

Palmer  Richd.  gardener  and  par.  elk.  Ludford  Joseph  carriers. 

Sanders  Mrs  Hannah  Smith  Mason  John  P.  To  Hinckley  Mon. 

Sutton  John,  blacksmith  shoemakers.  Harrison  Thos. 

Sutton  Thos.  tailor  and  schoolmaster  Hurst  William  To  Leicester,  Sat. 

INNS  AND  TAVERNS.  Masters  Henry  Hill  (and  Wed.), 

Old  Bull,  Wm.  Richardson  (&  joiner)  Wright  William  Bolton  and  Har- 

Queen's  Head,  John  Ladkin  shopkeepers.  rison. 

White  Horse,  Sarah  Peberdy  Johnson  Thomas  To     Lutterworth, 

corn  millers.  Judd  George  Thurs.  Hill,Wil- 

Fowkes  John      |      Fletcher  Wm.  B.  son,  and  Jesson 


LUTTERWORTH. 


Lutterworth  is  a  well-built  market  town,  in  the  southern  part  of 
Leicestershire  and  Guthlaxton  Hundred,  situated  in  the  heart  of  a  rich 
farming  and  grazing  district,  upon  a  declivity  on  the  north  side  of  the 
small  river  Swift,  3£  miles  S.E.  of  Ullesthorpe  Station  on  the  Midland 
Railway,  13£  miles  S.  by  W.  of  Leicester ;  11  miles  S.E.  of  Hinckley; 
8  miles  W.N.W.  of  Welford  ;  7|  miles  N.E.  by  N.  of  Rugby,  and  89 
miles  N.W.  by  N.  of  London.  It  is  the  head  of  a  large  Union,  and  its 
Parish  comprises  2413a.  2r.  18p.  of  fertile  land,  all  in  rich  meadows 
and  pastures,  except  about  423  acres,  and  extending  2  miles  westward 
to  the  Roman  Watling  street,  which  separates  it  from  Warwickshire,  and 
is  carried  over  the  river  Swift  by  a  substantial  bridge,  built  at  the  ex- 
pense of  the  two  Counties,  near  the  Sake  cr  Lodge  Mills,  atMoREBARNEs, 
a  small  hamlet  which  is  in  this  parish,  but  contributes  only  towards  the 


LUTTERWORTH.  753 

repair  of  part  of  Watling  street.  Calico  weaving  and  silk  ribbon  weaving 
were  largely  carried  on,  here  during  the  latter  part  of  last  and  the  begin- 
ning of  the  present  century ;  but  the  town  now  derives  its  chief  support 
from  general  trade  and  its  market  and  fairs,  there  being  in  the  surrounding 
parishes  many  opulent  farmers  and  graziers.  Some  of  the  inhabitants  are, 
however,  employed  still  in  framework  knitting.  In  1801,  the  parish  had 
only  1652  inhabitants,  but  in  1821,  they  had  increased  to  2102 ;  in  1831,  to 
2262  ;  and  in  1841,  to  2531 ;  though  in  1851  they  had  decreased  to  2446, 
and  in  1861  to  2288  inhabitants,  occupying  about  550  houses. .  There 
are  three  petrifying  springs  in  the  parish  which  are  remarkable  for  the 
coldness  of  the  water  and  have  never  been  known  to  freeze  in  the  severest 
winter.  In  1836,  a  handsome  Town  Hall  was  built  in  the  Market 
Place,  having  in  the  lower  part,  the  market  for  butter,  eggs,  poultry,  &c, 
and  in  the  upper  story  a  spacious  room,  in  which  Petty  Sessions  are  held 
every  alternate  Thursday  by  the  neighbouring  county  magistrates,  to 
whom  Mr.  Thos.  Watson  is  clerk.  The  site  cost  400  guineas,  raised  by 
subscription,  and  the  building  cost  .£1200,  most  of  which  was  borrowed. 
It  is  a  handsome  edifice  of  brick,  cemented,  and  ornamented  in  front 
with  four  elegant  Ionic  pillars.  The  hall  is  used  for  public  meetings, 
and  is  occasionally  let  for  exhibitions,  concerts,  &c.  In  the  Beast 
Market  is  a  Police  Station,  with  a  superintendent,  belonging  to  the  County 
Constabulary  force.  In  sinking  a  well  here,  about  20  years  ago,  a  sub- 
terranean forest  was  discovered,  under  a  bed  of  clay  ten  feet  thick.  Some 
of  the  trees  were  as  thick  as  a  man's  body.  The  principal  streets  are 
well  paved,  and  contain  many  neat  houses,  well-stocked  shops,  and  good 
inns.  The  bridge,  which  crosses  the  Swift  at  the  foot  of  the  town,  was 
built  by  subscription  in  1778;  and  about  1400  acres  of  common  land 
and  open  fields  in  the  parish  were  enclosed  under  an  Act  of  Parliament 
passed  in  1790,  when  the  tithes  were  commuted  for  allotments  of  land. 
The  Earl  of  Denbigh  is  lord  of  the  manor  and  owner  of  a  great  part  of 
the  soil,  and  the  rest  belongs  to  F.  Franks,  Esq.,  E.  F.  Palmer,  Esq., 
P.  L.  Phillips,  Esq.,  M.D.,  and  several  smaller  freeholders.  A  court  leet  is 
sometimes  held  at  Easter,  or  in  October,  when  two  town-masters  are 
appointed,  to  whom  are  assigned  the  town  lands,  &c.  Messrs.  Wm. 
Footman  and  George  S.  Wardley  are  the  present  town  masters.  The 
County  Court  is  held  monthly  at  the  Town  Hall,  aud  Mr.  Serjt.  Robt. 
Miller  is  judge  ;  Thos.  Heath,  Esq.,  of  Warwick,  treasurer ;  C  H.  Gates, 
Esq.,  registrar ;  Amos  D.  Miles,  clerk;  Alex.  M'Kay,  of  Bilton  Grange, 
Rugby,  high  bailiff;  and  James  Driver  and  John  Pateman,  assistant 
bailiffs.  Lutterworth  County  Court  District  comprises  the  parishes, 
&c.,of  Arnesby,  Ashby  Magna  and  Parva,  Bittesby,  Bitteswell,  Broughton 
Astley,  Bruntingthorpe,  Catthorpe,  Claybrooke  Magna  and  Parva,  Cop- 
stone  Magna,  Cottesbach,  Dunton  Bassett,  Frowlesworth,  Gilmorton, 
Kil worth  (North  and  South),  Kimcote,  Knaptoft  (part  of),  Leire,  Lutter- 
worth, Misterton,  Monk's  Kirby,  Pailton,  Peatling  Magna  and  Parva, 
Shearsby,  Shawell,  Swinford,  Stretton-under- Fosse,  Ullesthorpe,  Wal- 
cote,  Walton,  Wibtoft,  Wigston  Parva,  Welford,  Walton  in  Knaptoft, 
Willey,  and  Willoughby  Waterless.  The  Market,  held  every  Thursday, 
is  well  supplied  with  corn,  cattle,  and  provisions,  and  during  the  year 
there  are  many  large  shows  of  sheep,  &c.  The  principal  Fairs  for 
cattle,  horses,  &c,  are  held  on  the  2nd  of  April,  Holy  Thursday,  and 
Sept.  16th ;  and  that  on  Holy  Thursday  is  also  a  pleasure  fair.  On  the 
Friday  after  Sept.  16th,  here  is  a  statute  fair  for  hiring  servants.  On, 
the  Thursday  after  Old  Michaelmas  day,  here  is  a  large  sheep  market, 
and  a  "mop  for  hiring  servants"  which  is  repeated  on  the  two  succeeding 
Thursdays.    Gas  Works  were  established  hero  in  1851,  at  a  cost  of 


754  LUTTERWOETH. 

£2500,  raised  in  £20  shares  ;  and  they  are  situated  in  Hog's  lane,  On 
the  east  side  of  the  town.  Gas  is  supplied  at  the  rate  of  5s.  per  1000 
cubic  feet,  and  the  town  is  now  well  lighted.  Mr.  Thomas  Brown  ig 
secretary,  and  John  Warne,  gas  maker.  The  town  masters  contribute 
£20  a-year  towards  the  expense  of  the  public  lamps,  and  the  remainder 
is  defrayed  by  a  rate  on  the  houses. 

In  1086,  Maino,  the  Briton,  held  in  Lutresurde  (Lutterworth)  13 
carucates,  with  three  ploughs,  in  the  demesne,  two  servants,  and  a  maid* 
servant ;  and  here  were  6  villans,  7  bordars,  and  12  socmen,  with  4 
ploughs,  and  12  acres  of  meadows.  In  1214,  Nicholas  de  Verdun  had  a, 
grant  of  a  market  here,  and  his  family  held  the  manor  till  the  14th 
century,  when  it  passed  to  the  Ferrers,  of  Groby,  from  whom  it  passed  in 
marriage  to  the  Greys,  one  of  whom  was  created  Marquis  of  Dorset,  in 
1475.  In  1628,  the  Corporation  of  London  held  the  manor  by  grant 
from  Charles  I.,  but  they  sold  it  in  the  following  year  to  Basil  Fielding, 
an  ancestor  of  its  present  owner,  the  Earl  of  Denbigh.  An  Hospital, 
dedicated  to  St.  John,  was  founded  here  about  1218,  by  Roesia  de  Verdun, 
for  a  priest  and  six  poor  men,  to  keep  hospitality  for  poor  travellers. 
No  traces  of  this  hospital  are  now  extant.  It  was  valued  at  the  Disso- 
lution at  £81.  Is.  lOd.  per  annum,  and  in  1570,  its  lands  were  leased  to 
the  Faunts.  Formerly  all  the  inhabitants  were  obliged  to  grind  their 
malt  and  corn  at  the  Soke  or  Lodge  Mills,  at  the  west  end  of  the  parish, 
in  Morebarnes.  This  feudal  monopoly  was  continued  till  1758,  when  the 
inhabitants  obtained  a  decision  at  the  Leicester  Assizes,  empowering 
them  to  erect  mills,  and  grind  where  they  pleased  ;  and  had  costs  of  suit 
allowed  to  the  amount  of  .£300.  They  had  disputed  this  ancient  custom 
at  a  much  earlier  period ;  and  in  1613,  an  official  order  or  decree  was 
made  requiring  them  to  grind  their  corn,  malt,  and  grits  at  the  ancient 
water  corn  and  malt  mills,  called  the  Lodge  Mills.  In  this  order,  it  is 
specified  that  King  James  was  seized  in  his  "  demesne  as  of  fee,  in  right 
of  the  crown  of  England,  of  the  said  mills,  &c,  and  did  grant  them  in 
fee-farm  unto  Edward  Ferrers  and  Fras.  Phillipps,  gentlemen,  and  their 
heirs  and  assigns,  together  with  all  the  suite  of  mills,  and  benefit  of 
grinding  and  mulcture ;  reserving  unto  his  said  late  Majesty,  his  heirs 
and  successors  for  ever,  the  yearly  rent  of  £5."  This  decree  created 
much  litigation,  and  at  length  a  person,  named  Bickley,  erected  a  mill  in 
opposition  to  the  old  ones.  Some  other  persons  soon  followed  his  ex- 
ample, and  the  proprietors  of  the  ancient  mills  contested  their  long- 
established  rights  by  a  suit  at  law,  which  was  terminated  as  already 
observed,  in  favour  of  the  inhabitants.  In  ancient  times,  each  family 
ground  its  own  corn  in  hand  mills.  When  water  mills  were  invented, 
their  introduction  was  eagerly  sought  after,  and  there  being  no  one.  able  to 
build  them  in  some  poor  districts,  the  king  was  petitioned  to  erect  mills' 
in  various  places,  to  which  he  consented,  on  condition  that  the  inhabi- 
tants would  bind  themselves  and  their  successors  for  ever  to  grind  at 
such  mills  on  the  terms  then  agreed  on.  Some  of  these  mills  still  retain 
their  ancient  privileges,  and  so  recently  as  1839,  the  populous  Borough 
of  Leeds  had  to  pay  £13,000  as  a  release  from  the  monopoly  and  heavy 
tolls  of  its  soke  mills.  Leland  described  Lutterworth  "  as  scant  half  so 
bigge  as  Lughborrow,"  and  Sir  Thos.  Cave  supposed  it  to  have  been  much 
larger  than  it  was  in  his  time,  and  particularly  notices  Ely  Gate,  as 
standing  in  a  place  called  Ely  lane.  The  cotton  hosiery  manufacture  was 
carried  on  here  to  a  considerable  extent  in  the  latter  part  of  last  century. 

John  Wickliffe,  the  earliest  champion  of  the  Ecclesiastical  Refor- 
mation, was  born  at  Wycliffe,  in  the  North-Riding  of  Yorkshire,  in  1324- 
and  was  rector  of  Lutterworth  from  1375  till  his  death,  DecemberWth. 


LUTTERWORTH,  7$5 

1384,  as  is  recorded  on  the  handsome  marble  monument  erected  to  his 
memory  in  the  church,  in  1837,  at  the  cost  of  .£500,  raised  by  subscrip- 
tion. This  monument  is  from  the  chisel  of  Mr.  Westmacott,  jun.,  and"  is 
an  alto-relievo,  consisting  of  several  figures,  under  which  is  a  long 
inscription,  stating  that — "  At  Oxford,  he  acquired  not  only  the  renown 
of  a  consummate  scholar,  but  the  far  more  glorious  title  of  the  Evangelic 
Doctor.  His  whole  life  was  one  impetuous  struggle  against  the  corrup- 
tions and  encroachments  of  the  Papal  Court,  and  the  impostures  of  its 
devoted  auxiliaries,  the  mendicant  fraternities.  His  labours  in  the 
cause  of  scriptural  truth  were  crowned  by  one  immortal  achievement — 
his  translation  of  the  bible  into  the  English  tongue.  This  mighty  work 
drew  on  him,  indeed,  the  bitterest  hatred  of  all  who  were  making 
merchandize  of  the  popular  credulity  and  ignorance ;  but  he  found  an 
abundant  reward  in  the  blessings  of  his  countrymen  of  every  rank  and 
age,  to  whom  he  unfolded  the  words  of  Eternal  Life.  His  mortal 
remains  were  interred  near  this  spot ;  but  they  were  not  allowed  to  rest 
in  peace.  After  the  lapse  of  many  years,  his  bones  were  dragged  from 
the  grave,  and  consigned  to  the  flames ;  and  his  ashes  were  cast  into  the 
waters  of  the  adjoining  stream."  On  this  beautiful  monument,  Wickliffe 
is  represented  at  the  communion  table,  addressing  his  Congregation;  and 
in  the  back  ground  stand  two  Franciscan  friars,  one  of  them  in  a  very 
menacing  attitude.  It  is  an  extraordinary  fact,  but  not  the  less  true, 
that  there  were  living  at  the  same  period,  two  John  Wickliffes,  both  bom 
about  the  same  time,  both  educated  as  ecclesiastics  at  Oxford,  and  be- 
coming there  the  heads  of  houses — one  of  Canterbury,  and  the  other  of 
Baliol— both  prebendaries,  the  one  of  Westbury,  the  other  of  Chichester, 
and  both  dying  within  a  year  of  each  other.  This  fact  may  not  only 
clear  Wickliffe  from  several  inconsistencies  that  have  been  attributed  to 
him,  but  from  the  graver  charge  preferred  by  Anthony  Wood,  Dr.  Fell, 
and  other  writers,  that  the  zeal  which  he  displayed  in  withstanding  the 
errors  of  Papacy  was  occasioned  by  nothing  else  than  the  loss  of  the 
wardenship  of  Canterbury  hall,  Oxford,  of  which  they  say  he  was 
deprived  by  Archbishop  Langham,  and  finally  by  Pope  Urban  V.  An 
article  in  the  "  Gentleman's  Magazine,"  of  August,  1841,  clearly  proves 
that  the  warden  of  Canterbury  hall,  and  the  "  Morning  Star  of  Reforma- 
tion," were  two  distinct  individuals.  The  rectory  of  Lutterworth  was 
presented  to  Wickliffe  by  Edward  III.,  for  whom  he  wrote  a  defence 
against  the  Pope,  who,  in  1377,  sent  over  bulls  for  his  apprehension  as 
a  heretic,  but  he  was  protected  by  John  of  Gaunt,  Duke  of  Lancaster. 
He  spent  the  last  three  years  of  his  life  at  Lutterworth,  where  he  finished 
his  translation  of  the  Bible,  which  is  a  very  literal  translation  from  the 
Latin  Vulgate,  and  of  which  there  are  several  manuscript  copies  in  the 
libraries  of  the  Universities,  British  Museum,  &c.  He  died  of  a  second 
attack  of  palsy,  December  30th,  1384,  and  was  buried  in  Lutterworth 
church,  from  whence  his  bones  were  taken  up,  in  1428,  by  order  of  the 
Council  of  Constance,  and  publicly  burnt,  as  already  noticed.  Besides 
several  works  which  have  been  printed,  he  left  a  vast  number  of  manu- 
scripts, a  list  of  which  may  be  seen  in  Bishop  Tanner's  Bib.  Brit.  Hib. 
Some  of  these  are  now  in  the  Bodleian  Library,  and  others  in  the  British 
Museum.  His  name  has  been  variously  spelt,  Wy cliff,  Wickliffe,  and 
Wicklif,  and  the  latter  has  been  adopted  on  his  monument. 

Lutterworth  Church  is  a  large  and  handsome  structure  dedicated  to 
St.  Mary,  and  consisting  of  a  nave,  two  aisles,  and  a  chancel,  with  a 
tower,  containing  six  bells,  and  surmounted  at  the  angles  by  four  beau- 
tiful turrets,  erected  in  lieu  of  the  spire,  which  rose  47  feet  higher,  biit 
was  blown  down  bv  a  storm,  in  1703,  and,  falling  on  the  roof  of  the 

3b  2 


756  LUTTERWORTH. 

church,  did  great  damage  to  the  building  and  pews.  About  1740,  the 
whole  fabric  was  repaired,  a  pavement  of  chequered  stone  laid  down,  and 
the  interior  fitted  with  new  seats,  &c.  The  body  of  the  pulpit  is  of  thick 
oak  boards,  and  of  hexagonal  shape,  having  a  seam  of  carved  work  in  the 
joints.  It  is  the  same  in  which  Wickliffe  preached.  The  table  on  which 
this  first  reformer  fed  the  poor,  the  chair  in  which  he  was  carried  from 
the  church  when  he  died,  a  part  of  his  vestment,  and  a  pair  of  wooden 
candlesticks,  which  are  said  to  have  been  used  by  him,  are  also  pre- 
served in  the  church  with  great  veneration.  The  nave  and  chancel  were 
formerly  separated  by  a  beautiful  screen,  which  was  removed  to  Stan- 
ford church,  in  1836.  Here  is  a  fine  portrait  of  Wickliffe,  painted  by  S. 
Fielding ;  and  besides  his  monument,  already  noticed,  there  is  in  the 
chancel  a  mural  monument  in  memory  of  Bishoj)  Ryder,  a  late  rector 
and  benefactor  to  the  town.  In  the  north  aisle,  beneath  a  sepulchral 
arch,  are  two  recumbent  figures  of  a  knight  and  lady.  They  are  some- 
what mutilated,  and  are  supposed  to  represent  some  of  the  Fielding 
family,  ancestors  of  the  Earl  of  Denbigh,  the  present  lord  of  the  manor. 
The  knight  is  in  armour,  but  wears  a  civil  dress  over  his  military  one. 
Here  are  also  several  fine  brasses  which  have  recently  been  restored. 
The  vestry  contains  a  fine  brass  chandelier,  xn'esented  m  1751,  by  Mrs. 
Ann  Dabbs.  The  font  is  handsome,  and  bears  the  Denbigh  arms.  Its 
covering  is  an  exact  model  of  the  spire  which  was  blown  down.  A  new 
clock  was  placed  in  the  tower  in  1802,  at  a  cost  of  £100,  towards  which 
the  rector  gave  £60.  Until  1830,  the  church  had  only  707  sittings,  of 
which  533  were  free,  but  in  that  year  300  additional  sittings  were  pro- 
vided, of  which  300  are  free,  in  consideration  of  a  grant  from  the  Incor- 
porated Societ}r.  The  benefice  is  a  rectory,  valued  in  K.B.  at  £25.  19s. 
lid.,  and  now  at  £600.  It  has  a  commodious  residence,  and  316a.  of 
glebe,  allotted  in  lieu  of  tithes  at  the  enclosure,  in  1790.  It  is  in  the 
patronage  of  the  Crown,  and  incumbency  of  the  Rev.  Robert  Henry 
Johnson,  M.A.,  who  is  also  the  vicar  of  Claybrooke,  where  he  resides. 
The  Rev.  Jas.  P.  O.  Tomkins  is  the  curate,  and  occupies  the  Rectory 
House. 

In  Worship  street  is  a  large  Independent  Chapel,  with  a  house  for  the 
minister  (Rev.  J.  Hop  wood),  erected  in  1777,  by  a  congregation  which 
orginated  in  1689,  and  had  previously  had  a  small  chapel  in  Ely  lane, 
under  the  ministry  of  the  Revs.  Peter  and  John  Dowley,  the  former  of 
whom  died  in  1731,  and  the  latter  in  1784.  In  Bakehouse  lane  is  a 
Wesleyan  Chapel,  built  in  1815,  at  the  cost  of  £500.  In  Greyhound 
lane  is  a  small  Particular  Baptist  Chapel,  and  in  the  same  lane,  a  small 
building  has  been  converted  into  a  chapel  for  the  use  of  Primitive 
Methodists. 

The  Church  School,  which  was  rebuilt  about  90  years  ago,  comprises 
a  house  for  the  master,  and  a  school  room.  The  latter  is  in  an  upper 
story  over  the  fire-engine  house.  The  old  school  was  a  very  ancient 
building,  and  was  endowed  in  1630,  by  Robert  Poule,  with  two  cottages, 
&c,  in  Leicester,  for  the  education  of  eight  poor  children,  fatherless,  or 
of  poor  parents,  born  and  residing  in  Lutterworth.  The  premises  thus 
devised  now  consist  of  four  tenements,  in  Sanveygate,  and  a  yard  behind 
them,  let  for  £34  a  year,  a  great  part  of  which  has  been  absorbed,  since 
1814,  in  paying  off  a  debt  of  £400,  incurred  in  law  expenses,  and  in 
erecting  or  rebuilding  the  tenements.  About  £100  of  this  debt  is  still 
owing.  The  schoolmaster  is  appointed  by  the  parishioners,  and  teaches 
eight  boys  in  respect  of  Poole's  Charity,  and  four  in  respect  of  Bent's 
Qhnrity.     Xn  1699,  Rout.  Poole,  the  younger,  bequeathed,  for  apprenticing 


LUTTERWORTH.  757 

poor  boys  educated  at  this  school  under  his  father's  charity,  half  an  acre 
of  land,  near  the  Town-end,  and  half  a  "yard-land"  in  the  open  commons. 
The  latter  was  exchanged  at  the  enclosure  for  an  allotment  of  16a.  3r., 
and  the  whole  is  now  let  for  i>38  a  year.  Two  or  three  boys  are  appren- 
ticed yearly  from  this  charity. 

Bishop  Ryder's  School,  for  poor  girls,  was  founded  in  1815,  by  the 
Hon.  and  Rt.  Rev.  Henry  Ryder,  BisJiop  of  Gloucester,  and  formerly 
rector  of  Lutterworth  and  vicar  of  Claybrooke.  The  endowment  consists 
of  three  cottages  and  a  garden,  in  Coventry  road,  let  for  .£12.  The  school, 
on  the  opposite  side  of  the  road,  was  built  about  1833,  and  the  mistress 
teaches  reading,  writing,  arithmetic,  and  needle- work,  to  about  00  poor 
girls,  nominated  by  the  ladies  of  Lutterworth,  who  also  contribute  towards 
the  mistress's  salary.  Thirty  of  the  scholars  pay  Id.,  and  the  rest  3d. 
each  per  week. 

Sherrier's  School  and  Almshouses,  in  George  lane,  were  founded 
bjr  the  will  of  the  Rev.  Edward  Sherrler,  in  1730,  and  vested  in  trust, 
with  the  rectors  of  Lutterworth  and  Shawell,  and  other  neighbouring 
clergymen.  The  school  stands  on  part  of  the  town  estate,  and  adjoining 
it  is  a  good  residence  for  the  master,  purchased  by  the  trustees  in  1732. 
The  ground  floor  of  the  school  forms  a  habitation  for  two  almsmen, 
besides  whom  there  are  two  out-pensioners.  The  trust  property  derived 
from  the  founder,  comprises  a  farm  of  97a.,  at  Churchover,  let  for  .£210  ; 
a  close  of  1a.  29p.,  at  Lutterworth,  let  by  the  master  for  £4= ;  and  a  farm 
of  90a.,  at  Shawell,  let  for  £115  per  annum.  The  payments  made  from 
the  latter,  as  directed  by  the  testator,  are  8s.  a  week  each  to  four  alms- 
people,  at  Lutterworth ;  and  £2. 10s.  a  year  to  a  schoolmistress,  at  Shawell. 
The  schoolmaster,  besides  the  free  use  of  the  house  and  garden,  and  the 
rent  of  the  close  of  land  above-named,  has  a  yearly  salary  of  .£80,  for 
winch  he  teaches  about  100  boys  on  the  National  system.  His  rates  and 
taxes  are  paid  by  the  trustees,  who  also  provide  fuel  and  all  the  books 
and  stationery  necessary  for  the  school,  which  is  free  to  all  boys  residing 
in  the  town. 

The  Parochial  Library,  comprising  120  volumes,  was  given  and 
deposited  in  the  vestry,  in  1809,  by  the  Hon.  and  Rev.  Hy.  Ryder,  then 
rector  of  this  parish,  and  afterwards  Bishop  of  Gloucester.  He  also  gave 
two  shares  in  the  Subscription  Windmill,  and  directed  the  yearly  pro- 
ceeds (10s.)  to  be  paid  to  the  parish  clerk  for  his  care  of  the  books,  and 
his  trouble  in  circulating  them  monthly  among  the  parishioners.  A  Me- 
chanics' Institution,  established  in  1841,  occupies  a  room  in  the  house 
belonging  to  Sherrier's  School,  and  has  already  a  library  of  about  830 
volumes.  It  is  supported  by  from  10  to  20  honorary  annual  subscribers, 
and  from  60  to  80  monthly  and  quarterly  members,  and  it  is  open  from 
6  to  10  o'clock  every  evening,  and  from  2  to  4  every  Thursday  afternoon. 
Its  reading  room  is  supplied  with  daily  and  weekly  newspapers,  periodi- 
cals, &c.  Messrs.  Jas.  Driver  and  Thos.  Chamberlain  are  secretaries, 
and  Mr.  G.  A.  Binns,  librarian. 

The  TOWN  LANDS,  Sue.,  have  been  vested  from  an  early  period  for 
the  repair  of  the  highways  of  Lutterworth,  and  the  surplus  for  defraying 
the  general  charges  of  the  inhabitants,  for  their  common  benefit.  They 
comprise  26a.  Or.  18p.  at  Sapcote,  nearly  17a.  at  WiUey,  in  Warwick- 
shire, 16£a.  at  Lutterworth,  and  about  30  small  tenements,  &c,  in  the 
town ;  the  whole  producing  a  yearly  rental  of  more  than  .£240.  The 
property  is  under  the  management  of  the  "  town  masters,''  chosen  by  the 
jury  at  the  court  leet,  pursuant  to  a  decree  of  the  commissioners  of 


7.5.8  LUTTERWORTH. 

charitable  uses,  in  1710.    The  Church  Lands  comprise  10a.'  3r.  8p..  let 
for  £21.  12s.,  which  is  applied  to  the  purposes  of  the  church  rate. 

Other  Charities,  for  the  poor  of  Lutterworth,  are  as  follow: — They 
had  for  a  long  period,  20s.  a  year  out  of  the  manor  of  Cotes  de  Veil,  but 
the  donor  is  unknown.  They  have  40s.  a  year,  left  hy  George  Vernham, 
in  1673.  In  1693,  Margaret  Bent  left  5a.  2r.  32p.  of  land,  at  Willoughby- 
Waterless,  now  let  for  £13,  of  which  .£6  are  paid  for  four  free  scholars 
at  the  Church  School,  and  the  remainder  is  distributed  in  coals  and 
money  among  the  poor.  The  sum  of  .£25,  left  by  William  Allibone, 
Rebecca  Brewin,  and  Thomas  Iliffe,  now  produces  about  30s.  a  year.  In 
1803,  £72,  left  to  the  poor  by  Mary  Wigley,  Sarah  Charnock,  and  others, 
were  laid  out  by  the  overseers,  in  the  purchase  of  premises  in  Bakehouse 
lane,  which  were  used  as  the  parish  workhouse  till  1836,  and  have  since 
been  sold  for  £135,  part  of  which  belongs  to  Durrad's  charitj^.  The 
yearly  interest,  £3.  12s.,  is  distributed  at  Christmas  among  the  poor, 
who  have  also  the  following  yearly  doles,  viz : — 15s.  from  £15  left  by 
Theodore  Green,  and  3s.  from  £3  left  by  Ebenezer  Wormleighton,  in  1825. 
In  1855,  Henry  White  left  money  in  the  funds  now  producing  £4.  5s. 
per  annum,  for  distribution  amongst  six  poor  widows.  Dr.  Phillips, 
of  Torquay,  has  recently  given  £100,  the  interest  to  be  distributed 
amongst  five  poor  men  and  five  poor  women.  As  noticed  at  page  201,  Lut- 
terworth is  entitled  to  about  .£1100  from  Elkington's  Charity,  to  be 
lent  to  poor  artificers  or  tradesmen  of  the  parish,  on  good  security,  at 
three  per  cent,  interest,  and  the  said  interest  to  be  distributed  yearly 
among  the  most  needy  poor. 

Lutterworth  Savings'  Bank  was  established  in  1822,  and  in  November, 
1861,  had  deposits  amounting  to  £36,710.  12s.  2d...  belonging  to  1095 
depositors,  27  friendly,  and  64  charitable  societies,  besides  a  separate 
surplus  fund  of  £1122.  16s.  6d.  The  Earl  of  Denbigh  is  patron;  R,  W. 
Wood,  Esq.,  treasurer ;  and  Mr.  Frederick  Bottrill,  secretary.  The  bank 
is  in  High  street,  and  is  open  every  Thursday,  from  11  to  1  o'clock. 
Among  the  other  provident  institutions  are  three  Lodges  of  Odd  Felloivs, 
and  several  male  and  female  Benefit  Societies  and  Sick  Clubs.  Upwards 
of  50a.  of  land,  in  various  parts  of  the  parish,  are  occupied  by  the  poor 
in  spade  husbandry,  at  rents  varying  from  £2.  10s.  to  £5  per  acre. 
■  LUTTERWORTH  UNION  comprises  37  parishes,  &c,  of  which  30 
are  in  Guthlaxton  Hundred,  as  noticed  at  page  721,  and  the  other  seven 
are — Welford,  in  Northampto?ishire ;  and  Copston-Magna,  Monk's-Kirby, 
Pailton,  Stretton-under- Fosse,  Wibtoft,  and  Willey,  in  Warwickshire. 
It  embraces  an  area  of  87  square  miles,  and  15,520  inhabitants,  and 
its  average  annual  expenditure  on  the  poor  is  upwards  of  £6000.  The 
Union  Workhouse  is  a  large  brick  building,  at  the  head  of  the  Wood 
market,  and  was  finished  in  1839,  at  the  cost  of  about  £5000.  It  has 
room  for  200  inmates,  and  Mr.  William  and  Mrs.  Mary  Ann  Bonser  are 
master  and  matron.  Mr.  James  Driver  is  union  clerk  and  superintendent 
registrar,  and  Maecenas  Hep  worth  is  his  deputy.  Mr.  James  Lionel  Lee 
is  relieving  officer  and  registrar  of  births  and  deaths  for  the  whole  union, 
and  Thomas  Chamberlin  is  his  deputy.  Mr.  Thomas  Baker  is  registrar 
of  marriages  for  the  whole  union,  and  John  Pateman  is  his  deputy, 
Messrs.  Charles  Bond,  of  Lutterworth ;  Wm.  Gimson,  of  Walton;  Edw. 
Mclllree,  of  Great  Claybrooke;  Fredk.  Cox,  of  Welford;  and  George  M. 
Dickinson,  of  Pailton,  are  surgeons  to  the  union.  The  Board  of  Guar- 
dians meet  every  alternate  Thursday. 


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"LUTTERWORTH"  DIRECTORY. 


Post  Office,  High  street;  Mr.  Wm.  Vears,  postmaster.  Letters  are  despatched 
at  9.5  a.m.  via  Ullesthorpe,  and  at  8.40  p.m.  via  Rugby.  The  delivery  com- 
mences at  7  a.m.  in  summer,  and  7.30  a.m.  in  winter.  There  is  also  a  deli- 
very at  1.30  p.m.  Money  Orders  are  granted  and  paid  from  9  a.m.  till  6  p.m., 
and  on  Saturdays  till  8  p.m.  Here  is  also  a  Post  Office  Savings'  Bank,  open 
during  the  same  hours.  Seventeen  surrounding  villages  are  within  the  Lut- 
terworth delivery. 

MISCELLANY  of  Gentry,  Clergy,  Partners  in  Firms,  and  others  not  arranged 
■  in  the  succeeding  Classification  of  Trades  and  Professions. 


Baker  Thos.  assessor  of  taxes,  stamp 
distr.  &  regr.  ot'marriages,  Beast  mkt 
Baxter  Thomas,  solr. ;  h  Wickliffe  ter 
Bluut  Hy.  vety.  surgeon,  Beast  market 
Bond  Mrs  Dorothy,  Beast  market 
Bottrill  George,  clerk,  Wickliffe  terrace 
Brown  Mrs  Sarah,  Coventry  road 
Burton  Brewery  Company,  Church  st. ; 

:  William  Kelsey,  agent 
Carter  Benjamin  Chas.  general  dealer, 

Wood  market 
Carter  William,  postman,  George  street 
Chamberliu  Mr  Joseph,  Back  lane 
Chamberliu  Thos.  clerk,  Wood  market 
Coleman   Thomas,    homoeopathic    dis- 
pensary, Shambles  lane 
Cooper  Geo.  well  sinker,  Shambles  lane 
Corrall  Wm.  postman,  Wood  market 
Coton  Samuel,  fruiterer,  Church  street 
Crowder  Mrs  Lydia,  Oxford  street 
Cumberlidge  Mrs  Mary,  Coventry  road 
Dalby  Thomas,  shopman,  High  street 
Deakins  John,  police  supt.  Beast  mkt 
De  Fraine  Rev.  Rd.  (Bapt.)  Oxford  st 
Dones  Mr  Charles,  Wood  market 
Drake  Jph.  old  clothes  dlr.  Wood  mkt 
Driver  James,  union  clerk  and  super- 
intendent registrar,  Wood  market 
Elliott  My.  Ann,  fancy  repty.  Church  st 
Falkner  John,  news  agent,  Ely  lane 
Fox  Rev.  Henry,  M.A.  Hill  House 
Furber  George,  traveller,  George  street 
Goodacre  Miss  Ann  Eliz.  Wood  market 
Goodacre  Mrs  Eliza,  Lutterworth  Hs. 
Green  William,  bag  hosier,  Wood  mkt 
Hepworth  Maecenas^  clerk,  George  st 
Hill  Richd.  furniture  broker,  High  st 
Hopwood  Rev.  Jesse  (Indpt.)  Worship  st 
Horner  Mrs  Rebecca,  George  street 
Ivens  .Walter  Smith,  seedsman  and  gra- 
zier, High  street 
Jaques  William,  assistant  overseer  and 

rate  collector,  Beast  market 
Kelsey  William,  hatter  and   agent  to 

Burton  Brewery  Ca.  Church  street 
King  James,  foreman,  Beast  market 
Ladkin  Francis,  horse  dlr.  Beast  mkt 
Lee' James  Lionel,  relieving  officer  and 
regr,  of  births  and  deaths,  Church  st 


Mason  Mr  John.  Beast  market 
Mason  Thos.  hawker,  Coventry  road 
Miles  Amos  Drake,  music  seller  and 

teacher,  Church  street 
Padiiy  Thos.  gent.  Beast  market 
Pateman  John,  bailiff,  Church  street 
Smith  Eliza  Bower,  baby-linen  reposi- 
tory, London  road 
Taylor  John,  shopman,  Wood  market 
Tebbs  Mrs  Elizabeth,  Wickliffe  lane 
Twiuings  Misses,  Back  lane 
Warne  John,  gas  maker,  Gas  Works 
Vears  William,  postmaster.  Hi^h  st 
Wain  Thomas,  frmktr.  Ely  lane 
Willing  Jas.  shopman,  Beast  market 
Watson  Mrs  Catherine,  Wickliffe  ter 
Wheeler  Wm.  town  crier,  Ely  lane 
White  Win.  pigjobber,  Bakehouse  lane 
Wood  Mr  William,  Worship  street 
Woodwai-d  Isaac,  basket  mkr.  Church  st 
Wright  Miss  Ann,  Beast  market 
ACADEMIES  AND  SCHOOLS. 
Marked  *  take  Boarders. 
♦Bailey  Emma  and  Eliz.  Church  street 
Bishop  Ryder's   Gills'   School,  Mary 

Barrett,  Oxford  road 
Church  School,  Wm.  Wheeler,  Chch.  st 
Clarke  Susan,  Wood  market 
Sherrier's  Free  School,  Geo.  Atkinson 

Binns,  George  lane 
♦Woodburn  Miriam  &  Louisa,  High  st 

ATTORNEYS. 
Buek  John  Oswald,  Beast  market 
Davis  and  Owston  (attend  Monday  [and 

Thursday),  Wood  market 
Pox  Robert  William,  Wood  market 
Gates  Christopher  Hill  (and  registrar 

of  County  Court),  Church  street 
Ivens  Thomas  Edmund,  High  street 
Watson,  Son,  and  Baxter,  Oxford  st 
Watson  Thomas  (and  clerk  to  Magis- 
trates), Back  lane  ;  h  Bitteswell 
BAKERS  AND  FLOUR  DEALERS. 
Baker  Samuel,  Bakehouse  lane 
Buck  George,  Wood  market 
Driver  Charles,  Wood  market 
Green  Thomas,  Bakehouse  lane 
Hickley  Joseph,  Church  street 
Lea  and  Son,  Church  street 


760 


LUTTERWORTH    DIRECTORY. 


Lea  Thomas,  Beast  market 
Yorke  John,  Church  street 

BANKS. 
Pares'    Leicestershire   Banking   Com- 
pany, (draw  ou  Smith,  Payne,   and 
Smiths),  Joseph  Bedells,  manager 
Post  Office  Savings*  Bank,  High  st.(open 
daily  from  9  till  6,  aud  on  Sat.  till  8) 
Savings1  Bank,  High  st.  (open  Thurs. 
11  to  1)  Fdk.  Bottrill,  secretary 
BLACKSMITHS. 
Carter  George,  Wood  market 
Holland  Charles,  Wood  market 
Holyoak  George,  Church  street 
Holyoak  Henry,  Beast  market 
BOOKSELLERS,  STATIONERS.&c. 
Bottrill  Eliz.&  Son  (&  printers), High  st 
Wood  burn  Misses  M.  and  L.  High  st 

BOOT  AND  SHOE  MAKERS. 
Astill  Jaraes,  Wood  market 
Barrows  William,  Wood  market 
JDuukley  George,  Church  street 
Dyson  William,  High  street 
Fawkes  Marmaduke,  Dixon's  square 
Holloway  George,  Beast  market 
Scrimshire  William,  Beast  market 
Shortland  James,  Bakehouse  lane 
Wale  George,  London  road 
Walker  Henry,  Church  street 
Walker  William,  Ely  lane 
Watts  Robert,  Church  street 
BRICKLAYERS. 
Collins  Henry,  Worship  street 
Turner  George,  Wood  market 
Woodward  Elijah,  Beast  market 

BUILDERS. 
Billingham  John,  Wood  market 
Cumberlidge  John,  Back  lane 
Law  James   and   Son   (George),  (and 

brickmakers),  High  street 
Turner  George,  Wood  market 

BUTCHERS. 
Granger  William,  Church  street 
Read  William,  Church  street 
Smith  William,  Church  street 
Sutton  James,  Wood  market 
Tew  Edward,  Beast  market 
Turner  Thomas,  High  street 
Warden  Richard,  Ely  lane 
White  Thomas,  Wood  market 
CABINET  MKRS.  &  UPHOLSTRS. 
Cole  Joseph  Bydon,  High  street 
Lea  Charles  James,  High  street 

CARPENTERS  AND  JOINERS. 
Dillingham  John,  Wood  market 
Cole  Joseph  Bydon,  High  street 
Cumberlidge  John,  Back  lane 
Oram  Samuel  (and  pump  maker)  Bake- 
house lane 
Oram  Wm.(and  well  sinker)  London  rd 


Talbot  Henry,  Wood  market 
Tomlinson  Peter,  Wood  market 
CATTLE  DEALERS. 
Matthews  George,  London  road 
Matthews  James,  Coventry  road 
Matthews  John,  Wood  market 

CHEMISTS  AND  DRUGGISTS. 
Brown  Thomas,  High  street 
Gulliver  Walker  Job  (and  British  wine 
dealer),  High  street 
CHINA,  GLASS,  &c.  DEALERS. 
Clements  William,  High  street 
Deugard  Maria,  Church  street 
Green  Charlotte,  Beast  market 
CONFECTIONERS. 
Hickley  Joseph,  Cburch  street 
Lea  Thomas,  Beast  market 
Tegerdine  Samuel,  Bakehouse  lane 

COOPERS. 
Baswell  Joseph  (and  ale  agt.)  High  st 
Gilbert  Thomas,  High  street 
Watts  Mary,  Beast  market 
CORN  MILLERS  AND  DEALERS. 
Eagles  Edward,  Subscription  Mill 
Lea  and  Son,  Spittle  Mill  &  Church  st 

COWKEEPERS. 
Cumberlidge  William,  Wood  market 
Matthews  James,  Coventry  road 
Rainbow  Frederick,  Wood  market 
Sharp  Samuel,  Beast  market 
West  John,  Wood  market 
West  Thomas,  Coventry  road 

FARMERS  AND  GRAZIERS. 
(Marked  *  are  Owners.) 
*Beale  George,  Cross-in-hand  Farm 
Bond  Henry,  Wickliffe  terrace 
♦Elson  Thomas,  High  street 
lliffe  Samuel,  Wood  market 
Leader  Thos.  Woodcock,  Beast  market 
Lucas  John,  Wood  market 
Moreton  Cureton,  Morebarnes 
Moreton  Isaac,  Ely  lane 
Morris  John,  Oxford  street 
Rodgers  Joseph,  Ely  lane 
•Smith  John,  Beast  market 
Smith  William,  Church  street 
Tee  Joseph,  Back  lane 
Till  William,  Morebarnes 
Tilley  John,  Lutterworth  fields 
Woodbum  John,  George  street 
Yateman  James,  Bakehouse  lane 

FIRE  AND  LIFE  OFFICES. 
Accidental,  Thomas  Brown,  High  st 
County  Fire,  W.  J.  Gulliver,  High  st 
Edinbro',  Thomas  Brown,  High  street 
Norwich  Union,  E.  Dalby,  High  street 
Phoenix,  J.  Gilbert,  High  street 
Royal,  C.  H.  Gates,  Church  street 
Royal  Farmers,  T.  Ivens,  High  street 
Sun,  Frederick  Bottrill,  High  street 


LUTTERWORTH    DIRECTORY. 


761 


GARDENERS. 

Chandler  Joshua,  Ely  lane 

Cole  Richd.  (&  seedsman,  &c.)  Ely  In 

Smart  John,  (nursery  &  seedsman,  &c.) 

Bakehouse  lane 
Tew  Stephen,  Beast  market 
Yatemau  John,  Wood  market 
GROCERS  AND   TEA  DEALERS. 
Heap  William,  (&  chandler,)  High  st 
Jackson  Thomas,  Church  street 
Jacques  John  Mason,  High  street 
Newitt  Benjamin,  Church  street 
Nightingale  John,  High  street 
Rainbow  Frederick,  High  street 
Spell  Thomas,  Church  street 
Wright  William,  Ely  lane 

HAIRDRESSERS. 
Falkner  Frederick,  High  street 
Vears  George,  Wood,  market 
Vears  James,  Beast  market 
Wheeler  Joseph,  Beast  market 
INNS  AND  TAVERNS. 
Angel  Inn,  John  Clarke,  Church  street 
Coach  and  Horses,  Thomas  Muddiman, 

Church  street 
Denbigh  Arms,  Ann  &  W. Vears, High  st 
Fox,  Edward.  Voss,  London  road 
Greyhound,     John    Stiles,  (and  wool 

dealer,)  Beast  market 
Hind,  James  Moore,  High  street 
King's  Head,  Isaac  Morton,  Ely  lane 
Peacock,  Thomas  Church,  High  street 
Queen's  Head,  Allen  Mawby,Wood  mkt 
Ram,  Richard  Sansome,  Beast  market 
Rose  &  Crown,  John  Spencer,  Wood 

market 
Stag  and  Pheasant,  John  Judd,  Beast 

market 

Unicorn,  William  Coleman,  Church  st 

White  Hart,  William  Leeson,  Ely  lane 

IRONMONGERS. 

(Marked  *  are  Braziers  also.) 

Colpman  Jno.  George,   (&  seedsman) 

Church  street 
♦Goulson  John,  Beast  market 
Heap  William,  High  street 
*  Humphrey  John,  Coventry  road 
Hurley  Thos.  (&  whitesmith)  Ely  lane 
Robinson  Edward,  High  street 
LINEN  &  WTOOLLEN  DRAPERS. 
Dalby  Edward,  High  street 
Gilbert  John,  High  street 
Vernon  Isaac,  Church  street 
Wardley  George  Sale,  High  street 
MILLINERS  &  DRESSMAKERS. 
Chamberlin  Ann,  Wx>d  market 
Cordeaux  Eliz.  &  M.  A.  Wood  market 
Dickins  Susannah,  High  street 
Gamble  Mary  Alice,  Wood  market 
Miles  Elizabeth,  George  street 


S*wbridge  Elizabeth,  Wood  market 
Smart  Mary,  Bakehouse  lane 

PAINTERS,  &c. 
Cherry  Arthur,  Church  street 
Lea  Chas.  Jas.  (decorative)  High  street 
Lea  William,  Coventry  road 
PHYSICIANS. 
Bond  Charles,  Beast  market 
Dixie  Watson,  Back  lane 

PLUMBERS  AND  GLAZIERS. 
Buswell  Henry,  Beast  market 
Payne  Charles,  Wood  market 

SADDLERS. 
Dunkley  John,  High  street 
Elson  Sarah,  High  street 
Leslie  George,  Ely  lane 

SHOPKEEPERS. 
Armson  James,  High  street 
Carter  Benjamin  C.  High  street 
Childs  George,  Beast  market 
Clements  William,  High  street 
Coleman  Daniel,  Dixon's  square 
Deugard  Maria,  Church  street 
Elliott  Mary  Ann,  Church  street 
Falkner  William,  High  street 
Groundsell  George  Becket,  Ely  lane 
Holt  William,  Church  street 
Hurley  Thomas,  Beast  market 
Killpack  James,  Wood  market 
King  Ruth,  Bakehouse  lane 
Ross  William,  Bakehouse  lane 
Stevens  William,  Beast  market 
West  William,  Wood  market 
Wright  William,  Ely  lane 
SURGEONS. 
Bond  Charles,  M.D.  Beast  market 
Buszard  Marston,  Church  street 
Dixie  Watson,  M.D.  Back  lane 
Evans  Thomas,  Ely  lane 
Jones  William  Henry,  London  road 
TAILORS. 
(*Are  Drapers  also.) 
Barrows  Marmaduke,  Back  lane 
*Begley  George  Alfred,  High  street 
*Dalby  Edward,  High  street 
Elton  John,  Beast  market 
Miles  Thomas,  George  street 
Smith  Henry,  Dixon's  square 
Smith  David,  Ely  lane 
*  Thome  John,  High  street 

WATCH  AND  CLOCK  MAKERS. 
Hallam  Thomas,  Beast  market 
Harris  Thomas,  High  street 
Vale  Joseph,  Church  street 

WHEELWRIGHTS. 
Law  James  &  Son,  High  street 
Wale  Joseph,  Ely  lane 

WINE  &  SPIRIT  MERCHANTS. 
Burdett  Charles,  High  street 
Footman  William,  High  street 


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tUTTERWORTH    DIRECTORY,. 


s?aL  RAILWAY. 

Trains  from  UUesthorpe  Station  several 
times  a  day  to  all  parts 
OMNIBUS. 
To  meet  the  Railway  Trains  at  UUes- 
thorpe Station  at  10  and  10£  in  the 
morning,  and  at  6  &  6. |  in  the  evening 
from  the:Denbigh  Arms  Hotel 
To   Leicester   every  Wednesday    and 
Saturday,  at  7  morning 
CARRIERS. 
To  Coventry  Fri.,  Seth  Sims,  Church  st 
To  Hinckley    Mon.,   Market  Harbro"1 
Tues.,    and    Ruyby    Sat.,   William 
Willey,  Beast  market 
To  Leicester  Wed.  &  Sat.,  John  Green, 
Church  st. ;    Fredk.  Rainbow,  High 
st. ;  and  Wm.  Sharp,  Wood  market 
CARRIERS  FROM  THE  INNS. 
They  arrive  on  Thursday  morning,  and 
depart  in  the  afternoon  about  4  o'clock 
Ashby  Magna,  George  Bates,  Ram 
Bruntingthorpe,  Henry  Brown,  Ram; 

and  J.  Hunt,  White  Hart 
Catthorpe,  Wm.  Tew,  White  Hart 
Cefurchover,  Charles  Sutton,  Peacock; 
and  Mrs  Carvell,  Stag  and  Pheasant 
Claybrooke,  Thomas  Blythe,  Angel 
Clifton, Thos.  Allard,  Stag  &  Pheasant 
Coventry,  Thomas  Chambers,  Coach 
and  Horses ;    and  John   Ward   and 
Richard  Veasey,  King's  Head 
Dunton,  John  Brooke,  Stag&  Pheasant 
Enderby,  Samuel  Briggs,  Grey  Hound 
Frowlesworth    and    Leire,   Joseph 
Hill,  Grey  Horse 


Gilmorton,  John  Stafford,  Stag  and 

Pheasant         ,  ,,       ■  ."} 

Guilsborough,  Jas.  Castle,White  Hart 
Haddon,  Jas.  Underwood,  Grey  Hound 
Harbro'  Magna,  FJavell,  Greyhound 
Hinckley,  Rd.  Veasey,  King's  Head 
Husbands'    Bosworth,    John   Cross, 

Kiug's  Head 
Kilby,  John  Cherry,  Hind 
Kilworth  North,  John  Bryan,  King's 

Head  ;  and  Geo.  Bennett,  Unicorn 
Kilworth  South,  John  Wood,  Stag  & 

Pheasant,   and  William    Townsend, 

Coach  and  Horses 
Kimcote,  William  Clowes,  Hind 
Monk's  Kirby  and  Stretton,  William 

Ward,  Unicorn 
Pailton,    Eliz.   Clarke,  White   Hart ;' 

John  Davenport,  Peacock  ;  &  Thos, 

Chambers,  Coach  and  Horses 
Rugby,  John  Ward,  King's  Head  ;  and 

Thos.  Chambers,  Coach  and  Horses 
Sapcote,  Solomon  Jesson,  Augel 
Sharnford,  Thos.Wilson,  King's  Head 
Shawell,  William  Tew,  White  Hart 
Swinford,    William    Turville,    King's 

Head 
Ullesthorpe,  Saml.  Cooke,White  Hart 
Walton,    Henry    Brown,   Ram ;    and 

William  Clowes,  Hind 
Welford,  Miller,  King's  Head 
Willey,  Joseph  Shephard,  Peacock 
Wolvey,  Richard  Veasey,  King's  Head 
Yelvertoft,  William  Cave,  Peacock  ; 

and  James  Castell,  White  Hart 


MISTERTON,  though  now  only  a  small  place,  with  30  inhabitants,, 
on  the  south  side  of  the  small  river  Swift,  1  mile  E.  by  S.  of  Lutterworth, 
is  traditionally  said  to  have  been  anciently  a  considerable  village,  and 
many  foundations  of  old  buildings  have  been  discovered,  and  a  stone 
which  is  now  on  the  road  to  the  Hall,  is  said  to  have  been  part  of  a  cross 
which  stood  in  the  centre  of  the  former  village.  The  Parish  of  Misterton 
includes  also  the  large  village  of  Walcote,  or  Walcott,  about  half-a-mile 
E.  of  the  church,  and  1^  mile  E.  by  S.  of  Lutterworth;  and  the  small 
hamlet  of  Poultney,  3  miles  E.  of  Lutterworth.  Walcote  has  504  inha- 
bitants, some  of  whom  are  framework-knitters;  but  Poultney  has  only  20 
inhabitants  and  four  scattered  farm-houses.  The  whole  parish  has  554 
inhabitants,  and  about  3580  acres  of  land,  on  both  sides  of  the  Swift, 
The  soil  is  a  rich  dark  mould,  upon  a  substratum  of  sand,  with  some 
gravel.  John  Henry  Franks,  Esq.,  and  the  Rev.  G.  H.  Franks  ^are  lords 
of  the  manors,  and  owners  of  nearly  all  the  soil ;  and  the  former  is  patron, 
and  the  latter  incumbent  of  the  rectory,  valued  in  KB.  at  <£16.  13s.  4d., 
and  now  at  =£870.  The  rector  has  22a.  of  glebe  in  Misterton,  and  178a. 
in  Walcote-field,  allotted  at  the  enclosure,  in  1797,  in  lieu  of  tithes.  The 
Rectory  House  is  a  neat  mansion  in  the  Elizabethan  style,  erected  about 
20  years  ago  near  the  site  of  the  old  one.  At  a  short  distance  is  Mister- 
ton Hall,  an  ancient  mansion,  with  pleasant  grounds,  now  occupied  by 


MISTERTON    PARISH. 


768 


Lieut. -Colonel  Arthur,  and  having  a  large  fish-pond  and  some  lofty  trees, 
which  were  standing  as  early  as  the  reign  of  Richard  III,  There  is  a. 
large  fox  cover  of  about  80  acres  in  the  parish,  and  the  Pytchley  Hounda 
frequently  meet  here.  The  Church  (St.  Leonard)  is  a  very  ancient 
structure,  with  a  tower,  four  bells,  and  a  spire ;  and  in  the  chancel  are 
several  monuments  of  the  Poultney  family,  formerly  resident  at  the  Hall. 
One  of  the  tombs  has  a  recumbent  effigy  of  Michael  Poultney,  who  died 
in  1567,  and  was  lord  of  the  manors  of  Poultney  and  Misterton.  Around 
the  churchyard  are  several  lofty  trees,  and  within  it  is  a  large  aged  yew. 
A  handsome  school,  with  master's  house  attached,  was  built  in  1858,  in 
the  Elizabethan  style,  at  the  expense  of  the  rector,  and  it  is  supported 
by  subscription.  The  village  of  Walcote  has  been  much  improved  of 
late  years  by  the  erection  of  model  cottages,  &c,  in  place  of  old  dilapi- 
dated buildings.  The  parish  feast  is  on  the  Sunday  after  November  6th. 
In  1637,  Sir  John  Poultney  left  for  the  poor  of  Misterton  <£10  a  year, 
out  of  the  manor  of  Cotes-de-Val,  which  is  also  charged  for  the  same 
purpose  with  £5  per  annum,  left  by  Mary  Poultney.  At  his  decease,  in 
1840,  the  late  Jacob  Henry  Franks,  Esq.,  left  .£500,  to  be  invested  in 
the  funds,  and  the  dividends  distributed  among  the  poor  of  the  parish. 
At  the  enclosure  of  the  commons  in  1797,  an  allotment  of  10a.  3r.  17p. 
was  awarded  to  the  poor  of  Walcote,  and  it  is  divided  into  garden  plots, 
and  let  to  the  poor  at  the  rate  of  9d.  per  hundred  yards.  The  yearly 
proceeds,  about  £18,  are  distributed  in  the  winter  season  among  all  the 
poor  of  the  village.  The  poor  also  occupy  other  eight  acres  in  garden 
allotments,  at  low  rents. 

In  the  following  Directory,  those  marked  1  are  in  Misterton  ;  2,  in  Poult- 
ney ;  and  the  rest  in  Walcote. 

Post  Office  at  John  Dunn's.     Letters  despatched  to  Lutterworth  at  Q\  p.m. 


Arthur  Lieut.-Col.  Misterton  Hall 

Baker  John  Garland,  gentleman 

Blanchflower  James,  blacksmith 

Clarke  William,  butcher 

Cooke  John,  parish  clerk 

Dunn  John,  postmaster 

1  Franks  Rev.  George  Henry,  Rectory 

Holmes  John,  gent.  ||  Higginson  Mrs 

Hudson  Mrs  Mary,  Cottage 

Steane  Thomas  and  Mary,  School 

INNS  AND  TAVERNS. 
Black  Horse,  Elizabeth  Morris 
Bull's  Head,  William  Archer 
Red  Lion,  John  Hirons 

carpenteks.       I  Coleman  George 
Chamberlain  Dl.     |  Cery  Henry 


COWKEEPERS. 

Dawkins  James 
Marlow  Jeremiah 

FARMERS  &   GRZRS. 

Ballard  John 
Barker  Thomas 
2  Beeby  John 
Bond   Henry  ;   hs 

Lutterworth 
2  Daniels  William 
Harper  Henry 
Hunt  William 
2  King  Annie  A. 
King  James 
MorrisJohn, Smc/c- 

well  • 


Morris  Thomas, 
Walcote  field 

Morris  Thos.  jun. 

Morris  Wm.  Mis- 
terton Lodge 

Tailby  Mary 

Voss  Joseph 

Wolfe  Ephraim 

2  Wootton  Mary 

SHOEMAKERS. 

Bailey  Joseph 
Clifton  Thomas 

SHOPKEEPERS. 

All  wood  SI.  (tailor) 
Morris  Elizabeth 
Parsons  Joseph 


;  OADBY  is  a  large  village,  consisting  chiefly  of  one  long  street  of  well- 
built  houses,  on  the  Market  Harborough  road,  3£  miles  S.E.  of  Leicester, 
upon  a  gentle  acclivity  near  the  source  of  a  rivulet.  Its  parish  contains 
1895a.  3r.  20p.  of  land,  chiefly  clay,  and  had  1254  inhabitants  in  1861, 
Major  the  Hon.  H.  L.  Powys-Keck  is  lord  of  the  manor,  which  has  been 
held  by  the  Ferrers,  Lamb,  and  other  families ;  but  a  great  part  of  the 
soil  belongs  to  Lord  and  Lady  Alfred  Paget,  John  Cartwright,  William 
Watts,  W.  E.  Hutchinson,  Samuel  Waters,  and  J.  Beasley,  Esqrs.,  and 
Others.  Lord  and  Lady  Alfred  Paget  are  impropriators  of  the  rectory,; 
and  patrons  of  the  discharged  vicarage,  valued  in  K.B.  at  ^£8,  and  now 
at  £280.    The  Rev.  Lewis  Gregory,  B.A.,  is  the  incumbent ;  and  the 


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OADBY    PARISH. 


living  was  augmented,  in  1715,  with  £240,  given  by  Sir  Nathan  Wright, 
and  in  that  year  and  in  1779  with  £400  of  Queen  Anne's  Bounty.  The 
old  glebe  is  18  acres,  and  there  are  about  90  acres  allotted  in  lieu  of 
tithes,  at  the  enclosure  in  1759.  The  rectorial  tithes  have  been  com- 
muted for  £100,  and  the  vicarial  for  £33  per  annum.  The  Church  (St. 
Peter)  was  formerly  appropriated  to  Launde  Abbey,  and  is  a  handsome 
structure,  with  a  tower  containing  four  bells  and  a  clock,  and  surmounted 
by  a  broach  spire.  The  nave,  aisles,  spire,  and  tower  are  of  the  decorated, 
and  the  clerestory  and  chancel  of  the  perpendicular  period.  The  aisles 
and  clerestory  have  battlemented  parapets.  The  nave  is  of  four  bays 
and  has  a  number  of  grotesque  corbel  heads.  The  font  is  octagonal 
and  in  the  decorated  style.  The  south  aisle  contains  sedilia  for  three 
priests,  and  at  its  east  end  is  a  fine  window  of  four  lights  with  reticu- 
lated tracery.  There  are  also  sedilia  and  a  piscina  in  the  chancel. 
Here  are  some  ancient  wooden  seats,  and  several  tablets  of  the  Jackson, 
Elverson,  Gregory,  and  Coleman  families.  The  old  parish  chest  is  at 
the  east  end  of  the  north  aisle,  and  near  it  are  two  paintings  of  Moses 
and  Aaron.  A  barrel  organ  was  purchased  by  the  present  vicar  in  1859. 
The  National  School  is  a  neat  building  of  brick  and  stone,  with  a  house 
for  the  master  attached,  and  was  built  in  1846.  The  Particular  Baptists 
have  a  chapel  and  a  Sunday  school  here,  built  in  1815.  The  Poors 
Land,  awarded  at  the  enclosure,  comprises  15  acres,  let  for  about  £40  ; 
and  they  have  also  the  interest  of  £46,  left  by  various  donors,  and  vested 
with  the  overseers.  The  parish  feast  is  on  the  Sunday  after  old  St. 
Peter's  day.  There  are  several  Sick  Clubs  in  the  village,  and  an  Odd 
Fellows  Lodge  at  the  Black  Dog.  A  Penny  Bank  was  established  here 
in  January  1861.  Post  from  Leicester.  Here  is  a  wall  letter  box  which 
is  cleared  at  5.45  p.m. 

Bassett  William,  blacksmith 
Chamberlain  Thomas,  framesmith 
Chambers  Daniel,  town  crier 
Clarke  Samuel,  plumber  and  glazier 
Goodwin  Mr  Wm.  ||  Leatherland  Mrs 
Gregory  Rev.  Lewis,  B.A.  vicar 
Hickman  John,  horsebreaker 
Hinsman  Robert,  parish  clerk 
Hutchinson  William  Evans,  Esq. 
King  Charles,  bricklayer 
Lord  John,  manufacturer  at  Leicester 
Ludlam  John   and  William,  painters 

and  paper  hangers 
Robinson  Mr  Chas.  |]  Simons  Mr  Thos. 
Sculthorpe  Catherine,  schoolmistress 
Simms  Mrs  |j  Waldron  Mr^  Elizabeth 
Spooner  Thomas,  solicitor  at  Leicester 
Sturch  Richard t  schoolmaster 
Ward  Edward,  stonemason 
Waters  SI.  Esq.  ||  Weston  Mr  William 
Watts  Wm.  spirit  mert.  at  Leicester 

INNS  AND  TAVERNS. 
Black  Dog,  Peter  Howard 
White  Horse,  William  Derby 

BEERHOUSES. 

Porryan  William 
Levis  Jesse 
Ludlam  Geo.  jun. 


Sturgess  William 

BUTCHERS. 

Hodges  John 
JarvisJohn  Thos. 


Smith  John 

BAKERS. 

Simons  Robert 
Sturgess  William 

COAL    DEALERS. 

Levis  Jesse 
Smith  Thomas 

FARMERS  &   GRZRS. 

(*Are  Owners.) 
•Bunney  Thomas 
Canner  Samuel 
*Cartwright  John 
Forryan  Robert 
Glover  Thomas 
Groocock  Richard 
Jarvis  Priscilla 
Price  Joseph 
Py  well  Mrs 
Ralphs  John 
Simms  Alfred 
Stevenson  Charles 
Strange  John 
Sturgess  Edward 
•Watts  Jas.  Geo. 
Watts  William 
•Weston  William 

HAIRDRESSERS. 

Chambers  Daniel 


Hames  Thomas 

HOSIERY  MANFRS. 

Lord  John 
Matthews  Edward 

joiners,  &c. 
Hill  Henry 
Page  John 

SHOEMAKERS. 

Halford  Thomas 
Mellowes  John 

SHOPKEEPERS. 

Freeman  Francis 
Harris  Charles 
Holyoake  William 

(and  draper) 
Ludlam  Mrs 
Simons  Robert 
j  Smalley  George 
Sturgess   Samuel 
Yoss  George 

BURGEONS. 

Beasley  John 
Cocks  Benjamin 

CARRIERS. 

To  Leicester, &&\\f, 
Harris  Charle3, 
Norman  William 


UUTHLAXTON   HUNDRED.  765 

PEATLING-MAGNA,  on  the  western  acclivity  of  a  pleasant  valley, 
Watered  by  a  small  rivulet,  &J  miles  S.  of  Leicester,  7  miles  N.N.E.  of 
Lutterworth,  and  2£  miles  S.E.  of  Countesthorpe  Station,  on  the  Mid- 
land Railway,  is  a  village  and  parish,  containing  272  inhabitants  and 
about  1900  acres  of  land,  mostly  a  stiff  clay.  Win.  Smith  Esq.,  is  lord 
of  the  manor,  formerly  held  by  the  Jervis  family  ;  but  a  great  part  of  the 
soil  belongs  to  H.  B.  Wayte,  Robt.  and  Hy.  Hall,  J.  S.  S her  win  Gregory, 
and  Wm.  Newton,  Esqrs.,  and  Mrs.  Hall.  The  ancient  Manor  House, 
which  was  occupied  by  the  Jervis  family  in  the  16th,  17th,  and  18th 
centuries,  was  taken  down  about  36  years  ago,  and  a  farm-house  built 
upon  its  site.  Of  this  family  there  are  many  memorials  in  the  Church, 
which  is  an  ancient  structure,  dedicated  to  All  Saints,  and  having  a 
tower,  spire,  and  four  bells.  It  does  not  appear  to  have  ever  had  aisles. 
The  nave  and  chancel  are  separated  by  an  open  oak  screen,  and  have 
undergone  many  repairs.  In  the  nave  is  an  ancient  circular  font,  the 
old  parish  chest,  and  some  old  wooden  open  seats,  the  earliest  dated 
1604.  The  building  is  partly  in  the  early  English  and  partly  in  the  per- 
pendicular style,  but  the  tower  and  spire  are  of  the  geometrical  period, 
and  there  is  a  modern  brick  porch  on  the  north  side  of  the'churclr, 
and  a  wretched  east  window.  One  of  the  windows  on  the  north  side  con- 
tains two  small  portions  of  ancient  stained  glass.  A  portion  of  the  sedilia 
may  still  be  seen,  but  the  rest  has  been  destroyed  as  well  as  the°piscina 
to  make  way  for  a  monument.  On  the  north  side  of  the  chancel  is  a 
fine  early  English  sepulchral  recess,  with  deep  mouldings  and  the  tooth 
ornament;  and  near  it  are  two  fine  alabaster  tombs,  one  of  which  bears 
incised  figures  of  Wm.  Jervis  and  Katherine,  his  wife,  the  former  of 
whom  died  in  1597,  aged  94.  Eighteen  small  figures  ornament  the  end 
and  side  of  this  tomb,  and  six  of  them  are  in  swaddling  bands,  probably 
children  who  died  in  infancy.  The  other  tomb  has  incised  representa- 
tions of  Wm.  Jervis,  who  died  in  1614,  his  wives  Ann  and  Frances,  and 
their  two  sons  and  two  daughters.  On  the  south  side  of  the  chancel  is 
is  a  monument,  with  kneeling  figures  of  Wm.  Jervis,  and  Elizabeth, 
his  wife,  the  former  of  whom  was  high-sheriff  of  the  couuty,  and  died  in 
1618.  In  the  churchyard  is  the  shaft  of  an  old  stone  cross,  erected  in 
Roman  Catholic  times,  and  now  braced  together  with  iron.  The  benefice 
is  a  discharaged  vicarage,  valued  in  KB.  at  £5.  10s.  2d.,  and  [consoli- 
dated with  the  rectory  of  Willoughby  Waterless,  in  the  patronage  of  Mrs. 
Blucke,  and  incumbency  of  her  son,  the  Rev.  W.  S.  Blucke,  M.  A.  The  two 
livings  were  united  in  1729.  On  the  rivulet  here  was  formerly  a  Ful- 
ling Mill,  to  which  cloth  was  brought  on  pack  horses  from  all  the  sur- 
rounding parishes.  The  Sunday  school  was  built  about  20  years  ago, 
by  the  late  William  Hall,  Esq.,  and  is  attended  by  about  90  children. 
The  parish  feast  is  on  the  Sunday  after  Nov.  12.    Post  from  Lutterworth. 

Cadness  Miss  Catherine  I  Wagstaff  Mr  James 

Chapman  William,  bricklayer  I  Wood  Thomas,  shoemaker 

Holmes  George,  farm  bailiff  FARMERS.  (Are  Oivners.) 

Mawby  John,  shopkeeper  and  carrier  I  Bosworth  John          Horton  William 

to  Leicester,  Wednes.  and  Saturday  J  Chamberlain  John    Newton  William 
Pollard  Wm.  wheelwright,  carpenter,  j  Clarke  Henry  *Smith    William, 

and  vict.  Cock  Inn  I  Fluke  Rebecca  Peatling  Lodge 

Redgrave  Joseph,  shoemaker  !*  Hall  Mrs  *  Way  te  Hy.  Brown 

Smith  Wm.  blacksmith  and  par.  clerk  I  Hall  Robert  Williamson  Chas. 


PEATLING-PARVA  is  a  small  village  and  parish,  upon  a  bold 
southern  declivity,  near  the  source  of  a  rivulet  5  miles  N.E.  of  Lutter- 
worth, containing  168  inhabitants,  and  870  acres  of  land,  partly  clay  and 


766  PEATLING    PARVA. 

partly  a  sandy  loam.  John  Sanders  Clarke,  Esq.,  is  lord  of  the  manor, 
tut  the  Earl  of  Aylesford,  Messrs.  Buckley  Ward,  Win.  Johnson,  and 
John  Holyoake,  and  others,  own  a  great  part  of  the  soil.  The  Church 
(St.  Andrew)  is  a  small  antique  fabric,  in  the  early  English  style,  with 
nave,  south  aisle,  chancel,  south  porch,  and  tower.  The  nave  is  of  three 
bays,  with  octagonal  pillars,  having  moulded  capitals.  The  tower  is  of 
somewhat  later  date,  and  is  of  good  architecture.  It  contains  three  bells. 
The  chancel  contains  several  mural  tablets.  The  fine  tower  arch  is 
blocked  up  by  a  wooden  gallery.  A  new  east  window  is  about  to  be 
inserted  by  the  rector.  The  living  is  a  rectory,  valued  in  the  King's 
Books  at  M.  13s.  4d.,  and  now  at  £158.  The  glebe  is  105  acres, 
mostly  allotted  in  lieu  of  tithes,  at  the  enclosure,  in  1665.  The  Lord 
Chancellor  is  patron,  and  the  Rev.  John  Morton  Colson  is  the  non- 
resident incumbent,  for  whom  the  Rev.  Francis  Burgess  Goodacre, 
M.D.,  of  Dunton  Bassett,  officiates ;  and  the  Rectory  House  is  now 
occupied  by  a  farmer.  The  parish  feast  is  on  the  first  Sunday  in 
December.  The  Poor's  Land  comprises  18  acres,  called  the  Cottage 
Piece,  and  was  given  at  the  enclosure,  for  apprenticing  poor  children 
and  other  charitable  uses,  as  the  lord  of  the  manor  and  other  free- 
holders shall  think  fit.  It  is  now  let  to  the  poor  for  cultivation  by 
spade  husbandry,  at  rents  amounting  to  about  £30  per  annum.  A  yearly 
rent-charge  of  5s.,  out  of  land  called  Starpitts,  was  left  to  the  poor  by 
Richd.  Palmer,  in  1707,  but  is  not  paid,  as  no  authority  for  its  payment 
can  be  produced.  Foot  Post  from  Lutterworth  at  9h  morning,  returning 
at  5  evening. 

Billings  Thomas,  hosiery  manufacturer  I  Fletcher  Joseph,  farmer  and  grazier 
Bingley  John,  vict.  Dog  and  Gun  Ford  Elizabeth,  schoolmistress 

Burdett  Edmund  H.  agent  Johnson  Wm.  Esq.  ||  Simons  Mrs  My. 

Clarke  John  Sanders,  Esq.  Hall  Measures  Sarah,  schoolmistress 


Crowder  Sarah,  farmer  and  grazier        I  Ward  Buckley,  farmer  and  grazier 


SHAWELL,  a  scattered  village  and  parish,  in  a  valley  east  of  the 
Roman  Watling  street,  3  miles  S.  of  Lutterworth,  and  5  miles  N.E.  of 
Rugby,  has  205  inhabitants,  and  1407a.  2r.  15p.  of  land,  partly  clay 
and  partly  loam.  The  Rev.  J.  P.  Marriott,  of  Cottesbach,  is  lord  of  the 
manor,  but  a  great  part  of  the  soil  belongs  to  Fredk.  Adcock,  Esq., 
Messrs.  Philip  and  Thomas  Gilbert,  John  and  Wm.  Perkins,  and  a  few 
smaller  freeholders.  The  manor  has  been  called  Shatwill,  Shaduxle, 
<£c,  and  has  been  held  by  the  Spirgurnell,  Plampin,  and  other  families. 
The  largest  estate  belonged  to  the  Wilmots  from  the  reign  of  James  II. 
•till  about  six  years  ago,  when  it  was  purchased  by  the  lord  of  the  manor. 
The  Church  (All  Saints)  has  a  low  square  tower  and  five  bells ;  and  the 
•living  is  ^rectory,  valued  in  KB.  at  £'9.  0s.  6d., and  now  at  £'400.  It  is 
in  the  gift  of  the  Lord  Chancellor,  a,nd  incumbency  of  the  Rev.  Edward 
Elmhirst,  B.A.,  who  has  a  good  residence,  built  in  1817,  62a.  of  glebe,  and 
upwards  of  .£300  a-year,  awarded  in  1840,  in  commutation  of  the  tithes. 
The'Fiton  family  flourished  here  in  the  14th  century;  and  Edw.  Leigh,  an 
eminent  writer,  and  a  colonel  in  the  Parliamentarian  army  in  the  civil 
wars  of  the  17  th  century,  was  born  here.  He  wrote  many  historical  and 
theological  works.  Holywell  field,  a  little  south  of  the  village,  is  supposed 
to  have  been  the  site  of  a  religious  house,  perhaps  belonging  to  the  Knights 
Hospitaller  of  Swinford,  who  had  here  10  virgates  of  land  in  the  13th 
century.  The  Free  School  and  Almshouses  were  erected,  pursuant 
to  the  will  of  John  Elkington,  who,  in  1604,  endowed  them,  out  of  the 
great  tithes  of  Newton,  for  the  support  of  a  schoolmaster,  to  teach  freely, 
Jin  good  literature  and  religion,  the  children  of  Shawell  parish  and  the 


SHAWELL    PAEISH. 


767 


hamlet  of  Newton,  in  Clifton  parish,  Warwickshire  ;  and  for  the  mainte- 
nance of  six  almspeople,  to  be  chosen  from  the  same  places.  A-  yearly 
tithe  rent  of  £60,  and  30a.  2r.  15p.  of  land  in  Newton,  are  now  charged 
with  the  repairs  of  the  buildings,  and  the  payment  of  the  schoolmaster 
and  six  almspeople,  the  former  receiving  .£20  a-year  ;  and  the  latter  2s. 
a  week  each,  and  £2  for  coals  and  ,£3.  2s.  6d.  for  gowns  yearly.  The 
founder's  estate  at  Shawell,  was  purchased,  in  1820,  by  Mr.  John  Gil- 
bert ;  and  its  present  owner,  Mr.  Philip  Gilbert,  and  the  rector  have  the 
appointment  of  the  schoolmaster  and  almspeople.  Besides  his  annuity 
of  ^20,  the  master  has  the  free  use  of  a  house,  two  gardens,  and  4a.  of 
land.  A  schoolmistress  has  £2.  10s.  yearly  from  tiherriers  charity,  as 
noticed  with  Lutterworth.  The  Poor's  Land,  allotted  at  the  enclosure 
of  the  open  fields,  in  1665,  comprised  30a.,  and  was  for  many  years 
divided  into  14  cattle  gates,  occupied  rent-free  by  the  poor,  who  appear 
to  have  improperly  sold  eight  of  them  to  the  adjoining  landowners,  who 
claimed  them  as  private  property.  By  an  agreement,  in  1836,  only  12 
acres  were  given  up,  and  enclosed  for  the  use  of  the  poor.  Part  of  this 
land  islet  at  low  rents,  in  garden  plots,  and  the  rest  is  let  to  the  highest 
bidder.  The  yearly  proceeds,  about  .£16  a-year,  are  distributed  in  coals. 
Post  from  Swinford. 

Addison  Stephen,  butcher 
Cockerill  Edward,  carpenter 
Cockerill  Robert  &  Son,  carpenters 
Dexter  Robert,  shopkeeper 
Elmhirst  Rev.  Edward,  B.A.  Rectory 
Hewitt  Edward,  blacksmith 
Nutt  John,  master,  Free  School 


Piercey  John,  tailor 
Robinson  John,  vict.  Swan 
Robinson  Sarah,  schoolmistress 
Sedgley  Joseph,  shopr.  &  parish  clerk 
faemrs.  &  grazes.  1  Gilbert  Thomas  - 
Cockerill  Henry      I  Harrison  Edward. 
Gilbert  Philip         J  Letts  Benjamin    \ 


SWINFORD,  a  pleasant  village,  on  the  north  side  of  the  vale  of  the 
river  Avon,  4  miles  S.  by  E.  of  Lutterworth,  and  5tV  miles  N.E.  of 
-Rugby,  has  in  its  parish  402  inhabitants,  and  1566  acres  of  fertile  land, 
having  a  light  mixed  soil,  and  a  large  portion  in  pasturage.  The  Knights 
Templar  had  a  Preceptory  here,  which  afterwards  passed  to  the  Knights 
Hospitaller  of  St.  John  of  Jerusalem.  The  co-heiresses  of  the  late 
Baroness  Braye  are  ladies  of  the  manor ;  but  part  of  the  soil,  belongs  ts 
Thos.  Gilbert,  and  Edward  Pearman,  Esqrs.,  Messrs.  John  Warden  and 
Thos.  and  YVm.  Webster,  the  exors.  of  the  late  Mr.  John  Cattell,  Mrs. 
Ann  Floyd,  and  others.  The  late  Right  Hon.  Sarah  Otway-Cave, 
Baroness  Braye,  resided  for  more  than  sixty  years  at  Stanford  Hall, 
which  stands  in  a  beautiful  park,  on  the  north  side  "of  the  Avon,  adjoin- 
ing this  parish,  though  it  belongs  to  Stanford  parish,  on  the  other  side 
of  the  river,  in  Northamptonshire.  She  was  the  only  daughter  of  Sir 
Thos..  Cave,  sixth  Baronet,  who  was  the  lineal  heir  and  representative, 
through  his  grandmother,  of  the  second  daughter  and  eldest  co-heiress  of 
the  first  Lord  Braye.  In  1790,  she  married  Henry  Otway,  Esq.,  of 
Castle  Otway,  Tipperary,  who  died  in  1815.  She  resumed  the  family 
name  of  Cave  by  royal  license,  in  1818 ;  and  the  barony  of  Braye,  which 
had  been  in  abeyance  since  1557,  was  revived  in  her  favour  by  letters 
patent,  in  1839.  The  Baroness  died  on  the  21st  February,  1862,  at  the 
advanced  age  of  93,  and  her  memory  will  long  be  cherished  by  all  who 
knew  her,  and  especially  by  the  poor  in  the  neighbourhood  of  Stanford, 
where  she  for  so  long  a  period  dispensed  charities  and  hospitalities 
without  number.  By  her  death,  the  barony  again  falls  into  abeyance,  her 
four  daughters  being  the  co-heiresses,  viz. :  Hon.  Maria, unmarried;  Hon. 
Anne,  married,  first,  in  1828,  to.  J.  A.  Arnold,  Esq.,  of  Lutterworth,,  who 
died  without  issue  in  1842,  and  secondly,  in  1847,  to  the  Rev>  Henry- Kemp 


768 


SWINFORD    PARISH. 


Richardson,  Rector  of  Leire,  Leicestershire  ;  Hon.  Catherine,  married, 
first,  in  1826,  to  Henry  Murray,  Esq.,  who  was  youngest  son  of  Lord 
George  Murray,  and  died  in  1830,  without  issue,  and  secondly,  in 
1850,  to  John  Reginald,  third  Earl  Beauchamp,  who  died  without  issue, 
in  1853 ;  and  Hon.  Henrietta,  married,  in  1844,  to  the  Rev.  Edgell 
Wyatt  Edgell,  by  whom  she  has  three  sons  and  a  daughter.  The  Caves, 
who  come  originally  from  Cave,  in  Yorkshire,  have  resided  here  for 
many  generations ;  but  the  greater  part  of  their  property  in  this  neigh- 
bourhood was  purchased  after  the  dissolution  of  the  monasteries.  Sir 
Thomas  Cave,  who  died  in  1778,  was  a  liberal  and  learned  public 
character.  He  completed  Stanford  Hall,  and  enriched  its  library  with 
a  large  and  valuable  collection  of  books.  He  contributed  materially 
towards  the  publication  of  Bridges'  History  of  Northamptonshire,  which 
was  above  50  years  in  the  press ;  and  made  large  collections  for  a 
history  of  this  county.  The  late  baroness  was  the  sister  and  sole  heiress 
of  her  only  brother,  Sir  Thomas  Cave,  M.P.,  the  seventh  baronet,  who 
died  in  1792,  when  the  baronetcy  (created  in  1641)  passed  to  that  branch 
of  the  family  resident  at  Stretton  Hall,  Derbyshire.  Stanford  Hall  is  a 
large  mansion,  and  in  front  of  it  the  Avon  has  been  forced  be}7ond  its 
original  banks,  and  constitutes  a  pleasing  feature  in  the  landscape.  The 
ancient  hall  stood  on  the  opposite  side  of  the  river.  The  Church  (All 
Saints)  has  a  semi- circular  east  end,  and  a  large  tower  containing  four 
bells.  It  has  undergone  many  repairs,  but  still  retains  much  of  its  old 
oak  carving,  in  which  are  some  curious  grotesque  figures.  The  font  is 
large  and  circular,  standing  on  four  columns,  and  ornamented  with  a 
series  of  arches,  running  all  round.  Nicholas  Cowley  founded  a  chantry 
here  for  a  priest  to  sing  mass,  &c.  The  benefice  is  a  discharged  vicarage, 
valued  in  K.B.  at  £5.  7s.  lid.,  and  now  at  .£216.  It  is  in  the  gift  of  the 
Executors  of  the  late  Baroness  Braj^e,  (impropriators  of  the  rectory,) 
and  incumbency  of  the  Rev.  John  Lindsay.  M.A.,  who  has  91a.  of  glebe, 
mostly  allotted  in  lieu  of  tithes,  at  the  enclosure,  in  1780.  The  Inde- 
pendents have  a  small  chapel  here,  built  in  1833 ;  and  in  the  village  is  a 
Free  School,  attended  by  about  70  children,  and  having  a  small  library, 
given  by  the  Rev.  E.  W.  Edgell.  Here  is  a  Sick  Club  of  50  members  ; 
and  also  a  lodge  of  Odd  Fellows,  with  about  45  members.  About  11 
acres  are  let  to  the  poor  in  garden  plots,  at  low  rents.  The  poor  have 
the  interest  of  £'40,  left  by  James  Floyd,  in  1817,  and  of  £20,  left  by 
Thomas  Cooper,  in  1815. 

Post  Office  at  James  Lewis's.    Letters  despatched  via  Itagby,  at  8.30  p.m. 


Countess  Beauchamp,  Hon.  Maria 
Otway-Cave,  Rev.  Edgell  Wyatt 
Edgell,  and  Hon.  Mrs  Catherine 
Edgell,  Stanjord  Hall 

Bailey  Louisa,  mistress,  Infant  School 

Bickerstaff  Henry,  schoolmaster 

Clayson  William,  corn  miller 

Coleman  John,  carpenter 

Compton  Mr  John 

Flojd  Mrs  Ann 

Fox  Nathnl.  grocer,  draper,  &  assessor 
and  collector  of  taxes,  &c. 

French  Richard,  wheelwright 

Green  John,  shopkeeper 

Knight  Berry,  baker 

Lindsay  Rev.  John,  M.A.,  F.S.A.  vicar 
of  Stanford  and  Swinford 


Porter  Timothy,  maltster 
Sturman  Joseph,  parish  clerk 

INNS  AND  TAVERNS. 
Cave's  Arms,  John  Allen 
Chequers,  James  Chaplin 
Cross  Keys,  William  Griffin 


BLACKSMITHS. 

Moreton  Joseph 
Winter  Charles 

BUTCHERS. 

Moreton  Charles 
Spencer  John 

FARMRS.  &  GRAZRS. 

Cattell  Edward 
Cattell  Thomas 
Clark  Thomas 
Cooke  William 


Gilbert  Thomas 
Gilbert  Thos.  jun. 
Hipwell  Eli 
Hipwell  Eliza 
Moreton  John 
Orton  Thomas 
Prowitt  Charles 
Reeve  Thomas 
Simons  John 
Warden  John 
Webster  Thomas 


GUTHLAXTON   HUNDKED.  769 


SHOEMAKERS. 

Addison  &  Lenton 
Parker  William 
Towers  William 


TAILORS. 

Bordett  John 
Fox  Nathaniel 
Lewis  James 


CARRIERS. 

To  Leicester,  Sat. 

Thomas  Daniel 

To     Lutterworth, 


Thrs.  &  Rugby, 
Satdy.  Sturman 
Joseph,  Turville 
William 


WESTRILL  and  STARMORE,  on  the  north  side  of  the  river  Avon, 
4£  miles  S.S.E.  of  Lutterworth,  form  an  extra-parochial  liberty  of  one 
house  and  1630  acres,  belonging  to  the  co-heiresses  of  the  late  Baroness 
Braye,  and  adjoining  Stanford  Hall,  noticed  with  Swinford.  Part  of 
the  liberty  is  in  the  Park,  and  the  rest  is  occupied  by  farmers  residing 
in  the  adjoining  parishes.  This  was  no  doubt  the  site  of  the  Precep- 
tory  of  Knights  Templar,  noticed  with  Swinford. 

WHETSTONE,  a  large  village,  on  the  east  side  of  the  vale  of  the 
Soar,  near  a  rivulet,  5£  miles  S.S.W.  of  Leicester,  and  2£  miles  W.S.W. 
of  Wigston  Station,  has  in  its  parish  1944  acres,  and  1057  inhabitants. 
The  soil  is  generally  light,  and  the  surface  gently  undulated.  The  Earl 
of  Stamford  and  "Warrington  is  lord  of  the  manor,  which  has  been 
variously  spelt  Weston,  Whestone,  and  Hevetsan,  and  has  been  held  by 
the  Mowbray,  Wigston,  and  other  families.  A  large  estate  here  belongs 
to  the  Master  and  Fellows  of  Trinity  College,  Cambridge,  as  trustees 
of  free  schools  founded  by  Thomas  Allen,  at  Stevenage,  Stone,  and 
Uttoxeter.  Part  of  the  parish  belongs  to  charities  in  Leicester,  and  to 
T.  C.  Allen,  Thos.  Cooper,  and  Thos.  and  W.  Hind,  Esqrs.,  and  others. 
The  parish  was  enclosed  in  17G4,  when  the  tithes  were  commuted  for 
^£269.  3s.  2d.  to  the  impropriator,  and  £58.  3s.  3d.  to  the  vicar.  William 
Hind,  Esq.,  of  Narborough,  now  owns  the  great  tithes.  The  Church 
(St.  Peter)  was  built  in  1355,  as  appears  from  a  date  on  one  of  the 
northern  buttresses,  and  the  fabric,  where  it  has  not  been  altered,  agrees 
with  this  date.  The  tracery  of  several  of  the  windows  has  been  cut  out, 
but  the  windows  of  the  south  aisle  remain  perfect,  and  are  rather  sin- 
gular. About  1500,  the  church  was  altered,  and  a  clerestory  added,  the 
pitch  of  the  roof  being  lowered  and  the  walls  raised,  and  at  this  period  the 
chancel  arch  was  destroyed.  The  plan  now  consists  of  nave,  south  aisle, 
and  chancel,  with  a  tower  at  the  west  end  containing  four  bells  and 
crowned  by  a  handsome  spire.  In  the  chancel  are  sedilia  for  three 
priests,  and  a  piscina.  The  church  was  repewed,  and  a  gallery  erected, 
in  1779,  and  it  was  thoroughly  repaired  in  1827,  at  a  cost  of  .£1200.  It 
was  again  repaired  in  1856,  when  a  new  clock  with  a  glass  dial  was  pre- 
sented by  T.  C.  Allen,  Esq. ;  an  organ  by  W.  Hind,  Esq. ;  and  a  new 
font  by  T.  Cooper,  Esq.  At  the  same  time  the  tower  and  spire  were 
completely  rebuilt,  at  a  cost  of  £800.  The  churchyard  is  shaded  with 
lime  trees,  and  all  the  borders  being  filled  with  flowers,  and  the  walks 
composed  of  pebbles  of  various  colours,  arranged  in  patterns,  it  has  a 
very  pretty  appearance.  The  benefice  is  a  perpetual  curacy,  consolidated 
with  the  vicarage  of  Enderby,  on  the  opposite  side  of  the  Soar,  in 
Sparkenhoe  Hundred.  The  General  Baptists  and  the  Independents  have 
each  a  chapel  here.  Sunday  Schools  are  attached  to  the  church  and 
chapels ;  and  here  is  a  Day  School,  at  which  30  free  scholars  are  taught 
for  £20  a  year,  raised  by  subscription.  The  parish  has  been  long  united 
ecclesiastically  with  Enderby.  Its  annual  feast  is  on  the  first  Sunday 
after  October  3rd.     Post  from  Leicester. 

Bonshor  Josiah,  schoolmaster  Phipps  William,  bricklayer 

Johnson  Daniel,  framesmith  Pratt  JohD,  wine  mert.  at  Leicester 

Kenney  John,  sinker  maker  Riley  John,  blacksmith 

3c 


770 


WHETSTONE    PAKISH. 


Roberts  Mark,  carpenter 
Twigg  Daniel,  parish  clerk 

INNS  AND  TAVERNS. 
Bull's  Head,  Thomas  Garner 
Wheat  Sheaf,  John  Cannam 


BEERHOUSES. 

Cooper  James 
Sparrow  John 

FARMERS  &  GRZRS. 

(*  are  Owners.) 
Cannam  Samnel 
Clark    John    E. 

Pastures 


*  Cooper  Thomas 
Draycott  William 
Garner  Thomas 
♦Herbert  William 
Herrick    William, 

Old  Vicarage 
*Hind  Robert,  The 

Grange 


Johnson  Daniel 
Langham  John 
Martin  Elizabeth 
Perkins  William 

HOSIERY  MANFRS. 

Charles  Edmund 
Kind  John 
Smith  James 
Smith  Joseph 
Smith  William 

EUTCHERS. 

Herrick  Samuel 
Herrick  SI.  jun. 


Martin  John 

SHOEMAKERS. 

Garratt  Thomas 
Smith  William 

SHOPKEEPERS. 

Buxton  George 
Draycott  William 
Johnson  William 
Smith  Joseph 
Turner  William 

TAILORS. 

Grundy  George 
Kind  Thomas 


WIGSTON-MAGNA,  or  Great  Wigston,  one  of  the  largest  villages 
in  Leicestershire,  is  pleasantly  situated  on  a  bold  eminence  4  miles  S.by 
E.  of  Leicester,  and  1  mile  E.  of  Wigston  Station,  at  the  junction  of  the 
Midland  and  South  Leicestershire  Railways.  Having  two  churches,  it  is 
sometimes  called  Wig  ston-two- Steeples.  Its  parish  comprises  2944a.  In.  3p. 
of  fertile  land,  having  a  mixed  soil  of  clay  and  sand,  and  the  village  con- 
sists of  several  streets  on  and  branching  from  the  Leicester  and  Welford 
road.  In  1801,  it  had  1658  inhabitants ;  but,  in  1861,  they  had  increased 
to  2522,  of  whom  many  are  employed  by  the  Leicester  manufacturers, 
chiefly  in  weaving  stockings.  The  lords  of  the  manor  are  Sir  Henry 
Halford,  Bart.,  and  Arthur  Haymes,  William  Blake,  and  Saml.  Berridge, 
Esqrs. ;  and  the  other  principal  landowners  are  Edward  Holyoak,  Esq. 
{impropriator),  William  Morley,  Esq.  (of  Derby),  Mrs.  Vassal,  Captain 
Baddeley,  Mrs.  Blunt,  Wyggeston's  Hospital,  Leicester,  and  several 
smaller  freeholders.  In  the  act  of  parliament  passed  in  17  64,  for  enclosing 
the  open  fields,  &c,  and  for  awarding  land  in  commutation  of  the  tithes, 
George  Duke  of  St.  Albans  is  described  as  impropriator  of  all  the  tithes 
of  corn,  grain,  hay,  &c. ;  and  the  vicar  is  said  to  be  entitled  to  the  tithe 
of  wool  and  lamb,  and  all  other  small  or  vicarial  tithes.  Within  tho 
parish  is  a  piece  of  moated  ground,  where  the  family  of  Davenport,  who 
formerly  possessed  a  large  estate  here,  had  a  mansion.  At  a  place  called 
Gaol  Close,  was  a  temporary  prison,  during  the  civil  wars  of  the  17th 
century,  to  which  the  prisoners  were  removed  from  the  county  gaol  at 
Leicester.  Some  fragments  of  antiquity  have  been  found  here,  among 
which  were  parts  of  a  fibula,  a  ring,  pieces  of  a  glass  urn,  a  spear  head, 
and  a  helmet.  Several  curious  petrifactions  have  been  found  in  the  lime 
and  gravel  pits.  After  the  battle  of  Naseby,  Oliver  Cromwell  spent  a 
night  here  on  his  way  to  Leicester.  The  parish  feast  is  on  the  Sunday 
after  November  1st.  The  Church,  dedicated  to  All  Saints,  is  a  large  and 
handsome  structure,  in  the  style  which  prevailed  in  the  14th  century, 
consisting  of  a  nave,  aisles,  chancel,  and  a  fine  tower  containing  five  bells 
and  surmounted  by  a  lofty  spire.  The  chancel  is  separated  from  the 
nave  by  an  open  oak  screen,  and  among  its  monumental  slabs  and  mural 
tablets  are  many  memorials  of  the  Davenport  and  Clarke  families.  One 
of  the  latter  was  high  sheriff  of  the  county  in  1788.  The  handsome 
brass  chandelier,  suspended  in  the  nave,  was  given  by  the  late  Miss 
Clarke,  of  Little  Peatling.  The  pillars  on  the  south  side  of  the  nave  are 
octagonal,  the  capitals  ornamented  with  foliage,  heads,  human  figures, 
and  the  ball  flower.  Those  on  the  north  side  are  circular,  and  have  plain 
capitals.  The  building  is  principally  of  decorated  architecture,  but  the 
clerestory  is  perpendicular.  The  roof  of  the  nave  appears  to  be  of  the 
same  period,  but  it  bears  the  date  1637,  and  its  beams  are  ornamented 


WIGSTON   MAGNA   PARISH.  J771 

with  the  Tudor  flower,  crosses,  beads,  crescents,  mullets,  &c.  The  south 
aisle  contains  an  ancient  piscina  and  an  aumbry,  and  its  east  window  is 
filled  with  stained  glass,  the  centre  light  containing  a  medallion  display- 
ing the  lion  of  St.  Mark.  The  north  aisle  contains,  beneath  a  fine 
sepulchral  recess,  a  stone  coffin,  the  lid  of  which  bears  a  fine  floriated 
cross.  In  this  aisle  are  also  a  piscina  and  a  marble  monument  to  Win. 
Seddon,  Esq. ;  and  its  east  window  is  filled  with  stained  glass  hi  patterns, 
and  has  in  the  centre  of  a  cinquefoil  an  angel  bearing  a  scroll  inscribed 
"  Gloria  in  excelsis  Deo."  The  chancel  has  sedilia  for  three  priests,  a 
piscina,  and  an  aumbry ;  and  the  vestry  door  has  a  shouldered  lintel. 
The  east  window  is  of  five  lights,  with  geometrical  tracery,  and  is  filled 
with  beautiful  stained  glass  by  Wailes.  It  was  inserted  by  Capt.  Bad- 
deley,  in  memory  of  his  mother  and  son,  at  a  cost  of  .£200,  and  represents 
the  Adoration  of  the  Magi,  the  Baptism,  the  Crucifixion,  the  Last  Sup- 
per, and  the  Resurrection.  The  church  is  about  to  be  restored  and  fitted 
with  open  benches,  in  lieu  of  the  present  pews  and  gallery.  The  church- 
yard is  shaded  by  lime  trees.  St.  Wolstans  Church  was  a  smaller  and 
much  older  structure  than  All  Saints,  and  was  dilapidated  many  years 
ago ;  but  the  tower,  crowned  by  a  spire,  is  still  standing,  and  was  tho- 
roughly restored,  and  the  nave  rebuilt  a  few  years  ago,  at  a  cost  of  £600. 
It  is  now  used  for  reading  the  burial  service,  and  its  churchyard  as  a 
cemetery,  in  consequence  of  that  of  All  Saints  being  closed.  Several 
cottages  were  constructed  in  the  ruins,  but  these  went  to  decay  many 
years  ago,  and  the  spire  now  leans  a  little  from  the  perpendicular.  Both 
churches  were  appropriated  to  Lenton  Priory,  near  Nottingham.  In 
1631,  Sir  James  Stonehouse  sold  the  impropriate  rectory  to  the  Haber- 
dashers' Company,  London,  for  £572.  7s.  8d.,  and  it  was  long  held  of 
them  on  lease  by  the  Dukes  of  St.  Albans.  Being  one  of  the  numerous 
manors  granted  by  William  the  Conqueror  to  Hugh  de  Orentemaisnell, 
Wigston  is  parcel  of  the  Honor  of  Leicester,  of  which  it  was  held  by  the 
Veres,  Earls  of  Oxford,  in  the  14th  and  15th  centuries;  and  since  then 
the  manorial  rights  appear  to  have  been  claimed  by  the  principal  free- 
holders. The  benefice  is  a  discharged  vicarage,  valued  in  K.B.  at 
.£9.  8s.  8d.,  and  now  at  only  £107,  though  it  has  90a.  of  glebe,  mostly 
allotted  in  lieu  of  tithes  at  the  enclosure,  and  was  augmented,  in  1783 
and  '4,  with  £400  of  Q.A.B.,  and  £400  given  by  Jerome  Knapp,  Esq., 
and  the  Rev.  J.  Pigott.  The  patronage  belongs  to  the  Haberdashers' 
Company  and  Christ's  Hospital,  London,  alternately;  and  the  Rev.  Wm. 
Trollope,  M.A.,  is  the  non-resident  incumbent,  for  whom  the  Rev.  T.  G. 
Gallwey,  M.A.,  officiates.  The  Vicarage  House  is  a  comfortable  resi- 
dence, which  was  rebuilt  many  years  ago.  Near  the  centre  of  the  village 
is  a  handsome  Independent  Chapel,  erected  in  1841,  at  the  cost  of  £1070, 
on  the  site  of  the  old  one,  which  was  built  in  1731,  by  a  congregation 
which  had  previously  occupied  part  of  the  ruined  church  of  St.  Wolstan, 
for  which  they  paid  the  parish  £3  per  annum.  The  Congregationalists, 
or  Independents,  are  the  successors  of  the  Nonconformists,  of  whom  here 
was  a  congregation  as  early  as  the  reign  of  Charles  I.  One  of  their 
earliest  ministers  was  the  Rev.  Matthew  Clarke,  who  suffered  much  in 
the  cause  of  religious  liberty,  and  died  at  Norwich  in  1708.  Here  is  a 
Wesley  an  and  also  a  Primitive  Methodist  Chapel,  the  former  built  in 
1839,  and  the  latter  in  1845.  In  the  village  are  several  Benefit  Societies; 
and  at  the  Queen's  Head  is  a  Lodge  of  Odd  Fellows.  The  framework- 
knitters  and  other  inhabitants  occupy  about  41a.  in  garden  plots,  at 
moderate  rents.  Attached  to  the  church  and  chapels  are  Sunday  Schools ; 
and  here  is  a  large  National  School,  opened  in  1839,  with  a  house  for 
the  master.    It  is  attended  by  about  150  children.    Here  is  also  a  Bri- 

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772  WIGSTON   MAGNA   PAEISH. 

tish  School,  which  occupies  a  commodious  building,  erected,  in  1839,  as 
a  Mechanics'  Institute,  by  four  spirited  individuals,  at  the  cost  of  £600, 
on  the  site  of  an  old  burial  ground  which  belonged  to  the  Society  of 
Friends. 

Almshouses  for  three  old  men,  and  three  old  maids,  or  widows,  of 
Wigston- Magna,  were  built  in  1781,  at  the  cost  of  ,£680,  pursuant  to  the 
will  of  Elizabeth  Clarke, ;  and  two  other  tenements  were  added  for  two 
additional  almspeople,  in  1800,  at  the  cost  of  £160.  The  foundress  died 
in  1781,  and  left  £3000  for  the  erection  and  endowment  of  the  almshouses. 
This  legacy  was  laid  out  in  the  purchase  of  land  and  buildings,  and  the 
endowment  now  yields  £150.  14s.  8d.  per  annum,  arising  as  follows  : — 
.£120  from  Fleckney  Lodge  Farm,  (100a.)  ;  £2. 15s.  from  Finder's  close, 
in  the  rear  of  the  almshouses;  and  £27.  19s.  8d.  from  seven  cottages  in 
the  village.  Another  cottage  is  occupied  rent  free  by  the  nurse,  who  is 
allowed  2s.  6d.  a  week  for  waiting  on  the  sick  almspeople,  who  are  also 
provided  with  medical  attendance.  The  almspeople  have  weekly  stipends 
of  3s.  6d.  each ;  and  £8  worth  of  coals,  and  .£10  in  coats  and  gowns,  are 
divided  among  them  yearly  ;  and  also  £4  in  Christmas-boxes.  In  1778, 
Sarah  Norton  bequeathed  to  the  churchwardens  and  overseers  of  Great 
Wigston  £230,  the  interest  thereof  to  be  applied  as  follows : — the  interest 
of  £100  for  schooling  12  poor  girls ;  the  interest  of  £20,  to  purchase 
Bibles  for  the  said  poor  girls  ;  the  interest  of  £50,  for  a  distribution  of 
bread  on  Easter  Monday ;  and  the  interest  of  £50  for  distribution  in 
coals  among  the  poor,  on  St.  Thomas's  day.  In  1783,  Mary  Salisbury 
left  £60  for  schooling  poor  children,  and  £10  to  be  vested  for  repairing 
the  tombstones  of  Edw.  and  Wm.  Salisbury,  and  the  surplus  for  the 
poor  ;  to  whom  John  and  Ann  Brailsford  left  £50,  about  1788.  These 
legacies,  amounting  to  £350,  were  laid  out  in  1800,  in  the  purchase  of 
8a.  36p.  of  land,  now  let  for  about  ^£12  per  annum.  In  1678,  £206, 
derived  from  various  benefactions,  were  vested  in  the  purchase  of 
25a.  3r.  13p.  of  land,  at  Glen  Parva,  now  let  for  £36.  In  lieu  of  several 
pieces  of  land  in  the  open  fields  of  Great  Wigston,  purchased  with  £62 
benefaction  money,  in  1728  and  1731,  the  Poor's  Land  (6a.  24p.)  was 
awarded  at  the  enclosure,  when  1a.  1r.  was  allotted  to  the  church,  for 
repairs,  &c.  The  poor  have  also  the  interest  of  £20,  left  by  Henry  Clarke, 
in  1755,  and  of  £30  given  by  other  donors.  The  annual  income  arising 
from  the  above  sources  amounts  to  about  £62,  of  which  £8  is  paid  for 
16  free  scholars,  at  the  National  School ;  £5.  10s.,  for  schooling  twelve 
poor  girls ;  £5.  4s.,  for  a  weekly  distribution  of  26  penny  loaves ; 
^£10.  18s.,  for  distributions  of  bread  at  Easter  and  Christmas;  and  £'30, 
for  distributions  of  coals  on  Candlemas  day,  Good  Friday,  and  St. 
Thomas's  day.  The  poor  have  also  12  penny  loaves  every  Sunday,  as 
the  interest  of  £50,  left  by  John  Ragg,  in  1811 ;  and  the  poor  widows 
have  the  interest  of  £20,  left  by  Eliz.  Johnson,  in  1779.  In  1859,  Mrs. 
Oliver  left  £200  to  be  invested  in  Three  per  Cent.  Consols,  to  enable  the 
minister  of  Wigston,  for  the  time  being,  to  give  yearly  £1  each,  to  six 
poor  deserving  lying-in- women.  In  1862,  Mr.  Charles  Kirk,  of  Sleaford, 
gave  £240,  to  be  invested  in  Three  per  Cent.  Consols,  and  the  interest 
to  be  employed  by  the  minister  and  churchwardens  in  educating  poor 
children  according  to  the  principles  of  the  Church  of  England. 

Here  are  two  Railway  Stations  ;  one  at  the  junction  of  the  Midland 
main  line  with  the  South  Leicestershire  ;  and  the  other  on  the  Leicester 
and  Hitchin  branch.  Trains  stop  at  both  stations  several  times  a  day, 
and  Mr.  Thos.  Parker  is  station  master  of  the  former,  and  Mr.  Saml. 
Hissey  of  the  latter. 


GUTHLAXTON    HUNDRED. 


773 


In  the  following  DIRECTORY  OF  WIGSTON  MAGNA,  those  marked  1, 
reside  in  Bell  street ;  2,  Bull's  Head  street ;  3,  Bushloe  End  ;  4,  Church  End  ; 
5,  Leicester-road ;  6,  Long  street ;  7 ',  Moat  street ;  8,  Mowsley  End ;  9,  New- 
gate End ;  and  10,  at  Kilby  Bridge, 

Post  Office  at  James  Levesley's.  Letters  arrive  from  Leicester  at 
8£  morning,  and  are  despatched  at  5£  evening.  Money  Orders  are  granted  and 
paid,  and  here  is  a  Post  Office  Savings'  Bank. 


7  Blunt  Mrs  Martha  Ward 
5  Burgess  Thos.  woolstapler,  Grange 
3  Davis  Samuel,  gent.  Bushloe  House 
5  Edwards  Mrs  Ellen  Louisa  Hind 
3  Gallwey  Rev.  Thomas  Giflord,  M.A. 

curate,  Vicarage 
7  Heard  Thomas,  hosier,  &c. 

5  Hill  John,  Temperance  Hotel 
Hissey  Samuel,  station  master 

3  Ingram  Thos.  solicitor,  at  Leicester 

6  Jowett  Rev.  Thomas  (Independent) 
5  Lee  Ambrose,  hosiery  manufacturer 
5  Loveday  George,  hosiery  agent 

5  Matthews  Saml.  painter  &  engraver 
Parker  Thomas,  station  master 

1  Screaton  Robert,  regr.  of  births  and 
deaths,  and  assistant  overseer 

3  Seddon  Samuel,  gentleman 

5  Smeeton  MrBenj.  ||  3  Whiley  MrTs. 

6  Turner  Mansfield,  Esq.  Wigston  Hall 
6  Warner  Fras.  inland  revenue  officer 

9  Wood  Misses  Sarah,  Ann,  &  Eliz. 

INNS  AND  TAVERNS. 

5  Bell,  James  Tabberer 

2  BuU's  Head,  Thomas  Cook 

6  Durham  Ox,  Isaac  Hurst 

2  Horse  and  Trumpet,  Sarah  Mattock 
1  King  William  IV.  Edward  Murrell 

10  Navigation,  John  Walden 

7  Old  Crown,  Mary  Hurst 

3  Plough,  Joseph  Potter 

1  Queen's  Head,  William  Vann 
6  Shoulder  of  Mutton,  John  Cooper 


BAKERS,  «ScC. 

6  HodgkinTs.  Jn. 

1  Johnson  Samuel 

2  Perkins  Jn.  Ths. 
5  Townsend  Thos. 

7  Ross  Andrew 

BLACKSMITHS. 

7  Looms^Thomas 

1  Sharp  Jn.&Wm. 

BEERHOUSES. 

2  Burkett  Mary 

5  Neal  John 

BOOT  &  SHOE  MKRS. 

6  Coltman  Alfred 

7  Harrison  Joseph 
Hurst  Jno.  Laxton 
7  Stacey  Thomas 
4  Woodcock  Robt. 
1  Woolman  John 


BRICKLAYER. 

6  Dawkins  Stphn. 

BUTCHERS. 

6  Cattell  Edward 
6  Cooper  John 
6  Evatt  William 

1  Forryan  William 

2  Pochin  Samuel 

CARPENTERS,    &C 

5  Allcoat  James 

6  Hurst  James 

6  Johnson  William 

1  Sharp  Wm.  and 

Jno.  (&  builders) 

CORN   MILLERS. 

Robinson     John, 

Wind  mill 
Gist      Thomas, 

Union  mill 


5  Townsend  Thos. 
(steam) 

COAL   DEALERS. 

3  Bailey  Eli 

1  Hurst  William 

2  Wright  William 

COWKEEPERS. 

1  Dand  James 
Goode  John 
5  Loveday  George 
1  Sawbridge  Miles 
Yates  John 

drapers,  &c. 
1  Cook  James 

1  Levesley  James, 
(and  hatter) 

FARMERS    &  GRZRS. 

(•  are  Owners.) 

8  Baddeley  Chas. 

7  Blunt   Edward. 
Thornton 

4  Eggleston  Wm. 

9  Forryan  Abhm. 

10  Freer  William 

2  Hassall  Joseph 
*3  Holy  oak  Edw. 
Hubbard  Robert 

2  Langham  Fredk. 
Langham  Thomas 
Mastiu     Alfred, 

Wigston  field 
Orange     David, 

Crow  Lodge 
9    Pochin    John 

Armston 
9  Pochin  Jas.  Geo. 
2  Pochin  Samuel, 

Davenport 
6  Robinson  Sarah 
Taylor  Michael 
6  Tealby  Mary 
9  Tebbutt  Thomas 
2  Vann  Wm.  &  Jn. 

5  Watson  John 

6  Willbourn  Lewis 
4  Wilson  Ann 

8  Wright  John 

FRAMESMITHS. 

1  Chamberlain  W. 

2  Coltman  John 

GARDENERS. 

Carr  Thomas 


6  Carr  William 
5  Cleaver  William 
2  Crofts  Samuel 

5  Farmer  William 

HAIR  DRESSERS,  &C. 

2  Hunt  William 

1  Kirby  Daniel 

MALTSTERS. 

6  Cooper  John 

2  Hassall  Joseph 

NEEDLE  MAKERS. 

2  Snowdon  Henry 
2  Snowdon  John 

PLUMBERS, GLAZRS. 
PAINTERS,  &C. 

7  Chapman  Henry 
7  Coltman  Thomas 

SADDLERS,  &C. 

2  LaundonRedfern 

2  Laundon  Samuel 

SCHOOLS. 

British,  Peter  Bir- 
mingham &  Ann 
Newby 

National,  Edw.Js. 
Andrews  &  My. 
AnnHumberston 

6  Tealby  Helen  & 
Clara 

SHOPKEEPERS, 

Grocery, Flour, dx. 
6  Evatt  William 
Glenn  Henry 

3  Hassell  Ezra 
3HodgkinThos.J. 

6  Hurst  Robert 

7  Johnson  William 

5  Matthews  Saml. 
2  Pochin  Saml.  D. 

1  Preston  Thomas 

SURGEONS. 

2  Cocks  Benjamin 

6  Hulme  J.Denton 

TAILORS. 

2  Day  John 

1  Hughes  Edward 

6  Pawley  John 

2  Pawley  William 
2  Phipps  George 

TALLOW  CHANDLRS. 

7  Cooper  Thomas 
Glenn  Henry 


774 


GUTHLAXTON    HUNDRED. 


WHEELWRIGHTS.  CARRIERS. 

Newton  John  I  Sharp  John  &Win.    William  Wright  and  Thomas  Grant,  to 

1  Sharp  George      J      Mill  lane  Leicester,. daily. 


WILLOUGHBY  WATERLESS,  (or  Waterleys,)  is  a  pleasant 
village,  with  several  good  houses,  in  rather  a  low  situation,  between  and 
near  the  confluence  of  two  rivulets,  6  miles  N.N.E.  of  Lutterworth,  and 
8  miles  S.  by  W.  of  Leicester.  Its  parish  comprises  372  inhabitants, 
and  1146  acres  of  land,  mostly  clay,  and  the  surface  diversified.  The 
manorial  rights  are  disputed,  but  the  soil  belongs  to  Messrs.  Edward 
Holyoake,  Thos.  Chamberlin,  and  Jph.  Perkins,  the  Rev.  J.  M.  Cooper, 
and  a  few  smaller  freeholders.  In  1086,  it  was  held  by  Hugh  de  Grente- 
maisnell,  and  the  Countess  Judith.  In  1301,  Andrew  Astele  held  the 
manor,  and  in  1618  it  was  held  by  Edward  Ballard.  By  marriage  with 
Joan  Astley,  the  manor  passed  to  Lord  Grey  of  Ruthyn ;  and  about 
1700,  Mary,  Countess  of  Stamford,  sold  it  and  the  advowson  to  John 
Levett,  of  whose  granddaughter  they  were  purchased,  in  1804,  by  the 
Rev.  John  Miles,  LL.B.,  who,  in  1858,  sold  them  to  Mrs.  Blucke, 
the  present  patroness,  whose  son,  the  Rev.  W.  S.  Blucke,  M.A.,  is 
incumbent  of  the  rectory,  valued  in  K.B.  at  i;ll.  lis.  2d.,  and  now  at 
«£347,  with  the  vicarage  of  Peatling  Magna,  which  was  annexed  to  it  in 
1729.  The  tithes  were  commuted  in  1846  for  <£247  a-year,  and  the 
glebe  is  46a.  The  Church  (St.  Mary)  is  a  neat  structure,  with  a  square 
embattled  tower  and  four  bells.  The  nave  has  a  small  north  aisle,  and 
is  leaded ;  but  the  chancel  is  covered  with  slate,  and  separated  by  a 
finely  carved  open  oak  screen,  apparently  of  the  decorated  period.  In 
the  tracery  of  the  east  window  are  the  arms  of  the  Miles  and  Blucke 
families,  in  stained  glass.  The  font  is  circular  and  very  massive ;  and 
in  the  chancel  are  sedilia  for  two  priests,  and  a  piscina.  The  building 
is  much  in  need  of  a  thorough  restoration.  The  Rectory  House  is  a 
large  and  handsome  brick  building,  with  pleasant  grounds.  The  open 
fields  were  enclosed  in  1637;  and  the  parish  feast  is  on  the  Sunday  after 
August  26th.  Several  small  cottagen,  called  Parish  Houses,  are  occu- 
pied by  poor  families  rent  free.  The  School  was  erected  in  1846,  by  the 
Executors  of  the  late  Samuel  Simpson,  Esq.,  of  Leicester,  out  of  monies 
left  by  him  and  his  sister  Elizabeth,  for  charitable  purposes.  The  site 
was  given  by  the  late  rector,  the  Rev.  John  Miles,  LL.D.,  and  the 
school  is  chiefly  supported  by  the  present  rector.  It  is  attended  by 
about  40  boys  and  girls.  Here  is  a  small  thatched  Primitive  Methodist 
Chapel.    Post  from  Lutterworth. 


Baker  John,  shopkeeper 
Bennett  William,  wheelwright 
Blucke  Rev.  Wm.  Strong,  M.A.  rector 
Hunt  Hy.  shoemaker  and  shopkeeper 
Neale  William,  wheelwright 
Newton  Thomas,  shopkeeper  and  vict. 

General  Elliott 
Worthey  John,  gardener 
Worthey  Maria,  schoolmistress 


FARMERS  AND 
GRAZIERS. 

Atkins  John 
Atkins  Mrs 
Bryan  Thomas 
Chamberlin  Thos. 
Hunt  William 
Lowe  William 
Newton  Thomas 


Perkins  Joseph 
Pratt  Joseph 

CARRIERS. 

To  Leicester, Wed- 
nesday and  Sat. 
Howitt  John 
Hubbard  Willm. 
Page  William 


GENERAL  HISTOEY  AND  DESCEIPTION 

OF  THE 

COUNTY    OF    RUTLAND. 


Rutlandshire,  the  smallest  and  one  of  the  most  fertile  counties  in 
England,  averages  only  about  15  miles  in  length  and  breadth,  and  is 
bounded  on  the  north  and  north-east  by  Lincolnshire ;  on  the  west  and 
north-west  by  Leicestershire;  and  on  the  south  and  south-east  by 
Northamptonshire.  It  is  about  55  miles  in  circumference,  and  comprises 
an  area  of  95,112  acres,  or  about  150  square  miles,  divided  into  five 
Hundreds,  and  attached  to  three  Unions.  Its  population,  in  1801,  was 
only  16,356 ;  but  in  1831  it  had  increased  to  19,385 ;  and  in  1861  to 
21,939  inhabitants,  as  will  be  seen  in  the  succeeding  table  and  notes, 
with  other  vital  statistics  of  the  county.  The  air  of  Rutlandshire  is  con- 
sidered as  pure  and  salubrious  as  that  of  any  other  part  of  the  empire, 
however  favourably  situated.  The  surface  is  finely  varied  with  gentle 
swells  and  depressions ;  the  elevations  generally  running  east  and  west, 
divided  by  valleys  of  about  half  a  mile  in  width.  Amongst  these  are  the 
extensive  open  valley  forming  part  of  the  Welland  basin,  on  the  south- 
eastern side  of  the  county,  and  the  rich  and  beautiful  vale  of  Catmos,  or 
Catmose,  running  from  the  western  side  to  the  centre,  and  including 
Oakham,  the  neat  little  capital  of  the  county.  The  western  parts  are 
well-wooded,  and  the  remains  of  the  ancient  Leigh-Field  Forest  are  con- 
siderable. From  Burley-Hill,  near  Oakham,  an  extensive  table-land 
runs  nearly  due  north  to  Market  Overton,  a  little  beyond  which  it  enters 
Leicestershire,  near  its  junction  with  Lincolnshire.  On  the  south-west 
from  Uppingham,  northward  to  Braunston  Lodge,  is  another  range  of 
high  land,  commanding  extensive  views  of  the  surrounding  country.  The 
soil  is  various,  but  generally  fertile.  That  of  the  eastern  and  south- 
eastern districts  is  mostly  of  shallow  staple,  on  a  limestone  rock ;  but  in 
nearly  all  other  parts  of  the  county,  a  strong  red  loam,  resting  on  a  sub- 
stratum of  blue  clay,  prevails.  Some  topographers  consider  that  the 
county  had  its  name  from  this  red  soil ;  but  the  district  called  "  Rote- 
londe"  or  Redland,  before  the  Norman  Conquest,  is  supposed  to  have 
comprised  only  the  western  portions  of  the  county,  around  Oakham, 
Uppingham,  and  Glaston.  On  the  subject  of  its  etymology,  various  con- 
jectures have  been  hazarded,  one  of  which  is  in  a  ridiculous  fable  that 
one  Rut  rode  round  the  whole  county  in  a  day,  and  another  that  it  was 
called  Rutt-land,  from  its  deep  valleys  and  the  abrupt  undulations  of 
its  surface.  Rotelandia  may  possibly  have  been  so-called  from  its  cir- 
cular form,  quasi  Rotunda-landia,  or  Rotundlandia,  which,  by  contraction, 
leaving  out  the  "n"  and  "d"  for  the  more  easy  pronunciation,  makes 
Rotulandia;  and  this  appears  the  more  probable,  because  the  word 
Rotunda,  signifying  not  only  round,  but  handsome,  well-fashioned,  and 
perfect,  may,  in  all  its  significations,  be  applied  to  this  county.  The 
red  soil,  and  several  chalybeate  springs,  indicate  the  existence  of  iron, 
though  very  little  ironstone  has  been  discovered.  The  county  is  cele- 
brated for  its  barley  and  its  fine  seed  wheat.    The  mode  of  agriculture  is 


776  COUNTY    OF    RUTLAND. 

chiefly  that  pursued  in  Norfolk ;  the  turnip  and  sheep  husbandry  forming 
the  basis.  The  pastures  are  very  productive,  and  sheep  are  the  chief 
animal  produce,  mostly  of  the  polled  long-woolled  sort.  Notwithstanding 
its  small  size,  Rutland  has  always  been  considered  a  valuable  and  inte- 
resting county,  and  is  addressed  by  Drayton,  in  his  Poly-Olbion,  as 
follows : — 

••  Love  not  thyself  the  less,  although  the  least  thou  art ; 
What  thou  in  greatness  want'st,  wise  Nature  doth  impart 
In  goodness  of  thy  soil ;  and  more  delicious  mould, 
Surveying  all  this  isle,  the  sun  did  ne'er  behold. 
Bring  forth  that  British  vale,  and  be  it  ne'er  so  rare, 
But  Catmus  with  that  vale  for  richness  may  compare. 
What  forest  nymph  is  found,  how  brave  soe'er  she  be, 
But  Lyfield  shews  herself  as  brave  a  nymph  as  she  ? 
What  river  ever  rose  from  bank,  or  swelling  hill, 
Than  Kutland's  wandering  Wash,  a  delicater  rill  ? 
Small  shire,  that  canst  produce  to  thy  proportion  good, 
One  vale  of  special  name,  one  forest,  and  one  flood  ! 
Oh  !  Catmus,  thou  fair  vale,  come  on  in  grass  or  corn, 
That  Beaver  ne'er  be  said  thy  sisterhood  to  scorn, 
And  let  thy  Ocham  boast  to  have  no  little  grace, 
That  her  the  pleased  Fates  did  in  thy  bosom  place  ! 
And  Lyfield,  as  thou  art  a  forest,  live  so  free, 
That  every  forest  nymph  may  praise  the  sports  in  thee ; 
And  down  to  Welland's  course,  oh  !  Wash,  run  ever  clear, 
To  honour,  and  to  be  much  honour'd,  by  this  3hire." 

Its  principal  Rivers  are — the  Givash,  or  Wash,  which  rises  on  its 
western  borders,  and  flows  eastward  through  the  centre  of  it,  in  a  sinuous 
course,  to  Ryhall,  where  it  runs  south  to  the  Welland,  below  Stamford; 
the  Little  Eye,  which  forms  its  south-western  boundary;  the  Welland, 
which  separates  it  from  Northamptonshire ;  and  the  Chater,  which  flows 
eastward  from  Leigh  Field  Forest  to  Luffenham,  Ketton,  and  Tinwell, 
where  it  joins  the  Welland,  the  latter  of  which  pursues  an  eastward 
course,  through  Lincolnshire,  to  the  German  Ocean,  and  is  navigable 
for  small  craft  as  high  as  Stamford.  Many  rivulets  flow  to  these  small 
rivers  in  various  directions.  The  Syston  and  Peterborough  Railway 
passes  through  Rutlandshire  in  its  route  from  Stamford  to  Melton  Mow- 
bray. It  proceeds  westward  from  Stamford  to  Manton,  where  it  enters  a 
tunnel,  and  runs  thence  northward  to  Oakham,  whence  it  pursues  its 
route  to  Melton.  The  Rugby  and  Stamford  Railway  traverses  the  south- 
eastern boundary  of  the  county,  and  the  Great  Northern  Railway  crosses 
its  eastern  angle,  and  has  a  station  at  Essendine.  The  Great  North 
Road  crosses  the  eastern  side  of  the  county  from  Stamford  to  Grantham, 
and  other  turnpikes  intersect  it  from  Leicester,  Nottingham,  Stamford, 
&c. ;  but  most  of  the  traffic  has  been  drawn  from  these  roads  into  the 
vortex  of  the  railways. 

The  county  is  purely  agricultural,  but  timber,  limestone,  and  building 
stone  are  among  its  natural  productions ;  and  it  is  noted  for  Stilton 
cheese.  It  is  included  in  the  Midland  Circuit,  and  its  assizes  and  quarter 
sessions  are  held  at  Oakham,  the  county  town.  Its  only  other  market- 
town  is  Uppingham,  but  that  of  Stamford  is  near  to  its  eastern  boundary. 
The  county  gaol  and  house  of  correction  is  at  Oakham.  The  County 
Court  is  held  once  in  every  two  months  at  Oakham  and  Uppingham,  as 
afterwards  noticed.  Compared  with  extent  and  population,  Rutlandshire 
ranks  lower  than  most  other  counties  in  the  number  of  criminals.  With 
the  exception  of  the  prebendal  peculiar  of  Ketton,  the  five  hundreds  of 


COUNTY  OP  RUTLAND. 


777 


the  county  form  a  Deanery,  in  the  Archdeaconry  of  Northamptonshire, 
Diocese  of  Peterborough,  and  Province  of  Canterbury ;  and  the  Ven. 
Archdeacon  Bonney,  and  the  Revs.  C.  S.  Ellicott  and  H.  Atlay,  are  the 
rural  deans.  The  Churches  in  the  county  are  many  of  them  handsome 
structures,  and  there  is  said  to  be  one  for  about  every  400  of  the  inhabi- 
tants. About  two- sevenths  of  the  population  are  Methodists  and  Dis- 
senters, but  here  are  very  few  Roman  Catholics.  Uppingham  and 
Oakham  Unions  comprise  most  of  the  county,  and  the  rest  is  in  Stamford 
Union,  as  noticed  at  subsequent  pages.  The  county  sends  two  members 
to  parliament,  who  are  polled  for  at  Oakham. 

The  following  enumeration  of  the  parishes,  &c,  in  the  five  Hundreds 
of  Rutlandshire,  shews  their  territorial  extent,  their  population  in  1861, 
and  the  annual  value  of  their  lands  and  buildings,  as  assessed  to  the 
property  tax,  with  subjoined  notes  showing  the  Unions  to  which  they 
respectively  belong. 


HUNDREDS 

Pop. 

Annl. 

HUNDREDS 

Pop. 

Annl. 

Acres. 

in 

Value. 

Acres. 

in 

Value. 

AND    PARISHES. 

1861. 

£. 

AND  PARISHES. 

1861. 

£. 

Alstoe  Hundred. 

+Ashwell  parish 

1769 

206 

2740 

Oakham  Soke 

+Burley  parish   

2714 

237 

4822 

Hundred. 

+Cottesmore  parish  . . 

2435 

481 

[4684 

tBelton  parish    

1260 

461 

2208 

+Barrow  hamlet. . . . 

944 

146 

+Brauuston  parish .... 

3250 

398 

2215 

+Exton  parish 

4481 

805 

5141 

+Brooke  parish 

1341 

112 

2256 

+Greetham  parish  .... 

3011 

706 

2993 

*Clipsham  parish  .... 

1640 

213 

1818 

tHorn  parish 

930 

30 

+Egleton  parish 

864 

131 

1893 

^Market  Overton  par 

1700 

429 

3053 

+Langham  parish  .... 

2809 

636 

4852 

+Stretton  parish 

1915 

189 

2128 

+ Leigh  Field  Forest  . . 

1500 

40 

+Teigh  parish 

1267 

128 

2133 

+Oakham  parish 

+Thistleton  paiish 

1273 

142 

1620 

fGunthorpe  twp.   .. 

462 

11 

604 

•rWhissendine  parish. . 

4004 

693 

6043 

+Oakham  -  Dean-  \ 

tWhitwell  parish  .... 

548 

101 

886 

shold, 

+Barleythorpe f 

•rOakhamLordshld  J 

2920 

655 

.7568 

Totals 

26,991 

4,296 

36,243 

2091 





t  Wardley  parish 

1730 

68 

1179 

East  Hundred. 
*Casterton  (Grt.)  par. . 

2088 

323 

1556 

Totals 

17,776 

5,016 

24,593 

*Casterton  (Ltl.)  par. . 
+Enipingham  parish. . 

1200 
4505 

921 

4658 

Wrangdike  Hundred. 

*Essendine  parish. . . . 

1523 

193 

1872 

JBarrowden  parish   . . 

1533 

653 

2100 

*Ketton  parish    

3122 

1053 

4376 

tBeaumont    Chase  . . 

403 

30 

*Pickworth  parish. . . . 

2500 

151 

1169 

tBisbrooke  parish. , . . 

1080 

266 

isis 

♦Ryhall  parish 

2587 

847 

3096 

JCaldecott  parish 

1089 

346 

2383 

+Tickencote  parish     . . 

1103 

104 

1498 

tGlasion  parish 

1076 

238 

2179 

*Tinwell  parish 

1768 

235 

2115 

JLyddhiftton  parish  . . 

2240 

613 

4131 

tLuffeuham  (North)) 
parish    J 

1898 

491 

Totals 

20,396 

3,945 

21,974 

2328 

tLuffeuham  (South)  ) 

1000 

400 

Martinsley  Hundred, 
t Ayston  parish   

1719 

969 

97 

1050 

tMorcott  parish 

1063 

494 

1779 

+  Edith  Weston  parish 

1723 

387 

1855 

tPilton  parish 

330 

72 

456 

+Hambleton  parish  .. 
+Lyndon  parish 

2874 

323 

2873 

£Seaton  parish    ....1 

(345 

) 

902 

126 

1300 

*  Thorpe-by-Water  {■ 

1399 

L1802 

+Manton  parish 

1135 

274 

2124 

hamlet j 

I    77 

i 

+Martinsthorpe  parish 

525 

f! 

600 

+  Stoke  Dry  i  parish  . . 

1389 

53 

1598 

•rNormanton  pariah  . . 

700 

59 

2736 

*Tixover  parish 

956 

129 

1082 

t  Preston  parish 

TRidlington  parish 

t  Uppingham .  part)par. 
t  V\  ing  parish 

Tota's 

1162 
2027 
1443 
1028 

349 

294 

2218 

342 

2057 
3293 
5199 
1795 

Totals 

15,461 

4,207 

23,372 

14,488 

4,475 

24,883 

Grand  Totals  of  \ 
Rutlandshire..  J 

95,112 

21,939 

131,065 

UNIONS. — Those  marked  thus  *  are  in  Stamford  Union ;  +  in  Oakham  Union;  and  %  in 
Uppingham  Union.  These  Unions  are  described  with  the  parishes  from  which  they  are  named, 
and  extend  into  the  adjoining  counties. 

2  Stoke  Dry  parish  includes  Holyoaks  manor,  in  Leicestershire.   (See  page  587.) 


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PUBLIC   OFFICERS,    &c,  OF   THE    COUNTY. 

Lord-Lieutenant,  The  Most  Noble  Marquis  of  Exeter,  Burghley  House. 

High-Sheriff,  Hon.  Wm.  Chas.  Evans-Freke,  Bisbrooke  Hall. 

Under- Sheriff,  Wm.  Shield,  Esq.,  Uppingham. 

Members    of  Parliament. — Hon.  Gerard  James  Noel,  Exton  Park ;    and 

Hon.  Gilbert  Henry  Heathcote,  Normanton  Park. 

COUNTY  MAGISTRATES. 


Marquis  of  Exeter,  Burghley  House 
Earl  of  Gainsborough,  Exton  Hall 
Viscount  Campden,  Exton  Park 
Lord  Aveland,  Normanton  Park 
Lord  Berners,  Keythorpe  Hall 
Lord  Burghley,  Burghley  House 
Hon.W.C.Evans-Freke,BisbrookeHall 
Hon.  H.  C.  Lowther,  Barleythorpe 
Hon.  Henry  L.  Noel,  Exton  Park 
Hon.  Gerard  J.  Noel,  Exton  Park 
Rev.  C.  Atlay,  Barrowden  Rectory 
Rev.  J.  H.  Fludyer,  Thistleton  Rectory 


Rev.  W.   H.  Thompson,    Stoke   Dry 
Colonel  J.  T.  Clifton,  Catmos  Lodge 
J.  Eagleton,  Esq.  Belton  Hall 
Chas.  0.  Eaton,  Esq.  Tixover  Hall 
George  Finch,  Esq.  Burley  Hall 
George  H.  Finch,  Esq.  Burley  Hall 
C.  H.  Frewen,Esq.  Cold  Overton  Hall 
S.  R.  Fydell,  Esq.  MorcottHall 
R.  Lucas,  Esq.  Edith  Weston  Hall 
F.  Palmer,  Esq.  Withcote  Hall 
J.  M.  Wingfield,  Esq.  Tickencote  Hall 
J.  H.  L.  Wingfield,  Esq.  Mkt.  Overton 


Clerk  of  the  Peace  and  Clerk  to  the  Magistrates,  Benj.  Adam,  Esq.,  Oakham. 

Coroners,  W.  H.  Hough  Esq.,  Oakham,  and  W.  Shield,  Esq.,  Uppingham. 

Governor  of  the  County  Gaol,  Mr.  Thomas  Garton. 

CHIEF     CONSTABLES     OF     THE    HUNDREDS. 
Alstee  Hundred.— Mr.  R.  Costall,  of  Market  Overton,  and  Mr.  T.  Godfrey,  of 

Greetham. 

East  Hundred. — Mr.  Robert  Lenton  Swingler,  of  Kettou. 

Martinsley  Hundred. — Mr.  R.  L.  Healey,  of  Hambleton,  and  Mr.  Thomas 

Brown,  of  Uppingham. 

Oakham  Soke  Hundred. — Mr.  James  Martin  Wellington,  of  Oakham. 

Wrangdike  Hundred. — Mr.  Thos.  Godfrey,  of  Glaston,  and  Mr.  Henry  Mason, 

of  Barrowden. 

Surveyor  of  Taxes. — J.  G.  Lucas,  Esq.,  of  Peterborough. 

Inspector  of  Weights  and  Measures. — Mr.  Robt.  Fras.  Mitchell,  Oakham. 

PETTY  SESSIONS  are  held  at  the  White  Horse  Inn,  Empingham,  on  the 
first  Monday  of  every  month,  and  at  East  Norton,  in  Leicestershire,  on  the 
first  Friday  of  every  month.  W.  Shield,  Esq.,  of  Uppingham,  is  clerk  to  the 
latter  Division,  which*comprises  part  of  this  county  and  part  of  Leicestershire; 
and  B.  Adam,  Esq.,  of  Oakham,  is  clerk  to  the  former,  which  comprises  most 
of  Rutlandshire. 

The  COUNTY  CONSTABULARY  FORCE  consists  of  a  superintendent 
(Mr.  R.  F.  Mitchell,)  and  two  constables  at  Oakham ;  one  sergeant  and  one 
constable  at  Uppingham ;  one  sergeant  at  Great  Casterton  ;  one  constable  at 
Greetham  ;  and  one  constable  at  Ketton. 

The  Ancient  Histoby  of  Rutlandshire  can  scarcely  be  separated 
from  that  of  the  surrounding  districts.  It  was  occupied  by  the  same 
tribe  of  ancient  Britons,  and  included  in  the  same  Roman  province  and 
Saxon  kingdom  as  Leicestershire.  (See  page  25  et  seq.)  Edward  the 
Confessor  gave  "  Roteland  "  to  his  Queen,  Edith,  and,  after  her  demise, 
to  Westminster  Abbey.  His  will  is  still  extant ;  but  his  grant  was  soon 
set  aside  by  the  invasion  of  William  the  Conqueror,  who  resumed  Rut- 
land as  Crown  land,  and  merely  allowing  the  Abbey  to  receive  the  tithes, 
divided  the  land  among  some  of  his  nearest  relatives  and  most  powerful 
adherents.  These  first  Norman  grantees  were  Robt.  Malet,  son  of  Wm., 
Baron  Malet,  who  distinguished  himself  at  the  battle  of  Hastings ;  jQil- 
bert  de  Qant,  Earl  Hugh,  Aubrey,  the  clerk :  and  some  others.    Several 


COUNTY   OF   KUTLAND.  779 

manors  here  were  also  granted  to  the  Conqueror's  niece,  the  Countess 
Judith,  and  to  his  half-sister,  Maude,  the  Countess  Albermarle.  It  is 
evident,  however,  that  considerable  royalties  were  reserved  in  these 
grants  ;  for  the  county  of  Rutland,  together  with  the  neighbouring  town 
of  Rockingham,  in  Northamptonshire,  was  assigned  by  Parliament  to 
Queen  Isabel,  at  her  coronation,  in  the  reign  of  King  John.  In  the 
reign  of  Edward  II.,  it  appears  that  the  Crown  was  possessed  of  the 
Martinsley,  Alstoe,  and  East  Hundreds,  all  of  which  that  Monarch 
granted  to  Lady  Margaret,  wife  of  Piers  de  Gaveston,  Duke  of  Corn- 
wall, then  his  favourite,  to  be  held  by  her  during  the  royal  pleasure. 
The  Hundred  of  Wrangdike  was  the  property  of  Guy  de  Beauchamp, 
Earl  of  Warwick ;  but  Iris  son,  Thomas,  being  a  minor  at  his  father's 
death,  Edward  gave  this  estate  to  Hugh  Spencer,  the  elder,  another 
favourite,  on  the  plea  of  its  being  in  satisfaction  of  a  debt  of  .£6770,  due 
to  him.  It  is  supposed  that  at  this  period,  Oakham  Soke  formed  part 
of  Martinsley  Hundred.  The  county  is  supposed  to  have  been  an  Earl- 
dom soon  after  the  Conquest ;  for  amongst  the  witnesses  to  a  charter 
granted  to  the  Bishop  of  Norwich,  in  1101,  is  the  name  "  Robert  Comes 
Rutland."  In  1390,  Edward  Plantagenet,  grandson  of  Edward  III., 
was  created  Earl  of  Rutland,  but  agreeably  to  the  limitation,  this  title 
became  extinct  when  he  succeeded  his  father  as  Duke  of  York,  in 
1402.  Along  with  his  title,  he  obtained  a  grant  of  the  castle,  town, 
and  soke  of  Oakham,  together  with  the  shrievalty  of  the  county. 
In  1460,  Edmund  Plantagenet,  son  of  Richard,  Duke  of  York,  was 
created  Earl  of  Rutland,  but  he  was  assassinated  in  the  same  year 
by  Lord  Clifford,  after  the  battle  of  Wakefield.  The  title  thus  became 
extinct  in  the  royal  male  line ;  but  Anne,  the  eldest  sister  of  Edward 
IV.,  and  of  the  last  Earl,  having  married  Sir  Thomas  St.  Leger,  she 
had  by  him  one  sole  daughter  and  heiress,  Anne,  who  married  George 
Manners,  Lord  Roos ;  and  their  eldest  son,  Thomas,  Lord  Roos,  was 
advanced  to  the  dignity  of  Earl  of  Rutland,  in  1525.  John  Manners, 
the  tenth  Earl  of  his  family,  was  created  Duke  of  Rutland  in  1679,  as 
already  noticed,  with  his  successors,  and  their  princely  seat  of  Belvoir 
Castle,  at  pages  328  et  seq.  During  the  last  four  centuries,  real  property 
in  this  county  has  become  much  diffused,  there  being  now  more  than 
a  thousand  freeholders  and  copyholders.  The  largest  landed  proprie- 
tors are  the  Duke  of  Rutland,  the  Marquis  of  Exeter,  the  Earl  of 
Gainsborough,  Lord  Northwick,  Lord  Aveland,  George  Finch,  Esq., 
and  the  Moncton,  Fludyer,  Barker,  Finch,  Fydell,  Cheselden,  Kemp, 
Walker,  Wingfield,  O'Brien,  and  other  families.  The  Seats  of  the 
Nobility  and  Gentry  in  the  county  are  enumerated  after  those  of  Lei- 
cestershire, in  the  early  part  of  this  volume,  and  some  of  them  are  large 
and  elegant  mansions,  with  extensive  and  well- wooded  parks,  especially 
those  of  Exton,  Burley,  and  Normanton. 

The  Woods  of  Rutlandshire  are  supposed  to  have  been  formerly  much 
more  extensive  than  at  present.  They  were  estimated  by  Mr.  Parkinson 
at  2815  acres,  and  some  authors  have  asserted  that  the  whole  vale  of 
Catmos  was  once  an  extensive  tract  of  woodland.  The  Forest  of 
Leigh-field,  or  Lyfield,  once  occupied  the  greater  part  of  Oakham 
Hundred  ;  and  that  of  Beaumont  Chase,  a  part  of  it,  extended  over  a 
great  part  of  Martinsley  Hundred,  and  had  several  towns  within  its 
purlieus,  though  they  are  now  destroyed.  Several  parishes  in  the  vici- 
nity still  claim  certain  forest  rights.  The  office  of  chief  forester  appears 
to  have  been  attached  to  the  possession  of  the  manor  of  Leigh,  which 
was  held  by  the  Cheseldens,  and  afterwards  by  the  Hastings,  Earls  of 
Huntingdon,  who  sold  it  to  the  Harringtons.  After  the  death  of  the  last 


780  COUNTY   OF   RUTLAND. 

Lord  Harrington,  it  was  sold  to  Sir  Edward  Noel,  Bart.,  of  Brooke,  to 
whose  family  it  still  belongs. 

The  Poor  of  Rutland,  since  the  enclosure  of  the  forests  and  commons, 
have  been  as  comfortable  in  their  circumstances  as  those  of  most  other 
agricultural  districts.  Till  about  the  close  of  last  century,  many  of  them 
were  engaged,  when  not  employed  in  agriculture,  in  knitting  stockings 
and  spinning  linen  and  jersey,  afterwards  wove  into  tammies  by  poor 
weavers  in  the  southern  parts  of  the  county.  About  this  time  was  estab- 
lished the  Rutland  Society  of  Industry,  which  still  exists,  under  the 
patronage  of  the  Nobility  and  Gentry  of  the  County,  and  holds  its  general 
meetings  at  Empingham  and  Oakham,  for  awarding  prizes  to  the  best 
and  most  industrious  knitters  and  sewers  among  the  children  of  labourers. 
This  excellent  institution,  of  which  J.  H.  L.  Wingfield,  Esq.,  is  treasurer, 
has  a  very  beneficial  effect  in  creating  habits  of  industry  and  good  con- 
duct in  poor  families.  The  County  of  Rutland  General  Friendly  Insti- 
tution was  established,  at  Cottesmore,  in  1832,  and  is  supported  by  a 
numerous  list  of  honorary  members.  The  number  of  benefited  members 
admitted  since  its  formation  is  about  700  of  both  sexes,  and  the  present 
number  is  about  200.  For  small  monthly  contributions,  they  are  pro- 
vided with  stipends  and  allowances  in  cases  of  sickness,  infirmity,  and 
death.  The  society  has  now  about  .£3000  invested  in  the  Bank  of  Eng- 
land. Mr.  Alfred  Frisby,  of  Cottesmore,  is  the  secretary.  There  are 
other  Benefit  Societies  and  Provident  Institutions  in  the  county,  and  the 
condition  of  a  large  portion  of  the  industrious  poor  is  much  improved  by 
the  occupation  of  small  allotments  in  spade  husbandry.  The  Rutland 
Agricultural  Society  holds  its  general  meetings  at  the  Agricultural  Hall 
in  Oakham,  and  there  are  annual  Ploughing  Meetings  at  Cottesmore. 
In  the  adjacent  town  of  Stamford,  Lincolnshire,  is  the  "  Stamford  and 
Rutland  Infirmary"  established  in  1828  ;  and  also  the  "  Stamford  and 
Rutland  Savings'  Bank,"  instituted  in  1818.  At  Oakham  is  a  useful 
medical  charity,  called  the  Rutland  Dispensary. 


ALSTOE  HUNDRED,  the  largest  of  the  five  divisions  of  Rutland- 
shire, includes  the  north-western  part  of  the  county,  bordering  upon 
Lincolnshire  and  Leicestershire,  and  adjoining  all  the  other  hundreds, 
except  Wrangdike.  It  is  crossed  by  a  bold  range  of  hills,  from  north  to 
south  ;  and  comprises  4296  inhabitants,  and  26,991  acres  of  land, 
divided  into  eleven  parishes,  as  has  been  seen  at  page  777.  It  has  not 
one  market  town.  The  fee  of  the  whole  Hundred  was  possessed  by 
the  Earl  of  Cornwall,  in  the  reign  of  Edward  I.,  and  afterwards 
passed  to  the  Crown.     Its  parishes  are  as  follow  : — 

ASHWELL,  a  small  scattered  village,  with  a  station  on  the  Syston 
and  Peterborough  Railway,  near  the  source  of  a  rivulet,  3  miles  N.  of 
Oakham,  has  in  its  parish  206  inhabitants,  and  1769  acres  of  land.  In 
Saxon  times,  it  was  called  Exwell,  and  at  Domesday  Survey,  Earl  Harold, 
and  one  Gozelinus,  each  held  here  two  carucates ;  and  here  were  13 
villans  and  3  bordars,  with  five  carucates  and  16a.  of  meadow.  Its  value 
in  Edward  the  Confessor's  time  was  100s.  and  at  the  survey  M.  Sir 
John  Tuchet,  knight,  held  the  manor  in  the  reign  of  Edward  III. 
Henry  VIII.  granted  it  to  Brian  Palmer,  whose  family  was  long  seated 
here.  Viscountess  Downe  is  lady  of  the  manor,  but  part  of  the  soil 
belongs  J.  Parker,  R.  Lee,  and  Jas.  Bradshaw,  Esqrs.,  and  a  few  smaller 
owners.  The  Church  (St.  Mary)  is  an  ancient  fabric,  with  a  tower  con- 
taining six  bells  and  a  clock.  It  consists  of  a  nave  with  aisles,  chancel, 
north  and  south  chantries,  and  south  porch,  and  contains  three  very 
antique  altar  tombs,  one  of  which  is  of  wood,  and  has  a  carious  figure  of 


ASHWELL   PARISH. 


781 


a  cross-legged  knight  in  coat  of  mail.  Another  is  of  stone,  to  the  memory 
of  an  ecclesiastic,  who  is  represented  in  his  sacerdotal  robes.  The  third 
is  in  the  chancel,  and  has  effigies  of  John  Vernam,  and  Rose,  his 
wife,  who  died  about  1479.  In  1851,  the  church  was  thoroughly  restored 
by  the  munificence  of  the  late  Viscount  Downe,  to  whose  memory  the 
parishioners  erected,  in  1858,  a  splendid  stained  glass  window,  at  the  west 
end,  containing  figures  of  Noah  bearing  the  Ark,  and  Solomon  with  the 
sceptre  and  a  model  of  the  Temple.  The  large  five-light  east  window 
was,  in  1851,  filled  with  extremely  rich  stained  glass,  representing  the 
Transfiguration.  It  was  given  by  tbree  of  his  nephews  to  the  memory 
of  the  Hon.  and  Rev.  Thos.  Dawnay,  a  late  rector  of  this  parish.  The 
two  windows  in  the  south  chantry  are  also  of  stained  glass,  and  the  re- 
maining windows  are  of  Powell's  quarries.  The  font,  given  by  Viscountess 
Downe,  is  of  stone,  octagonal  in  shape,  and  surmounted  by  an  elaborately 
carved  high  cover.  The  pulpit,  given  by  the  Hon.  Miss  Dawnay,  is  of 
carved  oak,  resting  on  a  stone  pedestal.  The  chancel  screen  and  lec- 
tern are  also  of  carved  oak,  and  the  reredos  is  beautifully  inlaid  with 
alabaster.  The  floor  is  of  red  and  white  encaustic  tiles.  The  church 
contains  an  organ,  and  was  originally  of  early  English  architecture,  but 
its  windows  and  some  other  parts  are  now  in  the  decorated  style.  The 
benefice  is  a  rectory,  valued  in  K.B.  at  .£20.  16s.  3d.,  and  now  at  £435, 
mostly  derived  from  180a.  of  glebe.  Viscountess  Downe  is  patroness, 
and  the  Rev.  T.  Yard  is  incumbent,  and  has  a  good  Rectory  House, 
built  in  1812,  at  a  cost  of  £2000,  and  improved  in  1851,  at  a  cost  of  £300. 
Handsome  schools  with  teacher's  house  were  built  here,  in  1851,  by  the 
late  Viscount  Downe,  who,  at  the  same  time  erected  several  ornamental 
cottages  for  the  labourers.  The  parish  feast  is  on  the  Sunday  after 
September  19th,  and  the  poor  have  about  £42  a  year,  left  in  1G46,  by 
Elizaheth  Wilcox,  to  this  parish  and  Elvaston.  This  charity  is  dis- 
tributed in  coals.  The  Rev.  Thomas  Mann,  who  was  rector  here  in  the 
reign  of  Charles  I.,  was  plundered  and  several  times  imprisoned  by  the 
Puritanic  party.  Fossil  remains  of  the  vertebrae  of  the  plesiosaurus  have 
been  found  here.     Post  from  Oakham. 


Brook  John,  station  master 
Cooper  John,  wheelwright,  &c. 
Fuller  Francis,  parish  clerk 
Hawkins  John,  shopkeeper 
Turner  Ann  Elizabeth,  schoolmistress 
Yard  Rev.  Thomas,  rector,  Rectory 
coal,  &C.MERCHTS.  I  Ellis  and  Everard 
Bennett  and  Son       Laxton  William 


FARMERS  &   GRZRS. 

Bullivant  William, 

Hose 
Cooper  Joseph 
Freeman  Thomas 
Healy  Richard 
Jackson  William 

Field  House 


Jackson  Elizabeth 
Tidd  Henry 
Tidd  John 
Willsher  J.Noakes 

RAILWAY 

Trains  to  all  parts 
several  times  a 
day 


BURLEY,  or  Burley-on-the-Hill,  a  small  neat  village  on  a  pleasant 
eminence,  2  miles  N.E.  of  Oakham,  has  in  its  parish  237  inhabitants,  and 
2714  acres  of  land,  rising  boldly  from  the  vale  of  Catmos.  It  is  nearly 
all  the  property  of  George  Finch,  Esq.,  and  a  large  portion  of  it  forms 
the  extensive  park  and  pleasure  grounds  of  his  splendid  seat,  Burley 
Hall,  the  pride  of  Rutlandshire,  and  one  of  the  finest  seats  in  the  king- 
dom. Before  the  Conquest,  Ulf  held  the  manor  by  the  name  of  Burgelai, 
but  it  was  given  by  the  Conqueror  to  Gilbert  de  Gant,  who  granted  it  to 
one  Goisfrid.  Here  was  then  a  wood  one  mile  long  and  three  furlongs 
broad.  In  the  reign  of  Edward  II.,  it  was  held  by  Nicholas  Segrave, 
together  with  Alesthorpc,  which  was  then  a  considerable  village  in  this 
neighbourhood,  though  all  traces  of  it  disappeared  some  centuries  ago. 
It  afterwards  passed  to  the  De  Lisle,  Plessington,  Franceis,  Sapcote, 


782  BURLEY-ON-THE-HILL. 

Durant,  Wake,  and  Brookesby  families.  The  three  heiresses  of  the  latter 
sold  it  in  the  reign  of  Elizabeth  to  the  Harringtons,  of  whom  it  was  pur- 
chased by  Sir  George  Villiers,  the  famous  favourite  of  James  I.,  who 
created  him  Duke  of  Buckingham;  as  already  noticed  at  page  600.  After 
he  had  purchased  it,  he  so  much  improved  the  Hall  "  that  it  became  a 
second  Belvoir,"  and  in  some  respects  superior  to  that  splendid  seat  of 
the  Earls  (now  Dukes)  of  Rutland;  being  situated  on^a  hill,  with  a 
princely  park  and  woods  adjoining,  and  overlooking  the  small  but  rich 
vale  of  Catmos.  Here  it  was  that  the  Duke  entertained  King  James  and 
all  his  court  in  a  manner  worthy  of  the  gratitude  of  so  beloved  a  favou- 
rite. So  strong  was  Burley  Hall,  both  in  mode  of  building  and  from  its 
situation,  that  in  the  civil  wars  of  the  17th  century,  the  Parliamentarian 
army  placed  a  small  garrison  in  it  for  the  purpose  of  guarding  their 
County  Committee ;  but  fearing  an  attack  of  the  Royalists,  the  garrison 
set  fire  to  the  house  and  furniture,  and  then  left  it.  The  stables,  a  fine 
range  of  building,  being  at  a  distance  from  the  house,  escaped  this  con- 
flagration. After  the  Restoration,  the  house  lay  many  years  in  ruins ; 
for,  though  the  next  Duke  of  Buckingham  lived  some  time  after  that 
event,  his  profligate  habits  involved  him  so  deeply  in  debt  (see  page 
601),  that  he  was  obliged  to  sell  this  and  all  his  other  estates.  Burley 
was  sold  to  Daniel  Finch,  Earl  of  Nottingham  and  Winchilsea,  who 
rebuilt  the  Hall  in  its  present  form,  and  made  it  his  principal  seat ;  but 
the  present  Earl  of  Winchilsea  resides  atEastwell  Park,  Kent,  and  Bur- 
ley passed  from  the  eighth  Earl  to  its  present  owner,  G.  Finch,  Esq., 
who  was  for  some  time  one  of  the  parliamentary  representatives  of  Rut- 
landshire. After  rebuilding  the  Hall,  the  Earl  enclosed  the  Park  with 
a  stone  wall  nearly  six  miles  in  circuit.  It  now  contains  1085  acres,  in, 
many  parts  covered  with  very  large  oak,  elm,  beech,  and  other  forest 
trees.  The  lawns  and  open  grounds  are  very  extensive,  and  possess 
some  very  rich  scenery,  and  two  large  fish-ponds,  with  a  curious  grotto, 
and  other  ornamental  decorations.  The  approach  to  the  Hall  leads 
through  a  thick  shrubbery,  so  that  the  whole  north  side  bursts  upon 
the  spectator  at  once.  This  presents  a  centre  of  fine  elevation,  196  feet 
long,  with  an  extensive  colonnade  on  each  side,  joining  it  to  the  offices. 
A  long  range  of  superb  iron  railing  separates  the  court  from  the  road, 
and  the  tourist  enters  between  two  handsome  lodges,  from  which  a  walk 
of  270  yards  leads  to  the  grand  entrance,  which  is  in  the  north  facade. 
It  is  difficult  to  imagine  anything  more  superb  than  this  grand  coup  d'ceil 
with  the  mansion  in  front,  the  circular  colonnade  supported  by  light  airy 
pillars  on  the  sides,  and  the  offices  in  each  wing,  all  built  of  a  fine  light 
grey  stone,  brought,  at  an  immense  expense,  from  the  quarries  at  Ketton 
and  Clipsham,  and  forming  a  court  supposed  to  be  the  largest  in  the 
kingdom.  The  mansion  is  of  the  Doric  order,  but  not  overloaded  with 
ornament.  The  east  and  west  fronts  are  plain,  and  are  each  96  feet  in 
extent ;  and  the  south  front  is  a  counterpart  of  the  northern  face,  and 
before  it  is  a  superb  terrace  300  yards  in  length  and  12  in  breadth,  from 
whence  the  view  over  the  gardens,  ornamental  grounds,  and  adjacent 
country,  is  beautiful  in  the  extreme.  This  elegant  mansion  owes  much 
of  its  modern  splendour  to  the  eighth  Earl  of  Winchilsea,  who  died  in 
1826,  for  it  had  been  in  some  parts  almost  in  a  state  of  dilapidation 
during  his  long  minority.  The  apartments  are  many  of  them  spacious 
and  elegantly  furnished,  and  contain  an  extensive  and  valuable  collection 
of  paintings.  The  Library  is  the  only  portion  remaining  of  the  old  man- 
sion, and  its  windows  at  one  end  open  into  the  church-yard.  The 
Church  (Holy  Gross  J  is  a  neat  building,  embosomed  in  trees,  and  having 
a  tower,  a  clock,  and  one  bell.    It  contains  a  small  organ,  and  an  ancient 


COUNTY  OP  RUTLAND. 


783 


stone  font,  and  on  an  elegant  marble  monument  in  the  chancel,  is  a  well 
executed  figure  of  the  late  Lady  Charlotte  Finch.  The  remains  of  two 
recumbent  figures  of  marble,  much  disfigured,  are  in  the  chancel  aisle. 
The  living  is  a  vicarage,  valued  in  KB.  at  ilO.  13s.  l^d.,  and  now  at 
.£350.  It  is  in  the  gift  of  G.  Finch,  Esq.,  and  inbumbency  of  the  Be  v. 
John  Jones,  M.A.  The  tithes  were  commuted  in  1789.  The  poor 
parishioners  have  .£10  a  year  from  Lady  Ann  Harrington's  Charity. 
(See  Oakham.)  Here  are  an  Infant  and  a  Charity  School,hel&  in  a  build- 
ing attached  to  the  Hall,  and  attended  by  about  25  children.  Post  from 
Oakham. 


Finch  G.  &  G. ^nn.Esqvs.Burley Hall 
Brown  Eliza  &  Carr  Martha,  schools 
Brown  John,  stonemason 
Chambers  Humphrey,  smith  &  farrier 
Cooper  Edward,  carpenter 
Gall  Matthew,  shoemaker,  Toll  Bar 
Gunner  James,  head  gardener 
Jones  Rev.  John,  M.A.  Vicarage 


Lane  Mrs  Sarah 

Toon  John,  parish  clerk 

FARMERS  AND  GRAZIERS. 
Berridge  William,  Chapel  farm 
Bradshaw  Chpr.  Jas.  Alstoe  House  farm 
Fabling  William,  Park  farm 
Painter  Benjamin,  Cow  Close  farm 
Smith  Christopher,  (Executors  of) 


COTTESMORE  is  a  well-built  village,' pleasantly  situated  on  the 
Grantham  road,  4J-  miles  N.E.  of  Oakham,  near  the  source  of  a  rivulet 
which  flows  eastward  to  Greetham.  Its  township  comprises  481  inhabi- 
tants, and  2435a.  2r.  10p.  of  land  ;  but  its  parish  includes  also  Barrow 
township,  which  is  commonly  called  a  hamlet.  It  was  enclosed  in  1802, 
when  the  tithes  were  commuted.  The  Earl  of  Gainsborough  is  lord  of 
the  manor  and  owner  of  the  soil,  which  is  generally  a  rich  red  loam. 
Ooda,  the  Saxon,  held  it  at  the  Conquest,  after  which  the  Conqueror 
retained  three  carucates  in  demesne,  and  had  here  three  socmen.  40 
villans,  and  six  bordars,  occupying  20  carucates.  Goisfrid  had  also 
eight  villans  and  half  a  carucate ;  and  here  were  40  acres  of  meadow, 
and  a  wood  a  mile  long  and  seven  furlongs  broad.  In  the  reign  of 
John,  the  Earl  of  Warwick  was  lord  of  the  manor,  and  it  afterwards 
passed  to  the  Beauchamps,  Durants,  and  Harringtons,  who  held  it  as 
part  of  the  Earl  of  Exeter's  Honor  of  Preston.  It  underwent  the  fate  of 
the  rest  of  the  Harrington  estates ;  but  though  sold  after  the  death  of 
the  last  lord,  in  1614,  it  was  charged  with  a  yearly  rent  of  .£100,  for 
charitable  uses,  by  Lady  Ann  Harrington,  as  afterwards  noticed.  On 
the  sale  of  the  Harrington  estates,  Ambrose  Crooke,  Esq.,  purchased 
Cottesmore,  and  it  afterwards  passed  to  the  knightly  families  of  Heath 
and  Fanshawe.  The  heiress  of  the  latter  carried  it  in  marriage  to  the 
Noel  family,  so  that  it  is  now  part  of  the  extensive  property  of  the  Earl 
of  Gainsborough.  (See  Exton  Park.)  The  Hall,  an  ancient  but 
modernised  mansion,  near  the  village,  was  occupied  as  a  hunting  seat 
by  the  late  Earl  of  Lonsdale,  and  afterwards  by  the  late  Sir  Richard 
Sutton,  Baronet,  of  Norwood  Park,  Nottinghamshire,  but  it  is  now 
unoccupied.  The  Church  (St.  Nicholas)  is  a  fine  early  English  struc- 
ture, with  a  tower  containing  five  bells,  a  clock,  and  chimes,  and  crowned 
by  a  spire.  It  was  re-pewed  in  1831 ;  the  organ  was  purchased  in  1843, 
and  the  bells  were  re-hung  in  1844.  The  porch  was  rebuilt  some  years 
ago  by  the  rector,  and  contains  a  good  Norman  doorway.  The  pulpit, 
communion  rails,  &c,  are  fine  specimens  of  old  English  oak  carving. 
The  rectory,  valued  in  KB.  at  £25.  16s.  Id.,  and  now  at  £'1200,  is  in 
the  patronage  of  the  Earl  of  Gainsborough,  and  incumbency  of  the  Hon. 
and  Rev.  Andrew  Godfrey  Stuart,  M.A.,  son  of  the  second  Earl  of  Castle- 
Stuart.  The  Rectory  House  is  a  handsome  residence,  near  the  church, 
and  was  greatly  improved  in  1845.    Here  are  National  and  Infant 


784  COTTESMOBE    PARISH. 

Schools,  supported  by  the  rector,  and  attended  by  about  120  children. 
The  rector  has  about  750  acres  of  glebe,  of  which  nearly  half  is  in 
Barrow.  The  late  Richard  Westbrook  Baker,  Esq.,  for  many  years 
land  agent  for  the  Earl  of  Gainsborough,  resided  at  Cottesmore,  and  was 
a  highly  distinguished  agriculturist  and  patron  of  the  poor.  He  was 
descended  from  a  northern  family  of  property,  who  settled  about  the  year 
1650,  at  or  near  Aylesbury,  in  Buckinghamshire,  when  most  of  them 
became  followers  of  the  famous  George  Fox,  the  quaker,  and  William 
and  Richard  suffered  imprisonment  by  order  of  Cromwell.  Of  the 
Aylesbury  branch  of  this  family  was  William  Baker,  Esq.,  of  Waltham 
Abbey,  who  died  in  1727,  Francis  Baker,  Esq.,  of  Ware,  who  died  in 
1741,  William  Baker,  Esq.,  M.D.,  who  died  in  1789,  and  Richard  Baker, 
Esq.,  who  died  in  1816,  of  whom  Richard  Westbrook  was  the  second 
son.  Mr.  Baker  established  the  small  allotment  system  at  Cottesmore 
and  various  parts  of  the  county  of  Rutland,  about  the  year  1830,  under 
the  patronage  and  on  the  estates  of  the  Earl  of  Gainsborough.  Under 
this  system,  which  is  now  carried  on  under  the  superintendence  of  the 
Hon.  H.  L.  Noel,  many  fields  here  and  at  Uppingham,  Exton,  Whit- 
well,  Barrow,  &c,  are  let  to  industrious  labourers,  at  moderate  rents,  in 
plots  of  1$  rood  each,  under  a  fixed  rotation  of  cropping ;  and  as  a 
stimulus  to  industry  and  skill,  prizes  are  awarded  among  the  allotment 
tenants  yearly.  Mr.  Baker  may  be  considered  the  founder  of  the 
"  Rutland  General  Friendly  Institution,"  now  possessing  an  available 
fund  of  £'3000.  He  also  established,  in  1828,  the  "  Rutland  Ploughing 
Meeting,"  which  annually  distributes  in  plate  and  money,  prizes  to  the 
amount  of  upwards  of  .£1000.  In  1842,  Mr.  Baker  was  presented  with 
a  service  of  plate,  valued  at  about  £380,  subscribed  for  by  more  than  one 
thousand  persons,  including  the  Emperor  of  Russia  and  the  allotment 
holders ;  and  at  the  meeting  in  1847,  he  was  presented  with  a  silver 
plough — the  model  of  the  Rutland  plough  invented  by  himself,  which  is 
now  in  general  use,  and  is  manufactured  by  Messrs.  Ransome  &  Sims,  of 
Ipswich,  and  others.  It  is  still  considered  the  best,  from  its  principle  of 
easy  adaptation  to  light  and  heavy  land ;  and  at  the  great  trial  at  South- 
ampton, it  obtained  the  double  prize  of  the  Royal  Agricultural  Society. 
Mr.  Baker  was  high  sheriff  for  the  county,  in  1842- '3.  At  the  Smithfield 
Show,  in  1860,  Mr.  Baker  was  the  winner  of  the  first  prize  and  silver 
medal,  as  breeder  of  the  best  short-horned  ox,  and  gold  medal  for  the 
same  animal,  as  the  best  in  any  of  the  classes ;  he  also  took  the  first 
prize  and  silver  medal,  as  breeder  of  a  cross-bred  ox.  The  Hon.  Henry 
Lewis  Noel,  of  Exton  Park,  is  now  land  agent  for  the  Earl  of  Gains- 
borough, whose  estate  offices  still  remain  at  Cottesmore,  in  the  care  of 
the  managing  clerk,  Mr.  Alfred  Frisby. 

In  1593,  Richard  Durant  gave  for  the  poor  of  Cottesmore  certain 
premises  in  Stamford,  now  forming  part  of  the  Crown  Inn,  the  rest  of 
which  belongs  to  the  Marquis  of  Exeter,  from  whom  the  churchwardens 
receive  a  clear  yearly  rent  of  £20,  in  satisfaction  of  this  charity,  which 
has  been  usually  applied  in  supplying  the  poor  with  coals  at  a  low  price. 
In  1580,  Thomas  Byrch  left  a  house  and  about  9a.  of  land,  at  Barrow, 
now  let  for  about  £15  a-year,  which  is  divided  in  four  equal  shares, 
agreeably  to  the  donor's  intention,  among  the  poor  of  Cottesmore,  Barrow, 
Greetham,  and  Market  Overton.  The  poor  of  Cottesmore  and  Barrow 
have  also  £16  a-year  from  Lady  Ann  Harringtons  Charity.  (See  Oakham.) 
Post  Office  at  Mahala  Cramp's.     Letters  via  Oakham. 


Stuart  Hon.  and  Rev.  Andrew  God- 
frey, M.A.  rector  of  Cottesmore  and 
hon.  canon  of  Peterborough,  Rectory 


Baker  William  Henry,  Esq. 
Bloodworth  Thomas,  parish  clerk 
Cattell  Thomas,  schoolmaster 


COTTESMORE    PARISH. 


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Cramp  Mahala,  Post  Office 
Frisby  Alfred,  secretary  to  the  Rutland 
Friendly  Institute,  Cottesmore  Office 
Gamble  William,  miller  and  baker 
Hibbitt  Maria,  schoolmistress 
Hill  Robert,  sexton 
Hollis  William,  blacksmith 
Laxton  Mary,  victualler,Fox  &  Hounds 
Laxton  William,  jun.  victualler,  Sun 
Miles  Rev.  Stephen,  curate 

BUTCHERS.      .  FARMERS  &  GRZRS. 

Laxton  Mary  Atkinson  Peter 

Laxton  William      I  Baker  Wm.  Hy. 


Bird  John 
Bromhead  Eliz. 
Cramp  Elizabeth 
Flint  Jobn 
Gamble  William 
Garfoot  Robert 
Laxton  John 
Laxton  Thomas 
Laxton  Wm.  (and 

coal  merchant) 
Spriggs  Benjamin 

CARPENTERS,  &C. 

Coverley   Richard 


Hollis  Henry,  (and 
builder  &  wheel- 
wright) 

SHOEMAKERS. 

Allen  Thomas 
Thorpe  William 

SHOPKEEPERS. 

Hollis  Elizabeth 
Thorpe  William 

CARRIER. 

Jph.Tyler.to  Oak- 
ham, Monday 


Barrow,  a  small  village,  township,  and  chapelry,  in  Cottesmore 
parish,  is  on  an  eminence,  nearly  6  miles  N.N.E.  of  Oakham,  and  con- 
tains 146  inhabitants  and  944  acres  of  land.  The  Earl  of  Gainsborough 
owns  most  of  the  soil,  and  is  lord  of  the  manor,  which  was  called  Bergh- 
don  in  1315,  when  it  was  held  by  the  De  Colville  family.  It  afterwards 
passed  to  the  Basset,  Gournon,  Wystan,  Nicholas,  and  Harrington 
families,  who  held  it  in  socage,  as  part  of  the  Earl  of  Exeter's  honor  or 
manor  of  Bourne.  Wm.  Wing,  Esq.,  and  Messrs.  John  Christian  and 
Robt.  Bippin  own  some  of  the  land.  The  Church  is  a  small  neat  struc- 
ture, which  was  built  about  20  years  ago  by  the  late  rector;  the  old 
chapel  of  ease  having  gone  to  decay  some  centuries  before.  The  curacy 
is  annexed  to  the  rectory  of  Cottesmore.  Directory  : — Wm.  Leaverland, 
shopkeeper,  and  carrier  to  Oakham,  Stamford,  and  Melton ;  G.  H. 
Stubbs,  carpenter;  Wm.  Chamberlain,  baker ;  Betsy  Stubbs,  beerseller ; 
and  Edward  Baines,  Edw.  Baines,  jun.,  Wm.  Berridge,  John  Christian, 
Robert  Christian,  John  Hammond,  and  William  Hammond,  farmers  and 
graziers.     Post  from  Oakham. 


EXTON,  a  large  village,  with  several  good  houses  and  a  commodious 
inn,  is  situated  in  a  pleasant  open  valley,  5  miles  E.N.E.  of  Oakham. 
Its  parish  comprises  805  inhabitants,  and  4481  acres  of  land,  nearly  all 
the  property  and  manor  of  the  Earl  of  Gainsborough,  of  Exton  Park, 
which  comprises  about  1500  acres,  extending  two  miles  north-east  of 
the  village.  This  large  park  is  of  a  circular  figure,  well  wooded  and 
stocked  with  about  500  head  of  deer.  In  its  centre  is  Tunnely  Wood, 
and  on  the  east  side  of  it  are  some  fine  pieces  of  water,  and  a  cascade, 
through  which  a  rivulet  flows  southward  to  the  Gwash.  Here  is  some 
very  fine  planting,  consisting  of  the  finest  timber  trees,  particularly  large 
oak,  ash,  elm,  and  beech.  The  gardens  are  extensive,  and  mostly  in  the 
old  style.  The  Hall  is  a  large  Elizabethan  mansion,  which  has  been 
built  at  various  periods  since  the  commencement  of  the  present  century, 
and  was  considerably  enlarged,  at  a  cost  of  £4000,  in  1851-'2.  It  is  of 
freestone,  and  consists  of  a  main  building  in  three  compartments,  flanked 
at  each  end  by  an  octagonal  turret  surmounted  with  a  pinnacle,  and  a 
west  wing  placed  a  little  backward,  with  a  turret  similar  to  those  in 
front.  This  wing  is  occupied  by  the  Hon.  Hy.  Lewis  Noel,  who  is 
agent  for  the  Earl's  extensive  estates  in  this  neighbourhood.  The 
various  domestic  offices  are  in  the  rear  of  the  building.  A  little  to  the 
south  east  is  the  old  hall,  a  considerable  portion  of  which  is  still  stand- 
ing, picturesquely  covered  with  ivy ;  but  it  was  mostly  destroyed  by  fire 
on  the  24th  of  May,  1810,  and  was  a  low  but  large  antique  edifice  in  the 

3d 


786  EXTON    PARISH. 

Elizabethan  style.  At  the  Norman  Conquest,  Exton,  then  called 
Exentune,  was  given  to  the  Countess  Judith,  who  married  Waltheof, 
Earl  of  Northumberland.  Their  heiress,  Maud,  married  David,  the 
Scottish  prince,  afterwards  King,  and  Earl  of  Huntingdon,  in  right 
of  his  wife.  From  him,  Exton  passed  to  the  Braces  ;  but  it  was  seized 
in  the  wars  between  England  and  Scotland,  and  granted  to  one  Green, 
from  whom  it  passed  to  the  Culpepers,  and  from  them  to  the  Haringtons, 
who  held  it  for  five  generations;  but  having  sold  it  to  Sir  Baptist  Hicks, 
Kt.,  in  the  11th  James  L,  it  passed  to  his  son  of  the  same  name,  who 
was  created  Viscount  Campden,  &c,  in  1628.  Dying  without  issue,  his 
estates  and  titles  passed  to  Edward  Noel,  first  Baron  Noel,  of  Ridlington, 
whose  grandson  was  created  Earl  of  Gainsborough,  in  1682.  On 
the  death  of  Henry,  the  sixth  earl,  without  issue,  in  1768,  his  titles 
became  extinct.  The  late  Sir  Gerard  Noel  married  the  daughter  and 
sole  heiress  of  the  late  Lord  Barham,  and  his  son,  the  present  Right 
Hon.  Charles  Noel  Noel,  succeeded  to  that  title  in  1823,  and  in  1841, 
was  created  Earl  of  Gainsborough  and  Viscount  Campden.  He  was 
born  in  1781,  and  married,  for  his  fourth  wife,  in  1833,  a  daughter  of  the 
Earl  of  Roden.  His  eldest  son,  the  Hon.  Chas.  George  Noel,  Viscount 
Campden,  was  born  in  1818,  and  resides  at  Campden,  in  Gloucestershire. 
The  Earl's  other  sons  are  the  Hon.  Gerard  James  Noel,  who  was  born 
in  1823,  and  has  been  M.P.  for  Rutland  since  1847;  the  Hon.  Henry 
Lewis  Noel,  who  was  born  in  1824 ;  and  the  Hon.  Roden  Berkeley 
Wriothesley  Noel,  who  was  born  in  1834.  His  lordship's  daughters  are 
Lady  Mary  Arabella  Louisa,  born  in  1822,  and  married  in  1846  to  Sir 
Andrew  Agnew,  Bart. ;  and  Lady  Victoria,  born  in  1839. 

The  village  of  Exton  is  embosomed  in  trees,  and  the  Church  (St. 
Peter  and  St.  Paul)  is  one  of  the  finest  in  the  county,  and  consists  of 
nave,  aisles,  transepts,  and  chancel.  There  is  a  small  chantry  on  the 
north  side  of  the  chancel,  fitted  up  with  seats  for  the  Earl  of  Gains- 
borough's family.  The  lower  part  of  the  tower  is  square,  with  turrets 
and  pinnacles  at  the  corners,  and  above  it  rises  an  octagonal  tower,  from 
which  springs  a  lofty  but  light  taper  spire,  which  was  so  much  injured 
by  lightning  in  1843,  that  it  had  to  be  taken  down,  and  was  rebuilt  in 
ita  original  form  in  1846.  The  interior  of  the  church  is  chastely  Gothic, 
and  all  the  spandrils  of  the  arches  are  supports  for  the  banners  of  the 
Haringtons  and  Noels,  accompanied  by  their  tabards,  pennons,  and 
helmets,  altogether  presenting  rich  ideas  of  Gothic  times  and  manners. 
On  entering  the  chancel,  the  first  monument  that  strikes  the  eye  of  the 
stranger  is  one  to  the  memory  of  Sir  Jas.  Harington,  Kt.,  and  his  lady 
Lucy,  whose  effigies  are  represented  kneeling  in  the  attitude  of  prayer. 
This  venerable  couple  lived  together  fifty  years,  and  had  eighteen  chil- 
dren, and  they  both  died  in  1591.  On  the  opposite  side  is  an  exquisite 
specimen  of  monumental  sculpture,  by  Nollekens.  It  is  of  white  marble, 
and  is  in  memory  of  Baptist  Noel,  fourth  Earl  of  Gainsborough,  who 
died  in  1751.  The  figure  of  the  Countess  of  Gainsborough,  which  is 
extremely  elegant,  and  as  large  as  life,  is  represented  as  resting  on  a 
cornucopia,  and  pointing  to  three  medallions  of  herself  and  two  husbands, 
supported  by  Cupids,  with  Hymen  at  one  side  weeping,  and  his  torch 
extinguished.  She  died  in  1771.  In  the  south  aisle,  is  a  large,  lofty, 
and  altar-like  monument,  of  coloured  marble,  in  memory  of  Robert 
Keylwey,  Esq.,  a  famous  lawyer,  and  father  of  Ann,  Lady  Harington. 
He  is  represented  in  a  recumbent  posture,  in  his  official  gown.  John, 
Lord  Harington,  who  married  his  daughter,  is  kneeling  beside  him,  in 
armour.    On  the  opposite  side  is  his  wife,  with  a  little  girl  behind  her ; 


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and  in  the  centre  is  a  small  altar-tomb,  with  a  child  stretched  out  upon 
it  as  if  dead.  Robert  Keylwey,  Esq.,  died  in  1580,  and  this  sumptuous 
monument  was  erected  soon  afterwards.  In  the  north  aisle  is  an  elegant 
marble  monument  to  the  memory  of  Baptist  Noel,  Viscount  Campden, 
who  died  in  1683.  It  is  an  exquisite  specimen  of  art,  by  Grinling 
Gibbons.  On  it  are  statues  of  the  Viscount  and  his  lady,  and  opposite  to 
it  is  a  mural  monument  in  memory  of  his  fifth  son,  James,  who  died  at 
the  age  of  18,  in  1681,  and  whose  statue  stands  on  a  pedestal.  Near 
the  west  end  is  a  handsome  mural  monument,  in  memory  of  Lieut.  - 
General  Noel,  who  died  in  1766.  This  is  by  Nollekens,  and  represents 
a  beautiful  female  figure  weeping  over  an  urn,  on  which  is  a  bust  of  the 
General.  On  an  antique  table  monument  in  the  tower  are  recumbent 
effigies  of  John  Harington,  Esq.,  and  Alice,  his  wife ;  and  upon 
another  lies  the  effigy  of  Anne,  wife  of  Thomas  Bruce,  Lord  Kinlosse, 
who  died  in  1627.  There  is  also  a  small  tablet  in  the  tower  recording 
the  death  of  Mrs.  Christiana  Willes,  in  1774,  at  the  age  of  100  years. 
In  the  north  wall  of  the  chancel  is  a  stained  glass  window,  commemo- 
rating Elizabeth,  wife  of  Wm.  Hy.  Hoare,  Esq.,  and  daughter  of  Sir 
Gerard  Noel  Noel,  Bart.,  who  died  in  1816.  The  body  of  the  church 
was  thoroughly  restored,  and  re-seated  with  oak  fittings,  in  1853,  at  a 
cost  of  £3000.  It  contains  a  good  organ;  and  in  the  tower  are  six  bells 
and  a  clock.  The  living  is  a  discharged  vicarage,  valued  in  K.B.  at 
£8.  7s.  8d.,  and  now  at  £336,  derived  from  about  290  acres  of  land, 
awarded  at  the  enclosure,  in  1800,  when  all  the  tithes  were  commuted. 
The  Earl  of  Gainsborough  is  impropriator  and  patron,  and  the  Hon.  and 
Rev.  Lelancl  Noel,  M.A.,  is  the  incumbent.  A  house  and  about  5a.  of 
land,  at  Ryhall,  let  for  £15  a-year,  have  been  vested  from  an  early 
period, — one  moiety  for  the  vicar,  and  the  other  for  the  repairs  of  the 
church.  The  poor  of  the  parish  have  £25  a-year  from  Lady  Ann  Har- 
ington s  Charity  (see  Oakham),  and  £2  a-year  are  paid  from  the  same 
charity  to  a  person  for  repairing  the  monuments  in  the  church.  For  a 
weekly  distribution  of  bread  among  the  poor  of  Exton,  the  Rev.  John 
Rathlie,  vicar,  in  1391,  left  a  yearly  rent-charge  of  £5,  out  of  an  estate  at 
Ridlington,  now  belonging  to  Lord  Aveland.  A  house  near  the 
church,  formerly  occupied  by  a  farmer,  has  been  appropriated  by  the 
Countess  of  Gainsborough  as  an  almshouse  for  4  poor  old  women,  who 
have  each  a  room  rent-free.  There  are  three  excellent  Schools  in  the 
parish.  That  for  Girls  is  at  the  south  entrance  of  the  village,  and  is 
a  stone  building,  which  was  considerably  enlarged  in  1859.  It  contains 
two  school-rooms,  which  can  be  thrown  into  one,  so  as  to  form  a  large 
lecture  room ;  and  attached  to  it  are  two  residences  for  the  master  and 
mistresses.  It  is  attended  by  about  50  girls,  who  pay  Id.  each  per  week, 
and  the  expenses  are  defrayed  by  the  Countess  of  Gainsborough.  A 
house  in  the  Vicarage  grounds,  was  converted  into  a  school  for  Infants 
some  years  ago.  It  contains  two  rooms,  and  is  attended  by  about  80 
infants,  who  pay  Id.  each  per  week,  and  the  rector  pays  all  the  expenses. 
The  Boys  school  occupies  an  old  building  in  the  centre  of  the  village, 
and  is  endowed  with  from  £37  to  £40  per  annum  from  Forster's  Charity, 
as  noticed  with  Greetham.  The  remaining  expenses  are  borne  by  the 
Countess  of  Gainsborough,  except,  Id.  each  per  week  paid  by  the  poor 
boys,  and  2d.,  4d.,  and  6d.  a  week  each,  paid  by  the  other  pupils,  in 
accordance  with  the  position  of  their  parents.  There  is  a  Beading  Room 
in  the  village,  open  from  6  to  9£  every  evening. 

Post  Office  at  John  Walker's.    Letters  via  Oakham. 

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EXTON    PARISH. 


Earl  of  Gainsborough,  Hon.  Gerard 
James  Noel,  M.P.  and  Hon.  Henry 
Lewis  Noel,  Exton  Park 
Hon.  and  Rev.  Leland  Noel,  M.A. 
Vicar  of  Exton,  and  Hon.  Canon  of 
Peterborough,  Vicarage 
Brown  Sar.  beerhouse,  Barnsdale  hill 
Cato  Mary,  mistress,  Infant  School 
Cunnington  Henry,  jun.  gamekeeper 
Fancourt  Jasper,  builder  and  carpntr. 
Fancourt  John,  builder  for  the  Earl 
Goffin  Robt.  Edw.  Hemblington,  sta- 
tioner and  master  of  Boys'  School 
Hammond  James,  lime  burner 
Hibbitt  Robt.  mason  and  parish  clerk 
Maxwell  Jas.  Phillips,  head  gardener 
Newey  Edward,  tailor 
Smith  Rev.  A.  H.  curate 


Smith    Samuel,   victualler,    Fox  and 

Hounds 
Speed  Charles,  machine  owner 
Todd  Janet,  schoolmistress 
Walton  John  Atkinson,  farm  bailiff 


bakers. 
Barnett  John 
Barnett  John,  jun. 

BLACKSMITHS. 

Royce  Richard 
Wooton  Matthew 

BUTCHERS. 

Barnett  Robert 
Hibbitt  Mary  Ann 

FARMERS    AND 
GRAZIERS. 

Chapman  Charles, 
Brook  Farm 


Fowler  Thos.Wil- 
loughby.ffaf /■//«. 
Grant  John 
Hack  Arthur 
Hammond  James, 
Barnsdale  Ldy. 
Simpson  William 
Smith  Samuel 
Spriggs  John 

SHOPKEEPERS. 

Fancourt  Philip 
Hibbitt  Josiah 
Walker  John 


GREETHAM  is  a  long  village  on  the  banks  of  a  rivulet,  and  on  the 
high  road  between  Cottesmore  and  Stretton,  6  miles  N.E.  of  Oakham. 
It  has  nearly  doubled  its  population  during  the  last  quarter  of  a  century, 
and  has  in  its  parish  706  inhabitants  and  3011  acres  of  land.  George 
Finch,  Esq.,  is  lord  of  the  manor;  but  part  of  the  soil  belongs  to  Lord 
Aveland,  M.  T.  Laxton,  Esq.,  the  Rev.  W.  Buckby,  and  a  number  of 
smaller  freeholders.  In  the  time  of  Edward  the  Confessor  it  was  valued 
at  £7,  and  was  mostly  the  property  of  Goda.  At  the  Domesda}^  Sur- 
vey it  was  valued  at  .£10,  and  was  .held  by  the  King.  It  afterwards 
passed  to  the  Beauchamp,  Mowbray,  Cheyne}',  Harington,  Noel,  and 
Villiers  families.  The  last  Duke  of  Buckingham  of  the  Villiers  family 
sold  it  to  an  ancestor  of  the  present  lord  of  the  manor.  The  Church 
(St.  Mary  the  Virgin)  is  an  ancient  structure,  consisting  of  nave,  aisles, 
chancel,  vestry,  and  south  porch,  with  a  light  and  handsome  tower  and 
spire  of  decorated  architecture,  the  upper  part  of  which  has  been 
struck  by  lightning  and  thrown  some  feet  out  of  the  perpendicular.  In 
1858-'9,  the  interior  of  the  church  was  much  improved  by  the  -removal 
of  the  unsightly  pews  and  gallery,  the  opening  of  the  tower  arch,  &c, 
at  a  cost  of  £360.  The  early  English  font  was  restored  in  1840.  There 
are  some  good  decorated  windows  on  the  north  side,  but  those  on  the 
south  have  been  replaced  by  wooden  square-headed  sash  windows.  In 
the  tower  are  five  bells.  The  vicarage,  valued  in  K.B.  at  £5.  3s.  9d., 
and  now  at  .£180,  is  in  the  patronage  of  G.  Finch,  Esq.,  and  incumbency 
of  the  Rev.  Thomas  Hy.  Jones,  M.A.,  who  has  a  good  residence.  The 
tithes  were  commuted  at  the  enclosure,  in  1703.  The  vicarage  was  en- 
dowed with  £-8  a  year,  from  great  tithes,  by  the  Earl  of  Nottingham ; 
and  the  incumbent  has  about  £36  a  .year  from  Forster's  Charity,  noticed 
below.  The  National  School  is  a  handsome  Tudor  building,  erected 
in  1848,  by  G.  Finch,  Esq.,  at  a  cost  of  £450,  and  having  separate 
rooms  for  boys  and  girls,  which  can  be  thrown  into  one,  as  occasion  re- 
quires. The  master  receives  £36  a  year  from  Forster's  Charity.  Here 
is  also  an  Infant  School,  which  was  made  out  of  a  barn,  in  1845,  at  the 
cost  of  £144,  of  which  £100  were  given  b}r  G.  Finch,  Esq., and  the  remain- 
der was  raised  by  subscription.  There  is  a  good  Benefit  Society  in  the 
village.  Henry  Forster,  in  1602,  left  property  to  pay  £10  a  year,  for 
apprenticing  poor  fatherless  boys  of  Oakham  ;  £10  a  year  to  each  of  the 
vicars  of  Greetham,  Kctton,  W/iissendine,  and  Emjnnyham,  for  the  aug- 


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mentation  of  their  respective  livings ;  and  £10  per  annum  to  each  of 
the  five  schoolmasters  ofGreetham,  Thistleton,  Exton,  Langham,  and  Em- 
pingham,  for  instructing  poor  children  of  the  said  parishes.  The  charity 
estates  now  comprise  a  farm  of  207a.,  at  Swineshead,  Lincolnshire,  let 
for  £340  ;  a  farm  of  38a.  3r.  37r.,  at  Sewstern,  in  Leicestershire,  let  for 
£52.  10s. ;  and  a  house  and  8a.  2r.  14p.,  at  Thistleton,  let  for  £16. 
According  to  the  donor's  will,  the  trustees  apply  the  rent  of  the  latter 
to  their  own  use.  The  rest  of  the  income,  amounting  to  about  £393, 
is  applied,  after  deducting  about  £50  for  drainage  tax  and  other  inci- 
dental expenses,  in  equal  shares  amongst  the  several  objects  of  the 
charity,  and  yields  to  each  about  £30  a  year. 

Post  Office  at  Ann  Hibbitt's.    Letters  via  Oakham. 


Bland  William,  stationer 

Bulmer  Rev.  Richard  William 

Garfoot  John,  parish  clerk 

Godfrey  Thos.  constable  of  the  Hund. 

Halliday  Thomas  Charity,  stone  mer- 
chant and  builder 

Hibbitt  Ann,  Post  Office 

Jone3  Rev.  Thomas  Henry,  M. A.  vicar, 
and  surrogate,  Vicarage 

Marfleet  John  Isaac,  'Esq.GreethamHs. 

Munton  John  and  Eliz.  machine  owner 

Royce  William,  blacksmith 

Senescall  William,  tailor  and  draper 

Trelfall  ,  schoolmaster 

Williams  Charlotte,  schoolmistress 
INNS  AND  TAVERNS. 

Black  Horse,  Edward  Wm.  Brooks 

Crown  and  Anchor,  Scotaey  Thorp 

Ram  Jam  Iua,  Sarah  Spring 

bakers.  I  Hayes  Robert  (and 

Bryan  John  corn  miller) 


Hermon  Wm.  Hy. 

BEERHOUSES. 

Baker  Alfred  (and 

saddler,  &c.) 
Bland  William 
Hermon  Wm.  Hy. 

BUTCHERS. 

Brooks  Edvv.  Wm. 
Thorp  Scotney 

CARPENTERS,   &C. 

Idle  Edward 
Jackson  William 

FARMERS    AND 
GRAZIERS. 

Bos  worth  John 
BosworthWm.Lcfyr 
Floar  John 
Fryer  John 
Fryer  John,  jun. 
Godfrey  Robert 
Godfrey  Thomas 


Lawson  George 
Rimington  Sophia 
Rimington  Willm. 
Sharman  John 
Thorp  Scotney 
Walker    William, 
S  toe  ken  Farm 

SHOEMAKERS. 

Dring  James 
Garfoot  John,  jan. 

SHOPKEEPERS. 

Bland  William 
Hermon  Wm.  Hy. 
Senescall  William 
Sharman  John 

CARRIERS. 

To  Stamford,  Fri. 

and  Oakham,  St. 
John    Norris    and 

William  Mills 


HORN,  or  Home,  a  small  churchless  parish,  on  the  south-east  side 
of  Exton  Park,  nearly  a  mile  W.  of  Horn  lane,  from  l  to  2  miles  N.  of 
Empingham,  and  5£  miles  N.W.  by  W.  of  Stamford,  has  only  30  inhabi- 
tants, and  932  acres  of  land,  belonging  to  the  Earl  of  Gainsborough, 
and  occupied  by  Mr.  John  Daintry,  farmer,  and  Mr.  William  Wright,  of 
Ryhall,  corn  miller.  The  mill  is  on  the  rivulet,  more  than  half-a-mile 
south  of  the  farm  house.  At  the  Conquest,  Home  was  held  by  the 
Countess  Judith  and  the  Bishop  of  Durham  ;  and  here  were  three  mills, 
a  priest,  a  socman,  12  villans,  7  bordars,  and  one  servant.  Like  most 
other  manors  in  the  neighbourhood,  it  passed  through  the  Haringtons 
to  the  Noels.  On  the  12th  of  May,  1470,  during  the  temporary  restora- 
tion of  Henry  VI.,  a  battle  was  fought  at  the  place  called  Bloody  Oaks, 
between  the  Yorkists  and  Lancastrians ;  the  former  under  Edward  IV., 
and  the  latter  under  Sir  Robert  Welles  and  Sir  Thos.  Launde.  This 
fight  has  been  called  Losecoat  Battle,  from  a  story  of  the  runaway  Lan- 
castrians having  pulled  off  their  upper  garments  in  their  flight.  Horn 
Church  (All  Saints)  went  to  decay  some  centuries  ago,  and  not  a  vestige 
of  it  now  remains.  Its  sinecure  rectory,  valued  in  KB.  at  £1.  Gs.  8d., 
and  now  at  «£G0,  is  annexed  to  Exton  vicarage.  A  tree  marks  the  site 
of  the  church,  and  under  it  each  new  rector  receives  his  induction. 
There  is  supposed  to  have  been  a  village  near  the  church,  but  there  are 


790  COUNTY    OP   RUTLAND. 

now  in  the  parish  only  four  cottages  and  the  two  houses  at  the /arm  and 
mill    Part  of  the  parish  is  within  the  bounds  of  Exton  Park. 


MARKET-OVERTON,  a  village,  on  an  eminence,  nearly  6  miles  N. 
by  E.  of  Oakham,  has  in  its  parish  429  inhabitants,  and  about  1700 
acres  of  land,  bounded  on  the  north  by  Leicestershire.  John  Muxloo 
Wingfield,  Esq.,  is  lord  of  the  manor,  but  part  of  the  soil  belongs  to  a 
few  smaller  owners.  This  place  has  afforded  considerable  grounds  for 
conjecture  and  disputation  to  the  antiquaries,  some  of  whom  have  sup- 
posed it  to  be  the  site  of  the  Roman  station,  Margidunum,  and  that  it 
was  destroyed  a.d.  450,  at  the  time  the  North  Britons  marched  to  Stam- 
ford and  defeated  the  Saxon  brothers,  Hengist  and  Horsa.  In  the  early 
part  of  1862,  the  ground  at  the  distance  of  a  mile  from  the  present  town 
was  explored,  and  at  the  depth  of  18in.  the  soil  was  found  to  be  burnt 
4  inches  deep,  in  such  a  manner  as  to  indicate  the  site  of  a  fireplace.  A 
pair  of  steel  yards  G  inches  long,  and  a  British  short  sword,  with  part  of 
the  handle  attached,  were  also  found.  Ancient  pottery  is  frequently 
ploughed  up  in  large  quantities  in  the  neighbourhood.  Some  writers 
however,  consider  Belvoir  to  have  been  the  site  of  Margidunum.  Many 
Roman  coins  have  been  found  here  at  various  periods,  and  one  gentle- 
man has  above  300  in  his  possession,  all  collected  within  the  last  five 
years,  and  in  a  most  perfect  state.  The  greater  part  are  of  Constantine, 
but  4  or  5  are  of  Vespasian,  2  of  Nero,  7  or  8  of  Antoninus,  and  1  of 
Faustina,  wife  of  Antoninus.  At  the  time  of  the  Domesday  Survey,  it 
was  called  Overtime,  and  was  held  by  the  Countess  Judith,  who  had  here 
9  villans,  8  bordars,  9  carucates,  40  acres  of  meadow,  and  a  wood  a  mile 
long  and  half-a-mile  broad.  In  1315,  it  was  held  by  Lord  Badlesmere, 
who  obtained  a  charter  for  a  weekly  market  here,  on  Tuesdays,  and  two 
annual  fairs,  on  the  eve,  day,  and  morrow  of  John  Port  Latin  and  St. 
Luke,  but  they  have  long  been  obsolete.  It  afterwards  passed  to  the 
Veres,  (Earls  of  Oxford),  Courtenay,  and  other  families.  There  are 
several  antique  looking  houses  in  the  village,  which  mark  the  manners 
of  ancient  times  ;  and  the  scenery  is  well  wooded  and  highly  picturesque. 
The  foundation  of  the  ancient  market  cross  may  still  be  seen  on  a  green 
in  the  centre  of  the  village.  The  Church  (St.  Peter  and  St.  Paul)  is  finely 
situated  in  a  churchyard,  surrounded  by  lime  and  elm  trees,  near  the 
brow  of  a  hill  overlooking  the  vale  of  Catmos.  It  consists  of  nave  with 
aisles,  south  transept,  and  chancel,  with  a  tower  containing  three  bells. 
The  chancel  was  entirely  re-built,  and  a  vestry  erected  in  1858,  in 
memory  of  the  late  rector,  the  Rev.  E.  O.  Wingfield,  by  his  brothers  and 
sisters;  and  in  1861  the  rest  of  the  building  was  thoroughly  restored,  and 
fitted  with  a  new  pulpit  and  reading  desk  of  carved  oak,  and  open  benches. 
The  ugly  galleries  were  at  the  same  time  removed,  and  the  total  cost  was 
about  .£600.  The  tower  arch,  which  is  now  open  to  the  church,  is  a 
curious  specimen  of  early  Norman  work.  The  chancel  contains  a  hand- 
some monument  to  several  late  rectors,  from  1700  to  1856.  A  sun  dial, 
on  the  south  corner  of  the  church  tower,  is  worthy  of  observation,  as  it 
is  said  to  have  been  erected  by  the  great  Sir  Isaac  Newton,  whose 
mother  was  born  here,  and  lived  in  an  old  house,  where  there  is  still  to 
be  seentm  the  ceiling  of  one  of  the  rooms  a  drawing  of  a  sun  dial,  sup- 
posed to  have  emanated  from  the  same  distinguished  man.  The  living 
is  a  rectory,  valued  in  K.B.  at  .£14.  lis.  3d.,  and  now  at  £551,  mostly 
derived  from  land  awarded  in  lieu  of  tithes,  at  the  enclosure  in  1803. 
J.  M.  Wingfield,  Esq.,  is  patron ;  and  the  Rev.  Harry  Lee  Wingfield, 
M.A.,  is  the  incumbent,  and  has  a  good  residence,  built  in  1858,  from 


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designs  by  Sydney  Smirke,  Esq.,  R.A.  The  poor  parishioners  have  £5 
a-year  from  Lady  Haringtons  Charity,  and  ^14  a-year  from  Greens 
Charity,  as  noticed  with  Oakham;  and  £3.  17s.  6d.  a-year  from  Byrches 
Charity,  as  noticed  with  Cottesmore.  (See  page  784.)  The  School  is 
held  in  an  old  house  in  the  village,  and  is  supported  by  the  rector. 
Post  Office  at  Mary  Knott's.     Letters  via  Oakham. 

Beecroft  Mary,  schoolmistress 
Beecroft  William,  parish  clerk 
Bennett  Thomas  &  Sons  (Thos.  jun.  & 
Chpr.)corn  merts.millers,&  maltsters 
Costall  John,  surgeon 
Costall  Robt.  chief  constable  of  Hund. 
Ellingworth  William,  schoolmaster 
Faulks  John,  machine  owner 
Hardy  Mr  George  ||Rippin  Mr  Robert 
Smith  Philip,  saddler 
Wing  William,  Esquire 
Wingfield  Rev.  Harry  Lee,  M.  A.  rector 
Wingfield  John  Harry  Lee,  Esq. 
INNS  AND  TAVERNS. 
Bull  Inn,  Samuel  Barfoot 
Three  Horse  Shoes,  John  Abbey 


BAKERS. 

Gamble  John 
Peake  John 
Rouse  John 


FARMERS  &  GRZRS. 

Bennett  Thos. sen. 
Brown  John 
Chambers  William 


Garner  Samuel 
Jackson  John 
Kew  John  Mantle 
Wilson  James 
Wood  John 

BLACKSMITHS. 

Peck  William 
Talton  Joseph 

BUTCHERS. 

Brown  John 
Jackson  John 

CARPENTERS. 

Barfoot  Henry 
Rawlings  Thomas 

SHOEMAKERS. 

Beecroft  William 
Carter  John 
Tomblin  John 

SHOPKEEPERS. 

Chambers  William 


Knott  Mary 
Munday  Henry 
Peake  John 

TAILORS. 

Munday  Henry 
Peake  John 
Pollard  Thomas 
Skillington   Geo. 

WHEELWRIGHTS. 

Draper  John 
Mantle  Robert 

CARRIERS. 

Joseph  Faulks,  to 
Melton,  Tues.  & 
Oakham,  Fri.  & 
George  Kettle  to 
Stamford,  Mon. 
and  Friday ;  and 
Melton,  Tues. 


STRETTON,  an  ancient  village,  about  a  quarter  of  a  mile  east  of  that 
part  of  the  Great  North  Road,  called  Horn  Lane,  and  8J-  miles  N.W.  by 
N.  of  Stamford,  and  N.E.  of  Oakham,  has  in  its  parish  189  inhabitants, 
and  1895a.  2r.  21p.  of  land.  Lord  Aveland  is  lord  of  the  manor  of 
Stretton,  and  owner  of  most  of  the  soil ;  and  the  rest  belongs  to  J. 
Phillips,  Esq.,  and  a  few  smaller  owners.  Before  the  Conquest,  it  was 
held  by  Alured  the  Saxon,  and  it  afterwards  passed  to  the  Segraves  and 
Bohuns.  In  the  reign  of  Henry  VI.,  it  was  held  by  Humphrey,  Duke 
of  Gloucester,  who  exonerated  the  inhabitants  from  the  payment  of 
tenths  and  other  taxes.  It  was  subsequently  held  by  the  Haringtons, 
in  socage  of  the  manor  of  East  Greenwich,  at  the  yearly  rent  of  10s. 
Though  not  now  more  remarkable  in  that  respect  than  other  places, 
an  old  proverb  designates  it,  "  Stretton  in  the  Street,  where  Shrews 
meet."  On  the  north  side  of  the  parish,  nearly  two  miles  from  the  vil- 
lage, and  ten  miles  from  Stamford,  is  Stocken  Hall,  near  the  boundary 
of  Lincolnshire,  closely  embowered  in  woods  and  plantations.  This  fine 
old  mansion  is  the  property  of  Lord  Aveland,  but  is  now  occupied  by  a 
gamekeeper.  It  was  for  some  time  occupied  as  a  hunting  box,  by  the 
late  Earl  of  Lonsdale,  who  made  great  improvements  in  the  house, 
stables,  &c.  It  was  formerly  spelt  Stocldng  Hall ;  and  in  the  reign  of 
Charles  II.,  was  the  seat  of  Samuel  Brown,  Esq.,who  was  high  sheriff 
and  one  of  the  parliamentary  representatives  of  the  county.  Near  it 
are  Alder  and  Stretton  Woods,  and  on  the  west  side  of  the  parish  is 
Hooby  Lodge.  Clipsham,  Pickworth,  and  other  woods,  are  in  the  neigh- 
bourhood, so  that  there  is  plenty  of  cover  in  this  fine  sporting  country. 
Stretton  Church  (St.  Nicholas)  is  an  interesting  fabric,  chiefly  of  the  tran- 
sitional period,  and  consisting  of  nave,  north  aisle,  transepts,  chancel,  and 
south  porch.  Two  bells  hang  in  a  small  turret  at  the  west  end.  The 
arches  of  the  nave  are  beautifully  moulded  and  supported  by  clustered 


792 


STRETTON    PARISH. 


pillars,  with  foliated  capitals,  but  several  of  the  columns  have  been  cut 
away  and  otherwise  barbarously  mutilated.  The  transepts  have  been 
rebuilt,  and  contain  domestic  windows.  The  east  window  is  of  per- 
pendicular architecture.  In  the  chancel  are  several  tablets  of  the  Hors- 
man  family,  and  an  ancient  tomb  under  a  moulded  arch.  Some  of  the 
original  benches  with  poppy  heads  still  remain.  The  living  is  a  rectory, 
valued  in  K.B.  at  £7.  17s.  Id.,  and  now  at  .£300.  It  is  in  the  patronage 
of  Lord  Aveland,  and  incumbency  of  the  Rev.  M.  Gariit,  M.A.,  who  has 
a  good  residence,  built  in  1810,  and  about  2  a.  of  glebe.  The  tithes  were 
commuted  in  1811,  for  3s.  Od.  per  acre.  The  School  is  at  Ram  Jam,  in 
Greetham  parish,  and  is  free  to  all  boys  of  Stretton,  in  consideration  of 
a  sum  paid  by  Lord  Aveland  and  the  rector;  and  to  all  girls,  by  reason  of 
a  small  endowment  of  20s.  a  year,  left  in  1G93,  by  Edward  Horsman, 
and  an  annual  subscription  from  Lady  Aveland. 

Post  Office  at  William  Elson's.     Letters  via  Oakham.     Money  Orders 
are  granted  and  paid. 


Bott  Charlotte,  shopkeeper 
Craven  William,  grocer  and  draper 
Garfit  Rev.  Mark,  M.A.  Rectory 
Gutteridge  John,  carpenter 
King  John,  tailor 
Thraves  John,  vict.  White  Horse 
Todd  William,  shoemaker 
Whelbourn  John,  keeper,  Stocken  Hall 
Whelbourn  William,  parish  clerk 
Carrier. — George  Sturgess,  to  Stam- 
ford, Friday,  and  Grantham,  Saturday 


Young  Leonard,  blacksmith 

FARMERS  AND  GRAZIERS. 

Adcock  Samuel  |]  Elson  William 
Ansell  John  Neweome 
Gutteridge  Wm.  [|    Prestou  Edward 
Healy  Richard,  Hooby  Lodge 
Merry  William,  Stretton  Lodge 
Rippin  John  Richardson 
Sturgess  William  ||   Tewson  Joshua 
Thraves  John,  (and  butcher) 


TEIGH,  a  small  village,  on  a  commanding  eminence,  about  half-a- 
mile  from  the  borders  of  Leicestershire,  and  5  miles  N.  of  Oakham,  has 
in  its  parish  1270a.  2u.  7p.  of  land,  and  128  inhabitants.  It  was  held 
by  Earl  Godwin  before  the  Conquest,  and  afterwards  by  the  Mallet, 
Folville,  and  Helewell  familie's.  The  heiress  of  the  latter  carried  it,  in 
the  reign  of  Henry  VIII. ,  to  the  Sherard  family  (afterwards  Earls  of 
Harborough),  with  whom  it  remained  till  18G1,  when  it  was  purchased 
by  Richard  Thompson,  Esq.,  of  Stamford,  the  present  lord  of  the  manor ; 
but  about  220  acres  belong  to  J.  M.  Wingfield,  Estf.  The  Church  (Holy 
Trinity)  was  rebuilt,  except  the  tower,  in  1782.  by  Robert,  fourth  Earl 
of  Harborough,  who  was  rector  of  this  parish  for  about  40  years.  The 
interior  is  a  curious  mixture  of  Grecian  and  Gothic  details.  The  pulpit, 
and  reading  and  clerks'  desks,  are  in  the  western  arch,  and  their  arrange- 
ment is  quite  unique.  There  are  neither  aisles  nor  chancel,  and  the 
only  entrance  is  under  the  pulpit,  from  the  interior  of  the  tower,  which 
contains  three  bells.  The  pews  face  north  and  south,  and  are  raised  in 
tiers  one  above  another.  There  were  several  monuments  in  the  ancient 
building,  but  they  have  all  been  removed,  and  the  spire  was  taken  down 
nearly  70  years  ago.  The  Rev.  A.  S.  Atcheson,  M.A.,  is  incumbent 
of  the  rectory,  valued  in  K.B.  at  £14.  2s.  lid.,  and  now  at  £'445.  The 
tithes  were  commuted  at  the  enclosure  for  £345,  and  here  are  60  acres 
of  glebe.     Post  from  Oakham. 


Atcheson Rev.Anthony  Singleton,  M.A. 

rector,  Rectory 
Dickens  Sarah,  shopkeeper 
Williamson  Sarah,  shopkeeper 
Wooley  William,  parish  clerk 


FARMERS  &    GRZRS. 

Baker  Frank 
Biddle  James,  The 

Cottage 
Boyfield  Robert 
Frisby  Thomas 


Harris  Philip 
Hinman  Alfred 
Perkins  Mark 
Roberts  Edward 
Sheltou  Edward 
Wood  George 


COUNTY   OF    RUTLAND. 


793 


THISTLETON,  a  small  village  on  the  south  bank  of  a  rivulet,  near 
the  junction  of  this  county  with  those  of  Leicester  and  Lincoln,  8  miles 
N.E.  by  N.  of  Oakham,  and  11  miles  N.W.  of  Stamford,  has  in  its  parish 
142  inhabitants,  and  1275  acres  of  land,  mostly  belonging  to  General 
Wm.  Fludyer,  of  Ayston,  who  is  lord  of  the  manor,  which  was  called 
Tisterton  at  the  Domesday  Survey,  when  it  was  held  by  the  Countess 
Judith  and  Alurcd  de  Lincoln.  It  afterwards  passed  to  the  Bussey  and 
Brudenell  families.  The  Church  (St.  Nicholas)  is  a  small  plain  edifice, 
consisting  of  nave,  south  porch,  and  tower  ;  and,  except  the  latter,  was 
rebuilt  in  1780,  by  Geo.  Brudenell,  Esq.,  M.P.  The  tower  contains  one 
bell,  and  the  living  is  a  rectory,  valued  in  KB.  at  £3.  10s.  0£d.,  and  now 
at  £120.  It  is  in  the  patronage  of  Genl.  Fludyer,  and  incumbency  of  the 
Rev.  J.  H.  Fludyer,  M.A.,  who  has  a  good  residence.  The  tithes  were 
commuted  at  the  enclosure,  in  1759,  for  Is.  Gd.  per  acre.  The  Free 
School  here  has  about  £36  a  year  from  Henry  Forster's  Charity,  as 
noticed  with  Greetham,  at  page  788.  Mr.  Forster  resided  in  this  parish, 
and  died  here  in  1702,  ten  years  after  making  his  will.  Post  from  Gran- 
tham, via  Colsterworth. 


Fludyer  Rev.  John  Henry,  M.A.  rector 
Brown  Eobert,  cattle  dealer 
Mnnton  Boughton,  butcher 
Towell  Wm.  schoolmaster  &  par.  clerk 


Farmers  and  Graziers. — William 
Hardy,  John  Linney,  Robert  Pollard, 
Henry  Sneath,  and  John  Silverwood. 


WHISSENDINE,  a  large  village,  in  a  hilly  district  near  the  sources 
of  two  rivulets,  4|  miles  N.W  by  N.  of  Oakham,  and  G  miles  E.S.E.  of 
Melton  Mowbray,  has  in  its  parish  G93  inhabitants,  and  about  4004  acres 
of  land,  extending  westward  to  Leicestershire,  from  which  it  is  separated 
by  the  river  Eye  and  one  of  its  tributary  streams.  Edward  Sherard  Cal- 
craft  Kennedy,  Esq.,  is  lord  of  the  manor,  but  part  of  the  parish  belongs 
to  many  small  freeholders.  At  the  Domesday  Survey  it  was  called 
Wichinyedine,  and  was  held  by  the  Countess  Judith.  It  afterwards  passed 
to  the  Wake,  Helewell,  Harington,  Whittlebury,  and  Sherard  families. 
The  Church  (St.  Andrew)  is  a  large  and  handsome  building,  erected  at 
various  periods,  and  consisting  of  nave,  large  south  and  small  north  aisle, 
and  north  and  south  transepts,  with  a  fine  tower  containing  four  bells. 
The  north  transept  is  used  as  a  Sunday  School,  and  the  arch  connecting 
it  with  the  church  is  now  blocked  up.  Under  the  south  transept  is  the 
ancient  vault  of  the  Sherard  family  (Earls  of  Harborough,  &c.) ;  but  the 
three  last  generations  have  been  buried  at  Stapleford.  There  are  many 
monuments  of  this  family  in  the  church.  The  building  is  principally  of 
perpendicular  architecture,  but  there  is  a  Norman  doorway  in  the  porch. 
The  present  roof  was  erected  in  1728.  In  the  reign  of  Edward  I.,  this 
church  was  appropriated  to  the  monastery  of  Lindores,  in  Scotland ;  but 
in  the  succeeding  reign  it  was  alienated  to  the  priory  of  Sempringham. 
In  the  chancel  is  a  mutilated  alabaster  tomb,  in  memory  of  Bartholomew 
Villiers,  of  Brookesby.  The  living  is  a  discharged  vicarage,  valued  in 
KB.  at  £7.  Is.,  and  now  at  .£217.  It  has  about  ,£36  a  year  from  Henry 
Forster's  Charity,  as  noticed  at  page  788.  The  tithes  were  commuted 
at  the  enclosure  in  17G2,  and  the  vicar  (Rev.  Henry  Applebee,  M.A.,) 
has  28a.  of  land,  and  £90  a  year  from  the  trustees  of  the  late.  Earl  of 
Harborough,  the  impropriators  and  patrons.  The  Wesletyans  and  Pri- 
mitive Methodists  have  chapels  here,  and  the  Calvinists  have  a  meeting 
room  in  the  village.  The  Poors  Land,  given  by  an  unknown  donor, 
consists  of  IGa.  at  Long  Clawson,  let  for  £28  a  year,  which  are  distri- 
buted at  Christmas  in  bread ;  together  with  the  dividends  of  £50  Three 


794 


WHISSENDJNE    PAEISH. 


per  Cent.  Consols,  left  by  the  Rev.  Thos.  Hurst,  a  late  vicar.     Whissen- 
dine  Station,  on  the  Syston  and  Peterborough  Railway,  is  about  lh  mile 
E.  by  N.  of  the  village,  but  in  Edniondthorpe  parish,  and  trains  stop 
there  several  times  a  day. 
Post  Office  at  William  Peach's. 
Applebee  Rev.  Henry,  M.A.  vicar 


Letters  are  despatched  to  Oakham  at  5  p.m. 


Baines  Rev.  Charles  Thomas  Johnson, 

chaplain  of  Melton  Union 
Baker  Thomas,  gentleman 
Bree  Edward,  parish  clerk 
Floar  Samuel,  carpenter 
Gresham  Edward,  shepherd 
Hardy  Arthur,  plumber,  &c. 
Lewin  William,  coal  dealer 
Powell  Rev.  Richard,  M.A.  curate 
Whitehead  Bernard,  corn  miller 
INNS  AND  TAVERNS. 
Greyhound,  Edward  Stafford 
Rose  and  Crown,  Charles  Rimington 
White  Lion,  John  Trenham 

Hayes  Thomas 


BEERHOUSES. 

Dodson  Edward 
White  Charles 

BLACKSMITHS. 

Burton  John 
Dodson  Edward 

BUTCHERS. 

Holmes  John 
Snodin  John 

BAKERS. 

Hayes  Edward 


Rimington  Charles 

FARMERS  &    GRZRS. 

Allen  John 
Ashwell  William 
Baker  Thomas 
Bryan  Thomas 
Fowler  Henry 
Fowler  Samuel 
Fowler  William 
Freeman  Daniel 


Green  Robert 
Grice  Robert 
Hayes  Mary 
Hay  esWm.&  Smith 
Johnson  Mrs 
Johnson  William 
Musson  William 
Orton  George  (and 

cattle  dealer) 
Pears  John  Thos. 
Pickard  Joseph 
Reeve  Thomas 
Sheldon  John 
Stanhope  John 
Staniland  Wm.  and 

George,  Lodge 
Thompson  Mary 
Toon  John  &  Wm. 
Ward  Mary 
Ward  William 
Willoughby  Geo. 

MASONS. 

Burton  Charles 
Stafford  Thomas 

SHOEMAKERS. 

Fardell  William 


Gale  John 

SHOPKEEPERS. 

Collin  Thomas 
Hallam  Isaac 
Hayes  Robert  (and 

draper,  &c.) 
Stafford  John 
Stafford  Thomas 
Wooley  Mark  (and 

woollen  manfr.) 

TAILORS. 

Ashmell  John 
Collin  John 
Collin  Thomas 
Stafford  Francis  (& 
draper) 

WHEELWRIGHTS. 

Rodeley  George 
Stafford  Robert 

CARRIE  R3. 

Wm.  Ashwell,  Chs. 
White,andEdw. 
Loseby,  to  Mel- 
ton Tues. ;  and 
the  latter  also  to 
Oakham  Sat. 


WHITWELL,  a  small  village  and  parish,  on  an  eminence  on  the 
north  side  of  the  vale  of  the  river  Gwash,  4i-  miles  E.  of  Oakham,  con- 
tains 104  inhabitants,  and  548  acres  of  land.  The  Earl  of  Gainsborough 
owns  most  of  the  soil,  and  is  lord  of  the  manor,  which  was  called  Wite- 
well  at  the  Domesday  Survey,  when  it  was  held  by  the  Countess  Judith, 
and  had  a  church,  priest,  six  villans,  two  bordars,  and  a  mill.  From  the 
reign  of  Edward  II.  to  that  of  Henry  VIII.,  it  was  held  by  the  Knights 
Hospitaller  of  St.  John  of  Jerusalem,  on  whose  suppression  it  was  granted 
to  the  Haringtons,  who  sold  it  to  Sir  Baptist  Hicks,  whose  heiress  car- 
ried it  in  marriage  to  the  Noels.  The  family  of  Floar,  or  Flore,  had  an 
ancient  seat  here,  and  was  formerly  of  great  eminence  in  the  county, 
and  represented  it  often  in  parliament,  even  as  far  back  as  the  reign  of 
Richard  II.  A  chantry  was  founded  here  at  an  early  period  by  Richard 
Wightivell,  and  on  its  suppression,  in  the  reign  of  Edward  VI.,  the  priest 
had  a  yearly  income  of  £o.  0s.  9d.  The  Church  (St.  Michael)  is  a  small 
but  very  antique  structure,  standing  on  a  knoll  close  by  the  road  side, 
embosomed  in  trees,  and  presenting  a  very  rustic  appearance.  It  has 
no  steeple,  but  a  small  turret  holds  two  bells.  It  was  substantially 
repaired,  and  the  chancel  partly  rebuilt  in  1825.  The  rectory,  valued  in 
K.B.  at  i'5,  and  now  at  <£32G,  is  in  the  gift  of  the  Earl  of  Gainsborough, 
and  incumbency  of  the  Rev.  Charles  S.  Ellicott,  LL.B.,  who  has  a  good 
residence,  54  acres  of  glebe,  and  a  yearly  rent-charge  of  .£140,  awarded 
in  1838,  in  lieu  of  tithes.  In  1853,  about  twenty  skeletons  were  found 
in  this  parish,  in  a  ridge  of  land  occupied  by  Mr.  Tucker.  They  are 
supposed  to  be  the  remains  of  persons  who  fell  in  the  civil  wars  of 
Edward  IV.  and  Henry  VI.    Post  from  Stamford. 


WHITWELL    PARISH.  795 


FARMERS  AND  GRAZIERS. 
Chapman  Thomas  I  Springthorp  Mary- 
Clark  John  Tucker  John 


Branstone  Charles,  carpenter 
Ellicott  Rev.  Charles  Spencer,  LL.B 

rector  and  rural  dean,  Rectory 
Mills  John,  parish  clerk 
Thompson  John,  vict.  NoeVs  Arms        I  Carriers  pass  through  from  Emping 
Walker  Lewis,  haker  ham  to  Oakham  on  Saturday. 


The  EAST  HUNDRED  of  Rutlandshire  is  of  an  irregular  triangular 
figure,  bounded  on  the  S.  by  Northamptonshire  and  the  Borough  of 
Stamford;  on  the  E.  and  N.  by  Lincolnshire;  and  on  the  W.  by  Alstoe, 
Wrangdike,  and  Martinsley  Hundreds.  In  Domesday  Book  it  is  included 
under  the  head  of  Northamptonshire,  except  Pickworth  parish,  which  is 
placed  under  the  head  Lincolnshire.  The  fee  of  it  passed  to  the  Crown, 
as  parcel  of  the  Duchy  of  Cornwall.  It  contains  3945  inhabitants,  and 
20,396  acres  of  land,  as  shown  at  page  77  7.  It  is  divided  into  nine 
parishes  and  two  hamlets,  as  follow,  and  was  formerly  in  two  divisions, 
one  of  which  was  called  Casterton  Parva  Hundred. 


CASTERTON,  (GREAT)  or  Bridge  Casterton,  is  a  neat  village, 
pleasantly  situated  on  the  Great  North  Road,  and  on  the  N.  side  of  the 
river  Gwash,  %\  miles  N.W.  of  Stamford.  Its  parish  contains  323  inha- 
bitants, and  2088  acres  of  land,  of  which  about  1733  acres  were  enclosed 
in  1797.  All,  except  the  glebe,  belongs  to  the  Marquis  of  Exeter,  the 
lord  of  the  manor.  That  great  Roman  road  called  Ermine  street  passed 
through  Great  Casterton,  in  its  route  from  London  to  Lincoln  and  the 
Humber ;  and  no  doubt  the  Romans  had  a  castrum  or  station  here,  but 
its  name  is  the  subject  of  various  wild  conjectures.  Camden  supposes  it 
to  have  been  destroyed  by  the  Picts  and  Scots  when  Hengist  and  his 
Saxon  troops  stopped  their  further  progress  at  Stamford.  In  Saxon 
times  it  was  held  by  Earl  Morcar,  and  at  the  Norman  Survey  by  Hugh 
Fitz  Balderic.  From  him  it  passed  to  the  family  of  De  La  Warr ;  but, 
in  the  reign  of  Henry  VI.,  it  was  held  by  Lord  Scrope.  In  the  early  part 
of  the  reign  of  Henry  VIII. ,  it  was  held  by  Lord  Hussey,  after  whose 
attainder  it  passed  to  the  Exeter  family.  The  manor  is  co-extensive 
with  the  parish,  and  in  many  records  is  called  JVoodhead,  or  Woodeheved, 
from  the  residence  of  its"  ancient  lords  in  its  high  woodland  part,  more 
than  a  mile  north  of  the  village.  The  woods  comprise  about  170  acres. 
The  Bridge,  which  gives  it  the  adjunct,  is  an  old  substantial  building 
of  several  arches,  and  near  it  is  the  Church  (St.  Peter  and  St.  Paul), 
which  is  an  ancient  structure  in  the  early  English  style,  consisting  of  a 
nave  with  aisles,  chancel,  south  porch,  and  a  square  tower,  crowned  by 
light  airy  pinnacles,  and  containing  five  bells.  It  still  retains  all  its 
original  windows,  including  those  of  the  clerestory,  which  are  circular. 
The  capitals  of  the  pillars  which  support  the  arches  are  very  richly 
ornamented  with  foliage.  The  two  lancet-pointed  windows  at  the  east 
end  have  slender  shafts,  with  capitals  richly  foliated.  The  tower  is  at 
the  west  end,  but  Blore  says  it  seems  to  have  been  designed  to  form  the 
centre  of  the  edifice.  Under  a  fiat  arch,  on  the  outside  of  the  south 
aisle,  is  the  recumbent  effigy  of  a  priest  in  excellent  preservation,  though 
it  is  apparently  about  six  centuries  old ;  and  on  the  outside  of  the  east 
wall  is  a  small  statue  of  St.  Peter.  A  small  trefoil-headed  light  in  the 
north  wall  of  the  chancel  has  been  filled  with  stained  glass,  in  memory  of 
the  infant  son  of  the  Rev.  E.  May,  of  Stamford,  and  near  it  is  a  marble 
tablet  to  the  memory  of  the  late  Rev.  Richard  Lucas,  of  Edith  Weston, 
who  was  rector  of  this  parish  for  42  years.    The  churchyard  contains 


796  GKEAT    CASTERTON    PARISH. 

a  small  alabastar  cross,  in  memory  of  the  Rev.  Henry  Atlay,  the  late 
rector,  who  died  in  1861.  The  living  is  a  rectory,  valued  in  K.B.  at 
jGII.  2s.  lid.,  and  now  ^£450,  with  that  of  Pickworth  annexed  to  it.  The 
Marquis  of  Exeter  is  patron,  and  the  Rev.  Joseph  Place,  M.A.,  is  the  in- 
cumbent, and  has  a  good  residence,  built  in  1828.  The  glebe  here  is  64a. 
The  tithes  of  Great  Casterton,  with  Pickworth  united,  were  extinguished 
by  an  Act  of  Parliament,  passed  in  1795,  and  a  corn  rent  made  payable 
to  the  rector  in  lieu  thereof.  The  School  was  built  in  1861,  at  a  cost  of 
about  i'350.  John  Glare,  the  Northamptonshire  poet,  resided  here  in 
1817.  In  1822,  Susannah  Woods  left  £100,  three-fifths  of  the  interest 
to  be  distributed  in  bread  amongst  the  poor  on  St.  Thomas'  day,  and  the 
remainder  to  be  given  to  the  church  singers. 

Post  Office  at  William  Wyles'.     Letters  despatched  to  Stamford  at  5}  p.m. 


Bailey  Peter,  smith  and  plough  maker 

Cole  William,  shoemaker 

Cook  Emma,  schoolmistress 

Green  Thomas,  parish  clerk 

Harrison  (James)  and  Sismey  (Joseph) 
wheelwrights  and  plough  makers 

Hedges  Kev.  George  N.  B.A.  curate 

Peach  Mr  Joseph  ||  Peat  Wm.  shopr. 

Place  Rev.  Joseph,  M.A.  Rectory 

Porter  Charles,  blacksmith 

Smith  Mary  Ann,  shopkeeper  and  vic- 
tualler, ^longh 


Smith  James,  farm  bailiff 
Woods  Charles,  stonemason 
Wyles  William,  postmaster 

FARMERS  AND  GRAZIERS. 


Brown  Mary 
Christian  John 
Franks  William 

Wortley 
Goodwin — ,  Walk 


Mann  George 
Michelson  Robert 
Porter  Charles 
Savilie  George  ;  h 
Ingthorpe 


Farm  \  Standwell  Thomas 

Hart  Henry  j  Stapleton  Fanny 

Knight  John  j  Wilders  John 


CASTERTON,  (LITTLE)  a  small  village  in  a  hollow,  en  the  south 
side  of  the  river  Gwash  or  Wash,  2£  miles  N.  by  W.  of  Stamford,  has  in 
its  parish  182  souls,  and  about  1200  acres  of  land,  including  the  small 
adjoining  hamlet  of  Tolthorpe,  or  Tolethorpe.  Lord  Chesham  is  lord  of 
the  manors,  and  owner  of  most  of  the  soil,  which  was  purchased  by  his 
family  about  1810.  In  Hill  Close  are  some  slight  remains  of  earth- 
works, which  Blore  supposes  to  be  the  site  of  a  mansion  occupied  by  the 
Scropes,  or  of  one  belonging  to  Newstead  Priory,  when  the  parish  was 
held  by  that  monastery.  The  open  fields  were  enclosed  in  1796,  when 
the  tithes  were  commuted.  The  Church  (All  Saints)  is  a  small  antique 
fabric,  consisting  of  nave  with  clerestory,  aisles,  chancel,  south  porch, 
and  double  bell  turret  at  the  west  end.  The  roof  is  of  low  pitch,  and 
has  bosses  exhibiting  foliage  at  the  intersections.  The  principals  and 
intermediate  principals  rise  from  wall-plates,  composed  of  carved  angels 
holding  shields  and  in  the  attitude  of  prayer,  and  one  whole  length  figure 
blowing  a  trumpet.  The  north  aisle  has  arches  in  the  Anglo-Norman 
style  of  Henry  II.,  with  a  variety  of  fancifully  ornamented  capitals  to  the 
pillars.  The  other  parts  are  of  later  date,  and  have  some  very  fine  lancet 
windows.  Under  an  arch  in  the  south  aisle  is  a  coffin-shaped  monument, 
with  very  deep  mouldings,  and  supported  by  short  pillars ;  and  near  it  is 
an  altar  bracket  and  a  trefoil-headed  piscina.  There  is  also  an  altar 
bracket  and  a  piscina  in  the  north  aisle.  The  latter  contains  a  stone 
ahelf,  and  its  triangular-headed  canopy  and  tympanum  are  enriched  with 
a  profusion  of  foliage.  In  the  floor  beneath  this  piscina  is  a  square 
water  drain,  formed  by  a  four-leaved  flower,  with  holes  in  the  centre, 
which  was  formerly  in  the  church  of  Pickworth.  There  is  an  aumbry 
in  the  north  wall,  within  the  altar  rails,  and  on  either  side  of  the  east 
window  is  a  richly  carved  tabernacle  containing  the  commandments,  the 
panels  being  under  crocheted  canopies,  and  the  corbels  elaborately  carved. 
A  portion  of  the  ancient  rood  screen  remains,  and  its  panels  have  richly 


LITTLE    CASTERTON    PARISH.  797 

carved  tracer}''.  Two  of  the  windows  in  the  south  wall  of  the  chancel 
contain  some  good  early  English  stained  glass.  In  the  floor  of  the 
chancel  is  one  of  the  finest  engraved  mediaeval  monumental  brasses  in 
England,  containing  representations  of  Sir  Thomas  Burton  and  his  wife, 
in  the  costume  of  the  latter  part  of  the  14th  century.  The  knight  is  in 
chain  mail  and  wears  the  collar  of  SS. ;  and  the  lady's  braided  hair  has 
an  enriched  covering  of  net-work,  and  is  surmounted  by  a  rich  tiara  of 
jewels.  The  church  contains  a  number  of  other  interesting  monuments, 
several  of  them  recording  the  memory  of  former  rectors.  The  rectory, 
valued  in  K.B.  at  £6.  15s.  5d.,  and  now  at  i'266,  is  in  the  patronage  of 
Lord  Chesham,  and  incumbency  of  the  Rev.  Jas.  Twining,  M.A.  The 
School  is  attended  by  about  25  children  and  is  endowed  with  £26 
per  annum,  given  by  the  late  Rev.  Richard  Twopenny.  Here  are  two 
fine  Freestone  Quarries,  worked  by  Mr.  O.  N.  Simpson,  of  Stamford.  The 
glebe  is  54  acres,  and  the  tithes  have  been  commuted  for  a  corn  rent 
averaging  about  .£123  per  annum.  The  principal  inhabitants  are — Rev. 
Jas.  Twining.  M.A.,  Rectory ;  Misses  Margaret  and  Sar.  Simpson  ;  Thos. 
Bamford  and  Robert  Chas.  Simpson,  farmers ;  Benj.  Pick,  farm  bailiff, 
Frith  Farm;  Mary  Smith,  schoolmistress ;  and  Wm.  Smith,  wheelwright 
and  parish  clerk. 


Tolthorpe,  or  Tolethorpe,  a  hamlet  in  the  parish  of  Little  Casterton, 
and  adjoining  that  village  on  the  north,  has  a  mill  on  the  river  Gwash, 
and  a  pleasant  seat  called  Tolthope  House,  formerly  the  residence  of 
the  Browne  family,  but  now  belonging  to  Lord  Chesham,  and  occupied 
by  Mrs.  Everson  Harrisson.  It  is  a  curious  old  mansion,  in  the  Elizabe- 
than style,  but  partly  modernised  ;  and  stands  on  a  bold  eminence,  over- 
looking the  river  Gwash.  Near  it  is  a  chalybeate  spring,  which  Blore 
describes  as  possessing  properties  similar  to  those  of  the  water  of  Tun- 
bridge  Wells.  The  large  water-mill  is  in  a  secluded  dell,  close  to  the 
river,  and  is  occupied  by  Mr.  Clement  Bland.  At  the  Domesday  Sur- 
vey, William,  the  son  of  Ausculf,  one  of  the  greatest  barons *of  the  age, 
held  lands  here,  which  afterwards  passed  to  Fulke  Paganell,  and 
from  him  to  the  knightly  family  of  Burton,  in  the  reign  of  Edward  II., 
and  became  the  property  of  the  Browne's,  by  purchase,  in  the  50th  Ed- 
ward III. 

EMPINGHAM,  anciently  a  market  town,  is  a  large  village,  pleasantly 
situated  on  the  north  side  of  the  river  Gwash,  or  Wash,  which  is  here 
crossed  by  a  picturesque  bridge,  G£  miles  E.  of  Oakham,  and  five  miles 
W.  by  N.  of  Stamford,  on  the  high  road  between  those  towns.  Its 
parish  contains  921  inhabitants,  and  4673a.  12p.  of  land,  including 
Hardwick,  a  hamlet  or  manor  of  358a.  Or.  24p.  About  3700  acres  of  this 
extensive  parish  were  in  open  fields,  commons,  and  heaths,  till  they 
were  enclosed  under  an  act  passed  in  1794.  Lord  Aveland  is  lord  of 
the  manors,  and  owner  of  nearly  all  the  soil.  His  father,  the  late  Sir 
Gilbert  Heathcote,  Bart.,  about  20  years  ago,  purchased  of  the  Ecclesi- 
astical Commissioners  the  prebendal  lands  of  Empingham,  (113a.  3r.,) 
which  he  had  long  held  on  lease.  The  parish  includes  a  large  wood, 
l-J-  mile  north  of  the  village  ;  and  Hardwick,  now  a  farm,  is  more  than 
two  miles  further  to  the  north,  beyond  Hornfield,  which  is  in  this  parish, 
and  is  the  site  of  the  battle  noticed  at  page  789.  At  the  Norman  Survey, 
Gilbert  de  Gant  held  most  of  Empingham  of  the  King's  Soke  of  Rutland ; 
and  the  rest  was  held  by  Salfredus,  of  William  Peverel.  Soon  after  this 
survey,  the  family  of  Normanville  became  lords  of  the  town,    In  the 


798  EMPINGHAM    PARISH. 

reign  of  Henry  III.,  the  heiress  of  Sir  Thomas  de  Normanville  carried 
it  in  marriage  to  Edmund  de  Passeley,  to  whom  Edward  I.  granted  a 
charter  for  a  weekly  market  and  an  annual  fair  here,  but  both  have  long 
been  obsolete.  After  his  death,  his  widow  married  Wm.  de  Basinges, 
from  whose  family  the  manor  passed  to  the  Mackworths.  Empingham 
and  other  estates  formerly  belonging  to  Sir  Thomas  Mackworth,  were 
sold  by  Charles  Tyron,  Esq.,  in  1729,  to  Gilbert  Heathcote,  Esq.,  of 
Loudon,  who  was  created  a  baronet  in  1733.  His  great  grandson  was 
created  Baron  Aveland  in  1856,  and  is  the  present  owner.  Empingham 
Church  (St.  Peter)  is  prebendal,  and  its  prebendary  held  a  stall  in 
Lincoln  cathedral  till  the  death  of  the  last  incumbent,  about  20  years 
ago,  when  the  office  was  abolished  by  the  Ecclesiastical  Commissioners, 
in  pursuance  of  their  plans  for  reducing  the  incomes  of  large,  and 
augmenting  those  of  small  benefices.  The  prebendary  had  a  'peculiar 
jurisdiction  over  the  whole  parish,  including  probates  of  wills,  adminis- 
trations, &c.  The  prebend  was  founded  by  Gilbert  de  Gand,  or  Gant, 
soon  after  the  Conquest,  and  endowed  with  the  rectorial  tithes  and  four 
bovates  of  land.  The  prebendal  land,  as  already  noticed,  was  sold  about 
20  years  ago,  to  the  late  Sir  G.  Heathcote,  Bart. ;  and  the  discharged 
vicarage,  valued  in  K.B.  at  .£7.  14s.  9£d.  and  now  at  £400,  is  in  the 
patronage  of  the  Bishop  of  Peterborough.  It  was  augmented  some  years 
ago  by  benefactions  from  Q.  A.  B.,  and  from  Mrs.  Willes,  and  also  with 
.£100  per  annum  by  the  Ecclesiastical  Commissioners.  The  Rev.  Thos. 
L.  Cooper,  M.A.,  is  the  vicar,  and  has  53  acres  of  glebe,  and  about  .£36 
a  year  from  Forster's  Charity.  (See  page  788.)  The  tithes  were  com- 
muted for  a  corn  rent  at  the  enclosure  of  the  parish,  and  the  vicar's 
corn  rent  now  yields  about  ,£102  a  year.  The  Vicarage  House  was  built 
about  200  years  ago,  and  has  been  considerably  enlarged  by  the  present 
incumbent.  In  lowering  the  carriage  drive,  in  1835,  a  number  of  skele- 
tons were  found,  and  were  supposed  to  be  the  remains  of  some  of  those 
who  fell  in  the  battle  of  "Losecoat  Field."  The  Church  is  a  fine 
specimen  of  very  early  English- Gothic  architecture,  consisting  of  a  nave, 
two  aisles,  two  transepts,  and  a  chancel,  with  a  handsome  tower  at  the 
west  end  containing  five  bells,  and  surmounted  by  a  short  crocketed 
spire.  The  west  entrance  consists  of  two  pointed  arches,  one  surmounting 
the  other  in  a  manner  extremely  curious,  and  ornamented  with  very 
rich  mouldings  and  the  ballflower.  The  nave  is  separated  from  the 
aisles  by  two  rows  of  pillars,  and  the  arches  on  the  south  side  are  Nor- 
man and  on  the  north  early  English.  Most  of  the  windows  are  of  the 
elegant  lancet  shape  ;  and  some  of  them  are  rich  in  tracery.  The  north 
transept  or  chantry  is  of  later  date.  It  is  the  burial-place  of  the  Mack- 
worths,  and  is  lighted  by  four  decorated  windows,  containing  some  an- 
tique armorial  glass.  Its  roof  is  quaintly  painted  to  represent  clouds. 
In  the  vestry  is  an  ancient  carved  chest  made  from  the  real  cedar  of 
Lebanon,  and  supposed  to  have  been  brought  by  the  crusaders.  The 
east  window  is  much  admired  as  a  very  pure  specimen  of  early  architec- 
ture. The  west  gallery  greatly  disfigures  the  building,  and  hides  a  beauti- 
ful pointed  arch.  A  chapel,  dedicated  to  St.  Botolph,  stood  near  the  man- 
sion of  the  Normanville  family,  on  the  east  side  of  the  village,  on  the 
spot  still  called  Chapel  Hill ;  but  all  traces  of  it  are  gone.  The  Wes- 
legans  have  a  small  chapel  here  ;  and  in  the  village  is  a  School,  endowed 
with  about  £36  a  year  from  Forster's  Charity.  (See  page  788.)  The 
poor  parishioners  have  the  interest  of  £60,  which  is  commonly  called 
Sir  Thomas  MaclcwortKs  Dole,  and  was  expended  by  the  overseers  in 
furnishing  the  parish  workhouse,  in  1704.  John  Warrington,  of 
Stamford,  in  1806,  bequeathed  .£4000  five  per  cent,  annuities,  in  trust, 


COUNTY  OF  RUTLAND. 


799 


to  apply  the  yearly  dividends  for  the  relief  of  50  poor  aged  women, 
widows  or  spinsters,  of  the  five  parishes  of  Empingham  and  Ketton,  in 
Rutlandshire,  and  Uffington,  Tallington,  and  Market  Deeping,  in  Li  i  ■ 
colnshire,  after  paying  the  necessary  expenses.  This  charity  took  effect 
in  1819.  Petty  Sessions  are  held  at  the  White  Horse  Inn,  on  the  first 
Monday  of  every  month,  as  noticed  at  page  788. 

Post  Office  at  John  Cooper's.     Letters  via  Stamford. 


Allen  Nathaniel,  vict.  White  Horse 
Ashwell  Mr  Hy.     ||     Syson  Mrs  Ann 
Barnacle  Thomas,  schoolmaster 
Bland  Benj.  mason  and  parish  clerk 
Bunning  Thomas  Yarrad,  maltster 
Cooper   Rev.   Thomas    Lovick,    M.A. 
rector  of  Mablethorpe  St.  Mary,  and 
vicar  of  Empingham,  Vicarage 
Parnell  Charles,  veterinary  surgeon 
Pateman  Jonathan,  baker 
Scott  Thomas  Beaseley,  surgeon 
Syson   Thomas,    Esq.   land   agent   to 

Lord  Aveland 
Turner  Thomas,  stonemason 
Warren  Thomas,  vict.  Crown 


BEERHOUSES. 

Bl©odworth  Ann 
Gower  William 
Parker  William 

BLACKSMITHS. 

Bailey  Robert 
Smith  John 

BUTCHERS. 

Buckworth     John 

Thomas 
Hibbitt  Josiah 


Walker  Peter 

FARMERS  &  GRAZRS, 

Alexander  John 
Alexander  William 
Allen  Nathaniel 
Bloodworth  Chas. 
Bloodworth  Thos. 
Bryan  Richard 
Buckworth  Richd. 
Bunning  Thos.  Y. 
Canner  William 


Casterton  Zach. 
Cooper  William 
Corby  Charles 
Fancourt  William 
Freestone  Henry 
Fryer  John  Thos. 
Goud  John  &  Rd. 
Grant  Mary 
Hibbitt  Josiah 
Humphrey  William 

Donald 
JacksonRichard  (& 

corn  miller) 
Keen  Charles 
Nutt  George 
Porter  Edward 
Pretty  John 
Royce  Maria 
Seaton      Richard, 

Hardwick  Farm 
Smith  Charles 
Tewson  Francis 
Turner  John 
Warren  Thomas 

grocers,  &c. 
Islip  Thomas 


Canner  Mark  (and 

draper) 
Love  Thomas 

SADDLERS. 

Ogden  Henry 
Redshaw  William 

SHOEMAKERS. 

Cooper  Richard 
Davis  William 
Sneath  Edward 

TAILORS. 

Potter  Joseph 
Scott  Phoebe 

WHEELWRIGHTS  & 
CARPENTERS. 

Alphin  William 
Bryan  Richard 
Love  William 
Ogden  William 
Rudkin  Tom 

CARRIERS. 

To  Oakham  Sat.  & 
Stamford  Mon. 
Fri.  Uriah  Cas- 
terton and  Alice 
Pugmore 


ESSENDINE,  or  Essenden,  is  a  small  village,  on  a  pleasant  declivity 
near  a  rivulet  at  the  north-eastern  end  of  Rutlandshire,  5  miles  N.  hy 
E.  of  Stamford.  It  gives  name  to  a  parochial  chapelry  attached  to  Ryhall 
parish,  and  containing  193  inhabitants,  and  1523  acres  of  land,  bounded 
on  the  north  and  east  hy  Lincolnshire.  Its  name  is  supposed  to  be  a 
corruption  of  Eastern  dun,  or  hill.  It  had  formerly  a  castle,  but  nothing 
remains  but  its  moated  site,  which  comprises  an  area  of  rather  more  than 
an  acre,  now  planted  with  young  trees.  The  Marquis  of  Exeter  is  lord 
of  the  manor,  and  impropriator  of  the  great  tithes ;  but  part  of  the  soil 
belongs  to  J.  A.  Hankey,  Esq.  A  battle  is  said  to  have  been  fought  here 
between  the  Saxons  and  Danes ;  and  in  another  battle,  near  Stamford, 
the  former  were  headed  by  the  Baron  of  Essendine.  At  the  Domesday 
Survey,  Esindone  was  accounted  in  Gisleburgh  Hundred,  Northants, 
and  Walter  held  of  the  Bishop  of  Lincoln  1  hide  here.  The  arable  land 
was  6  carucates  ;  and  there  were  2  carucates,  with  1  serving  man,  16 
villans,  and  5  bordars  in  the  demesne ;  and  a  wood  (>  furlongs  long  and  4 
broad.  In  the  Confessor's  time  it  was  worth  i:4,  and  at  the  Survey  100s. 
After  the  Conquest  it  was  held  by  Gilbert  de  Gant,  and  it  subsequently 
passed  to  the  Bussew,  Buisly,  Vipont,  Clifford,  Spenser,  Beauchamp,  and 
Neville  families.  In  the  reign  of  Henry  VIII. ,  this  and  other  manors 
were  sold  to  Cecil,  an  ancestor  of  the  present  Marquises  of  Salisbury  and 
Exeter,  the  former  of  whom  has  the  title  of  Baron  Cecil,  of  Essenden. 
Though  no  remains  of  the  castle  are  now  extant,  it  is  probable  that  it 


800 


ESSENDINE    CHAPELRY. 


was  occupied  by  a  branch  of  the  Cecil  family  as  late  as  the  reign  of  Eliza- 
beth, for  Lord  Burghley  mentions  Essendine  in  his  will  as  a  place  of 
residence  for  his  younger  son  Robert.  The  Church  (St.  Mary)  is  a  small 
ancient  structure  on  the  south  side  of  the  castle  moat,  and  has  two  bells 
hanging  in  a  turret.  The  south  door  is  one  of  the  oldest  specimens  of 
Norman  architecture  in  the  county,  and  its  fine  semicircular  arch  has 
zig-zag  mouldings  and  other  ornaments,  and  contains  a  carved  figure  of 
the  Saviour  with  his  hand  resting  on  a  book,  and  an  angel  on  each  side. 
The  chancel  arch  is  also  ornamented  with  the  chevron,  but  is  pointed. 
The  tithes  were  commuted,  in  1845,  for  <£97s.  10s.  per  annum  to  the  vicar, 
and  £197  per  annum  to  the  impropriator,  and  the  benefice  is  consolidated 
with  Ryhall  vicarage.  Here  is  a  station  on  the  main  line  of  the  Great 
Northern  Railway,  at  the  junction  of  the  Stamford  and  Essendine  and 
the  Essendine  and  Bourn  branches.  Post  from  Stamford  at  8  morning, 
returning  at  4  afternoon. 


Cousens  Joseph,  shopkeeper 
Lambert  William,  coal  agent  and  vict. 

Railway  Hotel 
Mason  Samnel  Lock,  station  master 
Smith  Charles,  butcher  and  shopkeeper 
Stimson  Mrs  Mary 


Twilley  Isaac,  gamekeeper 

FARMERS  AND  GRAZIERS. 


Dawson  Win.  Dd. 
Ingle  Robert,  Park 
Lodge 


Lambert  William 
North  JohnHenry 
Pearson  William 


KETTON  is  a  village  in  a  low  valley,  situated  on  the  north  side 
of  the  river  Chater,  and  on  the  Uppingham  road,  3^  miles  W.S.W.  of 
Stamford.  Its  parish  contains  1053  inhabitants,  and  3122  acres  of  land, 
including  the  hamlets  of  Geeston  and  Aldgate,  on  the  south  side  of  the 
river,  and  that  of  Kelthorpe,  nearly  a  mile  south  of  the  village,  in  the 
vale  of  the  river  Welland,  which  receives  the  Chater  a  mile  below  Ketton. 
About  a  mile  N.  of  the  village  are  the  extensive  Ketton  Quarries,  which 
have  long  been  celebrated  for  their  excellent  freestone,  of  which  many 
mansions  in  this  county  are  built.  Lord  Northwick  owns  2459a.  of 
the  parish,  and  is  lord  of  the  manors  called  "  Grenchams,  Whitwell's, 
and  Hutchins,"  and  the  Hon.  Henry  Lewis  Noel,  of  Exton  Park,  is  lessee 
of  the  Rectory  and  Prebendal  Manor  of  Ketton,  comprising  152a.  3r.  9p. 
The  whole  parish,  except  about  300  acres,  was  in  open  fields,  commons, 
and  heaths  till  17G8,  when  an  act  was  obtained  for  their  enclosure,  and 
the  commutation  of  the  tithes.  Lord  Aveland  is  owner  and  lord  of  Kel- 
thorpe Manor  (291a.),  and  Samuel  Hunt,  Hy.  Barman,  and  John  Stanger, 
Esqrs.,  and  Mrs.  Eliza  Green,  are  small  landowners  in  the  parish.  The 
manors  have  passed  through  various  families,  and  the  Hall,  a  plain  sub- 
stantial mansion,  is  now  occupied  by  J.N.  Fazakerley,  Esq.,  but  belongs 
to  the  Prebendal  estate.  The  Church  (St.  Mary)  is  a  fine  antique  fabric 
of  Norman  origin,  consisting  of  nave  with  aisles,  south  porch,  chancel,  and 
north  and  south  transepts,  with  a  tower  in  the  centre  containing  six 
bells,  and  crowned  by  an  elegant  spire,  rising  to  the  height  of  nearly  60 
yards.  Being  much  decayed  in  the  early  part  of  the  thirteenth  century, 
Hugh  de  Welles,  Bishop  of  Lincoln,  granted  a  release  of  twenty  days' 
penance  to  all  who  contributed  anything  towards  its  restoration.  The 
western  door  is  one  of  the  finest  specimens  of  the  transition  style,  of 
mixed  Norman  and  early  English  architecture,  in  the  kingdom  ;  and  in 
the  interior  are  three  sedilia,  and  other  remains  of  antiquity.  A  beautiful 
specimen  of  frescoe  painting  of  "  SL  Christopher  carrying  Christ  over 
the  River,"  was  laid  bare  during  the  cleansing  of  the  church,  in  1844  ; 
but  was  obliged  to  be  destroyed,  on  rebuilding  the  north  wall,  during  the 
restorations.    The  tower  is  rich  in  ornament  and  light  in  execution,  but 


KETTON    PARISH. 


801 


lias  no  battlements,  the  spire  springing  at  once  from  its  summit.  This 
fine  church  was  restored  in  1861-'2,  at  a  cost  of  £2300,  under  the 
superintendence  of  the  celebrated  G.  Gilbert  Scott,  Esq.,  R.A.  The 
square  box  pews  and  the  unsightly  west  gallery  have  been  removed,  and 
low  open  seats  have  been  introduced,  with  a  new  west  window  exhibiting 
a  profusion  of  geometrical  tracery.  The  interior  has  been  cleansed  from 
accumulated  coats  of  whitewash  and  paint,  and  the  stonework,  where 
mutilated,  restored  in  its  original  style.  A  beautiful  carved  pulpit,  in 
the  transitional  Norman  style  (the  prevailing  characteristic  of  the  build- 
ing), has  been  erected,  and  a  new  organ  has  been  constructed,  and  the 
whole  of  the  roofs  and  flooring  renewed.  The  west  ends  of  the  north 
and  south  aisles  have  lancet  windows  of  very  graceful  proportions,  which 
have  recently  been  filled  with  stained  glass,  one  containing  figures  of 
Isaiah,  Jeremiah,  Ezekiel,  and  Daniel,  and  the  other  of  the  four  evange- 
lists. There  is  another  stained-glass  window  in  the  north  transept, 
inserted  in  1857,  and  also  a  handsome  monument  of  the  Caldecott  family, 
dated  1594.  The  chancel  will  shortly  be  restored  in  a  similar  way  to 
the  church.  The  Prebend  of  Ketton  has  been  endowed  with  the  great 
tithes,  and  the  patronage  of  the  united  vicarages  of  Ketton  and  Tixover, 
since  the  twelfth  century ;  but  after  the  decease  of  the  present  Prebendary, 
(Rev.  R.  Stevens,  D.D.,  Dean  of  Rochester,  who  has  been  prebendary 
since  1814,  and  has  his  stall  in  Lincoln  Cathedral),  the  Prebend  will  be 
abolished,  and  its  revenues  will  be  appropriated  by  the  Ecclesiastical 
Commissioners  to  their  fund  for  the  augmentation  of  poor  livings.  The 
vicarage,  valued  in  K.B.  at  £8,  and  now  at  .£160,  with  that  of  Tixover 
annexed,  is  in  the  incumbency  of  the  Rev.  John  H.  Noyes,  M.A.,  who 
has  about  £48  from  Forstefs  Charity,  noticed  at  page  788.  The  Vicarage 
House  was  considerably  improved  in  1856,  at  a  cost  of  £500.  The  glebe 
is  22a.  3r.  7p.,  awarded,  in  1769,  in  commutation  of  tithes.  The  National 
School  was  built  in  1857,  at  a  cost  of  .£700,  and  the  old  school  was  at 
the  same  time  converted  into  a  residence  for  the  master,  at  a  further 
cost  of  £100.  About  ^280  were  given  by  government,  and  the  remainder 
was  raised  by  subscription.  It  is  endowed  with  the  dividends  of  .£1000 
three-per-cent.  reduced  annuities,  left  by  Sophia  Eliz.  Edwards,  in  1791, 
and  it  is  attended  by  about  120  boys  and  girls,  who  pay  Id.  each  per 
week.  Here  is  a  small  Independent  Chapel,  built  in  1829.  White 
Bread  Close  was  given  to  the  poor  at  an  early  period,  and  is  let  for  .£24 
a  year,  part  of  which  is  distributed  in  coals.  Ten  poor  aged  women  of 
Ketton  have  a  fifth  share  of  Warrington  s  Charity,  as  noticed  at  page 
798.  Here  is  a  station  on  the  Syston  and  Peterborough  Railway,  at 
which  trains  stop  several  times  a  day. 

Post  Office  at  the  Pied  Bull.     Letters  despatched  to  Stamford  at  6  p.m. 


Grantham  Hon.  Mes  Emily  Grace, 

Ketton  Lodge 
Boyall  Mrs  Eliz.  ||  De  la  Fosse  Mrs 
Browett  John,  sen.  gardener 
Brown  William,  sexton 
Burman  Henry,  surgeon 
Burroughes  Thos.H.  Esq.' Jfeffon  Cotg. 
Clark  John,  corn  merchant 
Close  Thomas,  slater  and  builder 
Cobley  Samuel,  general  dealer 
Crawshaw  Rev.  John  (Plymouth  Bro.) 
Edwards  Fras.  &  Mrs,  National  School 
Fazakerley  John  Nicholas,  Esq.  Hall 
Green  Mrs  Eliz.  "  Pears  Mr  John 


Hunt  Samuel,  Esq.  Ketton  House 
Jackson  David,  vict.  White  Hart 
Joyce  John,  parish  clerk 
Loveday  John,  mat,  &c.  maker 
Molesworth  Thos.  Cassell,  brewer,  &c. 
Noyes  Rev.  John  Hy.  M.A.  vicar 
Osborn  Maria,  vict.  Pied  Bull 
Sharpe  Peter,  quarry  surveyor 
Sutton  Rev.Fdk.Heathcote,M.A.  curate 
Taylor  John,  station  master 
Thompson  Miss  Frances 


BAKERS,   &C 

Astin  James 
Buck  worth  John 


Halford  Joseph 
Holmes  Emanuel 
Wade  Lucas 
3  E 


£02 


KETTON    PARISH. 


BEERHOUSES. 

Alphin  Henry 
Billiard  Mrs 
Buck  worth  John 
Compton  Chpr. 
Cunnington  John 
Goodliffe  James 
Hibbins  Charles 
Perkins  Thomas 
Wright  William 

BLACKSMITHS. 

Redmile  Benjamin 
Bedmile  William 

BUTCHERS. 

Harrison  James 
Harrison  Robt.  W. 

CARPENTERS. 

Alphin  Henry  (and 

wheelwright) 
Sapcote  William 
Wright  John 


COAL    AGENTS. 

Andrews  John 
Clark  Thomas 

CORN  MILLERS. 

Sardeson  Charles 
Stanger  Jno.  Ths, 

FARMERS    AND 
GRAZIERS. 

Betts  Mrs  Mary, 
Ketton  Grange 

Brocklehurst  Geo. 

Buckworth  Thos. 

Eaton  Charles  0. ; 
house,  Tixover 

Harrison  James 

Nutt  Thomas 

Stanger  Jno.  Ths. 

Swingler  Robt.  L. 

Turner  Lucy 

Willford  William, 
Aid  gate  Farm 


Wade  Thomas 
Whin  cup  Fras.  (& 

brewer),  Gecscn 

Lodge 

PIG    DEALERS. 

Anderson  Wm. 
Crowden  John 

SADDLERS,     &C. 

Wade  Josiah 
WrightRichardson 

SHOEMAKERS. 

Goodliffe  James 
Harrison  William 
Kir  by  John 

SHOPKEEPERS. 

Buckworth  Cath. 
Burroughs  Cath. 
Clifton  Alfred 
Halford  Joseph 
Hibbins  Frederick 
(and  ironmngr.) 


Holmes  Emanuel 
Smith  Jolm 

STONE  MASONS. 

Hibbins  Robert 
Hibbins  William 
Perkins  Thomas 
Shaw  Thomas 

STONE  MERCHANTS. 

Clayton  Beaumont 
Nutt  Thomas 
Wade  Richard 
Wade  Thomas 

TAILORS. 

Culpin  William   . 
Shelton  William 
Turner  Matthew 

CARRIER. 

Henry  Dumford,  to 
Stamford,  Frid. 


PICKWORTH,  a  small  village,  on  an  eminence,  5|  miles  N.N.W.  of 
Stamford,  and  11  miles  E.N.E.  of  Oakham,  lias  in  its  parish  151  inha- 
bitants, and  about  2500  acres,  of  which  389  acres  are  in  Pickworth, 
Newell,  and  other  Woods.  The  Marquis  of  Exeter  is  lord  of  the  manor 
and  owner  of  most  of  the  soil,  and  has  greatly  improved  the  village 
during  the  last  20  years  by  the  erection  of  new  and  handsome  cottages, 
&c  John  M.  Paget,  Esq.,  owns  about  146  acres.  Pickworth  is  said  to 
have  been  once  a  considerable  village ;  but  its  ancient  Church  (All 
Saints)  went  to  decay  some  centuries  ago,  and  its  only  remains  at  pre- 
sent consist  of  one  of  the  arches  of  the  porch,  supported  by  combined 
columns,  having  richly  foliated  capitals  and  moulded  bases,  though  the 
steeple  was  entire  about  170  years  ago,  and  had  obtained  the  name  of 
Mockbeggar.  The  church,  and  the  village  which  stood  around  it,  are 
supposed  to  have  been  destroyed  by  the  rebels  after  the  Battle  of  Horn- 
field.  (See  page  789.)  Most  of  the  steeple  was  taken  down  in  1728  and 
1731,  when  the  materials  were  used  in  building  bridges  at  Wakerley 
and  Great  Casterton.  The  rectory,  valued  in  K.B.  at  only  .£4,  was  con- 
solidated with  that  of  Great  Casterton,  in  1734.  The  Rev.  Richard 
Lucas,  M.A.,  a  late  rector,  erected  here,  in  1824,  a  small  but  neat  New 
Church,  and  endowed  it  with  £52  per  annum,  from  money  left  by  the 
late  Joseph  Armitage,  of  Wakefield.  This  building  is  in  the  Romanesque 
style,  quite  free  from  ornament,  and  consists  of  nave,  chancel,  and  south 
porch.  It  stands  in  a  small  burial  ground,  surrounded  by  fine  trees. 
The  tithes  were  commuted  at  the  enclosure,  in  1795,  for  a  corn  rent,  of 
the  value  of  about  500  bushels.  There  is  a  small  Wesleyan  Chapel  in 
the  village.  David  Dorman  is  parish  clerk,  and  John  Wilson,  shop- 
keeper and  vict.,  Blue  Bell.  The  Farmers  and  Graziers  are — Henry 
Adams,  Christians'  Lodge;  Elijah  Dawson,  William  Eayrs,  FairchihVs 
Lodge ;  William  Goodwin,  John  Grimes,  and  Charlotte  Hack. 


RYHALL,  a  village  on  both  sides  of  the  river  Gwash,  3£  miles  N.  by 
E.  of  Stamford,  has  in  its  parish  2587  acres  of  land,  and  847  inhabitants, 
of  whom  100  are  in  Belmesthorpe  hamlet,  more  than  half-a-mile  south 
of  the  village,  on  the  east  side  of  the  Gwash.    The  Marquis  of  Exeter  is 


RYHALL    PARISH. 


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lord  of  the  manor  and  owner  of  about  1040a.,  of  which  273  acres  were 
allotted  to  him,  in  lieu  of  the  rectorial  tithes,  at  the  enclosure  in  1800, 
before  which  most  of  the  parish  was  in  open  fields.  H.  B.  Pierrepont, 
Geo.  Hunt,  and  John  Lowe,  Esqrs.,  and  several  other  proprietors,  have 
estates  here.  At  the  Domesday  Survey,  Ryhall  was  held  b}r  the  Countess 
Judith,  and  it  afterwards  passed  to  the  Earl  of  Boulogne,  and  the  Des- 
penser,  Plantagenet,  Mortimer,  Tiptaft,  Lovel,  and  other  families.  In 
the  dark  ages  of  superstition,  St.  Tibba,  a  kinswoman  of  Peada,  king  of 
Mercia,  who  died  towards  the  close  of  the  7th  century,  is  said  to  have 
been  worshipped  here  by  fowlers,  as  patroness  of  hawking.  She  dwelt 
in  a  Cell  or  chapel  formerly  attached  to  the  west  end  of  the  north  aisle  of 
the  church,  and  was  buried  there.  Ingulphus,  abbot  of  Crowland,  who 
lived  at  the  time  of  the  Conquest,  says,  that  in  the  bloody  battle  fought 
with  the  Danes  in  870,  the  stout  knight,  Harding  of  Ryhall,  was  one  of 
the  commanders  of  the  Stamford  men.  The  Church  (St.  John  the 
Evangelist)  is  a  handsome  structure,  mostly  of  perpendicular  architec- 
ture, consisting  of  a  nave  with  aisles,  a  chancel,  a  south  porch,  and  a 
western  tower  containing  five  bells  and  crowned  by  a  spire.  In  the 
chancel  are  two  monuments  of  the  Bodenham  family,  dated  1613  and 
1671 ;  and  several  tablets  to  late  vicars.  A  pretty  lancet  window  in  the 
tower  is  filled  with  stained  glass,  representing  St.  John  the  Baptist. 
The  entrance  to  the  south  porch  is  by  a  beautiful  cusped  arch,  orna- 
mented with  foliage.  The  pillars  and  arches  of  the  nave  are  of  early 
English  architecture.  In  1857,  the  church  was  restored  at  a  cost  of 
iM00.  An  apartment  over  the  porch  was  long  used  as  a  school.  The 
benefice  is  a  discharged  vicarage, valued  in  K.B.  at  ^13.  17s.,  and  now  at 
.£350,  with  that  of  Essendine  annexed,  under  the  name  of  Ryhall- 
cum-Essendine.  The  Marquis  of  Exeter  is  patron,  and  the  Rev.  Charles 
Potchett  is  the  incumbent,  and  has  a  good  residence,  built  in  1850,  and 
about  176a.  2r.  of  glebe.  The  Wesleyans  have  a  small  chapel  here, 
built  in  1852.  The  National  School  is  attended  by  about  75  children  of 
both  sexes.  The  poor  parishioners  have  the  dividends  of  ^6500  three  per 
cent,  consols,  left  by  Colonel  Pierrepont,  in  1834,  for  distribution  in  coals. 
The  Colonel  resided  here  in  the  old  Manor  House,  which  is  now  partly 
the  Green  Dragon  public-house,  and  bears  marks  of  great  antiquity ;  the 
cellars  resembling  the  crypts  of  ancient  churches,  with  ribbed-work 
arches.  A  large  arch  in  the  outside  wall,  shows  that  the  mansion  was 
once  very  extensive.  The  Poors  Land  consists  of  16a.  Or.  36p.,  awarded 
at  the  enclosure  in  1800. 

Post  Office  at  Frances  Gann's.    Letters  despatched  to  Stamford  at  6  p.m. 


Bolton  John,  cowkeeper 
Broom  Mr  William 
Cantley  Colonel  Richard,  Hall 
Downs  Richard,  ironfounder  and  agri- 
cultural implement  maker 
Ellis  George,  station  master 
Lowe  John,  corn  miller 
Parker  John,  gamekeeper 
Peat  James,  letter  carrier 
Reddish  William,  machine  owner 
Roberts  John,  stonemason 
Sharman  Henry,  cattle  dealer 
Sharp  Richard,  parish  clerk 
Sismore  William,  maltster 
Swann  Wm.  &  Mary,  National  School 
Vernuni  Frederick,  horse  dealer 


INNS  AND  TAVERNS. 
Green  Dragon,  John  Gann 
Millstone,  John  Reddish 
Tally  Ho,  Thomas  Fenn 


BAKERS. 

Cunnington  Robt. 
Gann  Frances  J. 
Hubbard  Thomas 
Reddish  John 

BEERHOUSES. 

Bland  Thompson 
Letts  Robert 
Mann  William 

BLACKSMITHS. 

Leopard  Benjamin 
Letts  Robert 


BUTCHERS. 

Sandford  George 
Slater  William 

FARMERS  &  GRAZRS. 

Hinde  Jph.  Grange 
Lowe  John 
Marriott  William 
Morley  George  (& 

machine  owner) 
Parkinson  Palmer 
Wright     William, 

Hung  ate  Farm 
3e  2 


804 


JtYHALL    PARISH. 


Sismore  William 

Wright     William, 

Rose  Cottage 

SHOEMAKERS. 

Crowson  Thomas 
Kent  John 


Mears  William 
Northen  Samuel 
Oshorn  John 

SHOPKEEPERS. 

Gann  F.  Jane 
Hubbard  Thomas 


Slater  William 

TAILORS. 

Glazier  John 
Love  William 

WHEELWRIGHTS. 

Lock  John 


Lowth  William 
Potter  William 
Waterfield  Richard 

CARRIER. 

Robt.Cole  toStam- 
ford,  Friday 


Belmesthorpe,  Belmisthorpe,  on  the  east  bank  of  the  river  Gv/ash,  3 
miles  N.N.E.  of  Stamford,  is  a  hamlet  in  Ryhall  parish,  containing  abont 
160  inhabitants,  as  already  noticed.     It  is  the  property  of  the  Marquis 
of  Exeter,  and  was  anciently  held  by  the  famous  Lady  Godiva:     It  has 
a  small  station  on  the  Stamford  and  Essendine  Railway. 
Bland  Charles,  commercial  traveller        Hunt  Geo.  farmer ;  h  Stamford 
Bollans  Ann,  butcher  and  beerhouse        Lowe  Chas.  Conyers,  farmer,  Grange 
Bollans  Charles,  farmer  Marshall  Robert,  shoemaker 

Bradley  Mr  Thomas  Nidd  George,  farmer ;  h  Casewich 

Bromhead  Elizabeth,  farmer  Reddish  Wm.  Leasing,  farmer 

Francis  Charles,  grocer  Spurr  John,  stonemason 

Francis  Thomas,  baker 


TICKENCOTE,  a  small  village,  with  a  large  water  million  the  north 
side  of  the  river  Gwash,  3  miles  N.W.  of  Stamford,  and  9  miles.  E.  of 
Oakham,  lias  in  its  parish  104  inhabitants,  and  1103  acres  of  land. 
John  Muxloe  Wingfield,  Esq.,  is  lord  of  the  manor  and  owner  of  all  the 
soil,  except  3a.  of  glebe :  and  resides  at  the  Hall,  an  ancient  mansion, 
supposed  to  have  been  built  in  1705  by  Sir  John  Vanbrugh,  but  which 
has  been  much  improved  and  modernised,  and  stands  in  the  midst  of  a 
small  park,  which  adjoins  the  village  and  the  Great  North  Road,  from 
which  the  house  and  lawn  are  seen  to  great  advantage.  The  manor  has 
been  spelt  Tichecote,  Thickencot,  &c,  and  was  held  by  the  Countess 
Judith,  at  the  Norman  survey,  but  came,  about  the  time  of  Henry  VIII., 
to  John  Campynett,  and  soon  after  to  a  junior  branch  of  the  ancient 
family  of  Wingfield,  long  seated  at  Upton,  in  Northamptonshire.  The 
Church  (St.  Peter)  is  of  very  early  origin,  and  was  probably  built  by 
Robert  Grimbald  soon  after  the  Conquest,  but  it  was  rebuilt  in  1792,  by 
Elizabeth  Wingfield,  who  took  care  that  the  chancel  should  be  preserved 
as  much  as  possible,  and  that  what  was  supplied  should  be  copied  from 
the  old  materials.  It  consists  of  nave,  chancel,  and  north  porch,  and 
there  are  two  bells  placed  in  the  latter.  The  chancel  arch  is  one  of  the 
finest  specimens  of  Norman  work  extant,  and  consists  of  five  recessed 
divisions,  covered  with  elaborately  ornamented  mouldings.  The  ribs  of 
the  vaulted  roof  of  the  chancel  are  also  very  fine.  There  is  an  old  arch 
in  the  south  wall  of  the  chancel,  under  which  is  part  of  an  effigy  of  a 
man,  in  wood.  There  is  a  stained  glass  window  at  the  east  end  of  the 
chancel,  in  memory  of  an  infant  daughter  of  C.  H.  Wingfield,  Esq.,  who 
died  in  1859.  The  benefice  is  a  discharged  rectory,  valued  in  KB.  at 
£6.  5s.  8d.,  and  now  at  ,£138.  The  tithes  were  commuted  in  1838,  for 
about  £102  per  annum.  J.  M.  Wingfield,  Esq.,  is  patron,  and  the  Rev. 
G.  Wingfield,  M.A.,  who  is  also  rector  of  Glatton,  Huntingdonshire, 
where  he  resides,  is  the  incumbent,  for  whom  the  Rev.  F.  Gretton,  M.A., 
of  Stamford,  officiates.  Post  from  Stamford  at  8  morning,  returning 
at  6  evening. 


Croft  John,  butcher 
Lowe  Edward,  parish  clerk 
Russell  Catherine,  schoolmistress 
Ward  John,  shoemaker 
Wingfield  John  Muxloe,  Esq.  Hall 


FARMERS  AND  GRAZIERS. 
Bradford  Andrew,  Lodge 
Milliugton  Bryan,  (and  miller) 
Oswin  William,  Wild's  Lodge 
Potter  Thomas,  (bailiff)  The  Warren 


COUNTY   OF   RUTLAND. 


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TINWELL,  a  small  village,  picturesquely  situated  on  the  north  side 
of  the  river  Welland,  and  on  the  Uppingham  road,  1^  mile  W.  by  S.  of 
Stamford,  has  in  its  parish  235  inhabitants,  and  1768  acres  of  land,  of 
which  5  inhabitants,  and  about  628  acres  are  in  iNGTiioiirE,  a  small 
hamlet,  more  than  1£  mile  north  of  the  church,  and  2£  miles  N.W.  of 
Stamford,  near  the  river  Gwash.  Ingthorpe  is  supposed  to  have  anciently 
had  a  chapel,  and  forms  part  of  Tinwell  manor,  of  which  the  Marquis  of 
Exeter  is  lord,  and  owner  of  about  1535  acres.  Ingthorpe  was  enclosed 
in  1715,  and  Tinwell  in  1756.  Kinsius,  who  was  a  monk  of  that  monas- 
tery, in  the  reign  of  Edward  the  Confessor,  gave  Tinwell  to  Peterborough 
Abbey,  and  it  was  granted  to  Richard  Cecil,  Esq.,  an  ancestor  of  its 
present  noble  owner,  at  the  dissolution,  in  1547.  The  Church  (All  Saints) 
is  a  small  structure,  exhibiting  various  styles  of  architecture,  and  con- 
sisting of  nave,  south  aisle,  north  porch,  and  chancel;  with  a  tower, 
having  a  high  pitched  slated  roof,  and  containing  four  bells  and  a  clock. 
There  are  three  large  three-light  windows  in  the  chancel,  filled  with 
stained  glass.  The  east  window  represents  the  three  favourite  apostles 
of  our  Lord,  Peter,  James,  and  John,  and  is  in  memory  of  Mrs.  Torking- 
ton,  who  died  in  1848.  One  of  the  windows  is  by  Gibbs,  of  London,  and 
its  colouring  is  very  gorgeous.  It  represents  various  scriptural  scenes, 
and  is  in  memory  of  Lieut.  N.  H.  Arnold,  son  of  the  present  rector,  who 
was  slain  at  Lucknow.  There  is  another  stained  glass  window  in  the 
south  aisle,  to  the  memory  of  J.  N.  Clough,  Esq.  In  the  churchyard  are 
the  remains  of  several  stone  coffin  lids,  on  which  may  still  be  traced  the 
form  of  the  Norman  cross.  The  benefice  is  a  rectory,  valued  in  KB.  at 
i'12.  10s.  5d.,  and  now  at  ^£305,  derived  from  about  158a.  of  glebe, 
awarded  at  the  enclosure,  in  lieu  of  tithes,  together  with  an  annual  rent 
of  .£110,  paid  by  the  Marquis  of  Exeter,  the  patron  of  the  living,  which 
is  now  enjoyed  by  the  Rev.  Charles  Arnold,  M.A.,  who  has  a  good  resi- 
dence. The  Manor  House,  occupied  by  a  farmer,  is  an  antique  mansion 
of  the  Elizabethan  age ;  and  on  the  river,  but  in  Stamford  parish,  is  an 
ancient  mill,  called  Kings  Mill,  not  far  from  which  was  Bredcroft  House, 
where  tradition  says  the  sessions  for  Rutlandshire  were  anciently  held, 
but  all  traces  of  the  building  disappeared  many  years  ago.  The  village 
contains  several  handsome  houses,  and  the  Marquis  of  Exeter  has  greatly 
improved  it  of  late  years  by  the  erection  of  several  rows  of  ornamental 
cottages.  The  School  was  built  in  1834,  and  is  attended  by  about  30 
children.    Post  from  Stamford  at  7  morning,  returning  at  6  evening. 


Allin  Mr  Henry  |j  Burdett  William, Esq. 
Arnold  Rev.Ckas.M  A.rector  of  Tinwell 
&  hon.  canon  of  Peterboro',  Rectory 
Cooch  Mr  Thomas,  Prospect  House 
Davison  David,  blacksmith 
Healy  Mr  William,  Tinwell  cottage 
Hodson  Marianne,  schoolmistress 
Kisbee  George,  wood  turner 
Peach  Charles,  carpenter 
Picker  James,  baker 


Porter  Thomas,  shopkeeper 
Smedley  Robert,  parish  clerk 
Turner  John,  mason  and  vict.  Grown 

FARMERS  AND  GRAZIERS. 
Bradshaw  Robert  Lee 
Bradshaw  Robert  Lee,  jun.  Rookery 
Saville  George,  Ingthorpe 
Thorpe  Edward,  Manor  House 
Thorpe  Edward  Coverley,  (and  miller) 
Tiptaft  James,  Murray  Lodge 


MARTINSLEY  HUNDRED,  the  only  division  which  is  entirely 
bounded  by  the  other  Hundreds  of  Rutlandshire,  is  about  nine  miles  in 
length  from  east  to  west,  but  varies  only  from  2  to  4  miles  in  breadth.  It 
is  watered  by  the  rivers  Gwash  and  Ghater,  and  several  smaller  streams, 
and  comprises  the  small  market  town  of  Uppingham,  and  ten  other 
parishes,  as  follow.    It  contains  4475  inhabitants,  and  14,488  acres. 


COUNTY    OF    RUTLAND. 

AYSTON,  a  small  village  and  parish,  one  mile  N.  by  W.  of  Upping- 
ham, has  only  97  inhabitants  and  1014  acres  of  land,  belonging  to  Gen. 
Win.  Fludyer,  oiAyston  Hall,  a  handsome  mansion,  which  was  mostly  re- 
built about  40  years  ago,  and  is  surrounded  by  beautiful  pleasure  grounds 
and  gardens,  in  a  small  park,  near  the  source  of  a  rivulet.  In  the  reign 
of  Edward  I.,  the  manor  was  called  Astonestort,  and  was  given  by  Sir 
William  Murdock,  Knt.,  to  his  son  Hugh,  from  whom  it  passed  to  his 
sister,  who  married  Thomas  de  Boyville.  In  the  reign  of  Edward  IV., 
it  passed  to  Thomas  Restwold,  and  from  him  it  went  to  the  Brudenells, 
and  from  them  descended  to  the  family  of  its  present  owner.  The 
Church  (St.  Mary)  is  a  neat  structure,  consisting  of  a  nave,  aisles,  chan- 
cel, and  south  porch,  with  a  low  embattled  tower,  and  three  bells.  The 
arches  on  the  north  side  are  Norman,  and  those  on  the  south  side  early 
pointed,  resting  on  circular  pillars.  The  chancel  arch  is  of  great  span 
and  springs  from  moulded  corbels  direct  from  the  side  walls.  The  win- 
dow at  the  east  end  of  the  south  aisle  is  filled  with  stained  glass,  repre- 
senting the  crucifixion.  The  church  was  restored  and  cleaned  in  1857. 
The  chancel  contains  a  handsome  marble  tablet  to  the  memory  of  the 
Rev.  Thos.  White,  a  former  rector,  who  died  in  1735;  and  in  the  church- 
yard are  two  mutilated  stone  effigies.  The  rectory,  valued  in  K.B.  at 
£8.  7s.  8£d.,  and  now  at  <£192,  is  in  the  gift  of  General  Fludyer,  and  in- 
cumbency of  the  Rev.  John  Henry  Fludyer,  M.A.,  of  Thistleton,  who 
has  here  about  80  acres  of  glebe.  The  poor  have  the  interest  of  .£10, 
given  by  an  unknown  donor. 


Fludyer  General  William,  Ayston  Hall 
Baines  Joseph,  farmer 
Clark  George,  farmer 
Fryer  James,  grazier 
Garratt  James,  farm  bailiff 


Hull  Mark,  gardener 
Manton  Adam,  baker 
Pyne  Thomas,  parish  clerk 
Rousby  Rev.  Henry,  curate 

Post  from  Uppingham. 


EDITH-WESTON,  a  village,  nearly  G  miles  N.E.  of  Uppingham, 
and  E.S.E.  of  Oakham,  has  in  its  parish  387  inhabitants  and  1723  acres 
of  land,  including  the  farm  of  Witchley  Warren,  (320a.,)  more  than  two 
miles  E.  of  the  village.  Witchley  Common  and  other  open  lands  were 
enclosed  in  1751,  when  the  tithes  were  commuted  for  2s.  per  acre  per 
annum.  Richard  Lucas,  Esq.,  the  lord  of  the  manor,  owns  most  of  the 
soil,  and  resides  at  the  FIall,  a  handsome  structure  in  the  style  gene- 
rally adopted  during  the  reign  of  Queen  Mary,  built  in  1830,  near  the 
site  of  the  old  one,  by  the  late  Rev.  Richard  Lucas,  who  died  in  1846. 
Its  lawn  and  pleasure  grounds  are  tastefully  laid  out,  and  on  the  north 
side,  slope  gently  down  to  the  river  Gwash,  which  divides  this  estate 
from  Normanton  park.  Lord  Aveland  and  a  few  smaller  owners  have 
land  in  the  parish.  A  Priory  of  Benedictine  Monks,  as  a  cell  to  the 
abbey  of  St.  George,  at  Banquervilie,  in  Normandy,  was  founded  here 
by  Wm.  de  Tankerville,  in  the  reign  of  Henry  I.,  but  there  are  now  no 
traces  of  it,  except  part  of  its  remains  are  in  an  ancient  house,  standing 
on  or  near  its  site,  and  having  some  curious  Gothic  door- ways.  In  the 
reign  of  Richard  I.  this  priory  was  conveyed  to  the  Carthusians  of 
Coventry,  and  as  a  part  of  their  possessions  it  was  given,  in  the  4th  of 
Edward  VI.,  to  the  Marquis  of  Northampton.  The  manor  afterwards 
passed  to  the  Herberts,  and  from  them  to  the  Halfords,  who  were  seated 
here  nearly  two  centuries,  and  it  became  the  property  of  the  family  of 
the  present  owner  by  marriage  with  a  co-heiress  of  the  latter.  The 
Parnassia  Palustris,  or  grass  of  Parnassus,  and  the  Dipsacus  Philosus, 
or  wild  teasel,  are  found  in  the  marshy  grounds  of  the  parish.    Edith- 


EDITH-WESTON    PARISH. 


307 


Weston  belonged  to  Editha,  queen  of  Edward  the  Confessor,  and 
daughter  of  the  powerful  Earl  Godwin,  and  probably  was  the  most 
western  town  belonging  to  her.  Hence  its  name.  The  Church  (St. 
Mary  J  is  an  ancient  fabric,  consisting  of  nave,  aisles,  and  south  tran- 
sept or  chantry ;  with  a  tower  containing  three  bells,  and  crowned  by  a 
light  spire,  much  admired  by  architects.  The  building  was  restored 
in  1849,  and  contains  an  organ.  A  stained  glass  window  in  memory  of 
the  late  rector,  the  Rev.  Richd.  Lucas,  who  died  in  1846,  has  been  erected 
in  the  south  transept  by  his  widow,  and  represents  the  principal  inci- 
dents in  the  life  of  oar  Saviour.  There  is  a  costly  monument  on  the 
north  wall  of  the  chancel,  in  memory  of  several  members  of  the  Halford 
family ;  and  in  the  churchyard,  are  several  monuments  of  the  Tomblin 
family,  which  was  long  resident  here.  The  rectory,  valued  in  K.B. 
at  ^£14.  7s.  6d.,  and  now  at  ,£250,  is  in  the  gift  of  Richard  Lucas,  Esq., 
and  incumbency  of  the  Rev.  Charles  Halford  Lucas,  B.A.,  who  has  a 
good  residence.  The  School  is  supported  by  the  lord  of  the  manor.  A 
legacy  of  i?10,  left  to  the  poor  by  Michael  Winy,  was  laid  out  in  1774, 
in  the  purchase  of  a  cottage  now  let  for  .£1  a  year.  They  have  also  the 
interest  of  MO,  left  by  Richard  Halford,  in  1742,  and  of  <£100  given  by 
William  Lowth,  a  labourer  in  this  parish,  who  lived  to  require  the 
money  he  had  so  generously  given,  and  died  in  the  Workhouse  at 
Uppingham.     Post  from  Stamford. 


Chapman  Thomas,  blacksmith 
CostsbadieMiss  Fanny 
Crowden  Abigail,  vict.  Wheat  Sheaf 
Davies  Deborah,  schoolmistress 
Dermer    Thomas,    schoolmaster    and 

organist 
Lucas  Eev.  Charles  Halford,  rector 
Lucas  Richard,  Esq.  Hall 
Nay  lor  Joseph,  vict.  White  Hart 
Nutt  William  Thomas,  plumber,  &c. 
Rudkin  William,  carpenter 
Stone  Mary,  beerseller 
Tomblin  Miss  Sarah 
Turner  James,  auctioneer 


Veasey  Joseph,  wheelwright 
Walker  Robert,  tailor 


FARMERS  &  GRZRS. 

Crowden  Abigail 
Knighting   Willm. 

(and  butcher) 
NuttWm.  Thos. 
Tewson    Joshua, 

East  Lodge 
Woods     Thomas, 
Witchley  Warren 

SHOEMAKERS. 

Clark  Thomrs 
Shuter  Jacob 


SHOPKEEPERS. 

Faulks  Ann 
Presgrave  Jn.  Ths, 

STONEMASONS. 

Stone  Henry 
Stone  Samuel 

CARRIER. 

Jno.Hales  to  Stam- 
ford, Mon.  and 
Fri. ;  and  to  Up- 
pingham, Wed. 


HAMBLETON,  a  straggling  village  on  an  eminence,  3  miles  E.S.E 
of  Oakham,  is  in  three  portions  called  Upper,  Nether,  and  Middle 
Hamhleton,  and  has  in  its  parish  323  inhabitants  and  2874  acres  of  land, 
including  a  large  wood  on  the  north  side  of  the  river  Gwash.  George 
Finch,  Esq.,  is  lord  of  the  manor,  but  part  of  the  soil  belongs  to  the 
Dean  and  Chapter  of  Lincoln,  Lord  Aveland,  Rev.  Edw.  Brown,  and  a 
few  smaller  owners.  In  Saxon  times  it  was  called  Hameldune,  and  was 
held  by  Queen  Editha,  wife  of  Edward  the  Confessor.  At  the  time  of 
the  Norman  Survey,  it  was  mostly  held  by  the  Conqueror  himself;  and 
here  were  then  three  churches  and  three  priests,  140  villans,  13  bordars, 
a  mill,  and  a  wood  three  miles  long  and  one  broad.  In  the  reign  of 
Edward  II.,  it  was  held  by  Lord  Badlesmere,  who  procured  for  it  a 
royal  charter  for  a  weekly  market  and  annual  fair,  which  were  discon- 
tinued many  years  ago.  The  manor  afterwards  passed  through  various 
families  to  that  of  the  late  Earl  of  Winchilsea,  from  whom  it  passed  to 
G.  Finch,  Esq.  The  old  Hall,  in  the  Elizabethan  style,  is  occupied  by 
a  farmer,  and  in  the  upper  room  are  still  preserved  several  suits  of  plate 
armour.  The  Church  (St.  Andrew)  is  an  ancient  fabric,  consisting  of 
nave,  aisles,  chancel,  and  south  porch,  with  a  tower  containing  four  bells, 


808 


HAMBLETON    PARISH. 


and  crowned  by  a  spire.  It  stands  in  Upper  Hambleton.  In  1836,  the 
chancel  was  restored  and  the  old  screens  removed,  at  a  cost  of  .£215,  by 
the  lessee  impropriators.  In  1817,  the  rest  of  the  church  was  thoroughly 
repaired,  re-seated,  newly  roofed,  &c,  at  a  cost  of  £800 ;  and  in  1857,  a 
vestry  was  built  at  an  expense  of  .£60.  In  1861,  the  tower  and  spire 
were  repaired,  the  bells  re-hung,  one  bell  re-cast,  and  two  new  buttresses 
built  at  the  west  end,  at  a  cost  of  nearly  £350.  The  vicarage,  valued  in 
K.B.  at  £10.  7s.  Id.,  and  now  at  £197,  with  that  of  Braunston  annexed, 
has  a  handsome  Vicarage  House,  which  was  built  in  1855  on  the  site 
of  the  old  one,  at  a  cost  of  about  £1300.  The  Dean  and  Chapter  ot 
Lincoln  are  appropriators  and  patrons,  and  the  Rev.  Thomas  David- 
son, B.A.,  is  the  incumbent.  The  National  School,  built  in  1838,  is 
attended  by  about  40  children,  and  is  supported  by  subscription  and  the 
dividends  of  £110.  19s.  Three  per  Cent.  Old  South  Sea  Annuities,  left 
by  Mark  Clayton,  in  1760.  The  poor  parishioners  have  £10  a  year 
from  Lady  Ami  Harington's  Charity,  (see  Oakham,)  and  the  interest 
of  £10  left  by  Wm.  Bell,  and  vested  with  the  overseers  in  1787. 
Post  Office  at  Mary  Gregory's.    Letters  via  Oakham. 

Chamberlain  Wm.  vict.  Finch's  Arms 
Davidson  Rev.  Thos.  B.A.  vicar 
Exton  Henry,  tailor 
Hill  Richard,  carpenter 
Jackson  John,  Esq.  Manor  House 
Jackson  Rev.  Wm.  H.  B.A.  curate 
Palmer  MrsEliz.  ||  Healey  Mrs  Eliz. 
Price  William,  shopkeeper 
Robinson  Richard,  parish  clerk 
Sharpe  Thomas,  cattle  dealer 
Tomblin  Charles,  boot  and  shoe  maker 
bakers,  &c.        I  Cunnington  Robt. 
Chappell  John  (and  grocer) 


Hawley  James 
Scott  Arthur 

farmers  and 

graziers. 

Atton  Mansfield 

Chamberlin  Wm. 

Fryer    Ann    and 

Fanny 
Fryer  Joseph 
Fryer  Mary 
Fryer  Thomas 
Fryer  William 
Healey  Peter 


Healey  Richard 
Healey  Robt.  Lee, 

The  Lodge 
Hunt   Samuel ;    h 

Ketton 
Palmer    William, 

The  Hall 
Thorpe  James 

CARRIER. 

Nichls.  Needham, 
to  Stamford,  Fri. 
and  Oakham,  Sat. 


LYNDON,  a  small  scattered  village,  on  an  acclivity,  south  of  a  small 
rivulet,  about  4-^  miles  N.E.  of  Uppingham  and  S.E.  of  Oakham,  has  in 
its  parish  126  inhabitants  and  about  990  acres  of  land,  belonging  to  the 
Rev.  Edward  Brown,  M.A.,  of  Lyndon  Hall,  a  fine  old  English  mansion, 
built  in  the  reign  of  Charles  II.,  and  long  the  seat  of  the  Barker  family, 
from  whom  it  passed,  in  1845,  to  the  present  owner.  In  one  of  the 
apartments  is  an  original  portrait  of  the  celebrated  Whiston,  executed  by 
Miss  Sarah  Curtis,  afterwards  the  wife  of  Dr.  Hoadly,  Bishop  of  Win- 
chester. Near  it  are  portraits  of  his  daughter,  and  her  husband,  the 
learned  Thos.  Barker,  Esq.,  a  frequent  correspondent  of  the  Royal  So- 
ciety. Mr.  Whiston,  in  the  Phil.  Trans.,  vol.  iii.,  gives  an  extraordinary 
account  of  two  mock  suns  and  a  considerable  halo,  seen  here  in  1721 ; 
and  in  the  47th  vol.  of  the  same  work,  is  an  account  of  an  extraordinary 
phenomenon,  seen  here  on  the  15th  Sept.,  1749,  which  resembled  a  wa- 
ter spout,  communicated  by  Mr.  Barker.  The  Upper  Hall,  a  neat  man- 
sion north  of  the  village,  was  built  in  1660,  and  is  occupied  by  J.  D. 
Brown,  Esq.  The  Church  (St.  Martin)  is  a  small  edifice,  consisting  of 
nave,  aisles,  and  chancel,  with  a  neat  tower  containing  four  bells.  It 
stands  behind  the  hall;  and  in  its  graveyard  is  a  head  stone,  with  a 
long  inscription  in  memory  of  the  Rev.  Wm.  Whiston,  A.M.,  who  died 
here  in  1752,  and  is  celebrated  as  a  philosopher  and  the  translator  of  the 
works  of  Josephus.  The  rectory,  valued  in  KB.,  at  £6.  17s.  Id.,  and 
now  at  £178,  is  in  the  patronage  of  the  Rev.  E.  Brown ;  and  the  Rev. 
Frederick  John  Freeman,  M.A.,  of  Uppingham,  officiates.  Edward  I. 
granted  the  manor  to  Robert  de  Corby  and  Joan,  his  wife  ;  but  in  the 


LYNDON    PARISH. 


809 


reign  of  Henry  IV.,  it  was  held  by  John  Denny s.  It  afterwards  passed 
to  the  Peytons  and  Hunts,  and  was  purchased  of  the  latter  by  Sir  Abel 
Barker,  Bart.  In  1708,  Sir  Thomas  Barker,  Bart.,  left  to  the  poor  of 
Lyndon  £o  per  annum,  which,  together  with  £3  a  year  left  by  his  bro- 
ther, Chpr.  Dighton,  he  charged  upon  the  Home  Close.  This  annuity  of 
£8  is  distributed  among  poor  widows  and  other  parishioners  in  distress, 
but  not  in  ease  of  the  poor  rates.     Post  from  Oakham. 

FARMERS  AND  GRAZIERS. 


Brown  Rev  Edw.  M.A.  Lyndon  Hall 
Brown  John  Davis,  Esq.  Upper  Hall 
Foster  Thomas,  carpenter 
Hotchkin  Walter,  parish  clerk 
Sidney  Henry  and  Richard,  carpenters 


Barfield  Matthias 
Betts  Henry 
Billings  Francis 
Chamberlain  Ann 


Fox  William 
Mackley  William 
Partridge  Henry 


MANTON,  an  ancient  village,  on  a  bold  eminence  south  of  the  river 
Gwash,  3%-  miles  N.  by  E.  of  Uppingham,  and  three  miles  S.  by  E.  of 
Oakham,  has  in  its  parish  275  inhabitants  and  1135  acres  of  land,  ex- 
tending southward  to  the  river  Chater.  Edward  Watson  Smyth,  Esq., 
is  lord  of  the  manor,  but  part  of  the  soil  belongs  to  Mrs.  Bishop  and  a 
few  smaller  owners.  The  Syston  and  Peterborough  Railway  passes 
under  Manton  hill,  through  a  tunnel,  about  half-a-mile  in  length ;  and 
there  is  a  convenient  station  here,  with  several  coal  depots  and  a  goods 
warehouse.  In  the  reign  of  Edward  II.,  the  Earl  of  Warwick,  and  the 
Abbey  of  Clugny,  in  Burgundy,  held  the  parish.  Here  was  a  chantry, 
or  small  college,  founded  by  William  Wade  and  John  Wade,  the 
two  chaplains,  for  a  master  and  two  stipendiary  brethren,  whose  reve- 
nues, at  the  dissolution,  were  valued  at  f'20.  18s.  8d.  Some  remains 
of  this  religious  house  may  be  seen  in  the  old  hall  or  manor  house.  The 
Church  (St.  Mary)  is  a  small  antique  fabric,  consisting  of  nave,  aisles, 
chancel,  south  porch,  north  and  south  chantries,  aud  a  beautiful  semi- 
Norman  bell  turret  containing  two  bells.  The  aisles  are  separated  from 
the  nave  by  circular  Norman  piers,  and  the  font  is  of  the  same  period. 
The  chancel  is  of  early  English  architecture,  and  the  north  chantry  is  in 
the  perpendicular  style.  There  is  a  small  parclose  over  the  south  porch. 
Here  are  several  tablets  and  an  old  brass  of  the  Chiselden  family,  the 
latter  dated  1698.  The  building  was  restored  in  1854;  and  the  living 
is  a  discharged  vicarage,  valued  in  K.B.  at  i>10,  and  now  at  .£75.  The 
tithes  were  commuted  at  the  enclosure  in  1772.  E.  W.  Smyth,  Esq.,  is 
impropriator  and  patron;  and  the  Rev.  Robert  G.  Anderson,  B.A.,  of  Pres- 
ton, is  the  incumbent.  In  1789,  Thomas  Lightfoot  charged  land  here, 
still  belonging  to  his  family,  with  the  yearly  payment  of  <£4  for  the  poor 
parishioners.  The  National  School  was  built  in  1801,  on  land  given  by 
the  lord  of  the  manor. 

Post  Office  at  Mark  Warren's.     Letters  via  Uppingham. 


Darling  Joseph,  builder  &  brickmaker 
Dickens  Joseph,  victualler,  Blue  Ball 
Dickens  Robert,  clerk 
Doria  Mrs     |]     Nidd  Mrs  Eliza 
Mackley  James,  coal  agent 
Palmer  Miss  Elizabeth 
Prime  Henry,  station  master 
Taylor  Henry,  carpenter,  &c. 
Taylor  John,  joiner  and  builder 
Tyler  George,  blacksmith 
Wigginton  Otho,  victualler,  Horse  & 
Jockey 


BAKERS. 

Lester  Thomas  (& 
corn  miller) 


Partridge  Robert 

FARMERS  &   GRZRS. 

FowlerWilloughby 


Fryer  William 
Lester  Thomas 
Needham  Edwin 
Needham  Thomas 
Seaton  Sarah  (and 

maltster) 
Springthorpe  John 

Thomas 
Taylor  Nathl.  (and 

butcher) 
Tomblin  Thomas 
Wigginton  Otho 
Wright  William 

GROCERS. 

Smith  Henry 


Taylor  Henry 

SHOEMAKERS. 

Davis  Elias 
Warren  Mark 

STONEMASONS. 

Dickens  John 
Dickens  Joseph 
Dickens  William 

RAILWAY 

Trains  to  all  parts 
several  times  a 
day,  and  an  Om- 
nibus to  Upping- 
ham three  times 
a  day 


810  COUNTY  OF  RUTLAND. 

MARTINSTHORPE,  3  miles  S.  by  E.  of  Oakham,  is  a  decayed  parish, 
containing  only  one  house  and  530  acres,  nearly  all  in  grass,  belonging 
to  Sir  William  De  Capell  Brooke,  Bart.,  of  Market  Harborough.  It  is 
vulgarly  called  Mastrop,  and  was  formerly  a  seat  of  the  Earls  of  Denbigh, 
who  sold  it  to  the  Devonshire  family.  The  hall  was  a  large  and  hand- 
some edifice,  but  was  pulled  down  in  1775,  except  the  small  chapel  and 
the  stables,  the  latter  of  which  were  converted  into  a  farm-house,  now 
occupied  by  the  shepherd.  The  Chapel  (St.  Martin)  has  the  appearance 
of  an  old  barn ;  and  the  sinecure  rectory,  valued  in  K.B.  at  d66.  0s.  5d., 
and  now  at  £120,  is  in  the  patronage  of  the  Duke  of  Devonshire,  and 
incumbency  of  the  Rev.  George  Quirk,  B.A.,  of  Bringhurst. 


NORMANTON,  on  the  south  side  of  the  river  Gwash,  or  Wash,  Si- 
miles E.  by  S.  of  Oakham,  Gk  miles  W.  of  Stamford,  and  1$  mile  N.  of 
Luffenham  station,  has  in  its  parish  only  59  inhabitants,  and  about  700 
acres  of  land,  all  the  property  of  Lord  Aveland,  of  Normanton  House, 
which  stands  near  the  Church  and  Rectory,  in  a  beautiful  Park  of  about 
500  acres,  extending  into  several  adjoining  parishes,  and  which  was  con- 
siderably enlarged  about  80  years  ago,  when  the  village  was  swept  awa}^, 
and  its  inhabitants  removed  to  Empingham.  The  mansion  is  an  elegant 
edifice  of  white  stone,  with  a  centre  of  fine  elevation  and  two  wings.  Both 
fronts  are  in  a  style  of  great  architectural  beauty,  and  the  interior  pre- 
sents a  rich  scene  of  modern  elegance.  The  entrance  hall  is  light  and 
airy,  and  contains  some  good  statues,  and  the  library  is  a  large  and  ele- 
gant apartment,  well  stocked  with  valuable  books.  The  dining-room  is 
a  very  superb  apartment,  with  a  vaulted  and  stuccoed  ceiling  in  com- 
partments. Over  the  fireplace  is  a  fine  painting  of  the  late  Lady  Heath- 
cote,  in  the  character  of  Hebe.  The  drawing-room  is  brilliantly  deco- 
rated, and  the  state  bed-room  is  in  a  style  of  simple  elegance.  Each 
suite  of  apartments,  in  both  floors,  has  doors  which  throw  open  a  vista 
from  end  to  end;  and,  as  there  are  large  plate  glass  mirrors  at  each 
extremity,  the  reduplicated  effect  is  extremely  fine.  The  gardens  are 
modern,  and  the  grounds  are  tastefully  laid  out,  and  command  beautiful 
prospects.  The  park  is  stocked  with  about  600  head  of  deer.  It  is  well 
wooded,  and  contains  many  very  large  timber  trees,  principally  oak,  ash, 
beech,  and  lime,  whose  shade  and  foliage  have  a  very  fine  effect,  espe- 
cially near  the  river,  which  crosses  it  about  half-a-mile  west  of  the  house. 
Among  other  rare  plants  found  here  is  the  Oentiana  autumnalis  fugax, 
or  later  autumnal  Gentian.  The  woods  and  plantations  in  the  parish 
comprise  about  200  acres.  Soon  after  the  Conquest  the  manor  was  held 
by  the  Normanville  family,  from  whom  it  evidently  took  its  name.  Their 
heiress  carried  it  in  marriage  to  Wm.  de  Basings,  about  the  time  of  Ed- 
ward II.  From  the  Basings  it  passed  to  the  Mackworths,  afterwards 
baronets.  This  and  other  estates  in  the  neighbourhood,  formerly  belong- 
ing to  the  Mackworths,  were  sold  in  1729  to  Gilbert  Heathcote,  Esq.,  of 
London,  who  was  created  a  baronet  in  1733,  and  was  one  of  the  projec- 
tors of  the  Bank  of  England,  and  an  alderman,  lord  mayor,  and  M.P.  for 
London.  His  brother  was  ancestor  of  Sir  William  Heathcote,  Bart.,  of 
Hursley.  His  great  grandson,  the  present  Eight  Hon.  Gilbert  John 
Heathcote,  Baron  Aveland,  was  born  in  1795,  and  was  M.P.  for  Boston 
from  1820  to  1831,  for  Lincolnshire  from  1832  to  1841,  and  for  Rutland- 
shire from  1841  to  185G.  He  succeeded  his  father,  the  late  Sir  Gilbert 
Heathcote,  Bart.,  in  1851,  and  was  elevated  to  the  peerage  in  1856.  His 
son  and  heir,  the  Hon.  Gilbert  Henry  Heathcote,  was  born  in  1830,  and 
was  M.P.  for  Boston  from  1852  to  1856,  since  when  he  has  been  one  of 


NORM  ANTON    PARISH.  811 

the  parliamentary  representatives  of  Rutlandshire.  Lord  Aveland  lias 
two  daughters,  viz. : — Hon.  Clementina  Charlotte,  born  1833  ;  and  Hon. 
Elizabeth  Sophia,  born  1838.  The  Church  (St.  Matthew)  is  a  small 
antique  structure,  which  has  been  modernised,  and  to  which  the  late  Sir 
Gilbert  Heathcote  added  an  elegant  portico  of  the  Ionic  order,  and  a  large 
and  beautiful  tower  of  the  Corinthian  order,  copied  from  one  of  the  towers 
of  St.  John's,  Westminster.  These  improvements  were  completed  in 
1829,  at  the  cost  of  about  ^£6000.  The  church  stands  in  the  park  in 
front  of  the  mansion,  and  on  the  south  side  of  the  park  is  the  Rectory 
House,  a  commodious  residence,  occupied  by  the  Ven.  Thomas  Kaye 
Bonney,  M.A.,  archdeacon  of  Leicester,  who  holds  the  discharged  rectory 
of  Normanton,  valued  in  K.B.  at  .£5.  4s.  7d.,  and  now  at  .£157.  Lord 
Aveland  is  pjatron;  and  the  tithes  were  commuted  iii  1793  for  a  corn  rent 
of  £'87.  10s.  per  annum.  The  Rev.  Thomas  B.  Brown,  of  Uppingham, 
is  the  curate. 

Loed  Aveland,  and  the  Hon.  Henry  Gilbert  Heathcote,  M.P.,  Normanton 
Park,  and  12  Belgrave  square,  London,  S.W. 

Bonney  Ven.  Thomas  Kaye,  M.A.  archdeacon  of  Leicester,  prebendary  of  Lin- 
coln, and  rector  of  Coningsby  and  Normanton,  Rectory 

Boverley  Kichard,  parish  clerk  H  Turner  Thomas,  farmer 


PRESTON,  a  village  with  several  good  houses,  on  a  pleasant  emi- 
nence, 2  miles  N.  of  Uppingham,  has  in  its  parish  349  inhabitants  and 
1162  acres  of  land.  The  Earl  of  Gainsborough  is  lord  of  the  manor,  but 
part  of  the  soil  belongs  to  Thomas  Sheild,  Esq.,  Thos.  Lawrence,  Esq., 
and  the  Rev.  Wm.  Belgrave.  The  latter  resides  at  the  Hall,  a  commo- 
dious mansion,  in  the  Elizabethan  style,  commanding  an  extensive 
westerly  view,  and  built  about  1050,  but  enlarged  and  much  improved 
and  beautified  by  its  present  owner.  The  copyholds  are  nearly  all  on 
fine  certain.  In  the  reign  of  Edward  IV.,  Preston  belonged  to  the  oreat 
Earl  of  Warwick,  whose  estates  were  all  confiscated  to  the  Crown,  after 
his  death  at  the  battle  of  Barnet,  but  were  restored  to  his  widow  by 
Henry  VII.  They  afterwards  reverted  to  the  Crown,  and  this  and  some 
other  manors  were  alienated  by  Edward  VI.  to  various  persons.  Bo- 
tanical tourists  will  find  here  in  the  hedges  the  Linaria  odorata,  or 
sweet  smelling  toad  flax;  and  at  the  bases  of  the  hills,  the  Mentha  ar- 
vensis,  or  spicy  water  mint.  The  Church  (St.  Peter  and  St.  Paul),  though 
originally  of  Norman  foundation,  appears  to  have  been  mostly  rebuilt  m 
the  14th  century.  It  consists  of  nave  with  aisles  and  chapels,  chancel, 
and  sacristy,  and  a  tower  containing  three  bells  and  surmounted  by  a 
light  and  graceful  spire.  The  piers  and  arches  between  the  nave  and 
aisles  are  of  Norman  character,  and  exhibit  the  chevron  or  zigzao-  orna- 
ment ;  but  the  chancel  and  tower  arches  are  pointed.  The  decorated  east 
window  of  four  lights  is  filled  with  stained  glass,  representing  the  most  im- 
portant events  in  the  life  and  death  of  our  Saviour,  and  was  inserted  at 
the  expense  of  the  rector's  family.  The  west  window  is  also  of  stained 
glass,  and  contains  figures  of  the  four  evangelists  ;  and  in  a  quartrefoil 
above,  the  baptism  of  our  Lord  is  depicted.  It  was  erected  to  the  me- 
mory of  Mrs.  Mary  Belgrave,  by  her  two  nieces.  There  are  several  marble 
tablets  in  the  chancel,  to  the  memory  of  the  Belgrave  family  and  former 
rectors.  The  building  was  restored  in  1850,  at  the  expense  of  the  rec- 
tor and  members  of  his  family.  The  living  is  a  rectory,  valued  in  K.B. 
at  £G.  17s.  6d.,  and  now  at  <£280,  having  1?3a.  2r.  of  glebe,  mostly 
awarded  in  lieu  of  tithes,  at  the  enclosure,  in  1773.    The  representatives 


812 


PRESTON    PARISH. 


of  the  late  Rev.  S.  Sheild,  and  others,  are  patrons,  and  the  Rev.  Win. 
Belgrave,  M.A.,  is  the  incumbent.  The  Rectory  House  is  a  good  resi- 
dence, built  in  1810,  and  now  occupied  by  John  White,  Esq.  An  old 
house  was  converted  into  a  Schoolroom,  in  1853.  Here  are  two  small 
chapels  belonging  to  the  Independents  and  Wesleyans.  The  poor 
parishioners  have  three  yearly  rent  charges,  left  by  unknown  donors, 
viz. : — £2.  12s.  for  a  weekly  distribution  of  bread,  out  of  a  farm  belong- 
ing to  the  Cockayne  family ;  £1  out  of  land  belonging  to  the  Rev.  W. 
Belgrave ;  and  £2  out  of  a  building,  erected  many  years  ago  as  a  poor- 
house.  They  have  also  the  interest  of  £40,  the  origin  of  which  is  un- 
known.    Post  from  Uppingham. 

Anderson  Rev.  Robert  Gerard,  B.A.  bakers.  Cunnington    Geo. 

vicar  of  Manton  Fryer  Mary  Snowden 

Belgrave  Rev.  Wm.  M.A.  rector,  Hall  Pateman  Jonathan  Fryer  John 

Clow  John,  parish  clerk  Pitts  John  Fryer  Thomas 

Faulkener  Mrs,  schoolmistress  builders.  Fryer  William 

Graves  Thomas,  schoolmaster  Clark  Samuel  Ingram  Henry 

Green  Robert,  beerhouse  Fryer  John  Needham  Francis 

Lawrence  Thomas,  Esq.  Robinson  John  (and  maltster) 

Nichols  Rev.  William  P.,  M.A.  curate  Robinson  Joseph  Robinson  John 

Parker  John,  Esq.  |l  Needham  Mrs  My.         carpenters.  Robinson  Joseph 

Pitts  John,  vict.  Neiv  Inn  Harrison  Francis  Robinson  William 

Sharpe  Sarah,  shopkeeper  Taylor  Robert  shoemakers. 

Tyler  Thomas,  blacksmith  farmers  &  grzrs.  Robinson  William 

White  John,  Esq.  Rectory  House  Dickinson  Thomas  Sharpe  William 

Omnibus  from  Manton  Station  to  Uppingham,  passes  through  3  times  a  day. 


RIDLINGTON,  a  straggling  village,  on  a  picturesque  acclivity, 
nearly  3  miles  N.  by  W.  of  Uppingham,  has  in  its  parish  294  inhabitants 
and  2027  acres  of  land,  within  the  limits  of  Leighfield  Forest,  and  in- 
cluding several  lodge  houses  in  the  midst  of  rich  woodland  scenery  and 
well  cultivated  enclosures.  The  Earl  of  Gainsborough  is  lord  of  the 
manor,  but  part  of  the  soil  belongs  to  Lord  Aveland  and  several  smaller 
freeholders.  Before  the  Conquest,  it  was  held  by  Queen  Editha,  and 
afterwards  the  Conqueror  held  part  of  it  himself;  and  here  were  no 
fewer  than  107  villans,  26  bordars,  2  socmen,  2  mills,  2  priests,  and  3 
churches ;  and  a  wood  3  miles  long  and  1  broad.  The  manor  after- 
wards passed  to  Robert  de  Hoyland  and  John  de  Wy  ville,  and  from  them 
through  various  families  to  the  Haringtons,  from  whom  it  came  to  the 
Noels.  In  a  meadow  on  the  north  side  of  the  church,  are  some  high 
walls  supported  by  strong  buttresses,  which  appear  to  have  formed  part 
of  a  mansion,  probably  that  of  the  Haringtons.  The  Church  (St.  Mary 
and  St.  Andrew)  is  an  ancient  fabric,  with  a  tower  and  three  bells,  and 
was  thoroughly  restored  at  a  cost  of  .£1150,  in  1859-'60,  when  the  aisles 
were  rebuilt,  the  gallery  and  pews  were  replaced  by  neat  open  seats, 
the  chancel  arch  was  opened  out,  and  a  new  roof  erected.  The  oldest 
parts  of  the  building  are  the  pillars  and  arches  of  the  south  aisle,  and 
the  chancel  arch,  which  are  early  English.  The  chancel  and  the  north 
aisle  were  rebuilt,  and  the  upper  part  of  the  tower  added  in  the  four- 
teenth, and  the  clerestory  was  erected  in  the  fifteenth  century.  The 
pillars  of  the  south  aisle  are  circular,  with  moulded  caps  and  bases  but 
those  on  the  north  side  are  octagonal.  Several  of  the  stone  steps  lead- 
ing to  the  rood  loft  are  still  remaining.  Here  are  several  mural  tablets 
of  the  Chiselden  family,  and  a  monument  of  the  10th  century,  in  me- 
mory of  Sir  James  Harington,  Kt.  and  his  wife.  The  living  is  a  dis- 
charged rectory,  valued  in  K.B.  at  .£10.  Is.  3d.,  and  now  at  .£364.    The 


RIDLINGTON   PARISH. 


813 


glebe  is  about  50  acres,  and  the  tithes  were  commuted  in  1838.  The 
Earl  of  Gainsborough  is  patron,  and  the  Rev.  C.  R.  Hay,  M.A.,  is  the 
incumbent,  and  has  a  large  and  handsome  residence  at  the  west  end  of 
the  village,  which  was  formerly  the  residence  of  the  Chiselden  family, 
and  was  exchanged  for  the  old  rectory  house  by  the  late  rector.  It  has 
been  considerably  enlarged  by  the  present  rector,  and  during  the  altera- 
tions a  curious  parchment  manuscript  was  found  under  the  eaves, 
principally  in  Latin,  and  apparently  a  steward's  book  written  at 
various  periods,  commencing  in  the  time  of  Richard  II.  The  School  is 
held  in  a  small  building  given  by  the  Earl  of  Gainsborough,  and  is  at- 
tended by  about  35  children.  The  poor  have  the  dividends  of  £53. 10s. 
three  per  cent.  Annuities,  purchased  with  £50,  left  by  Richard  Watts 
in  1767  ;  and  a  yearly  rent-charge  of  £2. 12s.,  left  by  Edward  Chiselden, 
out  of  11a.  of  land  at  South  Croxton,  Leicestershire.  In  1827,  Ned- 
ham  Chiselden,  left  the  dividends  of  £134.  4s.,  to  be  distributed  in 
twelve  twopenny  loaves  every  week  to  twelve  poor  children.  Post  from 
Uppingham. 


Baines  Thomas,  parish  clerk 
Bryan  Charles,  shopkeeper 
Bryan  William,  corn  miller 
Davis  Francis,  vict.  NoeVs  Arms 
Hay  Bev.  Charles  Bae,  M.A.  Eectory 
Needham  John,  butcher 
Sharpe  James,  baker 
Smith  Sarah,  schoolmistress 
Suter  Samuel,  beerhouse 

CARPENTERS. 

Baines  Thomas      |  Crowden  Thomas 


FARMERS  &    GRZRS. 

Burgess  Jas.  Park 
Crowden  William 
Davies  Francis 
Faulkner  George 
Needham  John 
Needham  William 
Pateman  J.  T. 
Bowell  Bassett 
Bowell  George 
Sharpe  James 


Suter  Samuel 
Wells  John 
Wortley  Edward 

STONEMASONS. 

Clarke  Alfred 
Clarke  James 
Clarke  John 

CARRIER. 

Charles  Bryan 
Uppingham,  Wd 
andLeicester,Sat 


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UPPINGHAM,  a  small  but  improving  market  town,  is  situated  on  a 
range  of  table  land,  at  the  intersection  of  roads  from  Leicester  to  Stam- 
ford, and  Oakham  to  Rockingham,  &c,  6|-  miles  S.  of  Oakham,  12  miles 
W.S.W.  of  Stamford,  19  miles  E.  of  Leicester,  and  89  miles  N.N.W.  of 
London.  Its  parish  comprises  1443  acres  of  land,  and  had  only  1393  inha- 
bitants in  1801;  but  they  had  increased  to  1757  in  1831,  and  to  2218  in 
1861.  Though  the  second  town  in  the  county,  it  is  in  some  respects  supe- 
rior to  Oakham,  having  a  busier  market,  and  its  houses  being  mostly 
well-built.  It  is  nearly  in  the  form  of  an  oblong  square,  with  the  church  on 
the  south  side,  and  the  principal  street,  lined  with  good  shops,  inns,  &c, 
traversing  the  centre  from  east  to  west.  During  the  last  35  years,  it  has 
been  much  improved  by  the  erection  of  many  new  houses  and  of  a 
number  of  new  buildings  in  connection  with  the  Grammar  School, 
and  the  rebuilding  or  new  fronting  of  old  houses  and  shops.  The  Mar- 
ket, held  every  Wednesday,  is  well  supplied  with  corn,  butter,  poultry, 
sheep,  cattle,  &c,  and  is  attended  by  numerous  farmers  and  carriers  from 
this  and  the  adjoining  counties.  Annual  Fairs  for  cattle,  &c,  are  held 
here  on  the  7th  of  March  and  the  7th  of  July  ;  and  Races  were  formerly 
held  on  the  fine  table  land  south  of  the  town,  called  the  Brand,  but  they 
were  discontinued  in  1783.  The  town  is  lighted  with  Gas,  from  works 
constructed  in  1839,  at  the  cost  of  ,£1200,  raised  in  ,£10  shares,  and  the 
charge  to  consumers  is  at  the  rate  of  8s.  9d.  per  1000  cubic  feet.  The 
two  gasholders  will  contain  10,000  feet.  Here  are  several  malting  estab- 
lishments, and  in  the  vicinity  are  extensive  quarries  of  stone,  in  great 
request  for  troughs  and  building  purposes.  The  Earl  of  Gainsborough 
is  lord  of  the  Manor  of  Uppingham ;  but  here  is  also  a  small  Rectorial 
Manor,  and  a  great  part  of  the  town  and  parish  belongs  to  the  Marquis 


814  UPPINGHAM. 

of  Exeter,  Lord  Aveland,  the  Rev.W.  Belgrave,  Mrs.  Jeyes,  and  a  number 
of  smaller  owners,  mostly  copyholders  on  tine  certain,  except  in  the 
Rectorial  Manor,  in  which  the  fines  are  arbitrary. 

Uppingham  is  not  mentioned  in  Domesday  Book;  nor  is  there  any 
particular  notice  of  it  till  the  fiftieth  of  Henry  III.  (1205),  when  Peter 
de  Montfort,  one  of  the  rebellious  barons  slain  at  the  battle  of  Evesham, 
gave  the  manor  to  William  de  Montfort,  his  second  son.  This  William 
dying  without  issue,  the  manor  passed  to  Peter,  his  elder  brother,  whose 
grandson,  Guy  de  Montfort,  having  married  one  of  the  daughters  of 
Thomas  Beauchamp,  Earl  of  Warwick,  in  the  reign  of  Edward  III.,  this 
and  the  other  Montfort  estates  were  settled  entail  upon  the  said  Guy, 
with  remainder  to  the  Earl  of  Warwick  and  his  heirs.  Guy  died  without 
issue,  and  his  estates  passed  to  the  Beauchamps.  Thomas,  Earl  of 
Warwick,  a  distinguished  soldier  and  statesman,  having  fallen  under  the 
suspicion  and  displeasure  of  Richard  II.,  was  banished,  and  his  estates 
confiscated.  Richard  II.  gave  Uppingham  to  his  favourite,  Thos.  Mow- 
bray, Duke  of  Norfolk,  who  was  banished  the  same  year.  After  his 
death,  this  manor  was  restored  to  the  true  heir,  Anne,  daughter  of 
Richard  Beauchamp,  Earl  of  Warwick,  and  wife  of  the  gallant  Nevill, 
Earl  of  Warwick,  called  the  "  King-maker,"  from  his  changing  sides  in 
the  wars  of  the  houses  of  York  and  Lancaster,  when  victory  generally 
followed  his  arms  and  placed  that  claimant  on  the  throne  whose  cause 
he  had  espoused.  This  nobleman  being  killed  at  the  battle  of  Barnet, 
in  1471,  and  attainted,  Henry  VII.  gave  Uppingham  to  Simon  Digby ; 
but  it  again  reverted  to  the  crown,  and  was  granted  by  Edward  VI.  to 
his  sister,  afterwards  Queen  Elizabeth,  who,  on  coming  to  the  throne, 
gave  it  to  the  Cecil  family,  from  whom  it  was  carried  to  the  Greys,  Earls 
of  Stamford,  as  a  marriage  portion ;  and  from  them  it  went  to  the  Faw- 
keners,  who  resided  here,  and  subsequently  to  the  family  of  the  Earl  of 
Gainsborough,  the  present  lord  of  the  manor.  In  1280,  Edward  I.  granted 
to  Peter  de  Montfort  a  charter  for  a  weekly  market,  to  be  held  here  on 
Wednesday,  and  an  annual  fair  on  the  eve,  day,  and  morrow  of  the 
Blessed  Virgin  St.  Margaret.  Uppingham  does  not  appear  to  have  been 
the  scene  of  any  battle  during  the  civil  wars  between  Charles  I.  and 
Parliament;  but  " Mercurius  Bustieus,"  under  the  date  July  27th,  1643, 
after  describing  the  troops  which  the  Queen  had  brought  Over  from  Hol- 
land, as  " savage  bears,"  says,  "Colonel  Cromwell's  forces  coming  by 
accident  unto  Uppingham,  on  the  Lord's  day,  found  some  of  these  bears 
playing  there,  and  in  the  height  of  their  sport,  caused  them  to  be  seized 
upon,  tied  to  a  tree,  and  shot."  A  building  in  Orange  lane,  called  the 
Bear  House,  was  standing  not  many  years  ago,  and  probably  derived  its 
name  from  this  occurrence,  at  least  so  thought  the  late  J.  W.  Jeyes,  Esq., 
from  whose  interesting  MSS.  we  have  gathered  much  information  rela- 
ting to  this  and  other  parishes  in  the  county.  The  Rectory  of  Uppingham 
was  in  the  gift  of  the  Abbot  of  Westminster  before  the  Reformation,  but 
Edward  VI.  granted  it  Dr.  Nicholas  Ridley,  Bishop  of  London,  and  to 
his  successors  in  that  see.  Dr.  Jeremiah  Taylor,  whose  piety  and 
valuable  literary  works  will  carry  his  name  to  the  latest  posterity,  was 
rector  of  the  parish  at  the  commencement  of  the  unhappy  civil  wars  of 
the  seventeenth  century.  He  had  been  chaplain  to  Archbishop  Laud, 
who  procured  him  this  rectory,  from  which  he  was  soon  after  sequestered, 
being  marked  as  a  champion  both  of  the  royal  cause  and  the  church. 
King  Charles  then  appointed  him  his  chaplain,  and  he  accompanied  his 
royal  master  through  much  of  the  subsequent  warfare ;  but  when  the 
king's  cause  began  to  droop,  and  he  himself  was  a  prisoner,  the  faithful 
follower  was  obliged  to  secrete  himself  in  Wales,  and  to  keep  school  there 


UPPINGHAM.  815 

for  the  support  of  himself  and  family.  The  Earl  of  Carbury,  having 
discovered  him,  became  his  patron,  and  he  soon  afterwards  ventured  to 
London  ;  but  the  machinations  of  his  enemies  put  him  in  such  danger, 
that  he  found  himself  under  the  necessity  of  retiring  io  Ireland,  when 
Lord  Conway  gave  him  an  appointment  on  the  banks  of  Lough  Neagh, 
where  he  remained  till  the  Restoration,  and  was  then  promoted  to  the 
bishopric  of  Down  and  Connor.  He  died  in  16(17.  The  most  interesting 
object  of  antiquity  in  the  parish  is  the  Druidical  Mound,  called  the  Castle 
Hill,  situated  near  the  Leicester  road,  about  a  mile  W.N.W.  of  the  town, 
and  commanding,  from  its  lofty  summit,  a  splendid  view  of  Deepdale  and 
Beaumont  Chase.  The  neighbourhood  abounds  in  beautiful  scenery,  and 
the  views  from  the  western  side  of  the  table  land  over  the  Leicestershire 
hills,  and  from  the  south  and  south-east  over  the  Welland  valley,  are 
extensive  and  highly  picturesque.  The  botanist  may  find  amusement  in 
the  low  meadows,  where  he  will  find  the  Cynosorchis,  or  male  Satyrion, 
and  the  Urtica  jnleatifera,  or  Roman  nettle,  which  grows  plentifully  in 
the  shady  ditches.  Roman  coins  and  fragments  of  tesselated  pavements 
have  been  found  in  the  neighbourhood,  though  there  are  no  records  of 
the  town  relating  either  to  Roman  or  Saxon  times. 

The  Church  (St.  Peter  and  St.  Paul)  is  a  large  and  handsome  struc- 
ture, originally  of  Norman  foundation,  but  almost  entirely  rebuilt,  in  the 
time  of  Edward  I.,  in  the  early  decorated  style.  It  consists  of  nave  with 
aisles,  chancel  with  aisles,  north  and  south  porches,  and  a  noble  tower 
containing  eight  bells  and  crowned  by  a  lofty  spire.  It  was  thoroughly 
restored,  and  considerably  enlarged  and  improved,  in  1860-'l,  at  a  cost 
of  ,£5000,  under  the  able  superintendence  of  Henry  Parsons,  Esq.,  of 
London.  The  chancel  has  been  rebuilt,  and  two  aisles  added  to  it — that 
on  the  north  forming  a  vestry  and  organ  chamber,  and  that  on  the  south 
being  occupied  by  seats  for  the  school  children.  Each  aisle  is  separated 
from  the  chancel  by  two  richly-moulded  arches,  and  oak  screens  of  open 
tracery.  The  floor  of  the  chancel  has  been  laid  with  Minton's  encaustic 
(tiles,  and  a  low  wall  divides  it  from  the  nave.  New  prayer  desks  and  a 
lectern  have  been  erected,  and  the  old  pulpit,  formerly  occupied  by 
Dr.  Jeremiah  Taylor,  has  been  restored.  The  columns  and  arches  of  the 
nave  have  been  restored,  the  clerestory  windows  re-opened,  the  body  of 
the  church  seated  throughout  with  open  benches,  ornamented  with  the 
ball-flower,  and  the  whole  building  handsomely  roofed  with  oak.  The 
tower  and  spire  have  also  been  restored,  the  fine  west  door  re-opened, 
the  bells  re-hung,  and  increased  by  the  addition  of  three  new  ones,  and 
two  porches  erected — that  on  the  north  being  of  stone,  and  that  on  the 
south  of  oak.  The  five-light  east  window  is  a  fine  specimen  of  masonry, 
and  its  head  is  full  of  elaborate  tracery.  There  is  a  piscina  of  eight 
foils  in  the  south  wall,  and  another  of  four  foils  in  the  north  wall  of  the 
south  aisle.  The  cornice  on  the  north  side  is  enriched  with  the  tooth 
ornament,  ball-flower,  and  rose,  and  the  church  is  lighted  with  gas  fit- 
tings of  mediaeval  design.  The  churchyard  has  also  been  recently 
improved  and  enlarged,  by  the  addition  of  1-g-  acre,  at  a  cost  of  ^£820. 
The  church  contains  some  very  handsome  monumental  memorials,  par- 
ticularly one  in  honour  of  Edward  Fawkener,  Esq.,  who  died  in  1653, 
and  had  been  high- sheriff  of  the  county,  and  excelled  both  as  a  lawyer 
and  a  soldier.  The  benefice  is  a  rectory,  valued  in  KB.  at  .£20.  0s.  10d., 
and  now  at  .£1100  per  annum,  mostly  derived  from  267a.  3r.  30p.  of 
land,  awarded,  in  lieu  of  tithes,  in  1770  and  1779.  The  Bishop  of  Peter- 
borough is  patron,  and  the  Rev.  Wm.  Wales,  M.A.,who  is  also  chancellor 
and  lion,  canon  of  Peterborough,  is  the  incumbent,  and  has  a  good  resi- 
dence and  a  rectorial  manor.   Here  is  an  Independent  and  also  a  Wesley  an 


816  UPPINGHAM. 

Chapel,  the  latter  built  in  1819,  and  the  former  in  1814  by  a  congregation 
formed  in  1717.  Here  is  also  a  Particular  Baptist  Chapel,  which,  with 
the  minister's  house  adjoining,  was  built  in  1845,  and  given  to  the  body 
by  a  member  of  the  congregation. 

The  Free  Grammar  School,  at  one  end  of  the  churchyard,  is  a 
branch  of  the  valuable  charity  called  the  Schools  and  Hospitals  of  the 
Foundation  of  Robert  Johnson,  in  Oahham  and  Uppingham,  of  which  a 
particular  account  will  be  found  with  Oakham,  at  a  subsequent  page, 
where  it  will  be  seen  that  the  trust  property  now  yields  an  annual  in- 
come of  more  than  .£3500,  of  which  a  large  portion  is  applied  in  sending 
scholars  to  the  Universities,  with  exhibitions  of  ,£40  per  annum  each  ; 
and  ,£1320  in  yearly  stipends  of  .£12  to  110  poor  persons,  who  reside  in 
various  parts  of  the  county,  and  are  called  hospital  poor,  though  the 
hospital  premises  have  been  long  appropriated  to  the  use  of  the  schools 
in  each  town.  The  Rev.  Robert  Johnson,  the  benevolent  founder,  was 
Archdeacon  of  Leicester  and  rector  of  Luffenham.  The  Grammar 
School  at  Uppingham  has  long  been  in  high  repute,  and  within  the  last 
few  years  has  risen,  under  the  able  management  of  the  present  head 
master  and  warden,  the  Rev.  Edward  Turing,  M.A.,  to  the  highest  rank 
amongst  the  great  public  schools  of  England.  The  school  began  to  be  re- 
modelled in  1854,  when  the  head  master  gave  up  his  exclusive  right  to 
boarders,  and  appointed  assistant  masters  for  managing  boarding  houses, 
limiting  both  himself  and  them  to  25  in  each  house.  Since  that  time 
more  than  .£30,000  have  been  expended  in  providing  additional  accom- 
modation for  the  boys,  who  have  increased  from  about  twenty-five  to 
nearly  200.  There  are  now  eight  masters,  each  of  whom  has  a  handsome 
and  commodious  boarding  house ;  and  new  school  buildings  are  impera- 
tively required,  and  will  shortly  be  erected,  the  governors  having  already 
granted  .£3000  towards  that  object.  It  is  also  intended  to  erect  a  hand- 
some chapel,  with  room  for  400  persons,  for  the  exclusive  use  of  the  boys. 
The  school  is  endowed  with  12  exhibitions  of  .£40  per  annum  each, 
tenable  for  four  years  by  students  resident  at  any  college  in  Oxford  or 
Cambridge,  and  three  of  them  are  vacant  every  year.  There  are  also  16 
exhibitions  at  St.  John's,  Clare,  Emmanuel,  and  Sidney  Sussex  Colleges, 
Cambridge ;  four  at  each,  varying  from  ,£16  to  ^£26  per  annum,  to  which 
scholars  from  Oakham  and  Uppingham  schools  have  the  preference.  In 
addition  to  these  advantages  10  scholarships  have  been  founded  by  the 
masters,  of  the  value  of  £>70  each  per  annum,  tenable  at  the  school  for 
five  years,  two  being  vacant  every  year.  The  present  system  pursued  at 
Uppingham  is  an  attempt,  and  apparently  a  very  successful  one,  to  pro- 
vide complete  and  efficient  supervision,  by  making  the  staff  of  masters 
fully  adequate  to  the  number  of  boys,  so  that  no  master  is  required  to 
instruct  more  than  25  boys ;  and  each  master  is  engaged  in  teaching  one 
set  of  boys  only,  all  in  the  same  subjects,  and  all  of  nearly  equal  pro- 
ficiency ;  by  which  means  he  is  enabled  to  concentrate  his  attention  more 
fully  upon  his  work,  and  to  discover  thoroughly  what  each  boy  in  his 
one  class  can  do.  The  boys  thus  pass  successively  through  the  hands 
of  all  the  masters,  and  consequently  are  thoroughly  well  trained  in  all  the 
branches  of  education.  In  addition  to  the  eight  English  masters,  there 
are  competent  professors  of  music,  drawing,  chemistry,  French,  German, 
fencing,  &c,  and  separate  studies  and  sleeping  compartments  are  pro- 
vided for  each  boy.  Dr.  Charles  Manners  Sutton,  late  Archbishop  of 
Canterbury ;  Lord  Manners,  late  Chancellor  of  Ireland ;  Henry  Feme, 
D.D.,  Bishop  of  Chester,  in  the  17th  century ;  and  various  other  eminent 
men  havre  been  educated  here. 

The  National  School  was  built  in  1833  and  enlarged  in  1846.     It  is 


UPPINGHAM.  817 

a  neat  brick  building,  at  the  east  end  of  the  town,  containing  separate 
rooms  for  boys  and  girls,  and  a  residence  for  the  master.  It  is  attended 
by  about  75  boys  and  65  girls,  and  on  Sundays  by  about  80  boys  and  90 
girls.  During  the  winter  months  a  night  school  is  held  here,  under  the 
superintendence  of  the  rector  and  curate.  The  Infants'  School  is  at- 
tended by  nearly  100  children,  and  is  held  in  a  room  in  High  street. 

Uppingham  Poor's  Land  comprises  12a.  18p.  at  Ashton,  Northampton- 
shire, with  a  house,  barn,  and  stable,  let  for  .£15.  12s.  4d.  per  annum, 
which  is  distributed  in  weekly  doles  of  bread  among  30  poor  parishioners. 
This  land  was  purchased  for  about  £1120,  of  which  .£50  were  left  by 
Endymion  Canning,  in  1681 ;  £J50  by  Mary  Standish,  in  1721 ;  and  £20 
by  Henry  Cussington,  about  1665.  Richard  Pakeman,  in  1701,  left 
.£100  to  be  laid  out  in  land,  for  the  poor  of  Uppingham,  except  20s.  to 
be  paid  yearly  out  of  the  rent  for  the  poor  of  Thorpe  Satchville.  This 
legacy  was  laid  out  in  the  purchase  of  14a.  2r.  20p.  of  land  at  Horning- 
hold,  now  let  for  ,£30  a-year,  of  which  £'29  are  distributed  among  the 
poor  of  Uppingham,  on  St.  Thomas's  day,  by  the  churchwardens  and 
overseers,  together  with  a  yearly  rent-charge  of  20s.,  left  by  Wm.  Allibon, 
in  1720,  out  of  the  Swan  Inn.  For  distribution  among  poor  widows,  on 
the  same  day,  the  late  Ralph  Hotchkin,  Esq.,  left  the  dividends  of  £-100 
Three  per  cent.  Stock.    His  family  was  settled  here  nearly  two  centuries. 

Uppingham  Union  comprises  the  parishes  of  Ayston,  Belton,  Barrow- 
den,  Caldecott,  Glaston,  Luffenham  North  and  South,  Beaumont  Chase, 
Lyddington,  Morcott,  Pilton,  Preston,  Ridlington,  Seaton,  Thorpe-by- 
Water,  Uppingham,  Wardley,  and  Wing,  in  Rutlandshire ;  Blaston 
Bringhurst,  Drayton,  Great  Easton,  Hallaton,  Holt,  Horninghold,  Med- 
bourne,  Slawston,  and  Stockerston,  in  Gartree  Hundred,  Leicestershire, 
and  Gretton,  Harringworth,  Loxton,  Rockingham,  and  Wakerley,  in 
Nottinghamshire.  These  33  parishes  comprise  an  area  of  82  square  miles, 
or  about  50,000  acres,  and  have  about  13,000  inhabitants,  occupying 
nearly  3000  houses.  Their  aggregate  annual  expenditure  on  the  poor, 
during  the  three  years  preceding  the  formation  of  the  Union,  in  1835, 
was  .£8068  ;  and  during  the  three  succeeding  years,  only  £4609.  Their 
present  average  annual  expenditure  is  about  £6000.  The  Union  Work- 
house is  a  commodious  stone  building,  which  was  finished  in  July,  1837, 
at  the  cost  of  £3128,  and  has  room  for  140  inmates.  Mr.  Thomas  and 
Mrs.  Measures  are  master  and  matron  ;  and  the  Rev.  Henry  Rowsby,  of 
Ayston,  is  the  chaplain.  Wm.  Sheild,  Esq.,  is  union  clerk  and  superinten- 
dent registrar ;  R.  A.  White,  Esq.,  of  Grantham,  auditor ;  Mr.  Thomas 
Reeve,  registrar  of  marriages ;  and  Messrs.  Thomas  Reeve,  of  Upping- 
ham, Thomas  Brice,  of  Great  Easton,  and  Robert  Tomlinson,  of  South 
Luffenham,  are  the  registrars  of  births  and  deaths.  Mr.  John  Willford, 
of  Uppingham,  is  the  relieving  officer,  and  Messrs.  John  Bell,  of  Upping- 
ham, H.  J.  Swan,  of  Barrowden,  T.  L.  Greaves,  of  Great  Easton,  and 
J.  H.  Spence,  of  Hallaton,  are  the  medical  officers. 

The  County  Court  is  held  at  the  Falcon  Inn  once  in  every  two  months, 
and  Mr.  Serjt.  Robert  Miller  is  judge ;  Thos.  Fleath,  Esq.,  of  Warwick, 
treasurer  ;  W.  Sheild  and  W.  H.  Hough,  Esqrs,  registrars  ;  Mr.  William 
Stevenson,  high  bailiff,  and  Geo.  Stevenson,  assistant  bailiff.  Upping- 
ham County  Court  District  comprises  the  parishes,  &c.  of  Alexton, 
Ayston,  Belton,  Bisbrooke,  Beaumont  Chase,  Barrowden,  Blaston,  Bring- 
hurst, Caldecott,  Drayton,  East  Norton,  Easton  Magna,  Fineshade, 
Glaston,  Goadby,  Gretton,  Holyoaks,  Hallaton,  Horninghold  Holt, 
Harringworth,  Keythorpe,  Lyddington,  Leigh  Field,  Loddington,  Lax- 
ton  Luffenham  North  and  South,  Morcott,  Medbourne,  Preston,  Pilton, 
Ridlington,  Rockingham,  Stoke-Dry,  Stockerston,  Slawston,  Skefimg- 

3f 


818 


COUNTY "OF  RUTLAND. 


ton,  Seaton,  Tugby,  Thorpe-by-Water,  Uppingham,  Wardley,  Wakerley, 
and  Wing. 

UPPINGHAM  DIRECTORY. 

The  Post  Office  is  in  High  street,  and  Jane  Leak  is  post-mistress.  Letters 
are  despatched  to  the  North,  East,  and  West,  at  3.30  p.m. ;  to  London  and 
all  parts  at  7.40  p.m.  ;  and  to  Rockingham  and  Oakham  at  10  p.m.  The 
town  deliveries  commence  at  7  a.m.,  3  p.m.,  and  8  p.m.  Money  Orders  are 
granted  and  paid  ;  and  here  is  a  Post  Office  Savings'  Bank. 


Adcock    John    Thomas,   Berlin   wool 

dealer,  North  street 
Aria  Thomas,  clock  cleaner,  High  st 
BainesWm.gardener,&c.  Stockerston  rd 
Baverstock Rev. John,  B.A.  asst.  master 

at  Grammar  School,  High  street 
Beisiegel  Herr,  fencing  and  gymnastic 

master  at  Grammar  School 
Brown  Thomas,  Esq.  High  street 
Brown  Rev.  Thomas  Bentley,  rector  of 

Pilton,  High  street 
Bull  Tyler,  shopman,  Oakham  road 
Candler  Howard,  Esq.  B.A.  asst.  master 

at  Grammar  School,  High  street 
Cooke  Vaughan,   drawing  master    at 

Grammar  School 
Clarke  James,  blacking  mkr.  High  st 
Compton  William,  brewer,  High  st 
Crowden  James,  cattle  dealer,  Queen  st 
Dean  Thomas,  parish  clerk 
Earle  Rev.Wm.  James,  usher  and  sub- 
warden  at  Grammar  School,  Brook- 

lands,  London  road 
Edwards  Misses,  High  street 
Freeman  Rev.  Frederick  John,  M.A. 

curate  at  Lyndon,  High  street 
Freer  Geo.  veterinary  surgeon,  High  st 
Freer  Thomas,  wheelwright,  North  st 
Green  Rev.  John  (Indpt.),  Meeting  In 
Guy  John  Charles,  bank  clerk,  High  st 
Hart  William  Garner,  grocer  (Hart  & 

Seaton)  ;  h  High  street 
Hawthorn  Mrs  Maria,  High  street 
Hind  John  Wm.  bank  manager,  High  st 
Hodgkinson  Rev.  John  Rt.  M.A.  asst. 

master  at  Grammar  School,  High  st 
Ingram  Wm.  merchant,  High  street 
Ingram  Misses  Frances  &  Eliza,  High  st 
Innocent  Mrs,  North  street 
Jackson  Jas.  coach  builder,  High  st 
Jeyes  Mrs  Elizabeth,  High  street 
Langley  John,  auctioneer,  High  st 
Leak  Jane,  postmistress 
Leaton  Wm.  house  agent,  &c.  North  st 
Mason  Thomas,  green  grocer,  High  st 
Measures  Thos.  &  Harriet,  master  and 

matron,  Union  Workhouse 
Mould  Miss  Eliza,  High  street 
Palmer  Miss  Charlotte  Ann,  High  st 
Parrot  Mons.  — ,  French  master  at 
Grammar  School,  Market  place 


Pateman  John  T.  law  clerk,  High  st 
Princep  Rev.  William  (Baptist) 
Reeve  Mr  Thomas,  High  street 
Reeve  Thos.  regr.  of  births,  marriages, 

and  deaths,  High  street 
Riccius  Herr  Henry,  music  and  singing 

master  at  Grammar  School,  High  st 
Rooper  Captain  John,  Hall 
Rowe  Rev.  Thos.  B.,  M.A.,  asst.  master 

at  Grammar  School,  High  street 
Rosenthal  Rev.  Saml.  curate,  Leaming- 
ton terrace 
Seaton  Arthur,  grocer  (Hart  &  Seaton) 

h  High  street 
Schlottmaun  Dr.,  German  master  at 

Grammar  School 
Sewell  — ,  fellmonger,  Beast  market 
Sones  Mrs  Mary,  High  street 
Spinkes  Wm.  basket  mkr.  Beast  market 
Stevenson  Wm.  high  bailiff,  High  st 
Stokes  Chas.brick&  tile  mkr.Oakhamrd 
Swan  Mrs  Christiana,  High  street 
Thompson  Wm.  clerk,  Leamington  ter 
Thorpe  Mrs  Eliz.  Stockerston  road 
Thring  Rev.  Edward,  M.A,  head  master 

and  warden  of  Grammar  School 
Thring  Rev.  John  Chas.  B.A.  assistant 

master  at  Grammar  School,  High  st 
Thorpe  James,  manager  of  Gas  Works, 

High  street 
Thorpe  Saml,  carrier  and  cowkeeper 
Tyers  Henry,  furniture  broker 
Wade  Thomas,  cooper,  North  street 
Wales  Rev.  Wm.  M.A.  chancellor  and 

hon.   canon   of   Peterborough,    and 

rector  of  Uppingham,  Rectory 
Warwick  Isabella  B.,  Berlin  wool  dlr. 
Waugh   Samuel,  travelling  tea  dealer 

and  draper,  High  street 
Willford  John,  relieving  offr.  High  st 
Wilmot  John,  law  clerk,  High  street 
Wilson  Rev.  Robert  (Indpt.),  High  st 
Witts  Rev.Wm.  Fdk.  M.A.  chaplain  and 

assistant  master  of  Grammar  School, 

London  road 
Woodcock  John,  agent  to  L.  and  N.W. 

Railway  Co.  High  street 
ACADEMIES. 
(Marked  *  take  Boarders). 
*Gammidge  Lydia,  Stockerston  road 
Geeson  Miss,  High  street 


UPPINGHAM    DIRECTORY. 


819 


Free  Grammar  School.  *Rev.  Edward 
Thring,M.A.  head  master  &  warden  ; 
*Rev.  W.  J.  Earle,  M.A.  usher  and 
sub-warden  ;  *Rev.  R.  J.  Hodgkin- 
sod,  M.A.  *Rev.  J.  Baverstock,  B.A. 
*Rev.  Chas.  Thring,  B.A.  *Howard 
Chandler,  Esq.  B.A.  *Rev.  T.  B. 
Rowe,  M.A.  and  *Rev.  Wm.  F. 
Witts,  M.A.  assistant  masters  ;  Herr 
Riccius, music  master;  Mr  V.  Cooke, 
drawing  master;  Dr.  Schlottmaun, 
German  master  ;  M.  Parrot,  French 
mstr ;  &  Herr  Beisiegel,  fencing  mstr 

Hodges  Mrs,  High  street 

National  School,  Thos.  and  Mary  Cox 

Porter  F.  B.  North  street 

Union  School,  Sarah  Brown 
ATTORNEYS. 

Brown  Thomas,  High  street 

Brown  William  Henry,High  street 

Sheild  Wm.  (union  elk.  and  supt.  regr. 
elk.  to  Magistrates,  county  coroner,& 
regr.  of  County  Court),  High  street 

Wilson  Rd.  Hy.Greathead,  High  street 

BAKERS  AND  FLOUR  DEALERS. 

Bullock  William,  High  street 

Freeston  John,  High  street 

Jackson  B.  School  lane 

Laxton  Thomas,  High  street 

Love  John,  High  street 

Woodcock  Joseph,  Meeting  lane 
BANKERS. 

Eaton,  Cay  ley,  and  Michelson  (draw  on 
Masterman  &  Co.)  High  st.  on  Wed- 
nesdays only 

Stamford,  Spalding,  &  Boston  Bank- 
ing Co.  (on  Barclay,  Bevan,  &  Co.) 
High  st.  John  Wm.  Hind,  manager 

Post  Office  Savings'  Bank,  High  street 
BLACKSMITHS. 

Sneath  James,  High  street 

Waterfield  Thomas,  High  street 

White  Charles,  Leamington  terrace 

White  Joseph,  School  lane 
BOOKSELLERS. 

Broughton  Mrs(&  Stamp  Office), High  st 

Hawthorn  John  (and  printer),  High  st 
BOOT  AND  SHOE  MAKERS. 

Cox  Alfred,  Stamford  road 

Edgson  Henry,  School  lane 

Fryer  William,  High  street 

Glover  William  Frederick,  High  street 

Leaves  William  Allen,  Queen  street 

Nichols  Thomas,  School  lane 

Woodcock  Daniel,  High  street 
BRAZIERS  AND   TINNERS. 

Irving  William,  High  street 

Law  Thomas,  High  street 

Smith  Walter,  North  street 

Wright  George,  Oakham  road 


BUTCHERS. 

Catlin  Matthew,  High  street 

Fryer  Peter,  High  street 

Halford  Samuel,  High  street 

Kirk  James,  High  street 

Scott  William,  Queen  street 

Sewell  James,  High  street 

Spencer  Robert,  High  street 

CHAIR  MAKERS  AND  TURNERS. 

Baines  William,  Stockerston  road 

Baines  Henry,  Stockerston  road 

Cant  Robert  James,  High  street 

Jackson  John,  High  street 
CHEMISTS  AND  DRUGGISTS. 

Bramley  Peter,  High  street 

Hope  William,  High  street 

CONFECTIONERS. 

Nichols  Thomas,  School  lane 

Otter  Frances  Elizabeth,  Market  place 

CORN  MILLERS  AND  DEALERS. 

Ingram  William,  High  street 

Laxton  Thomas,  High  street 

FARMERS  AND  GRAZIERS. 

Bay  lis  John,  High  street 

Brown  William,  Leicester  road 

Crowden  James,  Queen  street 

Freeman  Robert,  High  street 

Freeston  John,  High  street 

Ingram  Rebecca,  High  street 

Ingram  William,  High  street 

Mould  John  Baines,  High  street 

Mould  William,  High  street 

Pain  Henry,  High  street 

Pateman  J.  T.  High  street 

Pickering  William,  Beaumont  Chase 

Reeve  Thomas,  High  street 

Sewell  Christopher,  High  street 

Wadd  John,  High  street 

Woodcock  John,  High  street 

FIRE  AND  LIFE  OFFICES. 

Accidental  Death,  County  Hailstorm, 
Rock  Life,  and  Yorkshire  Fire,  J. 
W.  Hind,  High  street 

Atlas,  and  Midland  Counties,  Thomas 
Reeve,  High  street 

British  Empire,  M.  Flint,  High  street 

British  Equitable  and  Phoenix,  Wm. 
Hope,  High  street 

County  Fire,  Provident  Life,  and  Gene- 
ral Hailstorm,  William  Compton, 
Market  place 

Globe,  Peter  Bramley,  High  street 

Indisputable  and  Law  Life,  and  Nor- 
wich Equitable  Fire,  Richd.  H.  G. 
Wilson,  High  street 

Norwich  Union,  J.  Hawthorn,  High  st 

Royal,  Thomas  Dolby,  High  street 

Sun,  Thomas  Law,  High  street 

Temperance  and  General  Life,  G.  A . 
Townshend,  High  street 

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UPPINGHAM    DIRECTORY. 


FISHMONGERS. 
Cort  Edward,  Sheild's  yard 
Easton  James,  Leicester  road 
GLASS  AND  CHINA  DEALERS. 
Robinson  Edward,  Oakham  road 
Townshend  George  Ambrose,  High  st 
GROCERS  AND   TEA  DEALERS. 

(See  also  Shopkeepers.) 
Goodall  Thomas,  Market  place 
Hart  and  Seaton,  High  street 
Kirby  Henry,  Market  place 
Pywell  Richard,  North  street 
HAIRDRESSERS. 
Ringham  Henry,  High  street 
Townshend  George  Ambrose,  High  st 

INNS  AND  TAVERNS. 
Chequers,  Mary  Ironman,  London  rd 
Falcon  Inn,  (commercial  and  posting,) 

John  Bay  lis,  High  street 
George  and  Dragon,  Thomas  Sparkes, 

Market  place 
Rose  and  Crown,  Geo.  Cliff,  Beast  mkt 
Royal  Oak,  William  Ingram,  Queen  st 
Swan  Tap,  Joseph  Morris,  Market  pi 
Unicorn  Inn,  Jno.  Hutchinson  Donaby, 

High  street 
White  Hart,  Joseph  Askew,  High  st 

BEERHOUSES. 
Freeman  Robert,  High  street 
Nutt  James,  Stockerston  road 
Smith  Tibbs,  Beast  market 
Sneath  Ann,  High  street 
Sneath  James,  High  street 
Stretton  Robert,  North  street 
Thorpe  Albine,  Leicester  road 

IRONMONGERS. 
Irving  William,  High  street 
Law  Thomas,  High  street 
JOINERS,  &c. 
Baines  Wm.  (&  cabinet  mkr.)  High  st 
Clapham  John,  Todd's  piece 
Dean  William,  (&  builder,)  High  street 
Langley  Jno.  (&  cabinet  mkr.)  High  st 
Schofield  Mary,  North  street 
Tansley  John,  Beast  market 
LINEN  &  WOOLLEN  DRAPERS. 
Dolby  Thomas,  High  street 
Hopkins  Wm.  and  Benj.  High  street 
Perkins  Thomas,  Market  place 
Seaton  Frederick,  High  street 

MALTSTERS. 
Ingram  William,  High  street 
Mould  William,  High  street 
Sewell  Christopher,  High  street 
Wadd  John,  jun.  High  street 
MILLINERS  &  DRESSMAKERS. 
Bell  Mary,  North  street 
Fryer  Mary  Ann,  High  street 
Gunnill  Mary,  North  street 
Morgan  Frances,  Queen  street 


Ingram  Frances,  High  street 
Norman  Sarah,  High  street 
Townshend  Mary,  High  street 
Wade  Elizabeth,' Beast  hill 
Wade  Sarah,  High  street 

PLASTERERS  AND  SLATERS. 
Mould  John,  Oakham  road 
Mould  William,  London  road 
Sellers  Thomas,  Leicester  road 

PLUMBERS,  GLAZIERS,  AND 
PAINTERS. 
Aris  George  and  Thomas,  High  street 
Beardsworth  William,  Beast  market 
Billington  Edward,  Queen  street 
Cliffe  George,  Beast  market 
Satchell  William,  High  street 
SADDLERS. 
(Marked  *  only  Collar  Makers.) 
♦Curtis  Henry,  High  street 
*  Curtis  William,  High  street 
Frisby  Eli,  Market  place 
Inman  Thomas,  High  street 
Sneath  Matthias,  High  street 

SEEDSMEN. 
Dean  Thomas,  Market  place 
Goodall  Thomas,  Market  place 
Hart  and  Seaton,  High  street 
SHOPKEEPERS. 
Alderman  Thomas,  Meeting  lane 
Foster  Elizabeth,  High  street 
Jackson  Martha,  Queen  street 
Richardson  William,  Stockerston  road 
Sindall  Charles,  North  street 
Spinkes  Abigail,  Beast  hill 
Stevenson  William,  High  street 
Thorpe  Phcebe,  High  street 
Woodcock  Mary,  High  street 
STONEMASONS  &  BRICKLAYERS. 
Dorman  Thomas,  Meeting  lane 
Drake  John,  North  street 
Drake  Henry,  High  street 
Thorpe  William,  Stockerston  road 
Thorpe  Henry,  North  street 
Thorpe  John,  Leicester  road 

SURGEONS. 
Bell  John,  High  street 
Brown  Fredk.  Warren,  Market  place 
Edwards  John,  High  street 
TAILORS. 
(Marked  *  are  Drapers  also.) 
Alderman  Thomas,  Meeting  lane 
*Dolby  Thomas,  High  street 
Hales  William,  Leamington  terrace 
♦Hopkins  Wm.  and  Benj.  High  street 
♦Perkins  Thomas,  Market  place 
Richardson  William,  Stockerston  road 
Roberts  William,  Meeting  lane 
♦Seaton  Frederick,  High  street 
Southwell  Thomas,  High  street 


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WATCH  AND  CLOCK  MAKERS. 
Flint  Mark,  High  street 
Sparkes  James,  Market  place 
WHITESMITHS. 
Geeson  SI.  (and  implmt.  mkr.)  High  st 
Irving  William,  High  street 
Law  Thomas,  High  street 
WINE  AND  SPIRIT  MERCHANTS. 
Compton  William,  Market  place 
Healy  Charles,  Market  place 

OMNIBUSES 
To  Manton  Station,  from  Falcon  Hotel, 

three  times  a  day ; 
To  Seaton  Station,  from  White  Hart, 

three  times  a  day 

CARRIERS  FROM  THE  INNS. 
j^^Except  otherwise  expressed,   they 

arrive  on  Wednesday  morning,  and 

depart  in  the  afternoon. 
Allexton,  Belton,  and  Loddington, 

Hill,  daily 
Ayston,  Braunston,  and  Ridlington, 

Springthorpe,  from  the  Unicorn 
Barrowden,  Waterfield,  Chequers 
Corby,  Jenks,  George  and  Dragon 


Billesdon,  East  Norton,  Skeffing- 

ton,  and  Tugby,  Allen,  White  Hart 
Caldecott, West, Chequers ;  &  Vickers, 

George  and  Dragon,  Saturday 
Cottingham,  West,  Chequers 
Edith  Weston   and   Lyndon,  Hales, 

from  the  Unicorn 
Empingham,  Pugmore,  Geo.  &  Dragon 
Glaston,  Goodliffe,  George  &  Dragon, 

and  Seaton,  daily 
Gretton  &  Weldon,  Jenks,  from  the 

George  and  Dragon 
Great  Easton,  Ashby,  Chequers 
Hallaton,  Hayes,  Cross  Keys 
Ketton,  Thorpe,  three  times  a  week 
Luffenham,  Rose,  Royal  Oak 
Lyddington,  Dawson,  Chequers,  Wed. 

and  Saturday 
Medbourn,  Jeffs,  Unicorn 
Morcott,  Seaton,  daily 
Middleton,  Dexter,  Chequers 
Oakham,  Thorpe,  Saturday 
Ridlington,  Bryan,  Unicorn 
Rockingham,    Vickers,     George     and 

Dragon  (and  Saturday) 
Stamford,  Thorpe,  Mon.  and  Friday 


WING,  a  village  on  the  southern  acclivity  of  the  vale  of  the  river 
Chater,  3£  miles  N.E.  by  N.  of  Uppingham,  has  in  its  parish  342  inha- 
bitants, and  1044a.  3r.  6p.  of  land.  The  Marquis  of  Exeter  is  lord  of 
the  manor,  and  owner  of  a  great  part  of  the  soil ;  and  the  rest  belongs 
to  J.  Gilson,  Esq.,  W.  Sheild,  Esq.,  and  a  few  smaller  owners.  Near 
the  village  is  an  ancient  maze,  in  which  the  rustics  run  at  the  parish 
feast.  The  manor,  anciently  called  Wenge,  was  long  held  by  the  Mont- 
fort  family,  one  of  whom,  in  the  reign  of  Henry  II.,  gave  half  of  it  to 
Thorney  Abbey,  and  the  monks  subsequently  obtained  possession  of  the 
other  moiety.  The  abbots  granted  a  lease  of  it  to  the  Lacy  family,  and 
it  was  in  their  occupancy  at  the  dissolution  of  the  monasteries.  The 
Church  (St.  Peter  and  St.  Paul)  is  an  ancient  structure,  with  a  tower  and 
five  bells,  and  is  supposed  to  have  been  built,  in  1335,  by  Henry  de 
Clipstow,  on  the  site  of  an  old  Norman  building,  of  which  the  arches  of 
the  south  aisle  are  supposed  to  be  a  portion.  The  doorway  in  the  porch 
is  of  the  transition  style,  and  the  tower  is  of  perpendicular  architecture. 
The  rectory,  valued  in  KB.  at  £7.  5s.  5d.,  and  now  at  £400,  is  in  the 
patronage  of  the  Lord  Chancellor,  and  incumbency  of  the  Rev.  Charles 
Boys,  M.A.  The  tithes  were  commuted  at  the  enclosure,  in  1772,  for 
190a.  3r.  35p.  of  glebe.  The  Rectory  House  is  a  handsome  residence, 
which  was  mostly  rebuilt  in  1841,  at  the  cost  of  £800,  and  has  been 
recently  much  improved.  The  school  was  built,  at  a  cost  of  about  £400, 
in  1853,  and  is  attended  by  about  603  boys  and  girls.  Here  is  a  small 
Wesley  an  chapel,  built  in  1841.     Post  from  Uppingham. 

Manton  George,  cattle  dealer 

Pick  Fras.  Goode,  butcher  and  par.  elk. 

Presgrave  Charles,  baker,  beerhouse, 


Bagley  Fanny,  schoolmistress 
Bagley  Thomas,  vict.  NoeVs  Arms 
Boys  Rev.  Charles,  M.A.  Rectory 
Clark  William,  blacksmith 
Cliff  William,  vict.  Railway  Inn 
Gilson  Miss  Mary  ||  Sharpe  Mrs  Mary 


and  shopkeeper 
Rate  Joseph,  fellmonger 
Rawlings  Mary,  bread  dealer 


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WING   PARISH. 


Reeve  James,  coal  merchant 
Rowlett  James,  shoemaker 
SpringthorpeMrRt.  ||  Tooms  Mrs  Maria 

carpenters.         Pitt  John. 
Bagney  Thomas  farmers  and 

Barsby  Henry  graziers. 

Brewster  James       Barnett  Robert 


Gregory  Francis 
Gregory  James 
Gregory  Richard 
Paddy  Frances 
Reeve  Thomas 
Reeve  William 
Sheild  William 


Seaton  Francis  (& 
cattle  dealer) 

STONEMASONS. 

Tyers  Chas.  Robt. 
Tyers  James 
Wade  Thomas 


OAKHAM  SOKE-HUNDRED  is  the  western  division  of  Rutland- 
shire, and  is  about  eleven  miles  in  length,  from  north  to  south,  but  varies 
from  five  to  less  than  two  miles  in  breadth.  It  is  bounded  on  the  west 
and  south  by  Leicestershire,  on  the  north  by  Alstoe  Hundred,  and  on 
the  east  by  the  latter  and  Martinsley  Hundred.  It  is  a  fertile  and  highly 
picturesque  district,  having  the  hilly  woodland  region  of  Leighfield 
Forest  and  Beaumont  Chase  in  the  south,  and  the  vale  of  Catmos,  with 
Oakham,  the  county  town,  in  its  centre.  It  is  supposed  that  the  fee  of 
it  was  always  in  the  Crown,  till  it  was  granted  by  Edward  II.  to  his 
favourite,  Piers  Gaveston,  after  whose  disgrace  it  again  reverted  to  the 
King.  As  noticed  at  page  777,  it  comprises  5016  inhabitants,  and  17,776 
acres  of  land ;  and  the  following  are  its  eleven  parishes,  &c. : — 

BELTON  is  a  village  on  an  eminence  on  the  north  side  of  the  pic- 
turesque valley  of  the  small  river  Eye,  3£  miles  W.  by  N.  of  Uppingham. 
Its  parish  forms  the  south-west  angle  of  the  county,  and  contains  461 
inhabitants,  and  1260  acres  of  enclosed  land,  all  freehold.  George 
Finch,  Esq.,  is  lord  of  the  manor ;  but  the  soil  belongs  chiefly  to  J. 
Eagleton,  Esq.,  Edward  Monckton,  Esq.,  Geo.  Godfrey  Kemp,  Esq.,  the 
Earl  of  Gainsborough,  and  the  Walker,  Ward,  Bishopp,  and  other 
families.  The  tithes  were  commuted  at  the  enclosure,  in  1794,  for  66 
acres  to  the  vicar,  and  80  acres  to  the  impropriator.  A  dreadful  fire,  on 
May  27th,  1776,  destroyed  27  houses  in  the  village.  The  manor  is 
within  the  ancient  limits  of  Leighfield  Forest,  and  in  the  reign  of  Ed- 
ward II.  it  was  held  by  the  Blounts,  afterwards  Lords  Mountjoy.  In 
the  following  reign  it  had  a  charter  for  a  fair,  which  has  long  been  obso- 
lete. It  passed  from  the  Blounts  to  the  Haslewoods,  and  from  the  latter 
to  the  Verneys,  who  had  a  good  family  seat  here.  The  Church  (All 
Saints  or  St.  Peter)  is  an  ancient  structure,  consisting  of  nave  with  aisles, 
chancel,  chancel  aisle,  and  south  porch ;  with  a  tower  and  four  bells. 
Several  of  the  windows  are  filled  with  stained  glass.  The  chancel  be- 
longs to  the  Corporation  of  Lincoln,  who  have  recently  expended  £'52 
in  renovating  it.  The  rest  of  the  building  has  also  been  restored  by  the 
parishioners.  A  curious  stone  coffin,  containing  a  human  skeleton,  was 
found  under  the  chancel  during  the  alterations.  Most  of  the  church  is 
of  decorated  architecture,  and  the  porch  contains  some  rich  work  of  that 
period.  An  iron  bracket,  for  an  hour  glass,  projects  from  the  pillar  near 
the  pulpit.  In  the  chancel  is  an  alabaster  monument,  with  figures,  in 
memory  of  Thomas  Hazlewood,  Esq.,  and  his  wife,  the  former  of  whom 
died  in  1554,  and  the  latter  in  1500.  Here  is  a  curious  early  English 
font,  enriched  with  the  tooth  ornament.  The  benefice  is  a  vicarage, 
annexed  to  the  rectory  of  Wardley,  in  the  patronage  of  the  Lord  Chan- 
cellor, and  incumbency  of  the  Rev.  C.  H.  Newmarch,  B.A.,  who  has  a 
good  residence  here,  which  was  rebuilt  in  the  Elizabethan  style,  in  1838'9, 
at  the  cost  of  £3000.  The  joint  livings  are  valued  at  £357  per  annum. 
(See  Wardley) .   The  old  Hall,  now  occupied  by  a  farmer,  is  the  property 


BELTON    PARISH. 


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of  Edward  Monckton,  Esq.  John  Eagleton.  Esq.,  of  Belton  House,  owns 
two-thirds,  and  Mrs.  Bishopp,  one-third  of  the  land  allotted  in  lieu  of 
the  great  tithes.  There  is  one  acre  of  land  appropriated  to  the  repara- 
tion of  the  church.  In  the  village  is  a  small  Baptist  Chapel,  built  about 
20  years  ago.  The  Poofs  Land  comprises  about  34a.,  in  that  part  of 
Leighfield  Forest  which  lies  within  the  bounds  of  Oakham  parish,  and 
was  awarded  about  1631,  when  the  forest  was  enclosed.  It  is  let  for  <£56 
a-year,  to  which  is  added  the  dividends  of  ,£400  Three  per  cent.  Stock. 
These  sums  were  derived  from  the  bequests  of  various  donors,  except  a 
small  portion  from  the  sale  of  timber  on  the  poor's  land.  The  total 
yearly  income  is  distributed  half-yearly  amongst  the  poor  parishioners. 
J.  Eagleton,  Esq.,  and  Messrs.  J.  Goodliffe,  Win.  Ward,  and  John  Hol- 
lingworth  are  the  trustees.  The  School  was  built  in  1857,  by  John 
Eagleton,  Esq.  It  is  principally  supported  by  subscription,  but  for 
teaching  twelve  poor  children,  the  schoolmaster  has  the  dividends  of 
£329.  18s.  Three  per  cent.  Consols,  purchased  in  1801  with  <£200  left 
by  Charles  Roberts.  Archdeacon  Bonney,  the  Vicar,  the  Rev.  Charles 
Roberts,  and  John  Eagleton,  Esq.,  are  trustees.  The  Rev.  Abraham 
Jobson,  D.D.,  a  late  vicar,  gave  £100  Three  per  cent.  Reduced  Annuities, 
in  trust,  to  apply  the  dividends  every  third  year  in  the  purchase  of  Bibles 
and  Prayer  Books,  for  such  of  the  poor  parishioners  as  can  repeat  the 
second  Collect  in  Advent.  Property  in  Leighfield  Forest,  formerly  be- 
longing to  the  Earl  of  Winchilsea,  and  now  to  G.  Finch  Esq.,  is  charged, 
according  to  an  old  deed,  with  the  yearly  payment  of  £,V)  to  the  poor  of 
Belton,  under  the  name  of  the  Duke  of  Buckingham's  Charity,  but  it 
was  not  paid  for  180  years.  In  1833  it  was  recovered,  but  only  £120, 
the  amount  of  12  years  arrears,  were  obtained,  and  this  was  divided 
amongst  70  poor  people. 

Post  Office  at  Thomas  Smith's.    Letters  via  Uppingham. 


Baines  Thomas,  schoolmaster 
Billings  Joseph,  parish  clerk 
Burnham  John,  chimney  sweep 
Buttress  George,  stone  mason 
Corby  Edward,  jun.  blacksmith 
Drowley  Rev.  John  (Bapt.)  school 
Eagleton  John,  Esq.  Belton  House 
Grundy  Rev.  Thos.  Richard,  curate 
Hoi  lira  gworth  Mr  John 
Kemp  Mrs  Godfrey 
Newmarch  Rev.  Chas.  Hy.  B.A.  rector 

of  Wardley  and  vicar  of  Belton 
Ogden  Mrs  Mary  ||  Osborn  Mrs  Mary 
Smith  Thomas,  Post  Office 
Wadd  (Frances)  and  Whyman  (Cath- 
erine), milliners,  &c. 
Walker' Miss  Mary 
Walker  Mrs  Elizabeth 
Ward  Mr  William 


INNS  AND  TAVERNS. 
Black  Horse,  Frederick  Hull 
Sun,  James  Wade 

BAKERS. 


Cave  Ann 
Goode  John 
Ward  Francis 

BUTCHERS, 

Kemp  John 
Wright  Edward 

CARPENTERS. 

Allen  Thomas 
Stevenson  William 
Wade  James 

FARMERS    AND 
GRAZIERS. 

Baines  Robert,OW 

Hall 
Corby  Edw.  sen. 


Corby  Henry 
Goodliffe  John 
Green  John 
Issitt  George 
WardGeo.Godfrey 
Wright  Henry 

SHOEMAKERS. 

Faulks  William 
Hull  Frederick 
Porter  Thomas 

SHOPKEEPERS. 

Monk  David 
Rudkin  William 

TAILORS. 

Palford  John 
Turner  Samuel 


BRAUNSTON,  a  secluded  village  in  a  valley,  near  the  sources  of 
the  river  Gwash,  and  within  the  ancient  bounds  of  Leighfield  Forest, 
2^  miles  S.W.  of  Oakham,  has  in  its  parish  398  inhabitants,  and  3250 
acres  of  land.  George  Finch,  Esq.,  is  lord  of  the  manor,  but  a  great 
part  of  the  soil  belongs  to  Lord  Aveland,  the  Earl  of  Gainsborough, 
Hon.  Arthur  Heathcote,  Mr.  W.  Bryan,  and  a  few  smaller  owners.  The 
manor  was  anciently  called  Bravenston,  and  in  the  reign  of  John,  it  be- 


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BRAUNSTON    PARISH. 


longed  to  the  Menil  family.  Robert  de  Falconer  held  it  and  resided  here, 
in  the  reign  of  Edward  I.,  when  he  was  summoned  to  attend  that 
monarch  with  horse  and  arms,  at  Berwick-upon-Tweed.  It  afterwards 
passed  to  the  Burghe,  Chiselden,  and  other  families.  The  Church  (All 
Saints)  is  an  ancient  structure,  consisting  of  nave,  aisles,  south  porch, 
and  chancel,  with  a  tower  containing  four  bells  and  crowned  by  a  leaded 
spiio.  It  contains  some  monumental  brasses  of  the  Chiseldens,  who 
flourished  here  and  at  Uppingham,  in  the  sixteenth  and  seventeenth 
centuries.  The  vicarage  is  consolidated  with  that  of  Hambleton,  as 
noticed  at  page  808.  All  the  tithes,  belonging  to  the  Dean  and  Chapter 
of  Lincoln  (the  appropriators)  and  the  vicar,  were  commuted  for  52  acres 
of  land,  at  the  enclosure  of  the  parish,  in  1801.  The  Baptists  have  a 
chapel  here,  and  in  the  village  is  a  National  School,  built  in  1846 ;  and 
the  master  has  ,£5  yearly  out  of  an  estate  at  Halstead,  left  by  Augustin 
Burton,  in  1614,  for  schooling  eight  poor  children  of  Braunston.  The 
Wisp  Land  Charity  consists  of  14a.  of  land  in  this  parish,  called  the 
Wisp,  and  is  annually  let  by  auction  for  from  .£25  to  .£30.  It  was 
granted  to  Edward  Wymarke,  of  London,  by  Queen  Elizabeth,  and  has 
ever  since  been  vested  in  trust  for  the  common  good  of  the  freeholders 
of  Braunston,  and  the  reparation  of  the  church,  roads,  and  bridges.  The 
Church  or  Town  Land  Trust  is  of  unknown  origin,  and  consists  of 
11a.  21p.,  let  for  about  <£20,  which  is  applied  in  repairing  the  church. 
The  poor  have  ^610  a  year  out  of  the  estate  of  Gr.  Finch,  Esq.,  in  Leigh- 
field  Forest,  given  by  George  Villiers,  Duke  of  Buckingham,  about  1627, 
and  they  have  also  the  interest  of  £20,  distributed  in  bread  on  Christmas 
day,  and  left  by  John  and  Ann  Robinson  in  1825. 

Post  Office  at  John  Beadman's.     Letters  via  Oakham. 

Allett  Alfred,  victualler,  Plough 

Beadman  John,  beerhouse 

Fox  Henry,  blacksmith 

Heycock  Thomas,  Esq.  Manor  House 

Higbton  Ann,  schoolmistress 

Miles  Samuel,  tailor 

Neal  Thomas,  vict.  Blue  Ball 

Pick  Abm.  Francis,  veterinary  surgeon 

Sharp  Thomas,  gentleman 

Woods  James,  parish  clerk 


BAKERS. 

Allett  Alfred 
Ratt  John 
Gaunt  Charles 

BUTCHERS. 

Adams  Thomas 
Crow  William 


FARMERS  &   GRZRS. 

(*  are  Owners.) 
Adcock  Ann 
Beaciman  Thomas 

Dixon 
Chapman  Frances 
Christian  Eliz. 


Cook  George 
Freeman  William 
Hackett  John 
Handley  William 
Harris  Thomas 
Hill  John 
Richardson  Wm. 
Robinson  Robert 
Sharp  William 
Skirth  Mary 
Sleath  John 
Thompson  Joseph 
Whittle  Thomas 

GARDENERS. 

Billsdon  John  (and 

wood  dealer) 
Hatton  Francis 


Hatton  James 

SHOEMAKERS. 

Page  Thomas 
Springthorpe  Wm. 

SHOPKEEPERS. 

Allett  Mary 
Meadows  Samuel 
Wright  Louisa 

WHEELWRIGHTS. 

Highton  Henry 
Hill  William 

CARRIER. 

Eliz.  Rawson,  to 
Oakham  Mon.  & 
Fii.,  and  to  Lei- 
cester Sat. 


BROOKE,  2£  miles  S.  by  W.  of  Oakham,  is  a  small  village  and  town- 
ship, on  the  south  side  of  the  small  river  Gwash,  containing  112  inhabi- 
tants, and  1341  acres  of  land,  formerly  part  of  Leighfield  Forest.  The  Earl 
of  Gainsborough  owns  nearly  all  the  soil,  and  is  lord  of  the  manor,  which 
was  anciently  called  Broc.  A  small  Priory  of  Augustine  canons  was 
founded  here  in  the  reign  of  Richard  I.,  by  Hugh  de  Ferrars.  This 
priory  was  given,  along  with  the  manor,  to  the  prior  and  monks  of 
Kenilworth,  and  was  valued,  at  the  dissolution,  at  <£43.  13s.  4d.,  and 
granted  to  Anthony  Cope,  who  gave  the  manor  to  the  Noels.  The 
Church  (St.  Peter)  is  an  ancient  structure  of  early  English  architecture, 
with  a  tower  and  four  bells.    It  contains  an  old  monument  in  memory 


BEOOKE    TOWNSHIP.  825 

of  Charles  Noel,  who  died  in  1619.  The  benefice  is  consolidated  with 
Oakham  vicarage,  being  in  the  same  patronage,  appropriation,  and  incum- 
bency ;  indeed,  Brooke  appears  to  have  been  considered  ecclesiastically 
as  a  hamlet  to  Oakham  ever  since  the  time  of  the  Norman  Conquest. 
Some  remains  of  the  priory  may  be  seen  in  the  farm-house,  which  was 
for  some  time  a  seat  of  the  Noels.  The  tithes  of  Brooke  were  commuted 
in  1840  for  about  .£287  per  annum.  The  Poofs  Land,  purchased  in 
1682,  with  £170  benefaction  money,  consists  of  a  farm  of  20a.  3e.  23p., 
at  Morcott,  let  for  about  .£20  a  year,  which  is  distributed  in  coals  and 
money,  except  £3,  paid  towards  the  support  of  a  Sunday  school.  In  1721, 
.£15  poor's  money  was  laid  out  in  the  purchase  of  a  tenement  at  Oakham, 
which  was  let,  in  1778,  on  a  99  years'  lease,  at  the  annual  rent  of  .£1. 
This  house  was  rebuilt  by  the  tenant  in  1804,  at  the  cost  of  £135.  The 
poor  have  also  the  interest  of  £'5,  left  by  one  Kemp.    Post  from  Oakham. 


Allett  John,  corn  miller 
Billings  Mrs  Jane 
Freeman  John,  cattle  dealer 
Hibbitt  John,  parish  clerk 


Farmers  and  Graziers. — John  Baines, 
Priory,  Eliz.  Hack,  Edw.  Hackett, 
John  Hibbitt,Thos.  Jones,  Jph.  King- 
ton, Thos.  Suter,  and  John  Turner 


CLIPSHAM  is  a  village,  near  the  borders  of  Lincolnshire,  9  miles 
N.N.W.  of  Stamford,  and  its  parish  includes  213  inhabitants  and  1640 
acres  of  land,  forming  a  widely  detached  member  of  Oakham  Soke  Hun- 
dred. Thos.  Moore  Paget,  Esq.,  owns  most  of  the  parish,  and  is  lord  of 
the  manor.  The  Hall,  a  neat  mansion  in  a  beautiful  park,  bounded  on 
the  north  by  a  large  wood,  is  the  seat  of  Edw.  Samuel  Evans  Hartopp, 
Esq.  The  Hack  family  and  a  few  smaller  owners  have  land  here ;  and 
on  the  east  side  of  the  parish  are  quarries  of  excellent  building  stone,  near 
Pickworth  Wood.  In  the  reign  of  Edward  II.,  Clipsham  was  held  of 
the  Crown,  by  Wm.  de  la  Zouch,  as  part  of  the  Honor  of  Oakham,  by 
the  service  of  the  20th  part  of  a  knight's  fee.  It  afterwards  passed  to 
the  Phillips,  Harington,  Johnson,  and  Snow  families,  the  latter  of  whom 
have  long  been  seated  here.  The  Church  (St.  Mary)  is  an  ancient  struc- 
ture, consisting  of  a  nave  with  aisles,  chancel  with  north  aisle,  south 
porch,  tower,  spire,  and  three  bells.  The  pillars  and  arches  of  the  nave 
are  Norman,  and  the  tower  arch  is  early  pointed.  The  east  window  of 
the  chancel  is  decorated,  and  is  filled  with  beautiful  stained  glass,  by 
"Wailes,  representing  the  crucifixion.  The  west  window  is  filled  with 
stained  glass  by  Hardman,  and  represents  the  virgin  and  child.  The  east 
window  of  the  chancel  aisle  contains  some  ancient  armorial  glass  which 
Blore  supposes  has  been  removed  from  the  long  ruined  church  at  Pick- 
worth,  as  it  has  the  arms  of  several  former  owners  of  that  parish.  The 
church  was  admirably  restored  in  1853,  at  the  sole  expense  of  J.  M. 
Paget,  Esq.  The  rectory,  valued  in  KB.  at  <£10.  0s.  5d.,  and  now  at 
i!220,  is  in  the  patronage  of  J.  M.  Paget,  Esq.,  and  incumbency  of  the 
Rev.  Henry  Charles  Thos.  Hoskins,  M.A.  The  Rectory  House  is  a  neat 
mansion,  finely  embowered  with  trees.  The  tithes  were  commuted  in 
1838,  for  £259  per  annum.  Here  is  a  School,  built  in  1849,  by  the  lord 
of  the  manor,  and  supported  by  him  and  the  rector.  It  is  attended  by 
about  40  children.     Post  from  Oakham  at  12  noon,  returning  at  2£  p.m. 


Bemrose  Wm.  shoemkr.  and  par.  clerk 
Halliday  T.  C.  quarry  onr. ;  h  Greetham 
Hartopp  Edw.  Sml.  Evans,  Esq.  Hall 
Hoskins  Rev.Hy.Chs.  Ths.  M.A.  rector 
Howitt  Elijah,  vict.  Olive  Branch 
Kidman  Grace,  schoolmistress 
Medwell  Hy.  mason  &  quarry  owner 
Mills  George,  shopkeeper 


Pilkington  George,  joiner 
Plo wright  William,  machine  owner 
FARMERS  AND  GRAZIERS. 


Hack  George 
Harris  John 
Harrison  Thomas 


Pilkington  Mattw. 
White  Christophr. 
White  Cphr.  jun. 


Carrier.— Elijah  Howitt  to  Stamford, 
every  Friday. 


826 


COUNTY  OF  RUTLAND. 


EGLETON  is  a  small  village  and  township  on  the  banks  of  a  rivulet, 
14  mile  S.E.  of  Oakham,  with  which  it  is  ecclesiastically  connected.  It 
comprises  only  131  inhabitants  and  864  acres  of  land,  belonging  to  Geo. 
Finch,  Esq.,  the  lord  of  the  manor.  It  is  in  the  fertile  and  picturesque 
vale  of  Catmos,  and  had  a  Guild,  which  was  founded  at  an  early  period, 
for  the  maintenance  of  a  priest  to  sing  mass  for  ever,  and  was  endowed 
with  lands,  &c,  of  the  yearly  value  of  £0.  8s.  6d.  The  manor  an- 
ciently belonged  to  the  Lords  of  Oakham,  and  afterwards  passed  to  the 
Browne,  Harbottle,  and  Finch  families.  The  Church,  which  is  a  chapel 
of  ease  to  Oakham  parish,  is  a  re-edification  of  a  more  ancient  building'; 
and,  from  a  very  antique  range  of  Norman  arches  on  its  northern  side, 
it  seems  to  be  the  remains  of  a  very  extensive  edifice.  The  tower  is  mo- 
dern, and  has  a  small  but  neat  spire,  which  forms  a  good  object  in  cros- 
sing the  vale.  One  of  the  curates  of  the  vicar  of  Oakham  officiates  here, 
and  the  Dean  and  Chapter  of  Westminster  are  appropriators  of  the 
great  tithes.  The  poor  have  ,£3.  lis.  Cd.  yearly,  as  the  interest  of  a  leg- 
acy of  £100  left  by  Nicholas  Towell,  in  1774 ;  and  10s.,  "as  the  interest  of 
£1Q  left  by  an  unknown  donor.  The  School  is  held  in  a  cottage  near 
the  church,  and  is  supported  by  Lady  Louisa  Finch.  Stilton  cheese  is 
made  here.  Post  from  Oakham. 
Cunnington  George,  baker 
Gregory  Thos.  carpenter  and  shopkpr. 
Needham  Mary,  schoolmistress* 
Shelton  John,  tailor 
Stimson  John,  butcher 


FARMERS  AND  GRAZIERS. 


Hack  John 
Morton  John 
Tirrell  Samuel 


Tirrell   Joseph, 

Manor  House 

Tirrell  Jph.  jun. 


GUNTHORPE,  a  township  in  the  parish,  and  2  miles  S.  by  E.  of 
Oakham,  has  only  11  inhabitants,  and  462  acres  of  land,  nearly  all  be- 
longing to  LordAveland,  and  in  one  farm,  occupied  by  Mr.  Thos.  Syson, 
of  Empingham,  whose  shepherd  lives  in  Gunthorpe  Lodge,  besides  which 
here  is  only  another  house,  occupied  by  William  Webster,  cattle  dealer 
and  beerseller.  It  had  formerly  a  village,  and  is  bounded  on  the  south 
by  the  river  Gwash,  near  which  is  Gunthorpe  Gorse. 


LANGHAM  is  a  large  scattered  village  on  the  north  side  of  the  vale 
of  Catmos,  on  and  near  the  Melton  Mowbray  road,  2  miles  N.W.  of  Oak- 
ham. Its  parish  is  included  ecclesiastically  with  that  of  Oakham,  and 
comprises  636  inhabitants  and  2809  acres  of  land,  consisting  of  swelling 
lulls,  presenting  a  pleasing  variety  of  surface,  and  having  on  the  wes- 
tern side,  adjoining  Leicestershire,  a  bold  eminence,  called  Eanksbo- 
rough  Hill,  which  is  one  of  the  finest  fox  covers  in  the  county.  The  Earl 
of  Gainsborough  is  lord  of  the  manor ;  but  most  of  the  soil  belongs  to 
Lord  Aveland,  E.  G.  Baker  and  Wm.  Sharrad,  Esqrs.,  and  several 
smaller  owners.  The  copyholds  are  subject  to  arbitrary  fines.  The 
parish  is  considered  as  a  hamlet  to  Oakham  in  the  Domesday  Survey, 
and  seems  to  have  followed  the  same  course  of  territorial  possession, 
whether  by  grant  or  purchase,  until  the  reign  of  Elizabeth,  when,  having 
been  settled  by  Lord  Cromwell  on  Iris  second  son,  Gregory,  he  sold  it, 
under  the  authority  of  the  Queen's  license,  to  an  ancestor  of  the  Earl  of 
Gainsborough.  Langham  Hall  is  the  seat  of  E.G.  Baker,  Esq.  It  is 
a  fine  Gothic  building,  erected  in  1665,  and  restored  and  greatly  im- 
proved by  the  late  R.  W.  Baker,  Esq.,  of  Cottesmore.  The  Church  (St. 
Peter  and  St.  Paul)  is  attached  to  Oakham  vicarage,  and  is  an  ancient 
structure  with  a  tower,  spire,  six  bells,  and  a  clock.  It  presents  a  fine 
specimen  of  decorated  and  early  perpendicular  architecture,  and  is  said  to 


LANGHAM    TOWNSHIP. 


827 


have  been  built  by  Cardinal  Simon  de  Langham,  Archbishop  of  Canter- 
bury, and  once  contained  much  armorial  glass,with  the  shields  of  the  kings 
of  the  East  Angles,  of  the  Beauchamps,  Earls  of  Warwick,  and  the  ancient 
families  of  Hastings  and  Clare.  It  has  a  nave  with  aisles,  a  south  transept 
and  aisle,  and  a  porch  with  parvise.  The  incumbent  and  patron  and  ap- 
propriators  are  the  same  as  at  Oakham,  and  the  vicar,  or  one  of  his  cu- 
rates, performs  divine  service  here.  In  the  village  is  a  Particular  Bap- 
tist Chapel,  built  in  1854,  at  a  cost  of  .£400.  The  Wesleyans  have  also  a 
small  chapel  here,  built  in  1837.  The  British  School  is  a  neat  building 
in  the  Swiss  style,  erected  in  1841,  by  the  Earl  of  Gainsborough,  and 
supported  by  him,  except  Id.  per  week  paid  by  the  children.  It  is  usually 
attended  by  about  40  of  each  sex.  The  National  School  was  built  by 
the  present  vicar  in  1843 ;  and,  for  teaching  a  number  of  free  scholars, 
the  master  has  about  <£36  a  year  from  Forster's  Charity,  noticed  at  page 
788.  In  1682,  £111.  5s.,  given  by  various  benefactors  for  the  church  and 
poor  of  Langham,  was  laid  out  in  the  purchase  of  a  house  and  about  16 
acres  of  land  at  Baynton,  in  Northamptonshire,  now  let  for  £30  a  year, 
which  is  distributed  among  the  poor  parishioners  in  coals,  clothing,  and 
money,  except  18s.  for  the  repairs  of  the  church.  The  sum  of  £30,  left 
for  the  poor  by  Thomas  Sewell  and  Mary  Harris,  was  expended  in 
enclosing  this  land.  In  1685,  £50.  10s.,  left  for  the  poor  by  Eliz.  Cham- 
berlain, was  laid  out  in  the  purchase  of  6a.  at  Billesdon,  now  let  for  about 
.£12,  which  are  distributed  with  the  rent  of  the  above-named  land,  and  the 
yearly  sum  of  .£10,  received  from  the  Tallow  Chandlers'  Company,  in 
London,  as  the  gift  of  Frances  Clarke.  In  1714,  Henry  Hubbard  gave 
.£40  for  the  relief  of  ten  poor  widows,  and  £10  for  the  use  of  the  church. 
Half  of  this  £50  is  lost,  and  in  consideration  of  the  other  moiety,  £1.  5s. 
a  year  is  charged  on  an  estate  at  Sewstern,  viz. : — 5s.  for  the  church,  and 
20s.  for  the  ten  widows. 


Post  Office  at  Henry 

Almond  Charles,  carpenter  &  wheelgt. 
Baker  Edward  George,  brewer,  Lang- 
ham Brewery ;  h  Manor  House 
Freer  Major  Daniel  George 
Harris  James  Edm.  brewery  agent 
Hubbard  Miss  Ann  ||  May  Mrs  Sarah 
Hubbard  Chas.  andWm.  cattle  dealers 
Mott  Henry,  master,  British  School 
Nash  Daniel,  town  missionary 
NettleshipMy.Ann,mistress,JNra^.#c7i£. 
NettleshipThos.brewery  agt.&rate  coir. 
Powell  Joseph,  brewery  agent 
Sherwin  William,  stonemason 
Smith  Jno.  Anthy.  master,  Natl.  School 
Smith  William,  tailor 

INNS  AND  TAVERNS. 
Black  Horse,  Peter  Cunnington 
Noel's  Arms,  Jane  Prideaux 
Wheat  Sheaf,  John  Sharman 


Hayes.    Letters  via  Oakham. 


BAKEKS. 

Adcock  Joseph 
Brown  Robert  (and 
corn  miller) 


Mantle  Royce 

BEERHOUSES. 

Adcock  Joseph 
Shuttlewood  Joel 


BLACKSMITHS. 

Chambers  Hmphy. 
Fowler  George 
Sewell  William 

BUTCHERS. 

Munday  Thomas 
Riley  William 
Rudkin  John  Hy. 

FARMERS    &  GRZRS. 

Almond  Charles 
Almond  Charlotte 
Almond  Frances 
Baker  Edw.  Geo. 
Haynes  Harriet 
Hubbard  Frances 
Hubbard  John  (and 

maltster) 
Hubbard  James 
Johnson  Charles 
Lax  ton  Samuel 
Leddenham  Geo.R 
Mantle  Matthias 


Porter  John 
Riley  Thomas 
Royce  Mary  Ann 
Rudkin  Hy.  John 

(and  maltster) 
Sharpe  Peter 
Sharrad  William 
Stafford  George 
Stanhope  Francis 
Swingler  Thomas 
Williamson  Ann 
Williamson  John 
Woods  Joseph 

GROCERS,  &C. 

Hayes  Henry 
Hibbett  Phcebe 
Johnson  John 
Royce  John  Wm. 

SHOEMAKERS. 

Fowler  John 
Thorpe  Edward 
Towell  William 


LEIGHFIELD  FOREST  once  occupied  the  greater  part  of  Oakham 
Soke  Hundred,  as  noticed  at  page  779,  but  it  was  disafforested,  enclosed, 


828  LEIGHFIELD    PARISH. 

and  divided  among  the  surrounding  parishes  about  1630,  with  the"*con- 
sent  of  the  lord  of  the  manor  and  the  freeholders  claiming  commonright ; 
except  the  central  portion,  which  was  enclosed  at  the  same  time,  and 
declared  extra-parochial ;  but  it  now  keeps  its  poor  as  a  separate  town- 
ship in  Oakham  Union.  This  portion  contains  40  inhabitants,  and  more 
than  1500  acres  of  land,  lying  between  and  near  the  sources  of  the  rivers 
Gwash  and  Chater,  from  2  to  4  miles  S.  by  W.  of  Oakham,  and  including 
five  lodge-houses,  viz.: — Leigh  Lodge,  Coles  Lodge,  Swintley  Lodge, 
Lamhley  Lodge,  and  College  Lodge.  It  is  a  hilly  but  well  cultivated 
woodland  district,  and  near  it  is  Braunston  Lodge,  which  is  in  Braunston 
parish;  and  further  to  the  north  is  Flitteries  Lodge,  which  is  in  Oakham 
parish.  George  Finch,  Esq.,  is  lord  of  the  manor  of  Leigh,  and  owner 
of  those  parts  of  the  forest  which  belonged  to  the  late  Earl  of  Winchil- 
sea;  and  the  rest  belongs  to  the  Earl  of  Gainsborough,  Lord  Aveland, 
Mr.  John  Goodliffe,  St.  John's  College,  Cambridge,  and  several  smaller 
proprietors,  as  will  be  seen  in  the  notices  of  the  surrounding  parishes. 
The  forest  extended  into  the  adjoining  county  of  Leicester ;  and  Parkin- 
son describes  it  as  consisting  of  rich  clay  and  good  red  soil,  with  some 
poor  clay.  A  large  portion  of  the  rich  cheese  sold  under  the  name^of 
Stilton  cheese,  is  made  in  this  district,  and  in  the  Vale  of  Catmos,  which 
bounds  it  on  the  north.  The  principal  Farmers  and  Graziers  are : — 
Robert  Tomblin,  Leigh  Lodge ;  Catherine  Barnett,  Swintley  Lodge  ;  Rd. 
Ward,  Coles  Lodge;  John  Goodliffe,  Lamhley  Lodge;  Elias  Reynolds, 
College  Lodge;  Mrs.  Hill,  Flitteries  Lodge;  and  Wm.  Handley,  Braun- 
ston Lodge. 


OAKHAM. 

Oakham  is  the  county  town  of  Rutlandshire,  though  it  is  only  a  small 
market  town,  containing  about  3000  inhabitants.  It  is  pleasantly  situated 
in  the  fertile  Vale  of  Catmos,  in  the  Soke  and  Parish  to  which  it  gives 
name,  between  two  sources  of  the  river  Gwash,  11£  miles  W.  of  Stamford, 
6J  miles  N.  of  Uppingham,  10  miles  S.E.  by  S.  of  Melton  Mowbray, 
25  miles  E.  by  N.  of  Leicester,  and  96  miles  N.N.W.  of  London.  The 
Parish  of  Oakham,  exclusive  of  Brooke,  Egleton,  and  Langham,  which 
are  connected  with  it  ecclesiastically,  comprises  the  three  townships  of 
Oakham- Deanshold  with  Barleythorpe,  containing  1260  acres  and  855 
inhabitants,  of  which  921  acres  and  200  souls  are  in  Barleythorpe,  more 
than  half  a  mile  from  the  town ;  Oakham  Lordshold,  which  contains 
1862  acres,  and  2091  inhabitants ;  and  Ounthorpe,  which  has  only  11 
inhabitants,  and  462  acres,  distant  two  miles  south  of  the  town,  as  already 
noticed  at  page  826.  George  Finch,  Esq.,  M.P.,  is  lord  of  the  manor  of 
Oakham  Lordshold,  and  the  Dean  and  Chapter  of  Westminster  are  lords 
of  the  manors  of  Oakham  Deanshold  and  Barleythorpe,  and  appropria- 
tors  of  the  great  tithes  of  the  whole  parish ;  but  a  great  part  of  the 
soil  belongs  to  Lord  Aveland,  the  Earl  of  Gainsborough,  the  Hon.  H.  C. 
Lowther,  and  several  smaller  proprietors.  Courts  Leet  are  held  annually 
for  the  Lordshold  and  triennially  for  the  Deanshold.  The  Lordshold 
includes  Flitteries  (a  farm  in  Leighfield  Forest),  Oakham  Grange,  and 
other  dispersed  houses.  The  Syston  and  Peterborough  Railway,  which 
was  opened  in  1846,  connects  the  town  with  the  great  network  of 
railways  now  traversing  the  kingdom  in  all  directions,  and  has  a  com- 
modious station  here.  The  population  of  the  parish  in  1801  was  only 
1662 ;  but  in  1821  it  had  increased  to  2023  ;  in  1831  to  2490;  in  1841 
to  2726 ;  in  1851  to  3031 ;  and  in  1801  to  3957,  as  has  been  seen  at 


OAKHAM.  829 

page  777.  The  town  lias  been  much  improved  during  the  present  cen- 
tury. In  1848,  the  streets  were  well  paved,  at  a  cost  of  £1100,  and  in 
1850,  .£300  were  expended  in  improving  and  widening  the  bottom  part 
of  High  street.  The  town  is  well  lighted  with  gas,  from  works  erected 
in  1840,  at  the  cost  of  £1700,  raised  in  £10  shares ;  but  which  were  sold 
in  1S59,  to  Mr.  George  Bower,  of  St.  Neots,  by  whom  they  are  at  present 
carried  on,  and  gas  is  supplied  at  the  rate  of  7«.  6d.  per  1000  cubic  feet. 
The  weekly  market  for  corn,  cattle,  &c,  is  on  Monday.  Here  is  also  a 
market  for  meat,  vegetables,  &c,  on  Saturday.  Annual  fairs  for  the 
sale  of  cattle,  &c,  are  held  here  on  March  15th,  May  6th,  September 
9th,  and  December  15th.  That  in  May  is  also  a  pleasure  mart,  and 
besides  these  four  old  fairs,  there  are  eight  other  annual  fairs,  held  on 
the  second  Mondays  in  Jan.,  Feb.,  April,  June,  July,  August,  October, 
and  November.  The  annual  feast  is  on  the  Sunday  after  Sept.  9th. 
Here  are  two  corn  mills,  several  malting  establishments ;  and  a  large 
Patent  Steam  Brewery,  erected  by  Mr.  J.  Crowson,  for  brewing  ale  by 
a  new  process.  On  the  eastern  side  of  the  town  is  a  fine  old  mansion, 
called  Catmos  House,  which  was  the  seat  of  the  late  Colonel  Noel,  and 
is  now  occupied  during  the  hunting  season  by  Colonel  Clifton.  It  stands 
low,  but  has  a  good  view  of  Burley  Park,  and  near  it  is  a  large  Biding 
School,  in  which  the  Eutland  Agricultural  Society,  which  was  established 
in  1850,  and  has  more  than  260  members,  holds  its  annual  meetings,  in 
November.  The  fertility  and  picturesque  beauties  of  the  Vale  of  Cat- 
mos, in  the  bosom  of  which  Oakham  is  situated,  are  highly  praised  by 
Drayton  in  his  Poly-Olbion.  (See  page  776.)  The  name  of  this  vale  is 
supposed  to  be  a  corruption  of  Coet-maes,  signifying,  in  the  ancient 
British  language,  a  woody  plain.  Two  banking-houses  have  branches 
here  ;  and  in  High  street  is  a  handsome  Agricultural  Hall,  built  in  1839, 
of  Ketton  stone,  at  a  cost  of  £1600,  by  the  Rutland  Farmers'  Club,  and 
thoroughly  repaired  and  painted  in  1860,  at  a  cost  of  £170.  The 
Club  now  comprises  about  90  members,  and  has  a  good  library  of  more 
than  1000  volumes,  in  connection  with  Mudie's,  and  a  commodious  read- 
ing room,  well  supplied  with  daily  and  weekly  newspapers  and  periodicals. 
The  subscription  to  each  is  10s.  per  annum.  The  Dining  or  Ball  Boom 
is  54  feet  long  and  24  broad,  and  is  occasionally  let  for  concerts,  assem- 
blies, &c.  The  Oakham  Literary  Institute  was  established  in  1859,  and 
holds  lectures,  and  scientific,  harmonic,  and  amusing  entertainments  in 
the  Agricultural  Hall.  It  has  about  45  members.  In  the  town  are  many 
well  stocked  shops  and  several  good  inns. 

In  Domesday  Booh,  the  manor  of  Oakham,  with  its  "  berews,"  is  stated 
to  be  three  miles  long  and  one  mile  and  eight  quarantins  broad.  Editha, 
Queen  of  Edward  the  Confessor,  then  held  five  hamlets  and  four  caru- 
cates ;  the  king  held  6  carucates  ;  57  villans  and  bordars  held  37£  caru- 
cates,  and  20  acres  of  meadow ;  and  a  priest  and  the  church  held  four 
bovates.  Soon  after  the  Norman  Survey,  the  manor  passed  to  the  New- 
burghs,  Earls  of  Warwick,  who  exchanged  it  with  Henry  I.  for  Sutton, 
in  Warwickshire.  Henry  II.  granted  it  to  Walcheline  de  Ferrars,  a 
younger  son  of  the  first  Earl  of  Derby,  and  created  him  Baron  of  Oalc- 
ham.  This  first  Baron  Ferrars  of  Oakham  is  supposed  to  have  founded 
the  Castle,  and  to  have  made  it  his  chief  seat ;  but  he  did  not  enjoy  it 
long,  for  having  accompanied  the  gallant  Richard  I.  in  his  crusade  to 
the  Holy  Land,  he  fell  ill,  and  died  during  the  romantic  siege  of  Acre. 
The  castle  and  manor  of  Oakham  went  to  his  daughter,  then  wife  of 
Lord  Mortimer ;  but  she  died  without  issue,  and  Oakham  again  reverted 
to  the  Crown,  and  was  granted  by  Henry  III.  to  his  brother  Richard, 
Earl  of  Cornwall,  who  died  without  issue.     Edward  II.  granted  the 


880  OAKHAM. 

manor  to  his  brother  Edmund,  of  Woodstock,  along  with  the  castle  and 
shrievalty  of  the  county ;  hut  he  was  attainted  and  beheaded  during  the 
minority  of  his  nephew,  Edward  III.,  who  granted  Oakham  and  the 
shrievalty  to  William  de  Bohun,  Earl  of  Northampton.  Before  the 
close  of  the  same  reign,  the  manor  again  reverted  to  the  Crown,  with 
which  it  remained  till  Richard  II.  granted  it  to  Robert  de  Vere,  Earl  of 
Oxford,  Marquis  of  Dublin,  and  Duke  of  Ireland ;  but  the  barons  were 
so  enraged  at  this  and  other  immense  donations  bestowed  on  this  royal 
favourite,  that  he  was  obliged  to  fly,  and  Oakham  again  passed  to  the 
Crown.  Henry  VI.  bestowed  it  on  Humphrey  Stafford,  Duke  of  Buck- 
ingham, who  had  in  the  vicinity  two  parks,  one  called  Flitteries  and  the 
other  Stone  Park.  The  usurper,  Richard  III.,  after  ordering  the  Duke 
of  Buckingham  to  be  beheaded,  gave  Oakham  to  Henry,  Lord  Grey, 
after  whose  death  it  was  recovered  by  Edward  Stafford,  Duke  of  Buck- 
ingham, who  was  beheaded  in  1521,  and  was  the  last  duke  of  his  family. 
The  manor  was  afterwards  given  to  Thomas  Cromwell,  who  was  created 
Baron  Cromwell,  of  Oakham,  in  1536  ;  but  he,  like  many  of  the  former 
lords  of  the  manor,  was  beheaded,  in  1540  ;  yet  his  title  and  estates  were 
continued  to  his  son,  and  remained  in  the  family  three  generations,  until 
the  close  of  Elizabeth's  reign,  when  the  then  Lord  Cromwell  sold  the 
castle  and  manor  of  Oakham  to  Sir  John,  the  first  Lord  Harington, 
whose  son  sold  them  to  George  Villiers,  the  profligate  Duke  of  Bucking- 
ham, whose  successor  sold  them  to  the  Earl  of  Nottingham,  ancestor  of 
the  late  Earl  of  Winchilsea,  from  whom  they  passed  to  their  present 
owner,  George  Finch,  Esq.,  of  Burley  Park.  (See  page  782.)  The 
manorial  jurisdiction  of  the  castle  extends  not  only  over  the  lordshold 
part  of  Oakham,  but  also  over  the  parishes  of  Braunston,  Belton,  and 
Wardley,  in  this  county,  and  over  Twyford  and  Thorpe  Satchville,  in 
Leicestershire.  All  the  inhabitants  are  bound  to  appear  once  a  year  at 
the  Manor  Court,  and  pay  the  sum  of  one  penny,  or  be  fined  at  the 
pleasure  of  the  clerk,  who  also  receives  the  acknowledgments  of  the  free- 
holders, copyholders,  and  wasteholders. 

Of  the  ancient  CASTLE  there  were  some  considerable  remains  in  the 
latter  part  of  the  seventeenth  century,  but  these  are  all  down,  except 
some  parts  of  the  outer  walls,  in  which  the  loop-holes  remain.  There 
are  still  extensive  earthen  mounds,  which,  with  the  ditch,  surround  a 
large  area,  in  which  is  the  Shike  Hall,  said  to  be  built  out  of  the 
remains  of  the  castle,  and  in  which  the  County  Assizes  and  Quarter  Ses- 
sions and  the  Manor  Courts  are  held.  The  interior  contains  both  courts, 
civil  and  criminal,  without  any  division,  which  is  very  inconvenient,  as 
the  edifice  is  low,  and  not  very  large.  It  is,  no  doubt,  a  re-edification  of 
what  was  anciently  the  great  hall  of  the  inhabited  part  of  the  castle. 
The  door  of  entrance  is  Norman,  but  the  windows  of  the  hall  are  transi- 
tional, the  arches  being  round  internally  and  pointed  outside.  Some 
parts  of  the  building  are  of  modern  date.  The  tourist  cannot  fail  being 
struck  with  the  Horse  Shoes,  some  of  which,  of  an  immense  size,  are 
nailed  on  the  outside  of  the  Castle-yard  gate,  and  others  in  the  inside  of 
the  Hall.  Of  the  latter,  many  are  gilt,  with  the  donor's  name  upon 
them.  The  old  manorial  custom  from  which  this  arises  took  place  at  the 
first  erection  of  the  castle,  on  the  grant  to  Walcheline  de  Ferrars,  whose 
ancestor  bore  arms  semee  of  horse  shoes,  as  designative  of  his  office  of 
master  of  the  horse  to  the  Duke  of  Normandy.  In  the  early  Norman 
period,  grants  of  customs,  apparently  rude,  were  often  marks  of  territo- 
rial power ;  and  it  seems  to  have  been  on  this  principle  that  the  Lords 
de  Ferrars  were  entitled  to  demand  from  every  baron,  on  his  first  passing 
through  Oakham,  a  shoe  from  one  of  his  horses,  to  be  nailed  upon  the 


OAKHAM.  831 

Castle  gate,  the  bailiff  of  the  manor  being  empowered  to  stop  the  horses 
(and  carriages  also  of  late  years)  until  service  was  performed.  The 
custom  is  still  preserved,  but  has  long  been  compounded  in  money,  as  a 
kind  of  fee  to  the  bailiff,  who  takes  care  to  be  provided  with  shoes  of 
different  sizes,  in  proportion  to  the  generosity  of  the  donor.  Of  the 
horse-shoes  now  in  existence,  only  a  few  are  more  than  200  years  old; 
but  there  is  amongst  them  every  variety  in  size,  from  the  dimensions  of 
a  breakfast  table  to  the  measure  of  a  "  Brobdignagian  palfrey."  Most  of 
them  are  of  wood,  gilt,  with  the  donors'  names  inscribed  upon  them. 
One  of  them  was  given  by  Queen  Elizabeth,  and  there  are  others  which 
were  given  by  the  late  Duke  of  York,  the  Prince  Regent  (afterwards 
George  IV.),  and  the  Princess  Victoria,  now  Queen,  all  splendidly  deco- 
rated. Within  the  precincts  of  the  Castle,  there  was  formerly  a  Free 
Chapel,  in  the  patronage  of  the  lords  of  the  manor ;  and  in  one  corner  of 
the  area  is  a  well,  surrounded  by  trees,  and  evidently  used  for  domestic 
purposes  in  the  ancient  fortress. 

The  County  Gaol  and  House  of  Correction  stands  in  an  airy  situa- 
tion on  the  north  side  of  the  town,  and  was  built  in  1810,  at  the  cost  of 
i>10,000,  in  lieu  of  the  old  gaol,  which  was  a  thatched  dilapidated  build- 
ing when  visited  by  the  benevolent  Howard,  who,  on  two  occasions, 
found  it  empty.  The  present  prison  is  a  substantial  building  of  brick 
and  stone,  enclosed  by  a  boundary  wall,  22  feet  in  height.  The  entrance 
is  by  a  Doric  door-way  of  freestone,  with  side  lodges,  appropriated  to  the 
residence  of  the  turnkey  and  other  purposes.  The  prison  consists  of  a 
central  building,  of  octagonal  form,  and  49  cells,  7  day  rooms,  7  airing 
courts,  and  other  apartments.  The  hard  labour  to  which  the  prisoners 
were  formerly  subjected  was  that  of  the  crank-wheel,  but  a  tread-wheel 
was  erected  in  1846.  The  county  being  the  smallest  in  the  kingdom,  the 
prisoners  are  but  few  in  number,  and  executions  on  the  drop  are  happily 
very  rare  occurrences.  The  Rev.  Timothy  Byers,  B.D.,  is  chaplain; 
Mr.  Thomas  Garton,  governor ;  Mrs.  Harriet  Garton,  matron ;  Sophia 
Tuckwood,  deputy  matron ;  W.  T.  Keal,  Esq.,  surgeon ;  and  Win.  Rudkin 
and  Wm.  Taylor,  warders.  The  County  Police  Station,  and  head 
quarters  of  the  County  Constabulary  Force,  is  near  the  gaol,  and  was 
erected  in  1853,  at  a  cost  of  .£1000,  including  the  residence  for  the  chief 
constable,  Mr.  Robert  Francis  Mitchell.  The  Magistrates  and  Public 
Officers  of  the  county  are  already  inserted  at  page  778.  The  Members  of 
Parliament  for  Rutlandshire  are  elected  at  Oakham. 

The  County  Court  is  held  at  Oakham  Castle  once  in  every  two 
months.  Mr.  Serjt.  Robt.  Miller  is  judge;  Thos.  Heath,  Esq.,  of  War- 
wick, treasurer ;  Wm.  Sheild,  and  W.  H.  Hough,  Esqrs.,  registrars  ;  Mr. 
Saml.  Draper,  high  bailiff ;  and  Christopher  Draper,  assistant  bailiff. 
The  following  parishes,  &c,  are  in  Oakham  County  Court  District,  viz. : 
— Ashwell,  Barley thorpe,  Barrow,  Braunston,  Brooke,  Burley,  Cold 
Overton,  Cottesmore,  Edith  Weston,  Egleton,  Exton,  Greetham,  Gun- 
thorpe,  Hambleton,  Horn,  Knossington,  Langham,  Lyndon,  Manton, 
Market  Overton,  Martinsthorpe,  Normanton,  Oakham,  Owston,  Stretton, 
Teigh,  Thistleton.  Whissendine,  Whitwell,  Withcote,  and  Whatborough. 

The  Church  {All  Saints)  is  a  remarkably  fine  fabric,  with  an  elegant 
tower  and  spire,  the  former  containing  eight  bells,  a  clock,  and  chimes. 
It  is  the  work  of  several  different  periods,  its  earliest  feature  being  the 
inner  doorway  of  the  porch,  which  is  of  the  end  of  the  12th  century 
and  its  latest,  the  south  chancel  aisle,  which  is  of  the  beginning  of  the 
16th  century.  Various,  however,  as  are  the  dates  of  these  different  por- 
tions of  the  church,  they  unite  in  forming  a  symmetrical  and  harmonious 
whole,  having  generally  the  aspect  of  a  church  of  the  15th  century. 


822  OAKHAM. 

Both  the  nave  and  chancel  have  aisles,  and  there  are  transepts,  a  south 
porch,  and  a  vestry  of  two  stories.  In  1859,  the  whole  building  was 
thoroughly  restored  and  re-seated,  at  a  cost  of  upwards  of  .£6000,  under 
the  able  superintendence  of  the  celebrated  architect,  G.  Gilbert  Scott, 
Esq.,  R.A.  A  memorial  window  has  been  inserted  by  Mrs.  Doria,  in 
remembrance  of  her  late  husband.  It  is  said  that  the  steeple  was  erected 
by  Roger  Floar,  a  great  benefactor  to  the  town,  who  died  about  1483. 
The  Church  is  indebted  to  Lady  Ann  Harington  for  an  old  library,  com- 
prising about  200  Latin  and  Greek  folios,  mostly  of  the  Fathers,  intended 
for  the  use  of  the  vicar  and  the  neighbouring  clergy.  The  living  is  a 
vicarage,  valued  in  KB.  at  £28.  3s.  11M.,  and  now  at  .£1074,  with  the 
curacies  of  Brooke,  Langham,  and  Egleton  annexed  to  it.  Geo.  Finch, 
Esq.,  M.P.,  is  patron,  and  the  Rev.  Heneage  Finch,  M.A.,  who  is  assisted 
by  three  curates,  is  the  incumbent.  The  tithes  of  the  four  consolidated 
parishes  were  settled  by  arbitration,  in  1820.  The  Dean  and  Chapter  of 
Westminster  are  appropriators  of  the  great  tithes  in  the  four  parishes, 
and  are  lords  of  the  manor  called  Oakham  Deanshold,  as  already  noticed. 
The  appropriate  rectory  and  the  advowson  of  the  vicarage  belonged  to 
Westminster  Abbey  from  an  early  period  till  the  dissolution,  In  1549, 
when  the  Dean  and  Chapter  of  Westminster,  the  Protestant  successors 
of  the  abbot  and  monks,  were  allowed  to  retain  the  great  tithes  ;  but  the 
advowson  was  granted  to  Nicholas  Ridley,  Bishop  of  London,  and  his 
successors  in  that  See,  with  whom  it  remained  till  1696,  when  it  was 
given  to  an  ancestor  of  the  present  patron,  in  exchange  for  the  advowson 
of  the  rectories  of  Leigh  and  Prittlewell,  in  Essex.  Connected  with  the 
church  was  an  ancient  custom  before  the  Reformation,  for  the  pious  and 
devout  to  go  on  a  Pilgrimage  to  our  Lady  8  Well,  which  is  a  fine  spring, 
about  a  quarter  of  a  mile  from  the  town,  where  the  foundations  of  build- 
ings were  to  be  seen  about  a  century  ago.  It  is  stated  in  the  records  of 
the  First  Fruits  Office  that  the  vicar  of  Oakham  derived  much  profit 
from  the  Pilgrimages  which  took  place  to  this  well,  in  honour  of  the 
Virgin  Mary  and  St.  Michael,  the  Archangel. 

The  Congregational  Chapel,  in  High  street,  is  an  ornamental  Gothic 
building,  erected  in  1861,  at  a  cost  of  £1400,  and  containing  280  sittings. 
The  Rev.  J.  C.  Fairfax  is  its  minister,  and  the  old  chapel  is  now  used 
for  schools.  The  Baptist  Chapel,  in  Melton  road,  was  built  in  1770, 
and  is  a  square  stone  building.  It  was  enlarged  in  1852,  and  schools 
were  added  in  1856.  The  Rev.  John  Jenkinson  is  its  minister.  The 
Particular  Baptist  Chapel  is  in  High  street,  and  the  Rev.  J.  C. 
Philpott,  of  Stamford,  officiates  in  it  every  alternate  Sunday.  The  Wes- 
leyan  Chapel,  in  Dean's  lane,  is  a  plain  structure,  erected  in  1811,  at  a 
cost  of  £660,  and  will  seat  250  persons;  but  being  found  inadequate  to 
the  wants  of  the  congregation,  a  new  chapel,  on  a  larger  and  handsomer 
scale,  is  about  to  be  built.  The  Rev.  John  Hooton  is  the  minister,  and 
has  a  good  residence,  recently  built  by  the  Wesleyans,  on  the  outskirts 
of  the  town.  Oakham  Cemetery  comprises  4^  acres  of  land,  prettily 
laid  out  on  the  north  side  of  the  town,  and  was  formed  in  1860  by  the 
Burial  Board,  established  in  1858.  It  has  two  handsome  chapels,  con- 
nected by  an  arched  corridor,  having  an  elegant  spire  rising  from  the 
centre  to  a  height  of  90  feet.     B.  Adam,  Esq.,  is  clerk  to  the  board. 

Among  several  other  ancient  families  who  were  long  seated  at  Oak- 
ham were  those  of  Floar  and  Brown.  Roger  Floar  or  Flore,  left  money 
to  various  superstitious  uses,  and  gave  40s.  each  to  the  three  Guilds  of  the 
Holy  Trinity,  the  Blessed  Virgin,  and  St.  Michael,  which  nourished  here 
in  monastic  times.  Sir  John  Brown,  who  was  Lord  Mayor  of  London, 
in  1481,  was  son  of  John  Brown,  of  Oakham  :  and  his  son,  Sir  William, 


OAKHAM.  833 

was  Lord  Mayor  in  the  two  succeeding  reigns.  But  the  most  remark- 
able character  in  the  Biography  of  this  town  was  Jeffery  Hudson,  the 
celebrated  dwarf,  who  was  born  here  of  poor  parents,  in  1619,  and  when 
above  seven  years  of  age,  and  only  eighteen  inches  in  height,  was  taken 
into  the  family  of  the  Duke  of  Buckingham,  at  the  neighbouring  seat 
of  Burley,  as  a  rarity  of  nature.  The  court  being  at  Burley  about  that 
time,  Jeffery  is  said  to  have  been  served  up  at  table  in  a  cold  pie.  After 
the  marriage  of  Charles  I.,  he  was  presented  to  the  Queen,  and  became 
her  dwarf;  and  it  must  have  been  about  this  time  that  the  King's  great 
porter,  during  a  masque  at  Whitehall,  pulled  him  out  of  his  pocket,  to 
the  great  surprise  of  the  company.  He  was  soon  after  sent  to  France,  to 
bring  over  the  Queen's  midwife  ;  but  on  his  passage,  he  was  captured  by  a 
French  pirate,  and  carried  prisoner  to  Dunkirk.  Being  liberated  by  the 
French  court,  he  returned  to  England  ;  and  during  the  civil  wars,  was  a 
Captain  of  Horse,  but  accompanied  his  royal  mistress  on  her  return  to 
France,  where  he  challenged  Mr.  Crofts,  brother  to  Lord  Crofts,  who 
came  armed  with  a  squirt,  which  so  enraged  the  little  hero,  that  he  in- 
sisted on  fighting  with  pistols  on  horseback,  and  actually  shot  his 
antagonist.  For  this,  he  was  expelled  the  court,  but  after  the  Restora- 
tion, he  returned  to  England  ;  but  going  soon  afterwards  to  sea,  he  was 
taken  by  a  Turkish  pirate,  who  sold  him  as  a  slave  in  Barbary,  where 
he  remained  many  years.  Being  at  length  redeemed,  he  returned  to 
England,  and  was  supported  by  a  pension  from  the  Buckingham  family 
and  some  other  benefactors.  Being  known  to  be  a  rigid  Roman  Catholic, 
he  was  suspected  of  treason  in  the  troublesome  times  of  1G78,  and  was 
confined  for  some  time  in  the  Gatehouse  at  Westminster.  Though  soon 
released,  he  died  soon  afterwards.  It  is  said  that  he  never  grew  between 
his  7th  and  30th  years,  but  after  thirty,  shot  up  to  the  height  of  3  feet 
9  inches,  which  rapid  increase  he  himself  attributed  to  the  frequent 
beatings  he  had  received  whilst  in  slavery. 

The  Free  Grammar  School  is  a  branch  of  the  charity  called  the 
"Schools  and  Hospitals  of  the  Foundation  of  Robert  Johnson,  in  Oak- 
ham and  Uppingham"  These  charitable  institutions  were  founded  by 
the  Rev.  Robert  Johnson,  archdeacon  of  Leicester  and  rector  of  North. 
Luffenham,  under  letters  patent  of  Queen  Elizabeth,  granted  in  the  29th 
year  of  her  reign,  and  appointing  the  Bishops  of  London  and  Peter- 
borough, the  Deans  of  Westminster  and  Peterborough,  the  Archdeacon 
of  Northampton,  the  Masters  of  Trinity  and  St.  John's  Colleges,  in 
Cambridge,  and  17  of  the  beneficed  clergy,  or  gentry  of  the  County  of 
Rutland,  to  be  governors.  The  property,  originally  given  by  the  founder 
for  the  endowment  of  the  charity,  has  undergone  considerable  alteration 
since  the  enclosure  of  the  parishes  where  it  is  situated.  It  now  consists 
of  several  valuable  impropriate  rectories,  a  number  of  tenements,  parcels 
of  land,  and  small  rent  charges,  and  money  invested  in  Three  per  Cent. 
Consols.  The  total  income  arising  from  these  sources  amounts  to  above 
£3500  per  annum.  The  premises  at  Oakham  and  Uppingham  consist 
of  the  school  buildings  near  the  church-yards  of  the  two  towns.  The  head 
master  at  each  place  is  allowed  a  yearly  salary  of  £150 ;  and  the  usher 
at  each  school  has  a  salary  of  £130  per  annum.  The  governors  send  24 
scholars  to  the  Universities  of  Oxford  and  Cambridge  (12  from  each 
school,)  with  exhibitions  of  ,£40  per  annum  each ;  and  allow  annual  stipends 
of  £12  each  to  110  poor  persons,  who  are  called  hospital  poor ;  but  reside 
in  various  parts  of  the  county,  the  two  hospitals  having  been  long  ago 
appropriated  to  the  use  of  the  schools,  for  the  reception  of  boarders,  &c. 
About  30  of  these  almspeople  belong  to  Oakham,  and  about  20  to  Upping- 
ham, and  the  remainder  are  selected  from  the  other  parishes  of  Rutland- 

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834  OAKHAM. 

shire.  There  are  10  other  exhibitions  at  Cambridge,  of  from£lG  to  £20 
per  annum  each,  to  which  scholars  from  Oakham  and  Uppingham  schools 
have  a  prior  claim.  The  governors,  ex-officio,  are  the  Bishops,  Deans, 
&c,  already  named,  and  the  other  17  are  elected  for  life,  and  are  as 
follow: — W,  A.  Johnson,  Esq.,  (patron.)  Lord  Aveland,  Stafford 
O'Brien,  George  Finch,  Thomas  Tryon,  J.  M.  Wingneld,  S.  R.  Fydell, 
and  Bichd.  Lucas,  Esqrs.,  the  Hon.  and  Rev.  L.  Noel,  the  Hon.  Colonel 
Lowther,  the  Ven.  T.  K.  Bonney,  and  the  Revs.  H.  Finch,  H.  Atlay, 
W.  Belgrave,  John  Jones,  Jno.  Hy.  Fludyer,  and  Chas.  Arnold.  They 
meet  twice  a  year,  at  Michaelmas  and  Lady-day,  to  audit  the  accounts, 
and  they  have  the  patronage  of  the  vicarages  of  Leake  and  Barholme- 
cum-Stow.  In  1764,  Timothy  Helmsley  left  £300  to  the  governors,  on 
condition  that  the  usher  of  the  school  at  Oakham  should  teach  four  poor 
children  of  the  parish,  free  of  all  demands  whatsoever.  This  legacy  was 
invested  in  the  purchase  of  .£34:9.  19s.  8d.  Three  per  Cent.  Consols,  but 
no  children  are  taught  at  the  Grammar  School  in  consideration  of  it. 

The  National  School  at  the  north  end  of  the  town  is  a  substantial 
brick  building,  faced  with  Ketton  stone,  erected  in  1852,  at  a  cost  of 
,£2400,  on  an  acre  of  land  given  by  Geo.  Finch,  Esq.  The  Committee 
of  Council  gave  ,£354,  and  the  remainder  was  raised  by  subscription. 
The  building  contains  three  separate  school  rooms,  besides  two  dwelling 
houses  for  the  master  and  mistresses. 

The  Hospital  of  St.  John  the  Evangelist  and  St.  Anne,  in  Oakham,  was 
founded  by  William  Dalby,  of  Exton,  under  license  from  Richard  II., 
for  two  chaplains  and  twelve  poor  men,  to  be  elected  by  the  prior  and 
convent  of  the  Carthusian  order,  in  Coventry,  who  assigned  for  their 
support  a  yearly  rent  of  .£40.  Being  dissolved  as  a  monastic  institution, 
this  hospital  was  refounded  by  Queen  Elizabeth,  for  a  warden,  confrater, 
and  twenty  poor  men,  under  the  patronage  of  Robert  Johnson  and  his 
heirs,  and  under  the  government  of  the  Bishop  and  Dean  of  Peterborough, 
the  Rectors  of  Luffenham  and  Uppingham,  and  the  Vicar  of  Oakham,  to 
whom  she  granted  the  hospital  premises  and  two  acres  of  land  adjoining, 
and  all  other  property  and  revenues  which  had  belonged  to  the  hospital 
founded  by  William  Dalby.  The  members  of  the  hospital  now  consist 
of  a  warden,  confrater,  and  twenty  poor  persons,  men  and  women.  The 
latter  do  not  reside  in  the  hospital,  which  was  formerly  a  larger  building, 
but  now  only  consists  of  apartments  occupied  by  the  confrater  (Mr.  Hy. 
Scotney),  and  two  other  persons;  and  a  chapel,  which  has  not  been  used 
as  a  place  of  worship  for  many  years.  The  estates  and  property  belong- 
ing to  the  charity  comprise  3a.  2r.  34p.  near  the  hospital,  a  farm  of 
51a.  3r.  39p.  in  Oakham  parish,  9a.  2u.  16p.  at  Egleton,  3a.  at  Barley- 
thorpe,  9a.  2r.  IGp.  at  Barrow,  6a.  2r.  16p.  at  Braunston,  and  an  annual 
rent-charge  of  £26.  13s.  4d.,  paid  out  of  various  homesteads  in  Edith- 
Weston,  pursuant  to  the  letters  patent  of  Queen  Elizabeth.  The  gover- 
nors had  also  about  £450  in  the  funds,  but  most  of  it  was  sold  to  defray 
the  expense  occasioned  by  the  enclosure  of  Oakham  Field,  about  thirty 
years  ago.  The  total  yearly  income  of  the  charity  is  now  about  £340. 
The  warden  resides  at  a  distance,  and  has  a  yearly  salary  of  £15.  The 
confrater  has  a  salary  of  £10,  and  10s.  a  quarter  for  keeping  the  chapel 
in  repair ;  and  the  twenty  poor  almspeople  have  each  a  yearly  stipend 
of  £10.  The  warden  and  confrater  are  elected  by  the  governors  at  large; 
and  of  the  almspeople,  eight  are  nominated  by  the  patron  (W.  A.  John- 
son, Esq.,)  and  four  by  each  of  the  three  acting  governors,  viz.,  the 
Rectors  of  North  Luffenham  and  Uppingham,  and  the  Vicar  of  Oakham. 
LadylAnne  Harington,  in  the  14th  of  James  I.,  gave  £1500  for  the 
purchase  of  a  yearly  rent-charge  of  .£100  out  of  the  manor  of  Cottesmore, 


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to  be  applied  as  follows  : — £32  for  the  use  of  the  poor  of  Oakham,  and 
the  remainder  for  charitable  uses  in  Exton,  Market  Overton,  Burley, 
Hambleton,  and  Cottesmore,  as  noticed  with  those  parishes  at  preceding 
pages.  This  rent-charge  is  paid  by  the  Earl  of  Gainsborough,  and  the 
£32  belonging  to  Oakham  are  distributed  among  the  poor  of  the  Lords- 
hold.  The  poor  of  Oakham  have  about  £30  a  year  from  Forster's  Charity, 
as  noticed  at  page  788,  and  they  have  also  the  following  yearly  doles, 
viz  :— 10s.  as  interest  of  £10,  left  by  Robert  Towell,  in  1721 ;  £4,  left  by 
John  Green,  in  1679,  out  of  a  farm  at  Market  Overton,  (now  belonging 
to  the  Rev.  J.  Inman,)  which  is  also  charged  with  .£4  a  year  for  the  poor 
of  that  parish  ;  10s.  out  of  Burley  Bridge  close,  left  by  the  Rev.  John 
Warburton,  about  the  year  1731 ;  the  interest  of  £50,  given  by  an  un- 
known donor,  for  distribution  in  bread;  £2.  12s.  left  by  Mrs.  Mary 
Davie,  out  of  Simper's  close  ;  and  the  interest  of  £20,  left  by  a  person 
named  Cramp. 

The  Rutland  Dispensary  was  originally  established  in  1809,  and  the 
present  building  in  High  street  was  erected  in  1832,  at  a  cost  of  £500, 
on  land  given  by  George  Finch,  Esq.,  who  also  gave  £50  towards  the 
building  fund.  It  is  supported  by  voluntary  subscriptions,  but  has  some 
funded  property  and  an  interest  in  some  few  acres  of  land.  It  affords 
medical  and  surgical  aid  to  the  sick  and  lame  poor  of  the  town  and 
county.  John  T.  Keal,  Esq.,  is  the  surgeon.  There  are  in  the  town 
several  Friendly  Societies,  a  Lodge  of  Oddfellows,  and  other  provident 
institutions.  Here  is  a  branch  of  the  Stamford  and  Rutland  Savings' 
Bank,  and  Mr.  J.  B.  Furley  is  the  secretary. 

Oakham  Union  includes  the  parishes,  &c,  of  Ashwell,  Barrow,  Braun- 
ston,  Brooke,  Burley,  Cottesmore,  Edith-Weston,  Egleton,  Empingham, 
Exton,  Greetham,  Gunthorpe,  Hambleton,  Horn,  Langham,  Leighfield 
Forest,  Lyndon,  Manton,  Market  Overton,  Normanton,  Oakham  Dean's- 
hold,  Oakham  Lord's-hold,  Stretton,  Teigh,  Thistleton,  Tickencote, 
Whissendine,  and  Whitwell,  in  Rutlandshire ;  and  Cold  Overton  and 
Knossington,  in  Leicestershire.  It  comprises  an  area  of  83  square  miles, 
and  12,000  inhabitants;  and  its  average  annual  expenditure  is  about 
£5000.  The  Union  Workhouse  is  a  commodious  stone  building,  erected 
in  1830-'7,  at  the  cost  of  about  £3500.  It  has  room  for  more  than  150 
paupers,  but  the  number  of  inmates  seldom  amounts  to  100.  The  Rev. 
S.  Rolleston,  of  Somerby,  is  chaplain;  and  John  and  Sarah  Pollard  are 
master  and  matron.  William  Henry  Hough,  Esq.,  is  union  cleric  and 
superintendent  registrar.  Thomas  Swift  is  relieving  officer  and  registrar 
of  marriages,  births,  and  deaths ;  and  John  Lacey  is  also  registrar  of  mar- 
riages.    S.  C.  Turner,  Esq.,  is  union  surgeon. 


BARLEYTHORPE,  a  village,  on  the  banks  of  a  small  rivulet  in  the 
vale  of  Catmos,  near  the  Melton  road,  1  mile  N.W.  of  Oakham,  gives 
name  to  a  hamlet  and  manor,  which  has  200  inhabitants,  and  about  900 
acres  of  land,  and  forms  a  township  with  Oakham  Deanshold,  in  the 
parish  of  Oakham,  as  noticed  at  page  828.  The  Dean  and  Chapter  of 
Westminster  are  lords  of  the  manor,  by  letters  patent  of  Queen  Elizabeth, 
dated  21st  May  in  the  second  year  of  her  reign;  but  part  of  the  soil 
belongs  to  the  Earl  of  Gainsborough  and  several  smaller  proprietors. 
The  Hon.  Colonel  Henry  Cecil  Lowther,  M.P.  for  Westmoreland,  and 
brother  to  the  Earl  of  Lonsdale,  has  an  estate  here,  and  in  the  hunting- 
season  he  resides  at  Barleythorpe  Hall,  a  handsome  stone  mansion 
in  the  Elizabethan  style,  which  he  built  in  1848.  The  other  principal 
inhabitants  are— Mrs.  Grace  Dumbleton;  Henry  Austin,  tailor;  Thos. 

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836 


COUNTY    OF    RUTLAND. 


Bullimore,  Edw.  Cunnington,  and  James  Sharpe,  farmers  and  graziers; 
John  Bursnall,  shoemaker;  George  Chad,  carpenter;  Thomas  Hunt,  vict., 
Horse  and  Groom;  John  Pitts,  blacksmith;  and  \Vm.  Priestman,  grocer 
and  baker.     Post  from  Oakham. 


OAKHAM  DIRECTORY. 

The  Post  Office  is  in  Market  street,  and  Alfred  Tamer  is  the  postmaster. 
The  office  is  open  from  7  morning  till  10  evening,  and  there  are  three  deliveries 
of  lettei^s  in  the  town,  commencing  at  7.30  and  9.30  a.m.,  and  4.30  p.m. 
Mails  are  despatched  to  London  and  all  parts  at  7.20  a.m.,  and  8.35  p.m. ;  to 
Scotland,  Ireland,  Wales,  and  the  west  and  east  at  3.30  p.m. ;  and  to  Upping- 
ham at  4.45  p.m.  Foot  Messengers  are  despatched  every  morning  to  the  sur- 
rounding villages.  Money  Orders  are  granted  and  paid,  and  here  is  a  Post 
Office  Savings'  Bank. 


Adcock  John  assist,  overseer,  High  st 
Adcock  Robert,   sheriff's  officer,   &c. 

Bedehouse  row 
Atton  Mrs  Mary,  Mill  street 
Beaver  Mrs  Mary,  Northgate  street 
Brown  Mr  John,  Melton  road 
Bryan  Henry,  parish  clerk  and  sexton, 

Northgate  street 
Bruce  J,  B.  news  agent,  &c.  High  st 
Butt  John  Barratt,  traveller,  Mill  st 
Byers  Rev.  Timothy,  B.D.  second  mstr. 

of  Grammar  School  and  chaplain  of 

county  gaol,  Jermyn  terrace 
Chappell  Hy.  plasterer  &  slater, High  st 
Ckappell  Miss,  Bedehouse  row 
Chenery  Benj.  law  clerk,  Melton  road 
Clifton  Col.  Talbot,  Catmos  House 
CopelandWm. photographer,  Ash  well  rd 
Craven  John,  sle  and  porter  merchant, 

Northgate  street 
Crowson  Mrs  Catherine,  High  street 
Dain  Mrs  Alice,  Mill  street 
Draper  Christopher,  bailiff,  Mill  street 
Draper  Samuel,  high  bailiff,  Mill  st 
Faulks  George,  postman,  Gas  street 
Fewkes  Alfred,  station  master 
Finch  Rev.  Heneage,  M.A.  vicar  and 

rural  dean,  Vicarage 
Gammidge  Rev.  Timy.(Indpt.)  Back  st 
Garton  Thos.  governoi*,  County  Gaol 
Hall  John  Rudkin,  brewer  (Morris  & 

Co.) ;  h  Northgate  street 
Hooton  Rev.  John  (Wes.)  Brooke  road 
Jackson  John,  coach  bldr.  Burley  rd 
Jenkin son  Rev.  John  (Bapt.)  Northgt.  st 
Johnson  William,  coal  agent,  High  st 
Jones  Misses,  Catmos  street 
Keal  Misses  Sar.  &  Rbca.,  Jermyn  ter 
Kemm  George,  Cemetery  lodge 
King  Rev.  Robert,  curate  of  Egleton 

and  Langham,  Jermyn  terrace 
Lacey  John,  regr.   of  marriages  and 

sec.  of  Gas  Works,  Northgate  st 
Fairfax  Rev. Jn. Collins  (Tndpt).High  st 
LeprinceEugene,  French  teacher,Newst 


Mawhy  SI.  Adcock,  postman,  Burley  rd 
Mitchell  Robert,  Fras.  chief  constable, 

County  Police  Station,  New  road 
Morris  Mrs  Jermyn  ter.  &Miss,  High  st 
Morris  Wm.Clark,brewer(Morris  &Co); 

house  Jermyn  terrace 
Mould  Miss,  High  street 
Nutt  Rev.  Robert,  M.A.  High  street 
Neilson  Mrs,  High  street 
Orme  Charles   Cave  John,   Esq.  The 

Callis,  Melton  road 
Parnell  Geo.veterinary  surgeon,High  st 
Parsons  Mrs  Sarah,  Mill  street 
Peake  Mrs,  High  street 
Perkins  John,  genl.  dealer,  Market  pi 
Pollard  John,  master,  Union  Workhs. 
Rawlings  Mrs  Martha,  High  street 
Royce  George,  currier,  Northgate  st 
Royce  Mrs  Sarah,  Northgate  street 
Rudkin  William,  warder,  Melton  rd 
Samson  Henry,  land  agent  to  George 

Finch,  Esq.  High  street 
Sanders  Joseph,  gunmaker,  High  street 
Scotney  Henry,  confrater,  Bedehouse 
Scudaniore    Rev.    E.  T.    curate,   Old 

Vicara.ee 

ardlo\ 

Dean's  lane 
Short  Robert,  fishmonger,  Melton  rd 
Smart  Thomas,  manager,  Gas  Works 
Smith  William  Thomas,  dyer,  New  st 
Swift  Thomas,   relieving    officer    and 

registrar    of    births,    deaths,    and 

marriages,  Cross  street 
Thornton  Mrs  Eliza,  High  street 
Towell  Matthew,  postman,  High  street 
Wood  Rev.  William  Spicer,  M.A.  head 

master  of  Grammar  School,  and  cu- 
rate of  Brooke,  Market  place 
Workman  Hy.  managing  brewer,New  st 
ACADEMIES. 
(Marled  *  take  Boarders.) 
*  Charity  Eliza,  Mill  street 
Cunningham  Elizabeth,  New  street 
Dcnby  Mary,  Market  place 


OAKHAM    DIRECTORY. 


837 


Frisby  Darius,  Pen  Villa,  Dean's  lane 
*  Grammar  School,  Market  place — Rev. 
Wm.  S.  Wood,  M.A.  head  master ; 
and  Rev.  T.Byers,B.D.  secondmaster 
Islip  John,  Nortbgate  street 
National  School,  Church  street — Wm. 
Daddo,  Letitia  Cleaver,  andE.  Clark 
ATTORNEYS. 
Adam  Benj.  (clerk  of  tbe  peace,  elk.  to 
magistrates,  clerk  to  Burial  Board, 
&c),  Catmos  street;  h  The  Cottage 
Hough  William  Henry  (union  clerk  and 
superintendent  registrar,  co.  coroner, 
and  regr.  of  county  court),  Melton  rd 
AUCTIONEERS. 
Royce  David  Shenton,  Church  street 
Shuttlewood  Thomas,  High  street 
BAKERS  AND  FLOUR  DEALERS. 
Almond  Arthur,  Church  street 
Clarke  William,  Dean's  lane 
Crane  Edward,  John  street 
Fanlks  Robert,  Burley  road 
Mason  Thomas,  Simper  street 
Myers  Henry,  Dean  street 
Pullin  Vincent,  Northgate  street 
Smith  Thomas,  John  street 

BANKERS. 
EatoD,  Cayley,  and  Michelson  (draw 
on  Masterman  and  Co.),  attend  on 
Mondays 
Stamford,  Boston,  and  Spalding  Bank- 
ing Co.  (on  Barclay  and  Co.) — Alfred 
Turner,  agent,  Market  place 
Savings'  Bank,  Market  place — James 

B.  Furley,  agent 
Post  Office  Savings'1  Bank,  Market  st 

BLACKSMITHS. 
Sharpe  James,  Church  street 
Sharpe  Thomas,  Simper  street 
Taylor  Thomas,  High  street 
BOOKSELLERS,  STATIONERS, 
AND  PRINTERS. 
Barlow  Frederick  John,  High  street 
Hawthorn  and  Matkin,  High  street 
BOOT  AND  SHOE  MAKERS. 
Dobney  Boyfield,  Northgate  street 
Ellingworth  John,  Market  place 
Ellingworth  Henry,  New  street 
Goodacre  Edward,  Dean's  lane 
Parnell  Samuel,  Dean's  lane 
Parker  Henry,  High  street 
Swindall  Ambrose,  High  street 
Towell  Thomas,  High  street 
Wileman  William,  Dean's  lane 

BRAZIERS  AND  TINNERS. 
Buckley  Joseph,  High  street 
Eyre  Mary  Grace,  Market  street 
Plowright  John,  Dean's  lane 
Sewell  John.  Mill  street 


BREWERS. 
Bell  William  Thomas,  Church  street 
Crowson  and  Son,  Patent  Steam  Brew- 
ery, Cross  street  and  New  street 
Morris  and  Co.  Northgate  street 

BRICKMAKERS. 
Morris  John,  The  Grange 
Shuttlewood  Thomas,  High  street 

BUTCHERS. 
Adcock  Robert,  Bedehouse  row 
Barnett  George,  Melton  road 
Buttress  William,  Church  street 
Hughes  William,  Market  place 
Lee  Francis,  Northgate  street 
Lumby  Moses  Betts,  High  street 
Needham  Adam,  Burley  road 
Needham  Charles,  Church  street 
Peet  Thomas,  Northgate  street 
Pykett  Chambers,  Catmos  street 
CABINET  MAKERS,  &c. 
Cave  James,  Market  place 
Hollin  John  (and  broker),  Northgate  st 
Royce  David  Shenton,  Church  street 
Shuttlewood  Thomas,  High  street 

CHEMISTS  AND  DRUGGISTS. 
Buliivant  Jas.  Ashby  (&  dentist)  High  st 
Burn  Robert,  Market  place 
Parnell  Thomas,  Melton  road 
Wellington  James  Martin,  High  st 

COAL  MERCHANTS. 
Ellis  &  Everard  (and  lime  and  salt), 
Station  yard ;  Wm.  Johnson,  agent 
Hawley  Robert,  Station  yard 
Johnson  Philip(&  Mountsorrel  granite) , 

Station  yard  ;  W.  Shardlow,  agent 
Morris  C.  &  W.  R.  (and  lime,  sand,  and 
salt),  Station  yard 

CONFECTIONERS. 
Adcock  John,  Melton  road 
Brown  William,  Catmos  street 
Faulks  Robert,  Burley  road 
Myers  Henry,  Dean's  lane 

COOPERS. 
Ball  Jph.  (fancy  repository),  High  st 
Robinson  Joseph,  Melton  road 

CORN,  SEED,  &c,  DEALERS. 
Bruce  &  Son,  High  street 
Rawlings  Saml.  Bagley,  Burley  road 

CORN  MILLERS. 
Johnson  Philip,  Ashwell  road 
Smith  Joseph,  Back  street 

FARMERS  AND  GRAZIERS. 
Crowson  William  C.  High  street 
Fitzjohn  James,  Ashwell  road 
Hawley  Robert,  Catmos  street 
Hill  Mrs,  Flitteries  Lodge 
Morris  John,  The  Grange 
Morton  William,  High  street 
Needham  John,  Bedehouse  row 
Philpott  J.  S,  Market  place 


838 


OAKHAM    DIRECTORY. 


Katcliffe  William,  Northgate  street 
Rawlings  Martha,  High  street 
Read  John,  Market  place 
Royce  George,  Northgate  street 
Royce  Mary,  Catnios  street 
Shuttlewood  Mrs,  Church  street 
Simpson  Ralph,  Northgate  street 
Swindall  John,  Gaol  lane 
Tomson  Adam,  Mill  street 

FIRE  AND  LIFE  OFFICES. 
Atlas,  James  Sharpe,  High  street 
Clerical  and  Medical  Life,  and   Sun 

Fire,  W.  H.  Hough,  Melton  road 
Phcenix,  D.  S.  Royce,  Church  street 
Royal,  Robert  Burn,  Market  place 
Scottish  Equitable,  J.  M.  Wellington, 

High  street 
Union,  J.  B.  Bruce,  High  street 
Whittington,  Robert  Adcock,  New  st 
GARDENERS  AND  SEEDSMEN. 
Almey  Thomas,  Dean's  lane 
Baines  Robert,  Dean's  lane 
Hildred  James,  Northgate  street 
Pawlett  Edward,  Catmos  street 
Walters    (Nelson)    &   Gilia    (Sidney), 

Northgate  st.  &  Ashwellrd.  Nursery 
GROCERS  AND  TEA  DEALERS. 
Cooke  David,  Northgate  street 
Davies  Rice  &  Son,  High  street 
Dowton  James,  Mill  street 
Ellingworth  Henry,  New  street 
Goodson  William,  Dean's  lane 
Killinger  John  Hugh,  Market  place 
Sharpe  James,  High  street 
Whittle  James,  High  street 

GLASS,  CHINA,  &o.  DEALERS. 
Leach  Emma,  Market  place 
Patston  William,  High  street 
HAIRDRESSERS. 
Goacher  Joseph  George,  Mill  street 
Haddon  John,  High  street 
Knighton  Isaac,  Melton  road 

INNS  AND  TAVERNS. 
Angel,  Robt.  Clarke,  Northgate  street 
Bell,  Chambers  Pykett,  Catmos  street 
Crown  (commercial  and  posting)  Wm. 

C.  Crowson,  High  street 
Duke's  Head,  Richard  Seaton, Markt.pl 
George  Inn  (commercial  and  posting) 

John  Read,  Market  place 
Nelson  Inn,  Market  place 
Odd  House,  Thos.  Faulks,  Burley  rd 
Old  Red  Lion,  Thos.  Croshaw,  High  st 
Railway  Inn,  George  Stiff,  New  road 
Roebuck  Wm.  Cunnington,  Church  st 
Royal  Oak,  Rowland  Dickens,  High  st 
Wheat  Sheaf,  Wm.  Hawley,  Northgt.st 
White  Lion,  Cath.  Barnett,  Melton  rd 

BEERHOUSES. 
Ball  Samuel,  John  street 


Barnett  George,  Northgate  street 
Copeland  Thomas,  Ashwell  road 
Duncombe  Morris,  Mill  street 
Exton  George,  Mill  street 
Ingram  John,  Northgate  street 
Wimperis  William,  New  street 

IRONMONGERS. 
Davies  Rice  &  Son,  High  street 
Eyre  Mary  Grace,  Market  street 
Royce  David  Shenton,  Church  street 
JOINERS    AND  BUILDERS. 
Brown  John,  Ashwell  road 
Cave  James,  Market  place 
Royce  David  Shenton,  Church  street 
Shuttlewood  Thomas,  High  street 
LINEN   &  WOOLLEN  DRAPERS. 
Bruce  J.  B.  &  Co.  High  street 
Craig  James  M'Callum, Market  place 
Turley  James  Blackball,  Market  place 
Glazier  George,  Market  place 
Lenton  Alfred  Thomas,  Northgate  st 
Sleath  John,  High  street 
Turner  Alfred,  Market  street 

MALTSTERS. 
Crowson  John,  Cross  street 
Rawlings  Samuel  B.,  Burley  road 
MILLINERS  AND  DRESSMAKERS 
Chenery  Misses,  Melton  road 
Draper  Mary  Ann,  Mill  street 
Harris  Rebecca,  Burley  road 
Lenton  Mrs,  Northgate  street 
Paget  Mrs  Susanna,  Church  street 
PLUMBERS,  PAINTERS,  AND 

GLAZIERS. 
Munton  and  Mason,  Mill  street 
Smith  Edward,  Catmos  street 
Thornton  Thomas,  Mill  street 
REGISTER  OFFICES  (SERVNTS.) 
Hawley  Mary,  Melton  road 
Perkins  John,  Market  place 

SADDLERS. 
Drake  John,  High  street 
Potter  Frederick,  Burley  road 
Royce  Matthew,  High  street 
Tookey  William,  High  street 
SHOPKEEPERS. 
Ellis  John,  Market  place 
Hawley  Mary,  Melton  road 
Smith  Sophia,  Catmos  street 
Veasey  William,  Church  street 

STONE  MASONS. 
Barlow  John  D.  Cold  Overton  road 
Barlow  Thomas,  Back  street 
Haddon  Peter,  Mill  street 

SURGEONS. 
King  Francis  T.  W.  Jermyn  terrace 
Keal  William  Tomblin,  M.D.  Wharf- 
lands,  New  road 
Keal  John  Thomas,  Market  place 
Keal  William,  juu.  Burley  road 


OAKHAM    DIRECTORY. 


8B9 


Turner  Samuel  Collins,  Catuios  street 

TAILORS. 
Blake  Thomas,  Mill  street 
Bruce  J.  B.  and  Co.  High  street 
Chamberlain  Thomas,  Dean's  lane 
Coulson  William,  Dean's  lane 
Drake  Reuben,  High  street 
Glenn  William  P.  Catmos  street 
Liquorish  Edward,  John  street 
Pawlett  William,  Dean's  lane 
Scott  Charles,  Mill  street 

TALLOW  CHANDLERS. 
Cooke  David,  North  gate  street 
Craven  John  (&  soap  mkr.)  Northgt.  st 
Davies  Rice  and  Son,  High  street 

WATCH  AND  CLOCK  MAKERS. 
Cooke  John,  High  street 
Rodely  Stephen,  Market  place 
WHEELWRIGHTS. 
Jackson  John,  Burley  road 
Smith  John,  Northgate  street 

WINE  &  SPIRIT  MERCHANTS. 
Crowson  William  C.  (whols.)  High  st 
Phillpot  Richard  Seaton,  Market  place 
Read  John,  Market  place 

RAILWAY. 
The  Station  is  at  Melton  road,  and  Mr. 
Alfred  Fewkes  is  the  station  master. 
Passenger  trains  five  or  six  times  a 


day  to  Leicester,  Stamford,  Peterbo- 
rough, &c. ;  and  goods  trains  daily. 
There  is  an  Omnibus  from  the  Crown 
Inn  to  meet  each  train. 
CARRIERS  FROM  THE  INNS. 
f§gT  Unless  otherwise  expressed,  they 
arrive   on  Saturday  morning,  and, 
depart  in  the  afternoon. 
Ashwell,  Hawkins,  from  the  Nelson 
Bakrow,  William  Leaverland,  George 
Barrowden  and  Morcott,  Jph.  Water- 
field  &  John  Wadds,  from  the  George 
Braunston,  Ramson,  George 
Burrow,  Mayfield,  from  Crown 
Cottesmore,  Joseph  Tyler,  Red  Lion 
Edith  Weston,  Thompson,  George 
Empingham,  E.  Pugmore,  Red  Lion 
Greetham,  John  Norris,  Nelson ;  and 

William  Mills,  Red  Lion 
Hambleton,  NicholasNeedham,Nelson 
Lyddington,  Thomas  Dawson,  George 
Manton  and  Preston, Harbutt,  George 
Market  Overton,  Jph.  Faulks, Nelson 
South  Witham,  Joseph  Walker,  George 
Teigh,  Harris,  from  the  Nelson 
Uppingham,  Samuel  Thorpe,  Red  Lion 
Whissendine,    White,    Nelson ;    and 

Edward  Loseby,  Red  Lion 
Whitwell,  Ellis,  from  the  George 
Wymondham,  Hickman,  Nelson 


WARDLEY,  a  small  village  on  a  bold  eminence,  east  of  the  river 
Eye,  which  divides  it  from  Leicestershire,  2£  miles  W.  by  N.  of  Up- 
pingham, has  in  its  parish  only  68  inhabitants,  and  1730  acres  of  land, 
nearly  all  in  pasturage  and  wood,  and  picturesquely  broken  into  hill  and 
dale.  The  parish  forms  the  southern  part  of  the  ancient  Forest  of 
Leighfield  (see  page  827),  and  the  village  overlooks  the  winding  valley 
of  the  river  Eye  on  the  west,  and  the  secluded  dell,  called  Deepddle,  on 
the  south.  Adjoining  the  latter  is  Beaumont  Chase,  part  of  which  was 
allotted  to  this  parish  at  the  enclosure,  as  afterwards  noticed.  Wardley, 
like  most  of  the  forest  towns,  is  not  mentioned  in  Domesday  Book. 
George  Finch,  Esq.,  is  lord  of  the  manor,  but  a  great  part  of  the  soil  be- 
longs to  the  Fludyer  family.  The  woods  and  plantations  comprise  160 
acres.  The  Church  (St.  Mary)  is  an  ancient  structure,  consisting  of 
nave,  chancel,  south  porch,  tower,  spire,  and  two  bells,  and  contains 
several  monuments  of  the  Fludyer  family.  It  was  thoroughly  repaired 
in  1861,  at  the  expense  of  the  parishioners,  and  is  mostly  of  decorated 
architecture,  but  the  inner  doorway  of  the  porch  is  Norman.  The  living 
is  a  discharged  rectory,  consolidated  with  the  vicarage  of  Belton,  and 
valued  in  K.B.  at  £10.  16s.,  and  now  at  .£357.  The  Lord  Chancellor  is 
patron,  and  the  Rev.  Chas.  Hy.  Newmarch,  B.A.,  of  Belton,  is  the  in- 
cumbent. William  Smith  is  the  parish  clerk,  and  the  resident  Graziers 
are  John  Goodwin,  George  Rice,  William  Wade,  Jph.  Newton,  Charles 
Simpkin  {Wardley  House),  and  Francis  Wright. 


WRANODIKE  HUNDRED  is  the  southern  division  of  Rutland- 
shire, being  bounded  on  the  south  and  east  by  the  river  Welland,  which 


840  WRANGDIKE    HUNDRED. 

divides  it  from  Northamptonshire  ;  on  the  west  by  the  small  river  Eye , 
which  divides  it  from  Leicestershire  ;  and  on  the  north  chiefly  by  Mar- 
tinsley  Hundred.  It  is  about  ten  miles  in  length,  from  east  to  west,  but 
averages  less  than  four  miles  in  breadth.  As  has  been  seen  at  page  777, 
it  comprises  4207  inhabitants,  and  15,461  acres  of  land,  watered  by  many 
rivulets,  flowing  to  the  Welland,  on  its  southern  boundary ;  or  to  the 
river  Chater,  which  crosses  it  on  the  north-west.  The  following  are 
its  14  parishes,  &c. 

BARROWDEN,  a  large  village  on  the  north  side  of  the  vale  of  the 
river  Welland,  5  miles  E.  of  Uppingham,  and 8  miles  S.W.  of  Stamford, 
has  in  its  parish  653  inhabitants,  and  1533  acres  of  land.  The  Marquis  of 
Exeter  is  lord  of  the  manor  and  owner  of  a  great  part  of  the  soil,  and 
the  rest  belongs  to  Lord  Aveland,  Arthur  Heathcote,  Esq.,  Messrs. 
Fras.  and  Thos.  Rowlatt,  and  a  few  smaller  owners.  The  copyholds  are 
subject  to  arbitraiy  fines.  It  has  been  variously  spelt  Berohdon,  Berge- 
done,  dec,  and  was  held  by  the  King  at  the  Domesday  Survey,  when  its 
manorial  jurisdiction  extended  over  Luffenham,  Glaston,  Bisbrooke, 
Morcott,  Seaton,  and  Thorpe.  In  the  reign  of  Edward  III.  it  had  a 
weekly  market  and  an  annual  fair,  but  they  have  long  been  obsolete. 
The  Church  (St.  Peter)  consists  of  nave,  aisles,  chancel,  serni-chancel  or 
Lady  chapel,  north  chantry,  tower,  spire,  and  five  bells,  and  was  re- 
pewed  with  oak,  and  thoroughly  repaired  in  1843-'4,  at  the  cost  of  about 
<£300.  It  contains  a  handsome  monument  to  Rowland  Durant,  Esq., 
who  died  in  1588,  and  another  to  the  Rev.  R.  Digby,  a  former  rector, 
who  died  in  1541.  The  inner  doorway  is  Norman,  and  the  outer  early 
English.  The  whole  of  the  stone  stairs  formerly  leading  to  the  rood 
loft  still  remain.  The  pulpit  and  reading  desk  are  of  the  time  of  Charles  I., 
and  contain  elaborate  Romanesque  carving.  The  tower  and  its  graceful 
broach  spire  were  erected  in  the  14th  century.  Besides  the  five  bells  in 
the  tower,  there  is  also  a  small  disused  sancte-bell,  dated  1786.  In  the 
"  Lady  Chapel"  was  a  chantry  founded  in  the  reign  of  Edward  II.,  for 
a  priest  to  sing  mass  for  ever,  and  endowed  with  $62.  9s.  8d.  per  annum. 
The  ancient  custom  of  strewing  the  church  floor  with  rushes  is  still  ob- 
served here  on  the  feast  Sunday  and  six  succeeding  Sundays.  The 
rectory,  valued  in  K.B.  at  dG14.  13s.  Id.,  and  now  at  ,£595,  is  in  the  gift 
of  the  Marquis  of  Exeter,  and  incumbency  of  the  Rev.  Charles  Atlay, 
M.A.,  who  has  26a.  lit.  20p.  of  glebe,  and  a  commodious  Rectory  House, 
which  was  rebuilt  in  1834,  at  the  cost  of  about  <£1100,  of  which  .£900 
were  borrowed  from  the  Governors  of  Queen  Anne's  Bounty.  The  tithes 
were  commuted  in  1845,  for  .£565.  13s.  to  the  rector  of  Barrowden;  and 
.£30  to  the  rector  of  South  Luffenham.  About  15  acres  of  land,  hi  the 
open  fields  of  Barrowden,  South  Luffenham,  and  Morcott,  were  given  at 
an  early  period,  for  the  repairs  of  the  church,  and  are  now  let  for  .£26  per 
annum.  In  1833,  Mr.  John  Brown  left  a  moiety  of  an  estate  at  Ham- 
mersmith, to  be  applied  in  a  yearly  distribution  of  blankets  among  the 
poor  of  Barrowden,  on  January  1st.  This  estate  is  now  let  for  £42  per 
annum,  half  of  which  belongs  to  this  parish.  In  1861,  Miss  Mary  Cary, 
daughter  of  a  late  rector,  left  .£500  Three  per  cent.  Stock,  the  interest 
to  be  distributed  amongst  the  poor  in  coal  in  January.  The  General 
Baptist  Chapel  was  built  in  1810,  at  a  cost  of  ,£700.  It  is  a  commodious 
stone  building,  with  300  sittings ;  and  schoolrooms  are  attached  to  it. 
The  Methodists  have  a  meeting  room  in  the  village.  The  Parochial 
Schools  were  erected  in  1862,  chiefly  at  the  expense  of  the  rector  and  the 
lord  of  the  manor ;  and  attached  to  them  are  residences  for  the  master 
and  mistress. 


BARROWDEN    PARISH, 


841 


Post  Office  at  William  Wilson's.     Letters  via  Leicester. 


Atlay  Rev.  Chas.  M.A.  rector,  Rectory 
Bates  Jno.  maltster  &  vict.  Exeter  Arms 
Gill  Rd.  &  Sons,  vellum,  glue,  parch- 
ment, and  patent  rug  manfrs.  &c. 
Johnson  Thomas,  joiner  and  par.  elk. 
Kernick  John,  cooper 
Mason  Henry,  maltster 
Pepper  William,  blacksmith 
Shelton  William,  miller 
Stubbs  John,  wheelwright 
Swann  Henry  John,  surgeon 
Swann  John,  builder 
Swann  Martha,  schoolmistress 
Swann  Thomas,  stonemason 
Swift  Augusta,  schoolmistress 
Swift  Thomas,  fellmonger 
Tasker  Edward,  victualler,  Windmill 
Taylor  John,  bird  stuffer 
Towler  Rev.  George,  (Baptist) 
Tyler  Charles  S.  plumber  and  glazier 
Wade  Reason,  collar  and  harness  mkr 
Whitmore  Mr  William 

BAKERS. 

Craythome  Robert  I  Shelton  Wm.  John 


BEERHOUSES. 

Craythorne  Robert 
Dexton  Thomas 
Wright  Ann 

BUTCHERS. 

Edgson  John 
Pepper    Anthony 
Sewell 

FARMERS     AND 
GRAZIERS. 

Bates  John 
Cox  Mary  Ann 
Eady  James 
Foster  Abraham 
Gill  Richard 
Hercock  Elizabeth 
Lumby  Francis 
Mason  Henry 
Milley  John 
Rowiatt  Thomas 
Sewell  John 
Sewell  Wm. Daniel 
Shelton  John 
Shelton  Richard 


grocers,  &c. 
Kernick  John 
Swift  Thomas  (& 

draper) 
Tibbs  Emma 
Wadds  John 
Waterfield  Joseph 
Wilson  William 

SHOEMAKERS. 

Gunn  Jonathan 
Taylor  Thomas  S. 
Wilson  William 
Woods  William 

TAILORS. 

King  Thomas 
Richmond   Daniel 
(and  draper) 

CARRIERS. 

John  Wadds  and 
Jph.  Waterfield, to 
Uppingliam,  Wd. 
Stamford,  Fri.  & 
Oakham,  Sat. 


BEAUMONT  CHASE,  a  manor  of  403  acres  and  20  inhabitants,  is 
about  1£  mile  S.  of  Uppingliam,  and  anciently  formed  the  southern  part 
of  the  extensive  Forest  of  Leighfield.  (See  pages  179  and  827.)  It 
was  formerly  extra-parochial,  but  pays  county  rates,  and  supports  its 
poor  as  a  separate  parish  in  Uppingham  Union,  and  382  acres  of  it  be- 
long to  the  Earl  of  Gainsborough,  and  21a.  to  the  Marquis  of  Exeter. 
One  of  the  farms  (82a.),  is  occupied  by  Mr.  John  Woods,  and  the  other, 
(210a.),  by  Mr.  Wm.  Pickring,  whose  residence  is  without  the  chase,  in 
the  parish  of  Uppingham.  The  rest  of  the  chnse  is  occupied  by  three 
tenants  (Messrs.  Reeve,  Freeman,  and  Crowden),  who  reside  in  Upping- 
ham. At  the  enclosure,  in  the  early  part  of  the  present  century,  Beau- 
mont Chase  comprised  about  700a.;  but  about  300  acres  were  allotted  to 
the  adjoining  parishes  of  Uppingham,  Lyddington,  and  Wardley.  It  is 
the  most  romantic  part  of  the  county,  being  high  ground  and  much  di- 
versified with  hill  and  dale.  From  the  highest  part  the  views  are 
delightful,  especially  on  the  west  over  the  woody  valleys  of  Deepdale 
and  the  river  Eye. 


BISBROOKE,  between  two  rivulets,  1^  mile  E.  of  Uppingham,  is  a 
village  and  parish,  containing  260  inhabitants  and  1080  acres  of  land. 
The  Duke  of  Rutland  is  lord  of  the  manor,  but  part  of  the  soil  be- 
longs to  the  Earl  of  Gainsborough,  Lord  Aveland,  the  Hon.W.  C  Evans 
Freke,  and  a  few  smaller  freeholders.  At  the  Norman  Survey,  it  was 
called  Bittesbroohe,  and  was  partly  held  by  the  King.  A  great  part  of 
it  was  given,  at  an  early  period,  to  Fotheringhay  College,  and  was  granted 
as  the  dissolution  to  Sir  Richard  Lee,  Knt.,  who  sold  it  to  the  Andrews 
family,  who  held  it  during  several  generations.  The  Church  (St.  John 
the  Baptist)  is  a  small  antique  fabric,  consisting  of  a  nave,  north  aisle, 
chancel,  and  south  porch.  It  has  a  bell  hung  in  an  early  English  bell- 
turret.     The  decorated  east  window  of  the  aisle  contains  some  rich 


842 


BISBROOKE    PARISH. 


stained  glass.  The  Duke  of  Rutland  is  impropriator  of  the  rectory  and 
patron  of  the  discharged  vicarage,  valued  in  K.B.  at  .£6.  Os.  4d.,  and 
now  at  i!258.  It  is  in  the  incumbency  of  the  Rev.  Saml.  T.  Bloomiield, 
D.D.,  of  London,  for  whom  the  Rev.  C.  Manby  officiates.  The  tithes 
were  commuted  in  179G,  for  132  acres  of  glebe.     Post  from  Uppingham. 


Freke  Hon.  Wm.  Chas.  Evans,  Hall 
Green  Benjamin,  carpenter 
Manby  Rev.  Charles,  M.A.  curate 
Mason  Francis,  baker  and  shopkeeper 
Stevenson  Mary,  gardener 
Tumor  Mrs  Algernon,  Hall 
Tomblin  Edward,  gardener 
Tomblin  James,  victualler,  Gate 


Williams  Mr  John 

FARMERS  AND  GRAZIERS. 


Allen  John 
Barnett  Joseph 
Clarke  Alice 
Clarke     Cbarles, 

Southfield  Lodge 
Green  John 


Johnson      John, 
Granby  Lodge 

Mason  John 

Tomblin  Jph.  (and 
parish  clerk) 

Williams  Bates 


CALDECOTT  is  a  small  village  on  the  north  side  of  the  river  Eye, 
near  its  confluence  with  the  Welland,  at  the  south-western  extremity  of 
Rutlandshire,  near  the  junction  of  that  county  with  those  of  Leicester 
and  Northampton,  1  mile  N.  of  Rockingham,  and  4^  miles  S.  of  Upping- 
ham. Its  parish  contain  346  inhabitants  and  1102  acres  of  land.  The 
Marquis  of  Exeter  is  lord  of  the  manor,  but  part  of  the  soil  belongs  to 
the  Earl  of  Gainsborough,  and  Geo.  Lewis  Watson,  Esq.,  of  Rockingham 
Castle,  on  the  opposite  side  of  the  river;  and  the  Ward,  Brown,  Stokes, 
and  other  families  have  land  here.  The  copyholds  are  on  fine  certain,  and 
the  custom  of  Borough  English  prevails.  Ever  since  the  Norman  survey 
Caldecott  has  been  dependent  on  the  manor  of  Lyddington,  with  which 
it  is  also  ecclesiastically  connected.  It  was  long  the  seat  and  property 
of  a  family  of  its  own  name,  two  of  whom,  John  de  Caldecott  and  Wm. 
de  Caldecott,  were  twice  high- sheriffs  of  the  county,  in  the  reigns  of 
Henry  VIII.  and  Elizabeth.  The  Church  (St.  John)  is  a  neat  structure, 
consisting  of  nave,  south  aisle,  and  chancel;  with  a  slender  tower, 
crowned  by  a  spire,  and  containing  five  bells.  The  spire  was  shattered 
by  lightning,  in  1798,  and  was  rebuilt  with  Weldon  stone,  an  inferior 
kind  of  freestone.  The  chancel  is  the  oldest  part  of  the  fabric,  and  is 
of  13th  century  work  ;  but  the  rest  of  the  church  appears  to  have  been 
rebuilt  in  the  14th  century.  On  each  side  of  the  porch  is  a  two-light 
window  filled  with  modern  stained  glass,  and  there  is  another  at  the  west 
end  of  the  aisle.  The  piscina  and  sedilia  still  remain  in  the  chancel  as 
well  as  some  of  the  steps  anciently  leading  to  the  rood  loft.  The  font 
is  of  early  decorated  character,  and  the  fittings  of  the  church  are  very 
old.  There  is  a  sancte-bellcot  at  the  east  end  of  the  nave,  but  the  bell  is 
gone.  Lyddington  and  Caldecott  form  one  vicarage,  as  afterwards,  no- 
ticed, in  the  incumbency  of  the  Rev.  T.  W.  Gillham,M.A.,  who  has  here 
47  acres  of  glebe.  Rockingham  Castle  Station  on  the  Rugby  and  Stam- 
ford railway  is  close  to  this  village,  but  in  Great  Easton  parish.  Post 
from  Uppingham. 


Aldwinkle  John;  road  surveyor 
Bellamy  Thomas,  poultry  dealer 
Brown  Thomes,  baker 
Butler  Mr  Bellars 
Crowson  Eliza,  draper,  &c. 
Crowson  George,  parish  clerk 
Deacon  John,  wbeelwright 
Farbon  Wm.  miller  and  baker 
Hunt  Hutchinson,  gentleman 
Moore  Mr  John  Harwood 
Palmer  Harris,  beerhouse 

INNS  AND  TAVERNS. 
Black  Horse ,  Henry  Jefifs 


Castle  Hotel,  Joseph  Barnett 
Plough,  Robert  Morris 


FARMERS    AND 
GRAZIERS. 

Brown  Thomas 
Morris  James 
Morris  Robert 
Raines  Joseph 
Stokes  John 
Stokes  Samuel 
Stokes  Thomas 
Ward  John  Thos. 


Wright  Hugh  Wm. 

GROCERS,  &C, 

Allen  Saml.  Wm. 
Keightley  William 
Woodcock    John 
Peter  (&  joiner) 

SHOEMAKERS. 

Barrow  William 
Smith  James 
Smith  William 


COUNTY   OP   RUTLAND.  843 

GLASTON,  or  Glayston,  a  village  on  the  Stamford  road,  2  miles  E. 
by  N.  of  Uppingham,  has  in  its  parish  238  inhabitants  and  1070  acres 
of  land.  The  manor  passed  through  the  families  of  Hemmington,  Wade, 
Colley,  &c.,  to  the  late  Earl  of  Harborough,  whose  executors  are  the 
present  lords ;  but  a  great  part  of  the  soil  belongs  to  the  Marquis  of 
Exeter,  Lord  Aveland,  Mrs.  Tryon,  and  several  other  freeholders.  The 
Hall,  which  belonged  to  the  late  Earl,  has  a  handsome  centre,  in  the  style 
of  the  seventeenth  century,  with  two  wings,  well  built  of  white  stone ;  but 
the  garden  walls,  on  the  opposite  side  of  the  road,  are  evidently  of  a 
much  older  date.  The  Church  (St.  Andrew)  is  mostly  of  the  decorated 
period,  as  may  be  seen  by  the  ball  flower  running  round  the  whole  of  the 
outside  of  this  building.  It  consists  of  nave,  north  aisle,  south  porch,  and 
chancel,  and  has  a  tower  and  spire  rising  from  the  centre,  but  no  trace 
of  the  transepts  remains.  The  chancel  was  thoroughly  repaired  in  1802 
at  the  expense  of  the  rector.  There  are  some  portions  of  old  stained 
glass  in  a  perpendicular  window  in  the  aisle.  The  tower  contains  three 
bells  and  a  clock,  and  the  bell  of  the  latter  is  fixed  outside  the  spire. 
In  the  chancel  are  some  monuments  of  an  early  date,  one  of  which  is  in 
memory  of  Walter  Colley,  who  was  lord  of  the  manor  in  1407.  The 
rectory,  valued  in  KB.  at  £12.  10s.  10fd.,  and  now  at  £'200,  is  annexed 
to  the  mastership  of  St.  Peter's  College,  Cambridge,  without  institution, 
and  is  now  held  by  the  Rev.  Barnard  Smith,  M.A.,  who  has  a  handsome 
residence  built  in  1802,  at  a  cost  of  £2000.  The  National  School  is 
held  in  an  ornamental  building  in  the  grounds  of  Bisbrooke  Hall,  and 
is  attended  by  the  children  of  both  parishes.  For  teaching  ten  poor 
children,  the  schoolmistress  has  a  yearly  rent- charge  of  £5,  purchased 
with  £100  left  by  Win.  Roberts,  Esq.,  in  1725.  In  1824,  the  Hon.  Geo. 
Watson  left  £100,  in  trust  to  distribute  the  interest  yearly  in  coals.  In 
1680,  Michael  Bingham  left  to  the  poor  of  Glaston  £100,  and  it  was  laid 
out  in  the  purchase  of  a  house  and  about  9  acres  of  land  at  Morcott, 
now  let  for  £14.  They  have  also  the  interest  of  £35,  which  arose  from 
the  sale  of  a  walnut  tree  which  stood  on  the  land.  A  legacy  of  £50,  left 
to  them  by  Thos.  Richardson,  D.D.,  in  1729,  was  vested  hi  the  purchase 
of  a  yearly  rent-charge  of  £2.  10s.,  out  of  Havercroft  Close,  in  Blaston, 
Leicestershire.  The  same  donor  also  gave  £00,  to  provide  for  a  yearly 
distribution  of  bread  among  the  poor  of  Glaston,  and  it  was  laid  out  in 
the  purchase  of  a  house,  and  about  8a.  of  land,  at  Ulford,  in  Northamp- 
tonshire, let  for  about  £9  a  year.  A  legacy  of  £40,  left  to  the  poor 
parishioners  by  Frances  Chiselclen,  in  1745,  is  lost.  Post  from  Uppingham. 

Browett  Ann,  schoolmistress  Stafford  William,  butcher 

Browett  Thomas,  baker  I  Suter  Samuel,  tailor 

Chapman  William,  gardener  l  Tooley  William,  grocer 

Chapman  George,  wheelwright  ;  Warren  Jno.  shoer  &  vict.  3  Horse  Shoes 

Gambrell,  John,  blacksmith  Woodcock  William,  vict.  Sondes  Arms 

Godfrey  Valentine  Wm.  seed,  &c.mert.  |  farmers  &  grzrs.     Lewin  William 

Godfrey  Thomas       Osborn  Robert 
Godfrey  Valentine     Saunders  Geo.  F. ; 
Johnson  Ann  h  Stamford 


Johnson  Ann,  butcher 

King  John,  parish  clerk 

Lodder  Mary  Ann,  National  School 

Smith  Rev.  Barnard,  M.A.  Rectory 


LUFFENHAM  (NORTH)  is  a  pleasant  village,  on  the  northern 
acclivity  of  the  vale  of  the  river  Chater,  5$  miles  N.E.  by  E.  of  Upping- 
ham, and  7  miles  W.S.W.  of  Stamford.  Its  parish,  which  is  mostly  in 
large  open  fields,  contains  491  inhabitants,  and  1898  acres  of  fertile 
land.    Lord  Aveland  is  lord  of  the  manor,  but  part  of  the  soil  belongs 


844 


LUFFENHAM.    (NORTH.) 


to  R.  Lucas,  Esq.,  the  Rev.  E.  Brown,  and  several  smaller  owners.  The 
manor,  with  that  of  South  Luffenham,  passed  from  the  Nevills,  &c,  to 
the  Haringtons,  and  was  sold  to  Henry  Noel,  Esq.,  second  son  of  Vis- 
count Campden,  who  resided  here  during  the  civil  wars,  when  his  house 
was  plundered  and  burnt  by  the  parliamentarians,  who  carried  him 
prisoner  to  London.  Since  and  before  that  time,  a  branch  of  the  Digby 
family  had  a  seat  here.  The  old  mansion,  occupied  by  H.  Heathcote, 
Esq.,  is  supposed  to  be  a  re- edification  of  that  in  which  Mr.  Noel  resided 
in  the  civil  wars.  The  Church  (St.  John)  is  a  fine  antique  fabric,  with 
nave,  aisles,  and  chancel,  and  a  tower  containing  five  bells,  and  sur- 
mounted by  a  spire.  In  its  east  window  are  some  remains  of  stained 
glass,  which  escaped  the  ravages  of  the  puritan  soldiery,  who,  after 
plundering  Mr.  Noel's  house,  committed  great  devastation  in  the  church. 
The  chancel  arch  is  large,  and  of  high  pitch,  and  its  head  is  filled  with 
screen  work.  There  are  sedilia  for  two  priests,  ornamented  with  the 
ball  flower;  and  an  ancient  carved  oak  pulpit.  In  the  chancel  is  a 
monument  to  Simon  Digby,  one  of  the  gentlemen  pensioners  of  Henry 
VIII. ;  and  a  brass  plate  hr  memory  of  Archdeacon  Johnson,  founder  of 
Oakham  and  Uppingham  Schools  and  Hospitals,  who  was  rector  here. 
Here  are  also  monuments  to  Colonel  Markham,  one  of  the  promoters  of 
the  Restoration,  who  died  in  1G72 ;  to  Dr.  Samuel  Wynter,  provost  of 
Trin.  Coll.,  Dublin,  who  died  in  1666,  and  was  eminent  for  his  piety  and 
learning;  and  to  Susanna,  wife  of  Henry  Noel,  Esq.,  who  died  in  1640. 
There  is  a  well  executed  bust  of  the  latter.  The  rectory,  valued  in  K.B.  at 
£11.  0s.  5d.,  and  now  at  .£664,  is  in  the  patronage  of  Emmanuel  College, 
Cambridge,  and  incumbency  of  the  Rev.  John  Weller,  D.D.,  who  has  a 
good  residence  and  54a.  3k.  35p.  of  glebe.  The  tithes  were  commuted 
in  1845,  for  4s.  per  acre  per  annum.  The  Wesleyans  have  a  chapel  and 
the  Plymouth  Brethren  a  meeting  room  here.  The  Town  Lands  have 
been  vested  in  trust  from  an  early  period,  and  were  formerly  much  more 
extensive  than  they  have  been  during  the  last  two  centuries.  They 
now  consist  of  a  farm  of  91a.  1r.  31p.  ;  two  cottages  and  3a.  1r.  34p.  ; 
several  cottages  and  a  schoolhouse,  occupied  rent-free;  and  some  other 
tenements,  and  the  total  yearly  rental  is  £156.  4s.  6d.,  of  which 
.£30  are  applied  in  supporting  the  Free  School,  which  is  a  neat  stone 
building,  erected  in  1858 ;  £3  in  aid  of  the  Sunday  School ;  £12  as  a 
salary  to  a  surgeon  for  attending  the  poor ;  and  the  remainder,  after 
deducting  about  £5  for  land  tax,  &c,  is  distributed  among  the  poor,  in 
coals,  or  in  supplying  them  at  a  reduced  rate.  In  1710,  Wellesbourn 
Sill  charged  the  "  Fincett  Land"  with  the  yearly  payment  of  £5,  to  be 
applied  as  follows,  viz. : — 30s.  to  the  rector,  for  preaching  sermons  on  the 
Mondays  after  Christmas  Day  and  Easter  and  Whit  Sundays ;  30s.  for 
distribution  among  poor  women,  on  the  said  preaching  days;  and  40s.  to 
be  given  to  the  same  poor  women,  in  flannel,  at  the  latter  end  of  October. 

Post  Office  at  Julia  Brown's.     Letters  via  Stamford. 


Bolland  John,  wheelwright  &  par.  elk. 

Chapman  Rev.  W.  H.  curate 

Fancourt  John,  harness  maker 

Gilford  William,  Esq. 

Harwood  Rev.  John  Thomas  (Wes.) 

Heathcote  Henry,  Esq.  Hall 

Nichols  Elizabeth,  schoolmistress 

Smith  Mrs  Ann 

Stokes  Charles,  butcher 

Tabberer  Gregory  Seale,  schoolmaster 


Weller  Rev.  John,  D.D.  Rectory 
INNS  AND  TAVERNS. 
Fox  and  Hounds,  Eliz.  Cunnington 
Horse  and  Panniers,  Edward  Walker 
Rose  William 


BAKERS. 

Sharpe    William 

(and  grocer) 
Walker  Edward 

BLACKSMITHS. 

Chapman  John 


FARMERS  &  GRZRS. 

Cunnington  Eliz. 
Gilford  William 
Hart  Henry 
King  Hannah  P. 


COUNTY  OF  RUTLAND. 


845 


Morris  Wm.  Rud-  I  Sturgess  John 

kin  (&  maltster)  '  shoemakers. 
Ratcliffe  Thomas  j  Bolland  Henry 
Stokes  William       I  Bron'n  Stephen 


Price  Daniel 

STONEMASONS. 

Price  Thomas  (& 
beerhouse) 


Price  George 

WHEELWRIGHTS. 

Bolland  John 
Pepperday  Win. 


LUFFENHAM  (SOUTH)  is  a  village  on  the  banks  of  a  rivulet 
south  of  the  river  Chater,  about  a  mile  from  North  Luffenham,  5£  miles 
E.S.E.  of  Uppingham,  and  7  miles  S.W.  by  W.  of  Stamford.  Its  parish 
contains  400  inhabitants,  and  about  1417  acres  of  unenclosed  land,  includ- 
ing 040a.  of  common.  The  manorial  rights  are  in  dispute  between  the 
Marquis  of  Exeter  and  Lord  Aveland.  The  latter  owns  a  great  part  of  the 
parish,  and  the  rest  belongs  to  the  Rev.  E.  Brown,  M.  A.,  Stafford  Hotchkin, 
Esq.,  and  a  few  smaller  owners.  The  Church  (St.  Mary)  is  a  handsome 
fabric,  consisting  of  nave,  aisles,  chancel,  and  south  porch ;  and  has  a 
tower  containing  a  clock  and  four  bells,  and  crowned  by  a  crocketed  spire. 
The  north  side  of  the  building  is  Norman,  and  the  south  early  English. 
The  chancel  was  restored,  and  a  beautiful  decorated  east  window  inserted, 
in  1852,  at  the  expense  of  the  Rev.  Robert  Scott,  D.D.,  master  of  Balliol 
College,  Oxford,  who  was  then  rector  of  this  parish.  The  remainder  of 
the  building  wras  thoroughly  restored,  and  refitted  with  open  benches  of 
varnished  pine  and  a  new  stone  pulpit,  in  1861.  The  floor  was  at  the  same 
time  laid  with  encaustic  tiles.  The  living  is  a  rectory,  valued  in  K.B.  at 
.£12.  12s.  0d.,  and  now  at  .£423.  The  patronage  is  in  Balliol  College, 
Oxford,  and  the  Rev.  C.  E.  Prichard,  M.A.,  is  the  incumbent.  The 
glebe  is  46a.  here,  and  3^a.  in  Morcott.  The  tithes  were  commuted  in 
1845  for  the  yearly  sums  of  i:380  in  this  parish,  =£30  in  Barrowden,  and 
£54  in  Morcott.  The  Hall,  a  large  stone  mansion,  belongs  to  S.  Hotch- 
kin, Esq.,  but  is  occupied  by  the  Misses  Wingfield.  The  National 
School  was  built  in  1846,  at  the  cost  of  £230,  and  is  attended  by  about 
50  children.  Here  is  also  a  night  school  during  the  winter  months.  Six 
tenements  are  occupied  rent  free  by  aged  poor  persons,  and  wrere  left  by 
one  Abraham  Sapcote.  The  poor  have  also  12s.  a  year  from  an  estate 
belonging  to  W.  R.  Morris,  Esq.  The  parish  clerk  has  about  an  acre 
of  land,  called  the  "Bell-ringing  Close,"  for  ringing  the  bell  from  Michael- 
mas to  Lady  day  at  5  in  the  morning  and  8  at  night.  It  is  supposed  to 
have  been  given  by  a  lady  who  lost  her  way  at  night,  and  was  guided  to 
the  village  by  the  sound  of  the  church  bells.  The  ancient  custom  of 
beating  the  bounds  is  still  kept  uj)  here  on  Rogation  MonchTy,  and  after 
the  ceremony  each  poor  woman  in  the  parish  has  an  allowance  for  a 
twopenny  loaf  and  half  a  pint  of  ale,  and  each  child  has  a  penny  loaf.  The 
necessary  funds  are  derived  from  the  rent  of  a  few  acres  of  land,  called 
the  "  Town  Land,"  and  belonging  to  the  parish.  There  is  a  com- 
modious station  about  a  mile  N.W.  of  the  village,  at  the  junction  of  the 
Syston  and  Peterborough  and  Rugby  and  Stamford  Railways.  Post 
from  Stamford. 


Ball  George,  butcher  and  grocer 

Ball  Josiah,  baker 

Cooper  Mr  Joseph  ||  Pridmore  Misses 

Davis  John,  tailor 

Home  Mary,  schoolmistress 

Neale  Isaac,  station  master 

Pepper  John,  blacksmith 

Pepper  William,  wheelwright 

Prichard  Bev.  Con.stantine  Estlin,  M. A. 

prebeuuai-y  of  V/ells,  and  rector 
Royce  Henry  William,  corn  miller 
Tomlinson  Robert,  registrar 


Springthorpe    Thomas,    butcher    and 

victualler,  Durham  Ox 
Wingfield  Misses,  Luffenham  Hall 


BEERHOUSES. 

Barfield  James 
Rice  Elizabeth  (& 
grocer  &  baker) 

CARPENTERS. 

Ball  William 
Bird  Edward 

BOOT  &  SHOEMKRS. 

Horn  David  Hy. 


March  William 
Smith  Robert 

FARMERS  &  GRZRS. 

Pridmore  Edward 
Pridmore  Thomas 
Pridmore  Wm.Cha 
Tailby  William 
Tucker  Charles 
Wood  William 


846  COUNTY    OF    RUTLAND. 

LYDDINGTON,  or  Lidding  ton,  is  a  long  and  ancient  village,  on  the 
western  side  of  a  rivulet,  nearly  two  miles  S.S.E.  of  Uppingham,  and  its 
parish  contains  613  inhabitants,  and  about  2240  acres  of  land.  The 
Marquis  of  Exeter  is  lord  of  the  manor,  but  a  great  part  of  the  soil  belongs 
to  E.  Monckton,  J.  Bryan,  and  T.  Walker,  Esqrs.,  Mrs.  Jeyes,  and  several 
smaller  owners.  The  copyholds  are  on  fine  certain.  It  is  said  to  have 
anciently  had  a  market,  which  was  removed  to  Uppingham;  and  some 
old  authors  have  said  that  there  was  a  castle  here,  but  we  find  no  traces 
of  any  ancient  mansion  except  the  Hospital,  which,  Leland  says,  "  was 
an  ancient  manor-place  of  the  Bishop  of  Lincoln."  It  appears  to  have 
been  church  property  from  a  very  early  period ;  for,  in  the  Norman  sur- 
vey, it  is  recorded  that  Walter  held  of  the  Bishop  of  Lincoln  two  hides 
in  Ledentone,  to  which  manor  Stoke,  Snelston,  and  Caldecott,  then  be- 
longed. A  great  part  of  the  manor  was  reserved  by  the  succeeding 
Bishops,  who  had  a  Palace  here,  the  hall  of  which,  together  with  a  large 
chamber,  forms  part  of  the  Hospital  afterwards  noticed.  After  the  Re- 
formation, Bishop  Holbech  gave  the  manor  to  Edward  VI.,  who  granted 
it  to  Gregory,  Lord  Cromwell,  and  his  wife,  for  their  lives.  Edward 
afterwards  gave  the  reversion  to  William  Cecil,  Lord  Burleigh,  whose 
son,  Thomas,  Earl  of  Exeter,  in  1602,  converted  the  palace  into  an  Hos- 
pital for  a  warden,  twelve  poor  men,  and  two  women,  and  gave  it  the 
name  of  Jesns  Hospital.  This  edifice  stands  on  the  north  side  of  the 
church,  and  having  a  cloister,  still  presents  a  venerable  appearance.  The 
hall  is  extremely  antique,  and  in  it  lies  a  large  old  folio  Bible,  in  which 
is  a  MS.  prayer,  which  is  read  by  the  warden  along  with  the  church 
service.  The  Hospital  premises  consist  of  the  warden's  house,  a  common 
kitchen,  fourteen  separate  apartments  for  the  almspeople,  and  a  chapel ; 
but  the  only  inmates  are  the  warden  and  two  poor  women,  the  other 
almspeople  being  allowed  to  reside  with  their  families  or  friends.  The 
founder  endowed  it  with  a  yearly  rent-charge  of  £116,  out  of  his  estate 
called  Cliffe  Park,  in  the  parish  of  King's  Cliffe,  Northamptonshire.  The 
present  yearly  expenditure  of  the  charity  is  £'158. 12s.,  the  excess  beyond 
the  rent-charge  being  provided  by  the  Marquis  of  Exeter,  who  appoints 
the  almspeople,  and  allows  5s.  a  week  to  the  warden,  and  4s.  a  week  to 
each  of  the  twelve  poor  men  and  two  poor  women,  besides  yearly  allow- 
ances for  gowns  and  caps.  There  is  still  in  the  Hospital  windows  some 
of  the  painted  glass  which  decorated  the  Bishop's  Palace,  with  the  inscrip- 
tions "  Dominus  Exaltatio  ?nea,"  and  "  Delectare  in  Domino;"  also  some 
armorial  bearings  of  the  Lord  Chancellor  Russell,  Bishop  of  Lincoln,  in 
the  reign  of  Edward  VI.,  and  Bishop  Longland,  in  the  time  of  Henry 
VIII.  The  Church  (St.  Andrew)  is  an  ancient  structure,  with  a  hand- 
some tower  containing  five  bells,  and  crowned  by  a  spire.  The  nave  is 
separated  from  the  aisles  by  five  arches  on  each  side,  resting  on  clustered 
columns.  A  carved  wooden  screen  separates  it  from  the  chancel.  There 
are  some  antique  brasses  on  the  floor ;  and  two  of  the  old  marble  monu- 
ments are  in  memory  of  Robert  Hardy  and  an  ancestor  of  the  late  Mar- 
quis of  Rockingham.  The  building  is  mostly  of  decorated  architecture, 
and  some  of  the  windows  are  good  specimens  of  that  style.  The  sedilia 
and  piscina  still  remain  in  the  chancel,  and  there  is  also  a  low  side  win- 
dow which  has  the  original  grating  and  wooden  shutter.  The  south 
porch  is  gone,  and  the  doorway  is  blocked  up.  The  wall  of  the  church- 
yard on  the  south  side  is  coped  with  17  stone  coffin  lids,  and  one  of  them, 
exhibiting  a  semi- effigy,  is  very  curious.  The  impropriate  rectory  of 
Lyddington-cum-Caldecott  belonged  to  the  Prebendary  of  Lyddington,  in 
Lincoln  Cathedral,  together  with  the  patronage  of  the  discharged  vicar- 
age, valued  in  K.B.  at  £&.  2s.,  and  now  at  £265.     The  two  consolidated 


LYDDINGTON    PARISH. 


847 


parishes  formed  a,  peculiar  jurisdiction  of  the  prebendary ;  but,  pursuant 
to  an  Act  of  the  6th  and  7th  of  William  IV.,  the  prebend  was  abolished 
on  the  death  of  the  late  prebendary  (Rev.  H.  V.  Bayley,  D.D.,)  and  its 
revenues  became  vested  in  the  Ecclesiastical  Commissioners.  The 
rectorial  or  prebendal  tithes  are  held  on  lease  by  T.  Walker,  Esq.,  of 
Stockerston.  The  Bishop  of  Peterborough  is  now  patron  of  the  living, 
and  the  Rev.  Thomas  Wheeler  Gillham,  M.A.,  is  the  incumbent.  The 
tithes  have  been  commuted  for  83a.  lit.  10p.  to  the  vicar,  and  263a.  to 
the  impropriators.  The  old  vicarage  house  is  now  occupied  as  the  parish 
school,  and  is  attended  by  about  40  children.  Here  is  a  small  Wesley  an 
Chapel.  In  1721,  Mary  Parnham  left  <£300,  to  be  laid  out  in  land,  and 
the  yearly  rents  applied  as  follows : — One-third  for  schooling  five  poor 
children  of  Lyddington,  one-third  for  schooling  five  poor  children  of 
Lavington,  in  Lincolnshire,  and  the  remaining  third  to  be  applied  towards 
the  support  of  the  minister  of  a  dissenting  meeting-house  in  Nottingham. 
The  land  purchased  consists  of  16a.  2r.  22p.  at  Nether  Broughton,  now 
let  for  about  £35  per  annum.  The  schoolmaster  here  receives  £10 
a  year,  for  which  he  teaches  five  free  scholars.  At  the  enclosure  of 
Lyddington  Field,  in  1801,  about  an  acre  of  land  wras  awarded  in  lieu  of 
seven  roods  given  by  John  Moore,  for  the  poor  of  this  parish  and  Seal- 
ford.  It  is  now  let  for  £5,  so  that  the  poor  of  each  parish  receive  £2. 10s. 
The  custom  of  Borough  English  prevails  here,  as  in  some  other  places, 
by  which  the  property  of  a  person  dying  intestate  descends  to  the  young- 
est son,  as  heir-at-law,  in  preference  to  the  elder  children.  This  custom 
is  supposed  to  have  arisen  from  the  ancient  system  of  vassalage,  which 
gave  the  lord  of  the  manor  certain  rights  over  his  vassal s  bride,  and  thus 
rendered  the  legitimacy  of  the  eldest  born  uncertain ;  but  it  may  have 
originated  in  the  natural  presumption  that  the  youngest  child  was  the 
least  capable  of  providing  for  itself.  The  scenery  in  this  part  of  Rut- 
landshire is  extremely  picturesque.  In  the  approach  to  Lyddington 
from  Uppingham  the  tourist  rises  into  a  hilly  country,  from  which  he 
looks  down  into  the  valleys  of  the  Welland  and  some  of  its  tributary 
streams,  in  which  the  Preston  and  Bee  Hills  present  a  singular  appear- 
ance, being  two  immense  circular  hills  unconnected  with  the  northern 
chain,  and  starting  from  the  valley  east  of  Lyddington,  as  if  thrown  up 
by  artificial  means.  They  are  not  sufficiently  conical  to  claim  a  volcanic 
origin,  yet  it  is  difficult  to  imagine  that  they  can  have  been  formed  on 
the  principles  of  the  Neptunian  theory. 

Post  Office  at  William  Pretty'?.      Letters  via  Uppingham. 


Bryan  Thomas  John,  Esq.  Lydding- 
ton House 

Bullock  Mrs  Selina 

Clark  John,  whitesmith 

Col  well  Jno.  fellmonger  &  woolstapler 

Cross  Matthew,  baker 

Gillham  Rev.  Thos.  Wheeler,  M.A. 

Marvin  Mrs  Mary  Ann 

Muggleton  Ruth,  draper 

Roberts  Thomas,  warden  at  the  hospi- 
tal, and  schoolmaster 

Russell  William,  schoolmaster 

Stevenson  Francis,  blacksmith 

Wadland  Thomas,  butcher 

INNS  AND  TAVERNS. 

Exeter  Arms,  Thomas  Hill 

White  Hart,  Jahn  Manton 


cattle  dealers. 
Green  William 
Iliffe  Jno.  Thos. 
Manton  Robert 

FARMERS   &  GRZRS. 

Almond  John 
Brown    William, 

Lyddington  Hs. 
Brown  Mrs 
Clark  Hugh 
Colwell  John 
Colwell  William 
Hill  Thomas 
Marvin  Ann 
MiddletonWm.Ts. 
Muggleton  Will  in. 
Northern  William 


Pretty  Mary 
Pretty  Samuel 
Pretty  Thomas 
Sharman  Edward 
Wright  Joseph 
Wright  William 

SHOEMAKERS. 

Bennett  John 
Chapman  Henry 
Pretty  Robert 
Pretty  William 
Sharpe  William 

SHOPKEEPERS. 

Beadle  Thomas 
Bullimore  Jabez 
Manton  Catherine 
Wadland  Wright 


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COUNTY    OF    RUTLAND. 


STONEMASONS. 

Clarke  James 
Clarke  Joseph 
Clarke  Robert 
Clarke  Seaton 


Clarke  William 

TAILORS. 

Broughton  Thos. 
Broughtoa  Wm. 
Wilson  Wm.  Hy. 


WHEELWRIGHTS. 

Jeffs  William 
Manton  Jokn 
Manton  Samuel 


CARRIERS. 

Thos.  Dawson,  to 
Oakham,  Sat.  & 
Uppingham,  Wd. 


MORCOTT,  a  village  on  an  acclivity  above  one  of  the  tributary 
streams  of  the  river  Chater,  2  miles  S.W.  of  Luffenham  station,  4  miles 
E.  by  N.  of  Uppingham,  and  8  miles  S.W.  of  Stamford,  has  in  its 
parish  494  inhabitants,  and  1068  acres  of  land,  which  were  in  open  fields 
till  the  enclosure  in  1834.  Samuel  R.  Fydell,  Esq.,  resides  at  the  Hall,  a 
neat  modern  mansion,  and  is  lord  of  the  manor,  but  a  great  part  of  the 
parish  belongs  to  the  Marquis  of  Exeter,  Lord  Aveland,  Mrs.  Mary 
Clarke,  Mr.  T.  B.  Clarke,  and  a  few  smaller  owners.  The  Church  (St. 
Mary)  is  a  fine  ancient  fabric,  dating  from  the  12th  centur}r,  and  consist- 
ing of  nave,  aisles,  chancel,  north  chancel-aisle,  and  south  porch,  with  a 
tower  containing  four  bells  and  a  clock,  and  crowned  by  a  leaded  spire. 
The  nave  is  Norman,  and  was  probably  built  in  the  reign  of  Stephen. 
The  pillars  and  arches  are  fine  specimens  of  the  style,  and  the  capitals 
are  richly  ornamented.  The  tower  arch  is  well  moulded,  but  its  effect 
is  marred  by  the  singers'  gallery  which  blocks  it.  The  bell  attached  to 
the  clock  is  fixed  externally  on  the  south-west  corner  of  the  tower.  Here 
are  several  tablets  of  the  Pochin  family,  and  in  the  south  wall  is  an 
ancient  monument  without  date,  but  inscribed  to  "Wm.  de  Overton." 
The  rectory,  valued  in  K.B.  at  .£10.  19s.  7d.,  and  now  at  £400,  is  in  the 
gift  of  Mrs.  Mary  Thorold,  and  incumbency  of  the  Rev.  Robert  Hust- 
wick,  M.A.,  who  has  a  handsome  residence  in  the  Elizabethan  style, 
which  was  rebuit  in  1830,  by  the  Rev.  E.  Thorold,  the  late  patron  and 
incumbent.  The  glebe  is  21a  ,  and  the  tithes  were  commuted  in  1839 
for  £388  per  annum;  besides  £53  a  year,  payable  to  the  rector  of  South 
Luffenham.  Here  is  a  General  Baptist  Chapel,  built  about  1710,  and 
endowed  in  1807  with  £600,  given  by  the  Rev.  William  Curtis.  The 
Rev.  Geo.  Towler,  of  Barrowden,  is  its  minister.  The  National  School 
was  established  in  1822,  and  is  attended  by  about  70  children.  Here  is 
also  an  Hospital  for  six  poor  aged  people,  founded,  in  1612,  by  George 
Gilson,  who  endowed  it  with  five  houses  and  275a.  of  land,  at  Screding- 
ton,  in  Lincolnshire,  now  let  for  about  £270  per  annum,  out  of  which 
the  almspeople  have  each  a  yearly  stipend  of  £36.  Sir  J.  H.  Palmer, 
Bart.,  and  J.  M.  Wingfield  andG.  Finch,  Esqrs.,  are  trustees,  and  select 
the  almspeople  agreeably  to  the  founder's  will.  The  poor  parishioners 
have  a  yearly  rent-charge  of  20s.,  left  by  Edward  Claypole,  out  of  a  house 
and  land  belonging  to  Mr.  William  Stokes,  of  North  Luffenham,  and 
which  is  appropriated  to  the  Clothing  Club.  The  parish  abounds  in 
limestone  of  good  quality,  and  here  are  several  kilns  for  burning  it.  The 
Rugby  and  Stamford  Railway  passes  through  the  parish  by  a  deep 
cutting  and  tunnel.  Post  from  Uppingham  at  9  morning.  Here  is  a 
wall  letter  box,  which  is  cleared  at  4  p.m. 


Barnett  Mr  John  ||  Clarke  Mrs  Mary 
Bradshaw  John,  blacksmith 
Drake  William,  baker 
Ellis  Mr  Peter  [|  Goodliffe  Mrs  My .  Ann 
Evans  Lydia,  schoolmistress 
Fydell  Samuel  Richard,  Esq.  Hall 
Gill  Chas.  Bay,  manufr.  at  Barrowden 
Hustwick  Rev.  Robert,  M.A.  rector 


Joyce  John,  stonemason 

Joyce  Wm.  mason  and  parish  clerk 

Lambert  William,  saddler  &  victualler, 

Blue  Bell 
Morris  John,  schoolmaster 
Springthorp  Wm.  vict.  White  Horse 
Suter  Joseph,  baker 
Tyler  George,  corn  miller 


MORCOTT    PARISH. 


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BEERHOUSES. 

Dalby  George 
Hercock  Thos.Hy. 

BUTCHERS. 

Springthorp  Wm, 
Tyler  William 

FARMERS  &  GRZRS. 

Clarke  Thomas  B. 
Goodliffe  Matthew 
Goodliffe  William 


Lambert  Walter 
Laxton  William 
Pridmore  Eliz. 
Pridmore  John 
Swift  John 
Tyler  George 
Tyler  Thomas 
Tyler  William 

LIMEBURNERS. 

Clarke  Thomas  B. 


Freeman  Daniel 

SHOEMAKERS. 

Chapman  John 
East  Benjamin 
Goodliffe  Philip 

SHOPKEEPERS. 

Andrew  James  E. 
Dalby  George 
Tomlin  William 


Mould  Benj.  (and 
.  basket  maker) 

TAILORS. 

Andrew  Jas.  Eyre 

(and  draper) 
Strickland  Chas. 

WHEELWRIGHTS. 

Islip  John 
Veasey  Charles  P. 


PILTON,  a  small  parish  on  the  southern  acclivity  of  the  vale  of  the 
river  Chater,  4£  miles  N.E.  of  Uppingham,  has  only  72  inhabitants,  and 
330  acres  of  fertile  land.  Lord  Aveland  is  lord  of  the  manor  and  owner 
of  nearly  all  the  soil.  The  Church  (St.  Nicholas)  is  a  small  structure, 
with  nave,  chancel,  and  south  aisle,  and  a  turret  with  two  bells.  The 
living  is  a  discharged  rectory,  valued  in  K.B.  at  £4=.  17s.  3^d.,  and  now 
at  .£100.  Lord  Aveland  is  patron,  and  the  Rev.  Thomas  Bentley  Brown, 
of  Uppingham,  is  the  incumbent.  Tithes  were  commuted,  at  the  enclo- 
sure in  1847,  for  20  acres  of  glebe.  As  Pilton  is  not  mentioned  in  the 
Norman  Survey,  it  was  no  doubt  included  with  one  of  the  adjacent 
parishes.  The  FARMERS  are— Eliz.  Bull,  Joseph  Cliffe,  Geo.  Pretty, 
William  Shelton,  and  Wm.  Lawrence  Stokes.     Post  from  Uppingham. 


SEATON,  a  scattered  village,  on  an  eminence  north  of  the  vale  of  the 
river  Wetland,  UJ  miles  E.S.E.  of  Uppingham,  has  in  its  township  345 
inhabitants  and  786  acres  of  land;  but  its  parish  includes  also  the  town- 
ship of  Thorpe-by-  Water.  At  the  Norman  Survey  it  was  considered  as 
part  of  Barrowden  manor,  and  was  partly  held  by  the  King  and  Robert 
de  Todenei.  It  was  then  called  Segentone.  In  the  reign  of  Edward  II., 
John  de  Beaufoe  and  William  de  St.  Liz  were  joint  lords  of  the  manor 
of  Seaton,  which  now  belongs  to  Edward  Monckton,  Esq.,  of  Fineshade 
Hall,  Northamptonshire.  The  Church  (All  Saints)  is  of  the  transitional 
Norman  and  early  English  styles.  The  pillars  in  the  nave  are  very 
massive,  and  their  capitals  are  enriched  with  the  acanthus  and  nail-head 
ornaments.  The  chancel  is  early  English,  and  has  an  east  window  of 
three  lights,  with  shafts  having  foliated  capitals.  There  is  a  recumbent 
effigy  on  the  north  side,  within  the  altar  rails,  having  the  hands  uplifted 
in  prayer  and  the  feet  resting  on  a  lion.  In  the  south  wall  are  handsome 
sedilia  for  three  priests,  and  a  piscina.  The  chancel  arch  is  semi-circu- 
lar, and  is  supported  by  pillars,  which,  with  the  capitals,  exhibit  a  pro- 
fusion of  sculpture.  The  outer  doorway  of  the  porch  is  decorated,  and 
the  inner  is  Norman,  with  moulded  arch  and  shafts  richly  carved.  The 
tower  contains  five  bells,  and  is  surmounted  by  a  spire  of  early  English 
character.  The  tower  arch  is  blocked  by  a  singers'  gallery.  In  the 
chancel  is  a  monument  to  the  Hon.  John  Monckton,  John  Monckton, 
Esq.,  the  Rev.  Hugh  Monckton,  and  others  of  the  family;  and  in  an  arch 
in  the  south  wall  is  a  very  ancient  monument  without  any  inscription. 
The  benefice  is  a  rectory,  valued  hi  K.B.  at  £20.  7s.  6d.,  and  now  at 
^£649.  It  is  in  the  patronage  of  the  Executors  of  the  late  Earl  of  Har- 
borough,  and  incumbency  of  the  Rev.  William  Purdon,  M.A.,  who  has  a 
good  residence  in  the  old  Scotch  manse  style,  and  51a.  of  glebe.  The 
Poors  Land  is  about  half  an  acre,  let  for  30s.,  of  which  20s.  belong  to 
the  poor  of  Seaton,  and  10s.  to  those  of  Thorpe-by- Water.  In  1707, 
,£100,  left  by  Charles  Tryon,  and  £65.  10s.,  given  to  the  poor  of  Seaton 

3h 


850 


SEATON    PARISH. 


by  other  benefactors,  were  laid  out  in  the  purchase  of  about  8a.  of  land 
at  Blaston,  now  let  for  .£10  a  year.  The  National  School  is  an  orna- 
mental stone  building,  erected  in  1859,  chiefly  through  the  instrumen- 
tality of  Miss  Emma  Monckton,  and  a  Government  grant  of  £200.  It 
is  attended  by  about  50  children.  The  Rugby  and  Stamford  Railway 
passes  through  the  parish,  and  has  a  neat  station  near  the  village.  Post 
from  Uppingham.  -v 


Bullock  Joseph,  station  master 
Cowdell  Samuel,  schoolmaster 
Crowden  John,  butcher 
Kilbura  Mrs  Ann 

King  Maria,  vict.  George  and  Dragon 
Knox  Frederick,  tailor  and  shopkeeper 
Pardon  Rev.  "William,  M.A.  Rectory 
Royce  Josiah,  corn  miller 
Sneath  John,  blacksmith 
Sneath  Mary  Ann,  victualler,    Three 
Horse  Shoes 


Stanger  Fredk.  mason  and  parish  clerk 


BAKERS. 

Burgess  Sarah 
Freeman  John  (& 
grocer,  &c.) 

CARPENTERS. 

Cousins  Joseph 
Islip  William 
Pickering  William 

FARMERS  &  GRAZRS. 

Catlin  George 


Baines  "William  & 

Amos 
Cousins  John  and 

Wm.(&mltstrs.) 
Crowden  John 
Shelton  Jane 

SHOEMAKERS. 

Thompson  Willm. 
Thompson  Wm.  jn. 


Thorpe-by- Water,  a  small  village  and  township,  in  Seaton  parish, 
3  miles  S.E.  by  S.  Uppingham,  is  on  the  north  side  of  the  river  Wel- 
land,  near  the  lofty  conical  eminences  called  the  Bee  and  Preston  Hills. 
It  is  commonly  called  a  hamlet,  and  contains  77  inhabitants  and  about 
013  acres  of  land.  The  trustees  of  the  late  Earl  of  Harborough  are 
lords  of  the  manor  ;  but  part  of  the  soil  belongs  to  E.  Monckton,  Esq. 
The  principal  inhabitants  are  Nathl.  Goodwin,  com  miller ;  Jno.  Thomp- 
son, shoemaker ;  and  Charles  Barnett,  Joseph  Drake,  and  John  Walton, 
farmers  and  graziers. 


STOKE  DRY,  or  Dry  Stoke,  is  a  small  village,  2  miles  S.  by  W.  of 
Uppingham,  picturesquely  situated  on  a  bold  acclivity  on  the  east  side 
of  the  vale  of  the  river  Eye,  which  separates  it  from  Leicestershire,  and 
commanding  extensive  views  over  the  fertile  valleys  of  the  Eye  and 
Welland,  beyond  which  is  seen  a  portion  of  the  ancient  royal  forest  of 
Rockingham,  with  its  Norman  castle  in  the  foreground.  Its  parish 
contains  53  inhabitants  and  1389  acres  of  land,  of  which  423  acres  are  in 
Leicestershire,  in  the  farm  called  Holyoaks,  or  Hallich,  asnoticed  at  page 
587.  The  village  is  supposed  to  have  had  its  adjunct  from  the  dryness 
of  the  hill,  on  the  side  of  which  it  is  built.  The  Marquis  of  Exeter  is 
owner  of  the  soil  and  lord  of  the  manor,  which  was  held  by  the  Nevills, 
in  the  reign  of  Edward  I.,  and  by  the  Morewoods,  from  the  reign  of  Ed- 
ward II.  till  the  time  of  Richard  II.  It  afterwards  passed  to  the  Digbys, 
who  were  long  seated  here.  One  of  them,  Sir  Everard  Digby,  was 
knighted  by  James  I.,  and  becoming  a  convert  to  popery,  he  joined  the 
"  gunpowder  plot,"  to  which  he  contributed  .£1500.  Being  taken  in  arms 
when  this  diabolical  plot  was  discovered,  he  was  executed  in  January, 
1006 ;  but  the  manor  of  Stoke  Dry  descended  to  his  son,  Sir  Kenehn 
Digby,  who  was  knighted  in  1G23,  and,  like  his  father,  became  a  rigid 
Roman  Catholic,  though  educated  as  a  Protestant.  He  was  a  learned 
writer  on  various  subjects,  and  author  of  "  Observations  on  Brown's 
Religio  Medici,"  and  treatises  on  the  Mature  of  Bodies,  Man's  Soul,  &c. 
On  the  breaking  out  of  the  civil  wars,  he  was  committed  to  prison,  but, 
recovering  his  liberty  in  1643,  he  went  to  France,  but  returned  at  the 
Restoration,  and  died  in  1665.  Part  of  the  mansion  occupied  by  the 
Digbys  is  still  standing  ;  and  there  are  several  monuments  in  memory 


STOKE    DRY    PARISH.  851 

of  various  members  of  the  family,  in  the  Church  (St.  Andrew),  which  is 
a  small  but  very  ancient  structure.  It  consists  of  a  nave,  aisles,  chancel, 
and  south  chantry,  and  exhibits  specimens  of  the  various  styles  of  archi- 
tecture, which  prevailed  from  the  twelfth  to  the  fifteenth  centuries.  The 
chancel  arch  is  early  English,  supported  by  slender  Norman  pillars, 
richly  sculptured  with  human  figures,  animals,  foliage,  &c.  The  rood- 
screen  is  surmounted  hy  gorgeously  carved  wood- work.  The  arches  of  the 
south  aisle  are  of  the  transitional  Norman  style,  but  those  of  the  north 
aisle  are  of  later  date.  There  is  a  room  over  the  north  porch,  lighted 
by  a  pretty  three-light  window,  and  reached  by  a  stone  staircase.  The 
only  entrance  to  the  church  is  through  the  south  porch,  there  being  no 
western  doorway.  The  tower  is  surmounted  by  an  embattled  parapet. 
A  fresco  painting  has  recently  been  found  on  the  wall  of  the  chantry, 
and  it  is  supposed  that  others  would  be  found  if  the  Avails  were  properly 
cleaned.  On  a  fine  alabaster  monument  are  the  effigies  of  Kenelm 
Digby,  Esq.,  and  Anne,  his  wife.  He  was  sheriff  of  Rutland  in  six  dif- 
ferent years,  from  1541  to  1585  ;  and  represented  the  county  in  Parlia- 
ment, from  the  first  of  Edward  VI.  to  the  14th  of  Elizabeth.  On  an- 
other table  monument  is  the  effigy  of  the  wife  of  Everard  Digby, 
surmounted  by  children  praying,  and  dated  149 G.  In  the  south  chantry 
is  a  freestone  tomb,  on  which  lies  the  figure  of  a  knight  in  armour,  repre- 
senting Everard  Digb}^,  who  died  in  1440.  In  the  same  chapel,  was  an 
ancient  alabaster  tomb,  in  memory  of  Richard  and  Ann  Digby,  but  it 
disappeared  many  years  ago.  The  benefice  is  a  rectory,  valued  in  K.B. 
at  i>ll.  2s.  Id.,  and  now  at  £420.  The  Marquis  of  Exeter  is  patron, 
and  the  Rev.  William  Hamilton  Thompson,  M.A.,  is  the  incumbent,  and 
has  a  handsome  Rectory  House,  in  the  Elizabethan  style,  erected  by  the 
late  rector,  at  a  considerable  expense,  in  1841,  of  the  red  stone  of  the 
neighbourhood,  except  the  quoins  and  mullions,  which  are  of  white  free- 
stone. The  grounds  are  laid  out  and  planted  with  much  taste,  and  com- 
mand beautiful  views.  The  two  farmers  and  graziers  in  Stoke  Dry 
are  Conyers  Peach  and  Thomas  Ward  ;  and  Mr.  Benjamin  Peach  occu- 
pies Holyoahs,  as  noticed  at  page  587.  Mr.  Thos.  Bryan,  of  Lyddington, 
also  occupies  land  here.  Snelston  was  a  village  about  1\  mile  S.W.  of 
Dry  Stoke,  but  no  traces  of  it  now  remain. 


TIXOVER  is  a  small  village  and  parish,  on  the  north  side  of  the 
river  Welland,  which  divides  it  from  Northamptonshire,  7^-  miles  E.  of 
Uppingham,  and  nearly  7  miles  S.W.  of  Stamford.  It  contains  129 
inhabitants  and  950  acres  of  land,  and  was  spelt  Tichesoure,  at  the 
Domesday  Survey,  and  afterwards  Tylceshoure.  In  the  reign  of  Henry 
the  Third,  it  belonged  to  Clugny  Abbey,  in  Burgundy.  Sir  Henry 
Sidney  sold  it  in  the  reign  of  Elizabeth  to  Roger  Dale,  from  whom  it 
passed  to  Henry  Stafford,  Esq.,  of  Blatherwycke,  Northamptonshire, 
a  maternal  ancestor  of  the  present  lord  of  the  manor,  Henry  Stafford 
O'Brien,  Esq.,  who  occupies  Tixover  Grange.  The  village  stands  low, 
and  the  tourist  may  find  much  amusement  in  his  search  after  aquatic 
plants  on  the  banks  of  the  river  Welland,  where  there  are  many  beau- 
tiful specimens  of  the  water  lily.  The  Church  (St  Luke)  is  a  curious 
antique  structure,  with  a  tower  and  one  bell,  and  having  nave,  aisles, 
chancel,  and  south  porch.  The  tower  arch  is  a  fine  specimen  of 
12th  century  work.  The  building  was  restored  and  reseated  some  years 
ago,  principally  through  the  instrumentality  of  the  Eaton  family,  a 
member  of  which  presented  the  ancient  but  finely  executed  stained 
glass,  now  in  a  small  window  in  the  south  aisle.     The  chancel  contains 


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TIXOVER    PARISH. 


a  handsome  marble  monument  of  Roger  Dale,  wbo  died  in  1623.  The 
benefice  is  a  vicarage,  annexed  to  that  of  Ketton ;  the  parish  being  in 
the  appropriation  and  peculiar  jurisdiction  of  the  Prebendary  of  Ketton, 
as  noticed  at  page  801.  The  Rev.  Wm.  Turner,  and  E.  Monckton,  Esq., 
have  land  here,  but  most  of  the  parish  belongs  to  Ily.  Stafford  O'Brien, 
Esq.  About  20  years  ago,  in  levelling  a  hill  near  the  church,  a  stone 
coffin  was  found,  but  it  contained  nothing  but  a  few  perfect  teeth.  The 
Poofs  Land,  received  in  exchange  at  the  enclosure  of  the  common 
fields,  &c,  in  1802,  comprises  about  three  acres,  let  for  £5.  5s.  a  year, 
which  is  distributed  at  Christmas.  The  principal  inhabitants  are 
Chas.  O.  Eaton,  Esq.,  Hall;  Hy.  Stafford  O'Brien,  Esq.,  Grange;  John 
Hutton  and  James  Wyles,  farmers  and  graziers ;  John  Pateman,  parish 
clerk;  Mary  Crowson,  schoolmistress;  and  Eliz.  Mason,  shopkeeper. 
Wm.  Ingram,  of  Uppingham,  occupies  a  farm  here.   Post  from  Stamford. 


TABLE   OF  DISTANCES 

OF   THE 

TOWNS   IN  LEICESTERSHIRE  AND  RUTLAND 
FROM     EACH     OTHER, 

AND 

FROM    LONDON. 


The  names  of  the  respective  towns  are  on  the  top  and  side ;  and  the  square 
where  both  meet  gives  the  distance. 


Towns. 
Ashby-de-la-Zouch  . . . 

Billesdon     

Bosworth  (Market)    . . . 

Hallaton 

Harborough  (Market)    . 

Hinckley 

Leicester 

Loughborough    

Lutterworth    

Melton  Mowbray 


London 

116  Ashby-de-la-Zouch 

93  25  Billesdon 
10610J19jBosworth  (Market) 

9L33    6  28  Hallaton 

83  34|12  25;  7  Harborough  (Market) 


99,18 
I  98|18 
10912 
I  89:27 
J106j29 

Mountsorrel 1105  15 

Oakham  (Rutland) |  96  37 

Uppingham  (Rutland)   ..    90|38 
Waltham 108  33 


21 


7  28  24 


111515 

14  24  26 
17  2013 
261525 

15  20  22 
361219 

ll!3l|  613 
14|l9  22  23 


Hinckley 

13Leicester 

20  lllLoughborough 


1113  24 

281517 
16  713 
382526 
3320'31 
3321J19 


Lutterworth 
27,Melton  Mowbray 
20  13  j  Mountsorrel 
32  10,22jOakham 
261627    6|Uppingham 
31 1  5|l8|l2  19  |  Waltham 


LEADER    AND    SONS,    PRINTERS,    SHEFFIELD. 


DATE  DUE 


\PR  3  0  1999 


FEB  0  7  2001 


MAR  0  2  200! 


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